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

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cl xtcs 101 thi offiu Manx 11101111565 Wflf made manv Llgars wen guru many 1,4 1 chf s dnln gud both m and out of the school, amd Hndlly aitn .11 hLCt1C wcnk of campfzlgnmg J11T1I'l 1y Devlm Captam of Track wab elected aq Presldent of the Class of 1928 At onm hc pl 10061 bfform his 001111011 this qucstlon whcthcl thi Qomow would haw 1 class lmg OI al Yun Book Thx COLIIHII compose d of tha scctlon Prgsx dcnts plan d thc matter bm fora thm 11 1LSDl Ltlvr sr ctlorw and .an almost unfmxmoub vote was glvnn IH favor of thc YKAF Book Pcrmlsslon was gotten from the Pllmxplc of the School and M1 D If X O Connor SJ was appolntc d as lumulty DlPCLt01 The Staff was eluted and vxork commfncgd when the SLHIOI' COUHCII took advantage of the lag at the end of Mld Year Exams to hold a Semor Soual ln the Gvmnablum So, on the evenmg of Januarv 31st the entlre SQHIOI Class convvned ln the Gvm everyone weaung flom thu lapel of h1S coat A gold and maroon tag tolllng hm name and Clase The party was a tremendous sucwsq Speeches were made by Father McGovern Joe McKPnney football Qoach dt Boiton College and Paddy Creedan qtar of the 1927 football season .at the He1ght5 The speeches were ll recelved Wlth del1ght and laughter Then Fathm Donovan SJ Prefect of Dlsclpllne gave a fvvw words of 3dVlC6 IH hls usual vslttv manner Jlmmv Devlm vsae mdswx of ccremonlee and the programme conslstvd of trombong solos by Frank Correla saxophone solos by Blv Patten Z9 songs by Peter Qumn and JIIHHIX Leonard who madc lug hlt vxlth hls Oh how W0 lovz our Almx Mdtfl' Jon Curtw Dlck Gannon and Jlmmv Donahue wcrf our song and ddnu mcn md how' After refreshments motlon plcturfs of thr BCH1gh 'st Jxmu game were mhovxn thlough the k1ndnesQ of Father Swlft QJ Thr, affdn endvd m an orgy of qhurmg and laughmg aH'l1dSt WhlCh .a vote of thanks vxdb glvcn to Fdthex SVS1ft and M1 O COHHOI who helpvd makn the .xffalr posmblf All were satwfied and tXi1Xb0dV vsfnt home happw Than the Yea1 Book needed findnclal Quppolt and thu 8811101 Founcll decldcd to run a Bcneit Performance for the Staf So on thc wenlng of Februarv 1 :th a Qhovs was held m the Hall that waQ voted the un bebt of tha wear MUSIC, magflc song and dance, and Jokes made the full house roar betvx een the spasms of 41 feature com: dv Mlrth was at lta, h1g'hLQt that mght and not a qad face wc nt out of the hall when It was all over JIIYHYIV Icfonard wlth nvvs QongQ Reel Glcfmmv vxlth hls harmonlcd Tom HdltW from the blg cltv of New Xork vuth hls damn gan d local touch to th: lffdll It was 1 hugc succcsb md m 1dr tho Yr-an Book Hn mcmllx posslblc Anothu gcttogrthu mght was planned for the Lastmr vdndtlon but other dctlxltlw pruentnd lts bomq held so thn Scmor Counul began to concentrate 111 the 11' attentlon upon thc Scnlor banquet to bn held It thc 1nd of final exams Muxv ivatuus and surprlbnb arch planned for that ogcdslon vshlch promwes to br the blggcst m thv hlStO!X of thi school Thus the SEHIOI Counml of 1978 has iulhllcd ltx purpowc IH dffordlng many 0ppO1tl,1H1tllS for the men of thm clabb to bcgomm bettel dcqudmted and become knovs I1 to one anothcl hen so thzt m the dass .after Lladudtlon they vslll have omf support and acclalm from then' own class m than successes and fallurf-Q IH thx battle Wlth llfu Manv ware the opportunltlgs seen and spoken of m the mectmgb of the Councll for more and blggvr events to make the school known nel