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

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1948 SE IDR CLASS PULL Ramon oseph oseph Blssell john O Grady Gerald Harwood Ramon oseph Kenneth Gnllrn Benjamln Mandaro Thomas Kenny ames Brodel Benjamin Mandaro Gerald Harwood jay Rothelm Charles Pow Kenneth Grllen john O Grady Chemlstry Daily News ournal American L1 e Blng Crosby Lana Turner Robert Wllltanmson Chesterfield Steak Gtrls Manhattan Take lt easy Basketball Baseball Tommy Dorsey Fox trot Bmg Crosby Peggy Lee Henry Morgan lmmy Powers Green Years Lady of Fatlma Gunga Dm Star Dust Bob Hope Dodgers Body and Soul Brant s Most Typical D L S Man Most L1kely to Succeed Most Popular Most Sophrstxcated Most Apprecrated Class Polltrcran Class Optxmlst Class Pessxmrst Class Lotharxo Best Lookmg Best Dressed Class Orator Class Wit Favorite Subject Favorlte A M Newspaper Favonte P M Newspaper Favornte Magazlne Favorlte Author Favonte Actor Favorrte Actress Best Athlete Favorite Smoke Favorite Food Favorrte DIVCISIOH Favorlte College Favorite EXPICSSIOU Favornte Indoor Sport Favorxte Outdoor Sport Favorxte Orchestra fBandj Favorlte Dance Favorite Male Vocalist Favonte Female Vocallst Favorlte Radlo Program Fasonte Columnist FHVOIIIC Novel Favorlte Play Favonte Poem Favorxte Song Favorlte Comedlan Favorlte Ball Team Favortte Movle Favorlte Hangout ohn Cassldy Thomas Elchenberger Andrew Cordlal Fred Wera Frank Smnth john McHale Ernest Hnggenson Fred Wertz joseph Saggese Andrew Cordxal Thomas O Halloran Donald Cox Thomas Erchenberger Ernest Sgrol Hlstory Dally News ournal American L1 e Cary Grant Ingrld Bergman John Cassrdy Chesterfield Steak Glrls Manhattan Charmmg Basketball Football Tex Benke Fox trot Bmg Crosby Peggy Lee Henry Morgan lmmy Powers The Robe Lady of Fatuna Gunga Dm Now IS the Hour Bob Hope N Y Glants Naked Ctty Verdx Square 39 4A 4B Jn . ' ' . - J s . J u J 1 a n . . J . o . I J - ' ' . . J - ' . . A. Cronin ' Gilbert K. Chesterton

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1848 38 By thrs trme jay Rotherm rs lookrng for hrs name so here rs hrs hrstory jay worked rn a shrpyard by day as a rrveter and as a result became a Rhumba teacher at nrght Rrght now he rs part of the navy rnvoluntarrly By mrstake he rrveted hrmself to the bottom of a battleship Whrle we are at sea we come to Ioe Croces story Joe always used to go rnto rnterestrng subjects deeply at school He vyas always courteous and polrte Thrs was hrs downfall howe Jer joe became a deep sea drver and one day he trpped hrs helmet to a mermard whrle workrng under water The last I saw of Larry Flanagan was when he was rn the hosprtal Larry was pretty restless rn school so when he graduated he started a job as flagpole srtter Occasronally he would go to sleep whrle on the job but one day he rolled over joe Lennrhan rs pretty new to the machrne but strll rt tells hrs story It says joe got a job rn a crrcus as a sword swallower He was gorng along fine untrl he burped and cut off both hrs feet Another crrcus man was Drck Kenneweg He used to jump 3 000 feet rnto a slrghtly morst postage stamp Hrs career almost ended when he trred jumprng rnto a thrmble of water The poor fellow almost drowned The ball hrts the last prn wrth the name of John OGrady on rt Because of hrs lack of sales resrstance he now plays a harp rn St Gabrrels land Whrle lrstenrng to the radro the announcer sard Go out that nearest exrt and buy some beans rrght now O G happened to be srttrng by a wrndow srxty Hoors above For 99 years De La Salle has been graduatrng men who were to go out and make a lastrng place rn the world for themselves But what of the 100th graduatrng class the class of 489 Well drop rn on a class reunron at the Verdr Square Hotel rn the year 1973 and see how our boys made out rn 25 years just follow me the party must be rn full swrng by now Here we are You can check your hats over there ready 9 just look around' The