I was surprised when a friend told me he wasn't aware that St. Bernard
had ever had a college. After thinking about it for a moment, I
realized it had been almost thirty years since St. Bernard College
closed its doors. That was what motivated me to write a book about my
experience there. I attended St. Bernard College from August 1966
until May 1970. It was a time when St. Bernard College strived with
attendance peeking during those years. Also of significance, various
sports were putting St. Bernard on the map. The 1967-68 basketball
team was outstanding, winning their conference championship in one of
the highest scoring games in conference history. In writing the book,
I mention many other things that went on there, including campus
activities, other sports and the professors, priests and students of
the college. The book emphasizes two primary things: that outstanding
basketball team of 1967-68 of which I was a member, and the influence
Coach Charles Richard had on his athletes, students and the college
itself. You will take a walk down memory lane as you read about what
it was like at St. Bernard College in the late Sixties.
