St Francis College - Franciscan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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DOMENIC V. AIOSSA Bachelor of Science New Utrecht High School Backbone of the Carbonari . . . “Hey Graziadei, synthesize this” . . . the flawless cheerleader, never on the floor . . . “multiply by two and divide by two” . . . temperamental artist . . . sings only to nurses . . . trapped the “gruesome- twosomes” . . . only man that pours H L S0 4 over his shoulder . . . “I’ll never make it” . . . income ended with Bingo . . . medical school hound. Franciscan , 4; Business manager: Mendel Club 1, Vice- President 2, President 3; Pi Alpha Fraternity; Indicator club 1. 2, 3, 4; Soph-Frosh Dance Committee ; Glee Club 2, 3; Voice 4. ACHILLE A. BALDASSARRI Bachelor of Science Bishop Louglilin Memorial Alias Kelly . . . the Whirlaway of the chem lab . . . “Hurry somebody, get ‘Doc’ Kenny” . . . “Mr.” Baldassarri of the faculty of Lake Grove . . . taught six subjects ... “I got 40 for the molecular weight of oxygen, what did you get?” . . . Achilles was a runner on the college team . . . headed for chemical research. Dean’s list 2, 3; Varsity Track 2, 3; Freshman 1; Mendel Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Indicator Club 1, 2, 3, 4.

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Senior Reserve Accelerated program permits some of us to finish in January . . . Artie Lochhead, now a citizen, captains the Varsity Basketball team . . . also student council president ... Fat Whalen aiding the war effort with his “thumb for victory” . . . Fr. Conerty leaves for the Navy . . . Miss Sullivan becomes Mrs. Deering . . . choose Pete McCahe for the editorship of the Franciscan . . . Kay Kraft (the only one of his kind) major in Modern Languages . . . Prof. Santogatto’s demerits for untidi¬ ness . . . most of the fellows are in the Enlisted Reserve . . . Mendel Club still reorganizing . . . Clarke drags friends home for supper . . . Bro. Christopher betting packs of “ciggies” on football games (lost heavily on Boston College) . . . Bro. Finbarr collecting blood and dimes for nation’s need — his posters on War Stamps all over the school . . . we give War Bonds to library . . . The question of Comprehensives . . . seeing many of our former classmates in uniform . . . Doc McHugh s “sure things” . . . McL’s still buying one for two . . . Musaccbia still running beer parties . . . consider our education complete aftei taking Mr. Ryan’s Education courses . . . Commando training by Bro. Richard . . . preparation for the armed forces.

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DAVID S. BALLANTINE Bachelor of Science St. Simon Stock High School “Present” . . . neither smokes nor drinks . . . One of the original “Tea Dance Boys • • • “Have you heard Eleanor Steher singing Mozarts ‘Le Nozze de Figaro’?” . . . Mainstay of the Glee Club . . . “Yes Mrs. MacDonald, Yes Mrs. MacDonald” . . . Spends his long weekends in Boston . . . One “B” in three years . . . “Duns Scotus, here I come!” . . . Ace in Chcm ... if he could only Rhumba! Deans List 2, 3; Voice 3; Class Basketball 1, 2, 3; Indi¬ cator Club 1, 2, 3; French Club 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, President 3; Debating Society 3; German Club 2. ROBERT E. BETZ Bachelor of Arts St. Ann’s Academy “Junior” Betz . . . The one-man Post Office of Jackson Heights . . . “He’s a wheel” . . . lost without “Moose” McCabe . . . “It wasn’t my turn to study” . . . never did find out where he got those hats . . . “What a ‘fink’ ”... always could manage to get a report overnight . . . still quot¬ ing authorities for the Suez Canal of 1867 . . . Junior’s “mayhap I will” vs. Mr. Lc Clair’s “for¬ sooth you better” . . . hopes to be the first Amer¬ ican ambassador to San Bernardino some¬ place in the Pacific. History Club 2, 3, 4; Religion Club 1, 2, 3, 4; French Club 1, 2; Aero Club 2, 3; Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Franciscan 4.