St John High School - Aquila Yearbook (Concord, NH)

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IPAGII 441 AQL ILA To Father Hathaway we have an Llcctrlc slren Wltlt one hlast he can call all hls altar hoys and they ll come 1 runnmg, To Father Ktnneally we have a lvoolc of tht latest song hrts and an CXpl1Clf volume tntltled WHY THE YEAR BOOK SHOULD BE STARTED A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE FOURTH OF JULY To MOUSlgHt5f Buckley we have 1 box of cap1t1l lttttrs all A so that he may pastt some here and there over tht Cs and D s that may he IU the majorxty We also leave hlm our lastmg gratx tude for hls many lxmdnessts durmq the past four years Our exterxor may he harum scarum hut wlthm we are apprecnnve and reahze 111 that has hetn dont for us Grlef SEFICRLII ovrr our departure from our h lov d school me aglv our slgnature to thxs last vwlll and ttstamtnt Mw tht recxp lents of our worldly goods he ever loyal and staunch upholders of the hlgh ldeals of St ohn Hlg,l1 In mtness whereof we the Class of 1940 hereby stt our hand and seal to this our last wlll and testament on thrs twenty thlrd day of June one thousand n1ne hundred forty Marzfvrz Pmrfc' 40 . ' 7 ,I 1 u x x I +I x ' ' 4 1 :' 7. , - 7 77 W 7 . , , . x I ' T 1 ' e x ' f ' x D 'A ' . . L . ' 1 , ' z . . x x x 0 vu 7 t L . L , . , ' .1 1 . L .. , , , . I x x ' yx - , . ' x 7 7 '

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AQUILA I PAGE 431 Cappy Lamgan leaves Rrchard Venue her horn rlmmed spec tacles so that he wrll be able to preslde over the future senlor meetrngs w1th more dxgmty Anne Long leaves her sense of rhythm to Vlolet Roy Lorenm Gllbert leaves hls bundle of cares and worrles, the pr1ce of glory as Class President, to Lucren Boulay, whose broad shoulders are able to carry such burdens Dxck Horan leaves his abxhty for fT121HLlf3CfLlf1I'lg minute made txcuses for tardrness to Anne McLoy wrth the hope that they ll prove more CHCCCIVC than hrs drd To the faculty we leave the followrng To Sxster M uhana, the class leaves a motorcycle to carry her over the staxrs on her evttenslve tours, and thereby save her many a uearylng Journey To Slster M Magdalen we leave sophomores that are never late, never out of order, and always wllhng and able to smg Frere acques For Slster M Cornella we have s cured an especially large human brain, although we are in doubt as to whether or not the amount of gray matter wxll satrsfy her demands To Slster M oan we leave all the junlors woo thmlc of nlne thlrty as an ldeal hour for Sunday Mass As a SLll7SflfLltC for the once dear JLIIIIOI' and now helpful s mor who carr ed Sister M Salvatorlss bag over th stalrs so ofttn we leave a fall good looking lad who wxll sm1l and bow profoundly when he depos ts the baggage To Srster M Elllilllil we leave an entomolosrxcal laboratory a servlceable adjunct to her scxenct class, and s1nce she IS a Latm teacher, she wrll be able to transla e nh f0I'61gI1 sclentlhc terms For h r soclal and econom cal worm we leave to Slster M Mau reen a llfelong subs rlptlon to Tlm The Reader s Dlgest, and Fortune To Father Donnelly we leave an xnvxstble hat, b cause lt,S really a shame to see hrs famed curls cov r d We also l ave him a good compass, good enough to dlrect hrm, at least once a year, to the expectant semors er 77 - ' ' rv ' 1: ' A - ' - . . , s , s Y . 1 1 . . . U J as . x . n i . . -. 1 - rr aa - - ee va . . . . , . .x 4 fs c . . - -. x X . . . A 7 9 V 1 l . . . ' O , X . . . X i . x g D . . . t c . D ' , 3 L ' .,, , , . . ' W - ' tr - A av rf a - av c .., er as s - . I D I , . 0 n 0 A c e . c

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Aotnea IPAGE 451 Class Prophecy AR above the avenues of Concord, the office blllldlllg of the C D N rose towermg on the horrzon the most progress1ve and truthful paper of the metropohtan d1str1ct As usual, far below, streets were teemmg wrth hfe and the rrver trafhc on the recently dredged Merrmmack moved steadlly Sallllig to 1ts dock on the rlver, tm Kmg Edward, Brrtams contrlbutron to the worlds merchant martne of 1955 domxnated the scene It was four o clock We proceeded to the omces of the C D N and watched the movements and workmgs of the c1ty s best known paper The newspaper office was hot and norsy, wrth the usual bustle and clrcklng of reporters typlllg the1r storles At the edltor s desk plled luqh mth papers, sat R1chard Horan, widely known editor, who was eYc1tedly grvmg orders ASSISIHHC edltor, Lorenzo Gllbert was busy glvmg out new assrgnments to the restless reporters All at once the last mtnute scoops began to fill th edltor s desk Dons Roy one of the few g1rl reporters of the office handed 1n chaud The young herress had Just stated that she mtended to have a chrldren s hospltal erected, and although I1OIl11Hg had b en defnutely declded II was belleved that Helen Payne and Anna lxarwockx, already promlnent 1n nurs1ng, would be her chlef assts tants At th1s po1nt the telephone began to ring v1olently and 1mpat1ently the editor hfted the recelver from the hooc Hello' yes' yes' You say that Berchmans Ollvler, famous flyer has just completed hrs round the world flight and achleved a new world record? Well, stay around for further developments He slammed the phone down and turnlng to Grlb rt told hlm to take the story down to the press room and not to omxt rhe fact that the plane was bullt by the famous Edward S Klng AIFCFHTI Construcnon Company, makers of many noted planes Then, forgettxng the most recent story wluch was by th1s ttme HDCICHI history to his progress ve I111l1Cl, he glanced through the stock of storles handed to htm by the office boy for hls app oval Among them was materral on Leo Harrlson noted Cl1CITl1SI who w1th the help of h1s asslstant, Wxlltam Sweeney, and laboratory techmctan Ellenora Hegarty, was ready to demonstrate hrs new dlscovery 1 ' . 7 x . . , . 1 I . . . , . 3 1 A er ' 4 77 - ' au - - y , . , . . , . . , . . . , s L Y ' ' s I , x l I J , . her latest story concerning the fortune left to Miss Marie Pain- . , . . 7 ' ' ' 7 . . . . . I cr - - 7 , . - - . . 3, X I K , l . 3 , l 3 ' 7 7 I x ' 7