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

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THE RED ANID BLUE ?l Blr,E1a lawn Idrnphrrg 2lQ J5. l vw 7 W AS on the exenlng of the tvxentx Hfth Z-IHIIIVCI' sa1x of our g1aduat1on flom St Joseph s Cathe y-W d1al Hlgh School that mx pa1tne1 Joseph LaSalle 14 ed a much needed xacatlon It had not been long aftel gladuatlon that Joe and mxself had en tered lnto the 1mpo1tat1on bl,lS1I16bS To dax thanks to ou1 educa tlon at St Joe s xxe ale successful busmess men H3X1Hg made all due pleparatlons xxe left Manchestel fo1 a trip to some of the more lmportant Cltl6S of the Unlted States The tlalll xxhlch xxe boarded was no more than out of the sta tlon xx hen the conductor appealed to collect the tlckets On handlng him mme I notlced that h1s featuxes xx ere fam1l1ar I called mx frlend s attention to th1s and he lmmedlatelx 1ecogn17ed the conductol to be our old frlend and formel class mate John Dowd Hovx glad we were to see hun Durmg the lemamder of the 11de John told us of hlS hald cllmb up the laddel of success and hoxx he had at last reached the top He 1ecalled how back ln 27 he had plaxed on the school fixe and xxhat a fine team St Joseph s had Wlth fond recollectlons of the daxs gone bx we palted John s companv and wlshed hlm success Allghtlng flom the tram 1n Boston xxe hu111ed thlu the North Statlon galnmg the st1 eet xx hele xxe could talk xx 1th greater ease Golng to one of the popular hotels IH toxxn xxe acquue l the use of a suite of rooms for tvxo dax s On the second dax ou1 phone vxas out of o1de1 Callmg a bell hop we told hlm the t1ouble Wlth an lndependent an he 1epl1ed that xxe should see the manager a thing Vll'llCll xxe p1 eceeded to do xxlthout delax Aftex sending IH our calds xxe xx ere ushexed 1nto a lalge and handsomelx furnlshed 05.108 At sxght of the man ln back of a large black mahogany desk our h931tS mlssed a beat There sat FFSHCIS McGrath ovxn er and managex of the hotel 1n whlch we stood Frank, was hxghlx pleased to see us Agaln recalling the feats xx rought by L l A ,, , , v ' ' , '13-59:96, J l ' ' ,'- - mv:-3-,sir-. l . .ln?It- Jz'it..l ' v ' ' l - ?Lf4sff A'agsI-'la v ' '- i-:'f:w2aw:2l g W , - , , , , x ' ' Q' ,T'. :'. P M 'xv -- . V ' , li ' - fyggsl,-. 'Y-It and myself, John Cal tx , declded that xxe had earn- ': yfQ ,,g:,,w4-4..gk- 2 - S ' ' 7 - ' ' I H H ' ' -? s t ' ' . ' 1 . . '1 w - v 1 a - . . , Q l, L. L , Y. 1 . v 4 , 7 1 . y l y Q - ! ' Y Q ' Y n , . v u V L 4 . , S - , V V 1 . ' 1 ' . . X . , . . v 1 . ' 7 7 v y . 1 ., . , . . V , ' u v Y 0 , w . . 7 . . . 4 Y 1 v V. 7 l . v v . 1 r . , . ' y y v 1 , t L ' . 9 , 1 1 ' - v ' 1 . . . , . 7 7 h . 1 v v 1 . ' V . v t - n 7 7 . ' ' 1 - 9 ' Y

