St Dominic High School - Echo Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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THE SENIORS GO TO WASHINGTON For months we had talked about it, dreamed of it, slept over it! At last the great day had come. On this April 18, armed with our bags and cameras, we were leaving St. Dom's at exactly 2:23 P.M. The ride to Boston was just another trip. There we boarded another bus with fine reclining seats, a quiet motor, air conditioning, and, believe it or not, a good radio which was kept busy at all times. At 4 A.M. we stopped in front of the Taft in New York in order to freshen up a bit. From then on, it was a seldom interrupted trip of over 6 hours. We reached the national Capitol at 10:30 and checked in the Harrington. For four full days, we visited Washington! How could I tell you what we saw, the experience that we got? Washington! the city of distances, of wide and straight' streets, of marble and granite! We soon realized that it would take a few years to get thoroughly acquainted with the wealth of historical monuments and museums that we were trying to see in four days .... The Capitol, the White House, Mount Vernon, the Lee Mansion, the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials, the Pan-American Building, Washington Monument, the Smithsonian Institute, the Library of Congress, etc., etc., such were the wonders we could but cast a hasty glimpse on. Some of the boys shall never forget their walking up and down the 900 steps at the Washington Monument . . . Everyone of us brought back very personal memories. For some, it was the heat that scorched usp for others, it was the long and tiresome walks that we had to makeg a few were impressed by the F .B.I. departmentg more than one marveled at the beauty of the Library of Congress or the Pan-American Building: as for me, I shall never forget the Mellon Gallery of Art, with its huge marble columns, its high and vast rooms, and its mirror-like floors. We were fortunate to have very good cicerones in the persons of Mr. Joseph Gosselin and Colonel Francis McCann, two residents of Washington, who are good friends of our Principal. They were with us all day Sunday and Monday, and they took us to the various buildings which, of course, they knew very well. We are very grateful to them for the time and help which they so graciously contributed to make our visit in Washington profitable. We left Washington Wednesday morning at 8:30 A.M. We stopped at Phila- delphia where we enjoyed a tour that took us to the Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross' Home, and most of the historical places of the city. We were perhaps a little disappointed at the general appearance of Philadelphia. At 3:30 we were en route to New York where we arrived at 5:45, just in time for dinner. We were very lucky to have selected the Taft as our hotel while in the Metropolis. Its splendidlocation allowed us to reach most of the buildings and theatres in a few minutes' walk. The service was so courteous and efiicient that we looked like millionaires .... The three days we spent in New York were well occupied: we left early in the morning and came back late at night. The Planetarium, the Rockefeller Center, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, St. Patrick's, Radio City Music Hall, the Roxy, the Center Theatre, etc., were some of the places which we had the opportunity to visit. We saw the Opera, La Traviata, and the good Broadway Musical, Oklahoma. This was a wonderful adventure and I wish we could have continued it for a month. As all good things must come to an end, we left New York at 3 o'clock, Satur- day afternoon, with empty wallets perhaps, but with a wealth of delightful memories and wonderful experience. We were home early enough Sunday to take the 5:30 mass at St. Peter's. Of course, the rest of the day - of the week, indeed - was spent in trying to recuperate from the lack of sleep .... Richard Lambert, '48