Assumption Preparatory School - Memini Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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We Prayed . . . For four years we began and ended each day with prayer. Morning Mass was often drowsy. Night prayers seemed too laborious to lie true at times. At regular inter¬ vals we prayed “Veni Sancte Spiritus”. Sometimes He did. We enjoyed serving Mass at the Oratory too. The intimate and meditative atmosphere held a “lived-in” feeling that made us realize this was the central part of our professors’ lives. And remember how the players would gather at the Grotto before a game? Our heavenly Mother smiled and helped in all our victories: on the field, at study, over ourselves. Yes, we prayed. Nor shall we forget to pray hence¬ forth, for we know that in prayer lies success. A short visit bore many fruits IISSsll 6

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HERE ..., WE LIVED FOUR OF ITS FIFTY YEARS

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We Worked . . . Bells! Bells! Bells! Those little devils who called us to work, shattering our joys with an abominable noise. Bells awakened us in the morning and called us to study before dawning, for four long gong infested years. How well we can remember their calling us to class, where we listened to courses in French, English, Latin, and other unmentionables. Remember, fellows, when we used to knock that ominous door which led to Father Amarin, from whom we asked permission to avail ourselves of the library facil¬ ities or to have a cigarette. Then came our Senior year and rooms; we studied in peace; no monitor, no snoring, except our own, and with that faithful companion, a butt, we worked. The ever dormant room of knowledge. Disorderly books show an orderly mind(?) Here the great masters rest in dust. Luckies taste better, even w hile w ' orking.