St John High School - Aquila Yearbook (Concord, NH)

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PAGE 40 AQUILA ffl'llcfnfallfclulalvfsfufalllllvjufofljolllllofofoflfcflf Tony was precariously teetering out the second story window, waving his arms and shouting for dear life. ACT 2 SCENE 1 One warm Saturday afternoon in November the trip to Lebanon via the Boston and Maine railroad was a tiring one. Regardless of the difficulties, our football team came onto the field with renewed vigor and a high spirit of undying sportsmanship. The team was out to win this game for it meant the class C cham- pionship, if the Lebanon gridsters were to go down in defeat. With boundless determination and a Hail Mary on every lip, we reaped the fruit of victory to the score of 20 to 18. .The Laurel Wreath was ours and we had earned our lirst championship. All the lettermen were given jackets and gold footballs in commemoration of a successful season. SCENE 2 Sister Florian, our home room teacher, was instructing us in religion and what should nonchalantly creep out from under the desk books but a poor little mouse. The girls made haste to the top of their desks and the boys enjoyed a hearty laughj Sister Salvatoris, our typing and shorthand teacher, came in to in- quire what was troubling us, and she too was stricken with fear and returned to her room promptly. The event was a popular topic of conversation for a long time afterwards. SCENE 3 During the days we were rehearsing the Saint Patrick play, our basketball team gained the class B and state Catholic championships and went on to win the class AU Catholic cham- pionship for New England there. The Saint Patrick play was a great success and the end men act put on by the high school group, earned many a round of applause. ' SCENE 4 June rolled aroundsand with it came the annual final exams. For an entire week almost all the students of the high school could be seen attending morning mass to envoke the Holy Ghost for assistance in tests. The examinations were difiicult, but most of the class managed to do pretty well in them.

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