Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons High School - Knight Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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F A C U L T Y The Congregation of the Christian Brothers of Ireland was founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by one Edmund Ignatius Rice. At the time the Congregation was founded, formal education was illegal in Ireland. Edmund Rice founded the Irish Christian Brothers to assist the man who was poor in spirit and poor intellectually — that is, to help him realize his individual potentials. Through the years, the Congregation of the Christian Brothers of Ireland, in keeping with the objectives of Brother Rice, has grown and expanded. An example of such expansion is Bishop Gibbons High School. In 1957, at the request of Bishop William A. Scully, both Reverend Father Robert Cronin, pastor of St. Paul the Apostle’s Church, and Monsignor William C. Keane, pastor of St. Luke’s Church, assumed leadership of a drive to raise funds for the construction of a central Catholic high school in Schenectady.- Due to their hard work, to the able guidance of Bishop Scully, and to the unswerving support of the Schenectady-area Catholics, the doors of Bishop Gibbons High School were opened for the first time on September 2, 1958. At that time there were one hundred fifty-eight students, and a faculty of only four Brothers. In four short years, Gibbons has grown to a student enrollment of seven hundred fifty, and the Knights” are now well known in the Schenectady area. The faculty too has increased its numbers, now boasting a total of nineteen Brothers and four lay teachers. As mentioned before, the Gibbons Knight” is no longer new and in- experienced. Thanks chiefly to the unceasing efforts of the faculty, he has matured into a competent, confident individual. It is fitting now for the full- fledged Knight” of Gibbons to reflect upon his years at Bishop Gibbons High School, and to extend his gratitude to all members of the faculty who have aided him in any way. To be sure, the faculty at Gibbons is constantly striving to further the formal education of youth. But in addition to this, each faculty member is always ready and willing to do whatever he can to guide his students onto the right path. Through his example, interest, and understanding each faculty member at Gibbons has helped to bring out qualities of leadership, initia- tive, honesty, perseverance, and good living in each Knight”. For these, and the countless other services rendered to us at Gibbons by the faculty, we, the Class of 1962, will always be greatly indebted. We sincerely thank each faculty member for his guidance and understanding, and we hope that the Class of ’62 will always be able to measure up to the standards set by the faculty for us here at Bishop Gibbons High School.

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BR. F. K. BARRY English, Mathematics, Religion. Moderator: Student Council, Lorica Society, Winter Sports Club. BR. C. P. BOYLE History, Latin, Religion. Moderator: Freshman Basketball. jzr BR. T. D. BRAY Biology, Mathematics, Religion. Moderator: Library Club, League Bowling, J-V Baseball. fy-oxL (P Cross Country. Mathematics, Physics, Religion. Moderator: Varsity Football. BR. J. P. COTTER History, Mathematics, Religion. Moderator: Varsity Basketball, Golf. 14