St Augustine High School - Saintsman Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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enior .Nirifory The trailblazers have forged the way and now leave four years of accomplishments to a school rich in experience. We first set foot on the soil of St. Augustine on a sunny September day in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-one. Sheehan l-lall had just been added to the campus and the gymnasium was completed in time for basketball that winter. We saw many changes and innovations. The principal, Father Gallagher, was transferred in our sophomo-re year and we returned in our junior year with Father Aherne very cap.ably ensconced behind the helm. Pat Pidgeon was -our junior president, and his assistant was Daniel Riedy as VP. These two came to grips on the convention floor lthe school's firstl as they battled for the post of A.S.B. president. The students' vote was cast heavily for Dan, .and his leadership has caused one 'of the most progressive platforms in recent school history to come into action. Joe Fos was elected VP after service as junior class treasurer. Nelson Cover was elected president of the senior class after tenure as junior class secretary. lt was a good year for former class o-fficers. We have seen many things come .and go: white leather sleeves on the class jackets: the greenie system coming into being and blossoming to full maturity: the Carra Club, long an institution for junior-seniors of the Catholic l-ligh Schools, stepping quietly but conspicuously aside: a smoking room that never quite made it . . . ad infinitum . . . March 5, I955, was the opening date of the Little Theater on the Saint Augustine campus. We had a big hand in getting the first production, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, successfully on stage. Playing the lead, Robert Browning, was senior John l-lutchinson. Seniors in supporting roles were: Dave Farrell, Tom Rauner, Dick Gadler, Dick Corbin, Pat Pidgeon, Eddie Wiggers, .and John Keller. The play was extremely well received with an especially enthusiastic audience on closing night. Bank of America awards went to Robert Gavotto for excellence in Science and Math, and to John Keller for outstanding work in Liberal Arts. David Farrell, James Brooks, John l-lutchinson and Fernando Arriola received certificates of merit. Robert Fox walked off with speech honors, capturing the Native S-ons of the Golden West City Championship. Not o-nly in the fine .arts field did the seniors stand out, though, for we made a very indelible mark on the sports scene. Who will soon forget the record-breaking per- formances of senior John Cunningham on the basketball court? John captured county scoring honors with 444 points and walked off with the Breitbard Foundation and l-lelm's awards for his playing abilities. Aiding Cunningham and working so- well with him were Charlie Smith, Pat Mc- Namara, Larry Cromwell, Larry Blick, Chuck Gosselin, Mike Bareno and J. B. Hemphill. Ray l-liscok carved a niche for himself on the track sphere with his outstanding performances in putting the shot and sparking the St. Augustine football team. Dick Roesner was recognized as the best back of the ye.ar at the annual Football Prom and Mike Jones was the man to capture the outstanding lineman trophy. Senior Ditch Day was coupled with Washington's Birthday to make a two-day vacatgon for the Seniors. Arrowhead, Big Bear and many other places of interest were visite . The biggest dance of the school year, the Senior Prom, was held May 2l, l955, in the ballroom of the Hotel El Cortez. Truly, we have been an energetic bunch, and though we have at times been charac- terized as happy-go-lucky, we have always held the true goal of .a student of St. Augus- tine in mind. We pass this heritage on to fiture seniors. May they carry it as well. I 8