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THE RED AlND BLUE Qtatnrg nf iirrshman B 19311 ,yaitqva FTER the slncere and cordlal welcome extended us dj QQ by faculty and students allke the members of C9 S Freshman B ws ere not long IH absorblng the if Q Splflt of good fellowshlp whlch permeates the at 3 9 t j l mosphele about Salnt Joe s No sooner had we NE, 5' XE! fallen undel the shadow of oul Alma Mater than our mlsglvlngs about hlgh school llfe were dlspelled by the frlend 1 ness and affablllty of the uppel classmen The few puzhng pre llmlnalles over we cxamlned oul masslxe school bulldlng and be came acqualnted wlth our faculty Brother Columban D11 ectol of the school aroused ln our healts a loxe and admllatlon fol hlm that ulll last as long as Llfe Hls genlal smlle and vsalm heal ted manner togethel Wlth hls zeal and earnestness make up a pel sonallty lmposslble to forget The first act of the class as a unlt was the electlon of class offlcers These offlcers ale Plesldent Lawrence OBrlen Vlce Presldent Leonald Scannell Secletaly Ernest Thorne Tleas urel Robert Lenehan So fal these OfTlC1alS have dlscharged thelr arduous dutles ln an efflclent mannel Long may they ram' 1No they re not ALL wet 'J When basketball candldates xx ele called out we V619 well leplesented Scannell O Bl 1611 and Lenehan made the Freshman Squad whlle many 195591 lumlnalles ln the persons of O Nell and H6ll1hX xx ere dlscox ered 111 the toulnaments A Fleshman Base ball team was O1g'tIllZ9d and pelfolmed cledltablv on the dla mond Robert Mulphx stalled on thlS team and attlacted much notlce fl om uppel classmell Pal kel Earnshaw Nlanseau and NIcCa1thy held down Ieglllal belths The Fl eshman Speaklng Contest ullealthed IH P2111-ie! KSQIH ex Scannell and O Nlelll olatols xx ho would put Clcelo hlmself to shame Oul altlsts Tkaw G11 011111011 Chaput Hoben Scannell Th01 ne and Palkel kept oul cla s to the fO19 111 dlaulng abllltx H91l1hX we found to be oul mo t clex Q1 mathematlclan Wvlth Reldn pl esslng hlm close fol the computatlon honols It IS not dltflcult to lmagllle that lx 1th such a bl llllant begln mng Fleshman B H111 DIOXE ltself one of the most noted classes ex 61 to matllculate at deal old Sault Joe s xf,,,,1, U 1 Mg, zu v 4 45 D . 3 1 ol 5 V N ' . . . , . XVQ' xr .nf . - 'i- M v i 1: an rv , ' ' l Q 'NN v rl . , V . . Y . v . . , - l I l' . V, .ly , 9 1 . ,. . ff , .qxyx ff J . fr 7r.- S: 14 all - - Q, 4,f1l?r' - . . . . . v . Y . - V : . . ' . - Ll o . . ' .. V - - . v . . - . , V , 7 I . . . . , K K L . ' A . v Q 1 1 . . L , ' , L ' . . Y . . . , . . . L . I . V . , . , , . . . . . , , vi 'Q u 1 1 1 1 - 9 a l a . H . . . . , . . . . . . ' . . . , Y? I 1 Q v v 1 1 1 , 1. ' 3 V . v W ' . i. . , . , . 1 ' v . ' y ' 1 . . v - v 1 . 1 v 1 . ' .L C , V ' 1 y 1 . 1 ' Q . t . , . w n g 1'1 1 1 v . . . , . , A . 1 . - V v . . . 1 4 t L. 1 vi v ' 1 Q 1 L u , K ' v ,l I 1 vw v 1 . 1 . . v A v ' 1 1 .w 3 . 1 l Y L ' 'f K l an 1 9 s ! . . Y . - . bk Lv. 1 . v Q 1 Q. Y Q . . 7' . L' r . v 1 -1-1. . 'v u . 11 , - . 1 1. 1 v . 1. v . . . y Q 1 . 1 W N , r v , .N . - -'A . - . ... 1 .

