St Johns Preparatory School - Spire Yearbook (Danvers, MA)

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CHEER-LEADERS Frame, Pollard, Duff, and Murphy do a little rah-rah stuff tor the photographer. run. November . . . Month of the Holy Souls . . . Chill winds and leafless trees . . . Francisco Zubiria and our other friends from South-of-the Border buttoned up their overcoats! . . . And still other football vic- tories: over St. Bernard's and Keith Academy. And then the loss to Malden Catholic in the season's finale. But it had been a good season. So many of the S2294-1-?39P2'bfQQ129441P1r2Qfgf1?QIsi-,'1?912iffif.- Pierce, Dick! Clancy, F rank'Grady,letc.--had played a terrific brand of football throughout the 1954 grid campaign. Nothing but praise for the squad and its capable coaches. T 'T A T ' ' N N C T W November . . .And the wind howling through the Quad had a shriller note. The fall of our Senior year FOR THE CROSSCOUNTRY MEN November meant the State Meet at White Stadium and cr gruelling 2112 mile was bowing out and many of our classmates had played their last game of football for St, Iohn's . . . And then on Sunday evening, November Zlst, we gathered in Memorial Gym and paid glowing tribute to Mr. lim Daley, a great teacher, a great coach, and a Prep fixture for twenty-five years. Track men of other days spoke and wandered through Memory's throat gmailgat just alwee bit misty-eyed. I And then the mad rush for home and the Thanks- giving Holidays. Turkey and cranberry sauce and a very'specidI'danceithE1t'we attended with a very special girl. Looking back-wasn't it really won- derful? ,S crllgfofeitlsf gag-their QldiiiQ:miumi4uH1PzirIlQHfeg-,

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E -if A - ON NOVEMBEH 21st tribute was paid io Mr. Iczmes S. Daley for twenty-five years of service io the Prep. 1+ X i,..i14 ' -Q-. UVEMBEH

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December . . . A short month scholastically . . . The first snowfall of the year and the campus a white blanket of radiant loveliness . . . Hockey on Myrtle Pond: the scrunch of skates on ice, the mad dash for the puck, Harry Deferrari, Iim Heron, Tom Foote, Ray Gallagher and all the gang in a grand and glo- rious scramble, December winds blowing snow gusts in our faces. December . . . Dick Killeen's contemplation over whom to take out on New Year's Eve . . . Mr. Daley putting our trotters through their paces each after- noon in the gym . . . Dave Perini's nightly weight- lifting class in Pete Drott's room . . . Iohn Lyon strug- gling through Wuthering Heights . . . Then our first formal dance on the memorable night of December 10th: a beautifully decorated gym, scintillating mu- sicp dancing on clouds or stars or sunbeams-or so it seemed. She looked wonderfulg we were all men of distinctionp the night was made for us alone. Tux, evening gown, corsage, dance program, the sub- dued glitter of Christmas tree lights, another en- chanted evening. December . . . The first All-Xaverian Tournament . . . The melodic chant from the Quad as the Seniors broke out with Christmas carols . . . The sound of gargling from the washrooms as the Glee Clubbers prepared for their first Songfest . . . Ralph Countie trying to fit his crazy, mixed-up fiddle into a suitcase . . . Hockey playersrshoveling on Myrtle Pond , . He-ctic social league 'games that kept us yixalbnfly busy in the afternoonr Q ' p f ' rvi' Decemloerl . 'The-hindefirxable Christmas' creepingisuupon us . . . BrotherHIohn:getitii:tgf'i11f,Q'2gg1l3 hhditchfistfnixs,rr'ge,1ights't'r.e,udv shdppihqs in:t1is?'bCf9:k.75RCii5lfFi?'lGhfi51imfif5'ifw?f!iS 1- '.4j,'f-.1P14iiSr bsifig 's1i1sffig5?sghdf5rtsigidds.i,for fthe Q 'Q 'Should I get 55935 iiifiiileiiti'-ills' Ofxfi ',i, 15F1I1rI5O?H1,P,f5H?.tShe never P av costs' torj1'ot of money . . . Something-A f ' theflatmosphere. D.ecegg,p,,i'xf-Lg? weekQbe'foref,'our- departure sfqfshvme-11f1i4st,fkf43Q,fhQUSG1Qf1i4fshdisvlrs?tdstishfhs - - - , , x 1 - '5f3l?F1t?l i'lf l?Pl1?5Zff5QT5?l??C?f4fFluYfs19Yl9 f -eff '??4-Howl 'WHY sghouldxl qsendllthiiiyear? . , , And 'fl??St'i1G129'Dl5?2iHU'5i71'l51i1?iTtl19'4iiSf1Ffbl?liiDf1-Ot our Senior ' 'V-faces! The rsstdiiaeh fhhghslfigsris gaps fish! ,But sua-Lzmdes enough 'oneito Tom and Ioe and Bob 'i :Fi f '- ,DecefxnbeLg5igtA,warrrifamglQtender month . . . The big dinnherig6n'Qftlief.flaStf'3night 'before We started the trek good' fellowship and big steaks Cluliflonhert and the old, fa- niiliqr msiqdhssl . YQ 'Ifhe'1aslt, restless night . . . The Big,,iDbty3vj.ff-ff..,iHere5jl'ioome,' Santa-. . . Here I come. M6H1,i'U-T151Ql3'e3d7-ankilall my hometown friends . . . Sldighitbqllg ringing: in my heart . . . Goodbye, Prep . . . Goodbye, Brothers . . . See you in 1955!