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

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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

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FIFTH YEAR - SECTION TWO

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GATE-IEDRAL CO OUR PATRONESS AND INSPIRATION 48