Cathedral Preparatory School - Literulae Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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ROBERT JAMES BABO St. Mary's Tank Bob joined us in the Sophomore year. His suave, affable manner has made him an individual much snught after because of his winning disposition. Not once during the four years did We catch Bob in an angry or depressed mood. As a runner on this year's crossfcountry team, he squared his shoulders, trimmed his waist, and became the tailor's delight of the Senior class. Tinkering, mostly with cars, is the avocation which fits him for the mortar and pestle world of beakers and test tubes. CHARLES ANTHONY BALBUZA St. Stanislaus' Charlie Charlie's glasses, smiling diligence, im' maculate attire, and his absolutely infallible loyalty have been his trademark for four years. Work, and more work, day by day, have been his formula for scholastic success. His main hobby is the field of stamp collecting with photography as a close second. just window shopping for his life's work, he will first get his Bachelor of Arts degree from Gannon. Charlie's prudence and perseverance insure his future against any loss. WILLIAM CHRISTIAN BECKER St. .lohn's Wild Bill Dynamic, persuasive, and possessing a sense of leadership, W. C. has probably merited more honors and medals than any other young man in the Prep. As a speaker, he has the magnetism of a Fulton Sheen, as a writer, he displays the flamboyancy of a Pegler and the dignity of a Calsvvorthy. His resonant radio voice earned for him the Father McManaman Oratorf ical Medal two years in a row and chairmanship of the debating club. He served as cofeditor of The Rambler, editorfinfchief of The Literulae, and Student Council member. Our president of '47, after a law course at the University of Pennsylvania, will help judges and juries keep the sensitive scales of justice wellfbalanced. THOMAS ANTHONY BERNARDINI St. Josephs Tom Bernie has been our scientific and mathematical luminary. The silently studious type, he has gone unobserved about his multiple tasks with incredible results. His class compositions were always as neat as a C. P. A.'s books. He is a member of the P. A. C. and an avid participant in the criminology club. After high school, Tom expects to pursue the world of acids and reactions. He is the patient, unruiiled, experimental type to whom science extends a welf come hand.

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RICHARD JOHN ABEL St. John's SS5DiCk15H With flesh spread sparsely over a tall, lanky frame, Dick is Abel in more ways than one. Serious and studious in school, humorous and funfloving outside, he had the necessary ingredients for a regular Prepster. Dick is a talented writer and a literary connoisseur. He was usually seen about the school as the everfpresent shadow of one of our fighting eleven-Dave Anthony. Dickls abilities will pay dividends in the field of business and finance. FREDERICK ALOYSIUS ADAMUS Holy Rosary Forza, With Prep pride, we present our farmfloving lad from Buffalo Road, Fritz Adamus, whose wide interests range from enthusiastic cheerfleading to clever football and the bizarre sideline of collecting match covers. Fritz is our muscular manfmountain Dean on the gridiron and our Henry Aldrich in class. He has high hopes of becoming an electrical engineer after training at the Rambling Wreck of Georgia Tech. He is one of our Prepsters, who always worked hard but rarely complained. DAVID VINCENT ANTHONY Holy Rosary HPunjabH Dave's nickname is one that describes his size and strength, but he is known to all for his easyfgoing, nonchalant manner. Punjab possesses a very sharp wit and a mania for the ridiculous, and his sunshine personality is as obvious as the nose on his face! He is also a threefyear tackle, having gained gridiron fame for his ninetyfyard run against Vincent in '45. He is an honor student, Council representative, and vice' president of the Senior class. The University of Duquesne will one day proudly claim him as an alumnus. GERALD ANTHONY ARNOLD St. Josephs ferry A goodfnatured fellow, Jerry will always be remembered for his natty apparel and neat appearf ance. Not quite a Weismuller, his prowess has, nevertheless, contributed immeasurably to the success of our water polo and swimming teams. In the English classes, Jerrry is an accomplished versifierg in the Glee Club, his mellow, Comoflike voice has been the inf spiration of his fellow choristers. Hunting and fishing are his private delights. He plans to sail the seven seas with the United States Marine Cadet Corps.

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-f-In ,ln M1199 CLARENCE GILBERT BOEHM Sacred Heart Sonny Joining us in his Junior year, Sonny is Academy's chief contribution to '47. Sonny has brightened our corridors with his winning personality and his ever' popular accordion. Clarence played with the varsity gridders for two years and in the spring was a cinder man on our original track squad. Besides music, spare time finds him in the radio club. Sonny intends to matriculate at Notre Dame and seems destined for a niche in Science's Hall of Fame. JOSEPH HERMAN BOHRER St. John's Ll.-loci! After his first two years, joe left for the Spartan School in Tulsa for a course in meteorology. Since his return, he has been the weather prognosticator extraordinary. He is a mature, scholarly student who has become one of the district's best private pilots in his spare time and an honor student at school. He intends to go on to Gannon, M.I.T., and a degree in physics preparatory to a future in the weather bureau. If his past is any indication, Joe will be much more cooperative than the proverbial cloudfcaller. HARRY ANTHONY BOWERSOX St. John's i'Bu.dl' Harry has been unobstrusively but influentially present for four long years. His steady pursuance of duties masks an amiable personality revealed in his love of hunting and fishing. He collects stamps and provides the driving force behind the taxidermy club. He is inclined toward the security and promise of a job in the postal department, and if the future mail rate goes plummeting down from three cents, Bud will probably be one of the instigators behind the improvement. CARLTON JOSEPH BRABENDER Sacred Heart 'iCudu A personable socialite is our own Cudu. His main talent lies in dancing, and he claims the honor of escorting a Queen to a Villa Prom. An ardent admirer of the fairer sex, he captivates starfdusters with his winning smile and cheerful disposition. Because of his job at Laver's, his achievements in athletics have been limited to IntrafMural football. Cudu whiles away his leisure time stamp collecting. His future vocation still uncertain, he intends to go to college when leaves start turning to gold in the a