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Class Lists

To list only those who appear as graduates of the school
in the ˋfifties would obviously give a false impression of
those who actually attended in that decade. The simplest
solution for this volume is to include the names of those
who are listed as having left Gonzaga in the years up to at
least 1965, thereby catching those who completed only six
years in the school, but began in the 1950s.

There are on-going difficulties for anyone trying to
put together the definitive list of those who have attended
Gonzaga. Omissions are often discovered, and
inaccuracies turn up frequently.

One obvious reason is that many students attended for
only a short time, or left before the normal five or six year
period. As mentioned in the introduction to the section on
school photos, the early photos of Sixth Year classes do
not correspond to the class lists of those who are given as
their contemporaries – because of the special nature of
Sixth Year and the fact that the majority left at the end of
Fifth Year. A number of names have fallen through the
gap in this case.

Printing the year-lists here gives readers the
opportunity to spot any gaps, and help paint an accurate
picture.

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