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

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la Raymond Kelly, of B John McQuade, and of C Edward Murphy. The meetings and debates reflected the training of our Freshman Year in the technique of organized discussion and provided a medium for the develop- ment of our talent for public speaking. Our athletic activity was increased this year by many qualifying for the varsity in the various sports sanctioned by the school. Eddie Hoctor con- tinued his excellent work on the track and helped to retain for De La Salle's mile relay the titles of metropolitan and of national prep school relay cham- pions. In basketball while we were unrepresented we are proud to record that the varsity for the second year in succession earned the prep school championship of New York. Dick Duggan was joined on the baseball squad by Lloyd Stanley who became first string pitcher and Pinky Mitchell the slugger of the outfit. Many happy hours spent in our Sophomore year help to keep green the memories of these days. The boxing bouts which proved the main attrac- tion of our informal parties in B , the successful raid by a foraging band of upperclassmen on the ice cream reserved for the party in C , the trench warfare with board erasers as grenades that featured the year in A , the cannon-crackers that served to keep us all awake as the reverberating sound of their explosion on the campus drowned out the voice of teacher and pupil alike, the part we took in the dedication of Manhattan College, these and many others make our last year in old DeLa Salle one never to be forgotten. As a sequel to a year of earnest study and good fellowship the sections of the Sophomore class journeyed once more to Coney Island where we en- joyed all the pleasures of that famous resort thanks to the persuasive influ- ence of Brother Richard with the managers of the various amusement places. The summer vacation was nearing its close when one morning Uncle Sam's faithful courier brought a communication from De La Salle. The news it contained was startling. De La Salle on Central Park South was no more. The old familiar building, scenes of many happy days for the men of De La Salle for a half a century, had been sold and new quarters purchased on 74th street. It was with mingled feelings of sadness for the loss of the old and joyous expectation of what the new would be that we set out for the opening day of our Junior Year. XVe were indeed surprised at the magnificence of our new surroundings. The compactness of the building, its up-to-date equip- ment, the decorative art in the halls and in the classrooms combined to make De La Salle the finest private school building in New York City. To add to the newness of our surroundings changes had taken place in the faculty. They affected us though, but little. Brother Ambrose who had taught us history the preceding year was again at his old post in charge of one of the junior Classes. XVe of A were assigned to his care. Brother Benignus who has been shifted up-State during the Easter holidays was back from the wilds of Buffalo, no worse for his trying experience, and it was in his section that B was happy to register. Mr. Briody was again mentor of UC. Page fifty-eight V9 ell

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A ,L -L, V - ri . 41--' m' H--Y -'N-- -- - The pleasure of renewing old friendships and comparing our varied ex-V. periences of the summer was soon over and we settled clown to the tasks of the junior Year. For us all physics proved interesting but difficult. of first experiences in laboratory work constituted the high spots of the , semester. As the year wore on however many found the exactness of r required irksome and it was with a sigh they dragged their leaden fe a week to Room J. Section A remembers with pleasure the alert a a mathematics periods conducted by Brother George. Many of engineers owe their awakened interest in this science to his clear a presentation of the subject during the year. The reorganization of the literary societies in the Junior classe. in the election of the following officers: Presidents, James Slatter Clark and Charles Mitchellg Vice-Presidents, Frank Clark, Terenc and Sydney Griffing Secretaries, Michael Devine, Edward Ghiazza ani McAuliffeg Treasurers, joseph Manningg joseph Gunn and john The weekly meetings alternated with formal debates on the interesting questions of the day and discussions on authors and their works in th of literature. The mock trial in B of Louis De Vivo resulting in I quittal on the charge of violation of the Volstead Act brought to the 1 brilliant young barrister of the future. The keen cross-examination ot nesses and the impassioned summing-up of Tom Shea, chief counsel foi defense, swayed the jury for Louie, caught in the toils of the law. Athletics at De La Salle reached the zenith during our junior Ya For the third successive season the relay team was the acknowledged i tional champion of the prep schools. At the Manhattan College Indo games during the winter the De La Salle quartet established a new world Interscholastic record for the mile, clipping two and two-fifths seconds oi the old mark. '26 was represented on the team by joe Manning. This year witnessed also the revival of football at the Institute after a lapse of sevenl teen years. Our team won 5 of its 7 games. Here too we were well repre- sented, a majority of the squad being juniors. In baseball the De La Salle nine was crowned champions of the Catholic High Schools of the Greater City. The entire team from catcher to center fielder were juniors. Besides these major sports basketball, cross country and swimming owe a great part of their success to the efforts of the men from the Junior class. ' The great event of this year was the Junior Prom. It was the first at- tempt by a junior class at 'De La Salle to sponsor such an event. The Prom was held at the Hotel Commodore the evening of April 24th. The opinion was quite unanimous that it was the best prep school reception of the season. '26 is especially indebted to Brothers Augustus, Ambrose and Benignus for their advice and encouragement in our social debut. The honors that came to De La Salle this year were not'1imited to athletics. john Carroll of the Senior Class won first place in an oratorical contest conducted by the Franco-American Society. This contest brought together representatives from all the private high schools of New York City. -.?14QiQGL-.-A, . C C - - lliwi' 'fi mil I 3-2 Eilfiilffl