St Francis Preparatory - Boxwood Yearbook (Spring Grove, PA)

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In September of '45 a large group of Freshmen journeyed Prepward full of the vigor and youth that won this class such immediate popularity. The first class meeting was a notable event with the election of class officers and representatives to the student council. Father Peter Bush, T.O.R. was made our Moderator and under him the class accomplished many a milestone. How we dreaded the fateful date of September 25. Yes, initiation day. The first day seemed to be the worst with the march of death climaxed by a dip in the pool. Through almost two months of agony we obeyed our mas- ters, the unruly Sophomores. But Hnally the fatal day arrived and all of us heaved a well deserved sigh of relief. The 'ffrosh started sponsoring their own socials that year, and we chose a skating party at Cicero's to put us out front. VVith the fair damsels from Ebensburg all the Prepsters glided around the hardwood until the word was passed that it was time to head homeward. The Commencement Exercises were held in the main foyer of Alvernia Hall that year. None of us could ever forget the inspiring sermon given by Father Adrian Veigle, T.O.R. on that day of days. Most of us managed to keep in con- tact with each other during the sum- mer and the fall found the majority back at the Prep, not in Loretto, but at the beautiful Glatfelter estate which was to be our future home. How proud we were to show our parents through the mansion and take them on a tour of the sixty-four acre grounds. After a successful social, scholastic and athletic year, we all look forward to our future as upperclassmen. vsATORl4 '3 mm Q W 1847 .9 -A V' ce '9 4 --- 5 3 Q l 'L L Le: i 2 Q, 1? db QV' 'Wa GROW'

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UPHO HBE Richard Farley Bartol Francie Joseph Raring Keith Coale Thomas Zuzich Joseph Gildea Walter Nealing Harry Anstead Gilbert Obringer Russell Krahnert William McSorley Mario Alvarez Eugene Loibl Edward Clemens Marco Troconis David Meharg William Shea Arthur Moeller

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Fellow men : VVhen w e to the campus of the Prep and m the first time, we found that th ere men present from many of t rty-eight states. Needless to say, d the last two years we have learne love every- thing that means Sain ncis. Our class has won acclaim fo 'r parti- cipation in athletics, social even studies. A look ahead tells us that we e only two years to go before comple our Prep education and no dou they will pass as rapidly as the last two. Yes, as frosh we thought that graduation was a lifetime away, but now we see how wrong we were. We now approach the honor of being up- perclassmen but this honor is not placed upon us without accompanying duties. Uppermost in our mind should be the pattern we must set for those who are behind. As underclassmen we admired and tried to pattern ourselves after those who were ahead of us. Their actions were exemplary as ours will be also. The time has come when we must prepare for the future. Let us carry on in the way our predecessors have in accordance with the fFranciscan Way' of education. lILBERT OBRINGER ident of the Sophomore Class