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

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TI-IE LEAST OF MY BRETHREN' CATHEDRAL COLLEGE ANNUAL THE LEAST OF MY BBETHREN

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THE ANNUAL STAFF OST students take THE ANNUAL for granted, just as they take a W A now Latin grammar or a Sears Roebuck Catalogue for granted J A 5 Early in the year they are expo ed to two or three deep voiced 1 3 . . ' 9 U . , .. ' ig, College orators who squeeze the last drop of risibility out of the 1 perennial side-splitter about undertakers being the best prospects for ads,-and then like all good students they promptly forget all about the book. Later on, in early March, they put on their Sunday best, glare at a photographer three or four times and think only of the fifteen minutes of trigonoinetry they've skipped. ln early April, after their class representative has heckled them for two or three weeks they reluctantly give up Thursday afternoon to scrape up an add or a few patrons. and think only of the Dodger-- C-iant's game they've missed. lune comes around, they see their names in print, and their handsome countenances engraved for future generations to gaze upon and swoon. They beam with pleasure and their fingers tremble with delight as they turn over the glossy pages, but they think no more of the men of the Staff who made THE ANNUAL possible than they do of the bones in last Friday's flounder. That is why this page is in THE ANNUAL-to give praise where praise is due and acknowledge the hard work ot the Staff mem- bers who have put this book in your hands. First of all there's Frank DeMasi, the Editor-in-chief. Whether you realize it or not, the Mayor had a very diificult time of it wrenching articles out of tardy Writers, correcting faulty punctuation and misspelled words, deleting and rewriting in order to get those evasive six hundred words-the space of a page, and doing a thousand and one other things, any one of which was sufficient to cause any normal human being to bite his fingernails to the bone and earn a vacation in Bellevue, But Franks native good humor and per- sistence carried him through and we can safely say that 1942 has produced one of the best Annual editors yet. Bob Milde and lim Daly, in charge of the financial side of THE ANNUAL certainly deserve the thanks and praise of everyone interested in the welfare of Cathedral College. You can bet that many a night they sat up till the wee hours, keeping the books straight, ferreting out and digging up prospective subscribers, typing letters by the hundreds and worrying about class quotas. Both are unassuming and somewhat shy but everyone on the Staff knows of their work and has a deep respect tor their energy and perseverence. Bob Milde, by the way, also took most of the informal snapshots in this year's ANNUAL, We also extend our sincere appreciation to the other members ot THE ANNUAL Staff, the photographers, artists, various editors, typists and proof readers, to all the class representatives and to all the students who have Worked along with us and have given so generously of their time, to all patrons and advertisers and to all those who have helped in any way to publish our year book. Last, but not least, we Wish to thank our Faculty adviser, Father Denning, for the friendly cooperation and kindly understanding he has shown to all who have been Working with him in the publication oi the 1942 edition of THE ANNUAL. IAMES I. BROWN, '42 CATHEDRAL COLLEGE ANNUAL

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THE FATHER RYAN PLAYERS EN'-' VERY year for the past six years. Cathedral has shown itself not only S3 ,CQ as a college which excells in the fields of sports and education, but also in dramatics. The event takes place at the Academy of Music. ,g,,f,.,,.,, . Although Father Ryan has set a difficult standard by his first and often called the greatest drama, The First Legion , nevertheless, each succeeding year seems to hit a bulls eye on that target, scoring what approaches or even equals The First Legion . The reports of The Least of My Brethren have been very good. Some say it is the best Cespecially the castl. But if it could come near being as good as the hits of the previous years, all the long days of Blood, Sweat and Tears are well rewarded. The players sacrificed their entire Easter vacation in order to make the show the success that it was. To narrate the story or even the highlights would tend to take away from it. The stars?-Fr. Darcy, Fr. Ierome, Benny, foe, the warden, Tom Walsh- all stars. Each lived and acted his part-even afterward tto the enjoyment of everyonel Benny was getting the quiet bin , Hodgson his sumptuous re- pasts , and Father Ierorne was enjoying his connundrums . Whatever it has accomplished has not been accomplished through mere chance or good fortune, but instead, by hard labor and earnest effort. Father Mulrooney has never produced a show without putting every ounce of his own energy into it and this one was no exception. No one resented his honest criticism or became swell-headed from his abundant praise. Indeed that the play was the success that it was is due in a very large measure to his unceas- ing activity and never-ending toil. Other dramas of less renown were the Christmas and the various radio plays put on by the various classes. For the Christmas play, the members of the College put on a one act comedy called, lt Will Be All Right on the Night . The various radio plays were put on by Peter Chiara, '42, lames Reilly, '44 and Hugh Mulligan, '44. And so we close the current dramatic season with the joyful feeling that the Father Ryan Players , have added another hit to the already magni- Iicent collection of Cathedrals dramatic gems. THOMAS S. MINOGUE, '42 CATHEDRAL COLLEGE ANNUAL