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

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Introducing: ur Class Presldent D3Vld C McG0ldr1ck Wzth paodonable przde we p1esent to you the Preszdent of the class of 49 Damd C McGold1zel1 Eanzest co opevatwe frzendly Date early u on hunself a place of 1espect among the Qanks of hzs class He s tall well built and 1angy and fortzfied wzth a u zde flashzng gozn Hts enthuszasm and genuine spzrtt have been among hts greatest assets together with hzs wawn and amtable pea sonaltty He s been a famzlzar figure at and an ardent supporte1 of many school aetwztzes durzng the past fozu years A grtdtron vetef an of three sea sons and co captazn duo mg Senzor Dave has dzs College Hzgh on the playtng field Hts clrwe and dztezmznatzon have extended also to hzs studies wheve he repeatedly has earned hzmself a htgh zatmg Easily the best knou n and most popular of the 40 67 s yet Dave s modesty regardzng his achtete ments has been one of his most notzceable chow acteztstzcs Hes a t7 ue Catholzc gentleman em bodyzng the finest qualztzes and tradmons of B C Hzgh boys We hem tzly congmtulate htm for his past zecoed we ua ge hun on to even mme success ful heights tn the future especuzlly we thank hm: fm bezng om Preszdent L16 I I I I I O l I . , D , D 1 ' N- Aa ' . , 5 f . W , , . . G J ' , ' . Y l - - l .- . V . l . f 2 . , , ' , , . . I , , t , ' , . , , D 3, .A n I '. v. . , . - tznguzshed both hzmself and the name of Boston U. Q V I , M , . . '. Q . Q ' f Q , f ' 11, D 1 1 , I ' f f ' . 1 f , ' .1 ,QD i VV: . ', . ' L , J- . . 'l ' sl r ' '

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IDEALS AND THE BGSTON COLLEGE HIGH SCHOUL SENIOR The cornplez Il orld of today rs dernandlng a dlfferent type of rnan than zt has eler sought before Hrs quallfzcatzons and capalrllrtzes rnust be more hlghly developed than at any other cornpar able per rod of hzstory Especzally rrzust this man be able to cope adequately uzth cool rnznd and calm Il rsdorn urth any problems dlfficultles or declsrons that may beset hrrn To hzrn rnust be accredzted deep human znslght IL'Lfl67 understandrng and a whole sorne charlty Hrs tralnzng and character should be of a rnatchless calzber For such a rnan of honor culture and balanced judgment does the world search hzs appearance lb a necesslty he must not be a water zng ldeal but a lwrng r ealzty Probably the oldest and most reflned of humane rnfluences ls that of lhe culture nhlch lloman Catholzclsrn has nurtured and preserved through the centurles Eren the most vlrulent crrtlcs of Cathollczsrn are forced to adrnzt that It rs and has been one of the prlme factors rn the lmpr ovement of rnodern cwrllzatzon and the deteloprnent of democracy as we recognrze lt today Accordzngly the attentzorl whrch thls Catholrc cultur e has garned has marked out the Amer lean Catnolrc man the recrplent of lts beneflts as one who rs especzally capable of ernbodylng the quallflcatlons ll hzch the world zs dernandzng Wrthout exaggeratlon ue may say that the fr eedorn and demo cr atrc pr zncrples of the Unlted States together ll rth the spzr tual and cultur al refznernents of the Catholzc Church are now spotllghtrng the Arnerzcan Catholzc man Why should prrncrples domrnate my late? What dlstrngulshes me as