De La Salle Institute - Torch Yearbook (New York, NY)

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treat tl. JOHN W. coNRoY Jack . P. S. 28 Class Treasurer 2g Class President 43 Football 45 Junior Prom Committee: Chairman Senior Prom, Ring Cnmmitteeg Torch Staff, Debating Team. jack Conroy, the answer to a maiden's prayer, the inspiration of the very young, the pillar of the very old, has consented to let us publish his picture. Here 15 a fellow modest, but not retiring, sociable yet not intrusive, On the football field he is a demon personifiedg in the class- room he is the boy with the schoolgirl complexion. As his record will show, ,lack has taken an active hand in social and in competitive activities. He is al' ways in the thickest of the fight and his guiding hand is discernible in many achievements to which we point with pride. jack's popularity rests on natural gifts-his force of character, the overflow- ing vitality and freshness that he exudes. But our inspiration wants to be taken se- riously and it happens that he told ns his desire is to be an M. D. N-ow he dances like a wood-nymph and if he doctors as well as he dances we have our hopes. Au revoir, jack, but not goodbye. Page twenty-four JOHN J. COX Coxy. St. Joseph's, Newport. R. I. K. D. 0.3 Torch Committee: Football, 3, 43 Class Relay, 1, 2, 35 Class Editor 3. This gentleman comes from the aristo- cratic section of Rhode Island known as Newport. At first, John seems demure and unassuming. but we soon learn that he possesses an astonishing amount of poise and self-assurance. Nature must have been kindly disposed when hlohn came along, for not only has she endowed him with intelligence, but also with a winning personality and an all-round spirit of good fellowship. No matter how difficult the task, he attacks it bravely, and sees it through to a finish. His hobby is mathe- matics and he is very proticient in that exacting science. His appointment to the Torch Staff, is a long merited reward for his untiring devotion and loyalty to class and school activities. A natural talent for leadership, original ideas, the facility for making and holding friendships, these are what gained for John a class popularity that is richly deserved. f elt! east Halal at fafsli

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leifsatfmieetlsiili. FRANK W. CLARK A Dustyg Rabbit. P. S. 9. Deputy G1-and Knight, K. D. C.g Class President 43 Chairman of Ring Committee 4: Vice-President llg l'roxn Committee 3, 4, Assistant Business Man- ager of Toreli g A. A. A. Representative 3, 43 Varsity Baseball 3, 45 Baseball Captain 41 Mim- ngor of Cross Country 45 Varsity Basketball 3. VVherever there is fun brewing, Dusty is in the midst of it. In class and out, Frank helps to keep the spirit of fun in swing, while at the same tinte he manages competently to get all kinds of work done, at little trouble to himself.. The funny comments he springs at times in class threatens the gravity of the most serious teacher. In everything he does, whether it is presiding at a class meeting, or play- ing shortstop for the Varsity, there is a thoroughness in his work, which makes him a worthwhile fellow. He is consist- ently optimistic, and one of his favorite mottocs is All's well that ends well. He is always hoping for the happy ending. In a few years, Al ,lolson and his crowd will have nothing on our Frank. Rabbit will always be remembered by us as the genu- ine article. Rare compound of oddity, frolic and fun, To relish a joke, and rejoice at a pun. RALPH R. CLARK, Jr. Steve De La Salle Grammar President, Archconfrnternityg K. D. C.: Presi- dent, A. A. 4: President, B Class '26 1, 2, 3, 43 Debating Society: Nlaimger, Football 4: Busi- ness Mannger, Torel1 3 Chairman, Ring Commit- tee: Treasurer Junior Prom: Indoor Track Games 3, 45 Cheer Leader 3, 4g Track Team 1, 2, 3, 4. Attention, everybody! Here's our Ralph. a typical De La Sallite. Student, athlete and booster--what more could one wish. For four years the members of B have looked to Ralph as their popular leader. He has held every office in the gift of the class from commitlteeman to president. Topping them all off, the students of the school chose him president of the Arch- confratcrnity in our Senior year. Ralph came to De La Salle a wee youth in short trousers in the fall of 19x7. He received his elementary diploma in June, IQ22, and joined the Freshman B Class the fol- lowing September. During the Sophomore year he succumbed to the lure of sunny California but after a six-month sojourn returned to us at the start of thc junior Year. For the past two years he has been the live wire of B '26,'. Ralph is one of those fellows whose sunny smile and cheerful optimism you can't resist. And what a booster and worker for every- thing about the class and school. We predict a great future for Ralph, Page twenty-three 1 eel! Il anzjel llgilwl is-jj

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ml f JEREMIAH G. CRONIN Jerry De La Salle Grammar. Staff Artist of the Torch , Track 1, 2, 3, Class Relay, 3, 4: Varsity Swimming, 4. Jerry is one of the youngest fellows in our class, but he is that only in years. From the beginning, his amiable disposi- tion and his ability to plod won for him many friends in the class. He possesses remarkable ability in pen drawing, and you may get an idea of his work by ob- serving a few line cuts in this book. He distinguished himself as class artist on the Year Book Staff, and only those familiar with the inner working of the publication can appreciate the amount of time and ef- fort he devoted to this endeavor. And yet, this is not all. His rollicking ways seem to have injected into him the light rhythm and beat of a Jolly jingle for he occasionally takes his pencil, and on the spur of the moment writes spicy and orig- inal poetry. Wie can best qualify him, by stating that Jerry is a reticent, self-pos- sessed, rather introspective young man, who has the soul of a poet, and the dis- position of a child. A flattering painter who made it his care, To draw nren as they cannot be, not as they are . I Q JOHN B. CROWLEY Muscles Holy Name. It was in the Sophomore year that wc discovered Crowley. NVQ: were looking around for a class reporter and this fellow with his slow delightful humor dominated by a vein of seriousness held us. He was a prepossessing chap, to say the least, with a glossy shock of black hair, delicate- ly modelled features frequently bespread with a ready smile. Angel Face and the Cherub we called him, but Muscles stuck best of all. John proceeded to hand in his monthly para-graph to the Record and we were all satisfied. Although the Record is but a memory Muscles is still with us. Vile interviewed him recently and he told us his prospects and ambitions. I-le is go- ing to study Engineering and if that doesn't take he will turn to Law. Muscles is a fellow we will always remember with pleasure. That whimsical far away look in his eyes draws us to him and invites companionship. lt is easier for us to im- agine him writing poems than building skyscrapers. But poems or skyscrapers. whichever John chooses, will be a medium through which we feel sure he will carve a niche for himself. Page twenty-five Pfmeffeeaaf at 1 9-2 6 its-e1.e4aase-fiiaf el