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

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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

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OH val tall all In reward for his excellent composition and delivery he received a six-weeks trip to Europe. Junior year carries with it many happy recollections. Wihq does not recall Rudy's novel theories on farming propounded for our benefit, De Vivo's lectures on College Life Abroad, Kellyls soul-stirring tales, Brother Be- nignus' reminiscences of Detroit, Buffalo and Troy, Ferrer's oration, our week of voluntary fasting the better to enjoy the sweets of the Erving Cafe- teria. the iron-fisted rule of Pinkey Mitchell in junior C, and a thousand others too numerous to mention? The year was brought to a close by an enjoyable trip to the Brothers training school at Pocantico Hills. September 1925 brought us together again, this time for our fourth and final year of high school. At last we had reached the noble estate of Seniors. No longer could we be frowned upon by the upper elassmen conscious of their superior years and position. XN'e had waited long and patiently for this year to arrive. The sweets of seniority were now ours to. be enjoyed to the fullest. The succeeding months were to show us though that it was to be our most strenuous year in class. VVe were greatly surprised on opening day to find that our principal for the past three years, Brother Augustus, was no longer at the helm. His many years of successful and unselfish labors at De La Salle had been brought to a close by his transfer to Manhattan Prep. He' was replaced by Brother Edward who was at one time the teacher of the Senior Class at De La Salle and recently the director of the Brothers high school in Albany. Some others of our old friends and teachers we likewise failed to find on our return. Indeed De La Salle had changed greatly- in a few months. Brother Richard who had been so long connected with the Institute that De La Salle and Brother Richard began to be synonymous, Brother Jerome an- other of the pillars of De La Salle, Brother Benignus who taught B for the greater part of the Second and Third years, Brother George who had been teacher of the Senior class for a number of years, Mr. Briody the popular mentor of C for two years, were no longer on the teaching staff. An im- portant departure was made when the military was dropped from the cur- riculum of the school. The years had reduced our numbers considerably and it was therefore not surprising to see a general reorganization of the sections of '26 -and the elimination of one of them. Brother Ambrose, one of the teachers of Sopho- more and junior years was now vice-principal and teacher of Senior English and History. Brother joseph. a new comer to De La Salle, was in charge of B and teacher of Senior Science and Mathematics. At the first meetings of our class societies officers for the first term were selected as follows: Frank Clark president of A and Ralph Clark president B , Joseph Lordi and Terence Curry, vice-presidentsg Edward Love and Edward Ghiazza, secretaries: Joseph Manning and Joseph Gunn, treasurers. The meetings this year have been devoted mainly to the con- sideration and transaction of business connected with our various activities. Page sixty-two f g-wwf 'iw-W V 7 Nw gg Y' aa Qif'3l1ViJ 19 aj