St George Academy - Crusader Yearbook (New York, NY)

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! ! Perhaps the position of the Senior is not equal in honor and grestige to fthe glory that was reece and the grandeur that was Rome,H but in is own e es and especially in the eyes of the lower classmen, he outshines them both. He walks throu h the school 2 amidst the envious lances of the other students. He gas reached the goal toward which they are striving e is the living proof which helps them to endure he weight o three years of toil and waitin . To them, as well as to himself, the Senior is the fulfillmen of dreams. And the Senior nay well consider himself just tha for he has finishe the courses of the three lower classes: and whether he is a member of the intelligencia, or Nthe s in of your teethn club, he has a right to the honors of Senior year. We are happy and proud that we are Seniors, that we are near the end of a hard trailg but yet, while we look forward to graduation, we also remember the good times we have had together. Tha is why our leave ini wi l be tinged with not a little sa ness N sadness brought on b the breakeup of our class. For, though there have been scraps, they have been overshadowed b the num er of firm friendships that have grown through the years. Our unity came and grew from the experiences which we s ared. Some were hapgy, some were sad. But now, in thin ing back Jver the years, we seem to be able to recall only the good. EDWARD ALDSWOBTH Possessor of one of the best scholastic records, Ed won the General Excellence medal as a Junior, then became the class president during his Senior Year. BORIS BERHOWSKI Always ready to lend a hand with any lettering job needed around the school, Boris served as the capable Art Editor of the school paper for three years. THOMAS BRENNAN We will all remember Tom for his dry wit. He served as a class officer during his Junior and Senior years. THOMAS BURKE Class officer in Junior and Senior years, a Thespian, a barker at the bazaar, soft- ball player and an Uncle Miltie for four years.

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Mr. Francis P. Driscoll, M.S. n.CllS O us cone ublolx, Mr. Maloney arrived in our Senior year, and, though his teaching was confined to other classes, many Seniors knew and respected him.' It was he who provided the Baseball Team with the courage to keep trying in the face if adversity. Mr. Baranec, the Dean, when we first came to know him, impressed us as quick-tempered and earnest, an exact ing teacher,famous for long homework assignments.t As the years brought some little measure of maturity to us, however, we realized that he had always had our best interests at heart, and that he had worked long and hard for St. George and his students. Mr. Thomas P. Maloney, Cand. M,A During our four years at St. George, we were taught our Religion by many of the Basilian Fathers. During these years we came to know three other Fathers as Principals, each one of them made a deep and lasting imyression upon us. All of our teachers, those who have gone and those who still remain, played a prominent part in molding our characters, both the mental and the moral side.

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WU? Wllh JOHN CLARK An attack of polio during his Senior Year didn't slow this boy down one bit. John came back as cheerful and deter- mined as ever. JOSEPH CBAVEN A Student Council member in his Junior year after serving as a class officer the year before, Joe handled a barking post during the bazaar and headed a corner in Senior 301 EDWARD DIXON Ed participated in track and softballg served his school as President of the Student Council and his class as its presidentg and was editor of the yearbook and of the school newspaper. JOHN EGAN THE Latin student and best orator at St. George, John served on the rewrite staff of our yearbook, was noted as an all-around scholar who won the Hayden Scholarship to Fordham University. Remember the da we took our entre ance exam? We entered the school, wideweyed and nervous, as all freshw men do but we were prepared for an N thin but what we saw: a gaping hole in t e middle of the cafeteria locr, the result of a fire which had taken place the previous week. We can still see the poor Dean telling us of the advantages of coming to Saint George Academy as we stood looking at the chasm. ad we not been impressed by his sincerity, we mught not be here today. The thing we liked best about Freshman Year was the system of having a different teacher for each subject. Thus, if we did not get along with one another would be along in fortywfive minutes. That year we all enjoyed Mr. Goupe in the nglish classg his rapid fire speech provided free showers for the ront rows. The funniest episode was the startling firecracker explosion in the course of s science acture on spontaneous combustion. Mr. Goupe turned various shades of red, whi e and greeng our turn to change colors came when his irritation asserted its se . FRANK DeLUCA Was active on the varsity baseball team, the Thespians the bazaar and softball. He served as Vice-President in his second and third years.