St Josephs Collegiate Institute - Star Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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THE STAR On our return in September for our final year we were met by many agreeable surprises. We were welcomed to the fourth year by Brother John who was already well known to the most of us and by Brother Malachy who had again returned to St. J oe's. The return of John Sefbert, one of our best English scholars, from Springfield, Mass., after a year of absence was a source of delight for us. Lafayette lost two of its most brilliant students in the persons of Ed. Mathias and Bill Gardiner. We believe that these notable scholars made a wise choice in selecting St. Joe's for their final year. One of the first acts of the class was to organize a Society to enable us to take a leading part as Seniors in school activities. From the begin- ning, our Society was an efficient and successful organization, due to the able supervision and direction of Brother John. Thoughts of the many lively meetings held will long remain in our minds. One of the most interesting of the many activities carried on by the Senior Class was debating. Many snappy debates were held in the Evg- lish classes, and in the gym before the student body two debates between the two senior classes came off. Of course it is almost unnecessary to say that 4B was victorious in both debates. Memorable among the enter- taining and interesting class debates was that between Cuba Candee and Manilla Griffin. Another unusual activity in which Senior 4B participated was the circus. It was a big success, and everybody who attended had such a won- derful time that it will undoubtedly be an annual affair hereafter. The victory of our football teamover Canisius Prep and the wonder- ful successful year was in no small measure due to Four UB . John Candee played as captain until he sustained an injury that prevented him from finishing the season. Jack Griffin and F. C. O'Connor were star players while Kerin Lyons represented our class as manager. In all projects carried on by the school We have tried to do our best. We have given our support to the faculty and have received theirs in return. We have made mistakes which we hope others will profit by, and we feel satisfied that we have made a success of the time spent at St. Josephis. We take this occasion to thank God for blessing our work and for enabling us to come to St. J oe'sg to thank our teachers for the many favors they have conferred on usg and last but not least to thank our parents for the many sacrifices they have made to send us to a Catholic High School. In closing this chronicle we entreat the under-class men to be ever proud of their Alma Mater, to be loyal to it, to cherish the ideals fostered for many years and to carry on all activities to the best of their ability. CHARLES SCHNITTER '27 B , 71 iyf

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THE STAR The second year was an all-eventful year in our career, and our class made several records. Members from it formed the backbone of the great football team which defeated Canisius for the Catholic Prep Champion- ship. Besides developing athletic heroes our class produced several fine scholars in the persons of William Lee, John Sebert, Lester Brass, Sarkis Anthony, and our famous Bill Ready. Last but not least among the feats of our sophomore year we carried off the banner for the school field day at Fort Erie. It is impossible for us to forget our wonderful teacher Brother George. The hotly contested debates held under the direction of our witty English teacher, Brother Justin, are still fond memories of our successful second year. The reopening of school brought the majority of us fback to old St. Joe's for our third year. The spirit of activity and school loyalty that we had fostered in our earlier years remained with us, and, as Juniors, we took a lively interest in all the affairs of the school. In the early part of the year We carried off the banner for selling the most tickets for the St. Joe4Canisius game. In the St. La Salle Auxi- liary drive we stood out prominently. We have a cup to show for our success in the interclass athletic competition. In the ad campaign we were first or very close to it, and we did our share to make the card party a success. In school athletics we occupied no mean position. Jack Griffin played as football captain and John Candee represented our class as a star player. Bill Ready and John Burke, then a member of our class, acted as managers in major sports. Lest, perhaps, some person think that our class was developed only athletically, it is fitting that we mention here, hat 3B produced scholars as well as athletes. We cannot give their names here sin-ce space does not permit. Probably many of our successes in the Junior year were due to our wonderful teachers, Brothers Malachy and Paulian. It was with difficulty that we understood Brother Paulian at the outset, bu-t as we came to know him We realized many of the things done by him that we were apt to critize were done for our own benefit. ,The majority of us will long rememlber the snappy and peppy sayings of this jolly yet stern teacher, and we will never forget the lengthy penances that he assigned to us in his just endeavor to correct our many faults. We met with a. serious loss about mid-year in the person of our respected teacher, Brother Malachy, who was taken seriously ill and forced to leave us. We were somewhat reccvmpensed for his loss by the genial Brother Francis who took his place. With many regrets we parted with our teachers and fellow students in June for our vacation. Thirty one

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