Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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McGoldrick that we defeated the Bronx collegians that memorable day. No history of Junior year is complete without mentioning the work of Owen Gallagher, president of the class, and the only representative in the oratorical contest. Owen showed that one Junior was more than equal to six Seniors of the class of ' 22 and one Soph, Class of ' 24, thus proving that though all men are created equal, they don ' t stay that way very long. SENIOR The men elected to lead the class through Senior year were: Joseph A. Comber, president; Thomas J. Cannon, vice-president; Louis M. Treacy, secretary, and Walter B. Dimmock, treasurer. Cecil McGoldrick was elected to represent the class in the Student A. A. It is customary to say that these men were elected to steer the good ship ' 23, but the aforesaid couldn ' t steer a ship to save their immortal souls. Father Corrigan thinks our class is the best he ever had in General Ethics. The class also thinks Fr. Corrigan is the best professor we ever had in General Ethics. Fr. Corrigan admits that the reason underlying this state of affairs is that he is getting better every year. The class was also fortunate in having the instruction of that rare man, Fr. Lyons, in Psychology and Natural Theology. Contact with his personality was an education in itself. Those class meetings! For a hodge-podge of parliamentary entanglements, they are certainly unparalleled in the history of mankind. A premium will be awarded to the person who can tell us just how many times we were forced to listen to the words, I think — . The list of perennial wranglers included Wild-eyed McSweeney, Meticulous Joe Crane, Ed Now Fellows Mulligan, The Rambling Rose, Pete Monahan; and Ed Davis, he of the thoughtful mien, and meaningless phraseology. The smooth-working Joe Comber with his oily diction was often called upon to calm the troubled waters. The football season was highly successful, culminating as it did with a trample on Holy Cross. No doubt the management of the infantile Jerry Coughlin was greatly responsible for this happy denouement, as was also the consistently su- perior play of Big Moose Comerford and Jack Herpicide Heaphy, all- America correspondent for the Boston Post. The hockey season was also an unqualified success, the consensus of opinion among the sport writers being that B. C. had the college hockey championship team. The big colleges prudently passed up the golden opportunity to take a beating from the little, light team from the Heights, led by Handsome Ed Garrity, Class of Twenty-Three and all-America salesman for the Pictorial Re- view. Len Morrissey ' s work as defence man beside Garrity was superb through- out the year and worthy of the highest traditions of the noble tribe of Morrissey. The Sub Turri was the pivotal work of the Class in Senior. It was also the chief high bone of contention, the contention being between Thomas Eccles and the sons of rest who didn ' t come through with their assignments on time. Tom couldn ' t lose. He ' d have to do it himself if he did. He often did. Stop that! There are a lot of things to write about in Senior Year but unfortunately they do not occur in time to get into the Sub Turri before it goes to press. There ' s Page twenty-seven

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The class was well represented in the Marquette Debating Society. Joseph Comber served as president during the first term and Gaynor Wellings did the honors during the second term. Will you ever forget the banquet at which Fred Mandile presided and the introduction he made when presenting ex-Mayor James M. Curley? Or Olesen ' s imitation of Mandile? The prize debate was won that year by Joseph G. Crane, Class of Twenty-three. Jack Ryder ' s runners won the Eastern Intercollegiate Championship again this year, breaking five records in doing so and finishing seventeen points ahead of the runner-up, none other than Holy Cross. One of these record breaking performances was made by our own Billie Nolan in the running broad jump. JUNIOR There is only one word in the English language which fitly describes the Class of Twenty-three as it re-assembled to begin Junior year and that word is depleted. The rigors of Sophomore had taken their wonted toll, it is true, but we lost many men by transfer to St. John ' s Seminary. Owen A. Gallagher was re-elected to the presidency of the class. Joseph A. Comber was elected vice-president; Myles T. McSweeney, secretary: and Walter Dimmock, treasurer. Jack Heaphy was unanimously elected to represent the Class in the Student A. A. Junior year was made memorable by the visit of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Generalissimo of the allied armies in the World War. Feted by the entire na- tion and hurried from one consequential function to another, the great soldier, graduate of a Jesuit college, found time to visit the Heights and address the students. He was accorded a heart-warming reception and received a thundering ovation from the students. It was Rene Gingras of the Class of Twenty-three who on this occasion ad- dressed Foch in his native tongue in the name of the student body. We had a football team depleted by graduation that year. Tony Comerford, ' 23, captained the team which had rather a hectic season. Cav was beginning to build for another year. Further than that we will say no more. Blot the night- mare from your memories. To give the academic side of the year the cold respect of a passing glance, it is memorable for the philosophy in overalls made famous by the beloved Fr. Boehm, by Fr. McCluskey ' s philosophy in Shakespearian quotations, and Fr. Crowley ' s philosophy in copious notes. The daily portion of comedy was pro- vided by the Physics Class, tragedy being provided for by the oral exams. Many of the boys were on the inside of a taxi, looking out for the first time, when the Junior Prom took place. But if history has it aright, the boys didn ' t waste much time looking out. Argumentatively, the year was a great success. The Senior-Junior debate showed the greatest class up in great style. The Junior team was composed of Ownie Gallagher, Joe Crane, and George Olesen, who imparted his informa- tion to an eager audience in his usual secretive style. But the Seniors with all their Ethics had to swallow the bitter dust of defeat. The Class innovated the Junior Day at the second Fordham game. It was undoubtedly due in large measure to the efforts of such entertainers as Cec

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the Minstrel Show and the Fulton Prize Debate and the baseball season which promised to be so successful under the courageous leadership of Never Say Die Mullowney. We could also say a lot of nice things about Capt. Bill ie Nolan and his runners. All those things are to be found in the sporting department. Now that our eyes grow misty, while Dad ' s pocketbook becomes lighter day by day, our college years are over, and we realize that Twenty-Three, the grand old class, will soon leave the Heights forever. But sad though the Vale, still it is with good cheer that we carry on. A final toast, then, Buddies, to one an- other. Wherever it may be, whatever noble deeds it may be doing, may there ever be health, wealth, and happiness for the Class of Twenty-three. J. G. C, G. F. C. Page twenty-eight