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

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FRAMED IN THE DOORWAY of the Administraiion Building Brother Bertin cmd Iohn Sullivan present cz per- fect fade-out shot.

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Iune . . . Iourney's End . . . Time for Goodbyes and God speed . . . We never thought it would come, this finale, this closing of a door upon old dreams . . . Sunlight Warm and golden streaming down up- on the campus . . . Undergrads heading tor Myrtle Pond . . . But We as Seniors had to sever old ties . . . Thoughts ot the Prom, of Commencement, of the ap- proaching summer, of life on a college campus . . . Let's take a last look at the corridors of Xavier, at the rooms on the third or fourth floor where We spent our final year at the Prep . . . Do you remember the day when . . . Do you remember the night when . . . Hosts of golden memories thronging the Halls of Ivy . . . Goodbye to Tony and Ioe and Dave . . . Bye-bye Nick and Paul McManus and Tom Sullivan . . . Take care of yourself, Bob Michaud, and the best of every- thing, Tom Foote . . . What will become of us any- way as the years drift by? We'll return here, of course, if not in body then in spirit. For these years, these precious years, will be relived a hundred times in retrospect . . . Iune . . . Goodbye, Brother Bertin . . . Strange how lovely and appealing the campus looks . . . And the stadium where we spent so many wonderful after- noons . . . Who would have thought that the Frosh would become a Senior . . . That tour years could go by soiswittly . . 1sThat Hello would so quickly be- come Goodbye . . . ' il ., , .1 . I, N fu jf-.-.-x' ' 'Ig' ' X . 1 X ,, A- ff?k?2if r -, V 4 I ., ,,

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It is with both pride and pleasure that we dedicate this 1955 SPIRE to Mr. Iames Daley, our teacher, coach, cmd friend. In the twenty-five years that he has been at St. Iohn's he has won the hearts of all those taught or coached by him. His sense of hu- mor, warm-heartedness, willingness to be of assist- ance, charm of manner-these have become pro- verbial. Mr. Daley came to St. Iohn's from Holy Cross where he won national recognition as a track man. For three years he was chosen as a member of the All America team. At the time he held the record every race from the 40 yard dash to the 12 dash. His record for the 70 yard dash stil ands in intercollegiate track. After graduating from Holy Cross ' 1930 Mr. Daley came to St. Iohn's and began compile an amaz- ' g coaching record. In gh school competition D -coached teams e won the Class C Cham- ' ' , both out r and indoor, the Belmont Re- lays, the tho' State Meet. And when St. Iohn's ran in the school division Prep teams under the .Jie ge of . Daley won both state and na- tion recognitipn: t Bowdoin lnterscholastics, the W Hampshire Inters lastics, the Eastern Sea- board Relays, the National ep School Relays, etc. On Sunday evening, Novembe 21, l954, Prep stu- dents-and graduates and track per ages gathered in Memorial Gymnasium to pay due 'bute to Iim Daley. Recognition was tendered, of cour to Iim Daley the athlete and coach, but it was re to lim Daley our friend and teacher that we paid hon Generations of Prep students have known and loved and admired lim Daley. His cry of To the Bastille! has resounded down the corridors of time. His love tor the Prep, his devotion to duty, his kindly humor -the list of his virtues is a long one. To him, then, proudly and gratefully, we dedicate our edition of the SPIRE. May other generations of Prep students know him and admire him as we did.