Boston College High School - Forbian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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XX II I IAM CAPRII' L O BRII' NI 71 Church Street Hopkrnton Bn I x The cheer ul lue longest rn lr e and u ter rt nr our regards Therm comes a. lrght tread on tht starr a qurck step rn the hallway a rattlrng of the door knob and then wrth a swrngrng strrde rn walks Brlly O Brren at the end of hrs darly DeMar from Hopkrnton Class never really begrns trll Brlly hrs arrrred at 9 15 brrngrng' wrth hrm thc fresh breeze and tang of the country He rs popular among us for who could resrst the appeal of hrs hr arty frrendshrp hrs wrnnrrg smrle and the hone t good nature rn hr wrttv speech? An earnc t studs nt and mod mst Brlly prefs rs to hrde hrs lrght under a bushel But he cannot conceal thc sterlrng qualrtres of Catholrc young man hood that are at the bottom of hrs heart We know hrm ror a gentleman and a scholar And rf the hamlet of Hopkrnton shall mer hare cause for fame rt wrll be when rt rs rnscrrbed rn our future hr torres as th+ brrthplace of the great Brllg O Brren HI M Qotlnllts 1345 9 Wrse Street Jfrmfrrca Plarn sr' Our large was hrs bountw and hrs soul srnurc Aft 1 the lrghr dawned and Pat transfcrr d rn hrs second year to Poston College Hrgh Englrsh Hrgh School loss was rndeed our garn Had Pat not chosen to matrrculate at the Hrgh School we would haw lost a brrllrant scholar a capable athlete and a model gentleman Our class rooms would not haxe echoed the oft flow of those smooth translatrons that were wrth hrm a specraltv Our class projects would haxe lacked an ar dent and enthusrastre supporter Our Botolphran would hare been less rrch wrthout hrs essays drsplaxrng a maturrtv of thought an elegance of drctron a smoothness of rhythm a vrvrdness of rmagrnatron that were characterrstrc of hrs stvle We could not prcture 4 C s athletrc teams as so emrnently successful wrthout Pat callrng plavs wrth Rockne strategy Frnally the range of our frrend shrp would have been less complete had we not known hrs generous loyal srncere and devoted soul Botolphran 1341 Baps! 141 Dranmtlcs 14? bodalltv fl234l lug: Um llumlrul lnnrtun .q-1 v 1 1 , s I I I J 4 .A ' r - 1 rf :- H , ,I .. I S . ' ,. . . 1,. I I'3 ' ES ' l 3' ' K. '! . ' ' - ,I . I I ' 1 9 1 . . . . V . , . ' ' '. . , . I . 1 .r f , I .' I., ' I , V' ' 1 -rr .'- I' r ? . K . , .A . .A i . 5, ' S - ' S , C 'E . . 3' ' ES r' 3 , ' ,. ' v . ,.. ' , '- ' - . , . . . . . . ?. . ' ' .4 I . I ' . Y - ,- . S. . ' 1 ' L rs va 1 Y . Y. Y . .L . K . . A .S sw S rl . 1 . Y , . ' 1 - , . .. . - V .-. . PATRICK FRANCIS O'CONNOR I.. l . ' 1 1 ,' . up v- af ,-e r . , '. . .G H. 6. ' 1- 1 v r - U . 'Y . s,.e.,' xtt.. .,., , ' , Y . S 1' Y . . A I . ' . Y V4 v . 7, K . ' '. it ., . H , ' , r r rs ' . ' : Y Y. . ' . .9 a .- K . L. , .- 3 . .Hs '. C . ,.. . Y Y! J A . Y. .L L ' :Y .L '-V. . . A ' x . . 7 . . . . . . , , - . . . - . , . . 4 I . ' . . . ' Y Y ' .X - , . - 1 . . '. ' f 1 ' 1 1 y Y- A . ., ., . . . . , I . .'. . ' rr I , 1' ,,

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FRFDFRICK ROBERT O BRIFN 86 Walnut Avenue Norwood F RITZIE OBIE The orce of his own merits makes hzs way Some men do thlngs and then talk of them others talk of thmgs they dld not but there 1S a thlrd class that do things and do not talk of them To thls group belongs Fred Qulet s1lent efficlent a gentleman always he does hlS work well and hldes h1s success ln a sm1le that IS sunshlne ltself You thlnk of the sm1le and forget the success For two Vears he gave hls best on the football team and for four years he has been at the top m hlS classes If thlngs went wrong' we h couldnt help that so the Joke was on hlm lf thmgs went well, then that certalnly deserved another sm1le and