St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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l ,jig Sf. ,464 Aw f f Q ' ' I 7 'o-' e -l 40 . SCOUNYPP ve? ,Ng 016. Q ljj :t1.mc+Wo 4. fwnwi. ' I 5 c 'ii f -0 4 , 's I ' XX, 'Mnssnfkl ROBERT S. FLYNN Bob Football 1, 2, 3' Alpine Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Senior Prom Committee Parents' and Friends' Day Chairman Arrow Staff Waltham may be The Watch City, but that suburb ought to convert to alarm clocks for the sake of Bob Flynn. For years now this worthy has been terrorizing Fr. Keating's 9 o'clock class by making one point landings within inches of the teacher's platform, just after the History session has begun. Some have said that it was to counteract this menace that Fr. Mclnnis erected the statue of Our Lady just in front of the Senior classroom. Bob and his car are always at odds. l-ie has a formula for starting it, that is all his own. When the rear end refrains from falling out, the transmission is sure to cave in. However, it is worth its weight in gold- if for no other reason than that it provides its pilot with an inexhaustible source of alibis-for being tardy. Bob's four years with us have given us the opportunity of enjoying his enviable personality which prompts him to work like a Trojan at times and yet allows him to be uproariously gay at others. In support of the serious aspect of his character we need only point to his prodigious improvement in Math. As far as the lighter side is concerned, who will forget his use of a movie star's picture to publicize Andrea before he brought her to the Junior Prom? Until lately, chocolate ice cream was a much more important factor in his life than the opposite sex, but recently we have heard tales of invitations to Academy of the Assumption socials, and, as a result, now we are not so sure. In sports, Bob survived the gruelling V. football pro- gram for two years under Fr. Keating, and his play always evidenced plenty of in- testinal fortitude. It must be noted also that the junior Flynn was a charter Alpine Club member, and as such could not have worried too much about the integrity of life and limb. Bob is looking at the future from the viewpoint of engineering and, according to our survey, he is sure to make the grade. A sincere welcome will always be his right when he comes back to join the circle of the Class of '46,

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N55 couwp, .sr fi. 441 -,QPAQHWA . 5 E . 5 + E Q X f' f i, 1. 1 T 'lv W H 4 ' -.X X 56 fl - , M.. ,. A 'mssmlv PAUL FLYNN Nick Class Treasurer 4 Arrow Staff The world at large has already heard of the Smith Brothers, the Ringling Brothers the Brothers Karamazov-just give it time and it will also hear of the Flynn brothers. The senior member ofthe firm is Paul who has been a gallant member of our company since the laying of the class cornerstone, 'way back in '42. Built on the diminutive side, he believes in tackling things in a large way. Most people Wait until they are in their teens to fall in love, whereas Our Paul succumbed at the tender age of seven. In the field of personal correspondence, he went right to the top to win J. Edgar Hoover as a pen pal . Thus it can be seen that we were selecting no ordinary mortal, when we entrusted the management and investment of the class funds to 'ANick . Lest you hadn't heard, we might as well confess that his nick-name had its origin in the lad's ardent devotion to the Lady Nicotine, cigars and pipes con- stituting his courtship. The classroom never held any terrors for Paul, for he could always be relied upon to give a good account of himself. In Freshman year he earned the right to represent St. Sebastian's at the annual Boston Herald-Traveler Spelling Bee. When he could find his Greek book, he shone in Fr. Cuife's class. In Latin, his polished transla- tions were a source of amazement even to Fr. Redding. Math occasionally sent him into exile, but in general he could always be relied upon to break the tension in any period by bits of comic relief. Outside the halls of learning, the Waltham lad Was an A-l ping-pong player, and very few could match his skill in shooting free-tries on the basketball floor. Law seems to be the magnet which attracts Paul at the present time, and his keen grasp of things would seem to qualify him for certain success. No legal tangle, however, will quite suppress that rare sense of humor which made the days of our associations with him so memorable. ul 1f,','f,f'f K Q62 X- ,WD :O T le f lsl f -,x 39

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0xiS UN7Pya K , J, gsawa m ir S Q, , 1 f i X .5 qwmww ROBERT CIGGI Bob Choir 4 No record of our sojourn at St. Sebastian's would be complete unless it included an account of a special student in our midst, whose love for learning led him to journey daily from Weymouth to Nonantum Hill. Bob Giggi first fell in step with us during the early days of thellast September, and the intervening period has proven him a boon companion who grew on us with each successive day. He could always be relied upon to enliven the tedium of recitation periods with both questions and answers, while between classes he was kept occupied by the zealous attentions of White and Reynolds, his Scylla and Charybdis. With characteristic generosity, the Weymouth boy put his talents at the disposal of the School Choir and Mr. Whelan and also gave ardent support to every St. Sebastian activity. As long as Bob was on the scene, the Red and Black athletic teams could rest assured of leather-lunged support. When the Junior Class asked the support of '46 in conducting its annual Prom, the unselflsh newcomer was among the first to pledge assistance. We know by now that Bob has the highest ideals and aspirations, and we wish him every success in the ultimate attainment of them. We feel sure also that the character of his life and achievements will always lead us to look back proudly on the happy days we shared at St. Sebastian's. vet wzfai X in N...' 41