St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 212 of the 1947 volume:

X O O I , I 3 E 'S E 3 .i SSP-C THE SEAL OF ST. SEBASTIAN'S COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL Per pale gules and sable, above a trimount in base Or, an open book argent edged and clasped Or with an inscription thereon:- Semen Est Sanguis Christi- anorum 1The Blood of Christians is the Seed-Tertullianl, in fess two crosses flory Or, on a chief dovetailed Or, two palm branches vert, surper-imposed on two arrows pointing upwards gules, both in saltire. The tinctures gules and sable fred and black! are the school colors. The ar- rows Credb and palm branches Cgreenl are symbolic of the martyrdom of St. Sebastian. The open book, symbolic of the school, is a frequent charge on aca- demic shields. From the arms of the archdiocese of Boston are derived the crosses and trimount. For difference two crosses are shown. Behind the shield on a silver background, is a laurel wreath also of silver. Encircling the shield and background is a band of red edged with gold which bears the legend: St Sebastian's Country Day School, Newton, Massachusetts. P we x. ff 3 F A qs. ' ' t Q 1 .QV Wx Z3 w X v. Q1 - -sf .3 'Y . A, 2 A --. A-fr. E Q tg: W 2.-,J4f ' if ' . gh' M ks M? M WV.-N-.Wm-N ' W M ,Q K NY 5 W W v m we be an f y if . Q Y Q A Q W. Q' + -5 COUN 4 fm 01+ Qef sf '23 Q5 f M 'I 'ff 'Q 0 I . lx grabuaig ng C lass St.Sczbasiian3 Counh'gDaySchool presenls :, -L66-2 Ll isa? 762 RROID 2123-E , sv I , HIS EXCELLENCY l l N 'Al I' 0 fx Js! Z?sN-HZ., NJ N O 9 T IS the privilege and honor of the Class of 1947 Q A to express anew the loyalty and devotion of the 1 A A boys of St Sebastian s to our Archbishop. It has been made perfectly clear to us always both di- rectly and 1nd1rectly that Archbishop Cushing is not only the actual head of our school but that he IS also our inspiration and friend We have lived for four years in the light of these heart- ening facts It is now our obvious duty to declare our appreci- ation on , We are grateful to His Excellency for the atmosphere, sur- charged with faith and zeal in which we together with all the f other young people of the archdiocese have lived and had our being We are grateful for the forceful policy of constant edu- cational improvement which has given to us a profound confi- dence in our academic background We are grateful for his care i and solicitude which have provided us with all that is best and AJ 1 most helpful during our preparatory years We are most definitely grateful for the inspiring words of approval and blessing with which he greeted the students and friends of St. Sebastian's at our last graduation ceremony. We are happy to take advantage of the present opportunity to ex- ' , press our sincere thanks. We are indeed loyal to His Excellency. a ll X. t 4. J , And we are sure that our loyalty can best be manifested to ' f him by our loyalty to St. Sebastian's, his school, of which we are I arf' and hope ever to be most loyal and deserving sons. ' . f X I U V J' X Arrhhiahnp Gluahing J Q iff l 14:-vf'::..1? 'I ' - J .MQGN YT A U -X -M 1 all-r ,g, ive-,A lakh, . , . i 1 +P - . ' Ta E . , . . f l J . ' - . - .- l. ' ag , X r.,, 9 fa -.,,,v-A . xvf UW 'il 5Nu5 NA 'Uw,f- D l'Innnr in 1351111111 lllunnr in Bur riff' ? N presentrng thrs hrstory of our four years at St Se f bastran s we wrsh to pay a specral trrbute of gratrtude p R1-4 -2 1:1 and affectron to our Headmaster Very Reverend 'Lf Charles D Mclnnrs It was he who first welcomed us to the School and pornted out the goal for whrch we were to strrve Srnce that day he has exerted an rnfluence over us that has been rmpell rng and constant and rn the course of whrch the relatronshrp of Teach er and Puprl somehow transcended ordrnary bounds and developed rnto recrprocal frrendshrp Furthermore we have come to realrze that the unrque sprrrt whrch permeates St Sebatrans and elrcrts the deepest loyalty from the student body has emanated from the balanced rdeals whrch he has set to regulate the Schools program Last Summer when the announcement was made that the Holy Father had rarsed Fr Mclnnrs to the rank of Papal Chamberlarn we realrzed that the honor was conferred upon hrm rn recognrtron of hrs outstandrng servrce to the Church durrng the twenty five years of hrs prrestly career Whrle we were not prrvrleged to have known hrm rn hrs years as a parrsh assrstant and semrnary professor we can easrly prc ture hrm laborrng as zealously rn those sectrons of the Lord s Vmeyard as he drd rn establrshrng and developrng St Sebastrans That our young School has already been granted affrlratron wrth the Catholrc Unrversrty of Amerrca and has had such phenomenal success rn placrng rts graduates rn College can only be attrrbuted to hrs educational rdeal rsm and hrs convrctron that work conquers all obstacles For hrs rntense personal rnterest rn each one of us we are deeply grateful and lrke the graduates before us we shall avarl ourselves of rt rn the future as we have rn the past Of the happy years spent under hrs rnfluence we are genurnely apprecratrve and memory wrll enable us to relrve them rn the days that are to come Frnally as the only ade quate compensatron for hrs rnstructron and example we shall strrve to lrve our lrves rn such a fashron that he wrll be proud to harl us as worthy sons of St Sebastran s 6, a 5, 1 x + S 3 .Q .5 ,q' ssAf-Wxs N Y My u - . - 'A rr. X5 9 br '97 . 4 J. 'Q ll-X 1 W, if tr , Sli 4, .f ' . . , - ' 3 , . 9 ' ! 7 ' Y , . . . . . , . 1 9 ' . . ' . , I Q - , ' l . 1 0'1- J. . er. - P V . , v 'Y- . ll, wk Q M Y' ,SWE is f Mn? X b fi-if W fs .wm s rgazigiaf , 3 if. M :Af -1 ' mv? ?':':f',.?E:f ' 2 vi' W ,W ,X W ,NWS U A ,. 50 ..4. Q sr N1 ww 4 . X 2 ....,. 4 W2 Q if i 5 ii-X E . ffgg? S 3 ffffffm M5959 ffffmf l?flllI0ll0l1 - af:- 'k'1.p.+e. 5 in W. lf' ' W vm - . 55' p - In order to acknowledge a debt that has accumulated over the period of our four years at St. Sebastian's, the Class of 1947 deems it most appropriate to dedicate this edition of The Arrow to the Faculty of the School. View- ing in retrospect the course of our training at their hands, 'we can appreciate now the fact that they had set an ideal for us to attain, and therefore they spared themselves not at all to enable us to attain it. In the classrooms they imparted an academic training in conformity with the highest classical tra- ditions. During study periods and when we consulted them after school hours, they were always most co-operative in tutoring us individually. At table we found them the best of company, ready to exchange pleasantries and opinions in a graceful fashion that added to the congeniality of the occa- sion. On the athletic field, associations with them developed a personal friendship that made it entirely natural for us to approach them for guid- ance and advice in personal problems. In the sanctuary, we saw them offi- ciating as ministers of Christ and that served to teach us the nobility of devout piety. For the instruction and inspiration they have given us, individually and collectively, we are profoundly grateful and we shall be conscious of our in- debtedness to the Faculty of St. Sebastian's throughout our lives. We intend also to cherish the friendship to which they have admitted us and to prove worthy of it by living our lives in a manner that will merit their continued approbation. fummlm w REVEREND CHARLES R. FLANIGAN Latin Department REVERIZND josmm A. Bm'l l'x Ifnglisb Departnlefll Rravlsmswn AIAMHS T. COTTER Science Department REVEREND FRANCIS j. DESMQND Iiuglixla Ilejmrlment REVEREND CHARLES G. AUBUT French and Religion Departments REVEREND j. WALTER S1'ocK1.osA French Dcjmrlment REVEREND DANIEL H. HANNIGAN Mathematics Department REVEREND JAMES J. KEATING History Department REVEREND JOHN j. DACEY Latin and Greek Departments REVEREND JAMES H. jmuz Mrzlbenmlics and Sfiwzfe Departzllcflts VINCENT C. MURPHX' Coach of Athletics t if ax H is ' Z i' REVEREND JOHN F. CUFFE Formerly of Greek and Matbemnticx Departments REVEREND JAMES F. REDDING Formerly of Latin Department REVEREND RUSSELL J. COLLINS Formerly of Latin Department REVEREND DONALD G. Cuffonu Formerly of Latin Department REVEREND M. JOSEPH DESMOND I:0f7ll61 l.1' of English Department Died October 4, 1944 OUR LADY OF ST. SEBASTIANS fi-' .SQJQIQ 2-6-D FORTITUDE N the early ages of Faith, there were more soldier saints than saints from any other profession. The natural bravery which attracted them to a career of battles and wars was excellent material for God's grace to work on in sublimating them from earthly war- riors into spiritual campaigners who would not be content with less than an eternal kingdom. To effect such a transformation in their outlook on life, the philosopheris stone used by the Divine Alchem- ist was the virtue of Fortitude, infused into their souls as a gift of the Holy Ghost. As a consequence of their possession of it, great soldier saints like Sebastian could endure all things, knowing that there was no limit to their strength as long as Christ was with them. To prepare us to face the spiritually apathetic world of our day, we have been trained at St. Sebastian's under a rigorous regimen designed to develop in us both natural bravery and supernatural Fortitude. The heights of classical culture were given to us to scale, and we found that the only ladder at our command was a slow, pain- ful ascent on rungs of language forms and scientific formulae. For a true understanding of life itself, we were made to realize that it is an enduring warfare and that to cope with it successfully we must draw Fortitude from the Sacraments and use it as the sole effective weapon against the attacks of the world, the flesh and the devil. In view of the fact that Fortitude so aptly expresses the spirit and aims of St. Sebastian's School, we have chosen it to keynote this record of our School life. 'ax fx S f 1 THE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL IDEAL AT ST. SEBASTIAN'S The Country Day School idea first found tangible expression on Nonantum Hill in Newton in 1907. At that time Mr. Shirley K. Kerns established the first Country Day School on the site now occupied by St. Sebastian's Country Day School. The plan devised by him at that time has been followed very closely in the many schools which have adopted the Country Day ideal since the Country Day School was founded. At the time, Mr. Kerns expressed the main point in- volved in his new venture in this way: The working plan which it is proposed to adopt is modeled on that of the best boarding schools, the intention being to give boys, as far as possible, the ad- vantages of a boarding school without separating them from their parents. This ideal has been adopted to meet the obvious requirements of a Catholic Country Day School at St. Sebastian's. At half-past eight in the morning, Mass is said in the School chapel. The boys are not required to attend this Mass, but are trained to visit the Blessed Sacrament of their own volition before classes begin. The presence of Christ in the chapel may be said to be the inspiring factor in the entire life of the School. This fact is stressed constantly, with most impressive consequences. From nine in the morning until twelve-thirty, the boys are engaged in recita- tions and study periods. At twelve-thirty the boys are served a substantial dinner. The individual tables are presided over by one of the priests of the faculty. After dinner there is a brief period of recreation. At one-thirty classes are resumed, and are continued until three. At three o'clock the various teams assemble either in the gymnasium during the winter months, or on the playing field during the milder weather. Not only does the School organize major teams, but the younger boys are carefully trained under the supervision of the members of the faculty. At four-thirty the signal is given for the end of the school day. After the boys have showered, they gradually drift down the hill toward home. We might say at once that the school is situated within easy reach of the Newton-Brighton car line, so that the boys can go back and forth daily from their homes. Once a year a Retreat is given to the students under the direction of a skilled retreat master. Every First Friday the boys attend Mass in a body, and receive Holy Communion together. The First Friday Breakfast is a pleasant feature of the School's life. One of the most important advantages of the School is the presence of the Masters after the regular classes are ended, to aid and assist the students in any of their scholastic difficulties. The spirit of cooperation between students and mas- ters is both important and impressive. It is very necessary, because the boys must be taught the proper methods of study which will enable them to carry through their scholastic training successfully and with facility. In a word, St. Sebastian's Country Day School endeavors to give every boy a well-trained mind in a strong body, together with an all-pervading sense of his dignity and the responsibilities of Catholic manhood. This is the ideal of the School. With the blessing and help of St. Sebastian we are approximating our ideal. XJ!-6 vmkx N I H53-, l X -- f .s sl THE MEN N the year of 1947, St. Sebastian's adds the names of twenty-two men to the ever-lenghthening roster of graduates who have fulfilled satisfactorily the require- ments of her training process. Their attainment of a diplo- ma is self-evident proof that they possessed the moral stam- ina to face diiiiculties and overcome them, rather than sub- mit to them. An intimate Sacramental union with Christ, the Source of all strength, has endowed them with the For- itude to live their lives in accordance with His laws. That they may use that Fortitude to merit the grace of final per- severance is the prayer of the School that sends them forth. I t X .rs Nx sa Q ., bs b 5. TJ. 22 5, 01- n- A H- 2 lf 1 - . If sin h' K 'ii'-'E J- N af xl .s 'S QQ? JOHN PATRICK BOLES uJ'P.u Acolyte 2, 3, 4 Class Secretary 3 junior Prom Committee Walrus Staff 4 Arrow Staff Football Manager 2, 3, 4 Hockey Manager 2, 3 Baseball Manager 3, 4 Undergraduate Manager of Athletics 4 Athletic Association 4 j.P. climbed aboard '47's band wagon at the beginning of our Sophomore year but his belated appearance was more than offset by the rapidity with which he became part and parcel of all Class and School activities. Making his first ap- pearances here under the aegis of his Hunnewell Hill neighbor and pal, Bob Fichtner, our new classmate soon proved that he needed no guardian. Short, dark and handsome, manifesting refined friendliness and quiet mirth on the slightest provocation, john bristles only at any attempted disparagement of his beloved Oak Square. In view of these attributes it was not surprising for us to discover the existence of a john Boles Fan Club at the weekly Hockey games. It must be re- corded, however, that he was wary of any feminine entanglements, focusing his grand passion on Lincoln Continentals, Cadillac convertibles or anything on four wheels. In the classroom and at the books, John was definitely a Trojan. Most suc- cessful in languages, he also conquered Math and the physical sciences, but his supreme delight was reserved for oratorical exhibitions that ranged from Shakes- peare to Curley. Bolesy, however, was not content with scholastic success, but threw himself whole-heartedly and unstintingly into the maelstrom of an athletic manager's existence. Fortunate enough to have been trained by the perfectionist, Hugh Glasheen, j.P. became a paragon of managerial efficiency, able to produce anything from a tackling dummy to a tangerine at the psychological moment. His services to the School did not stop there, however, he was in addition a faithful acolyte who made a perfect partner for Bob Fichtner in the service of the sanctu- ary. When The Walrus came into being, john was a natural selection for the reporting staff and in Senior year he showed his versatility once more by aiding both the literary and business staffs of The Arrow. It is with definite regret that we come to the crossroads of graduation that will separate many us from such a personable companion as John Boles. His collegiate path will take him to nearby University Heights where we wish him the same brilliant success which he attained on Nonantum Hill. 3 4, P ...Psa-'g4l, ix 0'1- J .. in . 'lj il-of x.YA 6 'MASSALB ROBERT WINN BULLOCK PfBobU Acolyte 1, 2, 3, 4 Class President 5 Junior Prom Committee Senior Prom Committee Arrow Staff j.V. Football l, 2 J.V. Baseball 1, 2 Athletic Association 4 Blond, benevolent Bob Bullock is the ideal type of St. Sebastian gentleman. Kind and considerate in every way, the Newton Centre lad exhibits a natural chivalry that speaks volumes for the home training he has received. Four years of association with him have enabled us to discover in him a genial, friendly and loyal classmate who is at all times genuine and sincere. Gifted with a ready smile that easily turned into a nervous laugh, he often became the object of idle banter when his inherent shyness caused his dimpled countenance to assume a blushing red. A class wit, one of his favorite diversions lay in recalling favorite jokes and puns. In the scholastic sphere, Bob had a high standard to carry on, for he was expected to continue the Bullock tradition of fine scholarship, set by his alumnus- brother, Myron. At his desk, the popular Newtonite always struck The Thinker pose as he gave undivided attention to the problem of the hour. By combining hard work and native intelligence, he has been eminently successful in his scholas- tic endeavors, and yet he found time to make music his hobby and develop into an erudite critic of that art. It is safe to say that St. Sebastian's has never had a more enthusiastic supporter of School activities than Bob. President of his class in junior year, he provided the spark that made functions like School Proms and Athletic Association projects definitely successful. Faithful as an acolyte for four years, he was entrusted with the responsibility of handling the business affairs of the 1947 Arrow and in that role rendered valuable assistance to Fr. Flanigan. In his earlier years as a Sebas- tianite, the younger Bullock threw himself into j.V. athletics with great enthusi- asm and carved out regular positions for himself in both Football and Baseball. The grid campaigns found him holding down an end post, while the diamond seasons saw him at the hot corner which was made hotter by blasts from the bench. Next year, Bob will start his college career close to home. In the graceful towers of Boston College he sees typified his aspirations for a cultured, Christian life, and we have the conviction that he will realize them thoroughly. To The Heights, Bob, not merely for four years, but for life! mofwvoue Even 3 Tmyou Asour X f cmusrovutrz LYNCH 7 is 1 , 1 Lx A X X X fOj AN go 1 GET 2 .7 f rx, f I ff 7 24 ea 3 i C 4+ J: aiiE-Efailtiiil a UQ 1356! ,124 is JAMES EDXVARD CAULFIELD, JR. ffJim!!lPfsnugy7! Class Treasurer 4 Ring Committee Chairman Senior Prom Committee Football 2, 3, 1Co-Captainj 4 Basketball 2, 3 Athletic Association 4 For three years now, St. Sebastian's has enjoyed the company of jim Caulfield. Quiet and reserved at first, this West Roxbury booster soon became an integral part of our class and School life. Liked by every one for his sage, yet humorous re- marks, he always evinced a direct practicality and strong loyalty. With Bill Har- wood he constituted a Damon and Pythias partnership that was begun in kinder- garten days and strengthened by mutual participation in home-town and vacation escapades over which he loved to reminisce frequently. Perhaps it was in conse- quence of these that he arrived at his philosophy: Life is as easy as falling off a train. In the classroom, Snuffy was a consistent, industrious student, never one to volunteer information, he was always prepared to answer queries and often pro- posed questions in return. Latin was his strongpoint and his translations, whether prepared or from sight, were always scored superior. Senior English saw jim doubling for Lady Macbeth and giving a most creditable performance. That he had made his presence felt in our ranks was indicated by his election this year as Class Treasurer, after he had served efficiently in the role of Chairman of the Ring Committee. On the gridiron, Big jim was an important cog in our successes of recent years, for his hard charging opened many a hole and his guard play hauled down many a carrier. During his last year of service to the Red and Black, he shared the co-captaincy with his pal, Bill Harwood, and incidentally figured in one of the high points of the season. This came in the Milford game when jim inter- cepted a pass near mid-field and pounded all the way to cross the enemy goal. However, sad to say, the officials ruled that he had been assisted unduly by Paul King and the tally was not allowed. just to prove his versatility, our hero took a brief Hing at Basketball in his junior year and did a nice piece of work as a guard. As yet, jim is undecided regarding his future course of action but we can visualize it as an eminently practical one that will lead to success and at the same time provide genial contentment for the wayfarer. The best of everything, jim, and may you always strengthen the ties that bind you to the Class of 1947. ma. 9 S P .. .1 Qi QWFS U, N 4 6' Q A ff l: S t lt li I 6' MASSRT-A JOHN FOYNES CREMMEN rrjackyyicrswishix Class President 4 Ring Committee Senior Prom Committee Football 4 Basketball 3, fCaptainJ 4 Baseball 3, 4 The essence of modesty and refinement, jack entered St. Sebastian's at the start of our Junior year. Many of his qualities had been conveyed to us in ad- vance by Bill O'I.eary whose promising prophecies were fulfilled and even sur- passed by Jack himself. Within a short time we discovered that the advent of our soft-spoken comrade was a milestone in our history. Quiet, friendly and very likeable, he soon attained a high rank in the School popularity poll, and Senior year found him elected to the office of Class President. In the field of studies his consistent effort and natural ability soon carried him to the forefront. If at times the pronouncements of the reverend instructors were not sufficiently informing, jack was quick to propound searching and enlightening questions. An evidence of his superior scholarship came when he was awarded First Honors in Inter- mediate Algebra in Junior year. Far from being a grind, the Milton Adonis finds time for an extensive but well-veiled social life and during the Summer he and his blue convertible alternate appearances between North Scituate and Brewster. No one can say, however, that his social conquests interfere in any way with his other interests. To complete his versatility, jack turns to athletics with equal success. Last Fall he was an essential cog in the grid machine and his end play reached its peak in the St. Clement's game. A gardener in the diamond sport, he snags long drives and sinking liners with facility. It was on the Basketball court, however, that jack rose to his greatest heights. No one can contest the fact that he was the key- stone of Red and Black quintets. Inspiring the team with his magnificent defen- sive play, he was adept at dropping in long ones with effortless grace. Never to be forgotten, his game-winning shot in the Cathedral contest of a year ago found the hoop from half-court and earned him the nickname Swish. On this occasion, as always, jack blushed violently at the thunderous applause. At present, jack is torn between Harvard and Holy Cross, but we have a feel- ing that the situation has more of a Purple than a Crimson tinge. Whatever his choice, we are certain that his entire future life will reflect added glory on St. Sebastian's. Z .4 if SWISH, 44 I 4'1- ,ffaedlh 5 sl Q W 3 Ltr fa- 095 ARE AMERICAN CHAPS MR- GANDHI . -THESE n Meri? 12592 X Jiffy 26 ALASTAIR HAMILTON CRUICKSHANK Al - Cookie Choir 4 Indian Ambassador without portfolio to St. Sebastian's, Al did not leave Ma- hatma Gandhi's land to climb Nonautum Hill until we were beginning our Senior year. Such a late start was no obstacle to Cookie, however, for he lost no time in carving a niche for himself in our halls. Born in Scotland, our globe trotter possessed a delightful accent that enthralled us during recitations, and any dis- paraging references to our British neighbors was sure to bring an interesting re- action from him. A difference in terminology perplexed him for a while and wrung from him fervent pleas to factorize it, Father. Outside the academic set- ting, Al was even more fascinating and entertaining. In a very short time after his arrival in our midst, we were quite prepared to pose as authorities on Indian customs and affairs. Hair-raising narratives that centered around midnight Tiger hunts, a trip to rarely-visited Tibet, and the rescue of a child from the fangs of a venomous snake, kept us around the School long after the day's labors were ended. Engrossing reports on everything from burial customs to national politics led us to believe that the handsome newcomer was well qualified to put his adventures in writing. An enthusiast for athletics, the dapper, young chap soon became the Num- ber 1 Red and Black rooter at all our matches, He asked nothing better than to lead the cheers for School teams and last Winter the patrons of the Skating Club had difficulty in fathoming the mysterious cries that emanated from the Cruick- shank-led, St. Sebastian cheering section. Despite the fact that he has crossed the world, A1 still possesses a yen to conquer more lands and people. In America, his favorite ports of call are Providence, North Attleboro and, when things get a bit boring, New York. After due deliberation, our cosmopolite has decided to matriculate at Boston College. While he has not yet selected his life work, there is no one who could doubt his eventual success in whatever field of endeavor he chooses to display his talents. We, however, feel that we shall always have first claim upon his friend- ship, as he certainly has come to have upon ours. 3 af:- -cm. 1 l fl 9, matt' 47lv '+sl lg U JOHN Joslsvu ELLARD, JR. nlohnnyn Football 1, 2, iCaptainJ 3, 4 Football Plaque 4 Hockey 1, 2, 5 Basketball 4 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Athletic Association 4 Best all-round athlete in the Class of '47, John Ellard is also one of its most popular members. Quiet and mild-mannered, he possesses the knack of making and keeping a host of friends. Hailing from Belmont, he keeps a close eye on the home town's athletic teams and was in seventh heaven some years ago when he played on a St. Sebastian team that defeated a Belmont High sextet. Slow to an- swer in his own defense, he often shouldered the blame for pranks committed by gayer classmates. In recitations he affected a basso profundo that was startling at first, and he also developed a diplomatic approach in his replies when not too sure of his footing. Off the campus he shows partiality for drug stores, public skating sessions and boogie-woogie. John has played a versatile role in all Red and Black major sports. Football claimed him first as an end whose speed and pass-snaring ability constituted a real threat. Later he was converted to a shifty half-back who reeled off a 78-yard run in the Cambridge Latin game and took over the punting responsibilities. After his third nomination as a Blue captain, he finally succeeded in earning plaque im- mortality last Fall when his gridders took a 14-6 decision from Joe Ford's Reds. A rabid Bruins fan, his ice play was an important factor in our Hockey success. School rooters will long remember his magnificent play in the St. Clement's tie game that ended the 1945-6 season. With the Red and Black pressing the Somer- ville net-minder on all sides, john's work in keeping the disc inside the enemy blue line was what one newspaperman called the finest exhibition I have ever seen in schoolboy Hockey. Out of ice action in his last year, the Belmont Hyer jumped into hoop competition and proved a valuable reserve in the back court. On the diamond he has seen action behind the bat, at the hot corner and in the garden. A long ball hitter, he led the Arrows in batting for the greater part of the l946 season and was at his best when the chips were down. It is with the consciousness that we shall not be privileged to meet many like him in life, that we part from genuine john Ellard. Au revoir, John, memories of St. Sebastian days will always bring you into mind. wmcn one fi wu.LlusE li COACH Q pl 27 mp you NOTICE THAT Motoacvc LE coP IN we oAK TREE? j Qyfi .