ipprcclated here and outs if but the clrgumstanus around the school and thc tlmcs did not scam propltlous to carlv thpm to complctlon Fvcn as thls QOUINII has morn fully rmdlllcd thc 111118 for vxhlch thc olganlldtlon was founded NO It leans the Councll to tha xugucdlng Fldssm to usm to better promote thu hdlmony .md Qchool splrlt IH thx future Undgr lts mffiucnt lnglmu the 'iemors hav: form to better know thru' lnfiufnu and DOWBI ln school affalrs, to dare mon .md do mom for the Hlgh School and thi Fdcultv hdvf, come to have mon and more thu Studant df'fa1rs m thc hands of so ehiclent a body Th1S was tha mam reason for the commenccmgnt ot the Sen1or Councll and the success of lts dffalrs and thc greate1 trust put m ltS llltegrltv and efflclency by the Faculty duel to the actlvltv and honor of the Class of 28 glve assurance of ltq bfmg contmued ln Oth61 ycare Wlth greater powers and lnfluence 1f only thc members wlll qhng to the Lourqc ldud down by the classes of 27 and 28 lu 1 Un: I fun I x' D ' l D1 I Y ' I ' 1' A '1 4' A ' 1. 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gill' as Q5 5 Q all f S 2' W0 X Qi 'xl f f ly llll Q1 F W lull. James J Devl n Preszdent Archlbald P Cotter Francls L Sulllvan Edward M Gallagher Joseph B Merrlck John J Monahan Allen F X McCarten NI the evemng of January 31st at a. get together nlght Reverend eg Father McGovern gave a fine talk on the value of frlendshlp ln the llfc of any man and especlally ln the l1fe of a hlgh school and Hlgh School, where so many come from sO many dlfferent Cltleq to study IH the formxng of frlendshlps that w1ll last and mean some I ., thmg ln our l1VQS It was thls thought WhlCh Father McGovern so well captured and put 1n words that ammated the Class of 1927 to form the Se n1o1 Councll Up to that time It seemed that everyone IH the school was wrapper, up w1th1n hlmself knew very l1ttle of what other mdxvlduals were dolng IH the school and cared less Each one came to school each day at mne oclock and promptly departed at two twenty to forget the school and the fellows wxth whom he so Joyiully passed the day When the four ye '1rs were ended and the mght of graduatlon came, men met others for the first tlme as they hned up m alphabetlcal order to recenve thelr dxploma Then flectmg glances and DTSSIHP' words served not to cement frlendshlps but to leave IH the heart of each one a great deal of sadness that he had allowed the four years to pass wlthout 5,043 13 tk thy Hp hand nf' fellows whom he had not even dreamed were ln the school The blame was lald at the door of the class system that had prevalled so long where each group of men became concentrated IH thclr own sectlon and spent all thelr tlme IH maklng that sectlon great and dear to them Graduates reported that they met men wearxng the1r p1n whom they nexer recalled In the school nothmg could be organlzed because lnstead of one Sen1or Class there seemed to be SIX and none wanted to help the general cause To overcome thls to weld what ought to be one Semor Class mto well organlzed un1t that could carry to completlon everything lt deslred to ml tlate, to g1V6 the Senlor Class the proper opportumty to show the proper schoo splrlt IH the promot1on of all school actlvltnes the Class of 1927 founded the Senior Councll and thls organ1zat1on by the conductmg of Smokers Banquets Shows etc , gave the SCHIOYS many opportumtles to form those frlendshlps that make hlgh school days so slgnlficant fol the rest of our IIVQS The Class of 1928 qulck