Assumption Preparatory School - Memini Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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. . SOURCES DE NOTRE DEVELOPPEMENT SPIRITUEL Pere EMILE BROCHU, A.A. Professeur de religion A notre grand regret, le Pere Emile dut nous quitter a Paques sans completer sa troisieme annee comme notre professeur de religion. Mais il nous avait deja armes de convictions pour la vie. Il possedait ce don de simplifier les principes vraiment pro- fonds de la religion. Pour repondre aux questions dont nous le pressions souvent, il fallait un professeur comme le Pere Emile: patient et bien renseigne dans son sujet. Il a droit a toute notre reconnaissance. Pere ALPHONSE-MARIE BUGNARD, A.A. Professeur de la tin Les eleves de la division C ont trouve dans le Pere Alphonse un ami secourable, un professeur patient et sympathique. Sa grande familiarite avec Virgile et Ciceron lui permit de mettre sous leurs yeux les beautes de la poesie latine et de la rhetorique romaine. C’est lui qui corrigeait patiemment les articles de P Echo. Pour ces mille bienfaits nous le remercions de tout coeur. Father MARCELLIN PARENT, A.A., A.B. History and Civics Teacher As our history teacher for the past two years, Fr. Marcellin has given us an historical stepping-stone that should serve us in good stead during the coming years. While gaining thus, the respect and the admiration of his pupils he has shown an ardent zeal for a subject evidently very close to his heart, a commend¬ able conscientiousness in giving us a true picture of controver¬ sial questions, a friendly regard to share with others, his fine and subtle views on the beauties of Americanism. For these things, Father, and for the very interesting group of speakers, especially Mayor Sullivan of Worcester, with which you provided us every two weeks, we owe you a debt of gratitude!

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LA SCIENCE DE NOS PROFESSEURS Pere ODILON DUBOIS, A.A. Professeur de Latin—Officier d’ Academic Grace a ses connaissances etendues des auteurs latins, le Pere Odilon a su captiver notre attention, et nous faire appre- cier les harangues de Ciceron et la celebre poesie de Virgile. De temps a autre, il assaisonnait la syntaxe latine de certaines no¬ tions de la mythologie grecque et des coutumes romaines. Nous avons trouve dans ce Pere un ami et un professeur conscien- cieux. Il nous a convaincu que l’application du fameux pro- verbe du Cygne de Mantoue— Labor omnia vincit improbus” —etait la solution a nos problemes. A lui, notre reconnaissance la plus sincere. Bro. EDGAR BOURQUE, A.A. English Teacher As newly-appointed professor of the Senior Class, Brother Edgar immediately came into his own and quickly won a never- to-be-forgotten place in the hearts of his pupils. Whether he tripled or merely doubled our knowledge of English is uncer¬ tain; but there is no doubt but that we owe him an irredeem¬ able debt of gratitude. A harder worker or more disinterested professor would be hard to find; a better friend, either in or out of the classroom, would be difficult to imagine. No better proof of his devotion could we find than his direction and supervision of both The Christmas Carol” and the Senior Revue.” Pere ETIENNE AUBERT, A.A. Professeur de fra ifais De rester separe de ses chers eleves de Pecole superieure pendant quatorze ans fut trop pour le Pere Etienne. C’est pour- quoi il est revenu cette annee nous devoiler les graces sublimes des chefs-d’oeuvre frangais. Il amenait avec lui ce don de vivi- fier les caracteres fictifs et de montrer a nu, leurs antes passion- nees et fermes. Son vocabulaire etendu nous eblouissait. L’ironie qu’il employait frequemment nous faisait rougir. Par ses devoirs reguliers il visait au developpement de notre individuality, et par ses petits sermons, a l’affermissement de notre foi. Il s’est devoue intensement en outre a la direction de notre piece de classe. Pou- vons-nous le remercier assez?

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DE NOS NOTIONS SCIENTIFIQUES Father ALEXIS BABINEAU, A.A., A.B. Chemistry Teacher Through his profound knowledge of chemistry, Fr. Alexis has thoroughly taught his students the difficult rudiments of that science. It is through no fault of his if we haven’t a more than satisfactory comprehension of his subject. His supervision in the laboratory, which at first seemed disconcerting, proved to be a beneficient emphasis on thinking and doing the experiments by ourselves. If any of us have acquired the art of thinking, it is through his help. Pere DANIEL BERGERON, A.A. Professenr de grec Anime de l’ardeur d’un nouvel-ordonne, le Pere Daniel ac- cepta volontiers une double charge: la surveillance en recreation et l’enseignement du grec dans toute l’ecole superieure. Son fa- milier Vite! dehors!” nous poussait a gouter comme lui les benefices du plein air. Ses recitations etaient de veritables reca¬ pitulations de tout Ragon. Il merite toute notre reconnaissance. Fr. ULRIC C. CHARPENTIER, A.A., A.M. Mathematics Teacher Fr. Ulric’s teaching, a medley of arduous mathematics and pleasing tangents, inspired his students’ understanding and love of the subject. His character and talent, easily perceived in everything but his stature, have inculcated a solid formation and a wide information into his charges. His patience, under¬ standing, and wit, have transformed his pupils into attentive and educated students.