St Andrews Seminary - Mapav Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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ATHLETICS It the purpose ot cn yeorboolc ns to recoll tond memories ot tormer doys then even nncndents thot tolce ploce nn less serious moments ore worth recording Sports ot St Andrew s do not occupy o ploce ot prnmory nmportonce nor even secondory but they ore nevertheless o necessory phose ot semnnory lite Along with the semnnornon s spnrntuol ond nntellectuol odvoncement the need tor o heolthy body hos not been neglected ond no Sotor would be complete without o recounting ot ot leost the out stondnno events thot hove tolcen ploce nn St Andrew s world ot sports There ore sev erol worth remembering and we sincerely hope thot even this cursory outline will pro vide some little enjoyment nn the yeors to come We ore torcod to overloolc mony ot the little things consnderobly mo e thon o tew poges would be required to enumerote oll the small nncndents thot tnlled the yeor But nt we con put only o tow on poper only enough to molce this port ot the yeorboolc worth reodnng nn future yeors then will our lobor not hove been nn vonn So without turther woste ol spoco we Otter nn brnet o nevnew ot sports nn I942 43 FOOTBALL The new nntlux ot students ot St Andrew s this yeor brought with nt mony chonges enouoh competition tor oll pngslrnn enthusnosts wos solved by the lormotnon ot two leogues one ot St Wnllncnm s House ond onother ot the Cnty The Cnty leogue crown sought otter by tive spnrnted clubs tell to Elmer McDonold s ogqregotnon Ennnshnng up Nnth three wnns one tie ond one loss they were closely followed by the tour remonnnng teoms coptonned by Bill DuBois Jerry Dunn Brll Lolly ond Pot Word ln the House leooue Tom Elonngon s Sons ot Ernn emerged victorious nn o hord tought roce As nn the Cnty leogue competition wos lceen ond Ed Ryon s lrnshmen nn gonnnng second spot provnded o constont threot to the Sons ot Erin tor top honors ln o mod scromble tor third ploce the Roms edged out the Scotchmen while the Flying Dutchmen ond Fighting lrnsh tied tor the cellor posntnon Atter hostnlntnes ceosed nn both leogues two oll stor ossembloqes were chosen trom the House ond Cnty ond on o dorlc November otternoon they bottled nt out on in the tootboll set-up os compored with tormer yeors. The problem ot providing

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SCIIILTIIS CTIIOIHU Yqfllllllfl The patronage ot a sarnt tor a emrnary class attords pecral benetrt to thr tden s under hrs quardranshrp partrcularly rl they can rn some measure apply to themselves the vrrtuous trarts ot therr advocate The trnal word ot Sarnt Thomas Aqurnas patron ot the present araduatrng class con trtute a precrs ot hrs vrrtuous ltc I recerve Thee redeernrna Prrce oI my soul Gut ot Iovc tor Theo have I tudred watched through endless nrahts and exerted my elt Thee drd I preach and teach I have never sard ought aaarnst Thee nor do I persrst stubbornly rn my vrews I-low consolrna rt would be rt every emrnarran the prrest ot tomorrow could one day arve a srmrlar account ot hrs lrtel To study preach teach and lceep vrarl rn we are hopetully loolrrng Sarnt Thema learned early rn Irle to dedrcate every moment ot hrs exrstence to God Well drd he realrze that tervent prayer and many hours ot serrous study were the necessary toundatrons tor hrs tuture servrce rn Chrrst s prresthood As Thomas the emrnarran advanced rn wrsdom supplementary strmulus attended hs sp rrtual Ite He developed a rnqular devotron to the Blessed Sacrament and an rnterr love oF Qod whrch monrtested rtselt rn hrs lrte long purrty and humrlrty The harmonrous balance between prayer and study bore trurt tor hrm rn later years tor Fa her Thomas the Domrnrcan prrest trlled the world wrth hrs bellowrna All the rreparatron ot hrs student days had avarled hrm rmmeasuraloly rn extollrncg Goa s name on earth Semrnorrans who asprre to tollow Sarnt Thomas Aaurnas to the altar whrle they cannot ea rly hope to attarn hrs extraordrnary wrsdom and sanctrty may to some extent tollow hrs example rn malcrng Irte a long prayer an exertron tor the love ot God O r , n x ,f ' f f 4 I , L ' M sf I s, ' f r Q str t f l A , , . . . s , 1 5, K . r J S I W U I I r, I I I 5 A I r A . - short, to exert ourselves tor the love ot God, all these are part ot the lite to which s A V A A , ' I r' I 2 . - , sl kr ' . , se X t 1 . . . V . . D A r c

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ccl a cn an n e usc e oras an an no f t I-la c c el Isa e e FIFTI-I YEAR CHAMPIONS Brown Square For tour thrill packed periods the outcome was nn doubt but when the tnal whistle rung down the curtain on the I942 tootball season the I-Iouse All Stars had conquered I9 6 Marlced by the sparlclnng play ot both teams the game was the hardest taught during the entire year and nt was the I-Iouse s speed and decep tion that gained them a win over the Cnty s more aggressive ground game It would have been tnttnng nt more could be sand here about the individual play ot tho e talc ina tart nn the all star aame but a brnet listing ot the members at each team will have to sultnce For the Cnty DuBois Van Aulcer Quadrnnn Morgan Teuschel Ward White, and Becman: ton the Hou cz Ryan, Flanngan, Kcote Altnen' Daily, Hogan. and Crucettn. BASKETBALL Basketball nn I942,43 proved its ascendency over all other sport in St. Andrewf by its immense popularny. Accompanying this popularity considerable talent wa displayed on the hardwood court, and not a tew close games would have rivaled those ot outside teams both in excitement and in clean hard baslcetball. Teams were tormed tram the Second Year up to the Sixth while the large number ot students in the Fifth Year torced it to divide into two separate tives. The end ot the league race saw the