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

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Though all of the rooms were not scuyied, all were being used. This is he situation during our Sophomore ear. The yearlings tried to run mmpant throughout the building. They Jon learne . George Scheuer, Jig illen and James Duffy locked Re mvanaugh in a closet one day. Then, zile Scncuer went down or a crowbar, lm and James poured water in while ad howled in anguish. what happened zen the teacher walked in o the room, nd best be eft unrecorded here. intelligence was beginning to :velopg minds were being formed inors were heaped upon us: we were ven Lating we were given Geometry. lesar, Pythagoras and the Fayden eorem appeare as if out of a mist, it no one cared. Then, the ukeign Terror began: blood was to uflow the halls. And suddenly, disciw ine returned and so did he care. ennan and Graven joined the foldg inton and Lennon arrived on the ene. The first thing Lennon did was bury his nose in a Geometry book. Irish giant in the person of Tommy lryan came to St. George. With the rival of this agent of St. Patrick e schocl was given a chance to start on a good foundation. Everyone took Geometry like a duck to oill No e unders ood angles very well, but e boys were begunning to appreciate e symmetry of curves. Trots made 3 translation of Jason and his Argow uts easy, but Mr. Matthews roared, 'll stomp on youfn and the boys cided to give them up. The fris y arlings let loose a stray mongre the eometry class: Mr. tead ept m in the room, saying that the pup oked more alert than some of he udents. English threatened to some a lost ar . We lost a softball me to the faculty team by one run. en Mr. Galdi be ted one into the ver, the fellows retaliated by tyw 5 knots in his shoelaces. The Boat e was wonderful, thrilling,exciting d expensive. MICHAEL DERBY Red-haired, big-hearted and friendly, Michael was very well liked. He was a capable member of the staff of this yearbook. GERALD FITZGERALD FITZ, one of the Ureconstr- uction boys,U was active in the Thespians and Bazaar, and played baseball during his Senior year. JOHN GIBBONS Was on the rewrite staff of this yearbook. His fast patter and quick mind should make him a wonderful politico some day. JOHN GILCHRIST Jack was on the Library staff for two years, a staff member of the yearbook, and one of the builders of the Chapel. He won the Faculty Award for Service to the School. THEODORE GULAHEK HZbOjH ran on and was manager of the track team and Art Editor of the yearbook. His nrolly-polyu game was a top attraction during the Bazaar.

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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.

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JAMES HARNETT On Jim's list of activities are: track, the Thespians and Bazaar - another winner of the Faculty Award for Service to the School. RONALD JERVIS Ronnie, our very own Rip Van Winkle, participated in base- ball, basketball and track. EDWARD KIRK Ed was a boy with many prob- lems during the first two yearsg solved them during the last two. He plans to join the Navy after graduation. ln no time at all, the vacation was over. We were tannedg we were eager: we were health 5 we wanted to start school again. Kew freshmen to haze, new teachers to harass. We were Juniors. Ze began to look for signs of a beard: we were growing o d. The most adventurous experience of the year was Biology. We started to go in for activities. Egan placed igh on the roster in t e Hearst Grat- orical contest. Rei ly, Svheuer, Murphy O Hare and Jervis went in for bas etball. Dixon and Gularek were very eyfective in track. Burke,Whelan and a few ot ers built a boxing room on the third lcor. Senior Year arrived and we suffer- ed a disappointment. We didn't notice any grea change in ourselves, but what was worse, the faculty didn't seem impressed by our status. ln fact the same caution was made to nwise upn as it was when we were freshmen. Mr. Baranec had written them out, and orr teachers each year had warned us what the requirements for graduation wereg during our final school term, we finally took them seriously. For quite a few, it was too late. JOSEPH LETOSKY A member of the Drum 8 Bugle Corps, Joe used to practice on all available desk tops. He was a softball player and a finalist in the ping pong tournament. JOHN HAYES An active participant in track, the Thespians and the Bazaar, Jack served as Pres- ident of his Junior and Vice President of his Senior Clas: THOMAS JOYCE Tom was a top star in swim- ming and softballg a likely candidate for Mr. America. DOMINIC LOCICERO Famed for his gaiety and an earnestness that could flare into quick but brief anger, Dom whistled his way through school and succeeded well in making everyone his friend.