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

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JOHN! FRANCIS RICE 419 Geneva Avenue Dorchestel .lowx Tun MIIKNIAIN None but himself can be hu purallcl Four Vears ago there entered the por tals of Boston College Hlgh School m the annual mvaslon from Dorchestel a small and Independent lad filled wlth the desire to do or d1e Durmg h1s first year he took part ln every actlvlty, m track Swlmmlng' and debatmg 1n sports he was notable and m debatmg he proved hlmself to be a fine speaker Then came the necessity to abandon these pursults for the hard ways of bus mess and the class lost an athlete That same lad IS wlth the class todav and the same qualltles of earnestness and excellence that marked hls begmnmg l-'eeps hxm m the m1dSt of every actlvlty for whlch he can find tlme Naturally Sf rlous he has a streak of humor a mlle w1de and hls frlends are numberless Many are the by ways of llfe but we hope that we shall travel the same one as John Rlce or that ours wlll cross h1s because he IQ a frlend worth havmg' qwzmmmg 1123 Truck ll! Debutmg 411 Bl M g0lllIllf5 11231 STERIINC1 JOHN RICHARDQ PG? C0lYllYltF!ldl Strut Ist Bn umtul IN Rlrn llc sits hugh UI all the peoples hlllfli unfortunate as not to haxe met thls curly hmaded young man m the flesh wr haw the pleasure of mtroducmg Blll Vt 1th all hls achlex ements and he has a great many Blll IQ '1 qulet modest and un assuming chap who knows what hls bus mess and dutles arc and goes about do mg them 1n an unostcntatlous vsav H IS an honol student an athlete and a prmce of good fcllows a debater and '1 track man Wlth hls deep tenor volce he has entertamcd the clas on mam occaslons and we have heald It whls pcred that he has ab1l1t1es vuth whlch he has not entertamed us 1n the terpslchorean arts We dont like to repeat wshlspers but Vou Judge from thf pxcture What the future holds no one can say wlth anv sureness but with your tbllltles Blll and your pelsonalltv whatever way you choose w1ll we are sure be follovs ed by success and always by the best wlshes of your classmates If VM qodnlltx fl 2 '31 Debanng 1231 Track 112 31 lug: Um llnmlrul lrunlx mn A I .. .. , , .. . , -, I ,, n xl , - , .' , 1 , n , n , . . L 1 Y . , , . , . . , .. u - o , n L 7 Y ' ' . . . , . , - , . . , ,, . . .. D . . . . 1 L S K u Inv 'XX - - , , . Iuzx 'z '. ..V ,N .. ,, , . .I . .V P ,. To those of the readers, who are so 1 1 y . Y 5 v ' A4 , Vx 1 71 x X ' I' n - xy. 7' ' I. ' ' , rm A C ' ll ' I! ' ' Y 7? ., 1, , . - 1 - ' 1 v v '- - , . . A . K 1 K h ' ' . ' . Y , . e '. . . , 1 . g , 5 , ' . ' 1 .S Y ' , . , ' ' .- 1 . . . Y. . u y. . a I J ' Y o 1 ' . . V i Y s ' ' L ' n Y l . . . U . ,, l . . . f 9 1 - . 9 1 A . . , . - ' - A ,' v 9' a A v a e' - 1 ,. . -, N .f

