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

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JOSLPH If RANCIS ROGERS A30 Blue H111 Avenue Roxbury Oh 'lhen dzd he weave uords be ore all fluently and honey sweet If Joe were to p1ck some of the good old tlmes for h1s frlends no doubt h1S cholce would fall on Clcero or Demos thenes At any rate lf a person couldn t argue he wouldn t beA 1 wlth the young man whose face beams at you here A ready answer and a ready questlon were h1s assets and h1s success has proved the wlsdom of h1s method For two consecutlve years he Won a place ln the Prlze Debate Now, don t thlnk folks that Joe stopped when school was over Many a tlme he was off wlth the bark of the gun and flew down the track for honors and vu remember hlm when candldates pummeled each other before the crxtlcal myes of th4 football coach on the green expanse of Franklm Fleld Yes slr Joe used brawn as well as braln We confidently expect hlm to succeed He goes forth attended by our best WlSh6S and we hope to see and hear of many more vlctorles for hlm Debating 42345 Prize Debate 1341 Track fl234P Football 44' JOHN THOMAS ROWLINSON 17 Monadnock Street Dorchestel Sm .lows fum meet clumnl Qulet and unassumlng as he IS vue do mg thls lllustrlous vouth from Dorchc ter John 1S one of those lndnlduals who has the unfornable facultv of hld mg' hls talents under the Dl'OWCYl'Jl'll bushel Every class has 1ts famous athletes ltS well known debaters and every class has a group of students who rank first ln academlc honors and of whom Alma Mater IS proud to boast John IS onc of these hlgh callber stu dents a trulv banner student 1n all hls studles There are some who excell IH one or two studles but he shlnes IH all branches from majors to mlnors It IS d1fHcult to euloglze at length an honor student for the name honor student contains more than pages of pralse Suf fice It to say that John possesses the remarkable glft of domg everythmsz well and vuth a smlle and IS an all round scholastlc star ln Latln Greek French and Mathematlcs R V M SOJIIIUV f12 3 41 Pm.: Un: Ilumllul IHIIIIN sn 1 s 7 ...I ,,, , ,, ' Y - ' , ' 7 , . Q T 7 - , ' ll ' Y! , . Y 9 , 4 .y Z H . . K , ,. , I . , , I . 9' s a v ,1 f ' a v e 1 ' - , .. ,,, .. , ., 1 not know exactly what to say concern- ' '. ' ' ' . Xs- .Y . - ' '. J , 'f 1 41 , n , ' -2 ' 9 ' 1 I . r . 1 ' . L, ' ' : . . . A ki . - I . A - ' '! . ' M n . 7 y . if 77 ' ' u , . . - Y. . . -, . . . ' 7 ! ! . . . . 1 , , , . 1, n -. yt '.w-'-

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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

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CHARLES PUGFNF RYAN 944 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge CHICK CHAHLIE Lo the conquering hero comes' Charlle s character and personahty stand ln VlVld contrast to thls often quoted hne But It can be sald for Charhe wlthout fear of contradlctlon that he possesses the stuff whlch goes a long way to make up a hero He has plenty of grlt coupled wlth a firmness of resolutlon Credlt must be glven t h1m for h1s perseverance and steadfast ness 1n thls track Charl1e does not take any honors be cause of hls scholastlc accomphshments, but l1e ranks wlth the semper fidehs group and IS better than the average student He IQ zealous ln hlS studles a tralt WhlCh IS conslstent wlth all hls undertakmgs There IS none of the sardomc nature common to so many others, present ln the make up of Charhe but he accepts l1fe as xt comes and he certalnly makes the best of It Qulet and unassumlng Charhe IS sure to reach the top of the ladder leading to success Sodallty 112345 Loyola ill Track Q43 3 6 Lafayette Street Cambrldge JOHNNIE Music where soft voices dle lmgers ln the memory Nova would you thlnk lt' Johnnle looks quiet here doesnt he? But pause reader Here 1S what one person Sald about hxm ACt1V9 was he a doer and he splced h1s deeds w1th humor Wouldn t that make you l1ke h1m There may be two sxdes to l1fe but John pald most attentlon to the brlght slde Rather a blt of wlsdom there' When the baseball squad tossed the ball around John was there wlth a Wlhd up, a snap and a thud ln the catchers glove And form' Never dld the thou sand cures for rheumatlsm pertam to lm One day there was a reception 1n the Hall The pxano struck a tune and The Bells of St Mary s was wafted out over the throng whlle Johnny manfully swelled the volume wlth h1S deep har monlc tones Symphony Hall may hear hlm yet' Send the word John and we ll be there Baseball 44? BVM gllllllllh 1123 l'uz,e Uno Hundred luvnh wr-1 en e f , 1 1 J 4 J 4 V Y if Q9 fl ' 9, if ' 9, , . . , - . . , . . . 4: n ' . . . . 0 ' U - nr - . . . . , X ' , M N ' Y' Ac 9: ' , ' . . . - . 1 , , L I . , . 7 5 7 7 7 u JOHN FRANCIS RYAN 1 s GC ,,. ,, '. . . . . . . . , n V . . . . , ' , , . . . T , . . . . H . 1 . . . ,, , . . v - J - U 9 n 1 I - . , , - - - . 1 1 1 . ' u 1 . . A I n 1 1. If v L'-,