The passage of time has a way of dimming the memory.
So 40 years later, I thought it would be a good idea to re-publish, here on the blog, our official class history as we received it in the weeks right before we graduated in May, 1969.
Does anybody remember who wrote this or how it came to be? Is there a back story to share? If so, leave your insights and/or corrections and additions below.
I. The Freshman Year
As we entered Father Ryan High School in the Fall of 1965, we were proud to be students at the best High School in Nashville. We were the largest class to ever enter Father Ryan. Our lives were to be greatly influenced in the next four years by what was seen and heard at 2300 Elliston Place.
It was a big changeover from from being 8th graders to being high school students; however, we now had to realize how important an education is, and what it can give us in life.
After surviving the first couple of weeks of utter chaos we elected our class officers. President, Dick Lammers; Vice-President, Jerry Burns; Secretary, Gino Marchetti and Treasurer, Hardy Lavender were chosen to lead the freshman class. Father Maxwell became our moderator. These outstanding young men served their classmates faithfully, just as the officers who followed in the next three years.
During our freshman year our athletic teams enjoyed moderate success. Though our football team only managed a 5-4-1 season, they were able to defeat MBA 10-0. Lacking the size of most of its opponents, the basketball team still won a berth in the Region V tournament.
With the spring came the thoughts of ending our first year at Father Ryan. The idea of no longer being the "babies of the school" was in itself enough to make us more mature. We were determined to make our Sophomore year more rewarding than the 1st year, but first came the summer.
COMING NEXT: II. The Sophomore Year
And later, The Class Prophecy
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