Seniors were allowed to smoke in the rec room only or when hiking. Underclassmen had to sneak down to the grotto for a couple of hits and hope Fr. Severin wasn't out for his canyon walk. We used to stash cigarettes in the stone wall. There was a loose stone on the wall below the chapel. When you removed it, there was enough of a cavity to stash a couple of packs of cigarettes. We usually smoked Luckies or Camels, some Pall Mall. Filtered cigarettes were just coming into existence, but were too wimpy for us. George N, '58
Year:
1958