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

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REV. BROTHER JOSEPH, O.S.F. LATIN Moderator of the Bowling Team ln learning a foreign language such as Latin, a thorough grounding in fundamental rules is an absolute essential . . . Like the baseball player caught off base, the Latin student caught off base is playing a losing game . . . I must insist that students adhere to the basic rules . . . Eventually you will realize the great necessity of being guided by these rules . . . You can act like banshees in the street, but in the classroom, NO . . . Put out your hand boy . . . Of course there are no snakes in Ireland. MR. JAMES E. MCHUGH ENGLISH, HISTORY Track Coach We must interpret poetry by reading between the lines . . . The sopho- more year is the big test, the 'make or break' stage . . . We'll take up the Propagation of the Faith coliection again gentlemen, let's dig! . . . How did Napoleon carry his cannon across the Alps? . . , He put them in a hollow tree trunk and slid them down the slopes . . . When Sohrab's sword pierced Rustum, it only went in a half-inch . . . Please don't confuse Sir Thomas More with Sir Thomas Malory! . . . If you threw paper on the floor at home you wouldn't be around very long . . . You may not like this story but the author does, he was paid three cents a word for it. MR, THEODORE H. ELLINGHAUS PHYSICS Liberal airing of views is fine, but not here . . . Our interests now, are in changes-physical changes in the world of today and tomorrow . . . Few of these facts are new to you, but the reasons for these phe- nomena are best explained in the cumulative writings of so many far- sighted and deep thinking individuals--they delved into the secrets of nature to give us an opportunity to what took place, why it occured, and Knowledge of these facts, to some, elementary beginning in the field of fully understand and appreciate how it will affect mankind . . . will mean little, to others this physical action and reaction be- comes the back bone for future successes in the field of Science and Research . . . Remember! You get nothing for nothing . . . Listen a little, think a little and amass much. MR. WILLIAM REILLY HISTORY Seraph Moderator In History and in Economics merely memorizing facts is not enough- we must integrate these facts . . . Events do not occur in a vacuum, they are caused and in turn become a cause . . . Think, and in thinking, the subiect must fill a functional as well as an academic niche . . . Evaluate your answers . . . Your opinion, yes, but bulwork that opinion with the facts that originally lecl to its formulation . . . Current events do not exist apart from us, we should have an awareness of the importance of the individual . . . The dignity of man is all important . . . Economic well-being for all is essential to world peace.

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REV, BROTHER MARTIN, O.S.F. HISTORY Moderator of the Volleyball Team Natus est in Mesopotamia ca 2000 BC. Scrlpsit primum codicem legum quem incidit in hastile duro. Quod hastile in templo Marducis posuit, Hoc codex crudelissimus fuit. Quisque puer tertii fori nomen scriptoris codicis huius cognoscitf' 3 'W 23, It XF xl, XF it It X? ij: . 237 I It its it its 22? REV. BROTHER CASIMIR, OSF. ENGLISH Assistant Librarian How would you define literature? . . . To read and absorb is not enough-we must develop the ability to read and think . . . Ahem, next . . . The first four years are the hardest . . . Let's analyze this sentence: His favorite team in the National League is the Dodgers . . . Have you read a biography of St, Francis? . . . Of course, there won't be any as- signment next month, you only read the first four volumes. it it ZIP XP we X? it its 2? COACH TELLIER Addresses Prepsters at Football Dance. MR. JOHN BOYLE HISTORY Assistant Football Coach The various 'isms' have had their 'bibles', Nazism had 'Mein Kampf', Communism has the Communists Manifesto but where do we turn? . . . We turn to God where the Christian tenets on daily economic and social problems can be found in the Encyclicials . . . The rights and obligations of each individual to fully understand his relations with his God, his country and his fellowman are explained by learned men of authority . . . Come in from left field, gentlemen and recall that point in the process of learning, where the ears and mouth work in reverse, when one is open, the other should be closed. THOMAS A. BOORAS PHYSICAL TRAINING Swimming Coach Let's go-line up . . . All boys without sneakers step forward . . . all right boys, kneel down . . . Locks and lockers, the Patron Drive the Annual Concert, the Boat Ride . . . A little tape and you'll be fit as a fiddle . . . Three boys to the office on the double . . . What?-You're not in any extra-curricular activity-we'II fix that . . . Franciscan spirit comes slowly, boys, but once you have it, you'll feel and appreciate the difference . . . Tankrnen will be at the pool at 5:30 sharp . . . Twelve championship teams, among them the i951 C.H.S,A.A. championship.

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2,8 . is e REV. BROTHER TIMOTHY, O.S.F. MATHEMATICS Moderator Varsity Football, Coach Freshman Football: Moderator Varsity Track, Coach J. V. Track, Coach Handball One of the aims of this course is to teach you to think- use the in- telligence that God gave you , . . The practical value of math is limited but its carry-over value is immense . . . Anybody can pass if he is willing to do some work . . . One has to work fast and accurately- time is always an important element . . . One minute to go-you'lI be marked on the method if not finished . . . Don't memorize-reason . . . Steps should be in logical order. You're not alert-you have to think fast . . . lt's a small written 'a' not a printed 'A' . . . Wake up! You're in Row B . . . Extra-curricular activities will be taken into con- siderationf' 224 224 274 24 224 24 224 224 274 24 MR. BRUNO VALENTI FRENCH French Club ln view of the fact that you are now Seniors, we try to treat you on that level . . . If you don't appreciate it, we shall act accordingly . . . Please start translating! . . . into French? . . . Oh, no, any language will do . . . Perhaps you don't know any English words of more than three syllables . . . What word does cadavre suggest in English? . . . Think hard, we know that it's difficult . . . Well, uh- cadavre? . . . Good, and what does that mean? . . . l don't know! 224 224 24 274 224 224 224 224 24 274 REV. BROTHER AUSTIN, O.S.F. RELIGION Assistant Moderator Football, Moderator Freshman Track Hey Buddy! . . . Where is your tie? . . . Put on a shoelace . . . All rosaries in evidence . . . Whatl, A member of the Devil's Advocate Group? . . . Is this a new heresy? . . . Not in the head, Maurice! . . . You cannot justify a mercy killing . . . The track team needs your sup- port . . . Gosh! . . . Those holes close fast-our backs aren't that slow . . . Massachusettes also has football teams . . . It would never happen in New Jersey. 274 224 224 224 224 24 224 24 224 MR. THOMAS J. McNIFF ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS That's problems five to twenty, INCLUSIVE . . . An equation in Math is similar to a sentence in English-both transport a definite meaning . . . You can never, never cancel terms . . . You say, Only God knows the answer. Then God passes and you fail . . . An extensive and fluent vocabulary is the mark of an intelligent man . Don't say it unless you are able to diagram it . . . Writing does not depend solely upon the entertainment field for its existence . . . The price of tardiness with regards to book reports is ten points per day . . . Be as a painted ship upon a painted ocean . . . Stevenson probably thought Long John and his crew were terrifying, he should have seen some of you cutthroatsf' Faculty taining table . at Bur ,Mouniaim