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THE RED AND BLLE 47 Muggsex on the xa1s1tx basket ball team xxe su1elx felt proud of hlm After d1nne1 xxe b1d farexx ell to ou1 frlend and host and boarded a tram fo1 Nlexx Hork Haxmg sought ou1 be1ths fo1 the nlght xxe p1epa1ed fox a good sleep Sho1tlx afte1 gomg to bed all the passenge1s xxele 3.l0ll6SCl bx a t9I11bl9 shaklng of the tal Soon the xxhole tram came to a stand-,tlll Dlesslng hastllx VI1 LaSalle and mxself xxent fo1th f1om the Cal to 1nqu11e about the delax We were soon lIlfO1I'1 l6Cl that the ca1 had Jumped a sxxltch and xx ould be 1n no pos1t1on to ploceed fO1 a xx h1le W 1th thls 1nfo1mat1on xxe plo ceeded to 1etu1n to 0111 be1ths On ilO1Hg' so xxe xx e1e obhged to pass a sholt but 1athe1 keen looklng gentleman The sedate l1t tle man p1oxecl to be VS 1lf11d NIcTeague He g1eeted us heartllx and took us lDt0 h1s oxxn C81 It xx as a la1ge and spac1ous one Afte1 bemg shoxxn ou1 eats xxe p1oteeded to lesume old fuend shlps Mlke pxox ed to be none othe1 than the P1es1dent of the N X N H 81 H R R We sat and talked togethe1 of daxs passed IH school untll the hou1 xxas xe1x late Next molnlng xxe a111ved ln Nexx Xolk of the month lVlx fuend and I had long ago establlshed the Dl3Ct1C9 of F11st F11dax Communlon at St Joseph s In the Louise of the dax xxe made ou1 xxax to the chu1ch to go to COHf8bSlOl1 My f11end xxas the fllst to ente1 the COI1t9bblOllal He xxas gone a long, tlme Hoxxex 81 at length he tame toxth and xxas bffllllllg happllx W ondeung at hls unusual conduct 1n chulch I made mx xx ax to the confess1onal As I C1 ossed the thleshold I then knexx xxhx Joe xxas so happx Thele xx 1th head boxxed IH adola tlon sat Eddle Ba11x But he xxould nexe1 be called Eddle aga1n tox he had ansxxeled God 1 calllng and xxas then Fathel BHIIX PHSIOI of St John s Chulch That ex enmg xxe called on our beloxed class mate and had a me11x that OXX1Ilg' to the fact that Fathe1 Baux had to agaln heal COIIf6bb10flb xxe bade h1m goodmght and afte1 he had blessed Us xxe depalted xx 1th Jox 111 our souls The next dax xxe xx ent to the ball pa1k It xx as he1e xxe agam renexx ed old acqualntances Fo1 doxxn 111 the p1t sat Egan Pad den our former base ball leade1 Thls t1me hoxx ex er Eddle ll ,!! , , ' , - 1 , , , ' ,, ' Y 1. . 1, v . 1 1 . L , 1' 1 1 1 D , v 1 1 I L . 1 .lv 1 . , K4 I v 1 K1 K1 ' . 1 K A1- K . uv, 1. 1 1 UV 1 1 1 1 . l , v 1 1 ' 1 1 , 1 1 - I il , - 1 . v 1 Q. v 1 o 1 1 1. - 5' P 1 ' 1 H ' V' 1 1 1 1 1' , 1 r sw 1 .tv I LY 1 ' v 1 1' It was Thursday, and the next day was to be the First Friday 1 A V' I. T D 1 . I 1 1' v . ,1 m v ur, v 1 v .lv 1 , 1 . . .' 1 K1 1 -K1 1 . ' 1 1' . 1 1. , r ' . 1 1 ., . , . ' 1 1 3 1 ' ' uv. 1 K1 1 1 ' 1 , 1 Lv v v K1 1' ' 1 1 , V V Y K6 ', v1 1 1 v 1 v. Y . 1 U 1 A U 1 1 - ' , as ' U , , , , , , H ' Y' . L . r , 1 K1 1 1 'S 1 . , v -4, . 1 1 , 1 sk - I 1 .tv 1 . 1' , , 1 1 51: 1, 1 1 1- ' , ' A t', ' 1 1 I va F1 1 1 . 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' 64 H - 1 1 Z ' . 1 sc ' 11 1 ' ' 1 1