St Louis School - Crusader Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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Tlw Ciara mb l960 Pvuuuwq Brother Charles Leonard, S.M. fF ' The followrng lrnes of laudatron are genurnely penned to dedrcate a book to the honor of a per son of long standrng devotron rn the field of edu catron vrz Bro Charles Leonard S M Recognrz rng Bro Charles for the prarse avordrng person that he rs rt rs srncerely hoped that these few lrnes wrll not cause hrm too great an embarrass ment Perhaps no truer trrbute can be pard to hrm than to say he drd hrs rob wrth constant year rn year out unselflsh devotedness blessed wrth a down to earth level headedness and a rock bottom com mon sense' These are no rdle boasts' No not especrally are they so when one sees these sterl Ing qualrtres used rn the stabrlrzrng efforts of help rng to run a smooth functronrng office at St Lours Hrgh School It was rn lust such a capacrty that Bro Charles found hrmself for the past dozen or so years Hrs keenness of mrnd to srze up srtuatrons and hrs rmagrnatrve abrlrty to formulate means to solve problems rn the most practrcal manner possrble have won for hrm on many occasrons the affec trorrate trtle of efficrency expert And well-de servrng rs he of such a trtle' One mrght wonder how he came by such a valuable trart The answer lres rn the vast wealth of experrence that he has 0 worthy men how well rn thee appearr The conrtarzt .rerwce 0 the antzque world When rerwce sweat or duty not for mee Thou art not for the farhzon of there tzmes Where non wzll :went hut for promotzon achreved over the years rn occupyrng posrtrons of busrness and admrnrstratrve nature rn the So crety of Mary ln another capacrty that of dean of drscrplrne he handled students and therr darly rnnumerable vexrng problems wrth envrable patrence and krnd understandrng He was a real practrcal psychol ogrst Hrs famrlrar and frrendly Whats your problem son? approach was most reassurmg to worrred rmmature mrnds And rn the course of runntng the every day hum drum aFfarrs of a school office srtuatrons at trmes are bound to become most annoyrng and sometrmes nrgh on rmpossrble Then rt was that Bro Charles would draw from hrs rrch cheerful God savrng sense of humor to help save the day and perhaps even someone s face Due to farlrng eye srght Bro Charles has moved from the rmmedrate vrcrnrty for the school ofllce and rts actrvrtres However he and hrs wonder ful contrrbutrons to th cause of modern Catholrc educatron are not forgotten' Nor wrll they ever be' May thrs 1960 Crusader be a constant re mrnder of hrs great deeds and serve as a clarron to others to follow rn hrs footsteps to carry the torch of Truth and Lrght unto the salvatron of souls throughout the world' Q' . in ' 1 C f , f ' d' ,, , . . - . I ' I 0 1 Il ' ' ' ll 1 'r ' 1 - - '- I - ' I I 1 . . . . . ' 11 I . . . ,I - , . ' ' II' II s 1 Q 1 1 I I ' ' - - - - - I . . I .. I - - D ' - I I - ' 1 I ' w 1 1 I ll Il . - I , n , - V . . ,, . ,, - . . . ' I

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A 'M A '6 QV As F19 THE CRUSADER ., , J2 M ET

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edicaieo lwinCfuwadmTu... Mr Francls Funal av-s An era has ended The relgn of Francis A Funny Funal over the baseball destlny of St Lours Hugh School teams came to an abrupt end when he resngned last June 1959 Due to the pressures of the ever growing clnentele of a suncere conscientious and farthful Insurance salesman Funny called It qults after beung assocnated wnth St Louls baseball teams for 24 years 16 of them as Head Coach The peerless combnnatnon of Charlie Fat Fernandez and Funny domnnated lnterscholastuc Baseball pruor to the War and then resumed wan mng ways after the Pearl Harbor lnterruptron Francus took over In 44 and In a span of 16 years won 8 outnght champronshaps Over all the years since 1936 Mr Francis Funau was recognnzed by the Faculty as best exemplufy :ng the Philosophy of Education of the Brothers He was a Coach Teacher and Tranner of St Louls men Hrs code of ethrcs carrled over from the Held to the daily lnves of hrs players whether they continued theur education engaged an busmess or emulated theur Coach at other schools He was acknowledged THE BEST The Graduatzng Clay: of 1960 wzth great pnde dedzcatef thu hook to Brother Charles Leonard and to Mr Francz: Funaz at a token o appreczatzon and thanks for all thezr fazth ul year: 0 Jerwce to our Alma Mater We are not honorzng them hut rather they are honor zng ut wzth thezr pzctorzal presence Statnstucs on Francis A Funau have hum born rn Kawauloa Walalua Oahu on December 3 1906 He began hrs educatnon nn Waualua and concluded rt at Mud Pacific Instntute Here he also met has pleasant understandmg wlfe Madelme Hnno and they were married In 1930 Bank of Hawan tnred to become a full tame lnsurance salesman wlth Manufacturers Lufe Insurance Company ln the meantume three strapplng sons were born to Funny and Maddy Donald SLC 49 Melvin SLC 51 and James prospectuve 63 at SLHS Donald us an A F Captain speclaluzrng ln Aur Traffic Control at Laredo Texas whsle Melvin IS an Englneers And Class IV with the Cnty and County .lummy ns following ID Dons footsteps at St Louus on the football and baseball teams and ments ratmg ID the Advanced Class scholas tlcally If you havent met thus man of Sports Bus: ness and Famnly you ought to and venfy these statements TO FRANCIS A FUNAI Baseball Coach and Gentleman ALOHA' and may Jesus and Hrs Blessed Mother love you gag I 4 l . H H . . . . . . . ' I I I ' . I ' E - - I n. . n n A . . D I I I I ' ' . , . . ' - - - - - clanmed Funny s servuces untll 1954, when he re- ' I . 1 . - . . . . U ,I s I . I . . . , 1 ' I ' I ' ' - I I I n . I 1 - . I I I . . . a I n . I . . . D g I . .U . I . , I - 1 , ' . I 4 v I I I I . I I ' I