Senate pages stood in line, pens and notecards in hand, hoping for an autograph.

Peggy Tate's (another high school friend and mutual acquaintance) new job as a Senate page.

A Senate page appeared at the open door to the inner office.

This is an exclusive program, and all Senate pages must be sponsored by a Senator.

He was voted by the Senate pages as "the nicest Senator."

The tenure of Senate pages depends on job ability, academic performance, and good conduct.

One morning in 1948, my brother, Michael, then a chubby-cheeked 13-year-old, showed up for his first day at work as a Senate page.

Senate pages are juniors in high school and are sixteen years old by the date of appointment.

"He wanted to help out a nice Irish girl," my brother, a Senate page at the time, remembered.

Senate pages must be sponsored by a Senator.