St Josephs High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Manchester, NH)

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THE RED AND BLUE and many world problems yy ere settled dur rng our class meetrngs We were well represented rn athletrcs by our yersatrle athlete Egan Padden So the year passed qurckly Frequent argu men s occured but most of us came out wrth fly mg colors and hrgh marks and we began our vacatron per rod contented and hap When St Joseph s Hrgh School opened rts doors rn September 1929 we found ourselves full fledged Junlors We were delrghted yvrth the manv rmprovements made for our comfort and conye nrence Classrooms redecorated laboratorres rmproyed and Cam pus enlarged Soon our regular routrne began Class socretres were organrzed wrth Hugh O Nerl at the helm and Brother Leo as Vlode ator We had for rnstructors Brother Lawrence Brother Leo and Father Grlrarn Thrs year wrtnessed the openrng of the new Carpenter Hotel and most of our Junrors Jorned the ranks of manlvnd for Chrldren rn shorts were generally excluded The dedrcatron began our socral season In Noy ember our J unror Qu1n tet under the leader shrp of Capt Thornton show ed the yy ay to all competrtors by wrnnrng the match fobs rn the Interclass tourna ment The members of thrs qurntet later became the Varsrty squad The success of our first basketball team rn a long and hard schedule was due marnly to the efforts of Capt Padden and the Junrors under the drrectron of Brother Leo and our popular Coach H111 The Junrors played promrnent parts at the Unron concert for the Orphans St Patrrck s Day and at the productron of My New Curate Exams and trme passed qurckly Sprmg arrryed yy rth baseball We were finally rnformed of our success rn the final rcams and we prepared to occupy the seats yacated by the de par tr rg senrors Creatly refreshed rn mmd and body we returned to the old school twenty sey en strong to face yy hat pr oy ed to be the most memorable term of our four year course The precedrng three year had sped by on yy rngs and realrzrng that rn another short 'Jerrod of trme yye yyould be at the end of our hrgh school career we feryently resoly ed to make our senror year one of achrey ement and success We found changes rn the faculty on our return A new drrector Rey Brother Columban greeted us on the first day and ntroduced to us Rey Brother Patrrck yy ho yy as to be our pre 1 Q 1 v Q Q. Q . Q I . v Q 7 ' 4. , rs , ' , ' 1 V ' ' 1- v' v' . , , U . . V u . ,. A - , . . Q . . . . , , a - . 4 , . , . . l 4 1 1 V - U ' . . 4 -' ' v U . 0 , ' . rr , , - - - ' 0 . v. , . Q . . v 1 ' . 1 . v - ,A . , . . A . . i v. . 1 . v 1 1 1 ' . I 1 ' . U ' 1 ' 77 v v . v , . 7 ' l - 4 4 ' . v y , 7 7 . Y. . . ' . . c -1 v ' . ' 1 1 l 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . L 1 Y 1 . , '1 . v 5 ' ! 4 V ' ' ' v 1' 1-1. v . , . I .' r v . , ' - . ' G . . . v v v - .1 ' . - . , , , ' ' v v . 1 4 , . a N . Y . . v . . ! c 9 1 y 0 1 1 . 1 . y U: v v' 1 ' ' ' . 1 V L' u 0' . v 1 0 . 1 1 1 a P v Q v v 1 v 0 , 1 V 1 I Y l v Q 1 1 . . Q , , , . . 8 . v . , ,

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THE RED AND BLUE q Q Gllaaa Lgminrg W 0 N the slrcth of September nrneteen hunched txx entxf three srxtx four x1x acrous youths assembled at X Y WA St Joseph s Cathedral for the Mass of the o x V4 V, Ghost the prelrmrnarx to then entrance to Hrgh lasq School Enterlng the bulldrng on Loxx ell St we Kilim' stood srlent amazed untll finallx xxe xx ere greet ed and rntr oduced bx our Prrncrpal the Rex erend Brother Conrad In our classroom Rex Brother Edmund put to flrght all our fears bx hrs Jox ral and krndlx xxords of xxelcome The first fexx xxeeks passed qulcklx and xxe xx ere a happx l1x elx group of Freshles The xx eeks lengthened rnto months and soon xxe enjox ed the Thanks grxrng holrdaxs It xxas no trme untll Chrrstmas and xxe agaln shared the Jox s of th1s holx season Our Chrrstmas entertarnment xx as a large success due especrallx to an exhrbrtron of pugrlrsm and uarx srxcth xxe xxere drsapornted to learn of the transfer of our teacher Brother Edmund Our loss xxas lessened xxhen xxe were mtl oduced to Brother Leo xx ho xx on rnstant fax or among us The mld xear exams and the thrrd quarterlres soon appeared to cast a shadoxx but of course xxe came saxx and conquered Vacatron called a halt on our scholastrc actrxrtres and xxe departed xx 1th an other x ear completed Vacatlon daxs flrtted bx all too qurcklx and September found us readx for the openrng of school Puttrng axx ax the thrngs ot the Freshles xxe prepared to clrmb the second step ot our scho lastrf ladder Our numbers xxere slrghtlx drmmrshed due erther to a fllslrke tor studx or talse notlons regardrng the ltmosphere neces arx for a good educatron Agarn xxe xxere fax ored bx the return of Brother Leo xx ho rntroduced us to geometrx French and sexe al other enemres It xxas here that Hugh O N911 llrlfred Chaput and Thomas Folex dexeloped l1te1a1x and poetrc tastes The Red and Blue recerx ed and publrshed our efforts During our bophomore xear debatlng plax ed a large part IH our 3CtlXltl9S -' 35 O C J Y. A' in . ' . 1 V V' 7 t H 1 Le ,-D i s 7 v 1 v , ,M - , . . . V , , ,X - - ., , L - 1, ' x 'Si . . . . A 1 f .4 '. . ' M' ' r 9 r .vu v V ' ' u uv Q nl I y v g . U' v Y N .YY . V V- 1 ' . ' an extravagant refreshment committee. Returning to school Jan- ., A . . . ..., , 4 v 1 , v - ' L v 1 - v A . H v , . M H ' L 3 7 7 ' 7 ' v Q. 7 g 4. L ' ar , - . L . ' . - L ' . - A, 4 ' ' ' v 1 v Q ' w ' 1 t v ' 1 s - n, .I n C L A LS -v n ' . ' f v , v v v 1 -A . U 0 ' ' 1 vu-v v v ,. . ' s . . Y Y ' v' , . . . . , li- 'Y , 'y, ', .I av ,- .

