Unsurprisingly, the two most notable changes are the
use of technology and the physical structure. Of course in 1956 there were no computers or cell phones, but in those days no one even used a typewriter. Everything, even term papers, was written out by hand. Speaking of “by hand,” when the students first
started coming to school, the building was still under con- struction. Brother Jack Mostyn, class of ’59, recalls going outside to meet the trucks that were delivering the desks. The boys carried the desks, through the mud, into the building. And once they were inside, Steve Warwick, class of ’60 added, “We had to carry them from room to room based on which was tiled.” In the winter, before the boiler was installed, the rooms were heated by kerosene furnaces. Each morning parents came to school, filled the furnaces, and lit the stoves. The alums also vividly remember when the brick-
layers, who were working every day outside the classroom where Brother Lawrence was teaching Latin, started reciting the Latin verb endings while the students were taking their final exam. Brother Lawrence ran to shut the windows. While he was pleased he had taught so many people, he didn’t want the students getting help from the sidelines. Classes at the time were 45-50 minutes long, taught
only by the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers who were noted for their teaching ability and their discipline. But it wasn’t all hard work. Steve Warwick ’60 recalls a time when the Yankees were in the World Series and a teacher allowed the boys to listen to part of the game. Students today confess to occasionally checking ESPN on their laptops or cell phones. But what hasn’t changed tells an even more impor- tant story. Then and now Bergen Catholic’s goals are
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