Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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iFranrtH IK. (fmnn Tlie Class of Xineteen-Eighteeii keenly feels the loss of its first member to die in tlie service of tlie conntry ; Francis K. Quinn was the first Boston College man to die in the service. He was a member of our class from the tirst days of freshman to the opening days of senior. At that time he joined the colors and was attached to the l()7th Aero Squadron as a mechanic ; his ability Avas soon recognized, for he had already begun to study for a commission and had been ordered to complete his stiulies in France. While aboard the transport that was to carry him overseas he was stricken with pneu- monia and was removed to the base hospital of the air service at Mineola, Long Island. Before many hours his soul, for- tified by the last rites of the Church, fled from this world to meet its Maker. Xo words can express the deep respect that he com- manded of us from our very first meeting with him ; no words can express the high esteem with which we learned to regard him ; no words can ever begin to ex])ress the great love which Ave bore him (hiring our college days together and which we shall never cease to bear towards his sacred memory. Any attemi t at eulogy were inadequate ; his .sui)reme sacrifice is an everlasting tribute to his memory and must stamp him as the truest type of Catholic knighthood. Greater lore liath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends- '