-'t Z 'TUE afff'flaz2Z5Z5 28 CDU 4 af:- Sfgfiiiii' :0Hrm'+9E Qi ,gli 96 5 Q 7- va olmssmt ROBERT CARL FICHTNER PFBobU Acolyte 1, 2, 5, 4 Sacristan 4 junior Prom Committee Arrow Staff J.V. Football 1 Football Manager 2, 3 Basketball Manager 2 Bob had lived all his life on Presentation Hill, hence it was only natural that, when he finished his grammar grades at St. joseph's Academy, Wellesley, he should scale the heights of Nonantum Hill. Modest but purposeful, he made a most favor- able impression on his classmates and the Faculty from the start. For more than two years he never missed a class and he put his attendance to such good use that he won First Honors in History both years and was on the Honor Roll more often than not. His cup of joy overflowed when his neighbor, john Boles, arrived in '44 and since then they have studied together nightly with enviable results. Real- izing that a School consists of more than its classrooms, he threw himself whole- heartedly into every St. Sebastian activity, cheering on Red and Black teams and working prodigiously for the success of class socials. In Sophomore year, he ven- tured into the managerial sphere of athletics, acting as an assistant in Football and holding down the Varsity manager's position in Basketball to win a Varsity S. All during his four years, Bob served as a faithful acolyte and it was only fitting that as a Senior he should be given charge of the care of the sacristy. Off the Hill, the Brightonian spends most of his leisure time with John Boles who swoons at the approach of Bob's aunt's Cadillac. The movies interest him regularly and he likes auto trips, but although he has contemplated learning to drive for two years, he still settles back in cushioned ease. Whenever a Barney Oldfield is at the wheel, Bob adopts his favorite technique to get the needle down to reasonable speed by manufacturing the presence of a police officer in such vivid fashion that all the occupants of the car can feel the gendarme's hot breath on their necks. During the mid-Winter vacation just passed, the hard-working lad ful- filled an ambition of many years by taking a trip to Florida with his family. It came as no great surprise to us to learn that Bob's aspirations are of the highest and that he plans to enter St. Clement's Preparatory Seminary 'next Fall. Visualizing the future from the past, we can certainly say that he will bring to his life work an unassuming competency and a forceful determination that will reap a great harvest under God. 5 I2 gl' + 54 2 g l if I '04 09 JOSEPH BASIL FORD, JR. rrSwiftyyr1ffBasrr ' Senior Prom Committee Football 2, 5, 4 Hockey 2, 3 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Athletic Association 4 Our Sophomore year here at St. Sebastian's was notable, if for no other reason, for the arrival of our elongated friend from Belmont, Joe Ford. From the mo- ment of his arrival, something indefmable, yet very real, in the way of humor and pleasantness was added to the class. He assumed the nickname Swifty his first day here, when he gave the answer Jonathan Swift, thinking that he was replying to another question instead of a request for his name. This strain of humor set Joe off on the right foot and firmly established him as a favorite among his new classmates. As a student, the former Lawrence Academy boy showed an amazing facility in Latin and, in junior year, his smooth translations used to send Fr. Redding to the farthest reaches of the heavens. However, it was in the dining hall that Swifty really hit his stride, each Noon his prodigious ap- petite caused ever-increasing amazement among his table mates and made them question the verdict of Science regarding the amount of food the stomach can contain. Certainly to be remembered also are joe's individualism, which prompt- ed 'him-'to show that he had a mind of his own, even if it meant going olf by him- self, and his occasional jokes which came at the proper time to relieve classroom tension. In the athletic cycle from Football to Baseball, joe gave everything that was in him to Arrow sports teams. A hard-working lineman in moleskins, his faith- ful devotion brought him a Red team captaincy in Senior year, although john Ellard's Blues were mean enough to deprive him of a plaque. The ice season brought him out in a defense capacity, and his services were valuable enough to win him the Varsity S. On the diamond, the three-sports candidate was second- string backstop and his moment of supreme bliss came when he lined out a scream- ing triple against the stellar delivery of Bob McNabb in an epic Red-Blue game. Joe isbetaking his size thirteens to neighboring Boston College where he is certain to continue the personal and scholastic successes which he achieved in our midst. Hearty best wishes, Joe, and may the sun always shine on your paths. GEE CUACH D0 WE Hmm QUIT NOW? ff' - as 'fm ., ,-V 'pl f , BX: .,v'-, GQ f f- ' .1 5 7 43, f-1 - 1' xg if laik? H RE X X K I 29 BUT 1 CANT Mass THE l N oPE is it f, 1 5-9 k figlfg ... 'fjjmf-U . wuwsqv B - J- S ' E V1 fl iii-'-I H V' + ju S 5 . 5 Q RICHARD BARRY GRIFFIN reDickni-frG,riHn Scholarship Award 2 Walrus Staff 2, 3 fliditorb 4 Arrow Staff Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 Combining the best qualities of scholar and sportsman, Dick Griffin typifies the ideal St. Sebastian student. From the first day of our acquaintance back in '43, he has been a Trojan at work and at play and has reaped success in both fields. In the scholastic sphere, he had a natural facility in all the languages which he de- veloped to such a point that he was either First Honors man or a barely-beaten contender. The sciences were not in his line but perseverance overcame aversion to give him respectable standing. Beyond his curricular achievements, he culti- vated a wide range of interests along aesthetic lines. Music and English Literature fascinated him and contributed to the idealism he so patently evidenced. Fat from being a long-hair, Gr-iff was an enthusiastic sports follower, not only of School contests but of professional athletics as well. No one was more despond- ent than he over the Red Sox failure to take the World Series. In keeping with his desire to become a journalist, he served first as a staff writer on The Walrus and in his final year was appointed Editor. On The Arrow he acted in the ca- pacity of Sports Editor and also was a valuable member of the Editorial Council. With all these commitments, he still had time for a social life that reached the peak of class interest when he succeeded Bill Heavey as a Belmont visitor. From a competitive point of view, Dick confined his athletic career to Base- ball. From the Spring of our Freshman year he has been a hard-working and constantly improving member of the mound corps. Beginning with j.V. box assignments that reached a peak when he defeated the Rivers Varsity in a 2-1 thriller, he worked his way up to the Varsity staff in 1945. Against Sacred Heart of Newton he made his Varsity debut and turned in a smooth performance, scat- tering 4 singles over the nine inning route and whiffing 10 batters. Anxious always to be part of the sports scene, he served as Official Scorer in Basketball and Sports Archivist of the School. Dick is Georgetown bent to receive more proximate training for his journal- istic career. To it he will bring the same courageous idealism that has marked his days in our midst. Au revoir, Dick, and may thehighest success attend your efforts. . '14, ' 'P+ 5 N ' ' A5 WILLIAM ALBERT HARWOOD Bill Ring Committee Senior Prom Committee Football 3, fCo-Captainl 4 Basketball 3, 4 Basketball Plaque 4 Athletic Association 4 Bill is a perfect exemplification of the axiom that actions speak louder than words. Joining our ranks at the beginning of junior year, the West Roxbury and Roslindale citizen quietly proceeded to do a thorough job at everything he at- tempted. In the classroom he was always on the ball, giving undivided attention to the work at hand and never causing his instructors a moment's concern. The same business-like attitude characterized his play on the athletic field where he was a model of dependability and consistency. A partner in the firm of Harwood and Caulfield, he spent most of his leisure hours in jim's company and proved his loyalty by never failing to appreciate his pal's jokes. When Bill was in a remi- niscent mood, he regaled us with stories of his adventures and escapades at the venerable school he attended before transferring to us. From time to time rumors trickled in regarding an extensive social life in which he featured, and that may SEE THAT account for the scrupulous care 'he took with his appearance in general and the 0. HE-5 . . . . . . . HA sweater worn inside out were other individual characteristics always to be asso- angle of his brown hats in particular. A pencil behind his ear and his Football 4 X In the St Sebastian Football picture Bill was a dominant figure for two years SL ciated with him. 4 Y giving an iron man performance at the pivot post that merited him the co-captain XF, cy of the 1946 eleven. Accurate on the snap-back, he was a tower of strength in FN i V the line and a source of inspiration to the entire team. His most spectacular feat A f , f'X X in Red and Black moleskins came in the Rivers game of 1945 when he inter- Kb yy?-fm K cepted an enemy pass on his own 12 and raced 85 yards before being thrown out of Adv D-,f J ig bounds. During the Winter hoop season, Bill put his services at the disposal of the Arrow quintet and held down a regular guard post for two seasons. Together with jack Cremmen he gave us a strong defense cordon that functioned smoothly all during two arduous campaigns. His efforts on the court were crowned in Senior year by his designation as Red captain for the intra-mural game which led to the achievement of a plaque at the expense of Hilton Collupy's Blues. As we take a reluctant farewell of him, Bill remains undecided as to his col- legiate mailing address. Wherever he matriculates, his sterling qualities are bound to be recognized and honored as they have been at St. Sebastian's. ,Xi A xjf THI5 IS A 2 gseexizi. lat fl Nl! ,K bgfx PM 3 ll MQQ QQ f 52 I Swf mwqfp' 57. will e 4,5- 65 'o MAssA ll WILLIAM FRANCIS HEAVEY, JR. PPBillH Choir 2, 3, 4 Class Officer 2 Senior Prom Committee Chairman j.V. Football l, 2 j.V. Baseball 1 Alpine Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Without fear of contradiction we may safely say that more color was injected into our four year sojourn at St. Sebastian's by Bill Heavey than by any other member of the Class of '47. From the day we first met him back in '43 he has been blinding us with dazzling cravats, flashy sweaters and rainbow apparel in general. It was not only on the haberdashery side that he scintillated, however, because he exuded personality in any and all circumstances. His patented laugh, which someone compared to shifting gears without putting in the clutch, and his witty observations at the precise psychological moment could dispel tension and boredom miraculously. As a raconteur of his own social adventures and con- quests he held us spellbound and enthralled, and we followed his grand affair with special interest until the bubble burst. Live wire of our cheering section at all sports events, he could be depended upon to turn up with something unusual, such as firecrackers to punctuate our scores or a siren to rally the spirits of St. Se- bastian rooters. With a multitude of outside interests, Bill has the problem of finding time to do justice to them all. A student of the piano, he appreciates both popular and classical music and he has been an enthusiastic member of the St. Sebastian Choristers. Mention of his vocal talents will always recall his command perform- ance of My Wild Irish Rose at a School Christmas party. For two summers he took courses at Tabor with Bob McGarty and became so enamored of the nautical uniform that he continued to wear it after it had grown small for him. Type- writing and flying are still other hobbies and at the present writing he is taking lessons in the latter with a view to having his own plane if he proves an apt pupil. After his experiences in the Dodge '46 and his exploits with the Alpine Brigade, traveling off the ground should not be a novelty for him. Bill's college itinerary calls for a pre-Medical course at Georgetown and grad- uate work at Harvard. Happy flying for all your days, Bill, and may you bring to your future associates the companionship and gayety that you shared with us. X J, .Q 0' il l if .MASSM-M5 CLEMENT VINCENT HORRIGAN ffVin!!-iffcleynii j.V. Football 1, 2 J.V. Baseball 1, 2 j.V. Basketball 3 Vin could be termed the Kilroy of '47. His years of service as a Coast Guard mascot at Brant Rock coupled with knowledge gleaned from old salts have made him an unquestioned authority on all departments of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. In telling and re-telling yarns of service life and the Battle of the South Shore, his favorite expression has always been There I was, whether his knowledge of the incident was personal or only second-hand. Experience, however, has hardened him to the attractions of service life and only in moments of great crises has he seriously considered such a career. For four years, the West Roxbury lad has been regarded as one of the tops in our class, with a special talent for Math and the sciences. Although his pro- pensity for odd solutions proved a minor stumbling block for him, he was always in the van of Fr. Hannigan's Algebra and Geometry classes. Chemistry and Physics came easily to him both in theory and in practice, for his exams were always of the highest standard and he could perform the required experiments with great facility. All other subjects were regarded almost as extra-curricular activities by Vin, Latin and Greek being his greatest nemeses, while English and History were not far behind. When his denunciations of the classic tongues produced no change in the School catalogue, he settled down to work and more than managed to keep his head above water in the non-scientific fields. After class hours, Vin divided his time between the athletic field and West Roxbury. During Freshman and Sophomore years, j.V. sports held the upper hand, but more recently the home town has conquered. While he makes his headquarters in his home suburb, distances mean nothing to him-whether to Hanover or fire hydrants. The reference to hydrants recalls the fact that he is always able to maintain his poise in the face of difficult situations. Knowing his bent for things scientific, Vin has as his aim a scientific degree from M.I.T. or Catholic University. That he will attain his goal is readily con- ceded by his former classmates who were the first to acclaim his talents. n l ADMIRALS Youkg .I na WRONGAGAlNf X f X 1 .f ,Z -q W-sf 4'1 1 Q 1 I . - ' Q 6 W ! 53 refs see.. Roses Ate Ren, THE Post SAID.. ,WTR W S24 1 ' f Qin Us 34 4 1 00- 9 V. - if a sg . Wi ff- 'Q 1375 Q' mutt' JOHN JOSEPH KEHOE, JR. rfjdckn Entrance Examination Scholarship Award Choir 2 j.V. Football 1 j.V. Basketball 1, 2, 3 Basketball Manager 4 Representing St. Patrick's School of Roxbury, john made his presence felt on Nonantum Hill even before the Class of '47 came into existence. In the scholar- ship examination held in 1943, john and his pal, Charlie McDonald, used their grammar school training to such good advantage that they were awarded full tuition for a four year course. just to make conditions ideal, Fr. Keating and Fr. Joyce acted as chauffeurs to deliver the scholar to St. Sebastian's on the stroke of nine each morning. We found john possessed of a fine sense of humor flavored by a dry wit that enlivened classroom tedium. At times his humor took the form of poetic compositions and, when he found that they were appreciated, he seemed to be able to produce an epic to mark all important-and some not so important- occasions. As a student, the Roxbury lad gladdened the hearts of his teachers with his penmanship, for his papers were beautifully written and required no magnify- ing glass to make them legible. As his favorites in the curriculum, our unofficial Poet Laureate inclined to the languages although he pursued all subjects zealously enough to have his name appear on the Honor Roll frequently during our Fresh- man year. The familiar red-covered Prose and Poetry enthralled him with Ivanhoe being a special delight. For outside interests, apart from sports, he in- creased the harmony in the choir and developed an enthusiasm for photography. Although he did not need them for conditioning purposes, John heartily en- tered upon the j.V. Football course of sprouts and it was a source of astonishment to us that they did not wear him down to the vanishing point. Basketball too attracted him during the indoor season and he pursued the hoop game for three consecutive years. In his final term, he transferred to the managerial branch of the sport and did such an efficient piece of work that he won a Varsity S. Among the souvenir memories of his Basketball career, pre-eminent place will more than likely be given to the night that he was marooned in Fr. Flanigan's car on the way home from Taunton. john's immediate plans center around Boston College, although he is not yet definite on the subject of a life work. Pull hard on the oars, john, and there will be no doubt that you will cross the line of success easily. CDU 4 42. fs' 30 i +54 wwf e .,s Wausau JOHN ROBERT KIRK fejackn Scholarship Award 4 Valedictorian 4 Class Vice-President 3, 4 Radio Representative 3, 4 Choir 1, 2, 3 Walrus Staff 2, 3 Arrow Editor j.V. Football 1 Hockey Manager 4 In the Class of 1947, the palm of scholarship must be awarded to john Kirk. For four years now, the curly-headed Westonite has worn a path to the refectory platform to receive Honor Roll awards from the Headmaster in token of his ex- traordinary accomplishments along academic lines. When a student from St. Se- bastian's was invited to participate in the junior Town Meeting of the Air Pro- gram, jack was selected twice and gave the School impressive representation. The Herald-Traveler Spelling Bee competitions he took in stride, winning the local competition for four consecutive years and just failing to reach the millennium in the Faneuil Hall finals of his Senior year. Gifted with a facility in writing, he served The Walrus as a staff writer for the three years of its existence and then went on to become Editor of the 1947 Arrow. To both these posts he brought not only literary talent but a sense of responsibility that did much to lighten the burdens of the Faculty Advisors. Far from isolating himself in an ivory tower, John has always been companionable and friendly to all, and his popularity with the class at large was attested by his election to the Vice-Presidency in both junior and Senior years. . When we reported to Fr. Keating en masse as j.V. grid candidates, john was in the forefront of our group and succeeded in taking over a guard post on the formidable eleven that we fielded. His greatest contribution to Red and Black athletics, however, lay along managerial lines. Joining the corps of Hockey man- agers as a junior, he proved himself most efficient and faithful, with the result that he was elected Varsity Manager for his final year. As the coach's right-hand man at practices and games, he was always certain to have the equipment on hand and in perfect condition. The sight of his grey car pulling up to the Skating Club loaded with sticks, pads, towels and other paraphernalia was a familiar one to St. Sebastian rooters, but they may not have realized how often he played the Good Samaritan in driving weary players and assistant managers home after a contest. If a poll was taken to nominate the '47 man most likely to succeed, john would be a universal choice. He has set his sights for Georgetown where he will continue the academic successes attained at St. Sebastian's and reflect prestige on the School to which he was so devoted. COACH WAN TS T0 mow HAVE You Any muouzmes? fjf 'N 14 gcY'7 ff' 6557 ms VX gb TJ Sa Qs? mix? 35 WILLIAMS WOULDN'T HIT .700 IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ff - 'J '7 -'N if 5993 0 36 00. 'Efggijbj 'e in-fvfa . s - 53 li-,ji - Q Kill ' ilvrf ' 05 RICHARD JAMES MCCARRON Richie - Mac Class Treasurer 3 junior Prom Committee Arrow Staff Football 1, 2, 3 j.V. Baseball 1, 2 Hockey 1, 2 Ever since St. Sebastian's first opened its doors in 1941, there has been a Mc- Carron on the School roster. Alumnus Charlie blazed the trail from College Road to Nonantum Hill and the junior member of the family followed two years later. Blessed with an even-tempered disposition and well-disposed towards everyone he meets, Dick has been the best of company for four years. Witty to the nth degree, his comments added sparkle to our gatherings and helped to make him one of the most popular members of the class. Scholastically, the Chestnut Hill squire pro- fessed only a mild interest in the languages, but went all out for Math and the sciences with enviable results. Loyalty to the School prompted him to support every St. Sebastian function ardently and the success of our Junior Prom was due in no small degree to his enthusiastic salesmanship. In recognition of his quali- fications for the office, he was elected Class Treasurer in our Junior year and then went on to conclude his career of co-operation by doing yeoman service on the business staff of the yearbook. Despite his many social obligations and School ac- tivities, he nevertheless found time to champion the Braves and the National League in general, although he was often hard pressed to hold his American League tormentors at bay. On and off the campus he formed a triumvirate with Ed Quirk and Dick Watson and, when Summer brought a parting from Quirkie, sailing exploits with the Belmont lad enlivened his Hull vacations. In the earlier years of his sojourn with us, Rich turned his hand to the major sports with vim and vigor. On the gridiron he was a watch charm center, will- ing to tackle twice his weight in wildcats. Even after being away from the mole- skins for an entire season, Dick stepped into the breach during a Red-Blue fray and did a superlative piece of work. Hockey and Baseball also attracted his atten- tion, and, if a Silver Skates Derby was held among the members of '47, the blond whiz would be sure to walk away with the competition. Richie lives too close to B.C.'s campus for comfort and hence it is no surprise to find him planning on attending a boarding college-more than likely, George- town. Thanks for the memories, Dick, and may we have you back in our circle often. cou 4 9+ 5-, 'l'-jf + ji va 5 'P 'S W-.me , ,- 1 s. E 5+ Y g MASSA305 ROBERT EDWARD MCKINNEY uAIacnirfBobu J.v. Football 1, 2 j.V. Baseball 1, 2 The well-known McKinney Family of Roxbury has sent three sons to St. Se- bastian's and Robert is their representative in our '47 group. Preceded by his brother Harold who set quite a scholastic pace on Nonantum Hill, Bob has been with us for four full years and in that time has never varied from a serious ap- proach to the business of the moment. Although his trip to Newton consumes more time each morning than that of any other classmate, he is generally the first '47 man to put in an appearance, ready for the day's work. In appearance, the Roxbury lad is on the plump side and this factor, together with his dignified man- ner, adds to the impression of a serious mien. Always carefully dressed, he has a special penchant for blue, although at times he has appeared in ensembles that rival Bill Heavey's. He asks nothing better than to be given a memory assign- ment, especially in poetry, for he enjoys the opportunity to rattle off line after line in staccato, machine-gun fashion. Despite the fact that he is the class baby in age the will not attain 16 until next Decemberj, he has a basso profundo laugh that would do credit to a man twice his age. Although he never considered himself Varsity timber in athletics, Bob has probably had more fun in informal sports at the School than any other member of our class. Fr. Keating's j.V.'s made use of him in Freshman and Sophomore years, but in the following grid seasons he joined the sideline tag-rush league and spent uproarious afternoons in the company of Dick Killion, Art Craig et al. He gave two years also to J.V. Baseball and then proceeded to espouse the softball game that waxed more popular with each afternoon of the diamond season. Off the Hill he followed the Red Sox rabidly and was the guiding genius behind a neigh- borhood nine in Roxbury. The arrival of Winter did not perturb him particularly because he hibernated in our cage, shooting baskets at the side hoops and enjoy- ing whatever spontaneous competition might arise. Like his brother Harold, Bob plans to embark upon a medical career patterned after that of his father. For this reason, Harvard beckons to him and we are sure that his steadiness and serious outlook will bring him the success he deserves both in college days and future life. GOTTA MAKE THAT mksf CAR T0 ST. 5 eaAsr1AN's iii, 39.3 -VN Q' - Ss 46' A in ,Xml 37 1 FRANKQ 330 SAIUYOUD Be OUT 'N A wEEK l--sb 38 WEBER J Pj I , COUNTW as l E swf + -at FRANCIS XAVIER O'DONOGHUE Frank Acolyte 3, 4 Walrus Staff 3, 4 Arrow Staff Class Secretary 4 Baseball 3, 4 St. Sebastiatfs has spread its many gifts to us over a four year period, and it was not until our Sophomore year that we were presented with Frank O'Don- oghue. At first glance we recognized in him a serious-minded, conscientious stu- dent but it was only gradually that the many facets of his character were revealed. Rather taciturn by nature, the Arlington lad soon found that he was among friends and his reserve melted into a genuine friendliness that was passport enough to ad- mit him to our crew. Kindred interests in things mechanical brought about end- less discussions between F.X. and Ed Quirk as to the advantages of certain types of gasoline motors and the disadvantages of various wing spans. It was the dark room, however, that was Frank's prime delight. Number 1 shutterbug of the class, he generously put his photographic talents at the disposal of The Walrus and this year was appointed Photographic Editor of The Arrow. In this con- nection, it must be remarked that from time to time he kept his classmates on ten- terhooks, wondering whether he had taken a prize snap of them to be added tothe Rogues Gallery that he put on display periodically. As might be expected from his hobbies, the sciences were his forte and he turned in one of the best scholastic records in Chemistry and Physics. Athletically, Frank was content at first to be a potent factor in the tag-rush league and in informal Hockey jousts. His confidence in himself, however, came to the fore in the Spring of our junior year when he declared himself a candidate for a Varsity infield berth. Sad to relate, he had just won a starting nod when he broke his leg in a practice session and was lost to the team for the remainder of the season. His period of recuperation was a long and trying one, but he received great consolation from being awarded a Varsity S in recognition of the status he had attained before his injury. In the field of other sports, Golf and Ski-ing hold his interest, with civic pride he plays around at the Arlington Golf Club and with School spirit he does his slaloming with our Alpine Club. For his college course, Frank has narrowed down the competition to Boston College and Holy Cross. Whichever institution he finally decides upon will be re- ceiving a representative St. Sebastianite who will leave his mark upon his college classmates as he has upon us. cows, L fr an' iq9fF-5'-155.15 - + i' WILLIAM EDWARD O'LEARY Big Bill Basketball 1, 2, 3 j.V. Baseball l, 2 Big Bill rates full partnership in the firm of '47, for we have had the pleasure of his company for our four years on the Hill. Back in our Freshman days he towered over his classmates and his height was responsible for the awe he cast upon us. At the present writing, most of us have achieved a similar lofty eminence, but the nickname will remain Bi1l's exclusive prerogative. It may be said that our classmate's world is bounded quite completely by St. Sebastian's, Milton and Scituate. The School holds prime place during the academic year, while the Summer colony has an edge in vacation time. Doing what comes nat- urally, Bill has a passion for hot bands and dancing, inherited no doubt from his musician father. On a ball room floor his versatility manifests itself when he changes smoothly from waltzing to rug-cutting. Not prone to hasty courses of ac- tion, the Miltonian will always be remembered in connection with his annual will I, or won't I sessions. As a Freshman he had merited promotion to the Varsity Basketball team, and each year thereafter he thrashed out the advisability of play- ing or not playing the game, the hoop world, meanwhile, tottering in the balance. With less fanfare, the same process was repeated just before the Baseball season. Other memories of Will revolve around furious wrestling matches with Bob Bullock, although the practice was discontinued when the gladiators attained the dignity of Seniors. Bill's athletic prowess has already been referred to in connection with Bas- ketball and Baseball. On the court he was an effective guard with a character- istic side-dribble all his own. On the diamond, the tall lad loved to roam the center pasture for the j.V.'s and uncork a powerful throwing arm that could al- ways find its target. As a Summer avocation, Tennis took his fancy and he did well in Tournament play. Still weighing the pros and cons of the future, Bill has yet to decide on his future course of action. As our paths separate, we wish him Godspeed and voice the hope that it may not be long until we meet again. I fx x X M is THAT AQTHUR W 5' 4, : riff ees .fy 39 Irrocirftol A , Q ' ' corrtzsuop 'D Zh' UEAQWIIENES Q-5.4 .-2557 D f fv 44 J 40 E l x N f IFPS Massa!