an Arnerrcan Cathollc rnan? Each one of us personally can best ansu er these questzons for they zltal y concern us The dlstlnguzshrng features of the Arner lcan Cathollc rnan may be drawn from our orl n lwes Among the dls tlnctll e mar ks of our lwes rs the r espect and devotron to famlly llfe that has been nurtur ed HI each one of us from our earllest days Thzs Cathollc Amerz can famzly lrfe Il as our cornerstone At Church ne began to slowly absorb the nrst slrnple lessons of a more rnrrolred lrfe to come In our forrnatlte years ne culrnznated our tralnrng wlth a Cathollc Hrgh School educatlon rler e our trme was carefully balanced wrth studles chosen to trarn our mrnds lll clear objectlre thrnklng HL Amer zcan and Chrlstzan culture and zn the aeleloprnent of our character s' To thrs polnt haze rle adr anced perhaps zt ls only the first stage of our lzues yet certaznly lts rmportance can never be lessened Nou ZH the center of our farnrly Church and school rlzthzn the protectlng lzght of a free democracy ll e haze lregun the constructlon of a louerlng Amerrcan Catholzc manhood' Thls then rs the ansn er to our questlon the zoleal of Cathollc Arnerzcarl rnanhood ls not a narerrng drearn but actual realrty It wlll count us as rnernbers ours will be the duty of acceptlng the challengrng responslbfllltzes set doun Ours ls a slngular posltzon Nou before us lzes a deczszon a chozce of tuo courses Only complete renuncratzon of all Il e have learned and cher zshed can perrnrt us to follou the flrst course honor and dlgnlty deter rrzlna tzorz and lole of God uzll bear us on to the second The second road means cornpletlon and fuljlllrnent of our zdeals and prayers the just road can only spell abandonment In these ll0lfl1S of the poet ne have the arlsuer to the challenge of Arner zcan Catholrc manhood The best ldeal ls the tr ue 4nd other truth rs none All glor y be ascr rlred to The holy Three rn One FRANCIS W VYE Ldrtor I 15 1 1 Q 1 .5 ' . n 1 - V 1 .1 1 1'. 1 . 1 V' .71 I ' , , I V' ' 1.5 1 V , , , , v - . 1 ' ' , Y ' 1 1 ' ' ' - l P I 1 nl I . 1 - . u 1 V 1 I , ' 1 1 1 . 1 ' , 1 . V 1 . , , , 1 - 1 1 '. 11 1 1 Q 1' ' 1 . 1 , V V . . . . U V A I ' ' 1 ' ff j - 7 ' 'J ' '1 , 1 . . 1 1 o- p y .,u nl . 5 - '. 3 . . ,. A 1 , , - ' ' ' rv V ,1 ' ' . , V , 1 u ' 1 - r h , , , , , x - I V . I lp 1 , V' . .V l . Y V . - I . D. . I '. .'. ' , , , , , s ' s r . Q. , , , I D I V.. . , . . .i . . x 1 1 . , 1 1. Q , V I v v u ' 1 v n . n I v 1 1 7 V ' r,l u 1 ,, , Y , , , V. , u 4 1 lr v r . . ., D s . i ' . I V. . i r . , 1 1 1 1 , . l y n u 1 n 1 ,u '.. .' . . 1 ' s ' , , 1 1 'y ,' 1, 1 1 . I l ' . K I I . . I V. . . . . . .' . . . '. I .D . ' . 2 1 ' ' Q n 4 I I Y 4, Q - 1. V . n rp . n -y u 1 ' . . 1 l u ' 1 .. V 1 V . ,1 V 1 1 r ' 1 1 f, ' . 1 Q y ' , , , , . . . D ' ' ' . . . . I . r r ' , ' l I ul n r I f x ' ' .us -4 Q. I I p l V' . . h I- 1 ' I . . V. .V I . . . 1 V . 1 1 1 . ., ' ' 1 1 1 In ' r ' '. ' 1 ' 1 '11 . 1. - 1 ' ' 1 ' - . 1 1 ,, , l 1 fi. r a n 1 4 rn 1 1 . 1 I 1. n A u n in 4 , ' 1 . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 , f U . . l Q A 'I I n . 1 . 1 ' 7 7 1 - I ' 9

