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

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REV. BROTHER REGIS, O.S.F. Latin Guidance, Scholarship Club, Driver Education, Swimming, Athletic Control Board, Dance Moderator O.K. fellas let's hustle this test along. Now donlt get all shook. Take your time, you've got twenty seconds . . . NO! You're spoofing-tell me you're spoofing . . . ANY QUES- TIONS? . . . YOU, whatis your name? Wilson? One of these days junior you're going to' say the wrong thing-and that's all Wilson, thatis all . . . Watch it! Thereis a harpy. Boyl They're flying low today . . . Sonny, you're treading on dangerous ground . . . Hey Mac, have you been smoking those loaded cigarettes again? Boy! You're in a constant state of shock . . . Tell me Ray, at what age did your mind begin to disintegrate? . . . Teddy, if that D.A. isn't gone by tomorrow, I'll cut it off myself. REV. BROTHER FABIAN, O.S.F. English, Reading Program Freshman Football, Varsity Baseball We shall now play a game gentlemen called How to win friends and influence people, or shall we say TEACHERSD? Write each word 200 times by tomorrow, with definitions. No comment Gentlemen. You also are requested to know the standard vocabulary list for this tenm. No absences or misconduct will be tolerated before each test, or I will just have to disregard your paper. Now to get back to our little game-ha, ha, ha. First of all, Gentlemen, the individual must . . . MR. GERARD FIORENZA History Gentlemen I saw from the previous test that some of you are not studying. Therefore we shall have to try writing . . . The hand with which you are not writing covers the test paper . . . Class, study the cpaper for tomorrow . . , Aw come on Bobby, we're still frien s aren't we? . . . But I DIDNT Hunk you-you flunked yourself! . . . Don't worry son, I've quieted down quite a bit since the wild days of my youth . . . Pronounce it CORRECTLY . . . Class, you are not stu- dents-you are pupils, 24

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REV. BROTHER CYPRIAN, O.S.F. Latin, History Athletic Director, Athletic Control Board All right gentlemen, on your feet . . . XVhat are you fellows living in-a vacuum? . . . Lower those windows . . . I've reminded you five timesg if ye must speak, do so in a moder- ate tone of voice . . . How many of you had it wrong?-Tsk, BAD MEN . . . Come up here child of God . . . Back to your seat, peasant . . . Stop your barking gentlemen-youire not HOUND DOGS! . . . Correct, you're SO smart . . . Will you go away peasant . . . You're all grown men-not children. And that's how I'll treat you-like men . . . Perhaps I'm ex- pecting too much of you but if the work in here doesn't im- prove I'll have no pity on you. REV. BROTHER DE PORRES, O.S.F Mutlzcmutics, Religion Freshman Truck and Cross Country NIR. PATRICK GLEASON Biology Freslunzm Basketball Coach Boys, today we are going to study about the amocba. Do you remember yesterday when we studied about eellsg well, the amoeba is a one eelled animal . . . Yes son, what do you want? XVhatl You've lost your pen and have nothing to write withl Use your head . . . Now getting back to the amoeba. Take out your books and I'll give you notes on it . . . Speaking of alligators did you hear about the lady who walked into a store for a pair of alligator shoes? The clerk asked her what size he took . . . In closing boys, remember never to kick anyone in the stomach, especially when his back is turned. 23 llow many of you went to grammar school? . . . Gentlemen, I bet I eould give a fifth grade test on addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, and you'd fail it . . . XVhat angle am I working with? llere are a few tidbits for you to play around with . . . Easy now, doift push the panic button . . . llow did I get the answer?-plucked it out of the skyg how else? It's what? lt's in your hat and over your ears, that's what . . . XVhat do you do with your head when you're not hammering nails? . . , llave you ever seen that before? No? VVanna bet? , . . Come on, this stuffs easy . . . li you have a question raise your hand . . . XVell, they tell me that all kinds of people make up a world.

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REV. BROTHER THEODORE, O.S.F. History Varsity and Jay Vee Track and Cross Country Spikecl Shoe Club, Athletic Control Board Ecrivez, s'il vous plait . . . O.K. kiddies, stop the chatter . . . Look, I don't want any rroise . . . Boy, you look terrihlf If you've, got to go out on weekends, at least get a good nightis sleep Sunday! Right now you're in the big social whirl. You've got to leam how to pace yourselves! . . . The Senator from lower Slobovia is nothing but a windbag . . . Nonga-hey, don't you understand Englishg cut it out . . . I didn't want 'to have YOU either . . . I remember when you were all scrawny freshmen. Now youire scrawny Seniors . . . Well over the weekend our track team etc., etc. 9 rl K ,f 1 i f -71 l tj? X f. .fff mfr If 4 fp., ,, , . f, s 1 'stef A S l REV. BROTHER ALEXIS, O.S.F. English Track, Skin Diving Club Class has begun boys, so let's all be quiet. Now take out your homework and we'll cheek it. Those without the home- work will lose the usual credits . . . Remember that there may not be much of me but what there is, is plenty solid . . . A short maui may east a great shadow . . . Now take out your English books and tum to page 26 and wt-'ll read about the subject of the sentence. To obtain the subjeet, boys you ask the question who or what before the verb. Make sure you unclerstancl this because we might have a little old quiz. REV. BROTHER ROBERT, O.S.F. Latin, English, French Antlzonian Society, Tennis, Guidance, Clcc Club Good morning gentlemeng it's a beautiful day for 11 test. Half sheet of paper . . . I've noticed this class has the strongest eyeball muscles in the school. It seems strange you exercise them only during a test . . . Take out your red pencils to Correct the test . . . XVhatl You donlt have one . . . XV1jite this sentence twenty-five times . . . As a student at Saint Francis Prep I must come to class with the proper writing utensils. Because I didnt I am writirg this . . . If you continue to talk you may add two sentences to your home- work. All right add two sentences to your homework. I 5