[Buzz]

Bernie, not De La Salle but some of those Brothers were rough all right. In those days they figured the best way to get you to stop doing something was to beat it out of you. I was a stubborn lil' $hit and I got caned more times than I care to remember. I even lost a fistfight with one Brother O'Connor (the "dean of discipline" was his official title) at 12 years old when I decided I was too big to be caned anymore and started swinging. He was only too happy to give me a bare knuckle boxing lesson. Were it not for the fact that my family was well known and generally well liked, I probably would have gotten expelled.