Last updated January 24, 2021
Bill had just started his second semester of college. He had been at St. Vincent for four and a half years, and
it was his 18th birthday when he went into Father Aiden’s, the Director, office to get permission to go into town to register for the draft. Bill was lectured on the importance of following the rules, then informed that he was a ring leader coercing others into violating the rules.
The lecture ended with “You will leave here by noon tomorrow”.
The rule: Students will not leave the campus without approval. Bill and several of his classmates had walked the train tracks into town to see a movie on two different Saturday nights. You could say that Bill was given permission to leave the campus he asked for, but not to return. The movies were “Don’t Go Near the Water” and “Les Girls”.
Interesting, I did not know this and thought that we attended your graduation there. Photos of you with Grandma are somewhere in my memory.
You attended my High School Graduation. This was after my first semester of college.