Mount St Charles Academy - Excelsior Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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QXCEIS 19' '00 I942 Mr Jerome C Buckley The openmg of the school year found us maktng the acquatntance of a new coach 1n the person of lerome C lerry Buckley He came to us w1th a very colorful background whrch tncludes three years of varstty football at Manhattan where he was captaln tn h1s sentor year and four years of teach 1ng and coachtng at La Salle Academy Provtdence Mr Buckley tea hes Hts tory and has charge of the Varstty squads IH football basketball and baseball lmmedtately upon betng tntroduced to the students our new coach out lmed a system that couldn t be beaten Plenty of Splfll and hard work was the motto he asked the fellows to follow And sure enough tt proved to be a most successful one Under hts ortlltant mentortng the Mounttes football team ltmbed steadtly tn tts quest for champtonshtp laurels Wtth the trtcky assort rn whlch he strove to have the boys ex ute them properly success ftnally rowned our efforts and Mount Satnt Charles had tts f1fSl football champton a lp And tt was tn re ognttt 't f thts spl '1d1d suc ess that our own I rry Buck ley was honored by betng v d the outstandtng schoolboy coach of the year tn Rhode Island In football Mr Buckley was capably asststed by loseph Krakowskt of ventral Falls who 1S now a m 'nb r of Uncle Sa'n s ftghtmg forc s LEO DVER 89 I I ' l . I - , . . c - . , - I 1 1 . I v I c' ' ' ' ' . ' . ' ' - ment of plays which he gave our boys to work with, and the untiring manner ' ' ' ec ' , ' c , ' ' ' ' - sh . ' ' c ' 'o. o ' et ' c e - ' ote - ' ' A I 'l r .e. e . r ' t e . J.

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'VXAIC -1 Hlghllghts In Our World Ui Sports An tntense surge of school spirit durmg the football season produced a wmntng outht that made school hrstory Foremost rn thas awal-'enmg movemen' was Booble Kaufman whose trery leader shlp and enthusrastrc oratory mrght well have changed the words of a certarn song to I do want to set the world on ttre and he dtd 1n our l1'tle unlverse The cheerleadrng squad deserves honorable mervtron for efhclency They got results Captatn Murphy made qurte a htt as a publtc speaker both at the Mount St Charles nlght at the Stadlum and after the Football Banquet Tommy Perkms chance to be tnserted as regular quarterback turned out to be the dlscovery of the year The drmmutrve underwerght se-mor proved hrmself a grant 1n power ot thought and dtsplay ot courage Coach Terry Buckley was named the Coach of the year for hrs achrevement durmg the football season ln hockey the school presented an all Amerxcan team tor the frrst trme The startxng s1x men were all Rhode Island by the end of the season The tact that they reached he top rung on the ladder of New England fame speaks more than words ot their trghtlng splrtt deserve prarse for then' gentleman l1ke behavror durmg the tournament Therr attrtude and con duct brought many commendable comments from all who had business or friendly contacts wlth them Mount St Charles feels no shame rn havmg had to cede the New England champlonshlp to such a splendrd team as Melrose The school has nothmg but congratulattons to offer to the Massachusetts group tor the lrne performance at the Boston Garden George Lepoutre acqutred no lrttle amount of farne durmg the past hockey season l'l1S out burst of speed and trrcky maneuvers kept the fans on edge rn lust about every game Wrth acttve partlcrpatton rn varstty and Intramural sports swrmmtng or skatlng QXCLTSIOUS and redoubled tnterest 1n general physlcal tratnmg tcalrsthemcs tumbhng games? 194142 sees the close of one of the most successful years tn local physlcal GCl1V1l19S The student body may well be proud rn havtng wrrtten one of the best pages tn the annals of Mount Samt Charles hrstory And there 1S nothmg but prarse to offer for the dtsplay of sp1r1t that accompanred the performance of thxs prograrn Thanks to all teachers and students for un precedented co operatton and may these tradrttons ltve on for many years to come Q 88 E X C E 1 S Y I s 0 0 O I . 11 l 1: - V . . t, The hockey team made a hit in Boston because of its brand of play. But the members also - i 1' t l' D . . . . . -, W.- , ,W . ,, ,Y ,,, - . A W .,., ,,.-, - .. .Wk f V 4

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Exvflg ai I0 K ll A NVX'f'C FOOTBALL SQUAD rrrst Bow let 'o r1qht Frank Llnd Luc1en Turenne Charles Lamoureux lames Smatro Iohn Bond larnes C Murphy Captarn Robert Ouellette Thomas Perkms Lronel Andrews Charles l-letren Leo Dyer second Row lose, n Connolly Armand Coll rd Frank Cook Wrllram Fox lohn Hennessy George Bertholet Paul Sdvore Chrden Devme Maurr e F apprer Iohn Burke Roland Cayer Cayer Fern nd L mend ,te lN1ll1 n B Dchery Leonrde B1he ult Fourth Row Mgr Leo Heber Mgr Leo Grlbrxd Asslstant Coach Ioseph Krakowskr B J B o Gutllaume Co ch lerome L, Buckley Nqr Roland Mahoney 90 f l f ' if ' G I W- Ar ' V I I A lhird Row Edward Cullen, Fred Casey, lohn McCarthy, lames H. Murphy, Willirrrn Dupuis, Roger . ' ' t, . ' 'e, ' '. ', ei r.