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

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, y. NUAHY THE STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD in action. Steve Pierce presides. CAPTAIN IOE LEPORE goes Way, way up miter the elusive bull. 1 '

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HEI INJUH

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TENSE FACES . . . Open mouths . , . That exciting game called basketball! Ianuary . . . A bright New Year . . . We were so am- bitious aiter the Christmas holidays. We'd really settle down and hit those books. And Mid-Year Exams were just around the corner . . . Ianuary . . . 1955 . . . A cold. cold month . . . No snow, but bitter weather with the wind raging across the New England fields . . . A big month for hockey enthusiasts. Harry Deterrari, Ray Gallagher, Iohn McNamara and the rest of the hockey gang as happy as only puck fanatics can be when the ice in the rink is like asheet oi smooth glass . . . Ianuary , . . When the first record hop in Prep his- tory Was held in the Memorial Gym and everyone had cr super-elegant time. It was an inexpensive but wonderful evening. Ianuary . . , Basketball games . . . The social leagues in full swing . . . The State Track Meet at the Garden with Sandy Frame, lay Sullivan, Dick Doheny, Bill Falla garnering points for the Prep . . . Ianuary . . . Exam month . . . Books and books and books . . . Endless goramniing T. . . Memorizing dates Und formulas and historical lasts . .-.'gThe realization that there is no easy road totkirowledgle . And the exams themselves! Iililiieoqxffiphed sheets with such an imposilngarrqyiof' I 5 A , But we passed. thqfexgggg for home and cr joyous General ligl Weekend , One month roi the New Year gone already . . . seeming and minutes and hours and days are all so fleet! On the home- stretch now. Caps and gowns andidiplomas and fare-wells not so tar away . . . Even aslthe blustery Ianuary winds blew past us we thought of a Warm June day when the Class of 1955 would go forth to join the long and distinguished line of Prep grad- uates.