St Francis College - Franciscan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Brother Camillus His heart is in Free France ... his gag is better than yours . . . the Frenchman from Massachusetts. . . . Bach to Boogie with equal facility . . . tickles the ivories for Mrs. MacDonald’s cohorts. . . . “I flonk you” is his favorite state¬ ment, but he really doesn’t mean it . . . doubled the ranks of the Third Order. John C. Le Clair, M.A. Professor of History Rev. Brother Finbarr, B.A. Instructor in Social Science Mr. Sena Opera addict. . . . “Have you ever seen the Mona Lisa?” — “. . . er . . no. Have you?” . . . 6 In media del noche . . .’ . . . German with music . . . students project him into a paroxysm of convulsive sighs . . . again haunts the halls of St. Francis, but he’s on the other side of the desk now. and SociaL S dncoA. Mr. Le Clair Central Park Gaucho — the poor man’s Lone Ranger . . . thinks his desk is a humidor for cigar butts . . . likes to dance with your best girl. . . . “Identify: The third wife of Napoleon’s second-cousin’s brother-in-law . . . has a mort¬ gage on Room 102 . . . caused the downfall of Napoleon Columbus O’Nauseous. . . . “Even I registered this time!” . . . Predicted Pearl Harbor — on December 9 and scooped the Corn Junction Gazette. Brother Christopher Bean Town’s best advertisement . . . towering Sequoia. . . . “Where are your sneakers?” . . . the Braginetz of the Brother’s Basketeers. . . . Alumni Secretary and Historian . . . moderator of most St. Francis dances . . . organizer of intra-mural sports . . . unhampered anatomically in telling a fish story ... or in covering one side of a doubles ping pong match. Brother Finbarr Has the right answer to the Race Problem — ask him sometime. . . . “Just a nickle for this tag, boys. Of course, this is voluntary” . . . put the cheer in the Cheering Squad ... just a little cutup when it comes to Social Science articles. . . . “Marcel? I should say not! J hat s nature. Rev. Brother Christopher, M.A. Instructor in Social Science , 1 Relation Intcrrse 10 .1 F

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Rev. Reginald McKernan, H.D.E. Associate Professor of Latin and Greek Rev. Otto V. Beck. Ph.D. Professor of German Rev. Brother Camillus. M.A. Professor of French Dante S. Sena, M.A. Instructor in German janjquuaqsLiu Fr. Beck 1 ales of the Old Germany. . . . ‘Early to bed and early to rise.’ . . . Decorates his classrooms with maps and mountain scenes . . . culture personified . . . gourmet knows more of the international picture than John Gunther. ... “I zee ve haf av- scholar in der class.” Fr. McKernan Exponent of Gaelic culture . . . more degrees than a circle . . . scorns Science Students as barbarians ... his hat is a potential bomb shelter ... he likes plenty of elbow room in his car . . . asked by an L Campus habitue — “Father, how do you say ‘Yankee Bean Soup’ in Greek?”

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fcdujcaJtwtL Mr. Ryan Raconteur a la Woollcott. . . . “So I took the knife and sawed-off shotgun from the baby” . . . authority on jitter- bugging adolescents . . . arrives at tea time. . . . High School Dean of Boys. . . . “There were the kids outside with a rope looped over the lamppost.” ... “I was more scared than the kid hut I stood my ground.” music. Mrs. MacDonald Energetic Glee Club director. . . . ‘Momma’ to the boys. . . . “Oh. 1 never take a good picture.” (Ed. note: Well, maybe not, but we always do) . . . from G’wanus to Red Hook, from Flatbush to Bay Ridge, wherever the echoes go. The boys are snowed under, with approval like thunder, and there is one thing we know — they owe it all to you. ZibhaALf Mrs. Sedgwick ‘Can I help you . . . grants interviews daily from behind a mountain of books . . . has more disappearing assistants than a magician . . . favorite saying: “You‘11 have to be a little more cjuiet” . . . patience of a saint ... on alert during the library rush hour . . . quiet charm . . . has more back number magazines than a doctor’s office her desk ink-well is the fountain pen filling station for every¬ one in the school ... it is said that she has read every hook in the library. Paul G. Ryan, M.A. Professor of Education Mrs. Marie MacDonald, M.A. Instructor in Music Mrs. Berta M. Sedgwick, B.A. Librarian