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

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Meanwhnle we were wltnessmg the fimshmg touches bemg put on the new dlnlng hall Tlmes sweepmg scythe removed the whlte wmter blanket and Sprm Fever was upon us At long last we were permitted to venture onto that gllttermg floor nn the new addltlon to Cranwell Hall Several of our number earn d V baseball berths as B111 Shea and Norm Dupre became regulars Aprll and Easter vacatlon flashed by and came May with her serlous but serene moments Forgotten were the plllowflghts and the Senlor ra1ds Vlc GutxerreL and lmmy Halpm orated ln prlze debate the Senlor play was an admirable success and Mld years twin hovered over the campus But we were prepared and he followed hxs brother IHYO past hxstory ST JOSEPHS HALL We bade the class of SO ad1eu and headed home There were a few new students to buttress our ranks as we swarmed mto Berchmans prefected by unforgettable Fath r Moriarty We greeted popular Dave Dery of nearby Plttsfield sm1l1ng Jlm Oakes from Scarsdale N Y and Dlck Yates he of the gargantuan appet1te who ha1led from Bmghamton N Y A few had departed amon them Frank MOSC3f1llO B1ll Shea was soon chosen to take the helm ID h1s stead Of course football IS synonymous Wlth Autumn Several of our veterans led the V team to a perfect season whlle Norm Dupre 27 'IR as e,9',w-K E + no 'B - 319.10 0 ! .. . , . . . . U v 5 -- e j. . . ., I a . Ce FC . c , 1, . ' I If ' ,Y - G n ' c , l. . . fl- - M N , ,tn , , . . , . 7 Y ' '3 3 1 s ' - ' 3 av , ' ' , , , I 09,9 , f , an J. . fw' , ' ers., 2 -M g ilv , -l 4-f - x ' 1 e ., -. 1, -49 . A 1 Q 9,-

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character1zed the Latm language and chagrmed the Latm scholar for t1me lmmemorable Ancient Hlstory and hnvlxsh, lettmg X equal the unknown 111 Algebra supplled plenty of studymg To occupy the chlef executlve s seat we selected Frank Moscarlllo, who was to be hampered w1th a knee mjury for most of the sehool year Although the thud of the foot agamst leather and the cllckety click of cleats on concrete lI1VC1glCd us along w1th the rest of the school, our ardor was somewhat dlmlmshed by the mtroductlon to demerlts and uv Nevertheless, Mlles OBr1en, B111 Somers, Norm Dupre and V1c Gutlerrez proved thexr mettle on the V grldlron I-Ieedxng xmmy I-Ialpms apt suggestxon, Coach Rooney mstltuted V football for smaller asp1rants, and weeks of pract1ce cul mmated rn an mtrasquad game JIIN Halpm quarterbaeked h1s team to a close victory over Norm Dupre s squid Blll Shea gave evldence of thlngs to come bv seorxng IWILC john Dessauer and Charlle McCullough on on fated October after noon declded to play bombardlers on a group of unsuspectmg Semors Thelr I111SSllCS, carefully almed bags ol water, resulted Ill rand after rald on the Freshman quarters untnl she r publleltv ended all Ol battahon VVlI1I1ll1g the great majorm ox er the hapless second ln early November we pa1d our respeets to the Samt Irancxs rel1c Soon came our hrst xacatxon, and the usual post saeatlon tales as saulted our unwrllmg ears Then suddenlv Christmas eame and went, brmgmg a eos ermg of Carrara Wfe eheered the sarsnty basket ball team onto a nerxe wrackmv, albelt suecessful season and took an actlve part in mtramural basketball, I'I1L3I1VSl'l1lL sandvuchmg 111 two VICIOFICS over the Sophomor s Unfortunately an unusually m1ld w1nter wreaked haxoc wlth the hockey sehedule, permlttmg only one game We learned the benehts of study when the hrst roomstudy l1St was posted and when the exemption sheet appeared 1 anuary Several new words augmented our growmg socabulary, among them, blue book and crammlng as the monster named Mld year exams appeared But only hrs roar gave us coneern, as the hours 1n the classrooms vanqulshed llllil handlly At th1s t1me we welcomed B111 I-Iearley, who halled from Albany N Y Not content w1th SLlH:CI'lllg the Semors sallents, we took on the Sophomores, and emerged vlctorlous nn the snow obscured battles 1n the cool of wlnter es emngs 26 A 1 . 7- . J D. . , course, interfloor pillowhghts were common, with the third floor Y . t - C si -v W . - . . U y A Y, . Y i 'x . q 1. s e . E Q ' v .A .1 D ' 1 I yi- . 1' ' N 1 ' 'r ' g . . . cc 7: rc ' as 1 ' - , . . . . . , . w i

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l istiil in I V , ,l L ' isa 1 HL! earned a varsity uniform. After two games, with the infirmary crowded with injured players, Father Maxwell was obliged to call a halt to the gridiron sport. Nevertheless, sports still functioned, for the soccer team hung up a successful record. Our representative was Roberto Botero. Scholastically, improvement over our Freshman record was the keynote. Old reliablesn-Ned Soares, Vic Gutierrez, Charlie Men- dez, Miles O'Brien and Jim Halpin-rarely visited night study hall and enabled us to have the most honor students in the school BOBOLA and ALOYQIUQ While Father Bowman mapped out the march of Caesar s legions and Mister Rooney taught us to prove two triangles symmetrical we watched an immortal basketball team led by peerless Joe Ferone sweep through its rigorous schedule Bill Shea played his part in that victorious march which continued to the finals in the Class A tournament in Boston Despite defeat at the hands of Dean Academy in the Hnal game there was considerable consolation in Ferones nomination to the All New England basketball team But there was time for play as well as work Who could forget 28 1 .pw