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JOHN EDNVARD REILLY 40 Hlgh Street Mllton BUD Ach Hts mirth us the pure splrtts of many varzous wus Bud has a way all hls own and when lt came to spontaneous approval of some humorous remark ln the class room Bud was Johnny on the spot w1th no hesltatlon At other times he was qulck to percelve the mcongruous and hls face just naturally wreathed xt self wxth a. Wlde smlle Everybody llkes a blt of splce ln the routlne of llfe Bud was one of our SplC6 boys Yet he had hls serlous Slde too and hls SOFIOUQ look The latter was hls general expression when he opened the door anywhere be tween 9 05 and 9 30 several tlmes a week Poor Bud lived way out ln M1l ton' Hls serious nature showed often m hls deslre to do great thmgs be a student fbut oh the road to scholarsh1p'3 be a tennls player or acquxre that savolr falre ln soclal lmes We feel a regret IH saymg Farewell to Bud but assure hlm we Wlll not forget hlm or hls ways and trust we may meet hlm often Good luck Bud H V M Sodalzty 41 53 Football V543 Track 133 23 Cranford Street Roxbury RIC!-1 bane pear et sans reproche Space w1ll allow us to glve but the merest outline of thls lad who IS so popular among us We feel that there IS no one hls equal Frank IS a scholar and an athlete and equally peerless m each He IS like another Ulysses He stands up ln class almost motlonless but when thls man of few words beglns to speak words of worth fall from h1s llps and no one IS able to contend wlth hlm Then when lt ls a matter of physlcal prowess he lS equally an Ulysses A half back on the football team he played llke a college hero h was the star on the last basketball team and at present lS a blg hope for our baseball team To truly appreclate hlm you would have to know h1m see hlm act hear hlm talk He IS great among us The days of the years hereafter are manv and the ways men travel are Varled but we feel sure that our days wlll seem short and our may be easy lf we travel w1th Frank and have the pleasure of hls tompanv Football 42 3 43 7 rack I2 33 Basketball 1 I 23 Baseball 113 Debating, 113 IH ll Smlalttv ll 2 5 43 Page Une Hundred luentv three l 1 at as :AJ ,vs U . . . - -- ' A . - gg 44 11 ' u 11 - - - ' . . f , ', ' 1 ' - . - I . ' 1 1 ' I ' Y . . . 1 ' v x ' ' ' - , , ' , , 1- ' U . - . ,, . . . . ' ' ax 11 ' lv ' . , . . . .- ' .3 . -, . - FRANCIS WALTER RICE ' H 'A 1 as . nf sg- ' as 1 1 1 1 . , S 1 ' 3 0 .' , . 1 ' l 1 . 1 ' - 1 . 1 l 1 - ' 1 ' 1 , . 1 5 I- ' v . ' . 1 T 15. 3 '- U - ' ' .. ' ' . , ' f Q Q - - - - ' Q Q . - , ' , . .1 . . U , . . . I rv , I I

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JAMES WILLIAM ROBINSON 728 West Roxbury Parkway Roshndale J IDI Roman: quo jumor alter Nec pzetate futt nec bello major et armts Wlth a smlle Robble left Andover Prep and Wlth the same smlle he entered B C H In the school only two months and he was on the football team wlth hls smlle, cheerlng' and enllvenlng, 1n every game Robble s pollcy seems be Laugh It Off although he has hls SQTIOUS moments as shown by hls scholastlc standlng Jlms general appearance alone ns enough to cause an extreme llklng for h1m and when one comes to know h1m lntlmately one reallzes that he has made no mlstake 1n formlng RObbl6 s acqualntance Dark halred wlth a Hashmg smile that brought sunshine wherever he went, he has passed among us a student an athlete a frlend to be cherlshed sets h1s bark, we know not on what compass but we are sure that the storm clouds of hfe lf they come near him wlll never turn h1m from h1s course and that ln the end we shall see h1m crowned ln hls determlned port wlth Success Football 1341 Hockey 1341 IOSEPH FRANCIS ROCK 37 Jamalca Street Jamalca Pla1n Pr BBLI- SAXUM Jol- Whose armor IS hrs htghevt thought And simple truth his highest skull Joe IS another one of the endless proofs of the old adage Good thmgs come ln small parcels You know lot of great men were small Joe and Napoleon for mstance A glance at the 11st below w1ll convlnce you that he gave h1s most earnest support to the VHTIOUS school act1v1t1es Joe won the medal both ln elocutlon and debatlng ln hls first year and hxs ab1l1tV to talk comes In mlghty handy In the schoolroom and also furnlshes conslderable dlverslon tor h1s fellow students For the past two Vears he has been chief ad chaser for the school magazlne and has done a large part ln makmg It a financlal success If he were any blgger there wouldn t be enough dCtlV1t16S ln the school for h1n1 to enter He IS a gentleman scholar and prmce ot good fellows and B C High should be proud to call h1m one of her sons Debatmg 412343 Elocutlon ill Botolphlan 4234-D Business Manager 443 B V M .Sodallty 112 3 4-J Pau Un: llumlrnl luenh fue I I l Q ff QQ as QQ .4 . . . ' ' f ' . QQ , .. - ' - as ' rv 's 5 ' LK ' l Y, ' u av ' n , ' ' ' If ' l ,Y 1 ' Cl ' , Y! ' Q - . . . . . 4. Y Q Q ' e , 1 s , Q , , , ' 1 a n 1 cl Y, . Q Q Q - f I if , ,!! if 99 if ,SQ ., . . . - Q . . . . ,, ll ' , , Q ' !Y ' . 3. Y , . , ' at ' rr - ' X - , I . . . . I . . ' ' ' '. 1 1 - - w Q Q Q Q , , , , , . , . . . ., , , . H . 1, . l 7 -. y