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

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JUNHOR B S the mighty portals of De La Salle opened to commence another year of its glorious and immortal history we entered with all the dignity of a soldier who had just had another stripe placed on his arm. For were we not now Juniors? I We, however, were not carried away with our title for we soon settled down and conducted our business in the usual clear headed way. In the selec- tion of oflicers we saw Bt to place our confidence in the following: President, Myles O'Reilly: Vice-President, John Giblin: Treasurer,'Thomas McMan- mon: Secretary, John Gilligan. Even though we spent much time in the almost hopeless task of render- ing Cicero into understandable English and solving the intricacies of Inter- mediate Algebra, we also found time to represent our Alma Mater on the field of athletic endeavor. Indeed, as facts will show, we were not heedless to the call of Brother Bernard for candidates for the varsity basketball team and as a result of our earnestness we were ably represented by Thomas O'Keefe and Joe McManmon. We also have a 'large' delegation on the track team. a sport which De La Salle fosters so wellf Our representatives in this sport are: Francis Marucca, Charles Albers, John Doran, George Healy, John Man- nion and Tom O'Keefe. The first organized sport within the class was its basketball team which was composed of Joe McManmon, John Doran, George Fitzgibbons, John O'Dwyer, John Mannion and Tom O'Keefe. While we were one of the leaders in sports our scholastic achievements in conquering the big berthas of the faculty in the form of quarterly examina- tions were also worthy of note. . The leading discussions and keen eloquence which market our class meet- ing were a great aid to Professor Leddy in choosing the representatives for the debating team. ln the quartet of Daniel Lyons, Myles O'Reilly, Arthur Gillis and Thomas McManmon the Professor selected four true disciples of Demosthenes. Although we were unsuccessful in downing our rivals from 3A, we think that the members of our team may be rated with the best budding orators in our school. As time keeps ever onward our days as Juniors now draw to a close, but may we, with the 'help of God, continue our march to be Seniors unim- peded. While this year is to go down as one of the glorious for Juniors in the annals of De La Salle, we all realize that, had not providence blessed us with such an excellent set of instructors that we had to guide our ship of destiny, our accomplishments would be nil. Our instructors for this year consisted of Brother Andrew, class teacher: Brother Bernard: Brother Anthony and Professor Leddy. 59

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The ,Torch 'i . SOPHOMORE A MEMORIES of our summer vacation still lingering, we returned once more to De La Salle to see what our second year held in store for us. Our spirits buoyed up by the importance of our position as Sophomores, we eagerly began work under the guidance of Brother Clement, who was to verse us in Religion and Algebra. Brother Joseph was to further our knowledge in the language of the Caesars. while Brother Andrew was to introduce us to French. English and ancient History were to be taught us by Professor Leddy, a new addition to the faculty of De La Salle. Q tAccording to tradition we immediately began the business ofelecting class oiiicers and in the first meeting, under the guidance of a temporary chair- man, Frank Burton was elected President: Thomas Dunn, Vice-president: Tom Dunne, Treasurer: and Tom Dempsey, Secretary. It was decided that these men were to hold office for the first half year. We immediately undertook the reorganization of the class basketball team which had met with tremendous success in our Freshman year and we eagerly awaited the opening of the sea- son. John Smith was unanimously elected captain of theeteam, which was composed of Tom Dempsey, Pat Carrol. Tom Farley, John Clark and Frank Burton. Our success as a Freshman team was dwarfed by that of our second year showing. We defeated all the teams we met in our division and also the Winners of the third year division. In a hard fought game we finally bowed to the Seniors by a close score. Brother Bernard, the varsity basket- ball team director, inaugurated the Junior Varsity on which every member of our team obtained a berth. On the track we also had a line representation. The call for Cross Coun- try brought out Tom Dunn who performed admirably. He obtained the honor of being a member of the mile relay and as such placed in the Newark Championships. G. Dolan and S. Morrisey wore the De La Salle colors on the outdoor track. ' . In the annual St. La Salle Auxiliary drive, we had the satisfaction of surpassing our ever present rivals 2B in the securing of subscriptions and the occupation of an enviable position in the general standing of the classes. The Sophomores brought to this labor the support and ardor which has characterized all their undertakings sincegthey entered De La Salle. It was about this time. too, that the first quarterly exams took place. Messrs. Maloney, Burton, Kelly and Smith made their proficiency in studies very conspicuous. I Probably the outstanding event in our second year was the theatre party which the class attended en masse at the production William F. Brady The Street Scene just before the Christmas holidays. After we returned to school from our short rest, we elected a new set of' oflicers. Mr. Callahan was elected President: Mr. Dunne, Vice-president: Mr. Farley, Secretary: and Mr. Morrisey, Treasurer. Now, with the coming of spring, we are eagerly looking forward toward the baseball and outdoor track campaigns and we are quite confident that our good standing will continue in these sports as well as it has in the previous activities. 1930 61