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

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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.

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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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THE RESIDENT TEAM esicxblished cz fine record under the coaching of Brother Patricicm.