La Salle Academy - La Sallite Yearbook (New York, NY)

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ARCHCONFRATERNITY Sealed lleff lo righll - Walter Hennessey, Philip Murphy, John Carolan, Pefer Callahan. Standing lleff +o righfl - Leslie Van Marfer, William O'Brien, Rodrigo Porfuando, Robert Kirkwood, ' William Buckley. ARCHCONFRATERNITY As De La Salle Institute is a member of the Archconfraternity of the Divine Child, every student of De La Salle is a Knight of the Divine Child. The purpose of the Confratern- ity is to invoke God's blessing on Christian Schools, in order that they may enjoy the freedom and prosperity so necessary to ac- complish their mission, and that vocations to teaching Religious orders may be increased. To attain these ends, the school has a meet- ing once a month and maintains a large bulle- tin board, which is devoted mainly to re- ligious subjects. q The meetings are usually held on the 25th OF THE DIVINE CHILD of each month and they always open with the hymn, Heart -of the Holy Child, and the K.D.C. prayer. The students themselves always are part of the program, since some boys are selected to give speeches, while among the guest speakers, we have our own Brother Cornelius, and Father Hooper, S.J., Vice-Rector of the Shrine of North American Martyrs at Auriesville, N. Y. On the bulletin board have appeared short pictorial versions of the Life of a Mary- knoller, from time of his entrance to his life in the Mission fields, including the various activities between. The life of a Christian 1947 71

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STUDENT COUNCIL Sealed llefi io righil - Waller Buckley, Andrew Corclial, James Kennelly, John Tschada, Arlhur Nigro, Roger Nicholson. ' Standing llefl' to righfl - Robert Hoffmann, Leslie Van Marter, Charles Dragowitz, George Kreese John Morton, Robert Moreifa. Brother has also been depicted, including scenes of Brothers in action in schools throughout the world. The bulletin board has been used to display the many different phases of Catholic action and the information thereon should be of splendid use for the boys of De La Salle in looking forward. Moderator .......................,.. BROTHER C. JOHN President .............. ,..... . PHILLIP MURPHY 4B Vzce-Presldent ..... .......... J OHN CAROLAN 3A Secretary ........ .... W ALTER HENNESSEY 4A Sacristan , .... ....... P ETER CALLAHAN 3B STUDENT COUNCIL The function of the Student Council is to act as an intermediary between the faculty and the students. The Student Council also provides the students with a bit of social enlightenment at a monthly meeting. When a student has a complaint to make, or he wishes a change to be made, he pre- sents the problem to the Student Counsellor, who is a member of his class. The Student Counsellor then presents the case to the whole Council, and if the Council considers FIDES