St Marys High School - Sancta Maria Yearbook (Lynn, MA)

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john Edward De Varwlfwj 605 WIESTERN AvsNu12, LYNN It was on Labor Day in 1928 that I made my appearance in this fairest of cities. Though the entire nation was celebrating a holiday, my parents were even more especially jubilant, for theirs was the added joy of having born to them a son and heir, True to the ordinary run of things, I had the mumps, measles, and whooping cough. My first real big day brought my enrolment in the grammar school section of this great parochial institution of learning. On rapid wing the years flew. Then came life with the higher ups. During these four years I staged a private battle in my en- deavors to master diflicult subjects. At times they loomed as impossible as the taking of Okinawa or Saipan. With the patience and understanding of my devoted parents and the good Sisters to support me I have conquered With pleasant memories and a good education tucked away in my mind I proceed to surmount the problems ahead Paul Augurtmc Devw cam 291 NAHANT ROAD NAHANI As I resign myself to the difficult assignment of pennmg my autobiogra phy a sudden fear grips me Perhaps I shall forget to inform my admiring public of my birth on 'viarch twenty second in the year Nineteen Hundred Twenty nine and of my taking my place as a citizen of Nahant Or prob ably I shall neglect to mention my elementary years at Saint ohns Swampscott a short swim from the peninsula Ah but here my memory serves me well' I recall clearly my entering the Sophomore Class at Saint Marys and hearing my bewildered classmates moan What no girls' Life m Rooms One and Eight passed quickly and happily Soberly I real ized upon attaining the senior rank that this was my last year so I set out to make it the best year yet Indeed it was' To my parents and the Sisters I extend my heartfelt thanks for these great joys folan Edward Doane HUMPHRIY STRLET SWAMPSCOT1 There is an analogy I think between life and a symphony and between the actors and the composers of the music My symphony is unfinished yet I would like to describe what has been written thus far The first moyc ment deals with mv early education at Saint john School Swampscott With the second moyement the music rises in cresccndo as my days at Saint Mary s are recorded in vnid half notes Accents are placed on sports for it was in basketball and baseball that I was most actne At thc dramatic part of my symphony there is again much crescendo Suddenly thc music ceases I go forth now to write what I hope to make the most beautiful part of my undertaking May the inspiration and instruction giscn mc while I wrote the moyements already completed be cscr prcscnt to lsslst me in a successful completior of my unfinished composition 5161 , . ' v e A ,- s , . A . . y I . . . , I , , ,' ' v s - ' 1 I - - - -1 - ,- , . I , .. 1 a v , . I 1 ' , . . I . V s a 9 . . , ' v ' r-. V ' ' ' , . . . 1 - ' Y . . 4 . l 4 , . . . . 4 - . . , . , . 4 ' .. in ' 4 v v. . t , - ' ' f 4 . . ' ' . A .. ' ' I' f V ' Y' . .I . . h . .YA - v 1 . , - . .., ,-, a . 4. . N . v ,Q J, ' A .

