Blairstown High School - Amicitiae Yearbook (Blairstown, NJ)

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Sept. Oct. 6 St Nov. 48. 128: 198 Dec. Jan. 5 8: 11 St 25 8: Feb. Mar . Apr. May June 14 St school CAl6l1 OAR The gates are openedg prisoners file in and numbers are distributed. Organized confusion results from new schedules. Prisoners do not know where or when to split the rocks. Meeting is held and Sal Simonetti is elected captain of Senior Cell Block. Recess for Prison Guards workshop. Senior Trusties released to secure ads for Cell Block play. Prison athletes tie first Soccer game with Matamoras at home. Third and Fourth Termers go by armored car to West Point. Rivalry with Sussex is renewed at Soccer game. Sophomore Cell Wing holds dance, The Square Bug Bounce. Brief recess for Election Day. Hurray for Democracy! Mug shots for prison records taken. Recess for Prison Guards conference. Senior inmates put on Dramatic endeavor which is very successful. Women parolees go to Washington pen for athletic Play Day. Thanksgiving- -we get the bird as usual. The first basketball game of the season against Hamburg. Sentence is suspended two weeks for Christmas holidays. We go back to the dungeon. Senior trusties are released once more to secure ads for annual log. --No rock-splitting--bad weather. --Mid-year exams--what punishment! --Brief recess to celebrate Abe's Birthday. --Washington's Birthday--time off for good behavior. --Last Basketball game with Belvidere on the home prison floor. --More time off for Prison Guards workshop. --First Baseball game with Hamburg. --Inmates participate in annual concert. --Easter--released in custody of guardians to hunt eggs. --Parole for Senior trip to Washington, D. C. goes into effect. --The return to the Salt Mines is even harder to bear. -- Third termers put on Prom--prisoners all wear best striped suits. --Memorial Day--time out to be respectful. --Final exams--we get the third degrees. --Baccalaureate--address by guest warden to prepare us for final release. - -Commencement--Senior' s sentence ends. Warden pats us on back and hands us our walking papers. --All prisoners are released to prison farms and domestic households of guardians.