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

Page 14 text:

As the date set for the second annual Language Fair was November 14, no time was lost in preparing for this event. Soon many of us were tripping the light fantastic in Spanish or French dances, or singing native songs, or acting in some skit, such as the death scene from Don Quixote. Hours were spent in making costumes, projects, and in the build- ing of a French village or Spanish pueblo. French pastries were also made and served by pupils. While soph boys were going out for cross country or football, girls were trying to put into practice the proper etiquette instructions set forth in a series of talks and illustrations by Miss Mary Curtin.

Page 13 text:

Sophomore year...a transitional period ....the time when we were most reckless and very much alive ...now we knew the score... well equipped with that carefree confidence which characterizes sophs everywhere ...our collective identity really began to emerge... reached its fullness in our first big all-school project . . . the Sophomore Bar-B-Q. Vacation weeks passed quickly and our sophomore year was now before us. Enrollment figures totaled 891 encompassed in twenty-five homerooms. Although our soph class of two hundred nine was the smallest of the four we felt that what we lacked in numbers was amply made up for in quality.

Page 15 text:

Mayor William G. Flynn proclaimed March 25, as St. Bernard’s High School Day throughout the city. This was done to honor our bas- ketball team for capturing the N.C.M.C. championship and the District HI Crown. The latter was won with but fourteen seconds left in the game when soph Jack Ha- zell calmly walked to the foul line and with the poise of a pro, sank the two free throws, giving us the victory over St. John’s. We followed our team to the Boston Garden and saw them defeat Braintree but go down to undefeated Catholic Memorial. But school spirit still lingered as we sang our school songs all the way to the buses and home. ied