3P, did they always pee in threes?

This is a true story: 1966. When I arrived at St. Patrick's College (town), we were divided into four groups and put into four classrooms. I didn't know that the classroom I was put into would become the 3P room. I was sent to the staffroom, with our room number, to pick up some things for the teacher who was with us. I gave a note, from our teacher, to a teacher who answered the door. He looked at it and said, "Ah, the brain boxes of the future!"

That's the closest I got to being in 3P. I also never got to be a sacristan and steal communion hosts. There were four third form classes. The students were all graded and the 'dumbest' ones went to 3R, which everyone called '3 Retarded'. The other three classes were called 3P, 3G and 3M. Eventually, that year, the class names were changed to 3P (professional), 3G (general), 3 Com (3 commercial) and 3M. I'm not sure what 3M was supposed to stand for. I think it was '3 moderate', but everyone called it '3 Moron'. 

Peter, as you know, was in 3P. They learnt Latin, probably because it was hoped that a lot of them would become priests or doctors - evidently, in those days, doctors used to write their prescriptions in Latin. Well, that's what I was told. There was one thing that was not taught in 3P or 3G - how to get a girlfriend. One boy in 3P, named Tony, told us (well, actually a few years later) that girls liked boys who were pissed. Latin didn't help with everything. We learnt French in 3G, a language that was still spoken as a form of communication, if you wanted to say anything other than Mea Culpa.

3P 1966

3G 1966

Can you find Peter and Richard in these photos? 

Gallicum utilius est quam Latinum.

Okay, I'm off to help with Harrison and Henry. My starting time is 6.30am.

Ciao tutti.