Rice High School - Edmundian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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'S I H , ' Maw K .3-nf V- BROTHER FISH, above, Room 73's trigonometry and chemistry teacher, iokingly consults his mark book in a feeble effort to frighten students William Dollurd, Richard Collins and John Connelly. Brother also taught them Advanced Algebra during the second term. MR. O'KEEFE, below, long-time faculty member, helps Frosh John McQuade ll-461 with a General Science problem. Mr. O'Keefe also coaches track. 'Q I 4 iff? ,nn -..z .,-41-41 BROTHER MORKAN, above, Freshmen track coach, weighs in one of his would-be sprinters. He's John Doherty of 1-dl. Brother Morkan has been stationed at Rice for eight years. He also moderates the Apostleship of Prayer and is one of the school's vocation directors. BROTHER FLAHERTY, below, two-year faculty member and top-notch athlete himself, gives a few halt-time pointers to his Freshman basketball team. ll 37

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BROTHER WALSH, above, now stationed in Antigua, B.W.l., enioys a laugh with Mike Cotton l2-421, Alvin Tymes l2-433, William Terrell, and Olice Williams lboth of l-46l. Brief gas sessions after school provide faculty and students additional opportunity to know each other better. . f ' 1 . t b. 52.1 F l :S Q 2 fig if Q 9 BROTHER SYNAN DELIVERS a few words of advice and encouragement to a group of parents, above. Despite big-city school difficulty of keep- ing in touch with the parents, the faculty managed to contact parents by parents' nights, special reports and telephone. On their part, parents could call the school at any time. af! Faculty . . . lmir HSA' PREPARING BOYS FOR MANHOOD Since their founding in l802, the Christian Brothers of Ireland have grown like the scrip- tural mustard seed. Founded by Venerable Brother Edmund Ignatius Rice, tor whom this school is named, the Brothers now teach in every corner ot the globe. In the U. S. since l906, they now have over thirty establishments from coast to coast and are adding an average of two new schools each year. Yet the demand continues and the Brothers have commitments for new schools as tar ahead as the mid l96O's. Rice is indeed fortunate to have twenty such men as well as five equally capable Catholic lay teachers. Many Church leaders would wel- come a fraction of such educational talent into their local schools.

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rw., Y' W-,. l 95 Prinoipa and REV. BR. PATRICK N. SYNAN, Principal, has spent four years at Rice. This year marks his second as Principal. A Brother for over twenty years, he has taught in the Brothers' schools in the New York area, New Rochelle, West Park and St. .lohn's, Newfoundland. Brother P. N. Synan is Rice's fourth Principal in its twenty year history. The Brothers' Rule limits a Principals term to six years, but iudgirig by the succession of excellent principals Rice has had, there is no shortage of administrative talent. Inspired by its first Principal, the late Brother E. F. Ryall, succeeding Principals have cultivated a spirit that is uniquely Rice's. Brother Ryall's successors, Brother W. F. O'Sullivan, now in Chicago, and Brother W. D. Wright, now at Iona College, maintained the traditions established by Brother Ryall. Brother Synan has continued to instill this spirit in each of Rice's 875 students. Each stu- Chaplain dent knows him personally and, more important, he knows each boyfnot simply by name and room numberfbut about their home, neighbor- hood, school work and friends. Rarely in his private otghce, Brother Synan is usually in the General Office, signing notes, listening to minor student problems, etc. At lunch, he may be supervising in the cafeteria. At study-or any timeehe may be making his rounds of the school to insure that all is in order. By avoiding the big-school complex that could infect a school of this size, Brother Synan has preserved the friendly, manly spirit that has been Rice's own.