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

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C I Beecham, Evers D Scholarship Club Wallace, Boccio, sfhsrdgi y, Boesl, Wt Mck,lv y Had you peeked into the Physic's lab any day from l:45 to 2:30 you would have caught a glimpse of the Scholarship Club. Not at all what you might expect of a group of alleged intellectuals. No thick glasses or long hair, but merely some regular fellows who were trying to overcome the difficulties afforded by scholarship exams. Their able director was Brother C. Clement who worked diligently throughout the year. He built up their vocabulary to such an extent that they were unable to converse with some of their fellow students. Current events was another ofthe obstacles to overcome, but a sub- scription to Time magazine for each of the boys solved the problem. Brother Philip and Mr. Robert Casey were drafted to convey a portion of their respective fields into the cranial cavities of the lads. Mrs. Spragge was another cog in the wheel with a section of her library devoted especially to the scholarship bibliophiles. On December 3rd came the first big trial. The Navy held its annual College Aptitude Test. Under the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program the boys who pass the Apti- tude Test, physical examination and have acceptable school records are sent to four years of college at the Navy's expense. Brother C. Clement's efforts were duly rewarded when five of the boys, James Carlo, Philip Donovan, Eugene Mack, James Murty and Dennis Smith, announced that the Navy had notified them that they had passed the Aptitude Test. Another of the proteges, Frank Beacham, won a United States Coast Guard scholarship. Other exams taken included those sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, New York State Regents and Cornell University. l93l

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Honor Society Again this year the Alexander Honor Society, now under the direction ot Rev. Brother Philip, F.S.C., has achieved its twoefold purpose. First, it rewards those who have won first, second or third honors, and secondly, encourages those who have not made them to work harder to attain them. Those having a general average ot ninety-tive or all marks above ninety percent re- ceive first honors. Second honors are given to those students attaining an average ot ninety or having all marks above eighty-five percent. Last but not least, all pupils having an overall average of eighty-five percent receive third honors. It is the third honor students who make up the bulk ot the society. This society plays a maior part in both the Senior and Junior Scholarship Classes, for membership in these two classes is made up ot those boys who continually receive first and second honors each quarter. As in the past, after the quarterly examinations, all students receiving honors are given a halt day holiday by the principal in recognition ot their scholastic achievement and so encourage others not on the honor list to make honors the next quarter. The leaders among the Seniors this past year in the society have been Frank Beacham and Dennis Smith, while the third year has had Carl Albert, Richard Voll and Richard Bloom running at its top. Francis Klocke, Donald Wintringer and James Cuff led the Sophomores, and Robert and Herman Geraci, John Gudgel and Carl Lombard have been foremost among the Freshmen. ' ' . iff

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Social Semor Offers: Beochom, Cooney, Irwm, McNally escorfmg the 'Jsses Dunfop, Barber, Brmkworfh and Sfhwmg ARK: mr ,ww Semor Moderofors: Rev. Brother C-'emeof A, and Pew, Brother C. Clement wfrh Prom cfroperones, Mr and Mrs. Edwm Cooney rorvo Moth o' Somo' Prom