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

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LJ Wag ow le n Freshman I ear H942 431 DDay 1n North Afrtca the Battle of the Solomons and Rxckenbackers rescue Newspapers were overwhelmed wtth articles concermng these major mctdents of the war The current strxfe was gomg rather badly for the Allles and daxly journals were replete wxth dxre prophectes about the future of the world To counteract the effect of war news people turned to books vaguely described as sp1r1tual such as The Robe and The Song o Bernadette The blg seller tn non Hctmn that season was See Here Pmate Hargrove whose autoblographtcal hero was later to be featured as the star of two motion ptctures based upon hrs adventures rn World War II The favortte motton pictures of the year were somewhat varxed m theme Mrs Mmner I-Iollywoods xdea of an Englrsh fam1ly at war caused tears to be sh d tn theatres across the country Two screen blographtes Yankee Doodle Dandy and Przde o the Yankees also vxed for top honors All My Sister and I Meanwhtle St oes was expandmg renttng a portlon of the adjacent buxldmg whtch was unobtrustvely tttled The Annex A part of the freshman class was moved to thus burldmg and the daxly walks to and from the mam buxldlng for lunch became a fam1l1ar habxt The novelty of thts change soon faded the new students settled mto the routtne of classes and the tdea of weekly report cards became less horrlble as t1me passed The mam socxal event of the school year took place tn November when the Dramatic Soctety performed Mr and Mrs North whlch had been a hlt 1n New York the year before Sophomore Year 11943 441 December 1943 saw the Teheran Conference takmg place the world awa1ted the outcome of that hlstortc meeting It was not untll almost seven months later that the results of the plannmg at the conference made themselves known tn the form of the mvasron of Europe on une 6 That year the publtcs taste m fiction ran to family sagas wrth The Valley o Decrszon and A Tree Grows zn Brooklyn leadmg the best seller llsts Wendell Wlllk19S One World became the cur rent success tn non fictton The favorite motton plctures of the year were adaptations of novels Franz Wetfels The Song o Bernadette and Ernest Hemmgways For Whom the Bell Tolls Thxs Is the Army based on the all Army personnel show was the most popular musical of the season The htt songs of the year had the usual quota of sugary ballads such as You ll Never Know 64 QA . r 5 . A l .' A 1 L Q 0 I 0 0 an F f ' 1 s f - ' U ' . . b, . f , . Q America was singing the top tunes of the year, l'Vhite Christmas, Brazil, Mr. Fire hy Five and . , u J , . y . . V . . . . A 9 f - 9 U G - : ' 7 '

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Herb known as Pork to hrs many frlends RICHARD ZACKEY Duck is very actxve xn hrs social lxfe whlch for varxety of mterests we have rarely seen equalled He plays no favorltes but finds bowling skatmg xce and roller danclng tenms swlmmmg and pmg pong equally enthralling Then too he IS also the outdoor type smce he 15 very fond of huntmg and fishing Duck mtends to go to CBDISIUS College to continue his educatlon and to develop hrs prohcrency at mathematncs whose traps and pxtfalls have for hmm all of the charm and zest of an excltmg hunt on a frosty autumn ITIOITI cr HERBERT ZIMMERMAN has become accustomed to rxdlng around m the lap of luxury and literally so for h1s work as a chauffeur has been the means of admission unto many a llmousxne Herb 15 another of our class mates who wlll be college bound when the new term begins although except for an afhmty for math he has not found a course upon whlch he lavxshes any speclal fondness Football and hockey find hxm an ardent enthusnast when he can find the tlme to devote to them although he 15 equally at home on the dance floor or nn the swxmmmg poo . 63 'J' 4 W., wx s 1

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long Ago and Far Away People Wxll Say Were m lone and Paper Doll The surprise swing hit of the year was a little horror entitled Pxstol Paclzm Mama Now that the class had been moved to the main building students were able to keep in touch with world events and to put into practice lessons learned the year before When the novelty of harassing the freshmen lost its original glamor the class was able to experience the somewhat dubious thrill of undertaking the study of a new language The popular play chosen for presentation that year by the Dramatic Society was See My Lawyer The second term marked the beginning of a new organization The Shamrock Club which held its first banquet at the 40 and8 Club The final event of our second year was the departure of our principal Brother Malachy, whose six years at St oes will always be remembered pleasantly by those who attended while he was Head of the school Junzor Year H944 451 This school year proved to be a momentous one in view of the news offered to the people of the world It was predominantly joyous in nature ending with the crushing defeat of Germany and apan by the Allies This eventful year also saw the introduction of the atomic bomb and struck a tragic note in the death of President Roosevelt Interest ln the war was shown in the public s acceptance of books such as A Bell or Adano Brave Men and Up Front The success of Captam rom Castile and other historical novels which topped the list for nearly a year indicated a trend toward escapist literature Hollywood deviated from war films and produced movies such as Gomg My Way Meet Me in St Lows Gaslight Wilson and A Song to Remember a lavish silly, immensely popular highly fictlonized account in glowing color' of Chopins life This film launched the Chopin craze which caused many of his melodies to be furnished with mediocre lyrics to please the public taste For months the Polonazre was played by pianists all over the country and in such arrangements as to cause Chopin to stir uneaslly in his grave more than once the inauguration of the annual Sports Night Banquet at Hotel Statler This very successful affair was attended by hgures prominent in the sports world city officials and by students of the school and their fathers The other successful events of the season were the school play Big Hearted Herbert and the Shamrock Club dinner held this time at Hotel Markeen It was durrng our junior year too that the complete modernization of our library was begun with the result that this room became one of the most popular spots in the school Semor 1 ear C1945 461 The problems of reconversion were the main topics of the news at the outset of the year War books showed a sharp decline in popularity and the accent was definitely on fiction Histori cal novels, however poorly written still maintained their popularity as was evidenced by the imme dlate success of The Black Rose and The Kings General Two novels were published in 1946 which were major additions to modern literature and best sellers also a rare combination Thes were Arch 0 Trxumph and Brzdeshead Revisited The movie sensation of the year was The Lost Wee end followed by The Bells o St Marys Anchors Awexgh and Spellhound Symphony was being played for all it was worth and even more as were I Can I Begm to Tell You and It 5 Been a Long Long Tzme the song hits of the year The final year of high school opened with the drive to raise funds for the erection of a new school in Kenmore The presentation of the annual school play was foregone in order that stu dents might devote their time and efforts to the campaign The social side of the year was inaugu rated with the football dance followed by the Star Night Dance and Semor Promenade Soon after the Prom came the annual Sports Night Dinner in Hotel Statler held in honor of the unde feated football team The final social event of the season the dinner dance was held later ln the year and was preceded by the annual Senior Retreat held at St Bonaventures College However the most discussed event of the year was undoubtedly graduation the long awaited conclusion of the high school career ALAN SATT,-ER 46 65 I , A . , . I I i . . . . . . . , 7 7 . . , , . . - - 5 5 J ' i i ' 1 . , f , . I 1 . I I 1 I P I P ' , , . . ' 9 The school, under the guidance of Brother Andrew, had something new to offer that year with . U , ' ' 7 . - , . ,V ' ' 7 . U ' U 7 Y ' 1 , . . . , , . , . 2 k 2 U ' , f - , - - - Q - 1 9 7 P J I , . . . . , . 1 ' . , . - , . ' Y . . , 5 ' x . i