St Agnes Boys High School - Agnesian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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'9 ...f VINCENT J. GAUDIELLO nvinnyr. A popular lad and excellent mathematics student . . . wants to continue his studies at City College . . . continually quotes Mr. Morgan . . . a staunch follower of the Yankees . . . most congenial . . . good in all sports . . . Keep happy, Vinny 23 -.-f WALTER R. GRETCHYN Wally A bowling enthusiast . . carried over liking far Latin and economics from St. George . . .one of Mr. Morgan's varsity hoopsters . . . plans to attend Fordham . . . a rabid Milwau- kee Brave fan . . . follows the rock and roIl Rangers . . . always good for a verbal bout . . . Keep plugging, Wally DANIEL M. GREGORIO Doberman The Mickey Mantle of intra- mural softball . . . a Perry Como fan , . . remembers Tommy Martin in Soph year . . . swoon: over Pier Angeli . . . never got over the Yankees' victory in the World Series , . . a line Brooklyn lad bound for St. John's . . . PAUL J. GRIGONIS Paul An ardent Gsherman . . . the quiet one in French class . . . great chum of WJ, and Sean . , . another of the 48 working men . , . an aspiring engineer . . . abounds in his devotion to the Dodgers . . . Good luck, Paul Best wishes. Dobie qw., be -swf men attendedj and skating parties. The winter came and went, and as the spring approached, I prepared for the si. Very mu ch attached to ph, 'Choo' parade. I had seen the Saint Patrick's Day parade many times, but this time I would be a part of it. We marched right in front of the Department of Sanitation-not the band but the men who were taking down the barriers. As summer came closer, the big event of the year loomed large and clear. On May 25, we boarded our boat for a trip to Rye Playland. Time flew and it was time for the tests. I came back for my report card and found that it was not necessary for me to go to summer school. Some weren't so lucky, and the first of many cuts was mode. The summer passed rapidly and soon it was time to return to school. Now I was a sophomore and it was my ne kibitleff ' ' ' Debate!! make 6

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l wed 'P ' ' I Since then.1'9 has S o He quickly set us straight on the condition of things at Saint Agnes. Those boys who had selected Latin formed Class lB under Brother Thomas Joseph. Soon I was absorbed in learning the coniugations of French verbs with Brother Kenneth, finding out how little l knew of English with Brother Gabriel, exploring the in- tricacies of science under the leadership of Brother Vincent, attempting to resolve the financial problems of the world in Brother Kenneth's economics class, and making the ac- quaintance of that lovable little x which would plague me for four years in mathematics. But all was not work, there was plenty of time for fun. There were dances, basketball games fwhich many fresh- , X4 - Y?N y ti' ur i JOHN E. FISHER Fish wiumm H. GARGAN san Captain at track team . . . re- Brings his own lunch to the members the polar bear meet , Automat . . , valiant student at Mount . . . takes everything , , . councilor , , . famous for his in stride . . . will study Chem- , , auto accident . , , Manager of lstry at Manhattan . . . enloys H , the basketball team . . . wi the honor roll holiday . , . , d th' t 1 . , . l- famous tor his chess match oony mg ow gym 0 , ways ready with a question .. with Carey , . . lots ot luck, Fish lon ol luck' Haillu 22 99 ,- with QQ K ,T , ' 'Ks . Wk. , QM K . RWD sh ot - Gardaua JOSEPH A. GARDELLA Joe Ambassador from downtown . . .favorite pastime: girls! . . . an earnest supporter of anti- homework movement , . . al- ways good for a laugh . . . great friend of Campbell . . . wouldn't walk a block for a Camel . . . Best of everything, Joe :Q ,L My .. V r..1U,,. it 'Q mouth ,hw EDWARD A. GARRITY ,,Ed,. An ardent Sodalist and C.Y.A. man . . . often seen with Tex or Dave . . . the last ofthe Regis boys' '... writes and types for STAG . . . an active and untiring member of the Dance Committee . . . exuberant writer for AGNESIAN . . . likes biology and French . , . Best wishes, Ed Z' Y if 4 '

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DONAlD J. HEFNER Don Hails from Woodside . . .faith- ful student councilor . , . the money holder of 4A . . . likes history , . . remembers the long walls on St. Patrick! Day . . . plans to ioin the Navy with Buddy' '... star pitcher ot 3A's championship team . , . Anehors away, Don '26 'v 'S qw-7 'Z C' 0.4 -JJ 3 JOHN E. HEDGECOCK Hedgy Senior partner of O,B,, Hedgy and Cutaneo . . . a rabid Kniclm fan . . , staunch admirer of Bro. Denis. . .always handy with a joke . . . not the stu- dious type but has the stuff to go places . . . lots of luck, Hedgy Coneonllef,oiltlesru'le... 1 K I r 1 l jr I I, -Q Igllllll 5,2 y ' jlll 2 ' il or 1 ,e 2 .4 'C r -w PAUL F. HISSIGER Senator Pleasant Taft Republican . . . St. Albans gift to St. Agnes . . . Sodality devotee . . . :on- stitutes one-half of the latin 4 class , . . plans to be a U.5. Senator from New York . . . a segregotionalist of some stand- ing. . . on avid orator . , . a fervid STAG and AGNESIAN writer . , . noted for his can- stant need ot a haircut . . . So long, l'liss JAMES N. HEWITT Jas A member of the AGNESIAN . . . operates a ham radio . . . good in Math . . . came to St, Agnes in Senior Year . . . plans to study engineering . . a bowling club man . .. Sincerest regards, Jim L 5,4 -iv Nr' Who can forget the Automat gang? great pleasure to look pityingly on the poor little Almost before the school year started there wos an friendly rivalry established between the better sophomor class'f and QA. I was lucky enough to be o member c Brother Denis' sophomore B. After being introduced t World History by Brother Bernard and Plone Geometr b Brother Denis I found rn self env in those oor littl freshmen. At the some time some sophomores were stru Y I Y Y Q P c l- gling through Coesar's Gallic Wars with Brother Potric but I was deprived of this enioyable task. The rivalry between sophomore classes was --to-'