St Marys Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hoosick Falls, NY)

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1950 ACADEMY ECHO Deo, Amiciis, Patriae For God, For Friends, For Country— For a motto, this we have taken, May we stand by it steadfastly, May it never be forsaken. For God, our every action be— Our prayers, our work, our play, Our ultimate Goal, may it be He— And His grace shall light the Way. For Friends, that we may always remain, And that we may gather many more As we travel down life’s winding lane, Keeping friendship ever to the fore. For Country, that we may serve it well— In a faithful role may we be cast. That some day, books may tell, They fought for their country, true to the last. May this motto accompany us till the end of our days, May its words on our lips ever lie— For it explains the purpose of our ways— DEO, AMICIIS, PATRIAE

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 THIRD ROW—Donald Iiodak. Thomas Hass. John Riporace. Joseph Braun. . SECOND ROW—Janet Sherwin, Gall Arnold. Marie Morin. Catherine Green. Ann Marie Burns. Rita Gallagher. Idamary L e Blanc. FIRST ROW—William Hayden. Richard Cluk, Beatrice Bisson. Joseph Smith. Fay Anne Weir. Kay Gulden. John Bromirski. Class of '53 At the beginning of our first year in high school the Freshman Class elected the following: President, Joseph Smith; Vice President, Fay Weir; Secretary, Kathryn Guiden; Treasurer, Beatrice Bisson. With these faithful leaders we hope to be a success. After getting used to changing classes, the Freshmen waited anxiously for initiation. Finally the day arrived and all Freshmen proved to be good sports. Many of the Freshmen took part in the Halloween Poster Contest. First prize was won by Ida Mary LeBlanc. The November retreat which the Freshmen class attended was very bene- ficial to us. Much was gained from the sermons of Father Quinn, O. S. A., and Father McDermott, O. S. A.. Now that we have completed our third quarter exams, we are anxiously waiting to see if ours will be the new Sophomore class. Kay Guiden ’53

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1950 ACADEMY ECHO The Season With the Junior Varsity At the beginning of the ’49-50 sea- son, there was little hope that the Jay- vee squad would be very promising, as their predecessors of the year before had been when they turned in a fine 11-8 record, which was the best effort of a St. Mary’s JV team to date. There was even less hope that they could match, let alone beat, this record; but beat it they did in fine style. Under the able guidance of Coach Tony Brandi, the JV’s came through with an even better 13-6 record. They beat such teams as St. John’s, Rensse- laer; St. John’s, Albany, 2; Keveny, 2; Heatly, 2; St. Ann’s, Albany, 2; North Bennington, 2; St. Joseph’s, 2. Their losses were to St. Mary’s, Glens Falls, 2; Waterford, 2; St. John’s, Rensselaer, and North Bennington. These losses, however, do not tell the whole story, as the two Waterford losses were each by one point, and the North Bennington home game loss was by two. Perhaps the highlight of the season was an avenging win over this same North Bennington team as the prelimi- nary to the annual Alumni game. The JV’s had previously beaten North Ben- nington on their court when they came down to the High School gym to give us our third and final home game loss, in a thrilling two overtime periods game. In the Alumni prelim, St. Mary’s started off well and never were behind although the Vermonters did catch up at 26 all with about a minute to go, but a five- point splurge in the final seconds gave the JV’s their 13th win of the season and their first win under the coaching of Coogie Mahar. The JV squad for the '49-50 season consisted of Billy Griffin, Will Dough- erty, Jacky Leonard, Bob Closson, Johnny Griffin, Tommy Moore, Hoppy White, Tommy O’Malley, Jimmy Doyle, Donny LeBarron, Walt Webster, Bobby Hayden and Walt Shaw. All in all, it was a very successful season and the members of the team all wish to thank Tony Brandi for his fine coaching job and to wish him many more victories in the future.