a laugh and Fred s cheerful mlrth lnfected the whole class When the darkness of dlm mlng memory seeps ln upon us Fred s cheerfulness w1ll ever be the star that w1ll brlng back to us cheerful memorles of 28 Football 1345 BVM Sodalzty 12343 IOHN MATTHEW O BRIEN 28 Aldworth St1eet Jamalca Plaln MATT115 08115 Stull waters run deep and under thelr smoothly tranqull surface there h1de deep unhldden depths whlch It were best to leave undlsturbed So wlth Oble Qulet he IS 1n class and re served to the h1ghest degree but st1ll all about hlm there IS a constant hum of conversatlon and motlon Thls IS a good 1dea of Mattle who calmly and smoothly works h1s way along seekmg to escape the pubhc eye and creatlng about hlmself the Vthlfl of aCtlV1ty that glves hlm a chance to lndulge the comlc muse Athletlcs have had to play a very mlnor role ln hlS l1fe SIHCQ he ded1cated hlmself entlrely to study Hence he IS not much 1n the pubhc gaze but he IS a fine student Oble IS a splendld type of fellow earnest smcere and noble and we are glad to have known hlm and feel sure that he w1ll always have the same hlqh place ln our esteem he ha today H VIVI Sodalztv ll 2 'SJ ,,ll 1 Un: Ilumlrml lhlrlven 9 1 . J 1 i .. ,, .6 1, I6 f ' ' ' 3, , 1 n Q 3 if YY ' . ' ' ' 7 1 . 3 I - ll, e , . s u n 1 , I X y , . . '. 1 . , . n 1 n , s , , , . . . . , . . Y . . I GG 95 66 99 Silence sweeter is than speech. ll ' !7 . , , , D U . ,, . . . ' Q , 2 v ' il ' 77 . 2 . 1 , 4 I l . . Y . I . U - H'-' - . ' ' - 1 1 , 1 . . 1 s '. . . . 1 , ,. . S .,, . P'

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WILLIAM FINNBAR O CONNOR 21 Kllsythe Road Arlmgton H0lghtS OKIE F ar rom gay cltzes and the ways of men Lelsurely has thls rotund plcture of health and Jolhty ambled through our classlc halls lf you can lmaglne a plc ture ambllng anywhere From the oft donated Late TlCk9t to Greek themes nothmg has ever dlsturbed the seren lty of Wllllam of the house of Connor He enJoyed hls Latm and Greek thor oughly but could never see any sane reason for gettmg exclted about events of the dlm and dusky past He was probably savlng h1s energy for the tlme when he would take hls place among the elders of the Town of Arllngton for he has never mlssed a Town Meetmg Senlor found hlm a contrlbutor to the Botolphxan Yet thls dlllgent scholar enjoyed the brlght slde of l1fe and hls brlght smlle and hearty laugh gave fre quent ev1dence of hls qulck appreclatlon of the mlrthful We know that B111 s mental equlpment and calm assurance wlll mean the wmnlng of many a hard fought battle IH the future and we wish hlm all success Debating 62 31 B V M Sodallty 11231 IOHN JOSEPH O DONNELI 29 Rlchardson Street Woburn JACK Caesar was ambltlous and so was John He IS small gentle affable and unassum mg and he verliies the adage that dlmmutlve men possess b1g lntellects Hls good nature and loyaltv to school made hlm a brother to his classmates and a true frlend He IS a qulet young man whose llfe IS as yet unvlslted by those storms whlch assall the passlonate heart of youth and thus has not acquxred the fad of flashy necktles and multl colored socks Hls favorite motto IQ Small but Oh my' L1ke calm water wlth a powerful underflow he IS endowed w1th hldden reserve forces and beneath hlS calm surface are Hoods of genlus that w1ll some day find a channel of expresslon 1n the VOCdtl0H he has chosen to be a lawyer And everyone of the class of 28 w1sh John the best of luck 1n the future BV W S0lllllllj fl'734P Truck 1134? Slvlfllllllllg, 4233 lu 0 Une Humlrul llflevn Y 7 l GC 9? if f ' ' Y! , - If I Y, . 9 Y n Q Q Q u n n - '- , 3 5 ' ' 5 5 ' Y 9 1 Y if ,95 'l'oujours la politessef' I 9 .r 1 U ' h . . . . . ,, ,, A . .- li I ,Y ' K . . ' ' . , u Y 4 . ' . K V , . W I n , , . . .1. ' ..-,.,' , .,' ,. I ' ,- . ' if 1 1