Assumption Preparatory School - Memini Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Fr. Arthur Clermont, a.a. Teacher of Latin A priest, professor, and friend are the three essentials of Father Arthur. Not all the Seniors had him as a teacher, but all had him as priest and friend. A warm smile always glowed at us whenever we met him in the corridors or anywhere on campus. In the confessional, Father offered much important and needed counsel to anyone asking his guidance. Being completely devoted to his subject, it is not amazing to realize that he could give a dead sub¬ ject life. In addition to all these, Father has some¬ thing else singular about him. Yes, he is the only one of our faculty who spends his vacations at St. Vin¬ cent’s Hospital. We will always remember Father with a thankful attitude as a pamphlet distributor, preacher, friend, professor, and priest. Fr. Noel Collette, a.a. Teacher of Religion The deep-sounding voice resounding from wall to wall during our very interesting and most educa¬ tional religion classes will most probably echo in our hearts for many years. Not only in the class room where we were fortunate enough to have him, but in the recreational halls we found in Fr. Noel an adept wrestler. To many of us, he was our strong shoulder to cry on and willingly gave sound advice to each and everyone who knocked on his door or stopped him in the corridor or outside. We must not forget his power of absolution that brought us back to a peaceful state of mind and soul. As “one of the boys,” teacher, and priest, he will always remain in the deepest part of our hearts. Pere Yvon Dubois, a.a. Professeur de Francois La Versification reconnait en ce pere un pretre, moniteur, professeur et ami. Ce pere, on le voyait ici et la et pour les Versi- ficateurs au deuxieme, c’etait des ici et la qu’ils ne desiraient pas. Oui, comme moniteur, il avait son devoir a accomplir et maintenant nous apprecions ce qu’il a fait pour nous. Quelques Versificateurs lui doivent leur savoir- faire de la langue fran 9 aise. II enseigne avec l’idee de faire aimer la langue frangaise par tous ses eleves. Votre tache a porte beaucoup de fruits. Un merci sincere de tous pour votre travail a notre egard.

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Pere Etienne Aubert, a.a. Professeur de Frangais Avec ses “Wow!” et “Je tiens a vous le dire!,” le Pere Etienne nous enseigne une des classses les plus interessantes et instructives. Defendeur intrepide de la France, il est une des plus grandes autorites sur Shakespeare. Meme s’il aime taquiner Dauphinais et compagnie, il est sincerement interesse aux vocations de ses eleves, faisant tout ce qu’il peut pour nous conduire sur la bonne voie. Comment pourrons-nous oublier notre cher “Pop?” Fr. Gregory Boisvert, a.a. Teacher of Physics Only a small minority of the Seniors had the occasion of sitting in on his interesting classes. Father had his own particular way of getting The subject matter into the boys’ heads. He was always ready to give additional help arid explanation to those who so desired it. Physics seemed so natural to him that some students (not the Seniors) were actually baffled or should I say overwhelmed at his knowledge. For the Seniors who had you as a prof, and for all the Seniors who had contact with you in some way, a “thank you” and a sincere memory lingers. Pere Gilbert Chabot, a.a. Professeur de Latin Pere Gilbert est un tres illustre conferencier de la musique, un photographier renomme, un joueur d’une orgue ties resonnante et de plus il trouve le temps d’enseigner le latin. Il est ton jours professeur de ses eleves et vieillit en age et en sagesse. Il essaie toujours de diminuer de quelques centimetres la largeur de sa taille. Nous devons nous rappeller qu a la fin de l’annee les cheveux gris etaient beaucoup plus nom- breux qu’au commencement. Ces nombreux exemples qui ont servi a illustrer beaucoup et a formuler notre vie resteront toujours frais dans nos coeurs. 7

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Fr. Ildephons Van der Linden, a.a. Teacher of Mathematics A sincere, personal, and devoted interest in each and every one of his students best characterizes our Senior Math teacher. Doing his best and then some, to try to make clear things clearer proved beneficial to all students. His patience always amazed the stu¬ dents; and how he would be able to listen so under¬ standing to our sometimes ridiculous questions has made a strong imprint in our minds. Giving himself entirely to his subject and espe¬ cially to his students marks Father as a man with a high sense of duty. As a priest, he helped many of us to see the light after we had been in the dark. Though we may forget what he taught us, we will never for¬ get all he did for us. Mr. Donald Lemenager Teacher of Geography Don is one of the most popular profs on the faculty. His lively, joking, but soft-spoken manner has earned him the admiration of all who come in contact with him. To his classes he is noted for his silent treatment when angry. His army activities pro¬ vided him with a wealth of interesting data, which he gladly imparts to his students. As basketball coach he led the team to its first city title. Don is always willing to help his boys and remind them “When the going gets rough, we get tough!” Mr. Joseph Mondor Teacher of History A native of Worcester, an alumnus of Assump¬ tion High, and now one of the Senior’s favorite profs. His history classes were not the regular dry-facts reading, but rather were packed with most interest¬ ing comments by “Sir” Mondor. He always gave us a second chance to make up for any blunder we could poss ibly make, even though we did not deserve it, for we had pushed him just about to the end of his wits. The new and first addition to his family aroused much interest among all the Seniors. For the interest he showed in us, the understanding he gave us, and the “buddy” he was to us, we take off our hats and express our long-lasting appreciation. 9