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

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Monopoly was a favorite game in the high school pre-sem department (above). The bleachers made the handiest card table in warmer weather, as is evident from the picture at the right. Television was tops on the list of favor- ite pastimes for the senior boarders, who alone enjoyed the privilege of having a set in their clubroom. The viewers are O’Malley, Prindiville, and Carpenter. The fellow heav- ing the football on the previous page is Campbell.

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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.

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Last, but certainly not the least, of the popular indoor pastimes at St. Bede was confined to the Shack. It consisted of a grudging exchange of money for goodies of all sorts. Father Leonard, manager of the Shack, and his assistants, Priller and Uttich, handed out the goodies, while the students handed in the money.