Fairfield College Preparatory School - Hearthstone Yearbook (Fairfield, CT)

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g6lU AQ!C! Cofkge- l'Ql0Cl,l'6l,f0l'y .gzkoofji MOST REVEREND JOHN J MQELENEY SJ Bishop oT Zeugma and Vncar AposTollc oTJan'1auca B WI RecTor I 942 I 944 Dear l:aTher Murphy The occaslon oT anoTher anniversary oT The l learThsTone brings To my mind a hosT oT Tond memories oT Ten y ars ago No one wvll ever mow The sTruggles and Trials oT The TsrsT edlTors and Tnelr sTaTTs buT Thenr eTTorTs have been abundanTly rewarded Today The l'learThsTone lS a rnosT creduTable year book and ranlfs arnongsT The TnesT ID The land My earnesT wnsh and prayer as Tor The conhnuecl growTh oT The yearboolc ln luTera y qualuTy and Chrushan c:ulTure IU lceeplng wlTh The hlqh Tradnnons oT The pasT and 'T lfeeplng wlTh The loTTy ldeals oT Fa rheld May Thus pasT decade be a blessed augu y oT The decades To come To The EduTor and hs sTaTT To The UnlverslTy and The PreparaTory School The FaculTy and sTudenT body l arn happy To exTend my mo T cord al ble :ng Sun erely yours ln Corde Jesu 1'-,GW1 951 MOST REV J J MCELENEY SJ 10 . , . . - , . .. . . rl T. . . S I . . . 1 . . I rl .T . . l . l X l . ,- T . l . 1 T 5 1 SS . . F . M. , I ' C J' . . . . . .