-YK ' 1 ,gq -4 wwf? My 3 vm 5 ROBERT MORRISON O'sHEA ffB0bH Class President 2 Junior Prom Committee Walrus Staff 2, 3, 4 Arrow Associate Editor j.V. Football 1, 2 The compound that is known as Bob O'Shea is made up of myriad component parts-scholarship,-companionability, School spirit, enthusiasm for athletics, so- cial life and others too numerous to mention. After four years we are still un- earthing new qualities that serve to increase his stature. Personable and ever cheerful, he divided the world into St. Sebastian's and Belmont, and the only thing necessary to make it Utopia would be the School's removal to Cushing Square. Academically speaking, Bob has always been a top-ranking student in the lan- guages which he served with devotion. His Freshman year yielded him First Hon- ors in Latin, and junior year accorded him First Honors in Greek. In the bar- baric sciences, however, he was not at home, Chemistry remaining a deep, dark mystery and Math an unbearable bore except for the foil system. Having satis- fied the demands of the classroom, he still had a dynamo of enthusiasm to devote to any and all School projects. His literary qualities he put at the disposal of both The Walrus and Tbe Arrow and as a columnist on the former he was a real threat to our peace of mind. All St. Sebastian's proms have benefitted by his as- sistance, whether in the role of committee member or helpful friend. Red and Black sports teams have always had him as a faithful follower, and only a flat tire and the failure of brakes kept him from reaching the Cranwell game in '46, The class' appreciation of his spirit was evidenced when he was elected president of our group in Sophomore year. In earlier years, Bob's enthusiasm for athletics expressed itself in participation in the j.V. sports program. Under Fr. Keating's tutelage he filled a tackle posi- tion effectively and under Fr. Collins' direction he held down a forward berth on the j.V. quintet. Before retiring completely from the athletic picture, he served a term as Basketball manager and could always be relied upon for service in any capacity at a St. Sebastian's sports event. With graduation approaching, Bob is still toying with ideas relating to the superiority of one form of ivy over another. The relative merits of Harvard and Yale continue to plague him, but whatever decision he elects, we wish him a con- tinuance of the personal and academic success he won in our midst. gs f 4 I-I ' 4- , X , ,4- a n EDWARD STEPHEN QUIRK, JR. Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 Hockey 1, 2, 3 Ed Quirk is another of the founding fathers of the Class of '47 and bears the distinction of being our only representative from Waltham. Possessed of a serene, happy-go-lucky disposition, he asks nothing better than an excuse to laugh and thereupon he proceeds to enjoy his mirth to the last chuckle. On the serious side he seems to have an intuitive facility in Mathematics, and his endless discussions with Fr. Hannigan were a highlight of our early years. The mechanical aspects of things always intrigued him, although his succession of sleek limousines hardly worried him enough to lift the hoods. Traveling with the Flynns, however, in their jalopy, must have given him many an opportunity to play garage man. Speaking of traveling brings to mind reports of excursions to such varied places as Grover Cronin's, Groton and Florida. Ed always had trouble getting his tongue around new words, and we often wondered what he gave as his chief excuse in Groton. Socially, Quirkie is quite a lion but his conquests and exploits receive far less publicity than those of lesser lights. Never a devotee of Lady Nicotine, he is prepared to settle at any time for ice cream-especially by the quart. Even as a Freshman, Ed was a big, well-built lad who had a natural flair for athletics. He participated wholeheartedly in J. V. sports and would have seen much more service with the Varsity had it not been for a constantly recurring back injury. Drop-kicking was his specialty in Football, and, in the final game of his Senior year, he reeled off three consecutive first downs against a begrudging St. Clement's line. A fine diamond prospect, he started the 1946 season as regular left-fielder, only to have injuries sideline him after a few early contests. He re- turned to action late in the season and made his presence felt by getting 3 out of 5, one a double, in the St. Columbkille game. On the ice he rated as a capable defenseman who was credited with having one of the hardest shots on the squad. Ed has been magnetized by the legend of Notre Dame and his heart is set on a business course at South Bend. Keep smiling, Quirkie, and may your climb to success be rapid and pleasant. fvw GAS WAS Low, So 'I wAS HURRYINC, TO A GARAGE - 1? f arf' lggalfsfi .P is AND x STEP f I ! l l T tg: JA en. fl QQ ff lx 42 f'f'vx K., 4, . fish? lg '54y 'i' 2. 2 Massa!! GEORGE MITCHELL SHANNON, JR. Georgie Choir 1, 2, 3, 4 Arrow Staff j.V. Football 1, 2 Varsity Football 4 Basketball 3, 4 Alpine Club 1, 2, 3, 4 The passage of time inevitably leaves its mark on all men, but the years from 1943 to 1947 wrought a greater transformation in George Shannon than in any other member of our crew. The Sargent Street squire appeared in our midst four years ago as a shy, difiident, apple-cheeked youngster who seemed to be quietly amused by life in general and his newly-acquired classmates in particular. As time went on, we realized that this joie de vivre was an abiding virtue that led its pos- sessor into many and varied pursuits. Music and nature enthralled him and yet he found time to pursue fiairs for model plane making, printing and weather fore- casting. Even with this multiplicity of interests, George had wisdom enough to put first things first and concentrate on the business of studying. To him, Math was no bugbear and he used the Chemistry and Physics courses to such good ad- vantage that he emerged as one of the foremost scientists in the class. Moreover, on one memorable occasion he invaded the field of literature with a graphic in- terpretation that left Fr. Flanigan gasping. Apart from his scholastic conquests, the Newton lad used his years with us not only to grow tremendously in stature but also to develop a poised self-assurance. In later years we have come to expect and endure the corny observations that he delights in, as well as prodigious tales of nautical feats performed the preceding Summer. When the St. Sebastian Choristers were selected, George's tones were dulcet enough to make the grade and ever since they have proved a boon to Mr. Wha1en's tenor section. That he had an appreciation of dance music as well was evidenced by his faithful attendance at School socials to which he escorted a Miss Patsy Shannon, also of Newton. Athletically, his interests were confined to the gridiron and the court. On the former he acquired the rudiments under Fr. Keat- ing and then established himself as an end with the Varsity in his taller years. As The Arrow goes to press, George has determined upon a future in en- gineering, but has not yet selected the college in which to begin his career, al- though Catholic University seems to have the edge. In taking leave of him, we foresee a well-rounded and cultured existence that will afford him the serene hap- piness that characterized his days with us. 4 afa- s if RICHARD KmvAN WATSON nick Football 4 Basketball 4 Baseball 3, 4 Dick shipped aboard '47's vessel just as we were getting up steam for our junior cruise. Although he appeared rather quiet and reserved at first sight, closer scrutiny revealed a dry wit and a world of personality. In class and out, his ready humor served to brighten dull hours and raise gloomy spirits, for no one could spot a laughable incongruity quicker than Dick. Hailing from Belmont, he was introduced to the beauties of other suburbs by Dick McCarron and Ed Quirk. In this connection, history will record the fact that, when the trio and their dates motored to a destination, Richard always took the wheel-due, no doubt, to his superior driving skill. Along scholastic lines, Math and the Sciences were his meat and his erudite comments and answers at times seemed nothing short of miracu- lous. Lab was one of his favorite periods, for he took delight in performing ex- periments and helping others with their problems. The day that he found even our reverend instructor in error represented a signal victory for the common man, and it was no surprise to us when he emerged with First Honors in Chemistry. just to give an extremely practical touch to his accomplishments, he has exhibited such a minute knowledge of cars and other mechanical devices that in this respect he yielded only to Ed Quirk's superiority. In the athletic side of the picture, Dick needed no urging to become a three- sport figure. The Football season revealed him as a talented punter and capable back until he moved to the cage floor and assumed a guard's responsibilities in the hoop game. During the Baseball campaign he donned mask and protector to give us depth in the catching department. Apart from these School activities, he still found time for riding and yachting. In the former pastime he was a respect- ed horseman, even though he did mire one of Charlie Reynolds' horses in the Can- ton mud, and in the latter he was conceded to be the best sailor in the class, achiev- ing the captaincy of the Hull junior Crew. Logically enough, Dick plans to find a place for himself in tomorrow's world of Science where, we feel, his success is a foregone conclusion. Smooth sailing, skipper, and rest assured of a hearty welcome whenever you return to '47's an- chorage. TELLMR EINSTEIN F f'N Heli HAliE ro wmr ' 3 5-.gg 1-Q K 1 k WN 'N ,ZX FATHER. .YOQ DIDN T DOT Q Tue 1 f l I 7lvnx 5? ' 2'-:Q A : - yi-,A cw' 5 L I BE41, 'J , ' J' . 'af 1 it l 1 if Q Massaf-V JOHN WALTER MCAULIFFE UMM!! Acolyte 4 Choir 4 Alpine Club 4 No record of our St. Sebastian days would be complete without a sketch of John McAuliffe. While not a full-fledged member of the Class of '47, he spent Senior year with us, not as a candidate for a diploma, but as a zealous scholar de- sirous of refreshing fundamental concepts before embarking on a college career. Brother of Eugene, well-known' junior, our Malden guest came to us with an ad- mirable Navy record behind him. In the service, John's musical talent was made use of to the extent that he was given the direction of a Navy choir, and on the Hill here he has been a valuable addition to the Choristers, serving also as student organist and thereby relieving Fr. Keating occasionally. In the classroom, the languages are his favorites and he has forged to the front in Latin particularly. His recitations were always thoroughly prepared and he rattled off correct answers with the rapidity of a machine gun. His approach to studies in general was that of the perfectionist, for slight mistakes perturbed him. While music occupied most of his hobby time, Tennis is his favorite sport and he is looking forward to getting out with the Red and Black racqueteers this Spring. john at first toyed with the idea of going to England for his college work, but since then he has renounced this intention in favor of Holy Cross. After our year-long survey of his ability and workmanship, we have no hesitation in pre- dicting his success. Smooth sailing, John, and may we often have the opportunity to welcome you back to the port of St. Sebastian's. . in ff J- I 5 H lvl 1 I ll? 4 ROBERT JAMES MCNABB rrBob,n rrMacf: Basketball 2, 3, 4 Hockey 2 Baseball 2, 3 Athletic Association 4 It was with deep regret that we learned that the West Roxbury Thin Man would not be numbered among the graduates of the Class of '47. After almost three years of close association with us, a succession of illnesses and a protracted convalescence prevented the Mr. Baseball of St. Sebastian's from completing his final year in our company. However, he was so integral a part of our Nonantum Hill life that no record of our prep school days would be complete unless it in- cluded a tribute to him. Son of a prominent Police official and one of eleven children, Bob joined our Sophomore group without any fanfare and proceeded to entrench himself solidly by his friendly disposition and ready sense of humor. Not obsessed with a pas- sion for languages, Mac inclined toward the scientific subjects and at times achieved enviable marks. Had he been allowed to do so, he would have spent lec- ture periods reclining on his shoulder blades. His pet aversion is for neckties and on Fridays he makes financial preparations for his social activities of the week-end. Even as a Sophomore, Bob attracted the attention of Major League scouts by his mound feats. In his debut as a St. Sebastian hurler, he turned in a no-hit per- formance that blanked Browne and Nichols, 15-0. just to prove that this was no accident, he duplicated the trick against Middlesex as a junior. Fifteen years old when he first donned the Red and Black, he has suffered but one defeat in our dia- mond spangles and that came when a third strike, that would have retired the side, developed into a passed ball. Perhaps his most signal victory was scored in 1946 over Phillips Exeter, a 5-4 thriller that ended with Bob fanning the last man with the bases loaded. Strikeouts are a specialty with him and his prowess in this re- gard has earned him countless mentions on Bump Hadley's programs. As a sec- ondary interest, Mac turns to Basketball and paces the Arrow quintet with his eagle-eye sharpshooting that has given him the School record for the most points scored in a single game. While we are being parted from Bob by graduation, we shall always consider him a full-fledged member of '47. Best of luck, Mac, and may you bring even greater renown to St. Sebastian's next year. BROOK'-YN YAWKEY siqyg wigs. IDOVE 'NAME V003 0 . F twwovn uxs 'GURE T0 PLAY Fon X THE cAnD5? N l x N 0 ' I N. 1' 45 FRIENDS OF THE CLASS OF 1947 In publishing this record of our St. Sebastian days, we have been given every encouragement by the enthusiastic response of many friends who have patronized The Arrow of 1947. We take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to them and to voice the hope that they will see in the finished work an indication of our effort to live up to the confidence they reposed in us. Rt. Rev. Rt. Rev Rt. Rev. Rt. Rev Rt. Rev. Rt. Rev Rt. Rev. Rt. Rev. Rt. Rev Rt. Rev Rt. Rev Rt. Rev Frederick J. Allchin, P.P. Robert P. Barry, LL.D., P.P. John A. Butler, P.P. Edward F. Crowley, P.P. William B. Finigan, P.P. Charles A. Finn, S.T.D., LL.D., P.P. Walter Furlong, LL.D. Augustine F. Hickey, Ed.D., I.P.P. Thomas J. MacCormack, P.P. Eric F. MacKenzie, D.C.L., P.P. John McGarry, D.C.L., P.P. Joseph F. McGlinchey, D.D., LL.D., V.F., I.P.P. Very Rev. Charles D. Mclnnis Rt. Rev. J. F. Minihan, D.D., P.P. Rt. Rev. Edward G. Murray, D.D. Rt. Rev. Michael J. Owens, D.D., V.F. Rt. Rev. Francis L. Phelan, S.T.L., LL.D., P.P. Rt. Rev. Richard J. Quinlan, S.T.L., P.P. Rev. Francis V. Cummings, P.P. Rev. Daniel J. Donovan, P.P. Rev. Rev. Joseph M. Fitzgibbons, P.P. Thomas F. Garrity, P.P. Rev. Waldo C. Hasenfus, P.P. Rev. Charles J. Maguire, P.P. Rev. Joseph P. McCall Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, P.P. Rev. Francis X. Meehan, Ph.D. Rev Rev Rev. Henry C. Reardon, P.P. Thomas J. Riley, Ph.D. Leo Sullivan, P.P. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Baker Dr. and Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Barrette Mr. and Mrs Miss Mary A. Barry Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Harvey P. Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boles Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Boyle Mr. and Mrs Mrs. Ruth Bradshaw Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Brine, Jr. Mr. and Mrs Mrs. Mary A. Bullock Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. George W. Burke Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Burke Mr. and Mrs Mr. J. J. Byrnes Mr. and Mrs Dr. and Mrs. A. J. A. Campbell Mrs. Eleanor Capt. and Mrs. William P. Canning Frederick C. Carreiro Walter J. E. Carroll James E. Caulfield Joseph A. Cavanagh Irving P. Clark Harry R. Clarke James J. Clifford Michael J. Clogan Cyril E. Cochran Robert F. Cochrane William J. Collins Jack Conway . James Cotter C. Cottle Hon. and Mrs. P. Courtney Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Coyle Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Craig Mrs. Mary F. Cremmen Mr. Grover J. Cronin Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Cruickshank Dr. and Mrs. George Dewey Dalton Mrs. J. Judson Dean Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. DeGiacomo Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Deignan Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Delay Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Desmond Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Dias Mr. and Mrs. John A. Donahue Dr. and Mrs. John L. Doherty Mrs. Edward Miss Mayline Mr. and Mr. and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. C. Donnelly Donnelly Ralph L. Donnelly Clement J. Dore John J. Downey Frederick T. Doyle Thomas A. Dunbar, Jr. '46 Mr. John J. Egan Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ellard Mr. and Mrs. John F. Elston Dr. and Mrs. James A. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Falk Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Field Mrs. Carl R. Fichtner Mr. and Mrs. George J. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. William H. Flanagan Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Flynn Dr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Foley Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Ford Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Gazzola Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Gibbons Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Giblin Hugh F. Glasheen '45 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Green Mr. and Mrs. Vincent L. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Daniel V. Grifiin Mr. and Mrs. John H. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hanron Mr. and Mrs. James G. Harnedy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hartnett Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Harwood Mr. and Mrs George R. Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Heavey Mr. and Mrs Edwin P. Heavey Mr. and Mrs. John J. Heavey Mr. and Mrs. William F. Heavey Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hennessy Mr. and Mrs. John E. Higgins Mr. and Mrs Albert C. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hurley Mrs. Patrick T. Hurley Frederick Joyce Louis Julian Kean Richard F. Keelan, Sr. John J. Kehoe Leon E. Kelley Oliver G. Kelley Arthur Shaun Kelly '45 Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Peter F. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mrs. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Dr. Dr. Mr. Dr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Frank J. Kelly Stephen T. Kett Charles J. E. Kickham Bernard J. Killion Edward King Francis P. Kirk George E. Kirk John L. Kirk and Mrs. Justin N. Kirk and Mrs. Lawrence M. Kirk Hon. and Mrs. Paul G. Kirk and Mrs. Joseph A. Kozlowsky and Mrs. Joseph T. Lynch and Mrs. James R. MacDonald R. L. MacDonald and Mrs. Wallace L. MacKinnon and Mrs. James F. Malone and Mrs. Andrew M. McAuliffe Eugene V. McAuliffe and Mrs. and Mrs. James F. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs and Mrs. and Mrs and Mrs and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs and Mrs and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. John W. McAuliffe Charles A. McCarron McCarron Charles R. McCarthy Edward J. McCarthy John H. McCarthy Francis E. McCourt Eugene F. McDonough Michael E. McGarty R. Goldrick Harold N. McKinney Frank McNabb P. J. McNiff Richard McSorley Thomas W. Melly Frank A. Mesmer Theodore R. Molinari Dominick Morley William T. Morrissey Joseph J. Mulhern Charles F. Murphy Edmund J. Murphy Robert F. Murphy Vincent C. Murphy John J. Murray Miss Anne Nagle Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Nawn Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Neville Mrs. Helen L. O'Brien Mrs. joseph E. O'Connell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. O'Donoghue Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O'KeefTe Mr. Daniel F. O'Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Amos W. Oldfield Mr. and Mrs. joseph S. O'Leary Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. O'Neill Miss Mildred O'Neill Mrs. Edward F. O'Shea Mrs. Thomas A. O'Shea Mr. and Mrs. John Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Pitts Mrs. David Henry Posner Dr. and Mrs. William S. Quigley Mr. Edward S. Quirk The Reynolds Family Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. Roberts Mrs. Mary Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ross Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Ryan 5 COU fo 41 lm Q 1 9, 'P w 1 Q, OWMASSACH Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Santora Mr. and Mrs. Alger C. Schiffman Mr. and Mrs. George M. Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. Shea Mr. and Mrs Joseph H. Sheehan Mr. and Mrs. James H. Sheridan Mr. and Mrs. James V. Sherry Mr. and Mrs Robert V. Slattery Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. John J. Todd Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Vorce Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Watson Mr. Francis J. Watson and Mrs. Charles B. White and Mrs. Edmund G. White James L. Wiles '45 Mr. and Mrs. W. Edward Wilson Miss Mary L. Woods Mr. and Mrs. Zock Mr. Mr. Q v9 'wtf F v- '- X F x J , A 4: ' i' as M .v..,.l-J., . .Q ,W-Zf,f, i . , R '1 ' I 4 -i-:iv , - - -4- X ,Q ,ui -v - Vhyxx X f b 43 5 -1. x Q- - vin A -4-' ' - . , - -- f . , . , , - 14, 3,0 my i U 0,1 A-,,. -N .. X - ig ,Ji-, 1, -.1 U ,,..-ww, H ix 1 1 .4 , , I. , , ' -1 X ..r ,, X xr' ,f I l cr 1 x ' 2 ll gf' A 1 XX P .1 ...tb ... THEIR HISTORY NY history of the world's greatest men would neces- sarily be a sage of Fortitude. What man has ever achieved a worth-while goal without encountering opposi- tion and difficulty? Along academic lines, the Class of 1947 received equitable testing as it passed from one lan- guage to another, from one department of science to the next. We present now in rather minute detail the chron- icle of four years at St. Sebastian's with the hope that its recollections will evoke memories of battles won in the past and serve as an inspiration in the future. I can do all things in Him Who strengthens me. 4 af:- ii ff el ' I S . A 1,57 07. 6955 CLASS OF 1947 Rear Row: Griffin, O'Leary, Watson, Ford, Kehoe, Ellard, McAuliffe Center Row: Horrign, Quirk, O'Shea, Bullock, Fichtner, McCarron, McKinney, Shannon Seated: Boles, O'Donoghue, Kirk, Cremmen, Caulfield, Harwood, Heavey CLASS HISTORY T. SEBASTIAN'S was inaugurating its third successful year when we were incorporated into its student body in September 1943. Al- most forty strong we constituted the largest group in the School and the size of our class called for a division of our personnel into two sections, designated as Freshman A and B . To begin the scholastic year under divine auspices, the first assembly of the students was in the Chapel to assist at the Mass of the Holy Ghost, celebrated by the Headmaster. At its conclusion, Fr. Mclnnis spoke to us from the sanctuary, exhorting us to the proper proportion of prayer and work in the year ahead. When we filed out of the Chapel, we were assigned our respec- tive classrooms which, upon cursory examination, seemed lightsome and almost cheerful. The Priests who were to guide us along the paths of scholarship next made their appearance and their preliminary addresses to us were re-assuring and en- couraging. They identilied themselves and their subjects to us in succession and before the day was over we had rather definite ideas of what the immediate future held in store for us. Father Collins, soft-spoken and genial, was to introduce us to the mysteries of Latin, while the tall, jovial Fr. Hannigan was to lead us through the intricacies of mathematics. History, it seemed, was the province of the red- headed, humorous Fr. Keating who was destined to become the idol of our Fresh- man days. In French we made the acquaintance of the benign and mild-mannered Fr. Stocklosa while the vagaries of our native English were to be pursued under the direction of Fr. Flanigan. To round out our course, we were privileged to have the doctrines and practices of the Church unfolded for us in most eloquent and interesting fashion by the Headmaster. After this introduction to the Faculty, we began to appraise the companions that fortune had thrown across our path. Hesitant smiles were exchanged tenta- tively at first, but it took only a recess, a dinner hour and a session on the Football field to put us on terms of easy familiarity with those about us. There was one good point to recitations, at any rate, for they enabled us to associate faces and names and in practically no time at all we were hailing classmates by name. Even the Freshmen of the other section, separated from us by a door, soon came to be recognized and greeted, and in short order the threshold was being freely crossed at every available moment. The A room was tenanted by such stalwarts as Bob Bullock, Freddie Buttner, the Crowley brothers, Frank Fandel, Bob Fichtner, Dick Griffin, Vin Horrigan, john Kehoe, Jack Kirk, Dave May, Dick McCarron, Charlie McDonald, Phil Monahon, Paul Morris, Bob O'Shea, Ed Quirk, jack Seth and Keith Staples. In the B section were numbered warriors like Herb Baker, Richard Cronin, Bill Delaney, Doc Doherty, Ted Fandel, john Gallagher, jake BROTHERLY LOVE Seven sets of St. Sebastian brothers Left to Right: The Malden McAu1iffesg the Elstonsg the Collupys the Griffinsg the Keelansg the Fitzgeraldsg the McKir1neys. Kendrick, Bob McGarty, the McKinney brothers, Bill O'Leary, George Shannon, jack Slattery and Joe Sullivan. While the physical partition remained all year long between the two groups, it was morally broken down as the two sections in- tegrated themselves into one Freshman class. It did not take us long to discover that the classroom building was only a poor third in the School popularity poll, for it very definitely lacked the attraction of either the dining hall or the cage. As regards the former, we were quite over- whelmed by our first introduction to it. When the fourth class of the day had ended, we were shepherded to the refectory and assigned places at the long tables over which a member of the Faculty presided. After grace was said by the Head- master, white-coated students emerged from the kitchen, bearing heavily-laden trays on which steaming serving dishes reposed, and delivered them to the opposite ends of each table. We watched with calculating interest as the platters and dishes were passed from hand to hand and we restrained ourselves to moderate helpings of the appetizing viands. Attacking the full dinner with enthusiasm we cleaned our plates and then were pleasantly surprised to find ourselves con- fronted with second and third helpings that were not only permitted but en- couraged. Milk also seemed to be boundless in quantity and following the ex- ample of our upper-class neighbors, we were not too abashed to refill our glasses frequently. Thus our acquaintance with the School's most popular building be- gan and we needed no urging thereafter to report promptly at the dinner bell. The end of the class day permitted a more thorough examination of the gymnasium than the recess period of the morning had allowed, and we availed ourselves of the opportunity to search into every nook and cranny. Football prac- tice was scheduled for that afternoon and it made us feel part of St. Sebastian's to be able to rub elbows with the athletes in the locker rooms as they prepared for the day's workout. Presiding over the situation in general was a forceful, yet genial man who, we were told, was Mr. Murphy, the new coach. Spurring on the dressing preparation of his candidates, he still had time to greet newcomers like ourselves kindly and warm-heartedly. Scrambling up the stairs to the second floor, we were left quite breathless when the doors of the cage unfolded its wide expanse before us. The floor proved to be resilient peat which adapted itself to a variety of usages in accordance with the athletic seasons. Basketball backboards were suspended in permanent position at the extremities of the court and we noted a balcony which looked down into Squash and Handball courts that opened off the cage floor. The ball marked walls were a silent indication that these games might hold an attraction for us as they had for others. All in all, our gym was quite a place, we agreed, for we already felt a proprietary attitude in its regard. In not too long a time we found that the School had a definite routine from which it seldom varied and we settled down to the process of being educated. The new languages, Latin and French, did not come any too easily as replacements of Grammar School subjects and we realized the need of the three hours study each night that was being insisted upon. The civilizations of the distant past were interesting and sometimes amusing, but at other times it was difficult to fathom the logic in their actions. What we did not know about our own English lan- guage was rather astonishing and we became quite convinced that knowledge maketh a bloody entrance. However, these advanced studies could not help but give us a more mature and important feeling which, while it would not be toler- l w l l l SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Seated: President, john F. Cremmen Standing: Cleft to right! Treasurer, james Caulfield: Secretary, Francis O'Donoghueg Vice Prerident, john Kirk ated at School, could be paraded impressively before younger members of the family at home. Earnest effort also could be relied upon to produce