St Johns Preparatory School - Spire Yearbook (Danvers, MA)

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6 'I 'uf ni , Facully has lhe ancienl buf lrue response Jrhere is no easy road lo knowledge. And if langenls and declensions and lerm papers and coniugalions and irregular French verbs loom in enormous proporlions on The horizon of lhe Prep sludenl he realizes- if nor of Jrhe momenl' Jrhen in malurer years-lhal such inlelleclual aclivily is shaping and moulding him: is preparing him for life on a college campus and for Jrhe larger life beyond any 'rowers of ivy.

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ST. .lohn's Prep is a CATHOLIC school. lT is sTaTTed by The BroThers aT ST. Francis Xavier and endeavors To give iTs sTudenTs a CaTholic approach To liTe. ThaT does noT mean ThaT religion is crammed down The ThroaTs aT iTs sTudenTs, nor does iT mean ThaT oTher phases aT school liTe-The inTellecTual, The aThleTic, The social-are ignored or deemphasized. The Prep has a long and disTinguished scholasTic record. lTs graduaTes have aTTained loTTy posiTions in pracTically all 1 The proTessions. lTs zealous Teachers, boTh religious and lav, labor wiTh and Tor The sTudenT. To The complainT ThaT The scholasTic assignmenTs are long and The hours ol sTudy Tedious The Prep .A sl' MW I

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Arhlerics, loo, are given 'rheir righrful imporlance. Over Jrhe years Prep reams have eslablished enviable records in all maior sporrs. For rhose who have nor reached rhe maruriiy Jrhaf Varsiry sporrs demand Jrhere is a hos? of smaller reams lhal enable lhe fulure Varsily player la s+ar'r rhe long, slow climb lo afhlelic grealness. Tony Capodilupo gels a long pun? away in The Lawren Cenlrol fracas. Foofball always means A-C-T-I-O-Nl