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

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The Blue and Gray emissary of good will. From the Windy City came Bill Sex- ton, whom we immediately took into our fold. Detroit parted with Gus Clemens who shortly became one of us. Brooklyn sent us our stalwart football player, Ed Blackburn. And Virginia contributed Tom Weldon, a rabbit on his feet. This year in class we were introduced to Cicero 'by Mr. James C. O'I-lara, SJ., who made the periods Hy. Mr. O,Hara also served English to us on a silver platter. We met F'ather Berry for the first time in class and all agreed that it was an aid to many otherwise dull hours of Physics and Geometry classes just to have Father Berry as instructor. Mr. Devaney, SJ., taught the Greek students Xenophon9', while Mr. O'Brien, S.-I., handled the Spanish classes. Mr. Roman taught us the rudiments of French as only he can teach it. This year we met Father O'Connell for the first time in the Debating Classes. A pleasant year, enjoyed by all. But we were anxious Lo become fourth year men. Seniors! We achieved here the joy that comes once in a lifetime! The fruit of four years labor. The Freshmen looked like Midgets and we felt as if we owned the school. New additions included Austin Parks and Tom Murray, both of Brooklyn, who made themselves at ease immediately, Lloyd Rice of Frederick, Md., who was our representative on the All-Prep basketball team, and Bob Murphy of New Jer- sey whose infectious good humor soon registered him in our good will. It was with no little sorrow that we found our old friend Father Haitz missing from the faculty, but he was ably replaced by Father Nolan. Athletics went well for us and we fairly glittered in class. Latin, English, Greek, Religion and Debate were taught us 23

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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'

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The Blue and Gray by Rev. Joseph B. O'Connell, SJ. And it is with a feeling of genuine sorrow that we part with him, for in Father O'Connell the Class of '35 sees the perfect priest, teacher, and man. Truly a friend of all the boys, Father O'Connell spent many tedious hours making plans to aid the weaker students of our group and devising means to make his classes more pleasant. His classes were indeed a joy to attend-in so far as attending classes can be called joyous--and we are sure that, search as you may, there never will be found one whom we so respect and like as Father O'Connel1. We continued our Spanish under Father Perez-Vargas who enlivened the class greatly by his quick wit and ardent desire to help us. Mr. Belknap taught us French, while Mr. Roman ably handled Modern History. Mr. Gardner saw us through a half year of Trigonometry and made an other- wise exceedingly dull class very interesting. This year naturally saw many of our members on the gridiron, court and diamond and the members of the golf and tennis squads covered themselves with glory. And now it is done. Four happy years. Four years in which we learned many things. Four years of pleasant con- tact with one another. Four years with very few moments which are not real joys to remember. But our Class History would not be complete without some mention of our guiding spirit, the man who became endeared to us from the moment we entered the portals of the school-our Headmaster, Rev- erend Robert S. Lloyd, SJ. May we take this opportunity to thank Father Lloyd for all he has clone for usg to thank 24