Loyola College - Review Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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LOYOLA COLLEGE Page 4 REVIEW Father Prancis Downes, 5.0. Ir was with a deep sense of sorrow that the students and faculty of Loyola College learned of the death of Father Francis Downes, S.J. at St. Stanislaus Novitiate at Guelph, Ontario, which was his headguarters during the remaining few years of his life. The sad news was announced on December 10th, 1947 that the Montreal-born Jesuit had died suddenly from a heart attack at the Novitiate the previous night. This came as a complete shock to those who were fortunate enough to know him because he had hitherto enjoyed good health. Although there were not many students at the College who knew him at the time of his passing, those who did, mainly through his many visits to Loyola during his coursê of travel, had every kind word to say about him and they in turn were astonished at his superbly rounded education. Among the faculty, the whole of whom were well acguainted with him, there was deep bereavement since he had formerly taught most of them either when they were at College or when they were studying for the priesthood. Father Downes received his entire education at Loyola, both high school and college, even moving with the school from Drummond Street to the west end site which it now occupies. He graduated from the Arts course with a B.A. in 1904 and entered the Society of Jesus on September 18th of the same year. From the time of his entrance, he studied at Sault-au-Recollet, Manresa House in London, St. Mary's Hall at Stonyhurst, the University of London, the Immaculate Conception in Montreal and at St. Andrews-on-the-Hudson at Poughkeepsie, New York. He returned to Montreal where he was ordained a priest in February, 1921. The former mathematician and classicist, who was also guite renowned throughout the city as an athlete, taught Sophomore class at Loyola for a total of eleven years, intermittently from 1915-1935. From thac time until his death he was stationed at Guelph. He also taught at St. Boniface College, St. Boniface, Manitoba and was at St. Ignatius Parish in Winnipeg for a certain length of time. This untimely news is further accentuated by the fact that Father Downes was Loyola's first gift to the Jesuits; that is, he was the first student who had received his entire education at Loyola to enter the Society of Jesus. He is survived by two brothers, Joseph and Augustine (who also was granted his degree of Bachelor of Arts from Loyola), and two sisters, Mary and Alexandra Downes, all of Montreal. The funeral and internment took place at Guelph while Reguiem High Mass was sung at Loyola. Two other former Loyola professors were also called to their reward during the past year, Father Willard Kelly, S.J., at St. Paul's College, Winnipeg; and Father Demetrius Zema, S.J., at Fordham University, New York.

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FIRST HIGH В First row: R. Armstrong, J. Miz- gala, P. Levesque, B. Gallagher, С. Beauregard, Е. Slaven, Sec- retary, Rev. J. Hodgins, S.J., В. Smyth, President, J. Smith, G. Cook, J. Moffatt, J. Foley. Second row: W. Leslie, W. Ferrier, S. Schnabel, R. Poitras, J. Ganley, В. Cummings, J. Fau- teux, M. Basha, R. Sharron, G. Burns, K. Bourgeau, P. Brown, L. Pardo. Third row: Р. Phelan, К. O'Flaherty, D. Barry, М. Cramp, C. Beaudry, R. Shallow, P. McDevitt, E. Browne, W. Cox, R. Laramee, N. Patton, M. Ryan, M. Grant. FIRST HIGH A First row: A. Joannette, J. Howison, S. Kierans, F. Moscato, Rev. T. Doyle, S.J., O. McAleer, H. Mill, К. Barnabé, 7. Rendich, С. Lee. Second row: A. Cantwell, N. Dooley, K. Kiely, M. Andrews, D. Hurly, F. Leveille, R. Sleeman, K. Butzer, J. Rowen, W. Cos- grove. Third row: H. Lauber, В. Robert, M. Suarez, L. Chevalier, A. Raspa, J. Meyers, D. Boudreau, B. Grace, B. McMullan. FIRST HIGH C First row: В. Morin, В. Sauvé, E O'Farril, D. Bernard, M. Morin, Mr. E. Meagher, C. Bernard, J. Carroll, P. McDonough, R. Moscato, R. Smith. Second row: E. Whitaker, N. Emblem, C. Lymburner, G. Poirier, J. McCallum, P. Gruner, G. Kaczur, J. Wheeler, G. Zakaib, С. Blickstead, J. Zalopaney, V. Fraser. Third row: ). Poulin, В. Мас- Pherson, W. Gauthier, J. Renaud, W. Capier, T. Shean, К. Gloutney, С. Caza, С. Sullivan, Р. Kelly, С. Guy.