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

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F eeEee 22 l Ea K 'lil -23' ' ,,, X-V lllllllll i-fsxx I-i tr- Fnllllff liai- HE BOTOLPHIAN IS a llterary magazlne now pubhshed by the students CT of Boston College Hlgh School four tlmes each school year VIZ at Thanksglvlng Chrlstmas Easter and at Commencement Its alm IS to encourage and foster a llterary Splflt among the students by glvmg them an outlet for the publlcatlon of thelr composltlons and to serve as a bond between the Alumm and Alma Mater That thls alm has been appreclated by the students at the school IS well t9St1f'19d by the numbers of manuscrlpts that are turned IH each month at the office, and by the hlgh class of artlcles thls superabundance of materlal enables the edltors to publlsh As for the Alumm and the news of the present day do1ngs of the students at Boston College Hlgh School the BOTOLPHIAN makes SGFIOUS efforts to keep the Home News as full and lnterestlng as posslble The Alumm News w1ll be full and 1nterest1ng dependent upon the amount of lnformatlon that the alumm send IH Evcrythlng that happens to an alumnus IS of lnterest to the student body Especially so are the VIEWS of the alumm on affalrs of educatlon busmess and current events lnasmuch as they are apt to be of Interest to the student body Hence the BOTOLPHIAN takes thls oppor tunlty to ask the men of 28 to wrlte once ln a whlle to the Alumm Editor of the BOTOLPHIAN to let hlm know how they themselves and other graduates are succeedmg 1n the world what they thlnk of the Hlgh School ln retrospect and what lf any suggestxon they have to make that would be useful to dlrect the a1ms of a Cathollc youth IH school Ever slnce 1ts lnceptlon at the Commencement of 1914 the BOTOLPHIAN has been a seml annual that has galned nat1onw1de repute for the hlgh class o t ssay stones and poetly The class or 121.45 even as lt has seen many vsorthwhxle lnnovatlons IH other lmes due to the exuberance of splrlt and talent among lts members have It as thelr glory that they have turned the BOTOLPHIAN lnto a ouarterly whxch has essays storles poems and edltorxals of equally hlgh rank Thns 15 not boastlng or the taklng of credlt where It has not been earned because thf first nssue of the new quarterly was so much the work of the Senlor class that lt might be sand to have been thelr magazlna The BOTOLPHIAN for the past four years of our llfe has been a great source of lnsplratlon to us ln the artlcles that have been publlshed and a source of prlde to all of us 1n our Semor year when we saw artxcles over the names of fellows Wlth whom we plaved and fooled around the school It showed that there was a serlous S1d9 to all of us and even as these fortunate ones had reduced thelr serlous thoughts to somethlng tanglble so all of us would gladly reduce ours to materlal shape lf we had the ab1l1ty and perseverance We owe a great debt of thanks then to the men who have kept the BOTOLPHIAN to ltQ same hlgh standard of llterary value whlle they lncreased the number of publlcatlons from two to four a year They are Edltor In clnef John T Murphy Associate Edltors Georgc H NlC,l'10lSOIl Z8 lohn J Hodgms Joseph B Conley JI H Charles Flanigan I turrnu C I mgguth Z8 Kfnnc th W McFlImott I Il Un: un: ft 1 5111 uly nnu T YT' f Y --T ? I -sag.: N 51 1 - .. ,,-f 1 , l 1 N 4 ' .g' ff' Ti J' s ff ' -- I V , h I ,-ii -'- E . ' .Q vc: if :SEM ,gfiwi , - - - ,T-'i.4-'.-E1 ' Lf ' s - 71 fr f ' , 'T ' - 'r . , Y l,4....- 5- gif -,s -f + T ,ff ' , : :rf-f' A .4 -A-:. S ,ee --,ie A e 1 T ill? T lk , 7' V , Y 4'-5 ?-se . . . .A . . . 7 W Qazfhll . C' H H . ,'l . . . . x n r. 1 . . . . X . , K v . o , . . n n A a n - I n . , . ' 1 , , I . . . I , I 4' : N A :+.,,.:.. N -AMMW '-l,,,f, 1 .. .,t,,, . f 1 A D cdufuxlala, 1: ' S, ' ' ' ' . ' ' , S 7 . . . . . v . . w 1 1 Y . D .L .Y w . . . K . A . 'H' l . . h S . xx 4. K . E 5 1 1 w 1 . 4 1 1 -4 3 g . . . . Q . i .I D h . , S . x . . , . ' . . . 'Z . . .' l .v 1 ' ' V Y ' -' - 2 ............................. . , '28 .lf D' 5 . f . 2 . .' , ' . ' S, '28 Az - 'e . ,z f , r 1 . 2 . fg , '28 Ig, .gf 1.1,',,-. .'

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.....A QQ fied Wwnxfh VHERE are in the school three debating societies for the benefit of the CQ students -Xll of them owe their inception to the same COIlNlCtlOI1 in the minds of the superiors that there IS no other extra curricular K X 3CtlVltV so well fitted to develop the intellect and give culture as f Public Speaking anel especially Public Speaking under the form of argumentation, when a man has to show the elexelopment he has re C61VLCi in quick and accurate thinking and as re adlly express himse lf m smooth elegant anel forceful language For of what benefit is It for a person who does not inte nd to be a recluse, to acquire all the knowledie and lore of the ages if he cannot apply it to present OLLASIOHN mel frame it in decent language Thus, all the bocietles for Debating haxe practically the same purposes written into their eonstxtutions namelx to aceustom its members bv means of literary discussion, to speak with fluency and ease, and to afford an opportunits for gaming information on useful topics Thus the members of 1928 had every opportunity to derlxe all the aelx antages that acrue from public speaking, and not a few entered mto these debating societies The Loyola had one of its biggest xeais when 78 flocked to its hall The following year found the McElrov with but three exceptions composed of men of this class Nicholson was President fo1 the second term and James J Devlin held the chair during the first term The Prize Debate Medal was eap tured be a member of the same elass Francis B McManus Junior vear saw most of the members of 1928 availing themselves of the pri llege of Joining the Bapst where Flank McManus won for himself a place on the Latin School Debate team and along with Joseph Rogers competed fol the Bapst Medal at the Annual Pllae Debate These men were also on the numerou lecture te uns that toured the surrounding town , making., illustrious the name of Boston College High Some of the members of 28 stayed down IH the McElroy howexer and gaxe the benefit of then IJIKXIOUS experience to the lneomlng Sophomore s James De vlln was president of the Melnliov for two terms, lames Leonard was Tre isuier and K nneth K lley wi S eietnx for the first te rm 'lhe sehool ye 11 of 1927 1928 found the Bipst eomposeel entlrelv of' member of the, Senior class. In our Senior year, the Bapst had a new Moelei itoi Mr. Daniel F. X. O Connor S.J. Owing to the se arcity of a proper number of' lhe n with real inter-scholastic training, an extensive programme of inte r-scholastic debating and lecture work was not attempted, but the spirit was there and the meetings were interesting enough to cause the membership to triple, in gqrowh before the end of the school year. In the Prize Debate there were fixe meznbers of the class of 28' Joseph Rogers Joseph Rock James Devlin John Fitv ,erald and lFrancis B. McManus. Francis McManus again won the medal after -1 hard att e. So the men of the present graduating class haxe shown that they appreciated the value of public speaking, and have eione their share in adding to the laurels of the school in debating circles even as the athletes of the class have added to them in other fields. We confidently expect therefore to see the names of the 28 debaters of the High School high among the list of the best speakers of the city and the nation. Page Une, llllllllfl el Se rl lily-eigJ1I

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