St. Joseph's College
The Blow
When we arrived at St. Joe's, we learned that our daily
reading and listening habits were about to change. No radio or TV or Chronicle
or Examiner. However, we soon discovered that we had the benefit of an
immensely more entertaining source of news:
The
Blow was put out infrequently and irregularly by each year's Third High
class. Thanks to Jim Tonna, we are able to bring you a copy of the
Blow
from 1953.
Click here to return to 1953 and read
such stimulating articles as
- Tom Dowling's interview of St. Joe's president, Fr.
Francis ("Pop") Rock about how the school was bursting at the seams and badly
needed a new wing.
- George Crespin's piece on why summer vacations were
necessary (in case, I suppose, there were any doubters)
- A gossip column by Robert Quigley
- Several sports pieces
- And more!
As the saying goes: READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Actually, this "slick paper" version of the Blow was, if my
memory is correct, something of an anomaly. The Blows I remember were
produced on the dittograph machine. I believe this was in a small room on the
first floor of the main wing and used some sort of alcohol-based system to
transfer ink from the stencil to the paper. Did we really get some sort of
"high" from that? Remember the yellow, military surplus paper that we produced
much of our ditto'd materials on? Remember the fun it was making corrections on
ditto stencils: scraping off the ink, getting indelible purple stains on hands
and clothing, etc. etc. etc.
Ok, folks, let's have some contributed memories here. Who staffed the
Blow when we were in Third High. I think OB was the sports editor, but I
don't remember the rest. Use the comment form below to add your
recollections.
Late breaking news...
Rich Monahan has contributed this article by Brian Joyce from one
Blow issues when we were in Third High. Ok, so we have 2 staff members
pinned down. Who else? (I think I may have done some typing for it.)
"Mike Kenny was Editor- Fr, Canfield was the moderator for our year"
(note from Rich)
