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

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get the sudden raids certain members of the Faculty made on the students who fearlessly went out for lunch. jimmy Monaco became the only boarder who was able to arrive late for class, even though he lived just down the hall. Both our basketball and baseball teams copped divisional championships, to Coach Howie Smith's great delight. Innovations? VVell, there were some rather im- portant ones. For instance, the first Father and Son banquet was held, and many of the parents had rather long talks with the Brothers, much to the dismay of certain sons. Then, just as our thoughts were turning more and iuore toward the opposite sex, the Sodality Dance was held. lncidentally, this was the first such affair ever held at the Mount. Then before we knew it, june was upon us, and this time there was cramming aplenty. No l.atin student will ever forget why we should all hate Catalina, and no one will ever again recall any of that Intermediate Algebra. Still, nearly all of us passed the test with good averages and set out on our last year in school. Seniors!! Somehow, everyone became just a bit more serious. VVC were more tolerant toward those childish Sophs. The Football team enjoyed a trip to Lawrence and brought back a number of tall tales with them. Sud- denly everyone had a nickname. There was 'lMonk Murray, London Foran, and the two inseparables, jack and MAI, more commonly known as Tully and O'Connor, respectively. jake Meehan amazed all with his dancing and with his talks in the Fnglish classes on the Savoy Ballroom. Sam Santangelo and joe and Tom Kelly established themselves as classroom wits, while Brother Peter l.ouis kept his classes going with a line of gags that would have done credit to Bob Hope or Red Skelton. Studies took on more importance. Chemistry students taxed their brains with formulae, while Mat VVeiden solved the toughest Math problems Brother Philip could dig up. The more rabid lrishmen in the Modern History classes granted liire her complete free- dom daily. Brother lidmund outdid Maurice lfvans with his rendition of Macbeth, ably assisted by 'Awitchf' Russ Gilbert, while Brother Gilbert's three-man class in Virgil

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For the next ten months we spent our spare time stab- bing each other with compassesg our weapons supplied by Brother Norbert for more serious work. l,atin became harderg French students went around with mournful looks. A few of us spent our Saturday mornings at the .Xlount in quest of greater learning. Scholastic personali- ties made their appearance. Steger became noted for his tales and bow ties. Brad Seguine attracted the faculty's attention for the first time but not for the last. jim liehan began to run 'round and 'round that cinder path. l.ock- wood, Nlcflarthy. Conlan and Clalligan started their everlasting cooperation which holds sway over the first table in the rec at lunch time. ln athletics jim Carey. Frank Riernan. Fd Quinn and james Comerford showed great promise. joe Xlcllonald and jack Kearns began their scholastic reign. Fxtracurricular activities became more important. The Tozecr claimed many, while a number of thc more ambitious joined the Cllee Club. Almost all belonged to the Sodality. VVe greeted our school's first .Nlinstrel show with eagerness and after it was oyer everyone agreed on its success. Then. a last look at the books. and we were off to the Regents' Fxams .... Gee. those tests are easy! WVho could Hunk? . . . just think, we're juniors! Third year men . . . really upperclassmen. XVC no- ticed a sudden influx of strangers at the .Nlountg then someone remembered that they were Freshmen. NVith fall came football and our class played a major part in the team's success. Clibney, Barrett. lierrigan. and Fitzgerald made holes in the opponents' line through which charged Gilbert, Quinn, Carey. and O'Keefe. VVestchester cap- italists. such as Bill liammerer, began to roll up in their cars, while their less fortunate brethren jostled their way through crowded street cars and trains. Someone started a campaign for a student picnic and the idea was argued back and forth for weeks in the Fnglish classes. Result? . . . no picnic. More and more of the hday-hops took up permanent positions outside the side gate in order to get that last puff before the bell. Nor will many for-

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became the object of many visits from curious classmates. But our social life cer- tainly did not suffer because of studies. Besides the regular parish dances attended by so many, nearly everyone turned out for the Senior Prom in January. We only hope that we, as loyal Alumni, will be able to provide as Hne a dance for future classes as the graduates gave us this year. Of course, the two Sodality Dances were also well attended, and it was there that such jitterbugs as Meehan and Marano established their reputations. Once again, sports attracted a great fol- lowing. Captain Frank Kiernan and Gene Hickey led the Basketball team in one of its best seasons, while such stalwarts as Timmy O'Meara, Ray Gallagher and Harry Doyle did all that Coach Hjertberg could want on the cinder path. The baseball team was one of the best in anyone's recollection. But how could it miss with players like Gene Harsche, Gabby Lyons, jim Loughran, Jim Carey, and Tom Smith on the diamond? Meanwhile, the tennis team led by New York's champion, Walter Galligan, won almost all its matches by means of superlative play. Then, before we knew it, there were only a few weeks left to our last year. College catalogs protruded from everyone's pocket, and there was a last minute rush for application blanks, a few days of hurried study and then it was all over. At graduation we realized that we were leaving a school which we loved, and somehow the realization drained a good deal of the joy out of the day's ceremonies. Those four happy years have, we feel, eminently fitted us for whatever station we shall one day take in life. We realize that in a large sense whatever We have attained here at the Mount is due to the Marist Brothers, our teachers. Moreover, granted the continued guidance of Christ and His Blessed Mother, we feel that we will be able to carry out the demands placed upon us by the motto of Mount Saint Michael, Ad Astra per Asperaf'