its own re- ward, for, when the first marking period ended, we could pride ourselves on the number of our classmates who attained the select Honor Roll circle. To call suf- ficient attention to the merit of the recipients, the certificate awards were made at a School-wide assembly after dinner and Classmates Bob Fichtner, Dick Griffin, Vin Horrigan, Jack Kirk and Bob O'Shea were applauded warmly by the entire student body. About this time we arrived at the conclusion that the older students, far from isolating themselves in lofty superiority, were a companionable lot who were quite willing to exchange ideas on teachers, sports and other topics of mutual interest. Recess periods and dinner hours provided an opportunity of mingling with them and learning their intense loyalty to St. Sebastian's and everything associated with it. Fellows like Hugh Glasheen, Henry Barry, Charlie McCarron, jimmy Lydon, Bob and George Baker had attended the first class to be held here and they wel- comed us sincerely as Sebastianites who would come to love the School as dearly as they. In the Sophomore group also we found a real spirit of camaradie manifested by veterans of a year's experience such as Myron Bullock, Mike Barrette, Bob Hig- gins, Bob and Paul Flynn. To have them recognize us in friendly fashion and make us feel at home in their company was all that was needed to make us realiize that we belonged at St. Sebastian's. One of the features of Country Day School education that appealed to us most was the provision of an athletic program for students who would not consider themselves sufficiently polished to report for Varsity teams. Right from the start of the School year we were told to report in recreation togs to Fr. Keating on the Football field after the class day ended, and most of us needed no urging. Every- thing was serene as the first session started, but, when it developed that our men- tor's approach to the subject involved long stretches of calisthenics we lost some of our enthusiam. After some days we even ventured to show a bit of resentment, but we dropped that policy rather quickly when we discovered that such tactics only brought about a prolongation of the agony. When we finally reached the peak of condition in Fr. Keating's estimation, Football really began. Most of us had never played on anything but informal teams and it was a supreme treat to be coached carefully and to learn the co-ordination of team play. Then too the fact that we were given Varsity plays to work on and perfect made us feel like full- lledged big-leaguers. When we did engage in competition with outside J.j.V teams, it was a well-drilled club that represented St. Sebastian's. In the backfield we had miniature powerhouses like Ed Quirk and the Crowley brothers, while the line bristled with dynamos such as McCarron, Heavey, Kirk, Monahon and Slat- tery. The Fall months sped by rapidly and pleasantly in this fashion and it was with great reluctance that we packed away our moleskins for the year. Mean- while we had followed the fortunes of our fellow-gridders, the Varsity, with fer- vent enthusiasm as they essayed an ambitious schedule, and we were thrilled by their victories over Rivers, Brandeis Vocational and the Belmont High Seconds. With Football over, we found the School agog over the Winter athletic pro- gram that was in prospect. To begin with, the war-time fuel emergency, which had led the School officials to close the gym and forego Basketball in 1942-43, was alleviated to the extent that such sacrifices were no longer necessary. That meant the hoop game would be restored and we would have the opportunity of playing it on a peat floor for the first time. Then too it was disclosed that St. Se- bastian's was about to sponsor a Hockey team for the first time in its history and enter the sextet in the newly-formed Catholic League that would play its games in- doors at the nearby Skating Club. With such diversion in store, it did not seem that the Winter could be too unpleasant. That it turned out to be equally as en- tertaining as the Football venture was due in no small degree to the planning of Fr. Collins who doffed his cassock to put on sports attire and tutor our efforts on the floor of the cage. An enthusiast for the indoor game, he explained the rudi- ments patiently and insisted that we put them into practice carefully. When the time warranted it, we were divided into four teams of equal strength and, bearing the names of popular colleges, the quintets vied with each other in intra-mural con- tests that were re-played in discussions long after the final whistle had blown. In such competition, the talents of Bill O'Leary, John Kehoe, Bob McGarty and Bob O'Shea showed to best advantage and we felt complimented when Bill O'Leary was promoted to the Varsity squad. The Varsity games also drew our attention and it was a source of gratification to see the senior quintet engage in noteworthy com- petition and gain decisions over older schools like Browne and Nichols, Belmont Hill and Rivers. In the Hockey sphere, the student body was on hand to a man to witness the debut of our sextet at the Skating Club, and we had a special interest in the pro- '47 AIDS CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION Seniors: Kehoe, Kirk, Horrigan, Shannon work with Mr. Gilchrist of the N. C. W. C. I WANT TO SEE THE FOLLOWING AFTER DINNER The Headmaster reads a proscriprion list in the refectory ceedings for our contribution to the line-up was considerable. Two Freshmen were among the six Red and Black skaters who took the ice against St. Mary's of Wal- tham and hence we cheered every movement of Ed Phillips and jack Slattery to the echo. While our icemen went down to defeat on that occasion, they more than atoned for that failure in later appearances as Jack Mulhern and Ed Phillips led them to third place in the final League standing. Apart from the interest provid- ed by the games, it was wonderful to note how the contests worked magic in ob- taining parental permission to venture forth on Saturday nights. At the conclu- sion of the season we were quick to vote the ice venture a complete success and we hoped that Hockey would be a permanent feature of the sports cycle on the Hill. Meanwhile, the Christmas vacation had come and gone, to be remembered especially for the Christmas party which preceded it. We learned that this too had become a tradition of the School and we more than enjoyed the banquet and the varied entertainment that followed. On that occasion, Varsity and J.V. athlet- ic rewards were distributed and we were thrilled to have our prowess so publicly noted. We were quite impressed also by the importance of the juniors when it was announced that they were permitted to hold the first St. Sebastian prom under the able direction of Charlie McCarron. All in all, the year would have been en- tirely a succession of pleasant surprises had it not been for the death of His Emi- nence William Cardinal O'Connell in early Spring. As students of the last educa- tional institution he had established, we felt deeply affected as we assisted at the Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul in our School Chapel. To end the year on a memorable note, we had the experience of playing j.V. Baseball under Fr. Flanigan. From workouts that began in the gym cage we passed to the outdoor diamond as soon as weather permitted. Daily practice and insistent coaching eventually molded together a nine that took on strong compe- tition in the weeks of the scholastic year that remained. As moundsmen on that aggregation we had Dick Griffin and john Gallagher who turned in creditable performances despite the fact that their support was a bit on the porous side. Of- fensively, our attack was led by Ed Quirk, Bill O'Leary, and Bob Bullock against competition provided by teams like the Mission High J.V.'s and St. joseph's Acad- emy of Wellesley. While the defeats exceeded the number of victories, that fact was lost sight of as we watched the Varsity pile up seven wins in eleven starts, the season's highlight being jimmy Collins' bid for a no-hitter against Browne and Nichols. To close the academic year we attended the Year's End Party at which awards for scholastic excellence were announced and Baseball letters were distributed. We were particularly pleased when Dick GrifHn's attainment of a scholarship for the year ahead was revealed by the Headmaster. Thus the first chapter of our St. Sebastian career drew to a close most pleasantly, marked by the compilation of a treasury of memories which we hoped would be increased in the three years ahead of us. After the rest and relaxation of the Summer months, we were rather resigned to a return to School routine and we speculated interestedly as to what St. Sebas- tian's would be like with a full complement of classes from Seniors to Freshmen. We were not quite prepared, however, to find the Chapel just about filled with students as we filed in for the Mass of the Holy Ghost on the opening day. Once FIRST FRIDAY MASS Father Flanigan blesses the Seniors at the end of their private Mass in the sacristy. again we were impressed by the insistent advice of Fr. Mclnnis as he addressed us in the Chapel and outlined our responsibilities as students of a College Preparatory School. As we wended our way to our second-floor classrooms, we found new lads accompanying us, and the realization that our group of the previous year had been added to, came as a bit of a shock. When the desks were assigned in the A and B Sophomore sections, we learned names that soon would be glibly familiar to our tongues as their owners became part and parcel of our everyday lives. It was not long before new members like John Boles, Bruce Campbell, jim Caulfield, Lar- ry Cazale, joe Ford, Ollie Hennigan, Larry MacKenzie, Bob McNabb, jack Nawn, Frank O'Donoghue and Dick Tonner were absorbed into our ranks with such thoroughness that we ceased to think of them as newcomers. We were sur- prised also to find some of the familiar faces of our Freshman classmates missing at the start of this second School year, but they were a small minority whose ab- sence was compensated for by the influx of new Sophomores. In the dining hall we had an opportunity to assume an assured air as we took our places and scrutinized the newcomers who had succeeded us as Freshmen. The presence of another row of tables prepared us for the fact that they outnumbered us by being fifty strong. Soon, some math-minded soul pointed out that the stu- 1 dent body had now reached a total of one hundred and thirty-five. Another ob- servant citizen called attention to the presence of two new Faculty members whom we came to know as Fr. joseph Desmond and Fr. Clifford. We were not destined however, to enjoy Fr. Desmond's company for long, because a sudden death took him from us on October 4th. In his place came Fr. Beatty as the English teacher of the Freshman class while Fr. Clifford introduced the same group to the rudi- ments of Latin. As September days rolled by we came to identify the new students who were not in our own class. While most of them were rather obviously first year students, twelve belonged to the current junior Class and Don Gibbons had joined the Senior group. The outstanding recollection of the scholastic year 1944-45 centers around the enthusiasm with which we heard that our Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, had named Bishop Cushing to succeed Cardinal O'Connell as Archbishop of Boston. A holi- day was declared and, on the day following the announcement, a Mass of Thanks- giving was offered up by the Headmaster in the School Chapel. After the Holy Sacrifice, Fr. Mclnnis' words helped us to appreciate the providential character of the appointment. Within a short time we were pleased to hear that Arch- bishop Cushing had met with the Headmaster and the Faculty and had expressed his deep interest in St. Sebastian's high ideals and rapid development. The School year was not very old when we were grieved to learn that our Latin instructor, Fr. Collins, was being sent to Catholic University for advanced study. During the year of his association with us both as a teacher and as Faculty Director of Athletics, we had come to regard him as an integral part of our St. Se- bastian life and it was with deep regret that we bade him farewell. To succeed Fr. Collins, Fr. james Redding made his appearance on the Nonantum Hill scene and took over our Latin classes with an intensive enthusiasm that was satisfied with nothing short of perfection. In time he came to know us all well personally and was most generous with his time and advice. From an academic point of view, we had been trained well the year before and we settled down to scholastic pursuits in rather docile fashion. As competi- tors for honors, we had to reckon with Larry Cazale's consistent brilliancy and john Boles' determined effort, and their presence did much to spur us on to greater heights. The subject matter of our Sophomore year was arduous enough to call for blood, sweat and tears being expended on Caesar's military campaigns and The ldylls of the King together with congruent triangles and their geometric kin. However, the day's labors were lightened now and again by Fr. I-Iannigan's puns and Griff's tearful laughter. At times misdemeanor marks reached fearful pro- portions, while in Fr. Flanigan's class a wrong answer could bring immediate re- tribution as he circulated through the aisles. The success of a translation was easily discernible on Fr. Redding's face, and unsatisfactory work drew forth em- phatic facial and verbal signs of disgust. Despite these hazards, we reaped our share of Honor Roll awards and maintained the class prestige in this respect. The folly of not struggling with might and main was graphically brought out on Black Monday, April 30, 1945, when we missed the presence of several classmates who had failed to hold their heads above the scholastic waters. Without a doubt, one of the milestones of our St. Sebastian career was reached when The Walrus made its appearance as the School newspaper. Supervised by Fr. Beatty and edited by Myron Bullock '46, it was sedate enough in its report- STUDENT COUNCIL Standing: Gibbons, Green, McCarthy, McGoldrick Seated: Slattery, O'Donoghue, Kirk, Cremmen, Caulfield, Pitts ing with reference to future events, but its chronicling of past personal exploits and social interests caused keen interest or profound dismay, depending upon one's point of view. At times it seemed as if a glossary of terms was needed to make its cryptic comment intelligible, and, more often than not, it needed previous cen- sorship before being permitted to fall into parental hands. We were quite proud of the part played in its production by our fellow Sophomores, for Jack Kirk, Dick Griffin, Larry Cazale, john Kehoe and Bob O'Shea were on the reportorial staff, Frank Fandel served as Business Manager, and Frank O'Donoghue roamed the campus to snap the celebrities whose biographical sketches were to appear. Al- though charges have been made that, at least on some occasions, The Walrus has misquoted statements and distorted or obscured facts, it certainly aroused the greatest possible interest that could be desired. Another literary venture of the School during our Sophomore year was the publication of a yearbook, The Arrow, which was intended to serve our gradu- ates as a record of their St. Sebastian days. Their enthusiasm aroused by the plan, the Class of 1945 went to work zealously on the project with Fr. Flanigan and long afternoon sessions were spent in the Library compiling and revising material for the pioneer edition. As undergraduates we were not intimately associated with the effort, but we did assist the cause by obtaining ads and patrons for the book. When it eventually appeared, we were pleasantly surprised by its beauty and we read it avidly from cover to cover. Our pride in showing it to friends was verified sometime later when Marquette University awarded it All-Catholic rating. In the realm of sports, we took up where we had left off the year before with even greater enjoyment. Reporting as J.V. veterans this time, we put ourselves into Fr. Keating's hands once again and found the conditioning process still as rig- orous as a year before. When the time came to encounter the opposition of other j.V. elevens, a schedule was arranged and we were tested in the fire of combat. Browne and Nichols, Roxbury Latin, Belmont Hill and Angel Guardian were the foes of that campaign in which Bill Heavey, Vin Horrigan and Dick McCarron stood out for fierce tackling, while Herb Baker and jack Nawn shone offensively. In the Angel Guardian contests, Fr. Keating's neutrality was a highlight that was watched closely by both sides. During the indoor season that followed we had plenty to interest us when the ice and hoop campaigns began. For a second year, the Skating Club became a mecca for St. Sebastian rooters on Saturday nights and they had every reason to cheer their favorites on as they battled splendidly for the League crown. In the final analysis we had to be content with a co-championship shared by Malden, but there were chills and thrills galore especially in the 1-1 stalemate that closed the season. J.V. Hockey also was attempted and Fr. Hannigan's ambitious proteges were bolstered by our contributions, Dick McCarron, Prank O'Donoghue and Ed Quirk. The court game introduced us to Fr. John Redding who undertook the tutoring of our hoopsters after our loss of Fr. Collins. From our class, dominant figures like Bob McNabb, Dick Tonner, Herb Baker, Bill O'Leary, Bob McGarty and Jim Caulfield did much to lighten the burdens of the new coach as the team emerged with five victories in nine starts. As we expected, the spiritual aspect of our training was taken care of thor- oughly in a well-planned program. Daily Mass was celebrated at 8:30 each School day by the Headmaster and, while attendance was optional, we frequently availed ourselves of the opportunity to assist at the Holy Sacrifice. In keeping with the tra- dition set by the older classes, we began and ended each day with a visit to the Blessed Sacrament, and we looked forward to the First Friday Communion Masses ALTAR BOYS Standing: Keefe, Melly, Carroll, Hurley, Field, Keelan, McNabb, Doherty Seated: Hennessy, O'Donoghue, Boles, Fr. Dacey, Fichtner, McAuliffe, Bullock each month. At the year's half-way mark, we enjoyed the Annual Retreat preached by Reverend joseph Hart, C.S.C., and the three-day exercise provided the necessary time for much prayerful reflection. The after-dinner recitation of the Rosary in honor of Our Lady during May and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament twice each week of Lent were always impressive occasions. To associate us most intimately with the Holy Sacrifice, the Dialogue Mass was introduced on First Fri- days and V-E day was fittingly observed by a fervent Mass of Thanksgiving. The tempo of the Spring chapter of our Sophomore year was accelerated by our deep personal interest in the Baseball exploits of Classmate Bob McNabb and by the anticipation of St. Sebastian's first Graduation Exercises. Making his debut as a Red and Black hurler, the 15-year-old rookie not only triumphed over Browne and Nichols 15-0 but also gave a Hall of Fame performance by turning in the first no-hit game in School history. After that start, he lived up to our expectations by achieving victories over formidable nines like Belmont Hill, Middlesex, Cranwell and Noble and Greenough. For the first time, the Varsity enjoyed an undefeated season with nine wins in as many starts and we felt that our Sophomore mounds- man deserved much of the credit. The J.V. diamond season also kept many of our members busy with daily practice sessions under Fr. Flanigan that pointed to games with Mission, Roxbury Latin, St. joseph's of Wellesley and other local schools. Once again, Dick Griffin was j.V. boxman and his supporting cast in- cluded Bullock, Ford, McCarron, McGarty, O'Leary, Quirk and Shannon. The School year drew to a close with a week of Senior activities that cul- minated in the graduation of St. Sebastian's first class. Beginning with a class outing at Scituate and a Senior Prom at the Hotel Puritan, the exercises included a Fathers' and Sons' Day Baseball game with Belmont Hill and a musicale at john Hancock Hall the night before Graduation. On Friday, june lst, the Headmaster celebrated a Baccalaureate Mass at the Cenacle and afterwards addressed the gradu- ates and their parents. In the afternoon the Graduation Exercises were held at the Archbishop's House, a most beautiful and impressive setting. With hundreds of people present as his guests, His Excellency, Archbishop Cushing, presided over the occasion and paid a signal tribute to St. Sebastian's and its first graduates. The student orators of the day were Ed Courtney and Dick Shea while Doctor William Marnell of Boston Latin School delivered an impressive eulogy of classical educa- tion. When the diplomas were presented to the graduates by His Excellency, Mrs. Murphy received the award for her son Ed who was serving in the Navy. The exercises were closed by Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament given by Arch- bishop Cushing who afterwards greeted all who were present and invited them to an inspection of his home. Thus our second year at St. Sebastian's ended in most impressive fashion and we could not help but reflect that we were halfway to the goal achieved by the Class of 1945. In the time intervening, much remained to be done if we were to be ready for College, but we had high hopes of emulating the complete success of the School's first class that had attained a 100'Zp acceptance from College au- thorities. At the moment, however, we could put aside sober reflections and revel in the prospect of the Summer pleasures that lay before us. Before we returned to Nonantum Hill, the exultation of V-J day had light- ened the heart of the nation and incidentally had freed us from the threat of hav- ing our scholastic careers interrupted by a call to military service. In addition, ARROW STAFF Standing: Boles, O'Donoghue, McCarron, Fichtner Seated: O'Shea, Kirk, Fr. Flanigan, Bullock, Griffin the fact that we were returning as juniors did much to enhance the occasion, and hence it was that we were quite content to resume the scholastic yoke in Sep- tember 1945. Our first view of the grounds was a charming one with the flower beds a riot of color under Eddie Linnane's careful tending and the new statue of Our Lady seeming particularly benign as we trudged by it. The Mass of the Holy Ghost and the Headmaster's talk that followed struck a familiar chord and we climbed to our third-floor classrooms with poised self-assurance. Appraising the new scenes in a glance, we noted the absence of some familiar faces and the compensation provided by the arrival of new comrades who proved to be jack Cremmen, George Ford, Bill Harwood and Dick Watson. From a Faculty angle, we were gratified to find that all the members of the previous year were still with us, although this complacency was upset when, just after School began, it was an- nounced that Fr. Cuffe had been transferred to the chaplaincy at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. While we had never been his pupils, we had always admired his priestly character, devotion to duty and efficient management of the athletic program. As a token of abiding affection, the students presented him with a set of Breviaries, Myron Bullock expressing our sorrow at parting with him. To fill the vacancy in the Faculty ranks, Fr. Joyce arrived as a Freshman instructor, and Fr. Flanigan took up residence at St. Sebastian's to become Faculty Director of Athletics. With 165 boys on its roster, the School settled down to what was now for us a normal routine. On October Sth we were pleased to be relieved of classes in order to permit the Faculty to take part in the celebration of the 60th anniversary of St. john's Seminary. Later in the month, on October 15th, we joyfully partici- pated in Fr. Mclnnis' observance of his Silver Anniversary in the Priesthood. The Cenacle convent was the scene of the Solemn High Mass which he celebrated with us in assistance and all the members of the Faculty had an active Part in the cere- SENIOR CORNER OF THE REFECTORY BROTHERS MCAULIFFE Andy and Larry mony. Monsignor Wright, Secretary to Archbishop Cushing, delivered the An- niversary sermon and, at the end of Mass, Myron Bullock expressed the School's congratulations to the Headmaster and presented him a Spiritual Bouquet in our name. Meanwhile we had become familiar with the features of our new scholastic program and had thrown ourselves into it with a seriousness born of prudence and maturity. Chemistry was a new addition to our curriculum and its assignment as our first period occupation each morning was enough to jolt us out of any leth- argy customary to that time of day. From Fr. Cotter's Paradise, the Chem Lab, we tottered back to be stimulated by Fr. Flanigan's forceful insistence on perfection of style and appraisal of American Literature. After the all too brief recess, Cicero's orations had to be translated to Fr. Redding's satisfaction before the study period respite ensued. Dinner over, Algebra reared its ugly head with Fr. Hannigan's legerdemain and the day came to a close when we parted for French or Greek. The Greek class put us directly under the eye of the Headmaster and the result was that its demands were the first to be fulfilled each night. In keeping with democratic processes, the Class of 1947 went to the polls early in the year and selected officers to lead it. Divided as it was into two A and B sections, our group impartially alternated its favors, conferring honors on two men from each division. The Presidency was bestowed upon Bob Bullock, and the Vice-Presidency fell to the lot of john Kirk. John Boles was designated Secre- tary and the Treasury was entrusted to Dick McCarron. It was primarily to the sponsoring of a successful Junior Prom that these lads bent their efforts and the gala affair took place on December 27, 1945. Under the deft artistry of commit- tee members John Boles, Bob Bullock, jack Cremmen, Bob Fichtner, Bill Heavey, jack Kirk, Dick McCarron, Bob McGarty, Bill O'Leary and Bob O'Shea, the refec- tory was converted into a gayly- festooned ballroom made lively by the strains of Ken Reeves' orchestra. At intermission time, attractive compacts were distributed as favors to the feminine guests and we took warranted pride in the most success- ful social sponsored under the School's auspices up to that time. As juniors we made major contributions to all the School's athletic teams. While we felt that we had passed the j.V. stage, many '47 members gave their all to the Varsity eleven that went through such a successful season. Captained by our johnny Ellard, the team made iron-man use of the services of Billy Harwood at center and jim Caulfield at guard. In addition, its depth was increased by re- serves like joe Ford, Dick McCarron, Ed Quirk and George Shannon. Highlights of the season were a 7-7 tie with Tabor, a 6-0 scalping in Providence and a Par- ents' and Friends' Day win over Portsmouth Priory, 26-0. On the last named oc- casion we really impressed our guests by using a public address system to give a play-by-play description of the contest. At the conclusion of the campaign we rejoiced over the selection of Bill Harwood and jim Caulfield as co-Captains for the following year, and we felt that justice asserted itself in john Boles' designa- tion as Manager. On the Basketball court, we followed Jack Cremmen's effortless grace with enthusiasm as he proved himself one of the finest hoopsters that ever wore the Red and Black. In his grand defensive play, he had the zealous assistance of Class- mate Bill Harwood and together they formed the best defensive combination pos- sible. On attack, Bob McNabb bore our standard and, with an unsuspected eagle- eye, paced our cagers to the extent that he emerged as leading scorer of the year. Bill O'Leary also saw limited service and we could safely say that our class pro- vided the backbone of the St. Sebastian quintet. At the beginning of the season, Fr. Redding held the coaching reins but soon was forced to relinquish them as a result of increased parochial duties. Mr. Murphy then stepped into the breach and guided the School five through its most arduous schedule. Twenty games were played and we were thrilled with nine wins that resulted. Beyond all ques- tion, the season's highlights were jack Cremmen's swish shot that defeated Ca- thedral in the closing seconds of play and the establishment of a new cage record in the 52-15 defeat of Browne and Nichols. The unanimous choice of Cremmen to lead the basketeers for the following year was another feather in the cap of '47, For the third consecutive season, we alternated between exultation and despair at the ice contests on Saturday night at the Skating Club. Pointed for by every team in the Catholic League, our gliders gave a magnificent account of themselves in every contest save the one in which Malden laced us 5-1. Even that disaster was revenged, however, when we turned the tables on our predominant ice foe, 2-1, later in the year. Interest in the race for the title was sustained right up to the final buzzer of the last game which found us only equalizing St. Clement's, 1-1, whereas we needed a win to tie for the second-half championship. This game also SECRETARIAL