St Georges High School - Lance Yearbook (Middletown, RI)

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THE SCHOOL PRAYER Almighty Cod, the fountain of all wisdom, without Wfhom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, we beseech Thee to bless the members of this School with Thy perpetual presence and pros- per them in their work. Keep their hearts free from every spot and stain of sin. May they be truthful and reverent in their speech, earnest and faithful in their studies, kind and considerate in their dealings with each other, and always ready to succour the unprotected and helpless. Bless, we beseech Thee, the teachers of this School and impress them with a due sense of the responsibilities of their charge. We pray that from these walls young men may go forth generation after genera- tion, well-equipped for the battle of life and ready to contend bravely for God and the truth. And this we ask in the name of Him who died for our Salvation, to whom be glory for ever and ever, Amen. 24

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GLASQ HIQTORY Wlrerr the trrst members of the el1ss of 1952 .rrrrved 1t St George s rn the frll ot I9-I7 they were trlled wrth desprrr rt the thought of flye yerrs under the thumbs of tyrrnnreal senrors rnd unjust masters How ex er the ye rr qurekly sped by thanks to Gu rrdabrssr s weekly food p1ek rge rnd by rrne the elrss lrrd lerrned the ropes rnd the st rge was set Wlrerr the old guard ot the form Irrrry ed the followrng trll they tound therr group enlrrged by 71 members No one who lryed rn Brown or Green wrll exer torget thrt year It strrteel off wrth rn undeterted lootbrll team Bob Wlreeler st rbbed H H Lewrs rn 1 yrerous Brown dorm duel r snake found rts wry rnto lrne s bed rnd r Llwbmlrr Iennnr lound rts w1y rnto Lewrs Lou nex er drseos ered rt At nrglrt the eyuret ot Green wrs sh1ttered by bounerng sourbrlls th rt rppeared from nowhere rt rs generrlly rssumed thrt they eame from Sloanes eubrele In the f1mous Green Brown prllow trght Brown won arded by jake Ballen trne s werghted urllow Unfortunately he day found Powdrell Krlby and the Gurg e rrryrng buekets ot wet srnd from Qeeond Beaeh whrle the rest of the dorm elerned the Mouse rugs 1nd scrubbed the dormrtory walls Green Dorm forrnd rtself on Hellweek therr usual punrshment Newhrrd who had rnstr grted the nght by throwrng pe1nut shells rnto Green rs strll unpunrsheel Another wrnter nrght Sun Rrmsey put on Newhrrd s eoonskrn eoat 1nd Jumped on Peterson who was hrpprly drermrng ot huntrng Pete was h1lfway up the w1ll ot the eubrele betore he rerlrzed he wasn t rn grrzzly bear eountry Strll another day Howland found hrmself hangrng by hrs thumbs from 1 Green dorm rafter ohn was srrre the lrst moment lr rd rome but the Reb was krnd herrted rnd eut hrm down In r deserted Brown dorm eubrele there met r srnrster band whose he1dquarters was known as The Oprum Den The members werent as srnrster rs the n1me rmplres In fret they were mrssronrrres led by lather Geary rn seareh of eonxerts to baptrze Many 1 baptrsm w1s performed oy er the sretrms bed The Gurg was also rnterested rn rhysrology and eondueted numerous experrments rn Green to see how long a person eould go wrthout arr By Ghrrst mrs Gharlre Gollrer strll belresed rn Sant1 Claus but the men of the world Howl1nd and Prtlrk spent most ot ereh d1y playrng brrdge Wrth wrnter erme snow r lot of whreh forrnd rts w ry rnto the dorms Then wlrrle we w e strll shrxerrng the sprrng hnrlly e1me rnd wrth rt the usurl Qrturdry nrght rrunts to Seeo d Be reh tor speetrtor sports rnd sehool w rs oy er rgrrn rnd we were tree for mother summer The lollowrng lrll the form mrrelred eoekrly rnto Iwenty House rnd Prneerolt No longer foreed to lrxe rn those brberran eubreles we retrrrlly hul our own rooms' Thrs w rs the yerr thrt we begrn to funetron rs 1 unrt thrs a 0 wrs the yerr when Holmes set up statron XWSIY rnd eondueted regulrr Sundry mornrng brorde rsts from hrs Twenty House Studro ese mernt only for the qelrools rle 1 rrdros were rlso reeerxed on seseral faeulty sets wrth the result tlr1tW9lX went rbruptly ff the One dry George Bee reeerxed 1 lrrge bor. of popeorn whreh he drstrrbuted all oyer Twenty House It w rsnt untrl the next mornrng thrt George remembered th rt he was sweeprng the hrll whreh by tlr1t trme looked lrke the floor of r low grrde moyre theatre th rt yerr Among them were sueh stalwarts as Henry Vrn fleet I1 qynlflxlilllg Ben t e litters prnk pryrmrs embrordereel wrth Prggy Prlmer erused mueh drsturbaneej Ben was r lrttle lrte rn returnrng from Sprrng X'tt'1fIOI1 but when he flnrlly drd he found hrmself loeked out of hrs room th rnks to Holmes 1nd Hrll who hrd thoughtfully b1rrre1ded the door rnd nrrled the wrndow shut Frrther down the hall Lewrs elwelt rn hrs usu rl style Down rn Prneeroft thrnsrs were drfferent Constable was prefect One of the brg dangers of lryrng rn Prneeroft was that of meetrng Con st rble rn town rtter lrghts Durrng the wrnter 1 brn l of hardy trappers led by Peterson would rrrse e reh mornrng rnel tend therr traps Num erous skrnr ed skunks rnel therr eareasses were kept rn Prneeroft Garage along wrth many a muskr1t skrn The dorm rtselt also sheltered rn rssorted group of anrmals Peterson had a parr ol rrbbrts rn r box rn hrs room Krlby kept r pet duek rn the brthtrrb and the Gurg rrnrrsed hrmsell by dropprng r e rt out the wrn dow wrth Ir smrll parrehute The eat grew untrrendly On the 'sth of Iebru1ry a self appornted srnrtrry eomrnrssron deposrteel F05 ter fully elothed rn the showers Later rn the sprrng Prneerolters wore the fI lLllflOI11l prnk shrrts rnd one member ot the grorrp we-nt so trr as to we rr purple p rnts to luneh But .rsrde 25 I eV e ' . 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