Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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T II E A R E T E OSTRYE, HERMAN “Herm 63 Evangeline Street Prepared: Saint Mary’s Academy, Dunkirk, N. Y. Besides being a success ac other branches of human endeavor, Herm is also a man of note—he plays the violin, banjo, etc., to perfection. Whenever the topic of conversation is musical Herm waxes eloquent. (No, he does not sing). As a skater he is par excellence. At the Genesee Rink he performed the fastest cutting one night that I have even seen. (There was a 200 lb. fellow directly in his path). In scholastic circles “Herm” Ostrye and his music vies with “Cecil and His Blue Mountain Collegians” for popularity. Au revoir, Herm, but not good bye! OTTO, GERALD FREDERIC “Jerry” 55 Culver Road Prepared: Blessed Sacrament School Here is the editor of the Arete, and the chap whose sketches on the bulletin board have been a never-failing feature of local art. Jerry is a declaimer of terrifying ardor. In the historical debate Father Brien had to tell him three times to sit down before he would admit that his time was becoming limited. His outstanding vice is his habit of perpetually demanding something— subscriptions for the Arete, literary material, or a pittance for the Aquinas drive. These are enough charges to make against one man, but we must add that Jerry doesn’t smoke for fear it will affect his singing. Leonardo da Vinci will turn over in his grave if Jerry doesn’t elect a career of bricklaying or something instead of art. RUBY, FREDERICK JUSTIN “Just” 45 Mulberry Street Prepared: Blessed Sacrament School As one may judge from his picture, F. Justin Ruby, or bettir still, plain “Just”, caused many a flutter among the fair sex who attended our basketball games this winter. Do not think however that “Just” confined all of his efforts to cheering the team on to victory. He found enough time to make himself popular w’ith both his companions and the faculty. His witty sayings oft-times enlivened many a group of classmates. Let’s have another “A-q-u-i,” “Just,” and then we will leave the old school forever. RICKARD, IRVING R. 238 Dorchester Road “Irv” Prepared: Saint John’s School Irv is one of our few really classical scholars. He is religious in the performance of his duties around school and seems to take a keen delight in work, being one of the minority ambitious enough to pursue Greek. One may gather from this that “Irv” is.buried in his books, but such is not the case. Firm belief in the adage “Work hard, play hard” makes him a pleasing companion in our pranks. He is one of the few seniors fortunate enough to own a driver’s license and consequently has a car at his disposal. We opine that Cincinnati can’t be such a bad hamlet after all, if it can turn out men like Irv. When Irv enrolls in Holy Cross he will spread the fame of Aquinas with little effort, as he is a standard bearer of Aquinas ideals. seventeen

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THE ARETE MffiBfflasmmmasasg, McGuire. eh win Mar 207 Berkley Street Blessed Sacrament School Here is the peer of Galileo, the outstanding chemist in MBHp 1HHH local scientific circles. He is a genius disguising graM « . pennies as worthier coins, and much in demand as a ' BKm result of this discovery of the epoch. Mac has a per- Ly verted sense of humor; he delights in torturing with flPPjpjjplE ' HH the most appalling odors the delinquents who are some- HHHRT jHH| times imprisoned in the lah. Mac will take his place with the immortals if he does not blow himself up too lie also demon selling rings, stationery. Mac is the chap who gave Vermont the title WBSBm of the nutmeg state by selling some wooden nutmegs J the re during the Christmas vacation. He recently con- tided that he is Working oil a hair restorer for the bald members of the faculty as a tribute to their labors in behalf of our class. MITCHELL, LOUIS J. “Louis 207 Hollenbeck Street Prepared: Perpetual Help School Behold him, everybody—the little giant of the class. As a student and a gentleman he is a great local favorite. His fiery orations fill our timid hearts with terror. The propositions of Euclid are “open sesames” for his master mind. He has pursued the wanderings of Aeneas with “unperturbed pace” (?), and logarithms are to him what crossword puzzles are to the rest of us. It is unfortunate