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

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A New School Year Mr. and Mrs. John O'Connor check son Don's schedule with director of studies Father Owen. Barney Gira discusses the cost of his books with salesman Bill Ogrin while Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gira and son Jim look on.

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Registration Starts Pat Wei her and George Kapa- cinskas tote their clothes and suitcases to their respective lock- er rooms. Magazines, tennis racket and a suitcase or two herald the arrival of Mark Swanson for another year of school. ••'I. » Refreshed by three months of summer vacation, day students and boarders both returned to school eager to hit the books. Freshman boarders had the biggest adjustment to make and took the heady responsibility of living away from home and family in stride. Day student freshmen plunged enthusiastically into high school life, but took a while to get acquainted after being split into three different homerooms. Sophomores and juniors were quick to dis- cover their new privileges and prestige, rejoicing in their elevation to higher class status. Resident seniors basked in their rooms, no longer subject to the rigors of dormitory life. Seniors definitely had it best among the day students, too, as they enjoyed their homeroom in the new language laboratory.

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All Pitch In To Make ’65 Music by the Don Adams Orchestra climaxed the magic of Homecoming. Homecoming '65 was the us- ual combination of hard work, ex- citement and nostalgia which go to make this tradition a high point of the year for the students, faculty and alumni. Planning for the big event be- gan weeks in advance, but most of the actual work was done in the week preceding the big day. Freshmen and seniors alike spent many long hours struggling with decorations, gathering wood for the mammoth fire or re- hearsing and re-rehearsing for the Variety Show. Their labor paid off on the weekend of October 24, as the St. Bede Homecoming was a smashing success. Decorations, including a forty foot Bruin foot- ball player, overcame high winds and threatening weather. The car- cade, Saturday night, a long wind- ing affair which threaded through LaSalle, Peru and Spring Valley, Tim Sterling's football spoof got a lot of laughs at the Variety Show. was acclaimed as the best yet, while the pep rally and bonfire boosted spirits for Sunday’s game. Making use of on-campus talent, the Variety Show proved to be one of Father Placid's fin- est efforts, after which the '‘Glow” provided a chance for the alumni to get together again. Spirits ran high on Sunday, as an impressive Bruin Squad decked a determined Little Flower team 25-6. Old grads were busy looking for ex-class- mates and students were wrapped up in the excitement of the day, but all found time for the dinner sponsored by the Mothers’ Club after the game. Don Adams Orchestra put the finishing touches to Homecom- ing '65 at the dance Sunday night. And amid the orchids, the pretty girls and the soft music, every- one had a great time.