Mount St Michael Academy - Mountaineer Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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A, 'H MOUNTAINEER 0 BRO. RAYMOND ARTHUR BRO. FRANCIS RAYMOND 0 Math. and French Hist. and English MR. CARL HAUSER MR. JAMES JORDAN Music Athletics Lg O Page eighteen

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MOUNTAINEER BRASS 1DlIF M933 Tempus fugit! Yes, and with the passage of time we have come to understand only too well the true significance of that old adage, the old giveth way to the new . Then time has come when we must give up our places to others as our predecessors did to us. We are no longer the careless, frivolous youths of four years ago, whose happy laughter rang through the corridors and classrooms. Today we are sober and thoughtful, for we realize that the day has come when we must part. We must leave those who have made it possible for us to enjoy the happiest four years we have ever known, who have enabled us to accomplish the many and worthy things we have done. It seems only yesterday that we were a restless crowd, eager to trod along that road newly opened tor us-High School. There we would be accorded the dignity of our years. No longer would we be treated as children! Oh, but what a disappointment that first year was! We were not welcomed into the comradship of the upper classes as equals. The injus- tice of it all-treated as something beneath their notice, upon whom was bestowed the humiliating title of Freshies . However, to the higher classes, we owe much, for, in our ostracism we banded more closely to- gether-a union which survives to this day and which we dearly treasure. In-as-much as we were able, we took a small part in sports. Then, before we knew it, summer had come and gone and we found ourselves Sophomores. With the realization that now we had come into our own, we plunged into work. Our first duty was that of election of class officers. II-B proceeded to elect John Hart, president, Tris Bologn- ino, vice president, Robert McGinnis, secretaryg and Frank Lynch, treas- urer. II-A reelected George Feeley and made John McCaffrey his assist- ant, giving Frank Gibbons the office of secretary and Robert Wuest that of treasurer. During our Second Year we were represented in football by McCaf- frey, O'Byrne, Graham and Byrne, by Gibbons, Hart, Byrne, Hadlow and O'Byrne in the basketball J. V., by Bonfiglio, Graham, Goldmann, Byrne, Reddy, Rowe, Lynch, Zock and Hennebry on the cinder path. Then, barring our way into Third Year came the final exams. With determination we overcame these obstacles and the year was started right by III-B electing C. Hennebry, T. Bolognino, W. Goldmann and P. O'Rourke to the offices of president, vice president, secretary and treas- urer, respectively, and T. O'Byrne, J. McCaffrey, R. O'Connor and R. Wuest held the corresponding positions in III-A. Of course, the name of Juniors was carried to glory on the athletic field. Suffice it to mention that John McCaffrey was elected football cap- tain of the varsity. Then, too, the Gold and Blue had some of its con- tributors from the Juniors, among them being Edmund Kiernan, John Sullivan and John Noonan, the latter being especially noted for his fine poetical contributions. Page twenty