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

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w A2 e. .. - V PROFESSOR JOSE l. VELEZ The Prof has been at Rice since 1944. Known to thousands of Rice students past and present, the iovial Spanish teacher is a virtual tradition around the school. He is well known even to those who do not have him as a teacher. Q to ' ' B' 4 T REV. BR. EUGENE M. VRANKA Brother Vranka came to Rice this year after six years in Newfoundland. He teaches religion, physics and math and is moderator of the school Glee Club. An Iona College graduate, he is now com- pleting his M.A. degree at Fordham. .., 'N-5. BROTHER KERNAN, at left, Room 3-53's official teacher, checks up on the work of Junior John O'Brien before class gets underway. Brothers were always in their classrooms before and after school to help any student who came to them. REV. BR. MICHAEL P. WALSH Brother Walsh left Rice iust after Christ- mas for the Brothers' new mission school in Antigua, B.W.l. While here, he taught religion, English and math. A former Rice student himself, he is a graduate of Iona College. Many Sacred Heart grads now at Rice had him in grade school. BROTHER VRANKA, below, oversees the work of Kevin Boylan of 1-48. Brother taught a double period of algebra in this room each day so that students would be well grounded. Even before the Rus- sians launched their satellite, Rice teach- ers had stressed math and science for all their students.

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5 MR. ARTHUR SULLIVAN Mr. Sullivan has been Rice's basketball coach tor the past six years. A teacher at St. John's University, he will receive his Doctorate in Philosophy within a tew months. He is married and the father of two. REV. BR. RICHARD T. UNSWORTH Brother Unsworth came to Rice four years ago. He teaches religion, English and Spanish and is moderator of the school paper, yearbook, camera club, and Legion ot Mary. He is also school Voca- tion Director. MR. THOMAS P. TAAFFE Mr. Taatfe ioined the faculty in Septem- ber, 1957. An lona College graduate, he is completing his M.A. in Philosophy at St. John's. At Rice, he teaches English and social studies to the Freshmen and Juniors. BROTHER DISCOLL, at lower right, 3-55's physics teacher, supervises a speciflc gravity experiment by scientists John Moran and Pat Kilcooley. ln well- equipped lab, students spent at least two periods each week performing and writing-up their required experiments.

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nuns q--?- .ns JUNIORS THOMAS DESMOND, Edward Riordan, Raymond McCauley and John Starr, above, parade down the fifth door corridor on their way to class. All are in Room 3-54. Looking forward to their final year, towards year's end most Juniors sported Senior Class rings. has 'lag-9 CLASS OVER, three Sophs from 58 head exitwards. The pile. of books each carries is significant of the amount of study required and expected. Students caught leaving the school without books are usually stopped. These good Sophs are Lawrence Crowley, Thomas Bartollotta, and Anthony Metoyer. nderolassmen . . . a great lnturv There is little old school tie tradition about Rice. Seniors are too preoccupied with their own cares to stand around patting younger underclassmen on the head. Yet, Rice's over 650 underclassmen are just as anxious to grow in mind and body and someday to take their place on the exclusive seventh floor. To reach this goal, underclassmen study six tough subjects each year, taking difficult Provincial and Regents examinations. By third year, many find part-time iobs and girl friends as well as other extra-curricular interests that provide the maturity expected ot a Senior. Here, on thirty-two pages, are pictures and names that all will want to look back on.