DEPARTMENT Miss Kenney, Miss Meuse await the annual onslaught of College Applications. marked the last of Mul's dazzling performances on the glassy surface for St. Sebastian's and it was with deep regret that we saw Mr, Hockey terminate the most brilliant individual career in the Catholic League. john Ellard, as usual, was a tower of strength on defense and gave our class important representation on the sextet. To celebrate the accomplishments of our Winter sports teams, a Hockey- Basketball banquet, attended by the parents and friends of our heroes, was held in the School refectory on March l8th. Walter Brown of the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation was the principal speaker, while the court and ice stars recounted the highlights of outstanding contests. After the Hockey team had received jackets emblazoned with the St. Sebastian insignia and the Basketball quintet had been honored with letters, individual Red-Blue game plaques were hung in position by Jack Mulhern, Lane McCarthy and Jack Cremmen. An outstanding success from every point of view, this testimonial affair provided a welcome opportunity for friends of St. Sebastian's to spend a social evening at the School. Another pleasant feature of the Winter of our Junior year was an expedition of the Alpine Club to North Conway under the supervision of Fr. Keating. Tak- ing advantage of the Washington's Birthday vacation, a group of eighteen ski-ing enthusiasts spent a week in the North country and returned with many legendary tales that testified to the good time enjoyed by all. On january 19th, John R. Kirk of '47 represented the School on the junior Town Meeting of the Air Program which was broadcast over Station WBZ. The subject under discussion was Are Comic Books an Educational Menace? and scholarly representatives of various schools presented their views in panel form. In competent fashion, jack pointed out the menace involved and was most direct in his replies to questioners. Early in April, the School gained added prestige when the St. Sebastian Choristers made their debut at the Hotel Vendome under the auspices of the Mount Alvernia Mothers' Club. Their rendition of sacred numbers, under the direction of Mr. Leonard Whalen, was warmly appreciated and, to reward the songbirds, the Headmaster made them his guests at the annual concert of the New England Preparatory Schools' Glee Clubs. In literary circles The Walrus continued to be highly entertaining and re- vealing. Under the caption of Smoke Gets In Their Eyes, the November issue HOCKEY. BASKETBALL BANQUET March 16, 1947 chronicled the details of a fire which broke out in the basement at 3 o'clock on the morning of November 6th and caused the four resident priests to leave the build- ing. The January edition gave the particulars of the Annual Retreat conducted by Fr. Lawrence P. Sullivan, C.S.C., while the May number recorded the School's consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as a fitting conclusion to the May devotions of the year. From time to time it also acquainted its avid readers with the progress of The Arrown which, due to the labors of Bob Higgins' staff, add- ed new features to be even more enthusiastically received than its 1945 prede- cessor. We turned into the home stretch of the year when Baseball made its appear- ance in the Spring and proved that Bob McNabb's hurling feats of the year before were not a mere flash in the pan. Pitted against premier competition, The Thin Man enjoyed another remarkable season that brought him eulogies in the Bos- ton press. Fifteen times the Red and Black nine took the field and only twice did they leave it defeated. The outstanding athletic memory of the year will always be the 5-4 defeat inflicted on mighty Phillips Exeter, although triumphs over Groton, Middlesex, Thayer, Malden Catholic and Cranwell were also important. To the undefeated j.V.'s, Dick Griffin, joe Ford and Dick Watson made stellar contributions, Griff earning the right to toe the slab in a Varsity contest against Sacred Heart which he won handily. In recognition of his role in our successful year, Bob McNabb, just recuperating from the effects of a fall over a concrete playground bench during a game at Newton Centre, was honored with the cap- taincy of the '47 team. An injury, that also will long be remembered, claimed as its victim our Frank O'Donoghue who suffered a slow-healing broken leg the day before he was scheduled to break into the starting line-up. Incapacitated for many weeks, Frank took consolation in the success of the team and the individual work of classmates Ed Quirk, john Ellard and jack Cremmen. Almost before we knew it, another Graduation Week was upon us and we followed the activities of the Seniors with interest, knowing that our turn was to come next. A Senior Prom, which many of us attended, prefaced the Fathers' and Sons' Day game with St. Columbkille's and the Class Outing at Swampscott's 68 GRADUATION CONCERT jesus Maria Sanroma delights a large St. Sebastian audience at the Hotel Bradford Concert. New Ocean House. The night before the big day itself, the School sponsored a delightful concert by the world-famed jesus Maria Sanroma and drew 1200 people to the Hotel Bradford for the occasion. Fittingly inaugurated by the Baccalaure- ate Mass and Sermon at the Cenacle convent, the Graduation Exercises culminated in the awarding of diplomas at the Archbishop's House in the afternoon. Once again, His Excellency, Archbishop Cushing, was our gracious host and delayed his departure for a college commencement to greet the graduates and wamly felici- tate the Faculty on a work well done. In his absence, Monsignor MacKenzie pre- sided over the ceremonies that featured an address to the graduates by Professor Louis Mercier of Harvard University. The Salutatory and Valedictory orations were given by Robert Higgins and Myron Bullock respectively and Monsignor MacKenzie awarded the hard-earned diplomas. After Solemn Benediction had closed the exercises, we had an opportunity to take a reluctant leave of grand companions like Myron Bullock, Bob Higgins, jack Mulhern, john Pickard, Mike Barrette, Paul McGrath and Lane McCarthy who had meant so much in our student lives at St. Sebastian's and who were now enrolled in the ranks of the Alumni. As we left the scene, it was only natural that we should reflect with mingled emotions on the fact that our St. Sebastian span had contracted now to a single year. Early in july we were overjoyed to learn from the Boston Press that Fr. Mc- lnnis had been elevated by His Holiness Pope Pius XII to the rank of Papal Chamberlain with the title of Very Reverend Monsignor. We sensed at once that this honor had been conferred on the Headmaster of St. Sebastian's both as a recog- nition of outstanding priestly work for twenty-five years and as a seal of approba- tion on the School founded and developed under his direction. When we re- turned to the Hill, we found no change in him except the purple piping on his cassock which caused us to blurt out frequently I mean, Monsignor after we had saluted him as Father, We were fully cognizant of the responsibility that was ours when we began our fourth year last September. To come back to the Hill as Seniors was pleasant enough, but our status also demanded that we set the tone of School life in rather serious and dignified fashion. Previously we always had an older group to look up to, now we could seek inspiration only in our own ranks. When we assembled our personnel in the first-floor Senior classroom, we found that our numbers had been increased by three new additions, Al Cruickshank, john McAuliffe and Matt Thornton. The last named lad remained only for a fleeting period of time, but the other two stood shoulder to shoulder with us through the rigors of our final year. On the Faculty roster there were three new additions, Fr. Francis Desmond, who was assigned to us in English, Fr. Dacey, our instructor in Latin, and Fr. Aubut, new member of the French department. Their presence called attention to the fact that Fr. Redding and Fr. Clifford were no longer in our midst, but had been sent to universities for further study, the former to Fordham and the latter to Laval. As seniors, we were freed from the duty of waiting on table, but there was no noticeable slackening of our scholastic requirements. The languages returned to plague some and please others, and there was much jousting with the sciences, as usual. In Latin, Fr. Dacey did not vary from the perfectionist approach instituted by Fr. Redding, and, had he been so minded, joe Ford and Dick Griffin would have protested to high heaven. The well of English seemed inexhaustible as Fr. Desmond meted out generous portions of the greats in English Literature and gave us writers' cramp with copious notes on all the literary forms. To close the day, the Greeks had an exhilarating meeting of minds with Xenophon during which the intimate round-table approach gave rise to many quips. Trig and Physics were formidable at best, but Fr. Cotter's patience was unending. Under Fr. Keating's objective analysis we surveyed our country's history and traced the pattern of current events in a highly palatable manner. In the background at all times the spectre of College Boards loomed large and we really set to work with in- tensity. True to his form of other years, john Kirk did not allow his many extra- curricular interests to keep him from the Honor Roll. While we missed such personalities as Bob McGarty and jack Seth from our crew, we had to contend with the fifty Freshmen who energetically occupied the first corridor with us. Their first participation in a School-wide observance came on September 20th when the student body offered its felicitations to Monsignor Mclnnis on his fiftieth birthday. After dinner that Noon, Fr. Beatty expressed the Faculty's sentiments on the occasion, while Robert Bullock presented the Head- master a Spiritual Bouquet which was the offering of the entire School. The new Sebastianites were also tested for vocal talent and many of them were selected SENIOR SOCIALITES AT JUNIOR PROM fLeft to Rigbtj O'Shea, Kirk, Ford, Shannon, Cruickshank, Cremmen, Heavy, O'I.eary, Watson, McCarron, Griffin for training under Mr. Whelan. Off the campus, the Alumni met at joe Carroll's home early in the year for the purpose of organizing into an active group and the twenty-two graduates present chose jimmy Collins '45 as President. Vice-Presi- dential chairs were awarded to Ed Courtney '45 and john Pickard '46, while the of- fices of Treasurer and Secretary fell to Ed Murphy and jim Lydon, both of '45. Within the structure of our own class, elections were held early in November and, after the first ballot had resulted in a tie between jack Cremmen and jack Kirk, the second poll gave the honor to the Basketball captain. For the second successive year, our scholar par excellence was accorded the Vice-Presidency, Frank O'Donoghue was designated Secretary, and jim Caulfield, who did such a fine job in heading the Class Ring Committee, was elected Treasurer. Without losing any time, Fr. Flanigan called an early class meeting to discuss our edition of The Arrow and announced the appointments of john Kirk and Bob Bullock to head the editorial and business staffs, respectively. Bob O'Shea and Dick Griffin were designated jack's chief lieutenants together with an editorial council that included john Boles, George Shannon, Bill Heavey, Bob Fichtner and joe Ford. Skill in photography made Frank O'Donoghue a natural to head that department, while Dick McCarron emerged with the task of shouldering the financial worries with Bob Bullock. During the Fall we followed the Red and Black gridders loyally as they faced stern opposition from schools of the caliber of St. john's Prep, Cambridge High and Latin, Lawrence Central Catholic and Lawrence Academy. Our Senior class was well represented in moleskins by Co-Captains Harwood and Caulfield, john Ellard, Ed Quirk, Jack Cremmen, joe Ford, Dick Watson and George Shannon. While the one point victory over Cambridge High and Latin was a thriller, and the tie with Lawrence Central brought us satisfaction, the apex of St. Sebastian's Football prestige was reached when we tied a powerful St. john's Prep eleven, 7-7. With 1100 spectators present in observance of Parents' and Friends' Day, the Ar- rows battled heroically to limit the invaders to a single hard-won touchdown and then nullified it by scoring on a spectacular Boyle to Collupy pass. After the con- test, 750 guests availed themselves of the invitation to attend the Coffee Hour in the refectory and replay the epic struggle over the refreshments. Defeat came 6- nally toward the end of the season when Lawrence Academy forced us to bow on All Saints Day and St. Clement's of Somerville took us into camp in a Sunday con- test that found us weakened considerably by the scholastic ineligibility of four regulars. The three wins, two ties and two defeats hardly consituted an impres- sive record, but the schedule provided us with an opportunity of comparing our warriors with seasoned campaigners from older and larger schools and, in our eyes, the Red and Black gave a magnificent account of themselves. In the Red-Blue intersquad battle, john Ellard finally proved his right to a plaque by vanquishing a courageous Red team led by joe Ford. With Fr. Keating once more at the helm, the j.V.'s and J.j.V.'s enjoyed a highly successful season, suffering only one re- verse at the hands of a more-experienced Lawrence Central Catholic team. Dou- ble victories over Thayer and St. Mary's of Brookline together with a triumph over Immaculate Conception of Newburyport were the highlights of a campaign that produced junior stars like Captain Bob Kelly, George McGoldrick, Bill O'Brien, Bill Carey and J.j.V. Captain Dick Mulhern. Another pleasant project was introduced in early Autumn when a School Tennis Tournament was held under the supervision of Fr. Aubut, new Tennis coach. With the prize of a new racquet as an incentive, thirty boys competed vig- orously, the Senior candidates being john Ellard, George Shannon, Bob O'Shea, john McAuliffe. When the preliminary rounds had been completed, jack Nawn faced Frank Pitts in the finals and came through with a straight-sets victory that enthroned him as School Champion. Conscious that our hours as Sebastianites were shortening all too quickly, we entered upon the final hoop and ice seasons. To face another season of top-flight competition, Captain jack Cremmen relied upon Classmates Bill Harwood, Bob McNabb, john Ellard and Dick Watson and, as usual, they did not let him down. Early in the year, the quintet suffered the loss of Bob McNabb, high scorer of the preceding Winter, through illness and the frail lad's sharpshooting was sadly missed. For the first time in School history, our basketeers were invited to play several games on the floor of the Boston Garden and they reacted with highly creditable performances. On the night of the annual Christmas Party, B. C. High visited our cage for the first time and 400 fans applauded the efforts of the Arrows to cope with the depth of the in-towners. Once again, jack Cremmen and Bill Harwood composed a stellar defense, while Hilton Collupy, Bob Kelly and joe Shea were among the leading scorers. In the Red-Blue duel that closed the season, Q vw. W, gf in I in Bill Harwood won out over Hilt Collupy and thereby achieved plaque immor- tality. As a fitting climax to their court careers, Cremmen, Harwood and McNabb were awarded the distinctive St. Sebastian jackets at the March 16th banquet. ' Knowing full well that our icemen would suffer in comparison with the Red and Black sextets of other years, we were pleasantly surprised when they achieved the First Half championship, even though they were forced to submit to a defeat by Malden Catholic in the play-off for the League crown. The play of newcomer Bruce Harrigan in the St. Sebastian net was a feature of the weekly con- tests at the Skating Club which saw Bob Murphy inheriting Mul's title of League- leading scorer. With the forward line of Murphy, Deignan and Egan, bolstered by Bill Gibbons' and jack Boyle's protection of Harrigan, our gliders were the equal of any first team in the circuit, although they lacked the depth of their Malden rivals. On March 16th, the Hockey-Basketball banquet took place in the School re- fectory and the members of both squads were honored in a setting that reflected the proximity of St. Patrick's Day. As speakers appropriate to the occasion, Mr. William Mokray, Basketball Director of the Boston Garden, and Mr. Robert Graney, highly successful Hockey coach of Walpole High School, held the atten- tion of the capacity audience. After the droll stories of ponderous jerry Shea had convulsed the crowd, Fr. Keating's piano playing elicited the singing of familiar melodies that were an unrehearsed success. As a complete surprise, sterling silver medals of St. Sebastian were distributed to all the members of both teams and the annual athletic awards in both sports were made by the Headmaster. When the various Red-Blue plaques had been hung by Paul McGrath, John Ellard, Bill Har- wood and Andy McAuliffe, Bob Murphy presented Coach Vin Murphy a Hockey trophy as a memento of the season just closed, and Jack Cochran did similar honor to Fr. Keating on behalf of the j.V. hoopsters. Dr. Gibbons, team physician and father of Bill, was awarded a Hockey letter for his devoted service to the icemen, and Tom Hartnett, Senior, was awarded a St. Sebastian medal for his rescue of our marooned cagers during the Winter's worst blizzard. In the meantime, we had observed the feast day of St. Sebastian on January 20th with a Mass celebrated by the Headmaster, and had become accustomed to assisting at a private Mass, offered by Fr. Flanigan each First Friday in the Sacristy for the Senior class. Our Annual Retreat was given from january 29th through the 31st by Fr. Philip Kelly, C.S.C., and the Lenten season brought appropriate de- votions on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Marking its third year of existence, The Walrus was under the student di- rection of Dick Griffin, who had Classmates john Boles and Bob O'Shea as repor- torial assistants, and it continued to charm and annoy in each issue. For a second year, john Kirk represented St. Sebastian's on The junior Town Meeting of the Air program to discuss the wisdom of Go West, young man, go West. To add to his laurels, Jack also was a Faneuil Hall finalist in the Boston Herald-Traveler Spelling Bee competition, surviving all the block-busters until he came to mil- lennium. During the Christmas holidays, the Junior Prom was enhanced by the presence of many Seniors, joe Ford contributing most to the dignity of the occa- sion with tails, and Harold Field scoring the only fall of the evening in the course of a polka. As we write these lines, the Alpine Club has returned from a second and even more successful invasion of North Conway in which twenty-live ski enthusiasts took part. The topic of sports conversation already is the coming Baseball season which will hold sixteen games for the Arrows and give them a real testing, in the course of which they will not be able to depend upon Bob McNabb who is still convalescing. Beyond the diamond campaign, Senior Week is being planned me- ticulously and at its end we shall take our places among the Alumni of St. Sebas- tian's. Preferring to look back upon our School past intead of gazing into the unknown future, we recall certain kaleidoscopic incidents and traits that deserve recording for posterity: Fr. Stocklosa's corny jokes-Fr. Keating's anecdotes-Fr. Flanigan's tours through the aisles-Heavey's ties- Keithie's antics-Horrigan's professed inno- cence-Ford's inopportune remarks-Kendrick vs. Phillips-Freddie Golden Ter- ror Buttner and his many adversaries-paper airplanes with the lights as objec- tives-Frank O'Donoghue's near miss of the Headmaster-Kehoe's poetry-com- pulsory cold water showers-towel battles and their consequences-Buttner's in- carceration in the locker-the Magno-Magno peril which made Keith fear for his life-the blood and thunder ping-pong battles-diplomatic approaches to Mary the cook-Fr. Keating's piano playing-Miss Meuse's generous assistance on all occasions-Miss Kenney's arrival--the applause which greeted the dropping of a tray-Fr. Flanigan's ever-loyal game reports-Fr. Mclnnis' jubilee observance-re- ports from Miss Byrnes' Dancing School-the reading of the first Arrow - Graduation Week musicales-the loss of a Hockey game to Malden on St. Sebas- tian's feast day-Eddie Linnane's triumph over the skunk- after-dinner smok- ing sessions in which so many problems were settled-the universal wonder as to the author of The Carpenter Replies. While we naturally rejoice in anticipation of the happiness that graduation will bring, at the same time we realize that during our sojourn on Nonantum Hill we have dug our roots deeply into St. Sebastian life. Far from endeavoring to ex- tirpate them, we shall use the passage of the years to bind us even more closely to Alma Mater by living our lives in accordance with her ideals. 4 00 S 'Q P ljpiiii-H git zz ij, QE '41 Q gl! -52 y 4' -K. pl. 'Q f 1. ,lf WASSAW-lp G 2 ,511 p S t1 'Z' l' L s fi . - 1 ,xr it THEIR HEROES THE world prides itself on the great soldiers, patriots and heroes it has produced. In similar fashion, the Saint Sebastian world respects the accomplishments of its scholars and admires the trained prowess of its athletes. The former receive an abiding laurel wreath of Honor Roll awards, First Honors credit and annual scholarships. The latter win passing praise that may prove evanescent unless their exploits are recorded for posterity. Athletic contests may well be regarded as sham battles in which the For-titude of the competitor is tested in the natural sphere. Life itself will be the real battle in which supernatural For- titude will assert itself. COU 3 5 5 fl- -04 S Q Qin .H L ,ij q'MAssA0 1946 FOOTBALL WARRIORS Seated left to right: Murphy, Darwin, Boyle, Co-Captain Harwood, Co-Captain Caulfield, McAuliffe, Doyle, Ellard. Standing: Father Flanigan, Gibbons, Green, Pitts, Morrissey, Collupy, Manager Boles, Coach Murphy. SPGRTS HISTORY ,L' azz Wim 4- v -fx-.-as N the two preceding issues of THE AR- ROW, the sports section recapitulated at great length all the athletic contests en- gaged in by St. Sebastian's during the four year periods spent by the graduating classes on Nonantum Hill. This year, however, feeling that the past has already been suf- ficiently immortalized in the 1945 and 1946 editions, we shall confine our reporting to the athletic events which have taken place since the previous volume of THE AR- ROW went to press. Besides avoiding the dangers of monotonous repetition, this new policy will enable us to chronicle the individual contests of the Past year in great- er detail. Football does not wait for the formal opening of the School year to establish its sway at St. Sebastian's, Labor Day week finds our gridiron zealots reporting for the conditioning exercises that pare away the gains of the Summer and harden muscles for the campaign ahead. This year September Sth marked the beginning of the groan and grunt sessions and Coach Vin Murphy was on hand to welcome both veterans and new arrivals. By the time that School opened on the 16th, the squad was down rather fine and the afternoon sessions could be devoted to team work and the perfecting of plays. Watching these preliminary workouts, the student body could see that Coach Murphy's main problem would be the finding of suit- able replacements for the six regulars of '45 fvuii 1nn-v who had graduated. The chief loss, of course, was jack Mulhern, clever ball- handler in the T and field general, while the departure of Benny Pickard, a real powerhouse, and Paul McGrath, a depend- able kicker and carrier, created major back- field difficulties. In the line Assistant Coach Tom Crosby was faced with the necessity of finding successors for Guard Danny Sulli- van, Tackle Bob Shea and End Ray Neelon. Despite the complexity of the situation, the two mentors used rather sparse material to such good advantage that they had a smoothly-functioning unit to send into the opening game with Cambridge Latin. The contest found us facing a highly- favored opponent on his home grounds, Russell Field, and playing in front of the largest crowd that, up to that time, had ever witnessed a St. Sebastian gridiron perform- ance. Arrayed in white jerseys with red numerals ibecause of the impossibility of obtaining our traditional colorsb, the Ar- rows lined up in this order: l.e. Bob Mur- phy, l.t. Bill Morrissey, l.g. jack Darwin, c. Co-Captain Bill Harwood, r.g. Co-Captain Jim Caulfield, r.t. Pete Pitts, r.e. Hilt Col- lupy, in the backfield, Dick Doyle was at quarter, Johnny Ellard and Andy McAuliffe at the half-back posts, and jack Boyle in the No. 4 position. Cambridge won the toss and elected to receive, but their possession was short-lived, for Ellard intercepted a pass on their first offensive play and carried it to see YA AT mf Gam. uns --.L-Q U' '!-nn... 78 the Latin 31. Capitalizing on this break, Boyle and McAuliffe smashed out a first down in two plays, but, when we shifted to aerial tactics, the attack bogged down, for the one pass we completed was nullified by an offside penalty, and we were forced to re- linquish the oval deep in enemy territory. With the ball in their possession again, the Cantabs probed our line with no re- sults, and we took over only to see a 30-yard Boyle-Collupy bomb fail by inches. In their next series, the home team managed to swing our end for a 13 yard first down, but three plays later, thanks to a 15 yard penalty and a poor kick, we were back in the saddle on the C.L. 43. Once again Boyle and Mc- Auliffe teamed to hammer out a first down, this time on the 29. From that point it was a natural set-up for Boyle to fade back, wait until Collupy had out-run the enemy secon- dary, and then feed him a feathery pass which Hilt carried into pay dirt for our first score of the season. To make the conver- sion, Andy roared through right tackle and we led, 7-0, as the first quarter ended. Stung by our initial score, Cambridge lugged Bill Harwood's kick back to their own 30, made 8 yards in two plunges, and then ventured a pass that was completed at mid-field and carried to our 35. Two downs later, however, the passing attack boomer- anged when jack Boyle intercepted on our 20 to stave off the Cantabs first real threat. On the ensuing line-up, Dick Doyle called for a routine plunge and then, without warning, sent johnny Ellard on a reverse around right end. This change in tactics caught the enemy completely by surprise and the Belmont flyer, aided by beautiful blocking, streaked down the side-line, weaved past the secondary and crossed the last white line after a 78 yard jaunt. Still varying the attack, the Arrows took to the air on the point after, Hilt Collupy com- pleting Boyle's toss for the marker that was to be the difference between a victory and a tie. just to show that they were still in the game, our hosts uncorked an effective of- REST PERIOD McAuliffe and Doyle plan ways and means of protecting our lead over Cambridge High and Latin. fensive to beat the half-time whistle. Start- ing on their own 26, a reverse carried them to the C.L. 44, and a Cawley-Rigazzio pass advanced them to our 38 yard stripe. At that point our defense stiffened only to have a desperation fourth down heave enable Dick Walker to chalk up the first Cam- bridge tally. The P.A.T. also came via the air route, Cawley to Daurie. With the pe- riod almost at an end, Boyle and McAuliffe still found time to rack up another first down before hostilities ceased. Coming back with a vengeance, after the brief respite, the home team refused to re- linquish the pigskin before it had surged to another touchdown. With Cawley doing the brunt of the carrying, the Cantabs drove along the ground from their own 30 to our corresponding marker, then took time for a short pass, and finally went the distance when Rigazzio breached our forward wall from five yards out. The try, however, was unsuccessful and we still led by a 14-13 hair. That ended the scoring for the afternoon, but we gave Cambridge Latin at least one more scare by taking advantage of another Boyle interception to power our way to their 24, where we failed only by inches to make the distance. On their part, the Latin- ites chilled our hearts on several other oc- casions, but fumble recoveries by Tom Green and Andy McAuliffe plus a memor- able 60 yard boot by john Ellard relieved the pressure. Bob Murphy added consid- erably to the effectiveness of the punt by felling the receiver dead in his tracks. The contest ended with a Cantab flurry of passes, but the whistle found them on their own 33, and its shrill tones announced a St. Se- bastian victory. The next morning's papers gave our triumph generous attention, and informed the world that we had shaded and edged Cambridge Latin before 5,000 spectators. Our second gridiron appearance of the season came on October 6th, when we jour- neyed to Lawrence to meet a strong Central Catholic team, representing the largest school of Catholic boys in the diocese. The fact that the game was a Sunday contest and was to be played in the Municipal Stadium added to the novelty of the occasion. Base- ball, however, was still alive for the Red Sox were battling the Cards that day, and yet 3500 fans turned out to watch the first Red and Black eleven to invade the Merrimac Valley. Hardly had the fray begun, when we re- ceived an unexpected break. The home team had received Bill Harwood's lengthy boot, but fumbled on the second play, Rich- ie Doyle recovering on the enemy 40. Boyle immediately hammered out 14 yards through right tackle, a quarter back sneak was good for 8 more, and then the Belmont Bullet racked up his second first down on the 12. Within sight of pay dirt, however, the air attack failed and we had to surren- der possession on the 8, where a jump pass to Collupy had carried us. Lawrence was quick to turn the tide at that juncture, reg- istering two first downs in short order, and carrying out to the home 54. Despite the fact that Pete Pitts recovered another fumble at this point, we failed to capitalize and Cen- tral intercepted a short pass to pave the way for another first down on their own 46. Shortly thereafter the initial period ended. The change of goals did not help the home team, for we held them to no gain in three tries and they kicked to us on our own 17. Resuming the offensive, we carried to a first down on the 28 through the efforts of Boyle and Ellard, and then, like a bolt from the blue, Andy McAuliffe swept left end for a 72 yard touchdown gallop. The West Rox- bury lad had no trouble coasting through the secondary, but it took a titanic block by Bob Murphy to erase the Lawrence safety man and enable the half back to register six points. The seventh tally was denied us, however, when a quarter back sneak failed. That we were not disposed to settle for six points was manifested when we threat- ened the enemy citadel again. Needled by an 18 yard end sweep by Doyle, the Arrows penetrated to the Central 21 where an inter- ception permitted the home fans a sigh of relief. Three first downs in quick succes- sion by the local team demonstrated the po- tency of its attack, and only a desperate tackle by Vin Greene saved us from being scored upon during an end jaunt. As the half ended, we were hugging the oval on our own 18. X ik 'K X . af , X 7 97 ' J x Xxx LEFT FOOT Southpaw Eddie Quirk gets off a practice kick before the St. Clement's game. fm Donimoae WQRK THAN mf. PLAYERS ... - .. 