Georgetown Preparatory School - Cupola Yearbook (North Bethesda, MD)

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Senior Class History by JAMES A. FOLEY, '35 S we passed between the tall, imposing columns which grace the front of our beloved Prep, we were filled with joy, apprehension and sorrow. Joy at starting a new lifeg apprehension as to its consequences, and sorrow because we had just left our homes and loved ones. It was in September 1931 that we departing Seniors, a small group of young' sters--fifteen, to be exact-began our days of walking the corridors of Georgetown Prep. Of the original fifteen, ten of us now finish our High School days-our four happy, happy years at Georgetown Prep. We were representative of various parts of the Eastern United States. Our largest number was from Washington and Chevy Chase. From this group comes jim Toomey, hardy left end of this year's football teamg Billy Dettweiler, who has well represented the school on the fairway, the diamond and the basketball court, and Steve McMahon, our class philosopher. From Brooklyn came Ed Flanagan, our class President, and Jim Foley. From the sunny southlancl-- Atlanta, Georgia, suh,-arrived Hughsie Spalding, our Pres- ident of the Yard and a sterling athlete. From Manhattan came two members of which that borough may well be proud -Cletus Keating and Chick Renehan, the friends of all. Altoona, Pennsylvania, sent Howard Pennington, Captain of our football team and an eminent scholar. While Jersey City contributed Tony Scatuorchio, our ideal of a real class- mate. We were capably handled in class, having been instructed in the rudiments of Latin by Mr. William E. Welch, SJ., Z1

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The Blue and Gray who is to be ordained a priest of God this very month. The Messrs. Quain, SJ., and Meany, SJ., and Mr. Joseph Gard- ner also played a great part in our early training. A success- ful year for us, not only in studies but also in athletics. When we returned to the Prep in the fall of 1932, we came with the assurance of boys who know the ropes. We looked down on the lowly Freshmen, feeling the Sopho- more's power to its Nth degree. We brought with us two new members, Frank Miranda from Havana, Cuba, who in- stantly became one of us by his gifted personality, and John O'Conor of Cincinnati, Ohio, who shone brilliantly in the classroom from the very beginning. This year we were taught Latin and English by Mr. Robert Arthur, SJ. We all liked him very much, having met him as Junior football coach the previous year. In Greek we were under the able tutelage of Mr. E. A. Quain, SJ., who endeared himself to us by mak- ing his classes interesting by means of practical jokes. Again we struggled through quadratics and radicals under Mr. Gardner 's instructions. Mr. Gardner also taught some of us the fundamentals of football for we had grown to Varsity material. We advanced in great strides, abandoning our Baculus for Caesar, our shy, frightened expression for one of lordliness. For we were a step nearer our goal, a stride closer to Virgil. 1933! Ah! the joys of this year, the sweet taste of a victorious athletic team, the distinction of being Juniors! How big we all areg how small the young boys look. This year is truly a great one! We have many new additions to our class. A new day-scholar in the form of Donald Driscoll -a small man, but studious and clear thinking. Again we are indebted to Atlanta for sending us Jim Branch, Georgia's 22'