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STEJFZA- Murphy us appounled fursl coach school opens on Seplember 9 lhe lursl relreaf under Fr John E Lyons S J Prep loses uls lursl foolball game 'lo Hopkuns I3 O lhe fursl' Parenls Nughl un McAululle cafelerua on December 9 Fr Fay fursl Dean of Men leaves for lhe servuce debale wulh BC Hugh on March I9 second Parenls Nughl on Aprul I3 un Bellarmune Hall lhe fursl' Annual Pruze Debale won by George Kearns 45 'rhe larsl Sodaluly Recepluon al whuch Fr Paul Barry SJ spoke E Slanlon Kennedy 45 won lhe fursl Oralorucal Conlesl lhe unulual Senuor Prom al lhe Rulz lursf Gradualuon Exercuses on Bellarmune Hall lawn Carl Asman Senuor Class Presudenl was Salulaloruan and Wulluam Mann Valeducloruan I943 I944 The second year beguns wulh 395 slu denls refreal conducled by Frs Archdeacon and Herluhy lhe cuslomary Parenls Nughls debale wulh B C Hugh un Boslon and Loyola School wun 'Www XAVIER HALL un New York un March rhe usual Pruze Debales and Oralorucal Conlesls 'rhe lounl concerl lursl of several wulh Laurallon Hall May devoluons al' 'rhe groflo Preps fursl baseball game won by Prep over Sfaples Hugh 4 3 lhe flrsl school play Twelflh Nughl new slalue deducaled al lhe grolfo on Sodaluly Recepluon Day Fr Paul Murphy SJ spoke D Day and dauly Mass for lhe prolecluon of our lroops Communuon Breakfasl' for lhe senuors and Graduahon Day See Page 5 I944 I945 The hurrucane un Seplember and no school for Iwo days we number 42I rs Lunehan and D Tobun guve our relreal Calholuc Book Week we deleal SI' Joseph s Hugh de bafers un Phuladelphua +he dealh of our good fruend Bushop McAuIuffe un December Fafher James H Dolan SJ becomes Reclor Hugh debalers defeal ours here Memorual Mass for James Curran 43 kulled un acluon Juluus Caesar al lhe Kleun V E Day lhe deafh of Ruchard Gerely Ex 45 us reporled from Europe newly unslalled Bushop O Bruen celebrales Mass 'For lhe senuors on Gradualuon Day I945 I946 Our numbers now reach 6I3 dedu caluon ol Alumnu Fueld on Ocfober 7 Annual Relreal by Frs Donaghy R Kennedy and W Dwyer loolball banquel and lhe dance al' lhe Barnum J V loolball leam league champs nexl year also debale wulh Cranwell Prep un March baskelball lournamenl' af Newporl' R I Moluere s Would Be Genlleman al 'rhe Kleun Communuon Breaklasl and gradualuon I946 I947 Frs Waller E Kennedy and Darcy arruve 'ro replace Frs Reully and Kelly luve lay leachers uoun lhe laculfy 692 sfudenls Buu ung Fund Druve slarls lhree day carnuval al' K of C Hall Frs Creed McFarlane and Barry preach lhe relreal ground us broken lor Berch mans Hall on Jan 7 Page I25 'rhe lursl' Falher and Son banquel Valenlune Day dance al Euchners A Bell For Adano al' 'rhe Kleun ground us broken for Xavuer Hall un Augusl I947 I948 Enrollmenl' us up lo 849 Annual Relreal' by Frs Leo O Keele McGovern and Barry Mud Wunler Dance lhe Bruck Campaugn beguns The Three Wusdoms of Old Wang us presenled 'rhe new cafelerua un Berchmans us opened end of anolher year I948 I949 A hugh enrollmenl of 924 lursl wun lay leacher Frs Gookun Leroy and Barry guve 'rhe relreal baskelball feam loses un Boslon 'lournamenf Brolher Orchud al 'rhe Kleun Greek exhubuluon I949 I950 A record number 983 our llrsl undefealed loolball feam lhe magazune druve Frs P Foley Reardon and Barry relreal' mas ers Falher McEIeney newly consecraled Bushop welcomed by lhe sludenls on Aprul 28 Sporfs Nughl on lhe l9'rh senuor uumor debalers lose lo B C Hugh here we presenl' Career Angel 'rhe second Greek exhubufuon I950 I95I Enrollmenl of 972 I8 game unde fealed slreak ended by Sl' Muchael s un N Y Frs Leo OKeele A McCarlhy and T Murphy preach lhe relreal' fhe Mud Wunler Dance Whal A Lufe al lhe Kleun Solemn Hugh May Day Mass on McAuluffe porch I95I I952 The lenlh school year beguns wulh an enrollmenf of 854 Falher Joseph D FulzGeraId SJ becomes Recfor un Oclober lhe Holy Hour and vocaluonal lalks for lhe senuors e relreal by Fr Thomas Burke of N Y Fr Talbol' and Fr Thomas Murphy we have menfuoned only 'rhe hughlughls 5 . . . I u-H - , h ' ua- 'vw ul T- ' ll. - I ' . I lil!! 'Nw . over Harding In foolball . . . dealh of Mr. Coakley, nn nn un. I 'lu ... I -,Qs ' L...... . , I - . 5 j. ':g.B.C. 9

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wma IQCM, 1942- 1951 REVEREND JAMES H DOLAN SJ Recfor I944 l95l Now sTaTuoned aT BosTon College Dear Fafher Murphy lT as wuTh happnesf memornes and senhmenTs of deepesf esfeem Thaf l accepT The cordual nnvufahon of The HEARTHSTONETolo1n wnfh you nn The commemorahon of The Farrfueld In reTrospecT brungs before me noT only The physucal and academic aspecTs of The schools progress and growTh buT also whal' IS more endurnng The bravely advenTurous Splfll ThaT sTumulaTed :Ts nncephon aT The Tame of a second global war Thus sparaT was reflecfed un The cheerful and generous cooperahon of The Bellarmnne Guild and The Bellarmune FaThers Club In The school spnruT of enThusuasm and loyalTy of :Ts sTudenTs and an The aposTolnc spuruT of :Ts Jesunl' faculTy To me ID reTrospecT and xn realuTy all Thus as Fanrheld Very snncerely nn Chrusl . sd Tenfh anniversary of Fairfield Prep.