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

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LLOYD E. STANLEY Lucky Our Lady of Good Counsel Vice-President 1, 25 Senior P1-omg Baseball 1, 3. 43 Truck lg Tennis 4. One of the leaders of the class in ath- letics is Lloyd Stanley. An alunmus of Our Lady of Good Counsel, New York. Lloyd is now a resident of Bellaire, Long Island and a veteran commutor. Dashing for trains every morning keeps him. fit for the baseball season. Baseball is Lloyd's forte. For the past four years he has been lle La Salle's leading pitcher. Though he lives in a thriving community , Stan takes no dust from them city fellers . VVhen Lloyd is all togged out in his new double-breasted, with the snowflake spots. he makes ,lean Patou look the Hunchback of Notre Dame. XfVhen it comes to wit. Lloyd can give and take with the best of city folks. Stanley was born to be a Qreat business man. He looks at every- thing through the eye of business. Un- 'llUC5tl0l1Hbly Stan would make a very successful real estate operator-he has the line already. With a ready smile, a pleas- ing personality, the fighting spirit, and a strong left arm, we feel sure that Lloyd will earn future success. JAMES F. SWEENEY Chick St. Thomas, Apostle K. D. C.: Basketball tl, 43 Baseball 3, 4. NVhen our class first assembled four years ago, we discovered among our num- ber a little, blonde-haired kid. It was not long before he let it be known that he was James Sweeney from away uptown . lfVe all wondered how such an infant ever reached high school. In a short while we found that whatever Chick lacked in size. he made up in vocal volume. Argu- ment is his second nature. It's no easy task to best jimmy in words for e'en though vanquished he can argue still . Scholas- tically Jimmie ranks with the leaders. At math he is supreme. Commencement night will prove our statement. In, ' sports Chick has contributed his, share too. As a forward on the basketball court Jimmy has few peers, while baseball is his hobby.: Jimm'y's sunny smile and cheerful disposi- tion has served to dispel many an ominous frown on the part of the teacher that spell- ed disaster to his fellow classmates. Keep on smiling your way along Chick and you will continue to win friends as you have during the past four years. Page forty-nine Vail uid ll Q ull

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i 'JAMES J. SLATTERY Jim 3 S1ats Blessed Sacrament Grand Knight, K. D. C.: Debating Societyg Ulnss President 2, 35 Vice-President 4: Chairman Prom Committee 3, 4: Ring Committee 45 Torch Committee 43 Varsity Football 3, 4. Jimmy came to us from the Blessed Sacrament School. Slats is a rare combin- ation of talent and tact, seriousness and fun, intelligence and modesty, a good lead- er and faithful pal. He served on practi- cally every committee appointed during his four years of High School. We will always remember him by his peppy talks to the class in Junior and Senior years. -lin1's pet sport is football. In this field he has earn- ed for himself an enviable reputation, holding down a steady berth for two seas- ons on the Varsity Football Squad. jim is orderly, careful, and neat. He is an en- thusiast, easily disheartened. but more easily encouraged. He can always find a silver lining in the cloud. A Senator's job in Congress would not be too big for him. A child no more, a young man now, A graceful youth with gentle brow. Page forty-eight JOHN J. SMYTHE Jack Holy Name Whistling Smythe Debating Society: Senior Prom. Reader, bestow a mellow glance on the corner of this page where the picture of radical stands forth. He may the class have a kind face but in a close-up his whiskers give him away. His views on everything, from why Nero burned Rome to Freudian Philosophy are absolutely revolutionary. And he's ready and able to thrash the thing out with you anytime and at any place. The Bearded Lady con- tinued to come to school wearing a cake- eater suit when the school turned colle- giate -proving once more his defiance of public opinion. Our radical has a beauti- ful birdlike Whistle with which he gives vent to his feelings at the most inoppor- tune moments. VVhen a school authority confers the title VVhistling Smythe , it is something to brag about. Sinythe is liked by the boysg likes the girlsg does the Charlestong debates marvel-ouslyg and wishes to become a meclico. We hope he gets his wish and Cconfidentiallyj expect his medical career to be as revolutionary as his prep days. malaga at Qateiltlt, -Weill

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will WILLIAM J. TIERNEY Bill Holy Cross Knight Treasurer, K. D. C.: Track 1, 2, 3, 43 Cross-country 2, 3, 45 Class Relay 3, 4. Behold the Class Adonis! Bill yields to no one when it comes to looks. Don't think Bill is of the Valentino sheik type, though. No, he is of the palm-olive var- iety-clear skinned, blue eyed and golden blonde. XfVhat a sight our beauty is when caught in one of his childish pranks. Those rose-red cheeks suffused with the blush of guilt yet wreathed with a smile of happy innocence that Won't wash off is enough to allay the ire of teacher or princi- pal. But beauty they say is only skin deep. Bill has other claims to fame. Like the other mennbers of our Hell's-Kitchen quartet Bill is quite a student, his specialty being French. Many a day have we sat openmouthed at the facile grace of w-ord and sound as the la and the le and the les and their brother words tripped lightly from the tongue of Comte de la Teirne. Bill is also an athletic luminary. As a high jumper he is without a peer at De La Salle while his worth as a middle dis- tance man won him a place on our cham- pion class relay. Au revoir, nionsieur Guillaume, Page fifty RUDOLPH J. UHEREC Rudy Cathedral High Rudy has been with us two years, yet lie has won his way into the hearts of ns all, by his true De La Salle spirit, his ready wit and his attention to work. A good student, and a talented humorist, he has been in great demand by the class in all its literary ventures. The interesting and instructive articles which he contri- buted to the various school and class pa- pers, augur well for his future journalistic success. It is in the forum, however, that Rudy has scored his most noteworthy vie' tories. The new and startling theories on the science of farming advanced by him in the oral English class of Junior year will long be remembered by his class- mates. Rudy expects to devote the next four years to the study of journalism. XVe have little doubt that his talent and in- dustry will earn for him in time, a posi- tion of leadership in his chosen profession. ln your zeal for authorship don't forget the lecture platform, Rudy! l ellfllsgdl