St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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As days passed the School program went on its routine way, and we could not help but notice with pride how much our class was contributing to St. Sebastian life. The highly successful Football team, that won all its games save the Portsmouth Priory contest, featured seven Juniors in its starting line-up. When The Arrow sponsored a theatre party at Julius Caesar , we were well represented on the arrangements committee. Several of our group were active too in the short-lived Magno-Magno organization. During the Christmas recess we proved also that we had learned the social graces, for we managed our first Prom which, although it was held on the worst night of the Winter, was a very pronounced success-thanks to Bob Higgins and his hard-working confreres. We showed initiative too, for, from among our numbers,were selected the pioneer members of a School band. It seemed that by now St. Sebastian's could depend upon us, because the Class of 1946 was called upon to provide the Editor of The Walruf' and the School's spokesmen on the junior Town Meeting of the Air program-Myron Bullock. All this time we were carrying a heavy scholastic program of six major subjects, but we bore up well under the strain. The Hindu Method did not help matters any in Math, and we reeled from a two-weeks diagnosis in Latin. In English we were satiated with Poetry, and Physics Was a new experiment for us. However, a lighter strain relieved the tension from time to time: Leo Casey's questions, Tom Dewire's devotion to Phoebe, Joe Phelan's home-town exploits g Mul's raptures over synec- doche, Lehane's belated arrivals, and the development of The Walrus into a menace that could not be brought home without previous censorship. After Easter, the year rapidly drew to a close with Baseball and Bob McNabb's superlative hurling taking the spotlight. As we watched the Seniors preparing for Graduation, we forcibly realized how much they had meant to us for three years and how much of a void their passing would create. We rejoiced with them, however, as they observed their Commencement Week with a Prom, an outing at Scituate, a Fathers' and Sons' Day, a Musicale and the Graduation Exercises. Through the interest and generosity of Archbishop Cushing, St. Sebastian's was invited to hold its lirst graduation on the grounds of the Archbishop's Residence, and we were deeply moved by the beautiful setting, His Excellency's kind words and the crowning ceremony of the outdoor Benediction. Just one year more , we thought, as we parted for Vacation. As this history is being written we are now more than half-way through our Senior year. Sometimes it seems almost incredible that our years at St. Sebastian's are coming to such an immediate end. It was pleasant enough to return in September and be pointed out to the Freshmen as lordly Seniors, but we missed the contribution made to our School life by many individuals who were no longer with us. Ken Lehane had left early in ourjunior year, and before the term was completed we parted from Al Amendola, Ronnie Daly, Tom Dewire, Paul Ford and Eddie Shields. In the course of last Summer, Leo Casey and Joe Phelan were lost to us. In the majority of cases it was the long arm of Uncle Sam that had reached into our ranks and sum- moned our classmates forth, and it was good to discover from their letters to the Headmaster and ourselves that they wished to be kept informed about St. Sebastian's. One new member had joined our crew for special courses, Bob Giggi, but our class numbers had dwindled considerably from the preceding year. Once again the School enrollment had increased and now there were one hundred and sixty-five Sebastianites. The school year was only a few days old when we were saddened to learn that we were to be deprived of the talents and directive abilities of Fr. Cuffe. Recognizing the worth of the St. Sebastian Faculty member, His Excellency the Archbishop appointed him to be Chaplain of St. Elizabeth's Hospital,