 Pace's first graduating class created the first newspaper, called the Kerygma ("The Proclamation") as well as the first Torch yearbook, which acquired its name from president John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech, in which he referred to passing the "torch" to the next generation.Pace's school seal was also designed that year to be engraved on the class rings, and the school's motto was chosen as well.It was in the 1964-1965 school year that the tradition of "Freshmen Orientation," began in which seniors essentially 'hazed' freshmen, in a tradition that continues to this day, but in a milder form.