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

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THE BOTOLPHIAN OUR LITERARY MFDIUWI OF CULTURE One of the p11ma1x alms of a classlcal trammg IS the dexelopment of f1eedom of expreeelon The Botolphzan affolds 1 strlklng proof of the success of th1s phase of our t1a1n1ng Th1s excellent magfwme proxldes a mouthplece fo1 the student VOICC w hethe1 IH a short storx a fanc1ful eesax O1 a SCFIOUS QYDIQSSIOII of the student s x1ew Pu1e teen age nonsense has 1tS place 1n the Botolphmn and there IS also elde bx s1de a sect1on on the hne alts The cuuent hooks uc rexlewed 1n each Issue, xx h1le the cl 1ss notes and Qports wr1te ups coxer the nexxs ot the school The qualltx of this magamne has been repeatedlx atteeted bx the Columbm Scholastic P2 rss Assoczafzon Exel smce the foundlng of th1s bodx twenty hxe xears ago, the Bofolphzmz has taken flrst place among all magaflnes ot 1ts class 111 the natlon Th1s IS the maganne xx hlch has been an 1nsp11at1on to 11s duung 0111 foul xears at B C Hzqh Duung ou1 Freehman xea1 O1x1lle Purdy wae Edltor 1n Chlef and Ronald VVex and Edltor under the duectlon of Hr Leona1d NIcCa1thx SJ as m0de1 ator N0 membel of the class of fortx nme as xet had the teme11tv to punt an artlcle but the class was leplesented hx sul prlslnglx xx ell w rltten class notes and home news features The Imfolphmn won the Columbla Schol 1st1c P1 ess con test IH March In second xeal, the class ot fo1tx mne came 1nto 1ts oxxn The Ed1to1 that xeal was Leo Hmes and Wir Shme S I , took ove1 as moderator Leo Hanlex 1o1necl BOTOLPHIAIN STAFF Fust xow left to llght Chenev lVIcM1llan Yaut1a1n Helmlclx 'NI1 OHa1a SJ Yxt Hanlcx McLellan cld!lll1O Second 1oxx Hannon lxcllcx WIcHug,h -Xssclm 'Vlclxtnna 'lIcDo11ag,h Donmxan Cm Ilklllll Hetht11ng'ton Buckley M1tDon1lcl Thud loxx Costa Plncault Beavu C nnon BIOXNTI C IIN lx n Cal 1 1 lx Tax lol Deshal nals EWR' J A 1' -y ' I . ff' -1 1 11 U . , . . .. v 1 I ' .1 .1 I 47' ' A n g 4 NN' ' 1 '1 4' 1 1 0 0 , , 4 1 1 1 . . ., . 1 1 ' ' 11 '1 , , .. . . 1 1 l . . 1 . K C 4 . 1 I Y ' ' ' V A - ' ' 1. a K .1 ' . 1 y 4 '1 1 1 1- Y ' V, . . V 1 a ,- , , . 1 1 1 1 .- 1 . -' , A ' X .v - -v K 1 1 1 . . ' I Q nik' '- A L. , ' 1 '1 1 1' 1 1' ' Q ' ' ' ' . . t . . U ' , ' i 1. ' 4 ,X . 1 1 k1k1 1 K1 . - K1 1 ku n C ' I1 ' ' ' ' N I .1. v v v - 1 11 1 1 1 -1 1 . 11 K - kk K .. c.. K . . , ' . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - K' ' L' l 1 T - . V - 1 ' . '1 ' 1 11 - L' K' Cn ns ' Y . A Y .1 rl u 1 L . V . v 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 4 1 ' Q 1. A v L 1 L- : lpn, an 1 ' v 1 ' 4 - D 1 v 1 v 1 1, .1 .J . L . . N 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' , ' , L U ' L ., A . , .r. Y 1 ' N 1 1 v ' l L 1 . . . t ' ,'. . 1. .' . ' ' 1 ' ' . 1 1 .. '1, ' ' .a s v v - - 1 - -1 , 1 x' 1 1 Q: .VA 7 ' , . .. ', ,1 . ,. 1 ' 'l - , .. .- . , , . , . . X , . , . 7' , 1 , 1 1- 1 1- - ,1 . . . , , , 4 1 . 'I 1 v- 1 4 . . T - v uvv - 1. 1 Y: . . , l , l , 3 . , ll . , l Nl , l en dl , dllL'. . 1 - ,, .' A all

