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

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February . . . When Kersey, the Maine boys rejoiced in the wintry the Frame boys sighed for the plantation . . . When the boys Harrington remove the Green bank . . . When the day hops tive of their new lunch room in When the record hop provided us of fun and laughter . . . February . . . The school year moving, 'OB.,'UASfW5j, and relentlessly . . . Valentines Day getting a mysterious card . .P . The Diocesan ' ligion Examination . . . The beginnings of intensive preparation for the Science Fair . . . A track meet at Andover . . . Hockey games . . . The finale of the basketball season . . . Crisp days when Brother Giles' rifle had a new staccato sound to it from the' woods in back ot the intirmary . . . ,V February . . . The usual crowd heading for the in- firmary in search of relief from colds . . . The death of Brother Louis and the tower bell in Xavier mourn- fully tolling . . . The tennis team in pre-season warmups in the frigid Coliseum . . . Faculty skiing enthusiasts waiting for snow that never appeared . . . A pleasant Friday evening at MaryCliff . . . February . . . The shortest month of the year . . . When we first started to hear from the colleges about our acceptance . . . When the Spire Staff became conscious of deadlines . . . When the major league teams started to head south and our own baseball stars began to dream of triple plays and no-hitters . . . When we got that old, old feeling of: spring's just around the corner . . . February . . . Month of the glorious Midwinter Vaca- tion . . . A breathing spell at home. A chance to relax from declensions and theorems and book re- ports . . . An opportunity to see the Ice Follies in Boston and movies like The Long Gray Line . . . A trip to Vermont or New Hampshire for some skiing . . . A date or two with the dream girl . . . A long sleep in the morning . . . A renewal of acquaintance- ship with hometown friends . . . A storing up of energy and ambition for the last part of the school year . . . Some serious thought to our science proj- ect . . . Brother Norman ordering baseballs and bats . . . The pleasant thought that outdoor sports would soon be a reality . . . What sort of track team would we have? Could we win the Catholic League Title in baseball? February . . . Ash Wednesday . . . The start of Lent . . . Little mortiiications . . .The ancient reminder that we are but dust . . . Stations in the chapel on Friday night . . . Another month slipping quickly away . . . 16 WHEN THINGS got dull a record hop broke up the mo notony.

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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.

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EBHUAHY -i4,g:.'4., ,, .' Q7'fHiO'.,-L-5. 1,55--g,N. . .f,f':-4. f, .k,,,,-,.,V,l -.A , l Q THROW SNOWBALLS, will you? Let that be cz lesson, Tom Foote! FEBRUARY MEANT the thrills and chills of-hockey as Tom Hanlon well knew.