On this special day when Sister Lucina was leaving St. Albert’s, the 8th grade class had a project to write a speech about her. Cathy C won and had to read it in front of the school in the gymnasium.
On this special day there was a circle drawn on the board with a dot in the center and anyone (Pat U mostly) who caused trouble in class had to put their nose on the dot and fingers on the circle.
On this special day it rained and we had recess in the gym.
On this special day Brian W and Danny P would head to St. Sebastian to play tackle football since it was not allowed at St. Albert.
On this special day the girls were allowed to skip class and go to the convent to dust, clean, and buff the floor with a monster polisher that would make their arms hurt after using it.
On this special day everyone watched the 1968 World Series between the Tigers and the Cardinals and some of the Apollo launches.
On this special day Jim M and Gary Z received spankings with their own belts.
On this special day the boys could be found playing soccer with Father Song Li Dong from Africa.
On this special day in Sister Rita Marie’s class she could be heard reading the students “The Andersonville Story”, a novel concerning the Confederate prisoner of war camp and the students were hanging on her every word.
On this special day the girls were shown a film and given a lecture on “our changing bodies” and their Mothers were also invited to attend.
On this special day (hot lunch Tuesday) Tom P got mustard all over his sweater in Sr. Charlotte’s class.
On this special winter day the parking lot would get plowed and the students would play king of the mountain/hill on the snow pile.
On this special fall day you may find the boys playing intramural flag football in the field.
On this special chilly day you may hear the students of Mr. O’s class use the expression “Chili Beanie” to describe the weather.
On this special day Mike O hit a home run in the first boys’ CYO game of 1975 against St. Alfred.
On this special day you might see a fire truck demonstration in the school parking lot.
On this special day during a joint photo of the cheerleaders and basketball team Dave K tugged on Eileen O’s hair just as the photo was snapped