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Flank Nlahonex took ox 61 the Dr lmdtlC SKJCIQIX Jlm GllJlJOIls xolunteered fol the 1mpo1tant Sodahtx DIGCQ To each of these speclal Clilllt ls due fol the excel lent lob thex accompllshed The SGHIOI xV1lt9L1DQ ae xxe men t1oned xx exe ou1 bxggest IQSDOIlN1lJ1lltX and those that alded ln gdllllllg of our obxectlxe xx exe IILIITIGIOLIN and Wllllllg of xx hom onlx a texx can be mentloned thoae to xxhom a D3.1t1CLllal xxoxd of l6LOgYllt10ll ls due T01 the genelous glft of then t1me and enelgx 1n the endlebe xx rltlng and rexxlltlng lnxolx ed among them Joe Gaudet Bob Mclsaac Al Hetheungton Bob Cu11x Jlm NIacGee P1 ink NI lhcncx Bob IXlll0N John Fxnn lohn NIcDonald Don NIcHugh and J1m Clonxx ax E allx ln Deccmbel Bob NIcNI1ll in and Rax Helmlck xx ere named as our Aeeo clate Edltors Both surrendered then tlme and energles unsparmglx through out the entlle xeal and xx ere alxx axs on h 1nd to g1xc 11d ln ou1 manx endeax o1s Ex 91 xx1th an exe for the l1ghte1 slde of l1fe the Rnzrzzssmzcc sponsored a Roller Skatlng Paltx and Dances xx h1ch xx ere enthuslastlcally supported bx the 49 era Too manx ot ou1 Staff haxe not been mentloned here but xxlthout the aselst ance and adxxce of each of them the Rcnczzsfsance could not haxe been com p1led and hnlshed The xxolk has noxx IRE C-XMI' RX SCRNE been completed and each of the staff can look back xx1th pude to haxe been a part of so tl6I'l'16I1Cl0L1S an undeltakxng Xear Book xxe xxwh to pax a trlbute ehort IH xx ords but long IH meanlng and slncerlty to Father FFHHCIS GFIHIII who has glxen of hlmself vxlthout Qtmt to folm and perfect thlb Reazfzzsbalzcc To N11 Mahonex S J xxho hae a1ded and encoulaged Us so often a ferxent Thank xou FRANCIS xx V YE RILINAISSANCE LITERARY PERSOINNLL F1ont1oxx ltft to llght inane Holland Hclmlck Vyc 'VII lVIahoncx SJ Hanlty fldlllllO lVIcLellan Mclaaac SLCOlldl0XY 'Had ee Noonan Beaxel Bloxxn Cannon 'Vlahonex Slason lane Thndloxx MacDonald Buckltx HithQl1Hf.,t0Il Vx adc Plncault lxnk Habellm Baxclock Yfffgaztfw f... f -:usa-.Q sc ' I ' V ' 1 2 1 . y . 7 . I - Q v . K x t v ' v , . ,'. .., ' 'S . V ,- . ' d In cw . . - A, K v , . .1 . ' 1 . x 1' ' ' . , . . . M, . ' ' ' I 1 I 1 v Q 7 V A 7 1 v -'.vv ' 4 v 'N , . s 3 v . v f f 4 . ' . v v U 4 1 Q - . . , 1. .Uv ' ,., ,. T A .A ' 2 . v '1 v 1 4 - 11 - , - . . A , A' .'. ' Lf' K. , ' . ' ' 1 . ' v ' ' p . t - ' '. v f , v y vw ' ' ' k ' V, 2 ' ' . v . v .S L' ' L' ' ' ' s v - V' v ' - 3' Before we close the fmal pages of our . , . . , I s s - , -e . , , ' 1 v , , . ' L ' Q, n. A 1 . Q 1 . - M . . . Y . 4 I v 1 a v .. , 9. . v. v 4 , Y v ' . Y S. L' - A . N, . ., T 1 4 4 ' I ' nv LY , v , ' u , as 7 In - l - . T lu v Q r r x v Y Y W , v , Y , 1 - - V- s -'r - '-11 x x '-' x - 1 sv f 1 . . l , , , , A . A -, . ., , 1 ,. , . . , . v. , X ' v . . . ' , . ' - 7 :A v 1 s 7 ve .v ' v 1 ' '. . 1- .. , .-,. , .' ,- ' , ' ,. .- ,.' .f, .- ,

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the staff of the Democrat1c Liberator, of VVh1Ch he has been the guldmg Splrlt ever smce Ray Helmlck became a L1t eraly Contrlbutor by prxntlng two artlcles ln the Fme Arts sectlon Leo Nolan was our first poet and Thomas Romeo contrlbuted an essay The busl ness end of the magarlne went to John Horan Once more the Botolphzan took top honors at Columbia Our thlrd year opened very prop1t1 ously with a grand Centennial Issue IH honor of the coming of the Jesuits to Boston in 1847 KQXIH Doherty became the Edltor in Chlef with Fr Francls Grlffm SJ as moderator asslsted by Mr Ambrose Mahoney S J Many new staff' members appeared from the class of forty nme through the year notablv Frank Vye and Peter Gxanmo who d1s tlngulshed