Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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 CHARLES LOUIS COTE 88 Pemberton Street Cambridge, Mass. Charlie Varsily Baseball (1, 2, 3); Class Foolball; Marquette; Smoker Committee (2, 4) ; Sodality. Le Due is his soubriquet and properly so, for Charlie is a princely good fellow. He was ever much in evidence on the diamond, being a varsity star for thre e years, and also shining at all B. C. social functions. As an exponent of Terpsichore Charlie excels, and many a heart has fluttered at the sight of the graceful stepping of the same Sir Charles. Shortly after our entrance into the war, Charlie skipped off to join the Aviation Service. His appren- ticeship in the bird-game was most successful. At the Cornell Ground School, he finished among the very first. He was commissioned in Memphis, Tenn., as a pursuit pilot. During his stay in the army, Charlie continued an athletic record so auspiciously begun while at college. His sporting nerve stood him in good stead as a flyer, and general ability in the latter endeavor won for him the position of pilot instructor. Upon his return to college, Charlie immediately renewed his interest in things collegiate and took a prominent part in many of our Senior functions. As a hard-working member of the Philomathea Ball ticket committee, he showed his qualities to best advantage. Charlie ' s training has been unique. He is a student, an athlete, and a commissioned United States Army Aviator. The ability of such a man is evident to all and especially to us. He has al- ways been an active man in class affairs. We trust that this energy will continue after college days are over and bring Cotie all due success. Our only regret is that despite all his endeavors, Charlie could not obtain a plane of his own soon enough to win the Trans-Atlantic flight.