'V' k 80 -A HERE'S HOW Boyle limbers up his wing in pre-game practice. Visibly affected by the heat of the Indian Summer afternoon, the two elevens returned to the wars to hold each other at bay dur- ing the third stanza. Not a single first down was registered by either side, al- though Andy McAuliffe made a serious bid for one with a 9-yard thrust off-tackle. With the clock running out fast in the fourth period, however, Lawrence uncorked a last ditch offensive that put them on even terms with us. Starting on their own 21, in four series of plays they traversed the distance to our 16, two successful aerials being respon- sible for most of the damage. With their backs practically to the wall, the Arrows' resistance stiffened, forcing the home team to use six tries before Moran was able to plunge through tackle for the tying score. The contest ended with the same totals, 6-6, for the St. Sebastian line swarmed through to block Central's attempt to drop-kick the seventh point. The team certainly needed something to take the edge off the chagrin it felt at being tied, and nothing could have served the purpose better than the magnifi- cent dinner at Shawsheen Manor on the way home. In a section of the dining room reserved for the squad, the players were able to relax and replay the contest, and then start for home in a leisurely and frolicsome mood. Our first home game of the season brought us a visit from St. Mary's of Milford, a pa- rochial school team from the diocese of Springfield. Not too much being known in advance about the visitors, we were pleas- antly surprised when the fray proved to be a respite from the fierce opposition which we had faced in our first two outings. After Milford had received, johnny Ellard inter- cepted the visitors' first pass on his own 35 and raced it back to our 46. Reliable jack Boyle had no trouble in piling through to St. Mary's 43 for a first down, and, on the very next play, Andy McAuliffe romped through right tackle for our opening score. On the attempt at conversion, Boyle's aerial to Collupy was completed outside the field of play and hence could not be entered as a seventh point. Four plays later, Paul King set the stage for our second T.D. by blocking an enemy kick and recovering it on the visitors' 32. In the ensuing huddle, the strategy called for an end sweep by Ellard and, once again, the Belmont sprinter went all the way to chalk up his second touchdown of the sea- son. Eddie Quirk, just to prove that drop- kicking is not a lost art, pumped the pig- skin squarely between the posts to increase the lead to 13-0. At this point, with the game already in hand, Coach Murphy began to send in replacements, yet the score con- tinued to mount. Co-Captain Jim Caulfield had his moment of glory in the second quar- ter when he intercepted on the invaders' 40 and pounded all the way to the last white line, only to have his efforts nullified be- cause he had been assisted in flight by over- eager team mates. jack Boyle assuaged his captain's grief, however, by registering shortly thereafter on a 13 yard plunge, after Dick Doyle had set it up by means of a 17 yard end sweep. Not a bit tired by his scoring effort, The Bullet exploded off tackle for the extra point. With an array of substitutes in the fray, the Arrows continued their policy of capi- talizing on Milford miscues. Larry Mc- Auliffe, working in place of his brother Andy, spearheaded our fourth score in very definite fashion. Having intercepted at mid-field, Larry proceeded to rip off three consecutive first downs, and then paused to let Bill Gibbons insert a 13 yard carry. Pen- alties bogged us down, however, and called back an L. McAuliffe score, but Boyle made up for it with a register just before the half ended, to make the score read St. Se- bastian's 26, St. Mary's 0. The starting team lined up to begin the second half, but, when Richie Doyle took the opening kick-off and lugged it 75 yards for a score, the regulars were sent to the showers and every man in uniform saw ac- tion. During the rest of the afternoon, ac- tion see-sawed back and forth with Bill Gibbons, Ed Quirk and Larry McAuliffe do- ing the most effective ball carrying for the Red and Black. On the defensive side, a 60 yard boot by Gibby and a timely intercep- tion by Tom Green took first honors. jack Cremmen completed a sharp jump pass from Green and George Shannon was sent in to stop Milford's reverse sweeps around our end. The final tabulation awarded us a 32-0 victory, to which every member of the squad could lay some claim. On October 19th we reached our season's peak in a titanic struggle with St. John's Prep. The occasion was the School's Sec- ond Annual Parents' and Friends' Day and page program that acquainted spectators with newsy sidelights on both squads. The three six-footers in the Danvers line, the 220 pound McKitis and the diminutive end, Tardiff, were pointed out as often as Leck and Dunn, the stand-out backs. That the Prep was a powerhouse was demonstrated on the first play after the kick- off, when Bob Horan plowed through a gaping hole in our frontier and raced 66 yards to the St. Sebastian 14. The fear of an immediate catastrophe was dispelled, how- ever, when the Arrows dug in, held the foe to 3 yards in 3 tries and took over on our own 11. When we failed to gain through the Danvers forward wall, Andy Mc- Auliffe got off a pressure-relieving boot to the vicinity of mid-field. St. john's failed to gain in its series, but the visitors stub- bornly refused to kick and we were gratified to take over on the home 43. It was at this point that a high-centered ball rolled us back to our own 25 and forced Handy Andy to punt us out of danger once more. In the saddle again on their own 41, the Prepsters shook Tardiff loose on an end-around for 17 yards, and proceeded to punch out two more first downs that carried them to our 18 where the first quarter ended. They lost no time, indeed, in pushing across a tally when the goals were changed, for Leck and Hoban alternated in plunges, the former the game also marked the first athletic en- counter between the two schools. In the newspapers the tilt received considerable notice and the result was that 1100 people toiled up the Hill to watch the fray. The day itself was an October gem and a traffic crisis was averted by parking cars along both sides of the field. To celebrate the contest properly the A.A. printed an eight FIRST DOWN Boyle makes vital distance in the season's opener. ON THE MARCH Boyle roars in for a center plunge against Cambridge High and Latin. Y TO ONE' EASY LESSON xx-X 4235 getting the touchdown and the latter scor- ing the seventh point. During the rest of the first half we had little to cheer about, because our best offer- ing was an 8 yard center plunge by jack Boyle, while St. john's was grinding out two more first downs. In the third quarter, however, we began to roll from the opening whistle and Boyle personally hammered out a first down in three tries. Ellard and Mc- Auliffe then took up the burden and had made the distance only to see a fumble undo their work. After another Danvers first down had intervened, Dunn and McAuliffe exchanged punts, but, on the latter's boot, Fitzgerald fumbled and Collupy pounced upon it at our sideline. Returning to the attack, Quarterback Dick Doyle shoveled a well-intentioned lateral to Jack Boyle out at the decoy post, but all seemed lost when the pass dribbled along the ground. The Bul- let, however, was opportunist enough to scoop up the rolling pigskin, fade back un- til he sighted a receiver, and then fire a 45 yard bomb which Collupy collected behind the vainly-waving Horan and carried over for a score. With pandemonium reigning on the sidelines, Doyle arched a pass that forced Bob Murphy to give everything he had in order to make a miraculous clutch that evened the totals at 7 all. Roaring back to the fray, St. john's drilled out two more first downs, only to fumble on the opening play of the final stanza and allow Collupy to garner further glory with a second recovery. Four tries yielded us scant gain, so the enemy took ad- vantage of the fact to uncork a Dunn-to- Tardiff pass that ate up 16 yards. With a yard to go for another first down, Pitts stopped Fitzgerald dead in his tracks, and a 15 yard penalty against the visitors gave us the ball at midfield. Sensing a last op- portunity, Richie Doyle surprised with a quarter back sneak that was good for 16, only to fumble on the play following and permit Tardiff to fall upon the oval. That was our last threat of the day, but the Prep was far from through. Carrying 7 out of 8 times, Bill Leck delivered 3 consecutive first downs, the last a 53 yard end sweep on which Doyle and Ellard barely threw him out of bounds on our 9. In real danger this time, the Red and Black stiffened again, Pitts and Collupy stopping the enemy pile- driver and Fish forcing him to fumble a pigskin that McAuliffe was only too happy to recover, back on our 17. There remained time enough for Boyle to punch out a per- sonal first down, and then, with the clock slowly dying, to fill the air with despera- tion passes, the last of which was intercept- ed by Leck. The game ended on the same note, as Leck just failed to reach a Dunn pass on our 15. It was indeed a weary team that trooped off the field to rejoin parents for the Coffee Hour, but the weariness was soon forgotten in the realization that it had achieved laurels in the greatest struggle ever waged on St. Sebastian's gridiron. We had a week to recuperate from the Prep game before taking the field for our fifth venture of the campaign, a Sunday meeting with St. Mary's of Waltham. Al- though the two schools had been Hockey rivals for three years, it was the first grid- iron encounter between them and a crowd of 2500 was attracted to the Waltham Ath- letic Field. Without losing any time, Richie Doyle snaked his way 21 yards on a quarter- k CO-CAPTAINS Bill Harwood and jim Caulfield practice their smiles for the Boston Traveler cameraman. 'T I Quarterback Richie Doyle runs the gauntlet of the St. john's Prep line. ON HIS OWN back sneak soon after the opening whistle, but other probings of the Waltham frontier were unproductive and Andy McAuliffe kicked over the goal line. St. Mary's promptly countered with a quick kick to our 45, whereupon Coach Murphy sent in a new backlield composed of Tom Green, Gibbons, Larry McAuliffe and Jenks. In live plays this new quartet, spearheaded by Larry's scamper of 24 yards through right tackle, had carried to the home 18, but the next series of downs failed to make the necessary distance and our surrender let GETTING l'l OH' PRECIOUS POINPI I Gibby protects while Andy COUUPY squeezes the Conversion boots us out of danger in pass that meant a 14-15 victory the prep game over Cambridge Latin. Waltham kick out of danger temporarily. Undaunted by the fact that the first quarter had ended without a score, we set sail again from the Waltham 49. joe Jenks and jack Boyle carried to the 37, Dick Doyle sneaked 10 yards more, and then the Boyle-Jenks Combine forced St. Mary's to take a time out when they delivered the oval to the home 13. just to vary the attack, the Ar- rows resorted to the air game and a jump pass from Doyle to Collupy on the 3 set up Boyle's plunge for the tally. On the attempt at conversion, Ed Quirk was under the pres- Q-nga, , i if W9 'X 5 gl? A I iw Sm viii wah jg, - as 'Ax 'HUKW N6 K Q 1 lf S , rx-1 S W F fake QA lm jg ' , , an iz' AMW 71. ,L ggi? X w . 5 , jwww X 4 5, QC 4 X 1 A wi , y ,. 3 , . H M fx sure of displaying his wares before his fel- low townsmen and his boot veered off from the uprights. After the ensuing kick-off, Waltham made a gallant bid to tie the score before the half ended. Wally Coleman returned Bill Harwood's kick to the home 45, where- upon Jim Hart skirted left end and, with the aid of some very neat blocking, ven- tured as far as our 23 before being thrown out of bounds. The passing attack that followed this gain, however, was ineffective and we took over to rack up two more first downs before half-time. , In the third period we lengthened our lead to 13-0. With the home team receiv- ing and carrying three times without effect, we took possession via the Punt route on our own 33 and refused to be stopped until we had another touchdown. Hilt Collupy surprised the defenders with a 17 yard end- around carry, and in quick succession Tom Green and Joe Jenks registered individual first downs. At that point a jump pass from Green to Collupy Put us on the 12, where Jenks stepped in to roar through tackle on a faked duplication of the pass play. The extra point was kicked into our total by Pete Pitts' -placement. Far from conceding the battle, St. Mary's managed to penetrate to our 17 in the same stanza. Bill Forster, the Purple sharp- shooter, faded back to his own 33 and let fly a long pass which Wally Coleman gath- ered in on our 25 and escorted to our 17 before stepping out of the field of play. That was their last real threat, however, and we went on to score once more before calling it a day. Battling desperately to avert a whitewash, Waltham preferred to gamble on passes, after taking a McAuliffe kick on its own 31, and, when the last-down aerial failed, it was an easy matter for us to capitalize on our position by two short for- wards launched from Tom Green to Dave Hanron and Collupy, respectively, the last one being good for our final six points. Shortly thereafter the contest ended and we had chalked up our third victory of the season. The fact that we had remained in the , undefeated class up to this time brought us to the attention of the Boston newsmen and THE WHAMMY on October 50th Fred Foye devoted his fea- ON U5 f ture story in the Boston Traveler to a col- I , F1 umn-long comparison of the football rec-' XQL ords of St. Sebastian's and St. John's Prep. 1 Xf- To crown this public recognition of our prowess on the gridiron, the team picture, captioned Pride of St. Sebastian's, ac- companied the article and presented a for- midable array of warriors to the sports fans of New England. It was, indeed, a fortunate occurrence for us that Mr. Foye publicized us when he did, because we were to tumble down from the undefeated class in very short order. All Saints' Day, November lst, brought us a visit from a strong Lawrence Academy eleven that was only too anxious to avenge the defeat that we handed them on their own field in 1945. We more than held our own during the first period which saw neither team able to make very substantial gains. Quarterback sneaks by our Doyle and their Rapsis produced the only first downs of the stanza, although their achieve- ment on our 29 gave us temporary concern until Jack Darwin and Gene Pierotti roared through to smother attempted passes and drive the invaders back to a safe distance at midfield. In the second chapter we be- gan auspiciously enough with Joe Jenks driving through left tackle for a 16 yard gain, but a devastating fumble three plays later gave the Groton lads possession and the opportunity to drive goalward. Having barely eked out a first down on our 30, the visitors grew air-minded, using first a jump pass to Rapsis and then a long aerial to the elongated Cronin who hauled it out of the stratosphere and carried into the end zone. McNeil's placement racked up a 7-0 lead for the visitors. With five minutes of the half remaining, the Arrows came to life and punched out three successive first downs before losing command through an interception. Doyle's sneak chalked up the first, Andy came through for the second and third, but the 85 attack died on the Lawrence 25 when an enemy back snared a Boyle pass. When ac- tion resumed after half-time, the game set- tled down to a battle of frontiers, both for- ward walls proving stubborn to the point where they refused to yield the necessary yardage. Groton received a temporary ad- vantage when it recovered a fumble on our 19, but on the very next play Jack Boyle restored the status quo by intercepting on the Arrow 25. The final period witnessed the launching of our last threat of the day. Set up by Pete Pitts' recovery of an enemy fumble on the visitors' 35, McAuliffe and Boyle chopped their way to the 12, only to see their work undone when Frank Hernberg, the Groton safety man, pocketed a pass that was intended for Jack Slattery in the flat and raced 90 yards along the sideline to register six more points. For the second time, McNeil's placement was good and the game ended shortly thereafter with Law- rence the victor, 14-0. The defeat was our third in three years, and occasion marked our first loss to a Massachusetts eleven in the same period. Due to the inability of a Boston high school team to keep an engagement with us, the St. Clement's of Somerville contest on November 17th was our next engagement and also our final gridiron battle of the sea- son. Entering the game we were severely handicapped by the absence of four regu- lars who had fallen under a scholastic ban, but Coach Murphy did a splendid job of re- vamping the line-up in the emergency and a competent eleven lined up to represent the Red and Black on Dilboy Field that rainy Sunday afternoon. We started off successfully enough, Boyle and Jenks carry- ing for consecutive first downs to Somer- ville's 45, but a 15 yard penalty called against us was followed by a freak pass from center that St. Clement's recovered back on our 25. Capitalizing on this break, the home team swept our end for 23 yards and then plunged across for a touchdown. Johnny Ellard frustrated the conversion ef- fort, however, by falling on a fumbled oval and keeping the margin to 6-0. Out to get back on even terms at least, Jack Cremmen returned the kick-off to our 38, Boyle, Jenks and Hanron collaborated to reach midfield, whereupon the Belmont Bul- let powered a solo to the home 37. In the next series of tries, when it was fourth down and 2 to go, we elected to send Jenks through the line rather than kick, but Joe's valiant effort was inches short and we sur- rendered ownership. Minutes later the fates smiled on us for a change when we re- covered a bad pass from center and found ourselves on the St. Clement 13. Striking while the iron was hot, Quarterback Tom Green came up with a highly deceptive play that caused even the officials to follow the wrong man. Green, having taken the ball from center, faked a routine present to Boyle and handed the oval instead to Half- back Dick Doyle who played his role so well that an enemy simply brushed him aside as a casual blocker. With the entire Somerville secondary devoting their atten- tion to Boyle, Dick was able to amble across the goal line leisurely and hold up the pig- skin before the startled gaze of officials and opponents. Pete Pitts' placement try was beamed well, but it hit the upright and we had to be satisfied with a 6-6 tie. The first chapter ended at that point, but the home team used the second period to forge into the lead again. After Bill Har- wood's kick, we succeeded in wresting the pigskin from St. Clement's only once and that series ended with us failing again by inches to make the required distance. Vary- ing their attack from ground to air, the Somerville lads marched steadily on our goal. Vin Greene gave everything he had on a splendid tackle that delayed the score temporarily, only to have the enemy plunge across on a fourth-down try from our 2. We checked the point after, however, by bat- ting down a pass. When the two teams returned from the field house, they spent most of the third quarter in fruitless quests of a first down. just before the goals changed, Boyle suc- ceeded in making the distance and Ed Quirk followed with a 7 yard thrust, but a fumble nullified this advance. Ed had hit his stride, however, and when Somerville kicked to our 23, Quirkie, carrying 3 out of 5 times, proceeded to rip off 3 consecu- tive first downs and put us within threaten- ing distance of a score. The march con- tinued via the air route, two short passes clicking to the rival 28, after a mammoth 50 yard heave by Boyle just eluded jack Cremmen's frantic grasp in the end zone. To vary the attack, Richie Doyle pulled a 13 yard sneak and, then three plays later, went all the way to the l yard line, only to have the play called back for two men in motion. At that point the attack petered out and St. Clement's took over to kill the clock with line plays. We did have a chance at one more try just before the final whistle, but a desperation pass boomeranged and the alert Hartigan intercepted and raced 45 yards for a touchdown. The conversion at- tempt was also good, so the final score read, 19-6. In the traditional Red-Blue game that followed the competitive season, johnny Ellard's Blues insured him a plaque at the expense of joe Ford's Reds. With the two teams evenly matched, joe Jenks broke the scoring ice for the Blues when he toured right end in the first quarter and Ed Quirk followed with a drop-kick gem that put the Ellardmen out in front, 7-0. The Reds, however, had something to cheer about shortly thereafter when a Boyle bomb to Tom Hartnett was good for a 55 yard gain to their rival's 30. Again in the second chapter, the elongated Tom starred when he recovered a fumble on the Blue 28, but Dave Hanron's tally on a reverse was Called back and the incipient threat thus failed to materialize. Red jim Ryan's recovery of a fumble set the stage for another Boyle- Hartnett aerial that was good for 22 yards, but the midway whistle found joe Ford's aggregation stopped at the Blue 5. After the rest period, the Ellardmen lengthened their lead to 14-0. Joe Jenks set up the score by intercepting a Boyle pass on his own 40 and lugging the oval to the Red 19. TOUCHDOWN Andy breaks away for a long gain against Lawrence Academy. END JAUNT right wing. Green fakes to jenks and shovels to Doyle as they try St Mary s STOPPED IN HIS A lofty Danvers kick drives us back to the shadow of our goal line. TRACKS 545' FUMBLE St. john's gets a break when McAuliffe fumbles. From there in, Larry McAuliffe and Pete Pitts, the latter having been shifted to the backfield for the occasion, alternated in plunges with Pete registering the six points. Tom Green's placement made it 14. Avoiding the ignominy of a shutout, the Reds took advantage of Dick McCarron's fumble recovery on their own 25 late in the game and on the following play Jack Boyle reeled off 28 yards on an end sweep. It was his last effort of the day, however, for he left the field with a shoulder injury shortly thereafter. Carrying on in Boyle's stead, Jim Ryan took over the passing duties and got off a beautiful spiral which jack Crem- men took on the 20 and carried all the way for the lone Red score of the contest. The shades of darkness were making their pres- ence felt as Ed Quirk galloped 25 yards on the final play of the day. Thus the 1946 gridiron wars ended and we could look back complacently enough on a season that brought us the stiffest testing ever undertaken by a Red and Black eleven. To measure the season's laurels by the yard- stick of total victories would be grossly un- fair, for we scaled great heights in the tied games and did not readily accept defeat. St. Sebastian's had every reason to be proud of this season's warriors for they carved their names indelibly in the School's Hall of Fame. FOOTBALL SUMMARY - 1946 Combs, C .ss.. .4 ,,,A , L L , ,,, , C . ,HVINCENT C. MURPHH' Assistant Coach ,7,7 7. . . THOMAS F. 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D 6 19 Blues Cjol-IN ELLARD, Capminb 14 - Reds CJOSEPH FORD, Captain! 6 'W LETTER AWARDS ' James Caulfield john Boyle William Morrissey Andrew McAuliffe John Ellard Thomas Green George Hayes james Ryan Thomas Hartnett William Harwood Richard Doyle Hilton Collupy john Darwin Edward Quirk Vincent Greene John Cremmen Paul King EJTgdBE?gnor john Ellard Finally Robert Murphy Francis Pitts William Gibbons Eugene Pierotti Lawrence McAuliffe john Slattery David Hanron Richard Hook Hangs His Plaque. lk I W, 'fix ? N QW? K in , 1 ...- M ,gf I ,M - , . , - g , wx , fi? N 53 ' if , f ., .. X ,M Q. ' x vt . +L. vm D W A ga. f. Q . . , SQ f x 55? ,is 149 X W , v X if EE X S w ,Q W a f i win .Mmm XL Wx, V . rx Y -sg! 'N A E 5 3 M i , ,Q X , if I 3 V X ,. 