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

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,,..- ,,o4Yo FFRESHMAN September '50 . . . Lowly Freshmen, ready to begin our higher edu- cation at St, .loe's . . . but being the first class to start a full four years at the new building we were determined to be at least on equal of the upperclassmen . . . we proved our determination in the Building Fund Campaign when we the Freshmen, led by 'IO4 Brother Christians home- room were way up on top our support of the athletic teams paid off when the Basketball Team went to the state championships in Little Falls only to be beaten in the final game by two points the Dramatic So ciety s presentation of Jenny Kissed Me was well attended by the Fresh men when June rolled around and we had completed our first year at St Joe s we had a record to be proud of ' r 'S N C - X, , Sv sl H 14- 95 xi 355 SOPHONORE Atter a peaceful vacation we returned to St Joe s for another rigorous school year the Dramatic Societys Whistling in the Dark was an other great success many Sophomores attended the Hippity Hop in the spring in sports Tom Wolfe set a record by scoring 408 points in a single season and Dick Rahill s foul shot in the closing seconds of the Canisius game won the thriller Al 40 these two events coupled together helped heal the wound inflicted by Canisius in football 350 Come ona my house and Johnny Ray were the rage of the en tertainment world the Building Fund Raffle was abandoned much to -'L the disapproval of the student body June come all too soon as we 952. bore down in preparation for the exams and as another school year came 68

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'ff Sw JUNIOR As school opened once again, we were upperclassmen at last . . . we didn't do too well in athletics but the basketball team did get into the playoffs only to be defeated by Timon in a close game 56-60 . . . the Dramatic Society offered What a Lite and it was another success . , . to replace the raffle the sale of Christmas cards was employed to raise funds for the athletic field and the Junior classes were way up on top in the final ratings High Noon was the top movie and Caravan and High Noon were the hit tunes the Junior class was well repre sented at the Senior Prom during the Easter vacation June came with its inevitable exams but we survived and were rewarded with the summer vacation during which we prepared for our final big year at St Joe s I v 4 61 LJ L..! Histor 5ENlOR The summer passed quickly and as we returned to school we were big wheels finally after four years we had reached our goal induction and guidance talks the social calendar began with the Harvest Hop but the highlight of the year was the Senior Prom which was held on Easter Wednesday in both the St La Salle Auxiliary Drive and the Mite Box Campaign Seniors held the top ratings in the school June rolled around and with it came the final exams followed by gradu ation as the time neared for us to bid farewell to St Joe s we fully realized how fortunate we were to be the recipients of a sound Christian education from the Brothers during our four years at St Joe 3 954 3 .,,,1 5 C 5 I t ' - , , if f i. , .. again this year as in the past, the Senior class received a series of pre- Q . , Q Y. ,,, ,l l --e i Q 69