Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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1919 SUB T U RRI 1919 WILLIAM BERNARD BURKE 51 Elmore Street Roxbury, Mass. Billie Assistant Manager Baseball (3) ; Manager Baseball Student Athletic Council (3, 4); Class Vice-Preside (3); Sodality; League of Sacred Heart. (4); Before reading this, try to think of all the good things it is possible for one man to say of another, then read below and see how imperfectly they have been put in writing. The fact that the above name began with the second letter of the alphabet, naturally gave Billie a place among the F. I. F. ' s of the class, to which place he has proved his title in many ways. Billie came to us from B. C. High, where he had starred as fullback on one of the best high school teams in the state. Parental objections to more broken bones kept Billie off the varsity squad. We certainly missed his blond gearless head plowing through the line, and we feel sure many a longed-for yard was never our because of his absence. A diligent student, an excellent companion and a doer of things worth while, might come near describing our famous Billie Burke. He is absolutely fearless. No task is too great for him to atte mpt, and once at it, he never rests until it is completed. Consequently you need not wonder when we say he has a wealth of friends, and, better still, he has no enemies. He is big, bashful (proved by his blushes, which rival those of a girl) and kind- hearted, good-natured and generous. We are sure that these n qualities, so seldom found combined in one man, insure for him great progress in his chosen profession — medicine. He has the good wishes and hearty support of every member of the class. We are confident his work will justify our opinion of him. More than once he has endangered the roof of the chemical laboratory with his complex system of analysis. The results of many of his experiments have been startling, and therefore we feel warranted in expecting great and startling news of Billie ' s triumphs in the very near fut ure. 26

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1919 SUB TURRI 1919 THOMAS FRANCIS BURKE 533 Norfolk Street Mattapan, Mass. Tom Sailor Varsity Track (4); Sodality; League of the Sacred Heart. The biblical reference to the rejoicings at the return of the lost sheep is well emphasized in the presence of the great Sailor at University Heights. For three years he sought the light at Holy Cross College and then the spirit conquered and Tom returned to the fold. Many times did he snatch victory from the hands of his competitors both in the field of sports and in the realm of debate. No Holy Cross or Boston College track meet was complete without his presence. Many points were always credited to the Purple and White, and during the past year to the Maroon and Gold through his endeavors. As a debater, he electrified his hearers with that enthusiastic presentation that was peculiar to his personality. As a student of the classics he is highly efficient and has given us the general impression that in years to come the Maroon and Gold will be proud of him. That he shall take his place among the foremost men of affairs, more especially those of the political world, no one doubts. When war was declared, Tom was one of the first to answer the call to the colors and nobly did he fulfill his duty as a member of the naval aviation corps. Had circumstances not been adverse to his going overseas, he surely would have gained many a victory over the Hun. We must speak highly of Tom. In the athletic, scholastic and social world he was most successful, securing for himself a great reputation. Readily can we foresee a bright future for the redoubtable Sailor. We do not believe that he will follow the sea in spite of his nickname ; yet true to his nature we do know that just as when on the Heights, he will serenely sail over the seas of trouble and finally drop anchor in the haven of success. »««lfiL.. 25

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1919 SUB TU RRI 1919 WILLIAM JAMES CONDON 62 Franklin Street Whitman, Mass. Bill Brosnahan (I); Glee Club (4); Cla Sodality; League of the Sac s Football (2, 3); ed Heart. Here we introduce, or rather reproduce, Mr. Wil- liam J. Condon of Whitman, Mass. This gentleman is now and then referred to as Punk. The exact reason for the appellation is unknown. However, what ' s in a name? Bill by any other name would be as popular, as friendly and as unruffled. He has been with us for four long years and has fortuitously borne the trials and hardships that must come to him who would attain higher education. Now after the year is over, he is planning a long vacation in order to reproduce on the background of nothingness the absurdities of the grand trio, Fichte, Shelling and Hegel. He vociferously asserts that it would have been much better had these gentlemen never been born. Bill is very much interested in the shoe industry and has labored therein for four summers. Accordingly, he frequently finds it difficult to reconcile shoes and ethics. But when he does blend these two subjects, the air is full of syllogisms and we dive into the shell-holes of obscurity so as not to display our ignorance. Bill rarely arrives at college much before the first lecture; but when he does, we can find him bending over the piano keys, searching, no doubt, for the lost chord. (He has never found it.) He also knows the latest rags and glides as well as all the popular classical music and parodies. In Sophomore, Bill was quite a favorite with Fr. Sullivan and was commonly called by the latter Gentleman Bill. All of us agree that he has a wonderfully captivating smile which dis- ' plays evident signs of an extremely likeable disposition. With this earnest and amiable character, we hope to hear very favorable reports about him. We do not assert that Punk will make Paderewski or John McCormack blush with envy, but we do main- tain that when all life ' s points are counted, Bill will have ob- tained his measure of renown. 27