Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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ANDREW J. HARRISON.

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jyM A Eogola ®oUfae Annual. 1 J (i;hf (£1300 of 1914. I N September, of the year 1906, almost eight years ago, our class, the class of 1914 was formed. Looking ahead, the eight years of study we were to follow seemed a terrible ordeal, our now fast approaching graduation a goal, that perhaps, might never be reached. But now those all-too-short years have rolled by, and the race is almost run. Close before us looms the goal of our endeavors ; and it is with hearts full of gratitude to “Alma Mater,’’ and the kindly men of learning who have labored so unceasingly to train our minds and wills, that we are now preparing to fare forth into the busy thor- oughfares of life. When in 1906, we first entered Loyola, the present First Year High Clas.s was known as Fourth Academic, and here it was that we began our course of studies. To Father M. A. Purtell, our teacher in this first year, is due a debt of gratitude for the thoroughness with which we were introduced to the study of the Greek and Latin classics. His methods, though always kindly, never relaxed in strictness. Forty strong were we in this delightful class, and forty “stronger” were we in will and intellect on our first commencement day. Due to the illness of our professor, Mr. Charles Henessy, now Father Henessy, our second year was not as peacefully spent as the first. During the absence of Mr. Henessy, how- ever, we had the great good fortune of being under the tutor- (9)

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age of Father Richard A. Fleming, our present prefect of studies. Pleasant were the months we spent under Father Fleming’s guidance, and productive, too. The class of the Third Year High was a momentous one for us, marking, as it did, the entrance of four of the present mem- bers of the class. Jerome H. Joyce, Jr., made his appearance in our midst in September, and in February three others, August J. Bourbon, Andrew J. Harrison and Raymond J. Kwasnik were advanced from the lower class. Mr. Edward P. Duffy, soon to be made Father Duffy, spent his first year with us in this class, and immediately created the remarkable feel- ing of good-fellowship that so truly marked our scholastic life until his departure for Woodstock at the end of our Freshman year. Under his direction, many and enjoyable were the specimens and class contests held in English and Latin; and v e even ventured to present a Greek playlet in the College Hall for the edification of our less enlightened school-fellows. Seventeen we numbered the following Fall, when we took upon ourselves the mantle of dignity proper to High School seniors. The terrific jolt that our pride — and about half ou persons suffered, in our memorable elevator mishap, did not impair our scholastic powers. Fourteen of our number were awarded High School Diplomas. Throughout our High School course we had made an enviable reputation in every line. In athletics, our basket- ball team held the undisputed championship of the College for two years ; no opponents worthy of our team could be found in College or High School; and in H. Walter Ganster, Jr., we had the best weight thrower in the school, and, indeed, in the South. Two of our members, Andrew J. Harrison and August J. Bourbon, corralled many of the special prizes for class and composition work. And finally, to cap it all, we were the first High School class to produce a Benedict, John Borchers leaving us at the end of the Third Year to “take unto himself a wife.” Our Freshman year was quietly, but just as successfully spent. For the first time in years, the Alumni Prize of $25.00 for the best literary essay went to a freshman, Andrew J. Harrison, while the General Excellence Medal for the College Department was given to another member of our class, August (II)