St Brendan High School - Anchor Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ii .., . -EDITOR- ff JOAN CON NOLLY The faculty knows her as a genius par excellence! Her classmates know her as an all-round good pal! Those who worked with her cannot help but admire her coordinated efforts to make all her extra curric- ular activities an outstanding success! The lass to whom I am referring, of course, is none other than Joan Connolly, editor of the STELLA, member of the Clee Club and chief tackle for the S.S.L.! Joan's popularity among her classmates insures her success in whatever field she chooses for her life's work. And, if past events cast their shadows, then, certainly, that success is Joan's already! ' g Q' 96099 Y- E 4 C? f 496- cc A Q k STELLA 'fe Q Q, J EILEEN MAXWELL Watta vocabulary! Of course, we refer to nothing less spectacular than tall, dark and pensive, Eileen Maxwell. Ei was singularly blessed with the rare combination of leadership to begin great tasks and the industriousness to complete them. Yet, the simplicity and sincerity which so characterized her, made the greatest of her obs Cand they were manyj seem like just ordinary things. You just had to look at Eileen-her poise, her quick smile, her thoughtful eyes-and you knew she typified St. Brendan spirit. i E

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Alma Elizabeth Whelan 555 East 7th Street Saint Rose of Lima ,Ioan Theresa Wol 1850 Brown Street Good Shepherd 8

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Qt A E' 0 1 Cf 0 611,-vig Q 0 . ' anuary Class :story ,c 'Hu ,uv Four years-four whole years!! It seems impossible that they have faded away into sweet memories, leaving in their wake only a trail packed with laughter, joys, tears and sorrows of our voyage on the good ship St. Brendan. And yet as we look back now, is there one of us who would exchange her ticket for one on any other ship? When we docked in the port where Freshmen reign supreme, the storm clouds hovred dangerously low above us. The Seniors gazed upon us with an expression, which may be likened to that of a black panther ready for the kill. We hoveled in packs, hoping to avoid their paths. But horrors!! Hazing week came and all the dignity we had acquired as high school students went to the four winds. Curlers, inverted skirts and multi-colored socks certainly pulled our pride down to its lowest level. Then, of course, Latinus-a-um and x, y, z, didn't make the stay in port any pleasanter. But the haze which surrounded us was soon to lift and as we set sail once more, the extra-curricular activities of our Alma Mater were already beginning to claim our precious hours of freedom. The birds and bees of the spring of 1945 found our ship docked in a harbor, beached on the spirit-crushing rocks of the isoceles triangle and brain intricacies of the subjunctive mode. But we were Sophomores -mighty Sophomores, although we still couldn't understand why Brutus had not thrown a dagger at Caesar sooner. Certainly, had we lived at the time when Rome was at her zenith, we would have done so. But Brutus was an honorable man!! Just imagine carving a pound of flesh out of poor Antonio's body. Thatis a rather silly thing to do, isnit it? But you know Shakespeare!! He can get his characters into the most foolish predicaments. Compared to Euclid's brain child, however, Caesar and Shakespeare seemed like childs play. Of course, everyone knew that if two lines are parallel, the alternate interior angles are equal but we had a slight difficulty in expressing ourselves. By the time the Regents rolled around, our ship was really our home but our feeble brains, burdened with circles, triangles and the golden fleece,', were groping wildly in the darkness trying to decide which course the ship would take when we set sail for the port of Juniors. Would it be Commercial or Academic? Then like a bolt out of the blue, the Miracle of Miracles happened!! We passed the Regents and graduation was only two long years away. Tucked away, neatly in a corner of our brains, Geometry and Caesar became only memories, as Physics, Chemistry and Typing began to absorb our every minute. Those who continued with their academic course found themselves staggering under an excessive load of home- work. The Commercial Students became involved in the problems of who should give what commission to whom after what discount had 24 f Ill vi X l -V rs--ff 3