themselves as Llterary Con trlbutors Busmess Manager Wllllam Chevaller Frank Stapleton Paul Kelley and Alfred LaGreca Leo Hanley con tlnued on the Democratlc Llberator wh1le Ray Helmlck took over the Book Revlew sectlon New talent came up 1n the art field as seen 1n the lllustratlons of John Coleman and Steve McKenna ThlS year the Columbia Scholastic Press awarded us the Gold Medal for outstand mg achlevement The class of forty mne stepped at last into the saddle wlth the beglnnlng of senlor vear The new Edlt0I'lI1 Ch1ef was Ray Helmlck wlth Frank Vye and Art Vautraln as Assoclate Edltors Mr Robert O Hara S J headed the group Perhaps the outstandlng contrlbutlon of the year was Frank Vyes stlrrlng short story Ode to Mary Other Stflk mg short storles were wrltten by Art Vautraln John MacDonald and many others A school of poets sprang up rep resented by John Costa Paul Kellev Don McHugh Cllff Wade and Al Heth ermgton Excellent sports revlews were wutten by Paul Asselln John Hannon and John Beaver whlle Bob McM1llan ab y headed the Exchange department Bob Taylor an outstandmg artlst Jolned the ranks of veterans John Coleman and Steve McKenna The Democratlc Llber ator drew 1nsp1rat1on from Leo Hanley and Wllfred Pmault and Ronald Sprague managed the buslness aspects of the magazlne Roger Cornelller Dennls Donoxan John Cheney Arthur Brown Jerry Donovan Francls Kelley and John McLellan gave lmpetus to a gala staff l191l Rev F1anc1sJ Grlffln SJ botolphzan MOd6FatO1 1947 48 This year for the first tlme the ed1 torlal staff made the trip to New York to attend the Columbla Scholastic Press Assoclatlon Conventlon Once agaln the Botolphzan was awarded first place among the natlon s student publlcatlons The Botolphzan 81mS at a w1de student part1c1pat1on ln 1tS publlcatlon A large staff IS assembled and anyone 1n the school even a Freshman can have an artlcle prlnted Contrary to the usual practlce 1n school magazlnes one does not find 1n the Botolphzan those para graphs which are so obvlously written bv Teacher No th1S magazlne IS truly the voice of the student body The thoughts and op1n1ons of the boys them selves appear on ltS pages and thus It IS a wltal l1v1ng part of B C Hlgh The enthuslasm of ltS staff was attested th1s vear when a large group turned out fol the equlpplng of a new headquarters for the magazine on the fourth floor It IQ this enthusiasm whlch has made the Botolphzan what It IS and what It repre sents whlch has malntalned 1tS hlgh standard through the years surpassmg all other publlcatlons of 1ts class and made lt a tubute to the spirit of B C Hlgh The Botolphzan shall always carrv on as somethlng umque ln the school and as a l1v1ng monument to the classlcal tralnlng lnculcated there fulfilllng ey er the hlgh ldeal of Rellglonl et Bonls Artlbus RAYMOND HELMILK Q Y . . . v . . Y Y . .- 7 . . . K . Y. Y - - , I A' 1 ' -1 ., . , . . ' 1 . Y Q Q y n ' . y 1 v - I ' . . , - ' il ' ' 77 Y . . . . . . . , , - , . . I ' . . I . . . . , . . . ' ' y 9 . ' K 2 s 4 . . . . r . , , ,, . . . as moderator ' x - - V . , ca , as - - u l . r - D ' v ' 9 x 1 V .' ' ' ' , . . . , , , . . . 1 . a . l 9 1 . ' ' ' 1 y - - . ., Y ' , . . . v v 1 1 . y ' s A u n n 1 Y - 1 , , N u Y . 1 . . . . - V . . . . , , h . v r . V ' 9 cc ' ' 1 7 , . .. . . ,, . . . Y , , . v ' ' - I Y ' 7 . - . . ' . . . . v 7 Y Y Q u w n u l x v v - U v Y D , v ' . r w 7' l A A J u ...