St Peters Preparatory School - Petrean Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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CLASS OF 1940 Pltzpatrlck Hines Glordano 1X THIL hnstory books the decade just completed vnll probably be referred to as The Terrlfic 'Ih1rt1es It vsas the period durlng which the Blue Pagle soared out and cast tts shadow on the land for a moment and then sank to rest agam the sxt down strxke became the vogue IU -Xmerlca the Ltg apple handles and the gulplng of l1ve goldfish by college boys passed on ln the parade of great events The last four years of this period have held many memorable events whlch have endeared our hlgh school careers to us forever Let us pause to turn back the pages of tlme to September 1936 Durmg the throes of a Presxdentlal campalgn that meant little to us, the class of nmeteen hundred and forty cautiously vsalked 1nto a yard where a collectlon of gazelles, commonly referred to as upper classmen, romped playfully As vse stood 1n the yard, first on one foot and then on the other we all wondered just what thls school was ltke A bell broke our penslveness and we were ushered to the assembly hall Iather Shalloe, the new prmclpal, was lntroduced and lmmedlately won the hearts of the students with hrs kind and frlendly talk The class llst was read out and vse were asslgned to our dlfferent rooms Now there was no Sister Loretta to calm our fears of first day The tltle of 'lien had been conferred upon us and a firm determmatlon to Justlfy ll maze of Latin and Algebra bemg successfully conquered Untcrnmer Sulhxan Portfollo Bona ch Ten rfrmcr Ptann kl W Bruder R1 den Hawkes Mel auphlln Gardner Mr Bromlrskl E, Brudcr Mont ignc fwenty six SENIOR M Eugenc Bruder Prrxzdrnt James Nionta nc I zrr' In will uf M IUFICL Mel aughlm Srfre lm x Almermdo Portfollo Trcawfer ,, . . . . ,,. Y . . . Z' K .- .V . . . X. M . .. . , . . 7 . ' y . Y . .V D A V . r W permeated the hearts of all. Friendships were formed as the year sped by with the p 1. Q .7 , .7 is v z 1 1, . . 's , ' , . . '. ', z . , A tt! - 1 ,

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THE SENIOR CUUNCIL Representmg Semor NI -Xlmermdo Portfoho Fugene Bruder Semor A James Cllddlhy joseph Halleron James Nlahon Senlor B Rlcharcl H111 lhxhp 'XIcGovern Xhlllam Sweeney Semor C joseph Carey ohn Lrosby R1ymondTh.11er Qemor D XX alter Qorrlbfm lhomas I ldherty, Francls 'Xlarnell -XRTHLR G NI ADDFIN 'llodcfralor Twenty-H1 c

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SENIOR A Joseph Halleron Prrwden! James Cuddrhx I za' P1 mzdent Robert Dohertx Secretarg John Jazowskr Treasurer Loughlln Schlltt Kendall Currlstlne Lohr Daw Golding Glella Baggot Furlong OConnor OLearx Manmngz Molloy Mahon John Walh Ryan Balmskr James Walh Lalrano Murphy Dates Cuddlhx Halleron Fr Schmitt SI Dohertx Jazovtskl RESPITE of three months and back we came to the second year of our Prep career, already started on the rrght foot Thus tlme the world seemed to be ours mth our coming lnto the proud trtle of sophomores Llttle dld we reahze that the true meaning of the word IS wlse fool New frrendshlps were formed and old ones made stronger as the classes were broken up by the choice of some to follow the mtrlcacres of blology whrle the rest followed the march of Xenophon Great events soclal and scholastrc followed 1n rlprd succession Class officers were elected of the sophomores and they have contmued upward ever smce Our zeal for the mlssrons soon spurred us lnto actron whlch resulted In a large sum of money bemg collected for our adopted priest ln the far off pagan lands Then upon the heels of thls came Christmas and the efcams As the exper1ence of Prep exams was not a new one to us we weathe ed the storm of a hectrc week and came out on top glonously Debatrng school clubs football basketball track et al, were partrclpated 1n and enjoyed by our more talented members Dramatrcsa Certamly Penrod w as enhanced by the presence of capable sophomores Thls and other examples prove that we dld go rn for the serlous thlngs too As may be presumed, exammatlon week wa fast creepmg upon us But bemg ln a dreamy frame of llllflfl, we scarcely reallzed thls fact We hoped to be Juniors ln the year to come and thrs brrght thought serxed to dull such trresome thoughts as those of the hectlc week to come If we dld dream 1 b1t too much, can we not be pardonedg We were only sophomores ll 1th the close of the second year that monster the provrnce exams took 1ts toll Xotmthstandmg many dlflrcultres the majorltg, of ll: moxed forward on the mms of happmess to the good old summertlme I Tzunty stun , v .ly . - l v 7 Q ' r 9 , ' , Q 1' , . . ' S . A , ,', . .lr v - l - - -1 .rv ' v.- . . ,, . ,, , . . . , . . Z . 1. . 7, x and our second year was well on its way. Athletics made a decided leap in favor , . , 7 Y . . I 7 7 7 Y 7 ' . ' ' ' 54 77 , ' 7 H Q 4 r C 1 Q 'Y ww ' ' 4 - A' v' ' ' , V - v vc f' hw