Benedictine High School - Cadet Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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THE MIRACLE QF SHEPPARD STREET A few weeks agoa sports wr1ter ln h1s column 1n the local newspaper referred to our present basketball team as The lvllracle of Sweppard Street' We ourselves prefer to apply tne 1dea of a mlracle to our squad ofour last year the fxnest ln school hlstorywlth a record of twenty four w1ns and two losses Because Bened1ct1ne had graduated the ent1re vars1ty squad basket ball prospects for the present season were very d1m A perlod of re bulldlng was 1n order and a medlocre season was 1n everyone s expecta tlons In the m1nds of everyone except the players on thls years squad Wlth unexpected deve opment they decmded to 1nher1t the excellence of the1r predecessors and equal 1f not surpass thelr record They are now wellon the way wlth eleven w1ns and no defeats Thls ID the m1nd of the sportswr1ter was The M1racle of Sheppard Street' There are other m1racles on Sheppard Street whlch our popular newswnters do not see We should hke to mnclude the Class of 56 as one pected then certa1nly the memorles of the Class of '56 lnclude us 1n th1s category As a group of freshman students we encountered the unexpected and responded to the challenge w1th a well molded matur1ty that has made us a welded un1ty ln Bened1ct1ne morale Our early memor1es recall new class rooms strange compamons clouded courses math and sclence wlth mag1cal formulas open only to the understand1ng of the elect cadet offlcers shout1ng commands and as slgnlng punlshments for untell1g1ble offenses and a general melee of un even centr1fugal 1ncl1nat1ons Out of th1s confus1on over a four year per1od we f1nd ourselves now d1rect1ngacorps mov1ng w1th m1l1taryprec1s1on order and plan ln every hour of work a mature mentahty w1th stud1es 1f not ent1rely at least halfmastered and l1fe as a senlor cadet a happy coordmatxon 1n the per formance of duty Tous the Class of 56 1S the real m1racle of Sheppard Street ' Our rnemor1esw1ll always test1fy to thxs fact when they recall the happy hours of fever1sh act1v1ty always 1ntroduced w1th the bugle call on the parade ground and prayer 1n the class room Wllllam M Amrhexn I9 QQ H sv - 1 1 1 - - . 1 1 . . . ' - . 1 . . . ! . ! G ' ' ll ' . I , . . . . A of them. If the defination of a miracle is the development of the unex- . I ' ll ' .I