“BIG” – Girl’s Dormitory – 1952

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In 1952 – when I left St. Vincent’s   – this is what the Dormitory looked like and the bed that was mine was on the left side near the windows – since the beds are so close and my eye-sight  – not that good – the bed I had was maybe the 7th or 8th.???The cubical in the back right corner in where the NUN, slept.

Back – then – we did not have air-condition and as you can see no fans – and in the summer  –  we are on the third floor  –  it was “HOT!”  Since we had to get up at 5:30 AM – we went to bed at 8:25 PM – the last year that I was there “Television” came out – and in the evening after Supper – which was from 6:00 PM to  6:30 PM there was a short period time you could watch  “TV”  or play on the Play-Ground – but if you were watching “TV” – that would  be turned off  at  –   “Twenty-Five after Eight”   –   and you never  did  see the end of  any program  – that they had on. So, when I  left  St. Vincent’s – I never missed not having a “TV” – as there was no enjoyment  – I would prefer a movie at the Theatre!

The above time for going to bed was  for the   “BIG” kids – those in seventh grande and under   –  all went to bed at  “TEN after Seven”  –  and   we all went and liked it! ??There was some good   “SUN-LIGHT”  still out and we could hear the NUNS and the older class still up – but you soon fell asleep ???   Those were the days when you tell a child what to do – when – and how –  and   –  that’s  –   the end of the discussion!


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