Fenwick High School - Blackfriars Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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FULL SEMESTER'S WORK COVERED 497 S. Taylor Avenue, Calc parlt, lllinois September 7, 1943 private loseplw Sullivan, x42 Fort Riley, Kansas Dear oe Well we Finally Finislied our summer session and will soon be starting baclc to a regular semester lm your letter you aslcecl many questions about tlie summer As you may well conclude l lwave been pretty busy and only now do l Find time to answer tltose questions During tlwis weelc be tween classes l am trying to get in all tliat l lwad to miss cluring tlie summer But l have taken time all to try and answer all your questions l-lere goes J , r - . i t , A , X. ' X 4 , N, 1 s , ,, I ' ' ' l I ' .0

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.SIXTEEN OF FACULTY STAY O Srnce debating teams dont Nnchon OS part Ol O Summer semester, Father Conway is con- centratrng on the boolrestore and Trigonometry which IS quite an rmportant study these days The boys are learnrng their CIVICS very well from Father Malone who also has charge ol the Caleterra or the Frrst half of the summer Every day durrng our History Class taught by Father Vltle We have an rnterestrng dnscussron on the War between the States stnl har o believe that Father halls from the Crty of Brotherly Love rnstead of from the Deep South New Qrleans Father Regan s exten sive vocabulary daily battles rn Relnguon those of our class who are not talcrng Chemistry for the second hall ol the summer Brother Giles who rs worlcrng as hard as ever has added dutues be cause of the summer session but manages strll to be the some genial Fellow who rs always glad to see one As you can guess thrngs are well under Way here at Fenwrclc It rs hard to belreve that today we completed the eaurvalent ot hlteen regular days ol class As thrngs are now I expect to worlt plenty Your brother DICK CRQNIN 44 ff' ,f W 1 ff-AA L 612601053 mmf

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M urlng the second half ol the summer session school began at erght o cloclc and lasted unt1l3 30 each alternoon This second half ran from uly twenty snxth untrl September thrrd The mud semes ter yacatlon lasted tram uly sux teenth untul the twenty srxth Although the sessron was short we lulhlled all reaurrements for one halt ot a regular semester Belreve me It wasn t easy to stay home those hot nrghts whale the rest of the gang went to play a The second half ot the summer semester saw a second group of the Fenwuclc famrly and statt on n to keep us n e farthtul Father Myers exercrsed hrs regular dutres as Director of SfUdI8S and conducted hrs French class Resumrng hls teachrng ot Spamsh because ot the departure ot Father Quunn For servrce rn the Navy Father Nugent also acted as Dlrector ol Discipline Father Feltrop returned t tal4e up h duties as teacher of Relnguon and prepare that most um portant upject at thl most rmpor tant trme ol our ll e There was o and durrng the summer but Father Snmones was present ana ent hr tlme conauctrng e La rn along therr drthcult path Qurte a tlme wa had by Father Fisher battling the chem: ts again t explosion and introducrng us to a scrence -0 important today rw' JJ?-fdyfw ,059 UHQJJA, I C975