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Another great Mott photo !

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Mannheim, Germany.

11:55 A.M. / Thursday / 19 / July / 2007

The very first thing to pop onto my head is how intimidating this room looks. I would start looking for another washroom.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Mannheim, Germany.

11:50 A.M. / Thursday / 19 / July / 2007

dude the chicks at the bar are HOT!!!!!!!!!

Oh..MY God. Im in love with that doll..

Its a shame to see what was once so beautiful now in ruins

Wow this is great!

The trees remind me of a cave.

I took it more as someone hating Nintendo.

looks like its proudly showcasing its sheer size and construction, ignoring its current commission, still showing pride and dignity !.

I can still envision the Piano back in the corner and the Daughters of the Devine Zeal serving up what was actually pretty decent meals. The priests usually avoided the student dining room but Fr. Tim would go table to table serving coffee to the students.

Flashbacks to being assigned 1st waiter, 2nd waiter, dishes, etc. At one point my name fell off the dishwashing list and I got out of that duty for almost a year!

When we worked at Camp in the Summer we would get to eat (at least some meals I recall) in the priests dining room.

Fr. Dick's etiquette classes. It's all rushing back to me now!

Attended for 3 years from 1977-1979. The mansion, pavillion, tower, lake, grounds, etc. were all full of old world beauty. Summer Camp, Fall festival, classes of maybe 10 persons each, etc. all created an amazing world unto itself. I visited in about 1997 and was shocked to see how such a wonderful place had fallen into total ruin.

Silent Hill 2 comes to mind. Is that you, Mr. Pyramid Head..?

1st floor were the Science class-rooms and band room. In mid-80's Bro. Jim Mara had us all raise small pets (snakes, Guinea Pigs, etc). There was a really old priest named Fr. Moskal (Earth Science) who would pour Mercury (highly toxic) out of a bottle and have us hold it in our hands. To demonstrate a circuit he had us all join hands with one person holding the gas valve on a lab table. He would then stick his own finger in an electrical outlet.

Back behind the stage there used to be a 35MM Projection room. I remember showing "Burnt Offerings" which scared the crap out of everyone. But we all got a laugh out of the butler from same movie addressing the younger son as, "Master Bates".

I think that the class of '81 was probably the last to use 3rd floor as a dormitory. Class of '80 spent about 6 months on the 3rd floor. After that, enrollment was such that everyone fit in the 2nd floor roomettes (4 persons to a room).