that Louis is so hampered by his studies. He would delight in taking Bill Tilden’s title away from him if he only had the time—Louis is a zealot at tennis, you know. A student of his caliber must spread the fame of Aquinas when he matriculates somewhere. NEIROCKER, FRANCIS “Frank 150 Warwick Avenue Prepared: Saint Augustine’s School In January Frank left us, after stupefying the local academy of arts and science with his mark in chemistry, which was the fruit of his Trojan labors in the lab. Of course, we envy his mark, but Frank’s capacity for work we regard as a dubious blessing. Frank was born to be a second Beatrice Fairfax or Socrates or something. The way he solved our questions and corrected our errors would be an inspiration for a mah jongg or bridge instructor. What is a hyperpolydemisaturated solution, Frank? But here’s one we know ourselves— Atom: This attempt of ours to summarize Frank’s character in a paragraph O’REILLY. JOHN “Johnnie 61 Pearl Street Prepared: Saint Mary’s School When you see a chap with a wide and ineradicable smile, who greets everyone with a genial, chuckling “Hello thar,” you are looking at this Aquinas celebrity, Johnnie. The editor of the Arete hereby offers the sum of three dollars to anyone who can catch Johnnie without his smile. Johnnie has contributed to the reputation of the C. Y. M. A. as a lively organization by his activities there. Johnnie dribbles through the arts and science just as he dribbles through the opposition on the court. He has been the butt of many gibes about his avocation (witness the famed pugilistic haircut), for we cannot picture him deliberately, and in cold blood, actually hitting anybody! sixteen

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THE ARETE SCHEFFEL, THOMAS “Tom” 10 Whalen Street Prepared: Blessed Sacrament School Here is a revelation—people who are mystified by the authorship of many of those cartoons that appear on the bulletin board from time to time may now pay tribute to Tom. That is only one of the ways by which he seeks to keep the school in good humor. Another is his contagious cachination. Strange to relate, Tom has a poker face for serious occasions, which has been the despair of the faculty. Study and school have been taken lightly by him, which does not seem to dim the luster of his achievements. He is a staunch advocate of holidays, and on some occasions has created them for his own convenience. Tom will take his place beside Michael Angelo or Bud Fisher. SWARTZENBURG, MILTON “Milt” Prepared: Immaculate Conception School One of Milt’s aims in life is to gain fame as a drummer and, judging from his playing at our Senior banquet, we can safely say that he will soon take his place in Sousa’s Band or some similar organization. But Milt’s achievements are not confined to music. His studious disposition and congenial ways have won for him a host of friends. Milt is by vocation a crossword maniac, but at intervals he finds time to entertain himself with a Cicero trot. These manifestations of a superior intelligence augur well for Milt’s future. WEIST, JOHN “John” WITTMAN, F. LEON “Lee” 40 Ferndale Crescent Prepared: Corpus Christi School John among other things is a prominent basketball fan. Not only that, but he even knows the correct score at any time during the games. The other things in which John has obtained prominence are, of course, his studies. Every morning John, if he is lucky enough to get a car on the Webster line, comes down and starts reeling off the day’s work. French seems to be his speciality for he is always searching for new knowledge in that subject. Of course he is always up in his other studies; the faculty no doubt wish they had a few duplicates of John. We’re all unanimous there! R. D. 6, Dewey Ave. Station Prepared: Saint John’s School Lee is a regular all around good fellow, always ready for fun and good times. He is usually found in the corridors tussling with a fellow student and display ing feats of strength. He provides many good arguments against study that are always enjoyed by the rest of the students, but which the faculty seems to consider absurd. When the photographer showed Leon this study, he demanded, indignantly, “Where’s my beard?” Leon drives his flivver with characteristic abandon, but is a curse to the filling stations. All his puddle jumper ever needs is free air and free water. eighteen