St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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W wx, p.CvP-IN 6004 P 64,N f3Q. wi 2 Xi 23, Q ' 46 cows, th 0 +- 94' CHARLES ANTHONY McCARRON Clmr!ie Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 3 Hockey 3 , President of Student Council 3 Chairman of Junior Prom 3 Arrow Business Manager 4 Charlie was one of the first boys to enroll at the School, long before the rush began! He well fulfilled the promise indicated by his eagerness to enter the School. Steady, loyal and sincere, he has participated in every activity the School has undertaken. We may well say that he has placed everything he had at the School's disposal. Charlie has been outstanding in football and baseball. The line loses a steady heads-up center with his departure to college. Once Charlie had shaken off forty pounds of unwanted weight, he developed into a catcher whose arm kept the foe close to first base. He had only one great weakness. He could always manage to break one finger a year, with or without provocation. In his junior year, Charlie was elected President of the Student Council. In carry- ing out his duties, he represented the student body faithfully and Well before the Faculty. That same year he was Chairman of the Junior Prom Committee. This was one of the most successful affairs the School had sponsored since its opening. Charlie set a fine precedent in that department of the School's life. Q It appears to us that Charlie is set for a fine career. He is manly, firm, determined, decent and ambitious. We are all with you, Charlie.

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OU 6836 411-' f 3, 3 if lf .3 my 135 S fs Mus JAMES CAVIN LYDON Ujgp., Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1 Class Treasurer 4 Student Council Vice-President 4 Arrow Asst. Editor jimmy is another member of the Old Guard who can recall that first class held at St. Sebastian's. Possessed of a quiet but friendly disposition, he grew on us over the period of our four years on the hill and stands today as perhaps the most popular member of the class. His keen mind enables him to take such things as examinations and assignments in unbroken stride, and in the scholastic marathons he is usually crowned with the honor-roll laurel. A ready wit and a glib tongue are also numbered among his assets and they arm him for his dinner and gym disputes with Joe Carroll and Ed Murphy. His impersonations of celebrities, the accounts of his dachshund's feats and his dramatic recital of the rowboat incident always gain him a willing audience. Leisure hours find him gratifying his taste for good reading, an avocation which is rivalled only by his fondness for coconut bars. Jap has played an important part in the school's athletic history, having been a fixture in our line for four seasons. His guard play showed superb courage, and his ability to break into the opposing backfield was most disconcerting to the enemy. Tackled by Lydon was the constant refrain that proved to be the swansong of many a ball-carrier's hopes. Jim's family traditions are interwoven with the medical profession, and he plans to embark on a physician's career. Present plans call for his enrollment at George- town University as a preface to medical school. It is with regret that we part com- pany with such a friend, but we feel that life has countlesss blessings in store for him. I l tx f ,ff f ga 45

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at ff r efill N 5 w if ff EDMUND JOSEPH MURPHY Moore - IVlurpla Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 3 l Murph is to St. Sebastian's what the Empire State Building is to New York. His 6 feet 4 literally dominated the scene when the school opened its doors to us in September, 1941, but any awe that we felt in his regard was soon dissipated by his mild, easy-to-get-along-with temperament. It was from him that we learned that Wellesley Farms had been explored and developed into a charming country seat even though there are no cows there . We soon came to marvel not only at the brilliance of his mathematical deductions in class, but also at the magnitude of his victual de- ductions in the dining hall. He supplemented his natural wit by the use of gags heard the night7beg61'e'l'bn Duffy's Tavern or Fibber McGee and Molly , and punctuated their conclusion by the rippling, treble chuckle which could serve as his dog-tag . No off-campus gathering of the gang was complete without Moose , although, until recently, his interests were exclusively masculine. As an athlete Ed starred in football and basketball, and followed all the other branches of sport with avid enthusiasm. His epoch-making 70-yard run after in- tercepting a pass in the Sacred Heart game of '42 stood out as a high-light of that season, even though his gangling stride was broken and his gigantic form hauled to earth inches from the last white line. To our gridiron foes he was not merely an end or a tackle, but in reality an octopus with countless tentacles that bestowed bone-crushing embraces. His height made him a natural center for basketball, and only rarely did he lose the tip-off. He was not the type to keep a record of how many points he scored, team play was much more important to Murph . When the diamond sport held our attention, Ed could be seen on the bench jotting down hits, runs and errors in the ofiicial score book, and no power on earth was capable of altering his decisions. Moose was called to active duty in the Navy on December 2, 1944, where he plans to make use of his scientific bent and advance his ambition of becoming an alumnus of M.I.T. He carries with him our prayers and good wishes for the achieve- ment of success in the cruise of life. 3 'eb ill' 5 f iii