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81 SAGAMORE STREET LYNN Many years from now when I have lost that flush of youth which a senior bears so well I shall have this autobiography and book to bring back to my mmd all the events in which the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty six took part I shall enjoy them very much Although I did not enter any of the clubs I was an ardent supporter of each activity Yes I can boast of attendance at most of our basketball and baseball games where as my fellow classmates can tell you I cheered our team on to victory But these joyful days sped by with such rapidity that I hardly realized that graduation was here and I had to leave my dear Alma Mate Now I must direct my own foot teps on the way of life but first I want to express my deepest thanks to those who have trred to start me on the right road with a good Catholic education 231 NORTH STREET SALEM The foundation of my life began by the snde of my beloved aunt shortly after my coming to thi planet called Earth Wxth love and understanding she filled the first five years of my existence and then tenderly bundled me off to Saint joseph s Grammar School When I had completed the customary eight years here it was decided to finish me off at the Saints After my four years stay I can truthfully say the purpose of sending me has been accomplished An all round Catholic education is much I love it all how much I shall miss every book every student every teacher It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all is the motto that applies most aptly to me I am deeply grateful tc my aunt to my Dad to everybody for everything May I express this deep gratitude by living as a true Christian gentleman' folm Douglclr Denmr 19 NORTHERN AVENUF LYNN Down through the corridors of time with the speed of Mercury has de parted my treasured grammar school life Sending wistful glances back into the mysterious panorama of pictures that we call memory I live over in happy fantasy the oys ot this carefree stage Great indeed was the change that followed then from the childhood pranks of the elementary stage to the more serious slde that encountered me as a student in the higher realms of learning The problems that arose durlng that period were quickly overcome with the ever helpful aid of the good Sisters Now suitably equipped mth the mvulnerable armor of knowledge and of faith I go forth to make of myself a living memorial to the devotion of mv parents and the zeal of the good Priests and Sisters With such a background I cannot fall to attain my goal Us 3 Y 7 . . u , I 7 I 7 ' ' r. . S . , . 3 3 7 mine. Now that the last lap of the journey draws to a close, I realize how 3 7 7 I ,H . I . I 7 3 ' '7 Y - 3 . 2- s - V- . I , ' , . . .

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obn C0f116llMJD01l0 r 27 BOSTON STREET SALEBI Enthralled by memorys lore ubrant rn rts techmcolor I present a few events of my lrfe to you dear reader at the finale of Act One The openrnf, .actron was vsrthout lncrdent Lrke Topsy I just grew The years rollec by I came to thus esteemed srte of learnrng and here the plot began to thrcken wrth Greek Latrn and trngonometry Smce my sophomore year I have played almost anythmg on the stage from a gay nmetres belle to a ophrstrcated twentieth century heiress In truth I have become famrlrar mth the varred female strata of the socral vsorld I shall always smile over he memories of this phase of my hrgh school career I also found much enyoyment rn the sports the dances and our boyrsh fun and mrschret Sadly I realize that lt rs trme now for the curtam to fall and the action rs qurck all too qurck for rt grves me only enough trme to recerve my drploma and say thanks to everyone Fmnczr fofqbb Drummond 50 FRANKLIN AVENUE SWAMPSCOTI The sands of tlme ebb and How rt seems with the speed of light I pause rn a sresta of reverre to revxew the many pleasures and the few drsappornt reveled rn the joy of buddrng manhood and lrved lrfe at rts best I September of 1943 I entered SM B H wrth the desrre of absorbrng rt learned eloquence and of baskmg rn rts atmosphere of Catholrcrty Now that I am remarkably well equrpped I am wrthout words suficrently ade Quate to express my heartfelt apprecratnon to my parents the Srsters the Prrests for therr efforts rn leadrng me on toward the goal of a learned Catholxc gentleman and an able crtrzen of the United States Edwarclfobn Ellzott Popular opmron rs that we Tanners must ruse at the crack of dawn rn order to beat the 8 10 bell Smce everyone belreves that we have such hard trmes down on the farm we have an excellent excuse for no home work Early to bed early to rise Yet believe rt or not my home town rs one of the largest leather crtres rn the vsorld Alas four years have hur ned away smce I traveled for the first trme vla that very stage coach t the mam door of Sarnt Mary s Though unbelrevable rt rs already tame for me to be awarded my drploma Before I step forth to accept the long antrcrpated guerdon of my drlrgen applrcatron to scholastrcs and srmul taneously become an alumnus I express my sincere apprecnatron to my par ents and teachers for vlork vsell done 10 HOURIHAN STREET PPABODY l17I J y , V 7 I I , , . 7 . , . . Q Q 7 7 ' Y 7 Q . . . . .. H . .' f ' . ,I . 1 . I . V 2 y . . . .. Y . . . , F . , , , . 3 7 7 ' ments of three of the most pretentious years of my life-years when I . , . . - 1 7 'S -. , 3 V V--,. 1 2 - 3 . . , , . , - , , . 0 A . , . . . . l L . . . . -a t 7 -