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Brother Do Paul (Thomaj Kondrok, '49) of the Houso of Charity addresses mombors of the Benil-dus Vocation Club. Remember this? ... A rainy September day ... September 3, to be exact ... year, 1951 ... place, 25 West Island Avenue ... If not, let's take a stroll .. down memory lane ... 1951 ... freshman year ... high school ... De La Salle ... big words to all of us ... And they meant a lot too ... a challenge ... and we met it... Four long years ... and we made it... The first day at DE ... some of us bewildered ... scared ... confused ... lost ... wondering what the Brothers were like ... making the inevitable mistake of Yes, Sister and not Yes, Brother ... Homeworkl ... we never had so much of it ... Gosh, that Latin was Blessed Benilduj Club mombors recoivo Holy Communion at monthly Vocation Mass. tough ... and that algebra ... Wowl... To top it off ... we were scorned by the upperclassmen ... looked down upon ... and known as the rabble of the rock ... Despite this... with a stout heart... and a strong mind ... we set upon a four-year campaign ... to conquer the Rock. 6
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End of day a» DE • not a peaceful icene. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow . .. your ion shall bo taught the basic element of English, Brother J. Matthew explains to Senior Parents. DE wallops St. Thomas, 61-0. Not much of o gome for excitement to judgo by tho Islander crowd. Fall was filled with many events in 1951 ... football games . .. homecoming ... dances ... clubs ... activities ... all new and bewildering to us, the naive freshmen ... Football .. . second in state . . . played eight games ... lost two . .. dropped an unforgettable one to Cretin, 12-41 . .. Then one morning we were nailed .. . by two big seniors . .. Homecoming button? ... Sure, you want one .. . and invariably we did ... We tomahawked the Tommies to the tune of 13-6 ... This ended a successful season for the Islanders ... and second place in the conference ... Remember Greg Hadley, Bill Gotz, Jerry Wright, Dan Albrecht . .. They were some of the stars on the team . .. Upon placing the pigskin on the shelf ... and hanging the laurels where all might see ... we turned our minds toward other things .. . namely, school .. . Algebra became an impossibility . . . Classes got sleepier . .. Mr. Karbo's submarines got bigger .. . Suddenly we began to fit ... into a well-planned scheme ... We were beginning to learn something. 7
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