Iona Preparatory School - Saga Yearbook (New Rochelle, NY)

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Br. Lee and some Pl'Y5lCS Students' The Junior PFC m in full swlDQ- The Finale. Back on the campus in junior year sought to rule. The so-called brai class was gallantly struggling with eig subjects and six regents in one year. Th left some choice words for Newton's la and Cicero's speeches. The honor list ha a Cassius' look llean and hungryl. Ric Schaefer was now the number one st dent, but he was closely pursued. Th petit gros frere waltzed across the stag only long enough to tell us that he didn' speak to juniors, and that he was tryin to put out a yearbook, so don't look a the camera. In sports we were represented by first stringers on every major varsity sport: Ja Cassen and Jack Hildebrand in football Pete Cella in basketballg Bill Sheridan i baseball and Joe Colaneri in swimmin Debating and Oratory was completel manned by juniors, and they brough many laurels to the school, including thei second straight victory in the ICB Foren sic League. The Science Club could boas that at least half its errors were made b juniors. Glee Club, despite a few losses still was supported mainly by juniors Even such sacred senior activities as news paper and yearbook had junior represen tation. Of course there is no doubt lt our minds at leastl that the Junior Pro was the best ever. According to Confucius. the best i often last. Senior year was no exception The Senior Class dominated Iona life an the history of the year has been portraye in this Saga. ln June, four years came to an end four years that will never again find a equal in our lives. An unforgettable er was terminated, an era filled with ne faces, new ideas, and a more mature out look on life. For all of this, the fifth da of June, nineteen hundred and fifty-nin was an appropriate and dramatic climax

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EMORIES irmly established, the Class of '59 an the academically dangerous sopho- re year. We learned, for instance, that isosceles triangle has three sides-the e as any other triangle. We also rned how to accept the highest mark lass with true humility lunfortunately, s knowledge went to wastel. Yet, nks to many rosaries and a good deal cramming, most of us squeezed by the demic guillotine. Some did exception- well, and again we were represented the honor lists and the newly formed ian Chapter of the National Honor iety in great numbers. ln Winter our thoughts turned from a her uneventful season in Jay Vee foot- ll to such things as our fabulous Junior rsity basketball team who were the first sense the efficiency of a certain scien- t named Brother Finch, The Soph Hop med on the horizon. Rumors were fly- , and soon committees evolved and kets were sold. The night itself came, d the walls were bedecked with painted anches and colored cut-outs. The phomores were now begrudgingly ad- itted to all social functions, and they pported them en masse. Who will ever forget the final assembly sophomore year? lWelI, it's certain at Bob won't.l The year closed with e dread geometry, Latin, and history gents and many prayers of thanks to r. Barron and Company, l57 The Glee Club, J.V. Basketball T eam and Br. Finch CO3 - ch, Soph Hop Committee

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IONA MOTHERS' AUXILIARY fi Mrs. John Rau, Mrs. William Buckley, Mrs. Charles Irwin, Mrs. George Maurer, Mrs. Vincent Casey, Mrs. Arthur Lee, and Mrs. Manville Hen- drickson are shown with Brother Gleeson at the annual bridge. IONA FATHERS' COUNCIL Mr. Arthur Lee, Mr. Robert Ebeling, Mr. Robert Lynch, Mr. Alfred D'lser- nia, Mr. Arthur DeNunzio, and Mr, Robert Cella discuss tentative plans with Brother McGowan of the gram- mar school. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The editors wish to take this opportunity to thank everyone who made our l959 Saga a reality. Special appreciation is accorded to: Mr. Michael G. Spoto, whose art work graces our divider pages. Mr. Richard Reid, Editor of the Catholic News, Miss Mildred Morabito, and the staff of the Journal-American, for assistance in obtaining photos of the late Pontiff. Brother Gleeson, our Principal, who always had a solution for our problerns. Mr. Ed Weidlich and his assistants at the Photoreflex Studio, for professional photographic assistance. Mr. Fred Ball and the entire staff of New City Printing Co. The students whose talents were usurped at 2: l 5 on deadline days. The entire yearbook staff, and especially the section editors. And last, but by NO means least, to our long-suffering, highly scientific moderator, Brother Finch, who made all our work so very worthwhile. THE EDITORS