When I think back to my days at SAS, I think about how a group of gangly guys kept all 14 acres of SAS so neat and clean! Sure, there was a paid gardener and several wonderful brothers in the kitchen and in the shop, but almost all of the other chores were relegated to us, a small army of “Mr. Cleans!” Right after breakfast, things would spring into action with guys spreading out all over the campus, heading to 'broom closets' and ‘janitor rooms’ to clean everything from floors to doors! Somehow, between 7:30 AM after breakfast, to 8:30 AM, the start of the school day, WE guys would clean sinks and mirrors; lockers and light fixtures; hallways and sidewalks; windows and classrooms; pews and candlesticks, and even door knobs! By 8:30 AM one could ‘eat off the floors’ of the dorms, see a ‘peached-fuzzed’ face clearly reflected in a sparkling mirror, walk a hallway with the tile shiny and gleaming, and perform a ‘white glove’ test on the top of a locker! And, .... besides all of the aforementioned chores, there was also a “special” cleaning WEEK every Spring that involved a lot of paint, liquid wax, toilet brushes, rakes, shovels, mops, and lots and lots of good old fashioned ‘elbow grease!’ There were also certain 'shifts' or 'crews' with 'dishshift' being the most well-known. But there were also 'crews,' such as the Athletic Crew that kept up the various sport venues (boy, when I think about it...football, baseball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, track, and later, soccer); a Sacristy Crew that helped prepare the chapel each day for services; a 'Fill-Inn' Crew that stocked and ran the student snack bar; a Barber Shop Crew that ran the barber shop; a Laundry Crew, responsible for sorting the laundry bags, along with loose laundry pieces, (thank God for laundry numbers!), and getting them into the proper laundry lockers; a Waiter Crew that moved the food from the kitchen to our tables at every breakfast, lunch, and dinner; and, finally, a Stationey Store Crew that stocked and ran that room with top efficency! (I was on it!) True, each crew did have a faculty moderator, but we boys basically kept those areas running quite smoothly. Yes, I pushed a lot of brooms, swabbed a lot of 'decks', used a lot of windex, and raked a lot of leaves; but it helped to teach me responsibility, and it has carried over even to this day! John (late ‘60s) (PS: I don't know if this will work, but here is a link to the "Fill-Inn Crew Rules" that I found in 'Special Documents' here: https://www.sasarchive.org/1963-fill-inn-crew-rules-sheet )
