St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Z kni- f it Q - - . X 'J B7 7 ll L U ' ' 42 3 015' li W gli -4 .f - , fl? 'H s'-5-:re fill l l- P i f HUGH FRANCIS GLASHEEN Hugh Football 1, 2, 3 Basketball 1 Arrow Editor-in-Chief General Manager of Athletics 3, 4 Hugh is a citizen of Belmont. He came to St. Sebastian's shy, demure, and timid. The years have demonstrated the value of a line education. He is now seldom shy, rarely demure, and never timid. Hugh is a good student. He won the award for general scholastic excellence in his first year. During the succeeding years he has won so many certificates for ex- cellence in hfs various studies that at last he has begun to use them for transfer checks on the Boston Elevated. It was soon discovered that Hugh was a most capable and responsible organizer. He was accordingly placed in charge of the managerial staff of all the athletic teams. In this department of school life Hugh was extraordinarily successful. This same capacity placed him on the Junior Prom Committee, in spite of the fact that his dancing lessons had been seriously neglected. The Prom was a great success, in no small part due to Hugh's untiring labors. Hugh is one of the most loyal sons of St. Sebastian's. His school spirit is outstanding. He is efficient, capable, and sensible. He intends to matriculate at Notre Dame. After that, the business world beckons to one who will undoubtedly be a most capable man. All his teachers and classmates wish him the best of every- thing.

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COUN fa ah. . , o sh' EEA C we 'P' ri , sl N fl 22 49 A5 96 GEORGE FREDERICK GILBERT Gil -- George Football 2, CCo-Captain 3D Baseball 2 The sun doesn't shine often enough to please us and George did not stay at St. Sebastian's long enough to suit us. Coming to us after previous training in his local high school, George spent one year in our midst and employed his time to such effect that he garnered sufficient credits to become our first graduate. Despite the handicap of not having been with us right from the start, Gil became instantly popular, his jaunty, debonair manner making the beachhead. We could not help but be awed by his deep-throated bass and impudent whiflle which blazed the way for many a barber-school operation. There was about him a tang of maturity which made him a natural leader, and his well premeditated pronouncements carried authoritative weight. It must not be thought, however, that George was always to be found on the serious side, for his dry wit and staccato accounts of personal experiences in the social sphere enlivened many a bulling bee . As a student the Watertown lad must have delighted the collective heart of the professors, for his rapt attention in class Cif not his use of the midnight oill gained him almost a season's pass to the honor roll. In competitive sports Gil was quick to make his presence felt. Football found him in the backfield, rounding out the quartet with Collins, Baker and Richie Donahue, and he proved a hard-running back whose dogged persistence and piston- like knee action threw off many a tackler. At the end of the season, the squad elected him co-captain for the following year, an honor which he shared with jimmy Collins. In baseball George was an asset in a year that was not too productive of talent, for his versatility allowed the coach to make use of him in both the inheld and outfield. Our association with George terminated when he successfully passed the V-12 examinations and was assigned to the unit at Holy Cross. We feel that the success he made of his one year at St. Sebastian's will prove a forerunner to a life of equal brilliance. May you always have the best, Gil ! HONOR ROLL 5' GILBEQ1' Nj IlJ2'.'. ,J R I XL i l 1 'tb PQ 41

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wu Pr 4 9 A ,iQ., , 1-' '15 sith ' 171, 'f l kt? fi! ' if ,, 'WASSAGNH LEON EDWARD KELLEY, JR. Kell Football 3, 4 Arrow Photographic Editor 4 5 The day came. when Leon's native intelligence naturally led him to the portals of St. Sebastian's-. He boldly claimed to represent the finest in Wellesley's social whirl, when properly indoctrinated he came to represent the finest in St. Sebastian's scho- lastic traditions. Big, rangy and a lover of good talk, Leon rapidly bent his back beneath the yoke, and soon turned in one of the best records in the class to which he had belatedly attached himself. Leon was a good footballer, playing in the line at tackle position. He had one great weakness. He hated a cold shower. In fact, he had never tried one, until one fine day Fr. Flanigan, fully clothed, dragged the shrieking Adonis beneath the flow- ing ice Water of the gym showers. Many claimed that Leon did not regain his health for six months. Leon tutored in Latin and French, together with Frank Dermody, under Fr. Mclnnis. It was at this time that Leon learned the manly art of scholastic self- defense. Even though he might have been mastering the magical art of making something out of nothing with Ed Murphy's calling cards until ten P.M., the in- stinct of self-defense saw him at his French and Latin books till midnight. Leon's social instincts led him on occasion toward Natick, where he was known to have been received with friendliness and quiet reserve. Having taken no lessons with Arthur Murray, he was never received at Natick again. Leon intends to be a shoe manufacturer. That he will be successful, we are all sure. A man who fits himself to a size fourteen can always fit anyone else to any- thing. 4 S P- X N , . Q1 . X 1 Q NX