St Bernards High School - Bernardian Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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Dedication We are happy to have the opportunity of dedicating our BERNARDIAN of 1961 to our beloved headmaster, Father Donahue; for we know that he, in his turn, is wholeheartedly dedicating his priestly life, time, and tal- ents, in our behalf. Donahue Reverend Kobert S

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When it was converted into a central or regional high school, the school was not enlarged; instead, portables were built from year to year, until now there are eight, accommodating about 350 pupils. In 1953 a large garage on the campus was converted into a Home Economics Laboratory so that over one hundred girls take advantage of the homemaking course offered, each year. During the past few years, the school has assumed a new look interiorly with many major renovations, especially that of the new lavatories; the complete redecorating of the auditorium with new seats and window drapes; and the painting of the corridors. Facing Summer Street are the two convents of our sister-faculty, the Sisters of the Presentation, ac- commodating the twenty-two sisters connected with SBHS. The first Presentation sisters came to Fitch- burg in 1886 from New York City. Today they form the teaching faculty not only of our high school but also of four grammar schools in this city and of Regina Coeli College on the motherhouse grounds on South Street. st leimelenisile LLittitilites gaze ve

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SBHS began its thirty-first year with two big history-making events—the entrance of its new head- master, Father Donahue, and simultaneously, the class of ‘61. This explains somewhat the closeness of the bond uniting us to our captain, who has piloted us safely through the smooth or, at times, rough waters of frosh, soph, and junior years, and now we look forward to his same loving guidance throughout Our senior year to the port of graduation. It did not take us long to overcome any timidity we may have felt in the presence of our headmaster, because he was always so approachable, kind, and patient; taking a fatherly interest in each of us, and with us morning, noon, and night in all our school activities.