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

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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.

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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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Where Mans Will Play... When the heartbreaking con- flagration of the Abbot Vincent Gymnasium occurred on March 9, 1953, it was immediately re- olved to rebuild the destroyed edifice. However, because of sev- eral difficulties that were en- countered, the actual construc- tion of the gym did not begin un- til a year and a day after the fire. Much work was done during the summer of ’54, but the most noticeable progress was achieved during this school year.