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

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ffunr t'-as YY' THE LEGION OF MARY met every Thursday morning to recite the Legion prayers and plan their strategy for the afternoon teaching assignment. Group had almost thirty members- could have had more if classroom space was available. They taught hundreds of public school children. BROTHER LASIK, who reorganized the Rice Band, teaches some theory to his students. The Band, inactive for three years, made a tremendous comeback. There were more applicants than the school had instruments for. ln another year, the Band should be on a competitive level with other schools. 82 -me T :whim -HQ mtitii Q Qt: LXWQLGA . init ttf iisiir mill mnnil xii! SW Activities for extra-cui'riiJular training To provide the balanced education and to give a brief respite from the tedium ot academic work, Rice provides an even dozen activities in which the vast majority of the students take an active part. The Apostleship of Prayer and Legion of Mary provide an opportunity for all to do some extra-curricular spiritual work and prayer. The Glee Club and 'Band answer the students' musical needs, vvhile the Drama, Ora- tory and Debate give excellent opportunities for students to learn the art of speaking vvell. The Camera Club supplies the pictures for the two school publications-The EDMUNDIAN and the FOUNDER. The Dance Committee and Senior Prom Committee organize chances for social life, while the Library Club helps maintain intellectual life. Most activities take place during the com- bined activity-study period. Most agree!-they accomplish their purpose and make the busy day go faster.

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BRIAN J. SHANLEY 681 West T93 Man. 40 Brian completed one year at Rice before entering the Juniorate. A member of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish, he will receive the Brother's habit in Sep- tember. After his novitiate, the young Brother will study at Lakewood and Iona College before receiving his first teaching assignment in l962. FOUR FORMER RICEMEN, above, all Juniors at Lakewood, pause en route to morning classes. They are John Shields, Andrew Hewitt, Paul Mason and John Costello. Shields, Mason and Hewitt joined after Sophomore year at Rice. Costello entered after Freshman year. The Juniorate is about 50 miles from Rice. The routine is a rugged one and only Juniors are allowed home during the Summer. Seniors start college work immediately. However, the future Brothers did not enter religious life for a rest. In God's service, the hard work tends to get them up rather than down. Small classes allow excellent training while supervised study insures homework well done. lll lillll,S Slll'Vlllll . . . llicumun at Lakowooil OF THE FORTY-FOUR POSTULANTS in the Juniorate at Lakewood, thirteen are former Rice students. Here they gather for a group picture outside the school, one of the six fine buildings on the grounds of St. Gobriel's Junior College. They are: Left to Right- First Row: Thomas O'Shea, John Costello, James Hope. Second Row: John Cavanaugh, John Shields, Robert Manley, Paul Mason. me -K.. ft! if s. 41 . xv? . 'Q ' Lfgitizgk - :Q Third Row: Brian Shanley, Henry Comiskey, Andrew Hewitt, Frank Markert. lAbsent: James Ferguson, Antonio Marty.l In addition, there are thirteen former Ricemen in the Novitiote, ten in the Scholasticate and twenty Student Brothers at Iona College-a total of fifty-six young men in the past six years. Further, over sixty Rice graduates are now teaching in the Brothers' schools. Ever hopeful-the Brothers expect even more this year. . ,gm S glee

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nrrcfs P is Mhxrfgmg w ER n in A ,ir,,,,,ML- GYMNA5m fi . ,f Hifiii ll? fir? i...,,,m AW. 4 ... .M,, c..1ll4ll'l9.,ll.13 'ffm Ill X W-32, ERT s .c.M'i+-w..Kf1n. r .N M-. sho ......l.l.,1!Y..5!iT-,..,,... MEIKQIIQNIUM DANCE COMMITTEEMEN John Rowland, Joseph Celli, Alphonse Szigethy and John McCabe are literally plastered with posters advertising the Rice dances. This picture was taken as they and other committee members left school to distribute posters to the local girls' schools. Jak, ,,.i I ' 'ili at .QQM IWW si'isff F th Q THREE ACTORS PRACTICE their lines, below. They are Edward Geis, Raymond Daria and William Oberheim. All were in the Christmas Carol . W Nu.. lo SENIOR FRANCIS O'BOYLE I73l gets a few tips on how a yearbook is produced from editor Richard Mueller. A very complicated operation, the yearbook takes over a full year to produce-requires the work of many students, especially the darkroom staff who provide the pictures. MR. McGlLl. DRILLS the Freshman section of the huge Glee Club for their port in the Christmas Concert at Grand Central Station, below.