Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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XJtl ' lL ' X 4 j f « ?. f f f f f T ri It HE EXAMPLE of our predecessors being always a pouerfiil incentive, we recall some of the Boston College men of tlie past who have ever been true to the ideals of their Ahna Mater. It being the first class to graduate from the Heights, and the first class to publish the ScB Tlrri, we have chosen the portrait of the class of 1913 to adorn the pages of our Sub Tlrri. Among the distinguished-looking gentlemen above we find John P. Curley, present graduate manager of athletics. John is famous for his book Study as a Minor Part of a College Course. Peeking out also is Owen J. McGaffigan. class hero, designer of the Golden Anniversary seal of Boston College, and originator of the name Sib Tlrri. We find there also Francis X. Sallaway, now a distinguished priest, at that time competent class financier and poet. To the Church. Boston College has given manv noble sons, among whom are our own beloved Cardinal Archbishop, William H. 0 Connell: the Rt. Rev. Michael J. Splaine. former Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Boston: and the Rt. Rev. Joseph G. Anderson. In the field of law we find Daniel J. Gallagher, former United States Attorney at Boston. One of the most distinguished sons of Boston College is John J. Burns, the

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youngest justice ever to sit on the superior court bench in Massachusetts. If there be anv doubt of tlie worth of Henry M. Leen. Assistant Lnited States Attorney at Boston, inquire of the surrounding colleges, which will never forget Henry ' s presence on the Fulton Teams. The late Leo M. Birmingham — it was either tan shoes or bare feet for Birmie — was a faithful servant in the Legislature. Francis J. DeCelles. Insm-ance Commis- sioner, is kno n to his classmates as one with the tact of a bartender, the nerve of a plumber, the agility of St. Vitus, and the happy faculty of doing the right thing at the wrong time and getting away with it . When Morgan T. Ryan pranced out on the boards, a gay and debonair Prince Hal. you could hear the sweet young things catch their breath. James G. Reardon. Commissioner of Education, was always admired for not allowing lectures to interfere with his dreaming. When Henry Gillen took to writing poetry back in 1919. it is not known whether Psychology went to his head or that he was moonstruck during one of his nocturnal peregrinations. To the gridiron hall of fame. Boston College has given James J. Fitzpatrick. who more than once spread gloom in the Yale Bowl with his dropkicks. Of Louis J. Lrban. Major Frank Cavanaugh said, the most modest man I ever coached . From the West came Charles Chuck Darling to be the idol of athletic Boston. Bashful Joe McKenney. the pride of Brighton, still develops the mens sana in corpore sano . Nor must we forget All American Al Weston, to whom running back a kickoff for a touchdown meant nothing.