5 A if N, 'xx' .maii 1: w . . We 'fn xl ,ff OCKEY is undoubtedly the most mag- netic attraction in the sports' cycle at St. Sebastian's, and its advent is hailed each year with greater enthusiasm than any other athletic competition stimulates. For four years now, the School has sponsored an ice team that has carried the Red and Black colors into the forefront of Catholic League and private school ranks, and the ex- ploits of each year's sextet have been fol- lowed by an ever-increasing number of loy- al fans who have packed the Skating Club on Saturday nights and traveled to remote sections of the state to watch our gliders in action. During the first three Catholic League ice campaigns that we engaged in, we were always a potent factor that never ended up lower than third in the race and we achieved the co-championship once and the runner-up post in 1945-46. Those same three Hockey seasons were highly spiced by the brilliant play of our jack Mulhern who could always be relied upon to provide a thrilling maneuver that would pull out a victory or avert a defeat. As soon as Football departed the scene last November, Coach Vin Murphy an- nounced a meeting of all Hockey candidates and, as usual, his invitation was accepted by every St. Sebastian lad who had ever worn skates. There was just enough time, before the League season began, to hold three Friday night practice sessions at the Skating Club and to evaluate the material available. In these preliminary workouts, the coach's chief worries were to find suc- cessors to fill the shoes of Captain Paul Mc- Grath and Center Iceman jack Mulhern who had graduated the previous june. The first named problem disappeared almost at once when Bruce Harrigan of St. john, N. B., declared himself a candidate for the net-minder's job. Small in stature, but ever alert and quick to size up a situation, the newcomer proved himself a real asset from the start. To cope with his great loss in the line, the coach transferred Co-Captain Bob Murphy into Mul's spot, stationed Co-Cap- tain jack Slattery at right wing and tried out Bob Egan at left wing. That this frontier trio would have plenty of trouble in entrenching itself as the regular line was indicated by the frequency with which Joe Deignan, Frank Hennessey, Jim Ryan and Russ MacDonald saw service in the practice scrimmages. At the defense berths, Vin was fortunate to have the two regular start- ers of last season, Jack Boyle and Bill Gib- bons, back again, but this bright prospect was considerably dimmed by the possibility that injuries sustained in Football might prevent them from starting the campaign. In that event, the competition would be keen between Ed Quirk, joe Ford, Bob Joyce, Tom Hartnett and Jack Skehan. Besides the front-liners mentioned above, Belmont Bob Kelly, graduate from last year's Diaper Line, was a factor to be reck- oned with and won himself the pivot spot in the junior Line which he formed with jim Cotter and Bill Brooks. Among the new candidates, two Freshmen, Paul Gib- bons and Dick Mulhern, showed distinctive stick-handling and skating ability enough to stay with the Varsity and form a new Diaper Line with Murray Regan, holdover from last year's infant trio. To make the practice sessions complete, Harold Field took over the job of understudying Bruce in the cage, and, on occasion, Freshman John Doherty stepped between the gaspipes and did a creditable piece of work. The Catholic League season opened on December 7th at the Skating Club and the schedule paired us olf against St. Mary's of Waltham, a team that had the Indian sign on us the year before, defeating us once and holding us to a tie in our second meet- ing. During the first period and halfway through the second stanza of the encounter, it looked as if the tie of the preceding year might be duplicated, because while we dominated the play and pressed the action from the start, our efforts did not pay off with scores. Even when the opposition was undermanned via the penalty route, our shots were either off the beam or were de- flected by the hard-working Trudeau. It was not until 8:20 of the second chapter that we succeeded in turning on the red light. At that moment, Joe Deignan, who fairly Hew along the ice, intercepted a Wal- tham pass and, on a quick break-away, car- ried to within 25 feet of the net and then, without lifting the disc, pushed it past the guardian. Not content with this slim mar- gin, we kept the pressure on St. Mary's when the third period opened and our offensive tactics were rewarded within two minutes by a second goal. This was Bob Murphy's contribution and it came during a melee in front of the Waltham goal with Bob back- handing a pass from Slats and winging it past Trudeau. The same Co-Captain com- bination was responsible for the final tally with just about a minute of play remain- ing. At that time Young was in the penal- ty box and Murph carried it deep beyond lone defenseman Sullivan. As the latter was challenging his possession of the rubber, Bob slipped out a feed to Slats who whizzed it squarely at the goalie. In unpredictable fashion, the puck hit his protector, rolled up his arm and dropped behind him to give us a 3-0 decision. With seconds left, the Waltham coach removed his net-minder to give his sextet six skaters, but Bruce was equal to their surge and preserved his shut- out to the end. That he did whitewash the opposition in his League debut was due in no small part to his experienced defense- men, jack Boyle and Bill Gibbons, who DEFENSE STAR johnny on the Spot gave him plenty of protection in front of the cage. The following Saturday we crossed sticks with our arch rivals, Malden Catholic, and, in anticipation of a titanic battle, every nook and cranny of the Speedway rink over- flowed with spectators. The fact that for the past two years the two teams had waged a nip and tuck battle for the championship added a tang to the engagement and many fans saw in it an opportunity to predict the outcome of the 1946-47 race. From the opening whistle, the tide of battle resumed where it had left off in our 2-1 win last year and the aggressive play produced six penalties in the first ten minutes. We drew first blood in the opening chapter when Bob Murphy powered home a set-up from Egan at a time when both sextets had a man off the ice. For the next 13 minutes, neither side was able to find an opening, although both goalies were called upon to make des- perate saves. Finally, at 7:34 of the middle period Malden's center iceman, Smith, reg- istered on a solo that deadlocked the count. As both defenses were functioning bril- liantly, the stalemate threatened to be permanent until a second goal by Murph unleashed the winds of fury. Playing back on defense temporarily, Bob took the rub- ber away from a rival carrier and took it down to the opposing blue line where he blazed away with a shot that passed Sulli- van and hung up a 2-1 lead for the Red and Black. That lead was short-lived, however, for, a minute later, with Boyle in durance vile for a board check, Smith took a pass from Donahue and turned on the red light to even the count once again. Forty six sec- onds later, Bob Egan, crouched against the sideboards near the Malden blue line, stole the disc from an enemy defenseman who had circled the cage and was in process of heading for our net. With deft stick- handling, Bob evaded the one defender be- tween himself and the net-minder and sent the puck into the upper right hand corner of the goal. While pandemonium still reigned, Malden won the ensuing face-off and bore down on our citadel. A furious melee developed in which Bill Gibbons Fnnnrl if nn:-ocean-1- fn full A.. .Ln ....LL-.. AW net with five men and, in less time than it takes to describe it, Malden's Ford lashed home a Miller feed to make it 3-3 with only a half-minute to go. When the buzzer end- ed hostilities, it came as a welcome relief of the tension created by four goals in three minutes. While we had led all during the contest, Malden was opportunist enough to capitalize on our weakened defense and to emerge with even honors. The third week of League competition brought us to grips with St. Patrick's of Stoneham and, in view of the fact that they had played to a deadlock with Malden in their opening contest, we looked for a bit- ter struggle that could be decided either way. The Red and Black was not at full strength for the engagement, because an in- jury sidelined Jack Slattery and gave joe Deignan a wing starting post. As the first period developed, it was evident that our premonitions of a stiff battle had been jus- tified. Eight times during that first chap- ter penalties were called yet neither side was able to take advantage of the undermanned plight of the other to register until, with four seconds remaining, Bob Murphy found the range with a scorching lift that in- augurated our scoring. Halfway through CAhlT Stone IN Herze- S i 1 PENAQQQQ .,-re 1 SECOND LINE Cotter, McAuliffe, Hennessey X. DIAPER LINE Regan, Paul Gibbons, Mulhern Delgnan, Murphy, Egan FIRST LINE the second frame, Dubber Doyle equalled Murph's effort with a solo score that tied the count. That state of affairs did not pre- vail long, however, for Eagie felt the solo urge shortly thereafter and went all the way to register unaided. For the rest of the night we refused to relinquish the leadg in fact, we surged on to three more tallies. The two Bobs, Murphy and Egan, were respon- sible for these three final markers, the cen- ter getting two and the wing, one. Murph's scores came within a half-minute of each other, the first unassisted and the second with the other Bob's help. Late in the final period we were able to substitute freely and every man on the squad saw service. Har- old Field relieved Bruce in the cage and incurred the misfortune of having Doyle register on him with only four seconds to go. In the frontier, Frank Hennessey, jim Ryan, Jim Cotter, Bob Kelly and Murray Regan pinch-hit for the regulars, while Tom Hartnett and Bob Joyce were inserted on defense. The first three weeks of our League com- petition had resulted in a tie for first place with St. Clement's of Somerville, but we STELLAR DEFENSE Gibbons, Harrigan, Boyle took over undisputed possession of the loop leadership on Saturday, january 4th, when we victimized St. Mary's of Lynn 6-0, while Malden was bowling over Somerville, 4-0. That Saturday also inaugurated a change in League policy to the effect that only two games would be played each Saturday, and the third at 6 o'clock the following Mon- day. In decreeing this departure from tra- dition, the League officials were motivated by a desire to cut down the capacity atrend- ance on Saturday and distribute it more comfortably between the two nights. Lynn was not expected to offer us too much in the way of real competition, since the North Shore lads had yet to win a Skating Club contest, yet, strangely enough, it was not the Red and Black line that sent us off to a flying start. On the contrary, our first two counters came from the blade of Jack Boyle, capable defenseman. The game had been underway little more than a minute and we were putting pressure on the Lynn cage when joe Deignan, in deep to the left of the cage, fed out a pass to Boyle that the Belmont Bullet hammered home. Having found the range once, there could be no harm in trying again, so, twenty seconds later, jack corralled an ineffectively cleared puck and sent it whizzing into the strings. This early advantage enabled the coach to experiment with substitutions and send ev- ery iceman into combat. In the second pe- riod, the line gave a demonstration of its offensive power by registering three times. Murph showed the way with a solo at 3:12, joe Deignan followed his example at 4:58 with help from the two Bobs, and finally jim Ryan received credit for a score when a Murphy shot caromed off his stick and hopped into the cage. To cap the scoring for the night, Bob Murphy drove in another unassisted tally halfway through the final chapter. In their pinch-hitting roles, Andy McAuliffe and Russ MacDonald looked good, while the Diaper Line evoked favor- able comment despite an occasional spill. To bring the first half of League compe- tition to an end, we clinched the first round title on January 11th by nosing out a stub- born St. Clement's sextet by the narrow mar- gin of 5-2. In a game that was marred by only one penalty, the Somerville icemen set a fast pace in the first ten minutes and were rewarded for their pains when Gus Colbert blasted home a Plummer pass at 6:15 to hang up an early lead. Only sen- sational net guarding by Shea, however, kept us from tieing the count in the second period. It was a different story in the mid- way stanza, for at that point the wily Egan came into his own and proceeded to pull out a victory practically single-handed. Stealing the disc at mid-ice in the second minute of play, the Chestnut Hill lad evaded Plummer in the neutral zone, flew past the defense and whisked home the tally that evened matters at 1-1. Slightly more than a minute later, Eagie was at the mouth of the cage to collect a Murphy rebound off Shea's pads and deposit it to our account. St. Clement's was far from through, how- ever, and their left wing Dwyer, knotted the count at 7:16 on a pass from Dwyer. At that point, it was time for Egan to do it again. With the Somerville guardian pros- trate on the ice after making a pair of ex- cellent saves, our right wing rode in on a solo and calmly flipped home the decisive , O L- marker. Air-tight defenses on both teams 0, X IS prevented any further scoring for the night N and the final buzzer pealed out the glad tid- X ings that we had won the first half cham- ' X pionship. On Sunday morning, the Boston X ' newspapers headlined Egan's Hat Trick and gave detailed accounts of the new star's EGAN DOES THE triple feat. The completion of the first round of the schedule cycle brought us to the point where we were called upon to face St. Mary's of Waltham again in the second- half opener. In the locker room before the game, Vin pointed out the fact that we were facing the most improved team in the League and one that had been given an in- jection of confidence by its great showing against Malden the Monday previous. That he was not far wrong was soon demon- strated when play got under way. From the very start, the Waltham lads matched us blow for blow on the offense and the game developed into a duel of goalies with Har- rigan being tested less frequently than Tru- deau. The first period saw Bob Murphy making his strongest bid of the night when he coralled the rubber behind his own net. crossed both blue lines unassisted and then gave the rival net guardian a bad few sec- onds with a hard, close-in shot that was fol- lowed by another attempt on the rebound. HAT TRICK BROTHER ACT Bill and Paul Gibbons Trudeau rose to the occasion, however, and foiled the double try. In our cage, Bruce was superb and reached the height of his brilliance when he stopped Hart's penalty shot early in the night. It was the first time this year that the League had seen a shot of this kind awarded and it was given to the Waltham wing when Egan's attack from the rear prevented him from getting an open shot at Bruce. On the free try, Hart car- ried in as far as he dared and then scorched a low sizzler at the right side of the cage but Harrigan dropped in the nick of time to kick it aside and save the game. All during the battle, both defenses scintillated, with Boyle and Gibbons taking much of the pres- sure from Bruce. When the third buzzer sounded, it announced a scoreless deadlock that the spectators claimed was one of the finest contests of the year. On january 27th we made our first Mon- day appearance on Skating Club ice and the fact that we were opposing Malden made the gallery almost as large as it had been on past Saturdays. In getting ready for this meeting the coach tried to drive home lessons learned from the tie game of earlier in the season and warned the squad in particular that penalties could cost us the decision. We began earnestly enough, ap- plying real pressure and keeping the rubber in the enemy zone and these tactics paid off with the first goal of the night when joe Deignan rifled in a Bob Murphy pass from directly in front of the cage at 4:50 of the first chapter. From that time until late in the second stanza, the two goalies were equal to every crisis with Bruce having a VAIN THREAT joe Deignan takes a pass out that finds the Malden defense well prepared. decided edge on Dumas. When Malden laced in the tying score, it came like a bolt from the blue. Because of the effectiveness of our defense, Miller, enemy wing, elected a try from the blue line which Harrigan cleared with apparent ease but in a flash Smith pounced upon the puck and sent it past Bruce to even matters at 1-l. The final period found Malden capitalizing on its depth and skating the Red and Black lads off their feet. Using three lines in sequence, the Fellsway team took the lead at 4:42 when Donahue and Gubbins teamed up to enable the latter to push home the former's rebound. Two minutes later, the same pair did it more easily with Jack Boyle in the box and made their margin 3-1. Our for- wards threatened constantly until the game ended with Murph desperately trying a se- ries of long shots that kept Dumas on his toes. The reversal was our first of the sea- son and it served notice that Malden would be the team to beat for the League crown. We had a week to re-bound from the Malden defeat before taking on St. Pat- rick's of Stoneham in another Monday night contest. Since we were definitely out of the running for the second-half top honors, Coach Murphy saw in this game an oppor- tunity to experiment with different com- binations of forwards. Accordingly, Bob Egan started at center ice and Frank Hen- nessey climbed to a starting berth at left wing. When the action started, we noticed that Frank O'Grady, Stoneham wing who had been seriously hurt three weeks be- fore, was back in the line-up wearing a pro- tective mask. Taking advantage of an EMERGENCY Bruce leaves the cage to fall on a rolling puck against Sr. Clements. ,K L. U . , A 3 I.: K E Q REBOUND Deignan follows up Z1 Murphy bullet in the -if ,3jiim. game that gave us the first-half championship. OPEN SHOT Andy swings the de- fense to menace the St. Clement's cita- del. early whistle, Vin inserted Bob Murphy and, almost as soon as he appeared on the ice, the Red and Black leader hung up his first goal of the second half. The register was a solo affair on which Bob carried in close and whistled home the rubber. Before the period ended, however, the Green sex- tet evened matters, 'Dubber Doyle lighting the lamp on an assist from Foley. With the deadlock continuing late into the middle stanza, we realized that this game was not to be a repetition of our easy victory over the same team early in the season. We had further anxiety at 8:45 when the resourceful O'Grady back-handed a savage score that gave Stoneham a 2-1 edge. Then, to make matters worse, the Doyle-Foley combination rang the bell again at 3:30 of the final peri- od and our stock took a nose-dive. Finally, we did get something to cheer about, three minutes later, when Joe Deignan stationed himself at the enemy cage and sent home a Boyle-Egan pass to rack up our second tal- ly. At this point, in keeping with his ex- perimental policy, the coach shuffled his line-up, puttitfg Murph back on defense for a rest and moving Gibby up to the forward line. The move paid rich dividends in the closing seconds of the fray. We had been keeping the pressure on the rival citadel and Murph in particular had been bombard- ing the goalie with fierce drives that just failed to tally. There were exactly 15 sec- onds left when Jack Boyle let go a long shot that was stopped by the mass of Green and Red and Black players milling around the net. Suddenly, out of the crowd, Bill Gib- bons emerged with the rubber and had no trouble sliding it home from 10 feet out. Although it was his first goal of the year, it could not have come at a better time, for it saved us the humiliation of a second defeat and salvaged a consoling tie out of what threatened to be a stinging loss. The post- mortems among the fans brought out the fact that Mondays were certainly not our days-and they were more than able to sub- stantiate their statements. On February 8th we were glad to return to a Saturday night affair with St. Mary's of Lynn and to find it the breather that was expected. Without losing any time, Egan and Murphy spearheaded the attack, the former tallying with the aid of the latter and the latter registering unassisted at 3.42 of the initial session. Shortly thereafter, Lynn was awarded a penalty shot and, sur- prisingly enough, was able to convert it into their solitary score of the game. It was not of too great concern, however, because, in rapid succession, Boyle, Gibbons and Egan found the range and, when we skated off the ice at the end of the first ten minutes, Bruce Harrigan was the only starter who had failed to score. With a comfortable lead to work on, the reserves took over the fort in the second period and our only offensive gain was a Murphy register that swelled our margin to 6-1. Playing out the string, we picked up two more in the last chapter, Gibby doing a beautiful solo and Egan lash- ing home an opportune feed from jack Boyle. When the tiny diapers came on, it was a treat to watch the Red and Black de- fensemen set them up with passes time and time again. Although they failed to score, they came close time and time again, Mur- ray Regan being outlucked on several oc- casions. The regulation schedule reached its end when we faced off against St. Clement's and encountered the same alert opposition that gave us a hard time to win 3-2 in the first half. In many respects, the game took on the nature of a welcome tune-up for the play-off contest that had just been an- nounced for the following Monday. Dur- ing the pre-game locker room session, the coach asked for a quick-jump that would lessen the tension and afford our play-off rival scant consolation. As events turned out, it was fortunate that we did get an early lead, because St. Clement's fought hard all through the fray. Bob Egan start- ed the ball rolling at 1:27 of the first period when he tucked a Murphy pass high into DANGEROUS FACE-OFF Murph vies with Ford of Malden on a face-off in front of our net. the right hand side of the cage. In forty- fnve seconds more we added a second score on Murphy's unassisted effort that blazed its way home from the enemy blue line. At that point, we seemed to lose the charm for no matter how much we peppered Shea, the St. C1ement's goalie, our pains went un- rewarded. Time and time again our for- wards rifled bullets that hit him or the up- rights and yet we were not able to in- crease our margin. During that opening period, when we were besieging the Som- erville citadel and keeping Shea ever alert, the Red and Black put on as line a demon- stration of passing as Catholic League con- tests have ever produced. With us domi- nating the play so completely in the first half of the game, our rivals had little chance of bothering Bruce too much, but, at 5:18 of the middle portion, Plummer hit the bull's-eye and cut our lead to 2-l. Be- fore the session ended, however, Murph gave us back our former edge on a beauti- ful piece of marksmanship. Time was rap- idly running out in the chapter when Bob collected the puck in our zone and began one of his typical hikes. As he swept over the rival blue line, he found himself being forced toward the boards by a rival defense- man. Fading artfully, he bided his time un- til he drew the St. Clement's man over far enough to permit him to bullet a drive that cut into the net just inside the right hand post. This bit of strategy was our last suc- cess of the night and, when Colbert scored for Somerville in the last stanza, it proved to be the deciding marker in our 3-2 vic- tory. After the showers were taken and the equipment was packed, everyone stayed to watch the bitter struggle between Waltham and Malden to determine which sextet would meet us in the play-off. We were more than rewarded by a titanic struggle that ended in a 3-3 tie, but that deadlock was in Malden's favor for it gave Coach Kenty's lads the second half crown by a single point and nominated them to oppose us in the contest that would decide the League championship. Two nights later we were back on the same ice at 6 o'clock to contend with the Malden sextet that had held us to a tie and then defeated us during the regular season. just before the face-off, the Red and Black gliders received a telegram conveying the best wishes of the Headmaster, Fr. Keating, and the members of the Alpine Club who were in New Hampshire on their annual junket. When the puck was dropped to start the proceedings, Bob Murphy won the UNDER PRESSURE Murph feeds one out in the second Malden fray. THEY SHALL NOT PASS A lone Malden attacker gives us an anxious mo- ment in the Champion- ship. face and weaved his way to take the first shot at an opposing net but his bid was denied. From that moment on, Malden seemed to dominate the play because their depth permitted frequent substitutions and gave them the advantage of an ever-fresh line to pour on the offense. At 4:30 of the first period, their second-liner Al Gubbins powered a shot which Gibby knocked down only to have Reboulet collect it and push it past Bruce. Less than a minute later, Mal- den's high-powered attack paid dividends again when Miller pounced upon Ford's re- bound and whizzed it into the strings to lengthen their lead to 2-0. In contrast to our opponents' technique, we seemed to be ineffective for, whenever a Red and Black skater took possession of the puck, two rivals descended upon him from either side TAKING IT DOWN The Catholic Lea ue's hi h 8 8 scorer threatens the Som- erville net. and harried him so that he lost the rubber by the time that he had reached their de- fense. This over aggressive type of play cost Malden's DeGirolamo three penalties! in the first period and eventually lost us the services of our spark-plug, Bob Murphy,! when he suffered a torn ligament in they second chapter. Meanwhile, the second-halfl winners chalked up a third goal at 3:00 ofg the middle session as the result of Smith's success with a Donahue pass. With Murphy out of action, Andy McAuliffe filled in at' center ice and did a magnificent job win- ning sow, of the face-offs and carrying the, battle to the enemy at all times. That it 1 was just not our night was demonstrated at! the close of the second period. A face-offl was called for outside the Malden cage andl joe Deignan raked in the disc and slammedi it into the net with one continuous motion.i The officials, however, ruled that the puck had not entered the cage before the buzzer 1 4 sounded to end the session and the result J was that joe's heroic effort went for naught. In the final stanza neither team was able to find the range and hostilities ended with Malden the victor and League Champion by a 3-0 verdict. Naturally, the Red and Black icemen were crestfallen to have gone so far and yet to have failed in the last battle. However, if the defeat was attributable to any weakness on our part, it was only a weakness in replacement material that pre- vented us from matching the fast-flying champions. Toward the end of the League season, the coaches met together to select the All- Star group that would compete against the G.B.I. Second All-Star team at the Arena on February 22nd. As a result of the ballot- ing, St. Sebastian's was well represented on the Catholic squad by Bob Murphy, Bob Egan and jack Boyle. Murphy and Boyle were picked by Coach Kenty of Malden, who handled the All-Stars, to start the hol- iday game and they gave a fine account of themselves. Egan saw service later in the day and helped to spark the Catholic League entry even though it was beaten rather de- cisively, 5-1. All during the Winter we were outlucked in the matter of playing outdoor Hockey on private school rinks. As in other years, games had been scheduled with teams like St. Mark's, Middlesex and Cranwell, but the lack of ice caused them to be postponed time and again, and then eventually can- celled. To close the ice campaign of 1946-47, the annual Red-Blue game was played at the Arena on Sunday, March 2nd. Bob Mur- phy was designated Red captain and Andy McAuliffe was given the leadership of the Blues. When the rival squads were an- nounced, it was discovered that the Reds possessed a terrific advantage on paper, be- cause they had in their ranks five of the six regulars who had held down starting posts on the Varsity sextet. This was offset, to some extent, by the fact that Bruce Harri- gan was the Blue net-keeper and by johnny Ellard and jack Slattery rallying to the Blue cause in an hour of need. When the Reds forged into an early lead, strangely enough it was not one of their powerhouses who turned on the red light, but Henry Lane who had started at the center ice spot. Hank's score was an unassisted venture that passed Bruce at 5:30 of the opening period. Not satisfied with this slender margin, Bob Murphy's sextet kept pressing constantly but their efforts went unrewarded until late in the game. In the meantime, the Blues chalked up a gift tally in the middle frame when Slats directed a pass from the boards in the enemy zone to Andy McAuliffe at the mouth of the cage. The feed was partly intercepted by Murph but in the process the rubber caromed off his stick and it took only a suggestion from Andy to have it find a resting place behind Harold Field in the Red net. At the opening of the final session, the count was still knotted 1-1, but it did not remain so for long. Immediately after the face off, john Ellard broke up a Red push and started on a solo jaunt for the op- posing goal. Stickhandling nicely, he car- ried to within 15 feet of the citadel and then blazed a shot which Field deflected, only to have Johnny pounce in, capture the puck and tuck it deftly into the left hand corner of the cage. Stung by this blow to their pride, the Reds poured one assault after the other on the unyielding Bruce, but the Var- sity net-minder was equal to every crisis. At 10:30 the Blues added another marker, just to make it safe. In a melee in front of the Red goal, Ed Quirk established possession of the disc and flipped back a timely pass to Captain Andy McAuliffe who found a loop- hole in the rival defense and rifled home his team's final goal. Within a minute, the Reds got this one back on Murphy's solo drive from the blue line, but this only cut down the Blue's margin to 3-2 and it ended the scoring for the fray. The standout performance of the night was given by Harrigan in the Blue net and in no game of the season was he under a stronger bombardment. Of course, his front men, Quirk and Joyce, did a nice piece of defending, while the line of Captain Mc- Auliffe, Slattery and Ellard carried the bat- tle to the foe most successfully. As reserves, Frank Hennessy, Bob Kelly, jim Cotter and Paul Gibbons contributed their share to enable the underdog to topple a formid- able foe. In the Red ledgers, the names of Captain Murphy, jack Boyle, Joe Deignan, BOYLE CLEARS jack takes the pressure off Bruce in the second Mal- den game. Bob Egan and Bill Gibbons deserve top bill- ing, not forgetting the intrepid Harold Field. To supplement their efforts, Henry Lane, Russ MacDonald, Jim Ryan and Dickie Mulhern did all they could to stem the tide, and the net result was the finest Red-Blue ice battle ever staged. With the color game recorded in School annals, St. Sebastian's could look back in retrospect upon as fine a year of Hockey competition as could possibly be desired. True enough, the championship wreath was not hung upon the Red and Black banners, but those same banners emerged from the campaign as highly respected by our rivals as in former years. KNIFING THROUGH Egan splits the defense to register his third goal in the first St. C1ement's game. fav e 3' 7 'E' 7 HOCKEY SUMMARY - 1946-47 Coach eeeee,.. eese 7 7 e,.eee,ee,ee, se,eeeeeeee,e.eeeeee eeeee 7 ,see 7 7 eeee,eee4eeeeeeeeeees 7 VINCENT C. MURPHY Co-Captains eee.e,,.e eee,,eee.e,eeiee, 7 ,i..ie.ee . 77 ,.eee, eeee.,, ..4,..e .e,ee R o B ERT MURPHY JOHN SLATTERY Manager ee.ee .eeeeeeeee, 7 7 ,ee,.ee e.,.. JOHN KIRK SCHEDULE St. Sebastian Opponent Dec. 7 .7...... ...,.e7e, S t. Mary's, Waltham ..eiee, e.,e,e7e 7 7 7. 3 Dec. 14 ,.,eee 7 Malden Catholic e7......,,ese7e.. 7e,e,e,.,.. 