Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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CHARLES JOSEPH ADAMS, A.B., 292 Centre Street, Brockton, was born on December 28, 1909. He was graduated from Brockton High and from St. Philip ' s Academy. He stands five feet, eight inches, weighs one hundred and sixty pounds. His light hair and ruddy complexion show that somewhere his people were Irish, though we can ' t get him to say yes or say no. He has a quiet genial disposition. His friends call him either Charlie or Apple. An interest in the Spanish language led him into membership in the Spanish Academy. But his college activities did not cease there. He was also a member of the Von Pastor History Academy and of the Sodality. During Freshman he served as a beadle and some of his classmates like to remember his friendly anxiety over their cuts as well as his own. He was always willing to share worries and burdens. Freshman Day and all the activi- ties that went with it stand out in his memory. His favorite year was spent in Junior philosophy with Father Low. Charlie appreciated his method of teaching without a fuss, laughed at his jokes, listened attentively to his stories, and learned a great amount of practical and theoreti- cal philosophy. Out of class Charlie worked somewhere in the dim mysterious fastnesses of the library dun- geons. He was always ready to wangle a book for a classmate and this together with all his good points made him quietly popular. JOSEPH AGRIPPINO, A.B., 17 Fleet Street, Boston, was the most prominent member of section B, and the unobtrusive little gentleman who in clear and commanding tones read to the interested members of that section the out- standing news events of the current college day. Mr. Agrippino, through his status as beadle of the section, commanded the attention of all. Short in stature, and of a slender build, Joe, nevertheless, has proceeded to secure for him- self a prominent position in college activities. His clarion tones have not confined themselves to the archives of SI 17 but have been heard to a great perfection in the current gatherings of the French Academy where he has successfully convinced one and all that he is a true son of the French tongue. His classmates have retained a high opinion of his executive abilities for he was elected vice- president of his junior class. He has devoted himself to a pursual of a pre-medical course, desiring to apply himself to the noble art of healing. His special ability as a typist may serve him in good stead here for consider how much easier it will be to decipher one of Doctor Joe ' s prescriptions carefully com- pounded on a Remington. He will always carry with him into his chosen profession the very ardent ambition which he has so earnestly writ- ten in his questionnaire: To be a good Catholic and a good doctor. He likes to psychoanalyze his friends, and to hold intelligent discussion on any subject, par- ticularly medicine, ethics, and religion. 25

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Sitting: Shaughnessy, Roche, larrobino. Standing: Tom Mahoney, Cahill. FREDERICK W. ROCHE President ROBERT F. CAHILL Vice-President senior class officers THOMAS V. MAHONEY Secretary WILLIAM J. SHAUGHNESSY Treasurer FRANCIS J. lARROBINO A. A. Representative

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JOHN MATTHEW AHEARN, A.B., 39 Webster Street, Arlington, was born on November 25, 1913, in Somerville. John soon moved to the town of Arlington. For four years he found James Street Prep an admirable place to study the wanderings of Ulysses and the adventures of Aeneas. His speed and flash made him an efficient and capable ice performer and he was a regular member of the Eaglet squad for three years. When the Spring grass turned green then Red smote a little white pellet around the turf for the golf team. When thoughts of college came to John, his eyes turned towards Newton and he discovered that Boston College was sit- uated in a place that was conducive both to study and play. The lure of the ice came again and he was a varsity performer in freshman and sophomore years. Irksome and tedious as were the duties of beadle Red carried them out with ability and dexterity. It was Mr. Ahearn this or Mr. Ahearn that and always with a smile he carried on. At the football games he was cheer leader and was always an inspiration to his class-mates, urging them on to cheer for Alma Mater. The wonderland they call New York City appealed to him in 1933 and he mentions that trip as the most memorable incident passed in college years. The future will find this sincere Arlington lad an asset in the ledger of life and the journal of the accounting world. PETER ANDREW ALUKONIS, A.B., 57 Carey Avenue, Chelsea, was born in Pittsburg, Penn- sylvania, on July 4, 1910. He graduated from the Chelsea High School, where he was head cashier of soinething. He is a well-set, well- developed person with blonde hair and peaceful blue eyes. He firmly believes in the maxim ' ' Mens sail in corpore sano, and lives up to it with all his 200 pounds and 5 feet, 11% inches. He is proud of his Lithuanian ancestors who were Crusaders, leaders of their community in the old country, and always ready and eager to fight, drink, eat or work. He is a good friend, and an unassuming fellow. He became Presi- dent of the Law Academy and Business Manager of the Playshop. The Dramatics Academy also numbered him as a member. For a while he was a trackman. He will remember his trip to Dartmouth, the Junior Prom, the Michigan State game, and philosophy with Father Low. He admires the beauty God has created in the world, in nature. He dances, plays football, likes to do interior decorating, is interested enough in the drama to try his hand at playwriting, reads in a desultory fashion, and loves children. Golf also interests him. He is fascinated by his fellow-men, dislikes hypocrisy and inconsistency when he sees it, and admires honesty and good-fellowship. He makes it a careful practice to count fifty when he feels himself getting angry. He says he wants a happy and successful life here on earth and in the life to come. 26