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

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Until mtmtzal EDWARD C. GHIAZZA Professor Holy Cross. Glass President 1: Class Secretary, 3, -lg In- iloor Track Games, 45 Tennis, 4. Eddie is one of the original members of First Year B of IQ22. He came to the institute from Holy Cross School with an admirable reputation as a student. Eddie has certainly lived up to this rep- utation, winning the general excellence medal in Freshmen year, and managing to keep with the leaders during his entire scholastic career. Eddie has rendered the class many valuable services as president, secretary and committeeman. As an iron fisted ruler he yields to no one, no not even to Mussolini. One of his most not- able feats has been the editing of the hu- mor section of our class paper, The Sieve. However Eddie has not limited his efforts to studies and writing. He is besides, a tennis player of note. The professor has chosen Manhattan College as the field of his future scholastic en- deavors. VVe know the reputation of '26 in The College-by-the-Sea , will be safe with Eddie showing the way. Page thirty-two WILLIAM J. GRADY Bill De La Salle Grammar. Junior Prom Comm.: Senior Prom Comm.: Cross Country, 3, 43 Capt. 47 Class Relay, 3. Bill started with us in Freshmen B, a retiring little fellow from the De La Salle Grammar. Like the shy little flower it took time for Bill to blossom and bloom. ln junior and Senior Bill has been one of the go-getters of B '26 The suc- cess of the Junior and Senior Proms were clue in a great measure to Bill's enthusiasm and faithful discharge of his committee duties. As a campaign manager and stump-speaker, Bill proved himself a true Tammany Brave by putting over his man for president of the Archconfraternity. As an athlete Bill has few peers in the art of travelling over hill and dale. Of course he has the jump on us all here for 'tis said Bill trains by chasing rabbits on his native heath in Hartsdale. In class Bill's specialty is math. He would have few worries if there was only some method whereby he could add his excess points in Trig to the beggardly Spanish marks. Bill expects to join the D. L. S boys at Manhattan College where we be- speak for him, continued success. iris 2 allude

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my eaiiafisimal p ?lEaieJ1eJEaital alll JAMES J. FITZPATRICK Jim Public School No. 30. Fitz Track, 1, 23 Class Relay, 1, 2, 35 Ring Com- mittee, 4. Four years ago a little fellow from P. S. 30, joined the Freshman ranks of De La Salle. He soon won fame by his cheerful nature Fitz is an ardent ad- mirer of military life and for this reason always wore his uniform. This intellect- ual youth began early to manifest his love for the sciences. notably physics and chem- istry. Jim is a wicked stepper at a dance as many young ladies will testify. He is a well built fellow and ranks among the strata of the big fellows of the class. jim regards his school work as a duty and treats it as such. He is one of that species of beings, that can be humorous without being ridicul-ous and serious with- out being solemn. One cannot know the teflicacy of an infectious smile until he meets ,lim . He never wearies of the toilsome struggle of life but labors day after day with unfailing zest. Memories of thee Jim will not easily pass into oblivion. FRANCIS J. FLANAGAN St. Francis -:le Sales. K. D. C.: Printer of Class Paper, 35 Class Re- lay, 35 Track, 33 Cross Country, 3. Frank blew in to us one day from Belle Harbor during a big snow storm. It did not take him long to thaw out and catch up with the regular De La Salle school spirit. He is one of the class commuters, and we therefore give him little credit for standing high in his class recitations. Frank is a pugilistic young gentleman, and claims the title of the Class Boxing Champion. He stands for a great deal of kidding, and takes it in good part. NVhile at De La Salle, Frank labored under a great handicap, due to the lack of li- brary facilities in his hometown. l1Vhen it came time for making his Literature and History reports, he always envied the boys from the big town with its big libraries. VVithal, Frank's quiet and de- termined manner gives us the impression that he is the kind of a fellow who gets what he goes after. Mr. Flanagan intends to go to a college that has a big library. Page thirty-one lltfttl iatiierlili ti 9 2 El IMSHQJQJHMBMWEI

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,-Q-.-..- , V, .,,. Y A ,,,, , , , . ,, , ,,,. ,....,,..,.-........i,f . . SYDNEY P. GRIFFIN Sid All Saints School. Vive Presiilt-nt, 33 'l'4n'eh Stnltg Debating S0- 1-iety, 4. Of all the men of my acquaintance there is none who so well fits Cardinal Newn1au's definition of a gentleman as Sydney Griffin. Sid entered De La Salle in February I923 and confesed that he had spent the preceding eight years in All Saints School. After the completion of Sid's Sophomore' year at De La Salle his family migrated northward to Ludlow. Each morning sees our hero rushing :nad- ly forth, sans chapeau, for the Commut- ers Special which leaves Ludlow at 7:35. Sid is the gentleman responsible for the formation of the Senior Glee Club. In a most efficient manner he has conducted all the class entertainments throughout the year. Sid aspires to a career in the field of I0llI'l1HllSlll. His ability in this line is evinced throughout the pages of this volume. There are two things that people are wont to admire in Sid-his subtle wit and the manner in which he plays the ukelele. Someday we may enter the office of the city editor of the Times, to have Sid greet us with his genial smile and a box of choice Havana cigars. It will be a pleasure to recall under such circumstances the happy days spent at De La Salle preparing copy for the 1926 Torch. JOSEPH J. GUNN Joe Holy ' Cross Class Secret.m'y, 2: Class 'l'reasurer, 33 Debating Society, 4: Torch Staff: Indoor Track Games, 3, 45 Knight Secretary, K. D. C. Here we have another of the Holy Cross quartet and one of the most active mem- bers of our class. If there is anything under way we are sure to find Joe doing his best for its success. Joe ranks high in his scholastic work. Always up among the leaders giving them' a hard tussle for premier hon-ors, he, on not infrequent oc- casions blazcs the trail for us all. After study Ioe's hobby is travelling. liven New York at times palls on him, and, so to relieve the monotony of our busy streets. ,loc crosses over to .lersey where he is well known to the inhabitants of that strange land. l1Ve suspect however, a deeper motive prompts these journeys to foreign shores. ,loe's pep and en- thusiasm have made him popular with his classmates, and no gathering is com- plete without him. His sage opinions, sagely delivered, have always been of service when the class was about to em- bark on any adventure. l'Ve will not easi- ly forget. Joe, the pleasant moments spent in your company. Page thirty-tlm'cc LY? 'A TA ' 'W '! ' 1 iivlic I A H-' , - 'A 'i'1f ' ' ' 1 We I 1 F tl Hottie falltll.?. 2 .ell lel.smi1tf+t1