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

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I fu 117, WHY., i 2 1 A I f Y? L e fi ' ' 1 5 .05 . Q X' l I Q - , SOPHOMORE A Summer over, we returned to find ourselves no longer lowly Freshmen, but all knowing Sophomoresf' Neither Brother Aloysius nor Brother Alphon- sus, our former teachers, returnedg and so we were very busy during the first few days in becoming acquainted with our new teachers: Brother Bernadine, our class teacher, instructor in Geometry and Religiong Brother Matthew, our French teacher, Brother Alban, teacher of Latin, and Professor O'Shea, teacher of Ancient History and English. As we were a joyous crowd, all smiling and happy to see one another again, it did not take us long to get back to our cheerful selvesg and so we soon formed our class society and elected the following ofhcers for the year: John Downing, President: Robert NVard, V ice-Presidentg John Hoag, Secretaryg Gerald Geagan and John Downing, A. A. Representatives. Then came athletics. XV ith the call for cross-country candidates, ZA responded nobly. Many from the class tried for the team, and Downing, Wfard and Geagan succeeded in making it. p The season for basketball opened and with it the announcement by Brother Matthew of an inter-class tournament. The class acted at once. Candidates were called for, practices were heldg and ZA was ready to conquer. The first game was with our old rivals ZB. They proved to be no match for us. Four more games were played and easily won. Then came the big game with IB. ' In a hard fought battle we succeeded in defeating them by a score of 10 to 6. Thus Captain Geagan, Wfard, Dempsey, Downing, Ryan, Hoag and Hendrickson, repre- senting the ZA class, won the De La Salle inter-class championship of 1927. ' Track' continued throughout the year. Downing showed up very well on the crack De La Salle Mile Relay Team. And doni't think the rest of the class were not busy. At the indoor meet XV ard, Dempsey, Geagan and Murphy man- aged to land third place. . 4 During the first two quarters we were guided by Brother Bernadine, oxieiftfffggf the finest of teachers, and a real pal of the boys. Shortly after the beginning' of the second semester, Brother Bernadine' was transferred and replaced by Brother George, a most capable substitute, who endeavored to make our second part of the year as enjoyable as the first, and he succeeded nobly. The biggest achievement of our school year was our class paper, The Class Observer 5 the first bi-weekly paper to be published in new De La Salle. After a very short time the stafi' officers were elected: VV. Farrell, Editor-in-Chief, F. Donough, .Assistant Editor, C. B. Peters and I. Hoag, Business Managers. Our staff proved to be very capable, and with the co-operation of the class, made the paper quite a success. F831

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J, 119, W9 . ' 3 TT' Q ' -T - lf Q 5 T O xg 2' 4 ' , . SUPHOMORE B School! Hurrah! followed by a chorus of groans. Once more, after a well spent vacation we return to resume our studies in dear old De La Salle. This time not as Freshmen, but as students under the honorable cognomen of Sopho- mores. Under the guidance of Reverend Brother Matthew, Reverend Brother Alban, and Professor O'Shea, our new mentors, we entered upon the gridiron of knowledge, grimly determined to emerge victorious. Quickly settling down to the school routine, we held our first class meeting and elected the following officers: President, David Mullins, Vice-President, Roy Moeschen, Secretary, Frank Birmingham, Treasurer, james Stavracos. Almost before we knew it the first quarterly exams were upon us. As aa result of these, David Mullins captured first place, with John Reich and James Stav- racos treading on his heels. Still enthralled by our wonderful success in the exams, we entered the St. La Salle Auxiliary Drive with great vim and enthusi- asm, such that we gained second place in the entire school. As the basketball season approached, a call was issued for candidates for the varsity, to which responded three of our most noted athletes. Roy Moeschen, captain and veteran guard, whose sterling performanceshave repulsed many an enemy attack, Frank Fullam, who has shown himself to be one of the most aggressive guards in the game, and David Mullins, who shows promise for next year's team. Connected with athletics is Frank Birmingham, a very business-like youth who was appointed assistant school reporter of athletics. To arouse interest in basketball throughout the school, a series of inter-class games was established by Brother Matthew, faculty director of athletics, to which our class, already depleted of its basketball 1naterial,'responded with varied success. A The results 'of the second' quarterly exams showed David Mullins still leading, with John Reich and james Stavracos second and third. The ordeal of the exams now being over, the class, in order to broaden its achievements. organized a class paper. Under the able management of Peter Killen as Editor-in-Chief, with james Stavracos and Frank Birmingham as assistant editors, the paper, which is called the De La Salle Spirit 'J made its initial appearance soon after its organ- ization. XV e are now awaiting the coming of the Easter holidays and particulaily of the baseball season, for which we have a wealth of material. james Pal Fitzgerald, a favorite among ,the feminine residents of Elmhurst, who pitched for our class team in his Freshman year, willendeavor to repeat his marvelous suc- cess on the varsity. The end of the year is now in sight and we are all suffering palpitation of the heart because of the nearness of the dayon which we shall be able to call ourselves Juniors. l85l -Q fs