Cranwell Preparatory School - Bell Tower Yearbook (Lenox, MA)

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JOHN FRANCIS BARRY T N iclename: Causing College Intention: West Point Service Intention: U. S. Army ACTIVITIES Debating 4g Varsity Baseball 45 Sodality 4g Staff of the Bell Tower 45 Staff of The Crane 43 Intramural Basketball 43 Intra- mural Baseball 4. rfiia iq-. M552 Q6 WW 'ffagQ4'ff6f ea 0,1 C?Q Q refute Genial jack, who hails from Waterbury, Con- necticut, came to Cranwell to finish his prep school course. Wherever fun and laughter are found, Jack is always in the midst of it. Al- though a newcomer this year he has already been accepted by the faculty for his untiring efforts in the classroom and by the senior class as a welcome addition. On the basketball court he is fast, shifty, and his shot is very accurate. When the baseball season rolls around, jack guards the initial sack, snagging all the pegs that come his way, and whipping the ball to home for a quick put-out. Jack intends to ma- triculate at West Point where he will prepare zealously for his life work, engineering. Good luck, Jack and our hope is that you may always have happiness and success. With the principles inculcated at Cranwell ever before your eyes, we know you will aim high and undoubtedly attain recognition in your chosen field. QAPIUEHK Page Twenty-tfwo fiij N 61, suis Q32 iaiwx i ,CS 'QQJ,n4: Qt' Ita : uw No

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Sophomore year came and with it the election of Campbell as president. Berchmans and Aloysius opened to meet the flow of new hopefuls. Highlight of the year was the trip to Worcester to see Holy Cross humbled by L.S.U. Murray was elected president for the third year and it was now that we really began to distinguish ourselves in sports, dramatics, and debating. During this year our gym was completed. Saturday nights we spent evenings of enjoyable recreation watching the cinema stars. The gym afforded Kapples, the brothers Delfino, Lopez, Conway and Richards an opportunity to sharpen their eyes for the basketball games. Morton, Holahan, Lopez, Lane, Cloney, Dischino and O'Neil stepped out to make a name for themselves on the grid- iron. For baseball, Linehan, I. Delfino, McKeon and Conway were our repre- sentatives. Big highlight of this year was the parents' week-end, and the color- ful horse show. Success at last . . . With the new year comes a new president in the person of Iohn Lufkin. War has cast its shadow over Cranwell so that some of us departed at the mid-term. Manns, Guinan and Molinari left to join the armed forces - Lufkin entered Yale and Tom O'Neil journeyed to Notre Dame. Se- niors led all students in sports events with Holahan, Linehan, Murray and Kapples captains of football, baseball, hockey and basketball. Major catas- trophe of the year was the sudden and untimely death of our beloved Fr. Iohn F. Cox. Fr. Maurice V. Dullea was appointed as our new Father Rector. Some- thing else also came with Fr. Dullea . . . Commando training. So it is with heartfelt sorrow that we seniors go forth to battle for God and Country, proud to be members of the first graduating class, which has completed the entire four year course here at Cranwell. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Harte, Murray. I. Lufkin. Kapples. Page Twerzzy-am' Q, . X' 1 , R k - m-

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i , P , V, , ,A f -,4 b ' 'X G , U A , g M s 4' I' . ., ,. ', f'Jii .ggt , lf' In the fall of 1942, Little Willie Burns' arrived at Cranwell to spend his Senior year with us. just to observe Bill was to admire him, for he is equipped with those characteristics which draw people toward him. He possessed the knack of brightening up the gloomy days by his well- intentioned wit and he always showed a genuine regard for the interests of others. Bill is an apt golfer and a valuable basketball player. In the latter sport he was a pleasant surprise and a most welcome addition to the team. There is little doubt as to Bill's scholastic intention for next year, since from sunset to dusk he raved over the feats of Holy Cross with special em- phasis on their golf team. Thus both athletically and scholastically, he has shown the true Cran- well spirit. His lively enthusiasm and deep loy- alty have won him many a life long friend and in departing, we wish him endless success at Holy Cross. fh- W flllllilis ' 1 mov I WILLIAM JOHN BURNS r Nickname: Bunso College Intention: Holy Cross Service Intention: U. S. Army ACTIVITIES Basketball 4, Sodality 4, Intramural Football 4, Golf 4. Page Twenty-three