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summer from those who were observing the School carefully from without. The good repute of the new School was indicated most practically in the increased number ofstudents. While this was eminently satisfactory from the standpoint of the general standing of St. Sebastian's, it also crossed our minds that our athletic teams might be strengthened as a consequence. We were anxious to impress our new coach, Mr. Vincent Murphy, who had succeeded Mr. Duffy. Father Meehan and Fathertjulien, who had both been sent to the School on tempo- rary assignment, left us for the Seminary. Father Meehan's classes in mathematics were taken over by Father Hannigang and Father Julien was succeeded by Father Stocklosa. A new course in Physics was opened for the Juniors. Father Cotter assumed the task of blazing the path in this truly amazing science. At this time the incidence of the war began to make itself seriously felt. Frank Kickham joined the U. S. Army. Arthur Eastwood, who had left us the year before to accompany his family to California, appeared in our midst one day in the uniform of the Coast Guard. Donald Marshall joined the Navy before the year had ended. More of us were rapidly approaching the dead line of our eighteenth birthday. Our dreams of four happy years in St. Sebastian's were being dimmed by the shadows cast by the war. But we had a great year. The hockey team was an unusual success. Once more we had our two annual parties and this year we were allowed to hold our first dancing party, the Junior Prom. Charlie McCarron, jr., managed the affair with superb finesse. The Prom was held at the School, in our old stand-by, the dining hall. At the year's end party Richard Griffin of the Freshman Class was awarded the annual scholarship. In spite of the encroachments of the war on our ranks, it was a su- premely happy year until, just as it was ending, the announcement came that our Founder, William Cardinal O'Connell, had died. The Requiem Mass in the chapel for the repose of his soul was deeply moving. It seemed to us that something im- portant in the Old Order had gone. The First fl iss held at St Sebastian s
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Several precedents were set, which will no doubt become traditional in the School. First, at the end of each seasonal period, the Reds and the Blues played it out for the School Championship in each sport. These games engendered a tremendous amount of intramural spirit compounded of equal parts of heat and light. Second, two supper parties were organized, one at Christmas, and one at the end of the year, each followed by appropriate entertainment. These were held in the dining hall, and were most happily successful. At the final supper party of the year the practice was introduced of awarding a scholarship to the boy who led the class in scholastic attainment. Richard Donahue of Winchester received the first scholarship of this kind at the Year's End party in 1942. At this party also the athletic awards for the year were distributed for the first time. The year concluded on this pleasant and happy note. We of the student body turned to a welcomed summer vacation shadowed only by the ever thickening clouds of the war. SECOND YEAR The second year saw us re-assembling with the assurance of old-timers, diluted slightly by the knowledge that scholastic difficulties had thinned our ranks. To the sophomoric mind the presence of gullible freshmen afforded prospects of delight- ful fun. But the first attempt at mild hazing did not seem to meet with the approval of the Headmaster, and that form of entertainment was dropped abruptly and per- manently. We found that our class had had its ranks filled by the addition of several new students. The freshmen were finding their way with the halting uncertainty that novelty engenders in inferior minds. There were a few changes in the faculty. Fathers McColgan and Sennott, who had been loaned to the School by the Seminary for the first year, returned to the exclusive work of training the clerical students of the Archdiocese. Father McColgan was succeeded in the History department by Father Keating, and Father Flanigan took over the English course from Father Meehan. Father Meehan, who was also on temporary assignment, assumed the onerous duties which always bedevil the way of a teacher in mathematics. Father Cuffe established the course in Greek, which we found to be amazingly like Greek. The grounds had been landscaped during the summer, and a new drainage system had rid the dining hall and the school basement of the seasonal freshets which had annoyed professors and pupils alike during the preceding year. The student body settled into the easy movement of class work, salted by the occasional alarums and excursions caused by our attempts to find the wealg points in the disciplinary outworks thrown up against us. But the faculty proved to be not only alert, but tirelessly on guard. The freshmen were of no help in these crises. At the Year's End party along with other awards, both scholastic and athletic, the freshman, Myron Bullock, received the scholarship granted the freshman class. His work had been amazingly successful. On this occasion too, the custom was introduced of allowing the successful captains of the Red and Blue teams to hang on the walls of the dining hall a shield on which were inscribed the ,details of their victory. We might add that registration at the School for the new incoming class was quite heavy, even before we closed for the year. At this time, George Gilbert joined the Navy. He was our first Volunteer to the Armed Forces. THIRD YEAR The third year of the School showed a marked increase in the enrollment. There were thirty-five new freshmen. We had been hearing fine comments during the
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