Central Catholic High School - Towers Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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aThleTics, in exTra-curricular acTiviTies, and in gen- eral leadership. These looys embody The besT ThaT CenTral CaTholic is ancl repre-senTs. We are hon- esTly honored To have Them among our gracluaTes. Their achievemenT here augurs an enviable TuTure Tor Them. We saluTe These ouTsTanding seniors wiTh admiraTion, TrusT, and c:onTiclence, Tor we lcnow ThaT The inspiraTion They have given Torms The 'iTooT- prinTs on The sandsl' oT The TracliTion oT CenTral CaTholic. .,,..,..,, T., ST. Philomena's parish mighT well be proud of MOST ACTIVITY-MINDED senior, DAVID McGUlRE. lniTiaTive and common sense characTerized iusf abouT all ThaT Dave par- TicipaTed in. For Tour years, Dave has noT missed T ' he scholasTic honor roll, and, aT The same Time, he has acTively and generously given himself To THE TOWERS, The HisTory Honor SocieTy The LaTin Honor SocieT The Science Ho , y, nor SocieTy, The annual Norfh game program, The STudenT Coun- cil, and inTramural sporTs. As Treasurer of The STudenT Council, Dave inauguraTed and handled bus Trips To games, a number of assemblies, and decoraTions and dances in The school, From our focus, The words Dave McGuire and success are synonyms. Guileless and unassuming JOE DUSCH of ST. Rosalia's parish is The candidaTe of The class of '53 for The honors of BEST ATHLETE. Joe, who is one of fourTeen children and who has Three broThers now aTTending CenTral, has smashed and sur- passed numerous records of BroTher Emery's cross counTry and Traclz Teams. Three Times before his senior year, Joe broke The school mile record. He has consisTenTly led our cross counTry and Track Teams To Their peerless posiTions in The Tri-STaTe area. RepeaTedly, he has seT records aT Schenley Oval. aT MT. Lebanon and aT Canonsburg courses. Needless To say, Joe has received numerous offers of scholar- ships.

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Top honors for ouTsTanding SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT among The graduaTes of I953 belong To FRANCIS BUCK. ATTecTionaTely known To his classmaTes as Freemonf Buck, This bundle of brains from ST. Becle's parish has mainTained a general average above nineTy-five per cenT during his four years aT CenTral. Besides success in sTudies, Francis has shown sTellar abiliTy in inTramural baskeTball and has been a con- sTanT supporTer of school acTiviTies. His exTra-curricular in- TeresTs have included The HisTory Honor SocieTy, The Classical Honor SocieTy, and The SporTs EdiTorship of THE TOWERS. This year, we oT The TOWERS' sTaTT have Turned Temerarious enough To venTure To prophesy. We TeaTure here Tive sTudenTs selec:Ted' and elecTed Trom The graduaTes oT T953 who have been pacemakers in The main areas oT acTiviTy ThaT make up modern high school life. We know ThaT all our qraduaTes have marvelous poTenTialiTies, buT These, we Teel, are The creme de la creme oT CenTral CaTholic. ThrouqhouT Their Tour years aT CenTral These young men have clisTinguished Themselves in sTudies, in A02 'IM By a well-nigh unanimous choice, our MOST REPRESENTA TIVE SENIOR is STudenT Council PresidenT EDWARD MALlN OWSKl. Ed, who hails from ST. Lawrence O'Toole's parisl parTicipaTed in maior varsiTy sporTs during his Tour years e CenTral and made TirsT Team in TooTball and baskeTball i his senior year. WhaT is more, our Mr. CenTral CaTh0lic ler his TalenTs To The school opereTTa in his iunior and sonic years and noT inlrequenTly achieved honor roll sTanding i sTudies. Possibly The mosT salienT characTerisTic of Ed' pleasing personaliTy is his abiliTy as a leader, if is Th winning magneTism Thal makes us complacenTly opTimisTi abouT Ed and his ful'ure. The excepTional TeaT of consisTenT pacemaking sTrides boTh in sTudies and in aThleTics has been realized by FRANK SZY- MANSKI of Holy Family parish, ln his Tour years aT Cenhal, Frank, our STUDENT-ATHLETE of l953, has upheld a general average over nineTy five per cenf and has parTicipaTed-in var- siTy baskeTball Tor Two years. This year, Frank ranked among our sTarTing Tive sharpshooTing baskefeers and managed To hold a parT-Time posiTion aT The same Time. For his formid- able performance on The baskeTball courT and for his brillianf scholasTic record, we proudly saluTe Frank Szymanski.

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I I JOHN R. BARRON 329 Robinson Slreei Ari Club Ig Hisfory Honor Sociefy 3, 41 Sociely 3, 4: Inframurals I, 2, 3, 4. PAUL J. BARZD 405 Fernhill Avenue Inrramurals I, 2, 3, 4. ARNOLD C. BAUER I8l I 5I'iaIer Drive Bowling 2, 37 5Iage C PAUL A. BECK b4l Gvellysburg Sireel Viking I: Hisiory Hon DANIEL J. BEGGY II64 5I1acIy Avenue Inlramurals I, 2, 3, 4. JAMES M. BEGGY 3306 Parkview Avenue rew 2. or Socieiy 3. 45C SI. Agnes Business Honor 455 S+. Agnes 65C All Sainfs 255 Sacred Heart 355 Sacred Heart 25C Cafhedral No. 2 Sfage Crew I, 2, 3, 4: Baskelball Ig Tennis I: Iniramurals I, 2, 3, 4. .. X - i .F lg ii ,ig , JOHN R. ACKERMAN 455 6482 Moniior 5IreeI 5I.PI'1ilomena Chess Club I, 3. DAVID J. ALDER 355 325 5. Lang Avenue SI. Beale Track Manager I, 2: Glee Club I: Rifle Club I: Hislory Honor Socieiy 3: Inlramurals 2, 3, 4. THEODORE W. ANDERSON 555 720 Johnslon Avenue SI. Siephen Glee Club I. FRANCIS ANTONELLI 65C 236 Edmond Sfreer Immaculale Conceplion JOHN W. APEL 255 808 NIcCandIess Avenue SI. Augusiine Glee Club Ig Hisiory Honor 5ocieIy 3, 4. THOMAS E. AUL 555 I36O Poinrview Slreei Corpus Chrisfi JOSEPH F. BAILEY 25C 3I I McKee Place Caihedral No. I Fooiball 23 Bowling 23 Siudenl Council 25 Inlramurals I, 2, 3. 4. PAUL R. BAKER ISC 2I3 5. Craig Slreei Caihedral No. I Inlramurals I, 2. 3, 4. PATRICK E. BANE 35C I I6 Mansion Slreei SI. Siephen Swimming I, 2, 43 Bowling 3, 43 Iniramurals I, 2, 3, 4.