Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception - Annual Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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FIFTH YEAR - SECTION TWO

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A N N U A L l 9 3 6 0 0 Fifth Year- Section One MATEUB hours and contests have come to occupy an important place in the world ot amusement, especially on the radio. Do not be deceived into thinking that Major Bowes gets all the talent. We will match the Ama- teurs in our class with anybody's amateurs. First of all, we present Iohn Iatkowski of Bay Ridge, our Amateur Coin Collector. Testimonials of his diligence and industry can be obtained with scarcely any effort by writing to any member of this class and enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Next on the program is Thersites Hume, Amateur Artist, who also acts as the Cathedral tennis team on special occa- sions. As the wheel of fortune spins, we found ourselves listening to the melodious strains produced by Fritz Bubinoff Cosgrove, our Amateur Violinist, who is notorious for having fiddled while the students burned. Following him, as usual, is Tom Ryan, the Amateur Horse-Tamer from Omaha, who has con- quered many a pony in his five years with us. Hiding behind the huge bulk of our gay equestrian is Domne lnnocens Lubey, Amateur Villain, all around rogue, occasional scamp, Little Boy Blue and Latin Student. After this creature you will be entertained by no less a performer than lohn 'lGrumpy O'Connor, Amateur Spectacle Polisher and Twirler, the man who invented the whispering campaign. Act ll will be opened by Wally Missback, Amateur l-lead Splitter, who Will positively and without the least trickery crack two hardwood floors and a marble column with his bare, unaided cranium. Next in order comes Hugh Byrne, Amateur lce Walker and present holder of the world's record for the Two Foot Crash. Close behind Doctor Byrne is Quintus Fabius Heffernan, Amateur Name Gatherer, whose appellation it laid end to end would certainly clutter up the Latin class. Then we have Pete Altman, Amateur Masticator and Sandwich man, who will devour at one bite a loaf of bread in any class designated by the audience. Bringing this act to a close is George Staiger, Amateur Baden Baden Bad Man, the only man who can keep Lubey under control. As the final act begins we find the stage occupied Cliterallyl by Ernie Vohs, Amateur Floor-Duster, who specializes in worm's eye-views of basketball courts. The next performer is Charley Vogel, who will entertain you with marvelous tales of the Seven Seas. By now you are ready for Edgar Guest Dengel, Amateur Poet, and But Slinger, who thinks Homer is great, But-. After him comes little Charles Muggins Buby McGee, the Amateur Fuller Blush Man. Then comes another Charleyg this time one of the Girnius clan, our Amateur Ford Driver, whose chief occupation consists in avoiding Poles. Galloping behind Charley's Ford VZSU4 we see loe David, our Amateur Run- ner, who is training for a six-mile match race around Lake Killarney against Chris Haggerty. Next is Barney Molloy, Amateur Basketball Spectator and Library Magazine Collector. Last but not least, we present as a fitting finish to our show, Professor Albert Witterholt, Amateur Long Distance Food Con- sumer, holder ot all world's records for non-stop eating. lOSEPH F. DAVID, '37, 45

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A N N U A L l 9 3 6 0 0 Fifth Year - Section Two RE long another year of preparatory work will have flown by. lt soon will fade into nothingness as the previous terms did. But the vivid mem- ories gathered throughout this busy season will linger long in our minds as a truly delightful school year spent in intimate friendship. Oh, of course there were sorrows and a few tough breaks and even some harsh words spoken now and then, but the pleasant laughter which very often issued from the sanctuary of our little classroom has burned itself deep into our hearts. Particularly were our afternoons most enjoyable, what with the interested groups huddled about a few chessboards, and another group of warblers gathered in a safe corner of the room. But even the scenes during class are none the less worthy of charming memories. Yes, impressions like Brabson's sound sleeping before the very eyes of the professor will always be food for discussion in the time to come . . . and not only that but many, many others . . . for instance, Colonel Crim- mins' nightly escapades buried in a sea of books until early dawn and his everlasting retort Pardon? when asked any kind of question in class . . . Dimples Hoffman and his perpetually pained and perplexed looks. . . . l-lotzy's learned inquiries about the relative merits of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Acquinas, and his slight contempt for the old Greeks .... Dempsey's naive Greenpoint accent and his staunch defense of Pete McGinnis .... Doc- tor Ott's profound puzzlements and profuse vocabulary which invariably make our professor of Greek raise his eyebrows and out of the corner of his mouth intone a slight whistle, followed by a sharp What? . . . Campell's 30 seconds flat to reach the board and erase it ..,. Kern's difficulties asked about 15 minutes after they had been discussed .... McCarren's embarrass- ing loud laughs at the wrong time .... Coates' hand being constantly raised making him look like the Statue of Liberty .... Guinan's lightning-like mind. . . . Kenney's knowledge of itsee bitsee bees .... Colbert's continuous con- tributions of priceless puns .... latkowski's desire to be ever near the rad- iator .... Sullivan wearing gloves, boots, and muffler in class one day in March .... Murphys deep cavernous tones when he gets up to read .... Norris almost waking up the dead, merely clearing his throat. . . . lVlacek's silence the year round . . . and little Gerry Ryan's last-minute arrival for class every morning .... Ah, yes, and that's only the half of it. For instance, the day it was so cold, most of the class bundled up in order to survive. Some were wearing two pairs of socks, three mufflers, etc. Then, too, shall we ever forget the day our bearded friend Crimmins came into class loaded twith homework, of coursel. We found out later that he wrote about thirty-five pages for a simple essay in history. ln order to get his material, he ordered some sixteen volumes of history on the German peoplel Well, I think that's enough of that. And so, as the old Scotchmen say as they light their pipes in the cool of the evening, May your chimney ever smoke and may your table be ever filled with good things for you can never tell whenlmight drop in. GERALD A RYAN ,37 47