The first event was junior initiation.  L to R: Pat Greenop, Joan Chamberlain, Helen Markowski, Sandy B.  On this day, the seniors woke the juniors early in the morning, threw flour and water in their faces, dressed them in [what are clearly cheesy] costumes and proceeded to haze them throughout the day.  My own experience with this did not go smoothly. At some point,  I'll comment on this ritual in a separate section.

The second event depicted here was the penultimate activity of our Feller Career: Graduation Day.  L to R: 1st  row: Pat Greenop? (Grubby this doesn't do you justice, if indeed this is you!), Anne Durling, Evelyn Georges, Mona Georges, Carolyn McDougall, Liz Mottishaw, RN. 2nd row;  Helen Markowski, Marie Dupre, Judy Doe, Joan Chamberlain, Charlene Masseau, Art Burridge, BA.  3rd row, Mary Paradis, Sandy Brayden. 4th row, Murray Willson, Gary Perkins, Lawrence Lambert, Ivan Minarek, Karl Jorgensen.

Graduation was held in early June, a full 2-3 weeks earlier than the last day of school for the public schools in Montreal, to our great delight.  Wasn't it fantastic to return home and laze around for a couple of weeks making the other kids in your neighbourhood jealous?  Little did they appreciate at what cost this minor victory was achieved, eh?  I never remember it raining on this day, the weather was invariably sunny and warm, the front lawn was green and lush, and the fragrance of of the lilac bushes permeated the air.  Everyone was dressed in their finest; as you can see here everybody cleaned up real good.

Why did I say penultimate?  Wasn't this the crowning achievement of our Feller careers and the last event in which we participated as students?  Well, not exactly.  For some, it was indeed the climax of their Feller days and they went off clutching their Feller diploma that was accepted by most businesses as proof that one had completed high school.  However, for some reason, most university admissions officers did not accept this document as sufficient to allow Feller grads to enroll in their august institutions.  Thus, those of us who planned to be college bound the following September had to hang around by ourselves for an extra couple of weeks and take the junior matriculation exams that  were presented to every graduating senior in the province. I plan to expand the discussion of my personal experiences with, and observations on, this peculiar ritual in a future chapter.