Don W. Laney

Charley's Boys: St. Bernard College in the Sixties Don W. Laney

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