St Francis Preparatory School - San Fran Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Well son, you go up those back stairs and keep going until you reach the top floor make a sharp left turn past the typing room go through that small door and walk up the stairs turn left again and . . . That's the Tower Room. l S ' x Tqz Mr. Tom Booras puts a freshman back together. Rani'-N 4 A g wk- NN f' .. J 1 .3 Entrance Exam: You have five minutes left to complete l7 the test. PTC? SCQHCS ln l858, Bishop John Loughlin, first Bishop of Brooklyn, invited the Francis- can Brothers of the Archdiocese of Tuam, Ireland, to assist him in undertaking the work of education in his fast growing dio- cese. ln October of the same year, Saint Francis Monastery of the City of Brook- lyn was founded on Baltic Street: thus, the first private school under Catholic auspices in the Diocese of Brooklyn was opened. Throughout the years, Saint Francis has stood, making such changes as the times dictated but holding fast to the most important constants and objectives of Franciscan training. At one time, what is now known as Saint Francis Preparatory School was a grammar school, high school and college,--a military academy and a boarding school. Standing now in a Fran- ciscan community which includes Saint Francis Monastery and Saint Francis Col- lege, Saint Francis Preparatory School is located on Baltic Street between Smith and Court Streets and is about ten blocks from the Borough Hall section of Brook- lyn. Saint Francis Preparatory School is accredited by the Board of Regents of the State of New York and is empowered to grant diplomas acceptable for admis- sion to any college in the United States. Graduates from Saint Francis Preparatory School have been awarded degrees at West Point, Annapolis, Columbia Uni- versity, Notre Dame, Fordham, Saint Francis College, Oxford University and countless other colleges and universities in this country and abroad.

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PAGE 122 ATHLETICS I suppose vou've heard about the I932 Olympics in Berlin-when Jesse Owens was barely recognized by the German government for his outstanding achievement? Or the Lon- don games in which certain countries refused to participate fearing that their representatives would not win . . . and were not about to give credit to the performers of other countries? Now, could you ever imagine that happening here? lt could, if it were not for the many free- doms that the people of America enjoy. Free- dom of Achievement, I like to point out. is the backbone of success in the field of Sports. Recognition gladly paid to the victors helps develop keener competition and sounds out a sports program here in the United States that guarantees fraternal, moral and physical bene- fits. This trophy case attests to the success of the athletic programihere at St. Francis. Reco- gnition serves as an incentive and an incentive is the primer that ignites the long fuse of a- chievement. Should this spirit die in a country, the achievement of that country will pass away with it. Perhaps, you never considered it as such before, but all these trophies for football baseball, track, basketball and the other five sports at St. Francis hold the stories of hun- dreds of former Franciscans whose achieve- ments have brought renown to their school and multiple benefits to themselves. Specifically why? it is a freedom is this: the right to try out for a team, when the only prerequisites are ability and good scholastic standing, opens the door to an individual to prove his worth beside his classmates. No impediments stand in his way, his success will give him the confidence necessary for success later in life. When join- ing a team. the boy knows that he is to contri- bute with his teammates to a common cause. This singular purpose that binds boys together is enough to cement relationships and give them an understanding of their fellow students. That he might be successful and gain the lau- rels that are his due by work and spirit alone, fires the boy to industry and ultimately to achievement. You have been close to all the sports at St. Francis and l'm sure that you have seen this. Nowhere and at no time was a boy refused this right to gain the special niches reserved for oustanding achievements in athle- tics. But isn't this commonly taken for granted? Yes, it usually is, but if we stopped to think that many a shy, sensitive boy who does not make the grade later in life may have been held back because he wasn't accepted-or wasn't made to feel that he belonged -then we'd see the possible injustice. This is very true today, in many countries of the world where fear of the individual's prominence as a leader later in life causes the government to curb his activities as a youth and to train in one way-the State's way. But, we'll go on adding trophies to our case and the boys of St. Francis and the United States will go on achieving.

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