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

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INDEX Activities ........ Apostleship of Prayer Athletics . . . , .. Band . . Bowling .... Camera Club .. Chaplains ........ Cross-Country Track . . . . Curriculum ..... Dance Committee .. Debate Team . . . Dedication . . Faculty . . . Freshmen ........ Freshmen Basketball . . . . . Glee Club ........ Handball .. Indoor Track ...... Intramural Basketball Introduction .. J.V. Basketball .. . Juniors .... Library Club .., Oratory .... Outdoor Track . . Principal .. Publications ...... Ricemen at Lakewood Review Seniors . . . Sophomores . . Swimming . . . Underclassmen .... Varsity Basketball . . 82 86 106 88 84 102 10 108 4 96 98 6 8 20 120 92 128 124 122 1 118 40 104 98 132 11 100 80 136 50 30 130 18 112 K kLl?k k.N,A . -:fr-fr': 1 n is f Z x' Atl! rrycgr fijypp ' Wii2QlSft IP' i va - Vi, f alt' am On June 5th, Hunter College Auditorium was Hlled again with relatives and friends of the graduates. Long before this, over 200 grammar school graduates had registered to start at the bottom of the ladder. Juniors, like Joe lannuzzo, above, vvill begin thinking of college and a career. A few days after Labor Day the cycle will have begun again as the Class of 1963 replaces that of 1959. In the previous pages, we have tried to present a record of the year 1958-1959. Late-in-the-year events that were missed are presented in the Graduation Supplement to the yearbook. It is hoped that all will treasure this book as a souvenir of their days at Rice. May it serve often to help us recapture the ioyous memories of the best years of our lives. llmi 149 l . . I nt . iisllixi I l,Vuu5nltlU11 X Fx i tulle'-i lv

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T THE AGE OF FORTY, Edmund Rice had achieved what many would consider the height of success for a middle-aged man-and a Catholic-in the Protestant dominated business world of Catholic Ireland. Edmund Rice was the third of six boys born to Robert and Mary Rice in West- court, County Kilkenny. At seventeen, he was apprenticed to his uncle in the import and export business. At thirty- two, he was the owner of the expanding business, and, by 1802, he was a wealthy man. Only two things had saddened his life. His only daughter was born a hope- less cripple and his devoted wife had died after only a few years of marriage. In spite of his business successes and his constant eFForts to be a good Catholic, Edmund Rice felt a certain uneasiness of soul. He thought of entering a European contemplative order. But the loud voices ot hundreds of delinquent boys who roamed the streets of Waterford provided a rude awakening. He determined to establish a school in order to do what he could for these poor creatures. Thus, the grain of mustard seed was planted. Today, I57 years later, the Christian Brothers of Ireland have ex- panded beyond Edmund Rice's fondest dreams. Today, over 4,000 Brothers teach in hundreds of schools in Ireland, England, Scotland, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, India, South Africa, Gibraltar, and Italy. Recently, the Church has done another thing that the humble Irishman would not have dreamed. His cause for canoniza- tion has been introduced in Rome. Rice is proud of being the first school named after Edmund Rice. We pray that soon the school may have to change its name to St. Edmund Rice High. the 1959 eclmunclicin T