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

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CH ARLEb EDVVARD BUCKLE1 6 Balley Poad b0l'71B1V1llC Buck Stamped wtth the :mage of a Kmg In classlc lore and myth we read of blonde halred heroes who swaggered cross battlefields earnlng for themselves the t1tle good at the battle cry and of blonde youths whose green and persuaslve blond ness won DTIZQS for them at foot races But ln Buck there IS nothlng of the swaggerer, and he never ralses h1S volce nelther does he find lt necessary to resort to the golden curls to wln for hlm the honors that other men gam by honest endeavour But he goes thlough llfe Wlth an uprlght self dependance that 1S made certain by a sureness In h1s ab1l1t1es and a confi dence that IS born of QXPCYIQHCQ Calm qulet w1th a qulzzlcal good humor lurklng beh1nd a steady gaze we know h1m for a good fellow a generous com panlon a man So wlth the hltlng tunes that fly from the ends of h1s nlmble fingers when he tlckles the 1vor1es stlll rlnglng ln our ears we say Au revolr Buck And we hope to meet hlm agam B V M Slllldlllj 412 3? EDMUND FVERETT BUCKLEX 354 K Street South Boston Theres nothtng tll could dwell lll such a temple Ed IS one of South Boston s contrl butlons to the class of 28 and a very acceptable one lndeed for such has re vwroven hlmself to be durmg our four fleetlng years here We mlght descrlbe Ed thus small IH stature but a glant ln his good nature wlth an lntrlgulng personallty and a d1spos1t1on that w1ll add as many frlends ln the future as he has galned durmg h1s hlgh school days The uualltles that are summed up ln these few words are leglon and space does not permlt their recordlng but Ed has endeared hlmself to everyone w1th whom he has come 1n Contact No lau rels has he won ln sports but lf letters were to be glven 1n for keenest support, Ed would have to collect a bushel of them As our school days end we begln to wonder about our path through llfe We do not know what Fd lntends to do but lf he glves one half the constant attentlon to It that he has glven to belng a student and a companlon success can not but shme on hlm BVM Qodallh 112343 Pu f' 'Ilurh s ren 'N-. .4 , 5' a w , - as ,sa 4, . . - as 1 - Ac 19 n , , 4 r ' Q ' 44 S l o . Q . .Y , Q I 7 f 4 , Q - - 1 - s . . . . . . . H . 9 r 1 s 9 ,, v . . . , , . . . , , . .4 1 SSE 99 D as W s - - - 91 ll Y, ' 7 ' ' 1 1 .1 Y A as n ' - . . A . , 1 ,. , , ll 77 , . . az n ' - ' , 4 . , . . l K . n , p ' . . . A Y' , , , . Q Y ' -.gp v . --of

