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

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ffffe -as-J: ' ' ' A ,C W lihw K .A 1 , if fa X .N 4 R 'Q Q, l N. Our alumni in khaki were increasing in number. Almost eight hundred names appeared on a beautiful Honor Roll, the handiwork of Bro. Paul Ernest. We were and are especially proud of the 32 gold stars gleaming from the boardg so proud that the newest and best we have . . . the Memorial building . . . has been dedicated to them. At about this same time twenty members of the Fathers' Committee met for the first time to discuss ways of financing the new gym. The June Festival showed indications of develop- ing into a bazaar. In 1945 the school acquired a much needed feminine touch. The Mothers' Club was formed under the presidency of Mrs. Begley. The most immediate result was the first Christmas Bridge Party. Another powerful grid machine crushed the CCNY jayvee 52-O, and went on to humiliate Hayes 40-O. The alumni flocked back to the school for the Home-Coming Party. Over five hundred ex-Mounties renewed acquaintance with their former teachers, present for the occasion. Hubert Donlon won laurels as an orator in the Holy Name and Journal American contests. The first bazaar proved a success beyond all ex- pectations. Only the area between the power-house and the dormitory was used, and it turned out to be woefully inadequate. Hundreds of people had to be turned away for want of room. Howie Smith accepted an offer for Holy Cross, and we bade him a noisy though reluctant farewell

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Paul Ernest . . . the wooden outdoor track. It is a convenience, even a luxury, of which few other schools can boast. 1943 was a big year in every sense. That was the year Brother Nicholas returned as Director and took up his pleasant task of making friends with the school and for the school. He was to become well- nigh indispenstable in his six-year stand at the helm. That was also the year the Mount football team rose to glory. Howie's squad was a thing of matchless precision as it ripped through St. Agnes, Xavier, Chaminade, Brooklyn Prep, Fordham Prep, Haver- straw, Curtis and . . . the final flourish . . . Cardinal Hayes. As New York champs we challenged the West to send us their champs, the challenge was taken up by St. George H. S. of Chicago. Quite a commotion was stirred up over the coming frayg the newspapers were interested, the Mount was New Yorks team. The arena would have to be the Polo Grounds, a lesser stadium would not be worthy. At Grand Central the Mount band met the visitors in an appropriate fashion, a half-hour serenade. The great day was raw and the sky overcast, but the game kept thousands of spectators at a fever heat of excitement. We scored first and were within one minute of scor- ing last, but the clock ran out on us with the score- board registering ZO-25. Newsreels took the game all over the country and showed it to'soldiers, proud Mount alumni among them, in other lands. Gerry Begley, Frank Burke, and Bill O'Connor went on to play for Notre Dame. An excellent band under the masterful conduc- ting of Bro. Gerald Dominic won two trophies at the Irish Feis at Fordham. The track team, as usual, won the Bronx-Manhattan-Westchester Meet. Wy 792

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7926 ln a gomg away party Mr Frank LaBorne and ohn Murphy took up the coachmg dunes The latter need ed no mtroductnon to M S M The school had developed one strong, xrm rn 1945 wrth the organlzanon of the Mothers Club 1 year later rt became a perfect orgamsm wrth two powerful arms The second of course was the Mens Club These two groups have been of mulculable servxce to the Mount thenr devotedness has been rn credlble unsurpassed by any other such bodnes else where ls II safe to say that w1thout thelr lsslstance the beautxful Memorlal Burldlng would st1ll be in 1mposs1ble dream A sad event of the school year was the passmg away of one of our oldest and best friends Father john jordan pastor of St Frances of Rome Sport hrghlrghts Mount 7 Hayes 6 Track team takes not only the usual Bronx Manhattan and Westchester ntle but the CHSAA crown as well Loughlrn second and Hayes thlrd Ou sont les nexges dantan9 or them wuz the days We had a row mg crew that year yes a rowmg crew Sponsored by the New York Athletxc Club the squad worked out on the waters off Travers Island Brother Bene dxct bears the unrque drsnncnon of havmg been the only Marxst Rowrng Moderator We won several plaques too but the mconvlences of boatlng from a landlocked base outwerghed the glamor and the sport had to be set aside. We have been neglecting the ten- ani 5. . I in ' 1 V- Q ' ' 4, .. . - t ' i. .. ,--,.. f 4, .1 . - , A , - Q., A an s 1--ff--ff ,,. . ze' ...F - 'fifef-.:,4 'r ' 'ff' - A ' 5 - --..-.- ', - , , , L:-1.--Ax .,.M .1 L' -f .