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

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WILLIAM HENRY BURKE 65 Old England Road Chestnut H111 BILL BUCKET Cheerful as the verdant fields of homeland After telllng what several of the blg gest colleges ID the country brmg to the character of the1r students the college song goes on to say that 'Boston makes them men If th1s be true, and It cet talnly would seem so then the Dleasant s1tuat1on and the alr of Chestnut H111 must have a lot to do Wlth lt Hence It IS that B111 IS what we expected h1m to be a man From the unfalllng regularxty w1th wh1ch he appeared at all B C football games ln the character of water boy h1s classmates gave h1m the t1tle, Bucket' A slow golng sort of charactel who takes thlngs as they come B111 who has always been a member of the A ' sectlon has nevertheless always been 1n the A class of scholars A man who easlly goes through the tasks that make up the rout1ne of da1ly l1fe, ever actlve ln all affalrs ID studles 1n soclals 1n athletlcs, B111 has all the qUalltl6S to make hlm a good colleglan at the He1ghts Football 441 Track 1341 BVM Sodallh 11231 EDWARD D BURNS 8 Marathon Street Arllngton ED1111. The worlds applause' What would ye? That I grasp a bubble? Sh h h h' Here he comes' The Gen tleman of Mystery' And that about touches off Edd1e He IS so mysterl ous that he seems to carry a sort of Sherlock Holmes a1r about h1m After h1s second year there Edd1e left Cam br1dge H1gh and Lat1n School to come to fields more worthy of hlS ab1l1t1es and we at least have never regretted the change One of h1s favorxte pastxmes ls evolvlng more euphonlous and 1mpres SIVQ spellmgs of hlS name The best seems to be The Honorable Everett Ward DaV1d Byrnes It IS our op1n1on that he w11l be a b1g power some day on Beacon H111 At least h1s ab1l1t1cs 11e 1n that d1rcct1on He agree that Cap1tal pun1shment should be abollshed and 1n the next breath that all umpxres should be burned ln 011 Whatever earn r he chooses we shall all be mterested 1n h1s working out of lt and some day ln the happv future 1f the gods of fortune 1re not too mallgn we expect to see Hls Excellency Governor Burns ln the hlghest posltlon 1n the State Page Thirty nme X - 1 1 x 1 . I Ki 79 fl 93 if I9 1 1 4 5 rx ' , ' - 9 ax U - ' , Q 1 I , W u u ' - 7 ' u J ' l I . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 U 7 ' 9 1 1 - 14 11 , 1 , . Q a - . . 4 . ' . 1 ! . 7 ! ' 9 7 9 ' ' ' .,' 7 9 ' w 1 7 66 J! ,, 1 - . . V vs u - n - , '- . . 1 - ' 1 , L, ,, 14 . ,, . . . . . . ' . . . .A . . . X . . . w . Y 1 I . s 1 , 1 1 1 , , . 1 - - 1 1 ' - ' ' . ' ' . ' ' ' . ' u 1 3 1 4 1 ' - -' , 1 1 C f 1 Q , , . . . . 1

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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

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TOHN IAMES CALLAH ANI 15 Ashley Street Jamalca Plam L KL and no man he re but honors you Cal IQ a hrm behever m the tlme worn adagm Actlons speak louder than words Nor does the fact that Cal has been interested 1n debatmg smce has first year among us glve the l1e to thls bellef Cal has not follovsed the art of forenslc oratorv 1n order to dexelop the hablt of speakmg much or often or to no purpose What he has attamcd from his debatlng experlence IS the happy faculty of speaklng pomtcdly and brlefly and Wlth assurance whenever there 1S need H1s loyaltv to thc class and to the school have never been p10 tested ln empty vaporlngs Cals elo quence on thlq pomt has been translated mto actlon that has made hvn an enthu slastlc supporter of every class project be It academlc athletlc or soclal W have never heard from hls llps the I do not choose of hls lllustrlous contemporary, whenever there has been occaslon to manlfcst hls lowaltv A gentleman of reserve an excellent student a loval frxcnd thats Cal Debating, il 4? DFIIUIGIICQ 145 I? V M Sodalztw fl 2 3 l P 14 Mayhew Stleet Dorchester KELLL1 LAL GTGIIOT 81 I1UlCh1'0 1101116119 111 C01'p01'0 'Ul1'I1l9 Cal mdeed has been a studlous character and a character for studv f0l he IS a youth whom the passtlbx could not fathom at a glance or entlrely ap preclate wlthout an mtlmate acquamt ance We who know hxm rlghtly llflllfl stand that his characterlstlc traxt of dc clslveness IS ecllpsed by h1S equallv tr an llllll exterlor and self composure For four years we have found Ktllv calm 1n every crlsls nonchalant xuttx and studlous xn all matters the DOSQGQSOI of the perfect savolr falre He has kept hlS school bow complexlon and hls sturdy hmbs are a sllent t8Qtlll1OT1V to what and how the growlng boy should eat It 15 no detractlon from Cals prestlge that he has been among the foremost scholals of B C H durlne the past four years Nelther Clcero nor Vlrgll Xenophon nor the blmd bard Homer could foll J V s determ1nat1on to acqulre a thorough knowledge of the Classlcs H V M Sodnlnx 112 3 4? Imolu fl? Pac: I mix Q? . . . . K y 44 - ,- ll sa Y 1 , , H ,, . , . . . - v x Al . 1 K f x ,, . , va u av 1 I . V X . . . .v ' -Y u va , , K . . 7 1 . . , , n . I 2 . . X Y I ' N . . Y 4 E . . J K 1 . . Q . . L '. - . . . ,. . , , ' . C , - ' u sv '. ' - ' . A li . ' ' I .: ' . I x 'x T 1, H N H u 1 1 . 1 ' JOHN VINCENT CALLAHAN 'f ' 1 ss , ,ss cs 1. as ,, . Q . . - sa u xr ' ' 9 1 - K . . .Y . E ' 3 ssl- y A 1 ' . - 7 . l x'- 1 ' . . 1 ' ' ' ,- ..1. . . K . . i - . . N 1. as 1 vs . . .sg ' I Y. lv ' . , S. .U ' , ac - - u D , 7 I 4 .1 K L 1 - L ' -1 A .- as 9 H L ' . S, '. . . . ' ' 5 . Q . I. . ' ' ' . . . . U' - . - - 1 V' . I fi - 1 1- 'Q