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

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ST. DOM'S BOOSTER CLUB Athletics are well integrated into the American school system, and this is as it should be. The constant demand for physical endurance and mental alert- ness, fair play and cooperation on the part of the athlete highly contribute to the full development of a fine all-around personality in which morals and morale are often found at their best. Sports are also largely beneficial to the whole student body. The victory songs and wild cheering, we should remember, spring from a sense of loyalty and pride which idealizes the Alma Mater in the minds and hearts of the students. From its very beginning, St. Dom's has engaged in a very ambitious athletic program. Remarkable success has been achieved in football, basketball, and baseball, thanks to the expert services of a professional coach, Mr. Richard Gibson. Our hockey team under the able direction of Brothers Leonard and Albert tops the State of Maine honor roll and bids high at the New England hockey Crown. An all-inclusive sports program sometimes creates acute financial problems even for large tax-suppor ted institutions. In a small non tax-supported school, whose budget must of necessity be curtailed to the size of charitable contributions, the athletic program constitutes a crushing burden. A 24-hour shift on the part of certain members of the faculty, thorough backing and cooperation by the student body, the scanty profits of the school canteen can no longer keep St. Dom's sports wagon well-oiled and going. The solution? Well, it was found when a few men of vision and action were told about the problem and met to do something about it. ST. DOM'S BOOST- ERS' CLUB was founded, and what a boost they proved to be! Men of vision and action, we said! Read but the first names on a long list of some 1500: Fr. Drouin, Romeo Forgues, Reggie Cloutier, Don Fortin, Tom Kerrigan, Dr. Paul F ortier, Gene Cloutier, Tony Blanchard, Mayor Gagne, etc. There is no telling how far they will gog but the list of their achievements in the brief four months which have elapsed can give you an idea of what may follow. The Boosters' Club has sent our hockey team to Boston for the New England Tournament - and what a pleasant affair they have made it! They have bought new equipment badly needed for hockey and baseball, they have launched a drive for paper and scrap metal, they have organized a bee to .level the site of the future school for the purpose of laying out a football field: they have paid the transportation of the baseball team. Such have been the Boosters' accom- plishments in the brief four months following their foundation. We can think of but one word to characterize our Boosters: They are FRIENDS! Loyal, devoted, generous, enthusiastic friends. We thank you, Friends!

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THE FRESHMEN SPEAK The school year is practically over. We, the green Freshmen of 47-48, can now realize to some extent, if not fully, what the school means to us. Of course, we did not come here simply because our'parents sent us, or because we had to. We came because we liked St. Dom's from the very start, and understood that this is where we belong. One year at St. Dom's has confirmed our expectations and justified our choice. We have learned what the slogan means, All for one, and one for all. Here we have found a family spirit, devotion, and love, here we have had the kind of education we need - with proper emphasis on our moral training. That is the reason why things run so smoothly: that is the reason why we are the largest Freshman class ever to enter St. Dom's! We rejoice in the progress of our dear school. Is there any one who would deny that St. Dom's is progressing? That fellow would be a hopeless case. It would mean that he never reads a paper, that he never converses with people in town, that he is deaf, blind and dumb, with the accent on the last word ..... Why, what others have done in years, we do in months, in weeks .... Now, the progress of the school is a responsibility that rests squarely on your shoulders and mine, even if they are not yet very broad. Wherever we go, whatever we do, the name of St. Dom's is imprinted on our personality. People will make you and me the basis of their judgment! Come on, boys! Let's show them what St. Dom's is doing for us! We should fall on our knees and bow our heads in prayer to express our grati- tude to the Good Lord and His Blessed Mother Who have been so kind to us. Raymond Voyer, '51 It seems to me that it was only yesterday that we walked into St. Dom's School yard for the first time. I can see the principal stepping upon an improvised pedestal and laying down some practical regulations for us. We, the newcomers, felt uneasy and somewhat scared .... As our names were called we filed into the building and went to our classrooms. Poor unfortunate boys! We thought then that' the future was not very bright! It is amazing how quick we lost our shyness .... By the end of the first week we were rushing down to the canteen like hungry wolves .... Incidentally, the canteen period is by far the best loved one! It is at the canteen that we the freshmen try to recuperate every day at 10:45, after a grueling battle with algebra! We also like to rush up the stairs, but at times we meet with an unexpected obstacle. A formidable figure stands with folded arms at the top, and all the excitement seems to cool off under one solemn stare .... We may be terrible children, but our teachers know that, way down in our hearts, we love them very much. We are very grateful for their devotedness, their patience, their love. They may still hope that, with continued efforts, they will make good young men out of us .... joseph Somers, '51-

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