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

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BOSTON CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS liirst row: Driscoll, Humpliery, xl. Mclilroy, llickey, Peirce fifaptainj, Burgholtver, T. Mclilruy, Cashman. Second row: Coach Kiley, Hawkins QMan:igerj, Bowles. Carroll, Leary, Macomber, Gill, Smith, DiPasqualli, Mcliusker QManagerQ, Mulvihill Mlanagerj. Third row: Meaney, l,avern, Ciuisti, Siachious, Shultv, Perisse, Russo With autumn came athletics, and most of all football. Our new coach, Don Weite- kamp, turned out an excellent squad with the material that was available. Several members of the Junior Class won starting positions. B. C. H. also presented to the Boston Conference high-powered track and basketball teams which won far more than their share of victories, Good seasons were also experienced by our hockey and base- ball squads. With much hard work and determination, the sum of 528,000 was raised for the Build- ing Fund. Every one did his share and the result was most gratifying to all concerned. The highlight of the dramatic season was the presentation of Shakespeare's HEN- RY IV under the direction of Father Cur- ran at New England Mutual Hall. The superlative acting and directing ability won the acclaim of critics all over New England. fl 9 Despite sharp and talented competition Mr. Kevin Doherty won the Junior Ora- torical Contest on Wednesday, April 16, 1947. Our parents were entertained on March sorh at their annual night,' when the Dramatic Society presented Achilles, the story of Homer's Illiad. On the evening of April 25th and 26th the B. C. H. Athletic Association sponsored its second annual minstrel show which was a great success. Together with this was a concert given by the B. C. H. Band under the direction of Mr. Mahler and Father Tobin, SJ., Moderator of Athletics. Our Junior Year drew to a close with Undergraduate Night on june 13, 1947. lt was a gainful year for all of us. Thanks to the grace of God and the patience and teaching of our instructors that we all ad- vanced spiritually and mentally.

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HISTORY OF JUNIOR YEAR On September 11, 1946, we, the class of 1948, were welcomed back as the mem- bers of the Junior Class of Boston College High. With the summer vacation now be- hind us we looked forward in anticipation of nine months of study and of school ac- tivities. With mutual pleasure that first day we greeted our new teachers, Rev. Fathers F. W. Blatchford, J. P. Curran, F. T. Ennis, J. R. Hughes, L. R. Logue, L. F. McCarthy, J. D. McLaughlin, J. J. Mulcahy, M. J. Murphy, J. J. Ryan, F. S. Scannell, L. P. Vaughn, Mr. R. N. Draper, Mr. P. Hamlin, and Mr. S. Scannel of the Society of Jesus, Mr. Cleary, Mr. J. Farricy, Mr. Kieran, Mr. Kiley, Mr. M. Mcl.oud, and Mr. D. Supple, laymen. XVe were told in our first assembly by our beloved Rector, Father Hewitt, that we were now members of the upper division of the school, and justly proud of this new- found distinction, we knelt together on Thursday, the 12th of September, at the inspirational Mass of the Holy Ghost in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The week of September the 16th wit- nessed the yearly rebirth of the school societies. Father Paul Barry, S.J., was direc- tor of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin. Under his supervision before Thanksgiving the B. C. H. sodality made the largest food collection ever for the benefit of the Little Sisters of the Poor and the aged old folks in their charge. The most distinguished and traditional school organization, the cradle of future orators, lawyers and preachers, the Bapst Debating Society was reorganized under the qualified guidance of Father Laurence McCarthy, S.J. The class of '48 that year gave to this organization among others two very outstanding members Mr. Kevin Doherty and Mr. Lawrence Silverson. Debates were arranged with several out-of- town schools, and B. C. H. emerged with a very creditable showing. Dramatics, too, was reorganized with Father Joseph Cur- ran, S.J., as moderator. After a month of introduction to Cicero and Xenophon, we turned our thoughts from books and homework to the most im- portant three days of the school year, the annual retreat. We received advice and counsel then by Father James McGovern, S.J., that will remain with us for many years to come. USENIORS MAY LEAVE SCHOOL EARLY ini

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THE HISTCDRY CF FGURTH YEAR of September in the and forty-seven we haloed seniors and lap of our journey. We were the upperclassmen and as such we were resolved to make this a glorious year in the history of Boston College High. We were greeted by our senior teachers, Fathers Foley, Krim, Blatchford, McCarthy, Berigan, Gately, Murphy, Shea, Williamson, Murray, Blais and Sheridan. We opened our scholastic year with the Mass of the Holy Ghost at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Father Hewitt of the Society of jesus, our beloved rector, celebrated the Mass and welcomed back the students for the new year. On Qctober sixteenth we began the most important week of our senior year, Retreat Week. The prefect was Reverend Arthur McCarthy, the vice-rector of our high school, and his sermons were aimed at aiding us in leaving Boston College High with firm principles of Catholic manhood estab- lished in our minds, hearts and souls. The Retreat was brought to a worthy close by receiving students. On the twelfth day year nineteen-hundred received the title of embarked on the last our attendance at Mass and the of Holy Communion by all the successful auspicious schoolboy and gold The football team staged a season as Mal McCloud made an debut into the coaching ranks of football guiding the maroon through their toughest season in many a yeir. The eaglets were sparked by the play of Captain Foley and seniors Heffernan, McKenney, Patten, Fallon, and Norton. Barney Shine, hampered by an appendec- tomy at the beginning of the season, did not play. The season was a success inasfar as the squad won all of their objective games. Our next important venture in fourth year was the play, Career Angel, which was presented by the Dramatic Society under the direction of Reverend Father Mulchay at the auditorium of the Public Latin School on the evenings of December eleventh and twelfth. Notable for their parts in this performance were seniors: John Mahoney, Kevin Doherty, Louis Gaglini, and Lawrence Silverson. The show was well received by all, and the cast was invited up to Holy Cross College in XVorcester to render a command performance. 20 SHRINE IN YARD In November we held election for the class president of senior year and Mike Hef- fernan was sclected to that coveted position but only after some very stiff competition frtm Kevin Doherty. School was adjourned on the nineteenth of December for the Christmas holidays, and we left the school on Harrison Avenue with joyous hopes for a happy vacation and apprehensive thoughts of the coming mid- years. The Christmas Dance was held on jan- uary second in the New England Mutual Hall Building. It was the first of the dances which were sponsored by the Renaissance and although the weather was poor the dance was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. Neither the snow nor cold could hold a B. C. High boy back on his first day of school of the snowiest of snowy years, 1948. We trudged back to repetitions and mid- years, and the midnight oil burnt long and bright those ensuing days, as We hurriedly prepared for the inevitable. With mingled sighs and groans, the mid-year exams slipped past for the last time. l