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

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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 .

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Q26 Brother Nicholas closed his term as Director and left for a brief sojourn in Europe. Hundreds of sin- cere friends gathered to express their feeling at a testimonial dinner. The Mount had reached its peak under his direction and the fruit of his efforts would remain after him in the form of the new gym. The history of the year 1949-50 hardly needs repeating. Remember the professional gridsters who practiced on our campus? . . . the Memorial debacle? It seems only yesterday that Bishop Donahue under the canopy of umbrellas stooped to shovel the first bit of saturated earth. The new gym was born at last! In this quick glance back over the years we have seen only the outstanding events and we probably overlooked many that could be included. However these news items are not the most important part of our history nor our proudest boast The work of real value has gone on during every school day of our twenty five years of existence That work is the re lentless task of education of molding minds of form mg character It is not a glamorous work but in its successful performance lies Mount St Michael s great est glory Over twenty five years ago Mr Gregory Stadler the schools architect wrote the following lines Students come and go but the college remains and I have tried to design this one to greet each new class as something new and fresh and yet live in the mem ory of the graduates as something steadfast and im perishable in their lives Now on our Silver Jubilee we can congratulate Mr Stadler for a job well done