Christian Brothers Academy - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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PURPLE AND GOLD Page 15 The spirit of C. B. A. The day a young fellow enters C. B. A. appears to him the beginning of real life. A new idea of life seems to get hold of him. First of all he meets human teachers, men whose lives are pledged to God, for the service of the Catholic boy. I said human teachers because they are saints, scholars and sports and that's the kind of a combination we need teaching school nowadays. As the new boy goes through his Hrst few days he finds that it is part of the unwritten constitution of C. B. A. for everyone to say hello to the next fellow, and smile. The spirit of C. B. A. is found in every depart- ment of school activity. Daily, the boys receive religious instruction. They thereby learn the true basis of good conduct, the only way of personal happiness. In a body, the students approach the Holy Table on the First Friday. An annual retreat at the beginning of the school year sets aright whatever may have been amiss in the past. In studies, C. B. A. diverts that same enthusi- asm to activities that ennoble the mind. Any one who comes to C. B. A. must study or else he is told to go elsewhere. Public speaking, debates, student-teaching under the direct supervision of the teacher, are some of the activities that tend to give full play to the boys' capacity for personal work. C. B. A. is not a mill for athletes. It is primarily a Catholic school, bent on producing men who can use their souls and bodies for the noblest purposes, after the best training afforded by any high school in the United States of America. And the boys at C. B. A. are athletes. They are taught, very positively, to become enthusiastic over clean sport. All of C. B. A.'s teams are fighters but very clean fighters. In sports, we claim, for this year, championship teams in foot- ball and basketball. Baseball and tennis must yet speak for themselves. And win or lose, C. B. A. is there with the glad hand for all other clean sports whom she meets. The C. B. A. spirit is the despair of many. Many can not see how it is done. But it is done. And, with God's help, C. B. A. will always be great in religion, studies and sports-always going on, making men in the highest sense of the term. .IOHN GAFFNEY , Success There must always be a parting. After four pleasant years at C. B. A., we have reached our objective-graduation-and we must bid adieu to our Alma Mater and to our classmates. As we bid each other fond farewell, each wishes the other an infinite degree of success in the future. Perhaps there is no other question that we ask ourselves more frequently than, Will I be a suc- cess P We need not look for the answer for it is written in everyone's heart. The future holds nothing for us for which we are not responsible ourselves, since the Almighty has said As you sow, so also shall you reap. If we are sowing the seeds of religion and virtue, the answer to our question is, Yes 3 but if we are sowing the seeds of unbelief and vice, the answer is No . In a worldly sense we may achieve success, money, honor and fame, but is that success? Far from it, that kind of success matters but lit- tle. What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul. VVhat will our money and fame avail us when our body has returned whence it came, and our soul is heralded into the sight of our Maker? He will not regard our earthly veneer of riches and fame, but He will regard how pure we have kept our most priceless possession, our soul. Will He heed the number of hours we have spent in

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Page 14 PURPLE AND GOLD Biographies-Continued JOSEPH PATRICK SHEEDY ' Joe made ,his first appearance at C. B. A. in the third year. He had previously attended Central High, where he took an active part in athletics. Since attending C. B. A. Joe has gained fame both physically ahd mentally. He was a member of the Eastern State Championship team of C. B. A. Joe Sheedy is one of the most popular boys in C. B. A. and when he passes on from C. B. A. he will not go unnoticed. F ive yards will always have a special meaning for us, in whatever stadium we see footballJgames in the future. The term will bring back to mind Joe and that will be a pleasing remembrance. J DONALD JOSEPH SHEEHY Don entered C. B. A. in 1922 after having a grand time in Brighton School. At our class meet- ings Don Jis the one to start all hot arguments. Don has earned his block letters by playing foot- ball on our past championship teams. He admires the St. John School at noon more than any boy in C. B. A. I-lis hobby is cracking jokes and keeping the boys smiling. Keep at it, Don, we are all with you! J y ROBERT JOHN SIMS Introducihg Robert Sims, pride of the East Side, alias the boy without a hat. Although Bob intends to lie an engineer his magnificent work in the literary Field may lead him astray, or his colleg- ian ideas mlay aid in the founding of a university. I IRVING ALOYSIUS SYCK Irving entered C. B. A. in 1921 as a graduate of Polish Sacred Heart School and one of the lead- ing representatives of the VVest End. In a recent bowling tourney, Irving won the leather medal for rolling the most balls and next year expects a special invitation to compete in the A. B. C. tourna- ment. Irving is a good worker, once he gets started. He has not yet decided which university he will honor by his matriculation but we are all wishing Irving the best of luck. , DONALD JOHN TRAVERS Another boy from the East Side. His weakness is baseball and billiards. One of the best look- ing and well-liked lads in the class, all will miss him. His life work will be at the Solvay Process, striving to benefit the world by discovering some blessing while working under the guise of a simple chemist. HUBERT JOSEPH TRIANO A good ilellow, an excellent student, a star in class athletics, what else could one expect. His hobby is to be found at the library, but what it is is a mystery to all. Studies hold no terror for him, but are welcomed. This does not mean he is a grind Far from it. He likes his fun as well as any- body else, and he gets it. We hope he keeps up the happy mixture.

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