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THE RED AND BLLE cepto' of QtL1Cll99 and xx ho as the x ea1 xx ent on ploceded to lemoxe manx of the obstacles lmpedlng ou1 conquest of leallllflg Blothel Patuck met xx 1th oul healtlest applox al fx om the xe1x beglnnmg' 1nd xxe LOHSlCl9l9tl oulsclxcs lndeed toltunate 111 l1d.XlIlg h1m tol mstluctol Among the manx ClLlt18S and 1espons1b1l1t1es f,0IlflOI1tll1g us as semols the fnst xx as the Qtlltlllg of the Red and Blue the of 11C13l school pape1 Competent 6ClltOl1dl and busmess staffs xx e1e elected and 2:11Cl9Cl and QHCOL112lg6Ll bx B1othe1 Patuck the SE'H1Olb to a man dete1m1ned to make thlg xea1 s DL1lJl1C3.t1011 a g1eat suc cess About thlg tnne also the class OEICQIN fo1 the flxst qualtel xx e1e elected and fl om then on xx eeklx class meetings became palt of the 1out1ne At Chustmas tlme basketball commenced ln the school and the x l1'u1tL team xx hlch xxas dex eloped ma1nlx tlom ou1 class mem bels found the senloxs of 21 behmd It full f01 ce We attended all the 4, mes and d1cl ou1 b1t 111 the CllSD098.l of tlckets At the close of the basketball season sex en ot ou1 class mltes mounted the stage of the school 3.LldltO11LllTl to ICCSIXQ lettels and hand some led sxxextexs fox SQIXICC duung a most successtul xea1 on l:1tLpat11ck Tom Tholnton John Doxxd Conme Haltnett Flank NTcGz1th and Nlanagel Tom Folex xxe1e the 5911101 ILLIDIQIHS ot athletlc 1US1gIl13N XX c contlnued to supplx the lthletes xx hen base mall came alound sex elal ot otn membexs suppolted the Red and Plue on the d1amoncl And noxx the h1sto1x ofthe class of 94 ls at end We 19 about to leap the flLlltS of foul xeal s eaxnest 6ffO1t xx hen on the long looked tol and ex entful nlght xxe xx1ll 1ece1xe oul dxplomas fl om St Joseph s The thoughts of gl3ClLl3.t10I'l ue gladsome xxe haxe passed a mllestonc 111 hte but s ldne s fllls us as xxe leflect that xxe ale about to bld tuexx ell to the place that has so tendellx tosteled Us fo1 the last toul x eaxs 'XX e ale oon to entel a ste1ne1 xx ollfl stlengthened bx the teachlngs absolbed undel the p ltelnal gLl1CldI'lC6 ot ou1 1IlNtlLlCtOlN and though xxe leaxe tle halloxxed xx alls of St Joseph fol ex 91 111 bplllt xxe shall be ex 61 plesent 'NX e axe lcsolx ed to be lox al alumnl and xxlth th1s lastlng pxomlse alma matex the class ot 94 lllcls thee adleu onmx I f 1 ll H111 h U X111 X ' 37 . K- K ' L . v K L1 . 1 y 1 . 1 1 , . . 1' 1 1 . , 1 , . ' ' - ' 1 1' ' ' - L . . . . 1 ' .1 ' 1 11 1 ' ' U ' 7' . 1 . . . , - 1 ' S , ' 1 uv - . - 1 , ' 1- 4. . ' ' 1 J ' ' 1 .- u. K ' , K1 . 'N 1 12 akw- v v .1 v Bw ' . uv ' u 1 1 K-hw '- 1 ' ' 1 7 ' ' ' . , . , M . x 6, . ,, . .V V .D N CA. m x , - . . S , .3 ' ' ' f 2 J K 1 kv v E hiv v lv 1 v. 1. Q1 ,1 1 Kyiv w -'Y v the court for St. Josephs Captain Eddie Padden, Fenwick 1 1' V 1 , 1 ' ' 1 - v 1 A 1 -Z A 1 1 1 'I' 1 . Lx ' 1 1 x .' ' L. ' 'f lf 1 1 v 1 ' 1 vu w. I if . A , , . . 77 , ' I 1 ' ' s 1' '- 'r . ' a ' 1 1 1 ' L1 I tv 1' 1 1 'v 1 , v x 1 v . y v Q' u 1 l ' 1 . 1 1 . 'Af' K1 1 2 x L1 Q v ' J ' 5 1 ' , 'z s 3 cf ' ' ' '1 l ,Z ' ' I kv 1 1 v ' : ' Ls 1 1 K- ' . Y I -81. ' 1 S . K- 1 1 . . X L. . t- ' L. S . , 2 , I 4 b 1 I : 1 vs: 4 1 v -X - v : I K- .S. 1 ' 1, . 1 ' v' 1 x. v 1 n L1 . v 3 s' 'Z' -' ' - -Th .- 1' ,1 3 , 127. - .1 '. ' . 127.