Benedictine High School - Benedictine Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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FR. ANSELM AND the newly-swom-in members of the National Honor Society pass a flame from candle to candle. This is part of an old NHS initiation process. What's the oldest thing at Benedictine? Oh, I dunno, Fr. James? No, that's not what I mean. I mean what comes to your mind when you mention old things — like tradition. Football. Yeah. What else? How about the abbey? Yeah, the abbey. St. Andrew's Abbey has been serving the community since 1922. What else? Oh I don't know. J know. The grotto. Yeah, that was built back in 1954. It has been traditionally used by the sports teams to say prayers or to have Mass before and after games. The 'B' in the front of the school is old. Yeah, that was built in the mid-60's when the St. Benedict statue was removed. How about the fight song? The alma mater! The food in the cafeteria! Yeah, alright — SOMETHING LIKE THAT! C Like that TABLE OF CONTENTS Activities 8 Athletics 36 Seniors 66 Underclassmen 90 Faculty 112 Business 126 opening THE 1986 VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM huddles together around Mr. Bossu before the playoff game against Youngstown Cardinal Mooney. BHS has fielded a football team every year since 1929. During that span, they have won four state championships (1957, 1973, 1980, and 1981). Mr. Bossu is in his 32nd year as head coach. THE DILAPIDATED B' lies in the ground in the front of the school. It served in the past as a popular freshman initiation rite in which a senior would make a freshman count all the square tiles.

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