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

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ln the electron for the Class Offlc ers of l959 Bob Egan was c hose n presndent Bob proved a worthy rep resenfatnve of the sensor class celvlng the Alumni Servlce Award at the Graduatlon Exercises We are all proud to have hum as a personal friend and feel certain that all through hus lufe he wnll have the large curcle of well wushang comrades he has now JOE BRESNAHAN Vice Presudent -QA :CN BOB EGAN Presldenf Joe Bresnahan easy gonng resudent leader of Sf Johns served as Vice Presudent of the Class of 59 Joe seems to know every Prep student by name Descended from a long lune of lr h polnhcuans J Ryan won many a fruend at St Johns by hrs ready genlalsfy . . . . ' 'e' .-T 3 . . . J, .fp-, I f J ., . , A M L I I - . , . I - , f ,J I i . V fs: I ' I 9 L' ff ' ' 1, 3 Q ' I ' . - i i: f 1 of - ' ,Q . . J tgirl' IS , . 22

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CLASS OF l959 At the mud year mark we veterans of Prep mudyears had luttle trouble wuth those exams and were concerned wuth an other aspect of Prep lufe a mauor revusuon un the Prep dauly s hedule Lunch peruod was changed to suxth peruod when all Prep upperclassmen trooped over to Memorual Dunung Hall for hot lunch Under the careful supervusuon of the procurator the qualuty of the food was always durectly propartuonal to the relatuve velocuty of the students goung back for seconds Auso durung thus year we dud credutably well un the College Boards Mauruce Bosse eduted the Concordia J C Cabral went out to lunch Bull Kullen passed physucs the Prep basketeers wuth Kerrugan Ruckus and Casano barely lost to Central twuce the track team turned the undoor and outdoor ha truck agaun and countless other memorabulua And when our predecessors the senuors of S8 graduated we wushed them well un future lufe realuzung that by theur graduatuon we were at long last St John s sensors Weren t we proud that summer as we dusplayed our rungs to admurung faur fruends? Thus we whuled the summer away dreamung of the gloruous last year that would come wuth Fall Eagerly we returned to Saunt John s that Fall determuned to polush off our one last year at the Prep un fune style Soon we became accustomed to the classroom technuques of Brother lvo the heavy assugnments of Brother Kyrun the unformal at mospwere of Brother Callustuss small Latun IV class Y s ut dawned on us though slowly that these Brothers and laymen were fruends as well as struct teachers The football team once agaun enjoyed the servuces of Cabral Ruckus and Moruarty These three fleet backs were auded ummeasurably by the fune blockung of Pete Malkowsku Nate Masterson Bob Egan Bruan Chambers Joe Reully Dave Armstrong et al After most games a vuctory Pl party was held at Austun Ford s house where the punch lthough un spukedl fuowed freely Remember the excursuon to Lowell for the Keuth game and the subsequent gloruous vuctory for the Prep eleven? Thus wruter doubts that the good cutuzens of Lowell have yet recovered And then of course Macaulay had to run out of gas onthe way back Yes those furst few months were hectuc ones gettung used to the scholastuc grand and yet beung unvolved un the socual whurl Bob Egan was elected Presudent of the Senuor Class and led the Student Councul to new achuevements Led by Tom Odom Al Chew and Pete Cahull a reuuvenated Prep debatung team captured twelve trophues and two scholarshups Maruo Zampuello thrulled the capacuty crowd at the Sprung Glee Club Concert wuth hus operatuc solo La Donna E Mobule Not to be forgotten euther us Joe Commette s rapturous rendutuon of Zl Malaguena on the concert grand The Sodaluty led by Dave Downey collected stamps and canned goods whuch clut tered the Buology lab for months For those basketball fans among the sensor class the Prep quuntet provuded many thrulls Though our hearts were broken lpartucularly those of the Prepsters from Lawrence! by the close scores of those Central games the Eagles gauned sweet revenges by whuppung them un the furst round of the Catholvc tournament Joe Denahev dud a bang up uob under the boards whule Casano Ruckus and Kerrugan controlled the floor actuon The track team agaun provuded us wuth sweepung vuctorues un the undoor and outdoor State meets Brother Patrucuan al ways seemed to come up wuth the best athletuc team at St Johns Under hus capable guudance the Prep runners won three consecutuve state tutles both undoor and outdoor We were all pleased when Brother receuved a well deserved trubute for hus success at the Father and Son Banquet Yes ut was a great year lt was the year when Bull met Frances Al got a haurcut the boys went to Sunapee had a puzza party all Fords neughbors moved away Pete passed chem most of us passed Hustory Brother Pascal agaun olled up the old power mower Jumbo went to the Prom wuth the general s suster Bob got the Alumnu Servuce Award Paul got the Scuen e and Math Award and the General Excellence Award Dave Bernardun got the Language Award and Dave Downey recelved the Catholuc Actuon Award At the Father Son Banquet un May all applauded lustuly when the top oth letes and scholars receuved theur respective awards We wull all fondly remember the wonderful Senuar Prom The gym was beautufully decorated un a Japanese motuf, and all the gurls and even the boys looked especually wonderful that evenung tor should l say mornung7l And we stull wonder uf Torn McTeague ever found hus pants When Graduatuon Exercuses funally came around all were eager to be lusted as alumnu of St John s Prep And then we shook hands wuth our classmates wushed them well un future lufe and hoped to meet them all agaun Those fortunate enough to have several classmates attendung the some col lege as themselves reuouced to have old fruends un what would be a strange place Now that your eyes have begun readung thus lune you have graduated and have proceeded unto future lufe May thus book and these words serve as a souvenur of four wonderful years' l . ll ll ' T I I I ' I I T I I . c . , , . , . - f , , . . . 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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Peripatetic Pete O'Connor returned from a sum- mer sojourn in the British Isles to be elected class Secretary, A resident of Augusta, Maine, Pete pos- sesses the happy combination of rural good-hearted- ness and cosmopolitan charm. A prodigious reader, especially of the works of the Irish Renaissance, Pete displays a literary excellency that served him well in his official post and which will surely stand him in good stead in his college career. RALPH DEVLIN, Treasurer QM fl? 23 . A .-IQ' I 1 - 232 ' PETE O'CON NOR, Secretary A busy man has time for many things. And when he is Ralph Devlin he does all of them well. In addition to his many other activities, the per- sonable Ralph served as Class Treasurer for '59. And despite his dif- ficult six-subject schedule and his job at Vic's drive-in emporium, he was a regular honor roll student. No one will be surprised to find Ralph's name held in honor wherever he goes, whatever he does.