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

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1948 DEBZXTI E SUEIETY First row l, to T.: Gilbert Jackson, David Garten, Leslie Van Marter, Adrian 'G'Donnell, Brother Leo, l Michael Campins, John Sommer, Richard Murphy, Robert Kirkwood. Second row: Donald Brassil, George Mazzoli, Jerome G'Neil, Arthur Ruess, Roger Nicholson, Richard Peterson, Robert Sippel, Gerald McGavick. This year several new records were set. Ken Gillin won the Humorous and the dramatic declamation Contests of the Azarias League. Leslie Van Matter found Joseph Bissell his strongest opponent in winning the Extemp. contest. David Garten and Gilbert jackson took a close decision over St. Nicholos of Tolentine to win the freshman Debate Tournament. jackson was also awarded a gold medal as the best speaker of the tournament. All this means that De La Salle romped to victory in all five divisions of the Azarias League, setting a record which will most probably last for a long time. 1948 also was the first time in the league's history that the Varsity Debate Tournament was won by one school three successive times and the first time one team scored twice. Five varsity debators, Ramon Joseph, Thomas Eichenberger, Kenneth Gillin, john Doolan, and john McHale were awarded the degree of Distinction by the National Forensic League, the highest honor the League can confer. . V CL. to RJ Eichenberger, joseph, Brother Leo, jackson, Garten 59

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1848 IEBATI E SOCIETY MODERATOR - BROTHER LEO Seated: Brother Leo. Standing, Z. to T.: Thomas Eichenberger, John McHale, joseph Bissell, john Doolan, Kenneth Gillin, Donald Berry, Thomas Flynn. Y Ramon joseph, Brother Leo, Thomas Eichenberger 58 Under the careful and efficient guidance of Brother Leo the De La Salle Debating Team embarked on a season of success which effectively rivals the best years of the old and famed Henry Clay Debating Society. The Team rolled up victory after victory and has, for the past season dominated forensic activity in New York City. Ramon Joseph and Thomas Eichenberger, president and vice-president respectively of the society, set the tempo in the field of de- bate winning, as they did last year, the Azarias Debate Championship by unanimous decision of the judges. Their main ac- complishment was realized in winning the Catholic Forensic Championship which en- compasses all Catholic High Schools in the Metropolitan area. In both of these tourna- ments Eichenberger was judged best speaker.

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1848 60 AZAHIAS HU UH SUEIETY Seated, l. to r.: Roger Nicholson, Leslie Van Marter, Donald Berry, Michael Campins, Charles Dragowitz, Ioseph Bissell, Ronald Bannister, Peter Henderson. First row: Michael Wahlig, Henry Fitzgerald, john Huggard, David Garten, Paul Berger, George Mazzoli, James Pettit, Jerome O'Neil, Richard O'Brien, Francis Pumillo, Stephen Toth. Second row: Adrian O'Donnell, Gerard Paul, Robert Reed, Arthur Nigro, Ferdinand Garofalo, Jerome Weiss, Antonio del Rosario, Gustave Alfaro, Paul l.eConte, Cosme Campos. Third row: Peter Gallagher, Roger Carney, Richard Peterson Charles Wahlig, Arthur Ruess, James Langlen, Gilbert Brady, Gerald Pighini, John Van de Brook, Donald Brassil. One of the highest academic honors a student at De La Salle can receive is membership in the Azarias Honor Society. Named after one of De La Salle's most noted teachers, Brother Azarias, this society includes all stu- dents who obtain an average of 8570 or over in each subject. Since all students aspire to be members of the Azarias Honor Society, competition and consequent scholasticism among the classmen is incited.