Mount St Charles Academy - Excelsior Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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wiaf awaife J M.. f X -'swwt mmm. slr X 121 frwmsltl get A Ju A QNIWXX tw IINNZI f 93 A f ' Q4 MI BQ x NIIWNX Sim! A As months go by, each will find his own place in extra-curricular activities. Some will flock to athletic bouts and try to impress the coaches by their bold achievements. Others will talk their way to an all-star berth until their brass is found to be spurious. Many will join the academic clubs While all will Want their name on the s-odality scroll. Thus their youthful enthusiasm finds the proper channel to vent the excess 5,25 fs steam out of their system while they acquire proper habits and valued ex- perience. One hundred and twenty-five strong, the freshman class gallantly strides along, warring against ignorance and immaturity. When they return in the fall, they should be Worthy representa- tives of their Academy in all fields of activity.

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.14 ri F H we were conhvfen There is rarely to be found a more interesting aggregation of youngsters than a group of freshmen entering high school. The impressions you receive on opening day are as varied as are the schools represented Whose students usually band together. Apart from a general snooping around to get better acquainted with the school's facilities, attitudes range from the very shy and retiring student to the prospective bully. The Whole gamut of childish patterns mingle on that day and foreshadow the checkered state of our modern society. All of these freshmen are anxious to get things rolling, and the first few Weeks in the classroom literally buzz with activity. When however the gloss of novelty fades off, life takes on quite another aspect. The daily grind of homeworlcs and recitations, and the added burden of Weekly quizzes really bring things to a crisis. Gradually the heterogeneous elements' integrate into one solid knot of boys Whose main am- bition is to live up to the best expec- tations of their parents and teachers. f

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