to reahze the advantages 1nhe re nt nn th: Semor Councll qulcklv elected thelr representatwes and worked the seeds ot plomlse ln It to happy frultlon Thus at the xerv bemnmng of the vear they conducted the electlon of the Semor Presldent Permlssxon for ralhes 1n the Gym was glven posters wele palnted and placed anywhere the supporters of any candl date wanted to put them all telhng the promlses and the e ual1t1es of the candl I1 1 Ulu llundrerl Seufnlw fu WX X g fell, N , .Q f f Q., .W is 'agar af , ' . l y 5 C 1 L, ll ,. . AW e N X a, 1 f gl ,N N S 3 ,i l ' A 3 N,f,g4k U I N l .1 fl . 5 I lx xuf ke ,ff E x Q 1 X R , A 6 9 t s 79, X TZ 4 Q 2 L I X . v . l t I 44 - - - ' uyv 3 ' ir . x . ' N . . .- 4 . 1 I ul N4 ,WM college man, and he stressed the advantages of Boston College y s f ! - N l . . 1 . ? X , , I Y ' C 1 1 ix. . . . 13.5 fc .J bf acquain ed wi . - 's .e - A., -- -fm . I . .. Y s . . L. . . E 7 , . . . . . . . 1 . . y .a . . , I . 0 A Wx ki , . . . . , ' , ' , 2 ' . ' 2 z ' ' e - ' ' - . 'f . ' Y : . .A 5 ' ' 3 'lg 1 1 h' wg --, ' ,l

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l l 7,4- LLC Q S ww turn the pages of thls book memor1fs wlll drop from Its mmv 'lg ,S hnes happy thoughts glad events of Hxgh School days And as vu lem look 1nto th1s mlrror of our llves we cannot fall to note a strong vet beautlful tone whlch ha found 1ts expresslon 1n the Sodautv We recall our moments of recreatlon w1th Joy our spxrlts quleken as we see dlamond, gudlron and the rest but thls llttle book would not yet be complete dld we not glV6 trlbute as we used to do together once each week to the Mother of God the Queen of our Sodahty We owe Her much The happy sacrnhce onee a week to get to school '1 llttlc earlier the weekly talk, Lllklflllllflg' and fostermg IH us devotlon md manly splrlt, ou1 pledge renewed were vltal thlngs We found an interest 1n the varlous sectxon act1v1t1es str1v1ng by llttlc thmgs to help the dxstant mlsslons, many of us devotlng a few hours eaeh Sunday to teachlng the catcchlsm to ehlldren and as far as we eould, helplng to gnc them the truth and love of the Catholle Faxth, our effort toward more frequent communlon and devotlon of the Blessed Sacrament Our Academy too ln whlch we studled, eaeh Thursday after class the organlzatlon of the Church vms of gre it mterest and lastlng value All these thlngs the Sodahty has g1V8H us as It strove to aceompllsh lts purpose under the patronage of the Mother of God Indeed, we owe Hcr much Who w1ll forget our general Communlon and breakfast on December 8th'7 Or the retreat IH Passlon week when the entlre Senlor body voluntarlly devoted th1ee days to 1ts exerclses, accompanled by Mass Communlon We look back w1th appreclatlon for such opportunltles They were gold mlnes for us all And when memory IS re awakened by these pages turned may the ennobllng straln of that devotlon so marked ln Hlgh School days remain to klndle our splrlt and once agaln 1nsp1re us on our way of llfe At the end of all these happy days, let thls our trlbute be to Her IH whose Sodallty we were Our Blf ssc d VITQIH Queen Page Une Ilumlrwl 5Pll'l1lY sewn Xfjii, c of e e at of il fy . . by f 1 eff x. Q , , , 5 we 5 lv 9 'ZX fs. '1 l' UV. fll l.l f'h V c ll JV fkgllll la aff 5 ll? Yiqvll' lW!?Zf g lj Qekmil lkuz V a QQ T Q3 X as as m o,s- a gc so f 5-3 ' iggw g 0 Q59 2 2 ' '. , I ' '. 2. gg:s. ., ':, ,e : ,' S. , 'S '2 in I . . . . v, . K , Liz UWB ' f - - ' ' ' q,.'H,,J K 4 L. ' ' , '. ' v . 1 1 I . ' 4 I K , . a . V, , ,