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

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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.

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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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Although there were some boys at St. Bede who had a bit of a dislike for studying, there were hardly any who had a dislike for recreating. For out-of-doors recreation of all sorts, a spacious campus is available, with football fields, baseball dia- monds, tennis courts, handball alleys and other set- ups. There’s even a small outdoor swimming pool that served as an acceptable substitute for the indoor pool that was still under construction during the school year. When the weather was no longer suitable for ex- tensive outdoor activities, the temporary gymnasium, with its basketball facilities, trampoline, and trap- eze bars, satisfied most of the students’ needs for athletic activity.