Talk:Gonzaga College High School
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Visitation is NOT Gonzaga's sister school. Gonzaga has not had a sister school since Notre Dame High School, which used to be on Gonzaga's campus, closed in the early '80s. Referencing Georgetown Visitation has a sister school is highly inappropriate.
- The two schools participate in numerous events together (and Gonzaga at least has a special committee of its Mother's Club related solely to Visitation events) and during the 1990s there was a tuition exchange program in which the teachers at Gonzaga could send their daughters to Visitation and the teachers at Visitation could send their sons to Gonzaga at reduced rates. While the two schools are completely separate as far as governance is concerned, there is an undeniable institutional affiliation which has developed at least over the past two decades. Regardless of what was true during the 80s and beforehand, today Visitation is Gonzaga's sister school. This assertion can be supported by simply asking any student at either of the two schools what their sibling institution is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.21.43.64 (talk) 02:32, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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I believe Dr. Richard Mudd is a notable alumnus both for his professional career and his efforts to clear the name of his grandfather Samuel Mudd.
John Heard graduated in 1964, not 1963. All of the "traditions" are of recent vintage. The oldest mentioned was initiated by our weenie of a senior class president in 1964. One tradition that is not mentioned, and perhaps has been allowed to fall into desuetude: members of the senior class would put up in a public spot some banner urging victory over St. John's in football. The banner hung from the fence of the Soviet embassy ("K says 'Go Eagles'") was torn down almost immediately, but "Beat St. John's" stayed painted on the 14th St overpass for years.
- As a current student, I can attest to the fact that this tradition continues, and should perhaps be added to the list of traditions. Apparently, it was recently (Time written:late May) carried out at a National's game by several seniors, much to the chagrin of the officials. It was immediately ordered torn down, but, the rumor goes, found within the inning in a dumpster nearby by a Gonzaga student, who promptly hung it back up where it was, leading to the ejection of the students from the stadium.
Wasn't Gonzaga the school who pulled the infamous "Washington Monument" experiment? LonelyBeacon 05:17, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Isn't there a Bernini painting in St. Al's? If there is it should porbably be in the article.
[edit] The Pit
The basketball court in the old gym, in Dooley Hall, used to be known as the swimming pool, because the floor was 10 feet below the rest of the gym, the walls were 2 inches outside the sidelines, and when Tiber Creeek flooded it filled the basketball court like a . . . swimming pool. The story in the early '60s when I was there was that in the '30s and '40s the floor was wood, and Gonzaga used to win all its home games because our players knew where the dead (waterlogged) spots in the floor were.
In the 70s when I was there, it was "The Pit". In 78 when the new gym opened, there was a contest to devise the best use of the old hole. The winning entry was a suggestion to fill it with lions and use it to measure each Jesuit's persuasiveness in comparison to Daniel. 75.36.181.116 21:42, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
The new athletic page is okay but it has lost information not gained it.
[edit] What Not to include
Greetings editors!
I recently deleted some non-notable current students (don't take it personally) who were mentioned. Please consult What not to include which notes the policy used by the Wikischools Project in determingin what doesn't belong in Wikipedia school articles. In short:
1. Don't include the names of current students/staff, unless they are notable for something outside of being a student/teacher/coach/competitor for the school.
2. Don't include short term events for the year.
Before adding anything, please check this out. Also, if something you added gets deleted, check this out before running to re-add it.
Best of luck! LonelyBeacon 05:17, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
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