fellows certarnly look drfferent after 25 years a lrttle older Cnaturallyj and far more drstrngurshed It seems to be a very happy party but wart' Is that an argument gorng on at that table? Oh' I should have known rt s Speaker of the House Tom Erchenberger havrng an rmpromptu de bate wrth Senator John McHale CR N YJ over the possrbrlrtres of a war wrth Lower Slobovra and the conversatron rs berng made lrvely by General of the Army Kevrn McKay who rs always ready to fight any war wrth anybody Lets wander around and see who else rs here I see Freddy Wertz the atom screntrst Che rntends to blovy up the entrre world as a place unfit for humans to lrve ID, speakrng softly wrth hrs buddy Frnre Hrggrnson the man who rs antr everythrng Che also runs the penny arcade on 42nd St and rs New Yorks brggest bookre S50 to wrn on Crtatron III please'J We have qurte a few teachers vyrth us to nrght so let s go over to the Faculty Corner and see the boys We find here Prof Ed Padden Cthe prrde and joy of Alma Materj Pow chref assrstant to our rllustrrous Hrstory teacher Brother Leonard wrth jrm Thompson first assrstant to chref assrstant Padden Cjrm rs rn charge of all prelrmrnary exams t qualrfy for qualrfyrng exams rn Hrstoryj We also have John Mannrng another frus trated Hrstory teacher Crts rumored that he lost hrs mrnd somewhere between the Down fall of Rome and the Mrddle Ages J Novy rn Faculty Corners athletrc department we have Andy Cyour hero and mrnej Cordral sard to be the best PT coach srnce the days of the fabulous Joe Cuneen And heres brg Drck Clrfford our schools first brllrard mstructor I see we also have a vrsrtrng coach wrth us Long Tom OHalloran who gurdes the football squad at John Adams Hrgh Oo pps' What drd I just bump rnto? Its john OBr1en a late arrrval Cas usualj You must remember John or Moose as we called hrm7 Hes the man who drank all the beer that would have kept Mrlwaukee famous' Theres another brg man Jack or should I say Hrs Honor judge John M Cassrdy Che commrts the mentally rll to rnstrtutrons and after graduatrng wrth the 4B class he ts well qualrfied to prck out the mentally rll from the normalJ9 Hes speakrng wrth two famous men Felrx Del Monte Presrdent of the Republrc of Santa Domrngo and Dermot Foley the famous Irrsh gunrunner But wart' There s the manager of the hotel' Well rf rt rsnt Ernre Sgror Cwhat a dapper fellow'J and he seems to be tryrng to wake someone up rt s Vrncent Breen dozrng off You know Vrnnre rs VrcePres1dent rn charge of bed testrng for the Sleep Well Mattress Company At the same table we have that promrnent specralrst rn somethrng or other Dr Joseph Saggese Cthe man who rn hrs youth drs covered that the walkrng man was a DLS dash manj talkrng to a former De La Salle mrler of great note the man wrth the long black beard Presrdent Frank Smrth of that famous cough drop company I thrnk I see Prof john Alshermer Cwrnner of the Schmaltz Prrze rn Astronomyj over at the wrndow gazrng at the constellatron Alte bacon rn hrs honor Also srttrng by the wrndow rs our engrneer john McCarthy Cthe man who rrpped down the George Washmgton Brrdge and burlt a better mouse trapj We also have a few authors Theres Hank Hrelferty who vyrote How not to Play Basket ball Baseball or Anythrng and the promrnent health expert Peter Callahan author of Effects of Mrlk Crn contarnersj rn Sports Cespecrally Hockeyj A very rmportant man just walked rn I see rt s Charlre Grardrna our renowned pranrst Ches an rceman rn hrs spare trmej and Captarn Robert Hammerton skrpper of the Amerrca Ill Cthats the new Staten Island Ferryj Last but not least we have the busrness tycoon Che owns a nut factory rt goes wrth hrs mental capacrtyl Thus vye haye the class of 48 true reptesen tatryes of De La Salle , ' 1 . 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1848 Groups from the class of 48 at lersure rn Central Park r 40 Central Park at The Turn of The Century fCurrier and Ivesj