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HIGHLIGHTS OF FOUR MEMORABLE YEARS HISTORY OF FIRST YEAR 1945 46 A new record was added to the dls llI1g,l11Sh6Cl past of Boston College Hlgh xx hen the reglstratlon 0ff1C9 was stormed xx1th 583 appllcatlons all of wh1ch were lccepted Thls marked the entrance of our freshman class and gaxe promlse of frultful xears to come We enjoved the CllStII1Ct1OI'l of belng annexed to the recentlx acqulred bu1ld1ng on Massachu setts Avenue However a competent group of scholarshlp winners acted as our representatlves ln the main bu1ld nw The first dav of class Recall It 7 Tense antlclpation strange faces frantic search for classrooms a mad scramble for seats near the window all these un lmportant factors accented the drawn atmosphere of those mormng hours Mental straln was relleved to some ex tent bv the showmg of a popular film Captam Eddle IH the high school audl torlum Yet thls was the lull before the storm as we were to dlscover and text books occupled our attentlon from there As the davs evolved 1nto weeks strong frlendshlps were founded and gradual acqualntanceshlps w1th the faculty mem bers resulted Rev Joseph E McGrady SJ held the respons1b1l1t1es of the Dean wh1le Rev James J Lyons SJ capablx and tlrelesslv drllled the funda mentals of d1sc1pl1ne 1nto our class rou txne and Rev Lawrence Rvan SJ mln lstered to our Splfltual needs as Student Counselor Under the dlrectxon of Fathers Murphy Dalley Rxan Ennls Drea Lvnch Caffertv McManus Kel lex Fox Shea Walsh Donohue and Delanev Messrs Connolly Casey Burke Hanlon Hammond and Hagerty all of the SOC16tX of Jesus and Messrs OKeefe Glntoff Feelex and Browne our freshman xear reaped a splendld harxest The untlmelx death of two well known classmates Edward Sulllvan and Dan McGaff1n dampened an otherwlse happy and profitable vear Though Shvlock was deprlved of h1s pound of flesh we w1ll1nglx bartered our spare welght IH help1ng to boost the bulldlng fund for the new B C Hlgh from wh1ch we dreamed of graduatlng The generous freshman Splrlt undoubt edlx furthered th1s xxorthx objectlxe Rax mond Kennx Peter lNoonan and John McLellan represented our class ln the McElroy prlze debate under the supervlslon of Mr Burke SJ Parents Nlght offered an enJoyable assortment of freshman talent and a sultable occaslon for our parents and friends to become WISE 1n the wavs of the Jesults Another freshman to be showered Wlth laurels was a dynamlc puckster Bob Greene who earned a letter for h1s brllllant defense work on the squad Wlth more than elghty per cent of the freshmen attendlng Sodallty meetlngs throughout the year a magmficent re ceptlon took place ln the Immaculate Conceptlon Church hlghllghtlng the close of the year Leavlng our famlllar haunts IH the beloved annex we looked forward to future success 1n the age old bulldlngs on James Street JOHN MACDONALD Remembel V Thx ough thls entrance we 17 I I I v v ' , , . . T S V 9 u 1 ' ' ' , . , . . ' 1 K, ,v . . . . . , C . A ' I . . . 1 A . .- , r K , L L , Q. . . , l - . . . U . . . V 7 . , . , - . Q . v - . . . . , 7 . . . . -1 7 C6 77 U . . ,, . . . , , ' . - . . . - 1 a ' K -, 'Y , . ' ' - - passed 1n September, 1945 I . . . , K . , . . , . ., 4 1 ' - n L ' v - . 1 - -1 ' . . . ' 7 7 V 7 ! ' - 7 ,, 7 ,! 9 , . -, 3 ! 7 I Y . . m 7 K ' ! Y . 5 7 7 ! . , . L K sv . 9 - Y Y 7 e 1 7 Y 4 ' I Y I v - 1 1 1 . K- v v . ! . . . , l x . . . ' ' . ' l , , . . r K , r 1 . 7 v l . y . . v v T 1 . . ' Y