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

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IPAGE 481 AQL H A Coach Slattery E need not say that Bill is an lcltal coach HIS t ams 1n every sport stand as mutt testlmonits of this fact Colcl, heat rain, and sleet mme no diflertncc to this human clynamo o 1 gy for Bill IS a hrm believer in tht saymg Practice makes p rfect Realizing that athletics play an important part 111 tu cl velopment of boys into men, he has clone his best to instil principles of clean sportsmanslmp in his players No man can makt an athlete But anyone who has hsrened to IS lCI1OWIl HS the Flgllflllg II'1Sll Discouragcment may be a word 111 the clictionary but in Bills vo abulary it lincls no place Wlmen the we lcs of pra tice and labor fail to bear frult at gam t1mt Bill s mply talcts another piecc of tobacco and a quick glance down the subst1tut bench However, this IS not often the cas as in his years at St ohn, Bill has roducecl more than his share of Wlfllllh teams P g Our athletlc days under the guidance of this amiable driller are over The cigar, the words of encouragement, to pat on the back the friendly smile all will remain with us always Wl1atever the scores, whatever the outcomes, Bill is now and forever a bona fide coach and a true blue friend It rzzrzum ' I , ' H ' ' ' . . ' e ' 1 I 1 xx' . .lk I: I A 5 Y ' . l' ' 1 ' . . F ez er j , xt ' II ' ' ' ' ' ff ' 71 . .... , x A X Bill's pre-game pep tallcs will understand why St. john High ' rt ' - - vs . f . . , . ,, . , ,, c ' . 2 c ' ' ' - D ' x re - 11 ' v - , A . : - A ' - J V ee - si ' s l ,. ff ' 7, ' K . x H -HI H ' 'fl

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AQUILA I PAGE 471 Abruzzese leadrng fashron edrtor of both mens and womens clothes clarmed the honor of berng the first to announce that Robert Dudley rdol of stage and s teen had been voted the b st dressed man of the West whrle Evelyn Eldrrdg motron prcture actress was awarded a smrlar prrze for her unrque style The contest had been conducted by Mrss Ine7 Arata Word had also been sent from New York that the Lecours twrns, Lucrlle and Ceclle, Ind opened a new b auty parlor on Erfth Avenue Wrth thrs, the besreged edrtor frnally hung up on hrs western reporter It was nearrng the deadlrne and there were strll many artrcles whrch must make the evenrng edrtron Assrstant edrtor Grlbert hur rred rn to needlessly remrnd hrs effrcrent chref that he must not over look the notree for the Stage Revrew All the crrtrcs were forced to admrt that Barbara Rerster was the most brrllrant of the new crop of dancers The final tryout for the world s champron typrst was to be held the next mornrng at nrne The contestants were Mrss Paulrne Spauldrng and Mrss Mary Sullrvan Pasquale Alosa, promrnent busrness man attended by hrs secretary Eleanor Mullr van would award the grand prrze Elrzabeth Landr gan edrtor of the uestron Box and the Socral Column quretly prepared to frnrsh her wrrte ups Mrss Anne Long socrety grrl had chosen to become a dental nurse and work rn one of the huge clrrucs of the crty Catherrne Lanrgan and Constance Wemods had also become soeral workers Whrle she hers lf prepared to answer the questrons on her desk Mrss Landrr gan sent out her assocrates Eleanor Palrsr and Agnes Duffy to rntervrew p rsonally John Mrnrchrello and Walter McMahon the two founders of the hrghly successful At Your S rvrce Escort Bureau And the sports wrrter Earl Heath came hurryrnq rn to report that Thomas Krl y famous track runner deserved headlrnes rn the bport bectron because of hrs brrllrant performance Dorothy Davrs who had worked long and arduously all day s nt the report to Horan for a qurck check up and then departed homeward As nrght approached the oHices of the C D N the most pro gressrve and truthful pap r of the metropolrtan drstrrct assumed an almost peaceful arr The most promrnent persons and events of the day had been scooped and untrl the telephone began to rrng agarn all was quret on the headlrne front Elizabeth Smztfa 40 . . . , , 7 7 . f' D - , 7 - 7 ' X . . D . . C 7 V7 7 e ' 1 . C X S . . . . 7 , . . 1 x . 3 7 7 ' Q 7 ' 1 , Q , ' . 7 7 . X . . . . . , . 1 0 s 1 ' ' '- 7 X . . . 7 . x . A . . . 7 ' Qt - D c 77 7 7 - O . . .. , , 1 1 . . . . s , 3 , . . ., - . X 0 . . . 7 ze 79 - 7 1 7 . ' - 1

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AQUILA IPAGE 49 I i WILLIAM P. SLATTERY, Coach