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

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On Tuesday, January 27, the final lap began, the homestretch lay before us and the beacon of graduation shining nearer and brighter now, caused all to study more industriously. On February 2nd, Fathers Blais, Mc- Carthy, and McGrady knelt at the altar of God and professed their final vows, an awe inspiring ceremony to the whole stu- dent body. Then with no sadness we had our winter recess during the week of Feb- ruary 2lst. At this point it seems only fitting to give merit where merit is due, to our sports teams: to the football team for iis steady and hard playg to the track team for its consistently fine showing in quad and ma- jcr meets, to the hockey team for its first division standing. Special praise is due to George Foley and Dick Doyle chosen for the Boston All-Star team, to George Sul- livan, Roger Morton, and Ed McDonald who gained positions on the Bay State All- Star teams. To further spread the glories of the ma- roon and gold, the basketball team won the City of Boston title and gained a bid to the Tech Tourney in which they gave a glorious showing losing only in the final game to Belmont, Spring moves in, more marks are creep- ing up on us, and beyond these we see more end-of-the-year cramming mingled with such classic events as the Senior Oratorical Contest on the 22nd of March, and the Bapst Prize Debate on the 30th of April. Easter and the spring recess in the week of April 19th seem to be our remaining holidaysg and of course the Senior Prom, almost upon us, will be the social high spot of our final year. Again sports are in our eyes: the hopes are high that the baseball team will be suc- cessful in retaining the Boston Conference title and again draw a tournament bid. Now at last we are coming to graduation. Yes, final exams, and then June 10th at the Opera House, a night long to be re- membered. Written deep in our hearts ever to be remembered will be the ascending of the famous steps and the reception of our diplomas from His Excellency, the Arch- bishop, our congratulations and our just and well earned reward. We now go into the world, some to serve God, some to serve man, enhanced by a Jesuit education. XVe have inherited a tradition, a heritage of great Catholic men. We have a memory of wonderful days at James Street, and our hearts are filled with gratitude to our par- ents and our teachers for all they have given us. As We go forth into the world we have on our lips the phrase which is symbolic of B. C. High, Ad majorem Dei gloriamf' TJONALD KI. BARNVS W1L1,iAM SULLIVAN SFNIOR COUNCH. lfirst row, left to right: Foley, Carrol, Heffernan, Father McCarthy, Hynes. Sullivan. Back row, left to right: Doherty, Leary, Morton, Cattaneo, Gaughan, Piana. T211

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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

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JOSEPH H. ABBADESSA ROBERT E. AHERN 41 Harvard Street Medford 49 Martin Street West Roxbury Sodality I, 2, 5, 43 Honor Roll l, 2, 4: Orchestra lg Band 2, 3, 4. Debating l, 29 Camera Club l, Z, 4g Minstrel Show 2, 35 Sodality 2, 3, 4. Track 5. GEORGE ADAMS 209 River Road Winthrop Sndality I, 2, 3, 4: Camera Club I, 23 Radio Club 4g Honor Roll l, 2, 3, 4. 066 WILLIAM AUFFINGER 142 North Beacon Street Watertown Undergraduate Honor Society: Sodmliry l, 2, 5. 43 Debating I, 23 Camera Club l, 23 JOHN LENEORD BAILEY ROBERT .IUSEPH ALLEN 280 West Third Street 63 Clark Avenue Chelsea South Boston Debating I, 23 Sodaliry 2, 33 Camera Club 2: Debating 2: Radio Club 4. Sodaliry l. l22'l