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JOSEPH ALOYSIUS BROWNE 98 Chester Ax enue Chelsea .lor Bnomxn- Go Io the gate mmebodv knocks The heavy responslbllltles of beadle shlp ln 4 C have rested llghtly on Joe Brown's herculean shoulders The weary mg demands of hls ofliclal posltlon haxe never erased hls brow ln worry nor erased for a moment that famlllar alllllls To rcallze that a beadl mu t bm a model of dlllgence and appluatlon 1 model of punctuallty and d1sc1pl1ne an lnfalllble oracle to respond where others fall a, dlscreet retalner of secret messages an Innocent vxctlm on whom shall descend the teacher s Just wrath when recltatlons go awry that a beadle must be an em bodlment of every class Ideal to real xze all thls and bear the responslbxllty wlth pleasing grace has been Brownxe s task and uncommon aecompllshment We predlct a brllllant future for hlm ln the governments dlplomatlc corps H1 efficient handlmg of delicate sltuatlons fyou remember hls refercemg ln the basketball tournament! h1s ease ln develop mg soclal contacts and hls mastery of the French tongue stamp hlm as a future ambassador to the land of the fleur de lls ARIHUR ROBLR'l BULKLILY 118 I Street South Boston Anus He makes a solitude and calls at peace In the Autumn of .24 a. shy lad from South Boston s wave washed shores was discovered pormg over a Latln grammar before thc professor of 1 B had spoken Buckley was hls famlls name wxth Arthur as a Baptxsmal title Ve ly qulet ly he started to blaze a trdll through the classical studles and the rest of the class followed He drank deep of the Plerlan springs and the only thlng that hmdered hlm from rxslng beyond the monthly elght As was the lack of more sub Jects ln the currlculum Ever ready was he to share hls knowl edge wlth those who found the Journey rough, and never we he too busy to encourage those who cherlshed hls fuend shlp The debatlng halls have re echoed wlth h1s eloquence whlle hls oH'ice of assxstant Prefeet of Sodalltv testlfied to hls noble character In the world be yond Boston College Hlgh there lb need of the Cathollc scholar and gentleman and reallzmg thls we know that Art s success w1ll be a cred1t to Alma Mater Debating f12b BI M Qodnllty 112347 fleet Prefect 143 Page 'Ihnrx sn' ' 1 ss 3- cc .,. la , v . ' . . Y x . . .. ., - . n I Ii Q 5 ,, ,. , , 1 . 1 v W , . . . v v - ! f yi - ' 1 .vu J 1 1' af , , . . .G . . . 1. . ' V , .. . - . - 1 , . , ,. . v s , , .. .. rw 1 w w w 1 1 il 99 44 - V - as A 7' a 1 4 v V -V - . '-1 1 5 ' 5 1 . ' I .N . 7 ' . . 1 . l- - h ' . Q 11 ' 5 2 . .' D Q l - ca rn I - sl n ' I A 1 , w 'w .1 .I - :I A 1 - 1 , . . , - .W A ' .. . , . . ' 1 . . e X, . ' , , . . . .. .,,, . . v . .

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Wlth all hls Jocularlty John had hls wlth hls frequent burst of knowledge Nelther was he JOHN FRANCIS BURKE JR 113 Antrlm Street Cambrldge A1 The general sense of youth When we were chlldren way back ln 1924 a Jocular llttle sunbeam descended 1nto our mldst and has played around wlth us ever sxnce H1s we1ght h thought was too httle so he fortlfied h1s sturdy frame two or three tlmes a day wxth a sandwlch whlch IS 1n ltself a good ldea but very lnconvement lf one chances to be asked for a recltatlon dur 1ng the process But Fat 1S a Joke stcr and recognlses a Joke even when It IS on hlmself so w1th a merry laugh lt was forgotten and he went on growlng and developlng phy slcallv and mentally t1ll he graduated serlous moments and caused no surprlse an unknown vlsltor at the chapel A proper proportlon of fun and good work offered to the Glver 1S what made hlm the success he was IH school and we combmatlon make hlm the successful man 1n later hfe JOSEPH THOMAS BURKE 7 Worcester Squal e Boston Jos BURKIE Un homme avert: en vaut deux Joe Burke has always been one of the first members of 4 E to arrlse each school day mornmg at that famous estab llshment of learnlng on James street and take hlS pos1t1on on the stauxxav above the second corrldor Although one rea son for hlS unusual earllness was the short dlstance that he must tlax el from hls home on Worcester square to BC High another reason was wlthout doubt the hablt of punctuallty vshlch hc has developed Joe who lb known among the stu dents to be greatly talented vuth h1s pencll has produced dulmg hlS school look to see th1s same Good luck John' career many fine drawlngs vvhlch he has offcrcd to thc school magazlnc Thc Botolphlan The nervous dehberatlon vthlch Joe shows ln hls work and the consclenflous ness and determlnatlon wlth whlch he undertakcs all dutles are characterxstlcs that wlll ccrtalnly bring success ln later llfc B V M Sodnllly 412 3 41 Page Thlrtx eight 1 , . ' 4 v MF ,as an , as ' Q ' v . , 1 a u . ,I Q 9 1 my . Y . . . . . , . ' u n ' ' 1 . . , . ' 1 7 , . , . . . . . r . 1 . , . . . l , , if 99 Ki 7, as - 9: as U , - I . 7 1 ' 1 Y . X 1 1 l l 1 A y 1 , . . n n ' -, . , i 1 I' v I 1 1 1. . 1 9 1 ., v ' A l , .. . . ' j, u A ' rv ' ' - , ' an ay S - - I Q . . ' . u 1 . 1 1 I K, l V . J . , .. f A