Saint Bede Academy - Via Baeda Yearbook (Peru, IL)

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Where Sedans Eat... “Growing boys must eat,” says the old adage, and, whether they grew or not, the boys at St. Bede ate and ate plenty. Although the cuisine of the student dining room did not match “what my mom can make,” yet wholesome and sub- stantial meals were served often and well enough so that none of the Bedans went hungry. Behind the scenes there was usually a little con- fusion as the waiters completed their last minute preparations before the hungry horde of students in- vaded the refectory for a meal. Here Jacobowski, Pietras, and Finnegan dish up the steaming food, which soon found its way to the refectory tables and then to the watering mouths of both teachers and students. Accidents will happen, and the result is usually the pre- dicament in which Nuccio finds himself in the picture at the left.

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The library, with its more than 30.- 000 volumes, furnished the students with an ideal place for research and study. Availing themselves of the fac- ilities of the library in the picture at the right are collegians Burgener, Reuscher, and Schmidling. In the course of their studies, it was by no means unusual for the students to get occasional as- sistance outside of class from their teachers. However, it was a bit unusual for students to make recompense for the help with an apple as Carey is trying with Father Gordian at the left. The other boys in the picture are: Ellerbrock, Guglielmetti, McManus, Daley, and Bozik. The attentive students below are members of Father Wil- liam’s senior English Class.

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One of the more enjoy- able pastimes at St. Bede, as elsewhere, is sleeping. Al- though many a youth was inclined to partake of that pastime at odd times and in a variety of places and posi- tions, this activity was sup- posed to be confined to the dormitories of the resident under-classmen (two of which are pictured above) and to the rooms of the aca- demy seniors and college men.