AT CHEVERUS, SPECIAL ADAGE RINGS HOLLOW

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From: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
Date: 20030618
Author:Bill Nemitz staff writer

Bill Nemitz staff writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
06-18-2003
AT CHEVERUS, SPECIAL ADAGE RINGS HOLLOW
Byline: Bill Nemitz staff writer
Edition: Final
Section: Local & State

The quote by 19th century author Elbert Hubbard sits atop Cheverus High School's Web site. "An ounce of loyalty," it proclaims, "is worth a pound of cleverness."

Provided, of course, that the loyalty doesn't carry an $8,100 price tag.
"It would be so easy for them to do," Michael Sweatt, Class of 1976, said of his alma mater. "It's astounding to me that they still refuse to do it."

What Cheverus refuses to do is ...

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