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

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You can change the world. The famous book by Father James Keller is the theme of one of the many motion pictures Rev. Brother Philip, O.S.F. uses to show the seniors the reat work they can accomplish by choosing Sw right career. M4 For the better life adjustment of each Prepster, Saint Francis Preparatory School has established a Guidance Department with a trained Brother-counselor in charge. The new service assists students with their educational, vocational and personal problems. Job placement, the orientation of Freshmen, and the administering of intel- ligence and reading tests have been undertaken. Seniors have been prepared to meet the challenge of college or post-high school training by group guidance, lectures and tests of interests. To prime these graduates for their obligations and opportunities in military service, a pre- induction course of eight topics, featuring prominent speakers and films, was conducted. Group guidance is given to other groups by means of films, filmstrips and discussions. A career file of monographs and pamphlets has been set up in the library. Every Prepster has access to the Guidance Office where he may borrow reading matter on the problems of youth or obtain an interview with the counselor. In addition to the Guidance Director, a priest is avail- able weekly as Spiritual Director to assist with moral and physical difficulties and to aid in the development of healthy souls through the confessional. Every Senior receives at least two counseling periods at which times he is assisted in making correct vocational and educational choices. Thus, the Guidance Department is a concrete expres- sion of the aim of Saint Francis Preparatory School-to educate the whole man. lt is a part of the complete services at Saint Francis which assist in the physical, mental, spiritual and personal development of each Fran- ciscan pupil, placing as it does, particular emphasis on the latter-the inner boy. For those with a religious vocation, the Anthonian Club provides the spirit- ual guidance. George Whiten, Francis O'Grady, Rev. Brother Isidore, O.S.F., Walter Morley, Gerard Thornton and Joseph Lee. 25 The Marines of the First Infantry Battalion, USMCR, help to bring the Pre- lnduction course to a successful finish. Capt. Joseph J. Fater thanks Brother Philip, Guidance Director, for the opportunity to explain to the Seniors the Navy and Marine officers training program.

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REV. BROTHER JARLATH, O.S.F. Director of the Cafeteria When the Prep moved into the new and more spacious building which contained, among other modern features, a much-needed cafeteria, the Rev. Brother Jarlath, O.S.F., assisted by the Rev. Brother Gregory, O.S.F., was appointed to take charge of the management of the cafeteria. Brother .lar- Iath was chosen for this task because of his experience as manager of the cafeteria at Camp Alvernia in Centerport, Long Island. Although the students miss the freedom of the old Prep, they benefit from the many conveniences connected with the new cafeteria. The food is of top quality, economically priced, and of a wide variety. Another good feaure is the self-service, there is no long wait before being served as was the case at Court Street. On First Friday, breakfast is served immediately following Mass, thus eliminating the rush to return to class on time as so often happened at the old Prep. The faculty also enjoy the pleasure of having a good hot meal for lunch every day. The faculty have their own private dining room set off from the main room and are served by the members of Brother Jarlath's service squad. Brother Jarlath's service squad also sets up and distributes the food and cleans up after the lunch periods end. ln order to take care of such a large student body, Brother Jarlath em- ploys Mr. Lloyd Walters, former chef in the Monastery at Butler Street, to do the cooking. Mrs. Green and Mrs. Gallagher see to it that the food moves quickly and efficiently to the students. The main room of the cafeteria is lar e enou h to accommod LLOYD WALTERS Chef Q g ate six hundred students at one time, The faculty room comfortably seats twenty- four people. In an operation that sees three to four hundred sandwiches, hundreds of bowls of soup, gallons of ice cream as well as forty-five pies, strings of hot dogs, mountains of chow mein, stacks of fish cakes and one thousand containers of milk consumed daily, Brother Jarlath and his staff are easily among the busiest people in the school. Tom Sheehan, Bro. Jarlath s hot dog butcher, has to work fast to satisfy the hungry crowd. Where the elite meet . . . Senior section of Cafeteria. Mrs. Cassidy, Miss Gallagher, Mrs. Ber O'DonneIl talk about day's activities d ry and Mrs uring lunch