3 Dec. 28 .7,,,,, St. Patrick's, Stoneham i,,7,,,e 7 7 7 5 Jan. 47 e7.7... ..,,,,. S t. Mary's, Lynn e77,, .,7e7e,,7,, e,e,e,e 7 6 jan. 1177 .,se7 St. Clement's, Somerville77 77 7 7 3 jan. 187 7 St. Mary's, Waltham.. ,e,,,, 7 7 7 0 jan. 27 77777777 77 7 Malden Catholic .77777777 7 77 77 1 Feb. 3 7777 St. Patrick's, Stoneham 77777 3 Feb. 8 7777 .7777. 7 7St. Mary's, Lynn 777777777.7.777777 77.7777 8 Feb. 15 7777 77777 7 .7 77777 St. Clement's, Somerville 7 77 7 7777 77777 777777 7 7 3 Feb. 177 777777777777777777 Malden Catholic 777777777 777777777777777777 7 77 7777777 77 7777777 0 Blue KANDREW MCAULIFFE, Capminh 3, Reds 6 ROBERT MURPHY, Captainb 2 LETTER AWARDS Robert Murphy john Slattery john Kirk joseph Deignan Robert Egan john Boyle William Gibbons Bruce Harrigan Andrew McAuliffe Francis Hennessy Russell MacDonald james Ryan Murphy Egan 7 77 Deignan Boyle 77 Gibbons Slattery Ryan 77777.7 James Cotter LEADING SCORERS Goals Assists Points 77777.77l3 8 21 7. 8 6 14 5 1 6 3 3 6 7777. 3 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 I W fa f , fj 'f W 9, ,Q ., f 5 ' fs 'S , gf K V ff I if Q ff 1 if Q 5 f ., , . 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Here at St. Sebastian's, however, Winter's aspect is made considerably bright- er by the anticipation of indoor fand there- fore certainl Hockey at the Skating Club, and by the advent of the Basketball season which converts our spacious cage into a lengthy court for the hoop game. Unlike many other schools, we take up the slack in the sports' cycle by calling out the bas- keteers as soon as the moleskins are put away, and the result is that we are able to get the competitive season under way even before the Christmas vacation. While its rival attraction, Hockey, draws many more candidates than Basketball, the court game always has its own loyal following among those who are surer-footed on dirt or wood than they would be on ice. When Coach Murphy issued the call for all aspiring hoopsters to report for the 1946- 47 season, it was with rather serene optim- ism that he viewed the season ahead of the Red and Black. The preceding year had witnessed the emergence of St. Sebastian's into Grade A court competition, and, from the team that had come through the rigors of that season, graduation had severed only one regular, Captain Dan Sullivan. To lead his new quintet he had Captain jack Crem- men, an outstanding guard who could qual- ify for any prep school team, and in addi- tion he had the experienced services of Bob W5 tial ,Z McNabb, last year's high scorer, Bill Har- wood, a tower of defensive strength, and Hilton Collupy, a polished jump-man. From the j.V.'s of the year before, he knew that he could count on Bob Kelly and Frank Kett to give a good account of themselves and he welcomed the assistance of candi- dates like Andy McAuliffe, johnny Ellard, Dick Watson, Tom Hartnett and Hugh Bradshaw. With a pre-season scrimmage against Browne and Nichols under their belts, our cagers opened the new season here in our own gym on December 6th against Our Lady's of Newton, a local school that has always had a fine Basketball tradition. Hugh Bradshaw started in Dan Sullivan's old slot, but, except for that lone novelty, the rest of the team was the same as that which wore the Red and Black in '45-'46. The contest started off evenly enough with McNabb and Collupy Ending the range early. At the quarter, the 6-6 score was surprisingly low, but in the second period the visitors began to pull away and at half time they led us 16-9. After the rest period we came back to outpoint them 13-12 in the second half, but their edge in the second chapter had done the damage and we had to accept a 28-22 final verdict against us. McNabb and Collupy emerged with four baskets apiece to pace our efforts, while Cremmen added another along with a foul try that was imi- tated by Bradshaw, Kelly and Hefler. The following Tuesday we were quite flattered to find ourselves playing on the SCHOOL CAGE New Electric Installations Give the Gym an Added Attractiveness. floor of the Boston Garden for the first time. The occasion was a Catholic school triple-header in which we were called upon to meet St. Columbkil1e's of Brighton, a team that we had matched baskets with for the past few years, but they had always managed to nose us out. Our first marker came on Hilt Collupy's successful conver- sion of a free try and that set us off on the right foot. When the first quarter ended with the teams deadlocked at 8 all, it was evident that the battle would be a nip and tuck affair that could go either way. In the second chapter, the Green clad warriors managed to build up a 15-13 advantage, but that was erased shortly after halftime and we took a commanding lead, never to be headed. Head man in our attack was Hilt Collupy who, after a mediocre five-point first half, came back strong to swish in six baskets from the floor and make good four out of five free tries. Although he was well shaken up by a bad fall early in the game, Bob McNabb was chief assistant to Hilt and his 7 points were the margin of our victory. To complete the tabulation, Captain jack Cremmen and Freshman Joe Shea sank a basket apiece and Sam Hefier added a sin- gleton that made the final score 33-26 in our favor. We chose a good day to put on a demonstration of our scoring power, for all the Boston papers had a reporter present and the next morning they all paid tribute to Collupy's 21 points that made him high scorer of the triple-header program. In ad- dition, john Aherne of The Globe de- voted his feature article in the evening edi- tion to a brief history of Basketball at St. Sebastian's and spoke of our rise as a hoop power. Crowning the article was a splen- did picture of a Red and Black trio, Bill Harwood, Coach Murphy and jack Crem- men, which had been taken the previous day at the Garden. The victory at the Garden and the result- ant publicity acted as a tonic that helped us to a win over St. Clement's of Somerville in our next engagement. In the first round, both quintets played a rather conservative game that made the 4-2 score resemble a tight Baseball struggle, but the second pe- riod saw us driving harder with the result that we held an 18-6 halftime lead. As events turned out, it was fortunate for us that we had turned on the heat early, be- cause St. Clement's came fast towards the end and our final margin of 54-29 was not too comfortable. High scorer of the day was Bob McNabb with 14 points, ably sec- onded by Collupy's ll. From the guard slots, jack Cremmen added 4 markers, while Bill Harwood sank his first basket of the year. Diminutive Bob Kelly accounted for the remaining 3 to close out the day's ac- counts. In the free try department we failed to cash in on our opportunities, for the scor- er's records credited us with only 2 suc- cesses in 11 attempts. An experiment with evening Basketball was next on the schedule, and, after super- vised study and supper at the School, we set out for Waltham to take on a powerful St. Mary's quintet. That they were a po- tent aggregation was not too evident in the first half, for we held them to a 19-11 tally, but in the later periods they really went to town while we were sagging at the seams. When the final gong sounded, we were on the short end of a 47-14 count, and the best that we could show was a 4 point total by both Collupy and Cremmen. The other six registers were divided equally among Mc- Nabb, Harwood and Hook. To account for the debacle we could only say that our bas- keteers did not have the elbow room that they had been used to in our cage, and the close quarters on the floor evoked so many fouls against us early in the game that our style of play was considerably cramped. The Christmas recess began at the close of school on December 20th and that occa- sion in years past was always marked by a banquet and entertainment. This year it was decided to substitute a feature Basket- ball game for the entertainment, and ac- cordingly Boston College High School was invited to provide the opposition for the Red and Black. Because it was the first ath- letic contest ever played at St. Sebastian's at night, the parents of our students were afforded an opportunity of inspecting the new lighting installations in our cage and, despite the blizzard which began at 7 o'clock, more than 400 spectators were on hand for the contest. While it was a fore- gone conclusion that B. C. High carried too many guns for us, the visitors had their troubles getting started and two early bas- LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTION Left to right: Bob McNabb, Bill Harwood, Coach Murphy, jack Cremmen, Hilton Collupy. kets by McNabb gave our supporters some- thing to cheer about. The McElroys and the Pierces found the range shortly, how- ever, and, at the midway mark, the score- board showed a 14-7 edge for the Maroon and Gold. Between the halves, Football let- ters were awarded to last season's gridders by the Headmaster. When hostilities re- sumed, Hilton Collupy found his eye, but his efforts were nullified by his rival center, George Pierce, whose 10 points eclipsed Fish's 8. As the play continued, B. C. H.'s two-platoon system wore down the Red and Black gradually and enabled the in-towners to pull away decisively until they had racked up a 44-24 victory. The totals col- umn revealed only four St. Sebastian's marksmen, McNabb with 10, Collupy with 8 and Cremmen and Harwood with 3 apiece. Before the old year departed, we played one more court contest and it took place in the home city of Lawrence Central Catholic. The day was probably the worst of the Winter, but the blizzard raging out- side was rather adequately matched by the hurricane attack which struck us on the floor of the Armory. To begin with, we missed the services of McNabb when we needed him most, and the resultant shift in our line-up that sent Cremmen up to the forward line and dropped Bradshaw back to a defense post was an unfamiliar forma- CAPTAIN JOHN CREMMEN tion that constituted a handicap early in the fray. One basket apiece by young joe Shea and Collupy was the best that we could offer in the first half, and, in themeantime, the home team apparently enjoyed the slip- pery footing on the dance floor for it racked up a 25 point count. In the closing stanzas we gave a much better account of ourselves, but our 19 was negligible to Lawrence's 34 and we were relieved to hear the final gong that announced a 59-23 defeat for St. Sebas- tian's. On the trip home, Fish's 11 was our only consolation, while 4 each by Harwood and Shea together with 2 apiece by Crem- men and Hook accounted for our total of 23. When we came back to classes in january, the New Year started on a more satisfac- tory note. Our first 1947 contest brought Belmont Hill to our cage and we returned to winning ways by handing the visitors a 51-27 defeat. From the opening gun we had control of the situation and, with McNabb's four early baskets sparking us, we estab- lished a 19-11 lead by the midway mark. During the rest period, Fr. Flanigan was rash enough to offer a premium to us for every point over 50, and he lived to rue his offer. As soon as we stepped back on the court, it was evident that Collupy, as well as McNabb, was on the beam, for practically every shot that Fish tried swished through the strings. The third quarter netted us 11 points, and then we put on a last session surge that yielded 21 more. In the mean- time, Belmont Hill's best was a combination of 9 and 7, so that our supremacy was never seriously disputed. The closing min- utes of the game had the entire bench brig- ade on their feet as their mates on the floor were threatening the 50 mark. When it was finally reached, their joy knew no bounds. A recapitulation of the tallies showed that Collupy had equalled his Garden feat of 21, while McNabb pressed on his heels with 18. The other assets of the day were -f by both Cremmen and Kelly, and 2 each by Harwood and Kett. Naturally, the type of play shown by our hoopsters was a refresh- ing delight to the coach and student body, and now we may say in retrospect that in that contest the St. Sebastian team reached its zenith of the 1946-47 season. We maintained the best Indian traditions of Nonantum Hill by scalping the next in- vaders, Immaculate Conception of Revere, although our margin was only a 20-19 hair. In contrast to the whirlwind finish that we put on against Belmont Hill, our play was lethargic-so much so that Collupy was the only Arrow able to hit the mark in the first quarter. The second and third frames yielded only 1 and 5 points respectively, and, with 75fXp of the game over, we trailed by a miserable 15-ll. At that point it sud- denly dawned on us that we could lose the contest, so we put on a brief scoring flurry that gave us 9 points in the last period to the visitors' 6. On the strength of our last session showing, we just barely eked out a 20-19 win that was not much to boast about. Once again, Hilton topped our scorers with 12 credits, but Kelly's -i, Cremmen's 5 and McNabb's l came in handy. In the foul de- SET SHOT Gold. l partment we had 18 chances and cashed in only on 6--a not too satisfactory perform- ance. Our next call to action was against Sacred Heart of Newton on the floor of the Weeks junior High School gym. All season long we had been receiving reports of this quintet's prowess and high scoring talent, and the fact that we numbered many for- mer Sacred Heart boys in our student body lent greater interest to the meeting. It was unfortunate that we were not at full strength for the evening battle, but we were without the services of Bob McNabb, whose cold had developed into pneumonia. Early in the game the height advantage that Sacred Heart had on our forwards, Kelly and Kett, began to tell and their rangy Nangle and Steffens were scoring over our heads. At the half we trailed 25-15, but the last two periods were a different story. Close covering of Nangle and Steffens reduced their damage to a minimum, while we took and sank long shots, matching our rivals point for point. This was not enough, how- ever, to offset their early lead and we were forced to accept a 58-27 verdict against us. For the first time in his cage career, Bob Kelly set the pace for the Red and Black with 9 points to match his Hoof rival, Stef- McNabb gets one off to worry the Maroon and 109 SHORT PASS McNabb fakes a shot and passes to Kelly FACE-OFF Collupy jumps to get the B. C. High game underway. fens. Cremmen and Collupy were next with 5 each and Frank Kett contributed 3. To break into the scoring column, john Ellard and Freshman Bill Carey threw in a basket apiece, while Bill Harwood racked up a free try. Courageously enough, we ventured a sec- ond contest at the Boston Garden to match talents with a well-known Rhode Island team that had adopted the fireball type of play characteristic of Frank Keaney coached clubs. South Kingstown entered the fray highly publicized in the Boston papers and St. Sebastian's was expected to be in for a bad afternoon. XVith nothing to lose, how- ever, we refused to be impressed by the visitors' reputation and proceeded to play them to a stand-still in the first half. With McNabb still out, Collupy carried the brunt of the burden and caged four baskets, al- though he was assisted by individual two- pointers by Harwood, Kelly and Shea. On the defense, Cremmen and Harwood put an effective end to the Rhode Islanders' fire- ball tactics by intercepting their long passes and forcing them to adopt a much more cautious type of play. The net result was that, when our student cheering section arrived after school was dismissed, they were amazed to see the scoreboard reading St. Sebastian's 16, South Kingstown 15. In the second half, however, we quickly lost our slim margin as well as our offensive power and the out-of-staters capitalized on our loose ball-handling to forge into a com- fortable lead. Fish found himself covered pretty effectively and, with him confined to one goal from the floor, only Kelly and Har- wood were able to sink single baskets. In the course of the afternoon, Jack Cremmen was credited with three successful conver- sions, but our total reached only to 24 while South Kingstown pieced together ll and 8 points in the last half to achieve a game grist of 34. We knew that the result could have been different, but we had to settle for a creditable showing instead of a victory. TWO POINTS Collupy drops one in against the in towners. On the 24th of january, the local St. Columbkille quintet paid an agreeable visit to our cage, only to be rewarded by their second defeat of the year at our hands. At the outset, the battle was a nip and tuck affair, with the lead changing hands regu- larly as first one, and then the other, team scored. The midway gong left us on the wrong end of a 13-12 count, but we more than made up the deficit in the last half. To begin with, Hilt Collupy suddenly found his eye in a fashion that was reminiscent of the Belmont Hill game and dropped in six beauties from the floor. Not to be outdone, Kelly, Kett and Shea were of material assist- ance on the offense, while our guard play was so effective that Clancy's three loopers were all that the visitors could gleam in the third and fourth chapters. All in all we looked the part of victors in our 54-19 tri- umph and Fish's 16 gave him top honors for the day. As runner-up, Kel climbed to a new personal high of 10 to surpass Shea's 4 and 2 each by Cremmen and Kett. Cathedral's visit to us in the closing days of january could not help but recall memo- ries of our thrilling victory of the year be- fore when jack Cremmen swished home a basket from mid-court with only seconds to play. This year they turned the tables on us in decisive style because we got off to a very poor start. Almost from the opening whistle the visitors dominated the play and their aggressive, heads-up play netted 18 points to our negligible 4 in the first half. Whatever pep talk Vin used between the periods, it proved effective for the Red and Black came back to take the initiative and outscore the Boston lads 17-14 in the home stretch. We started too late, however, and the final check-up showed a Cathedral 32-21 victory. For the first time in his young career, joe Shea led the way for the Arrows, his 8 points nosing out Collupy's 7 and Kel- ly'S 6. In years past we had visited St. Mark's of Southborough in various sports, but Febru- ary lst marked the occasion of the first visit of one of their athletic teams to St. Sebas- tian's. The Saturday contest proved to be an extremely close-matched affair that kept the result in doubt until the final whistle. In the opening stanza, Hilt Collupy's two con- secutive conversions were just enough to give us an 8-7 advantage, but the second chapter tipped the scales 15-14 in favor of the visitors when DeCoen, their jump man, came through in similar fashion. After the half-way rest period, we came back to wrest a 20-19 lead by the end of the third quar- FOUL TRY The eagle eyed Captain adds a tally against St. Marks. ter, and by dint of heroic efforts we still held a 25-24 edge with little more than two min- utes to play. At that point the visitors' Baker dropped in a lay-up to chill our hopes, but in our next attack Collupy offset that ef- fort by dropping a basket from the key-hole that made it 27-26 in our favor. Not yet counted out, St. Mark's came back again on a Baker solo and, one point behind, we brought it down in desperate fashion. A pass from Cremmen found joe Shea free in the right hand corner and from thatdilficult angle he swished a two-pointer that revived our spirits. Seconds later, after a last St. Mark's threat had been rebuffed, the same joe collected a shot from the enemy back- board and found the range again to make our victory certain. Although Shea's two baskets gave us the verdict, Collupy with 9 and Cremmen with 8 were our big guns. The rest of our power was supplied by Kel's 5, Harwood's 5 and Andy McAuliffe's hrst floor goal of the season. During the in- formal get-together in the refectory after the game, the sportsmanlike visitors were highly complimentary of our team play and spent the rest of the time discussing mutual opponents. SHOOTING FROM MID-COURT STRUGGLE OUTSIDE McNabb gets off a long one h- h- early in the B. C. High game. UP FROM UNDER Collupy takes it away with a ig yump. To continue a pleasant relationship be- gun last Fall in Football, we paid a visit to Cambridge High and Latin on the follow- ing Friday and the school we defeated on the gridiron gained ample revenge on the Rindge Tech court. It did not take long for us to realize that we had a powerhouse to contend with. for the Cantabs piled up a l-i-S lead in the first frame and continued to lengthen it as the game progressed. In the final quarter, however, when the home team had made frequent substitutions, we man- aged to outpoint them 9-5 but this in no way affected the ultimate verdict, 49-28 in their favor. For the second time this sea- son, joe Shea was our scoring threat with 11, although Bill Harwood surprisingly gave him a close run from a guard post with 9, while Cremmen's 6 and Collupy's 2 com- pleted the story. McNabb draws a foul in the B. c. High tilt. On February 11th, St. Charles of Wal- tham climbed our Hill and caught us with another slow start that caused our down- fall. No matter what we tried in the first two periods, the ball refused to drop through for us and we were reduced to reg- istering via the foul route, chalking up 8 points in this fashion and racking up only 4 on baskets. The foe, meanwhile, had set up a 17-12 lead to which they added 19 more in the third session, while we were getting 4. Finally, with the last chapter underway, we flared up with 19 of our own, but once again it was too belated to be effective. One memorable feature of the contest was Col- lupy's first period foul shooting which netted him 7 points out of a possible 10, en- abling him to register a game total of 11. Next in order came Shea's 8, young Bill Carey's 5, 4 each by Kelly and Kett, Crem- men's 2, and Harwood's singleton. During the February vacation we made a memorable trip to Taunton to make an- other new athletic friendship for St. Sebas- tian's. journey's end was Coyle High School and the game was scheduled to initiate a competitive relationship in sports between the two schools. The fact that they had taken Sacred Heart of Newton into camp rather easily was an indication of their strength and we were not too optimistic about the outcome. Although Coyle fielded a medium sized quintet, they showed from the start that they were an aggressive, smooth-working unit that would take ad- vantage of every break. Getting away to a fast start, the home team came up with 10 baskets in the first half, while we were able to penetrate their zone defense for scores only on 3 occasions. Foul tries saved face for us, however, for we managed to rack up 6 more points via the free route. In the third and fourth quarters their superiority was not as marked, for the final total on the electric scoreboard was 54-30. The game marked the first occasion on which we de- rived more profit from the foul line than we did from the floor, for 16 of our 30 points Bill Harwood takes it down. were of the unopposed variety. Red and Black eagle-eye honors went to Joe Shea for his 11 markers, and Andy McAuliffe was a surprise second man with 6. Our remaining 13 were attributable to Kel's 5, Fish's 4 and 2 each by Cremmen and Bradshaw. The re- turn trip to Boston was a hazardous one be- cause we had to drive into the very teeth of a northeast snow storm, and the group with Fr. Flanigan was stranded in Raynham when motor trouble developed. Forced to seek refuge in the Town Club, the only illu- minated establishment on the road, they were rescued by Tom Hartnett's father's Good Samaritan act that cost him a long trip from Cambridge. Our next appearance was in a Sunday aft- ernoon contest on the floor of the Boston Arena in which we drew Our Lady's of Newton for an opponent, and once again they outpointed us 39-26. Things started auspiciously enough for us when our op- ponents' Small, on a quick-breaking play, raced half the length of the court to deposit the ball in his own hoop and give us a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately, we were not able to stay out in front, for at half time we trailed 16-12, and the parochial quintet used the last two chapters to lengthen their lead to 39-26. At the jump post, Hilt Collupy had a fair day that netted him 15 points, 10 of which came in the third and fourth periods. 4 Besides Fish's harvest, all we had to cheer about was 4 by Shea, 3 by Kelly and 2 by Cremmen. Coming into the home stretch of the sea- son, we played a return game with Sacred Heart of Newton in our own cage and it proved to be the closest battle ever waged on St. Sebastian's court. The visitors had defeated us earlier in the season and they trooped to our gym accompanied by many fans who wanted to be on hand when their 6' 4 center, Dave Nangle, chalked up his 500th point of the campaign. Entering the contest, Nangle had already amassed 482 tal- lies and it was taken to be a foregone con- clusion that he would get the necessary 18 under our roof. From our point of view, the situation was none too bright, for we would be without Hilton Collupy in the fray and not too much could be expected from a line-up that had to be re-vamped at game time. However, to meet the situation, Coach Murphy shifted Captain jack Cremmen to the jump position and named Andy Mc- Auliffe to fill the guard slot. How well this move paid was indicated early in the game when our defense functioned perfectly and we proceeded to carry the battle to the enemy by racking up a 6-0 lead on Kelly's and McAuliHe's efforts. While this could not continue indefinitely, the quarter mark found us out in front 8-4, and we were still setting a 16-14 pace at the half. Even the 6-6 third period was in our favor since it kept us on top, but we realized that it would not take much of a wind to unseat us. By this time, in covering Nangle so ef- fectively that he had garnered only 8 points, jack Cremmen had incurred four fouls and therefore was under the necessity of being extra cautious so as not to incur a fifth pen- alty. When the last session began, both teams gave everything they had and their increased drive brought about the heaviest scoring chapter of the day. With Cremmen's effectiveness curtailed, Nangle managed to get 3 baskets to help his cause, but Kelly and Shea kept pace with him. Despite their AIR BORNE Collupy wins another face. efforts, however, the visitors had a 51-29 lead with little over a minute to go, until Cremmen cashed in two free tries to put us back on even terms. At this point, Nangle got his third basket of the last half, but, when all seemed lost, Joe Shea stepped into the hero's role with the tying two points that just beat the final gong. The situa- tion called for the first overtime period ever played in our cage, but in the three extra minutes Sacred Heart had just enough to nip us, 37-35, on baskets by Cronin and Car- roll. The Newton Centre fans may have been disappointed in Nangle's failure to get his quota, but they certainly were compen- sated by one of the finest contests of the year. According to Official Scorer Dick GriFfin's figures, our two forwards, Kelly and Shea, headed our attack with 10 regis- ters each, while Cremmen's 8 and McAu- liffe's 5 ran up our total to 53. To make their final competitive flight of the season, the Arrows winged their way again to the Boston Garden to take on a real powerhouse in Thayer Academy. Spear- headed by the sharpshootingpf Sprague and Creswell, forward and center respective- ly, the Braintree aggregation pulled out all OFF THE BOARDS The Arrow Captain reaches for a high one. the stops in the second quarter to establish a commanding, 2-i-8, lead by the half-way mark. To cope with the situation, Crem- men shifted to cover Creswell in the second half and the result was that the Thayer cen- ter could boast of only two points for the remainder of the contest. With him blank- cted so effectively, we made a much better showing and even achieved the consolation of outpointing the South Shore lads in the hnal frame. However, in spite of the gal- lant defense work of Cremmen and Har- wood, the final decision was -18-26 in Thay- er's favor. For the day's work, Bob Kelly pumped 9 tallies into the basket, to be fol- lowed by Cremmen's 8. Harwood and Mc- Auliffe ranked third with Ai apiece to fin- ish stronger than Shea's 2 and Collupyfs 1. On February 28th, the annual Red-Blue court tilt was played to end our home sea- son. The rival leaders for the occasion were hard-working Bill Harwood on the Red side and high-scorer Hilt Collupy for the Blue cause. As the two teams squared away, it was seen that the squad strength had been distributed rather evenly, and the close type of play that featured the first half was cer- tainly proof positive. The Reds got away to a 6-2 start in the first quarter, but the Blues came back to tie it at 14 all in the second. After the rest period, the Harwoodmen came back stronger and, paced by their cap- tain at a forward post, forged into a 5 point lead which they lengthened to 7 be- fore the contest ended. In gaining his plaque, Bill Harwood relied chiefly on last year's victorious Red captain, jack Crem- men, who tallied 13 points to emerge high scorer of the afternoon. Frank Kettls 8 were also highly welcome, while 4 each by the PUSH-UP Hurried Shot by Harwood Bill Harwood on the beam. POSSESSION Captain jack Cremmen gets one off at the St. Mark's basket. victorious leader and Tom Hartnett to- gether with one pointers by Dave McSorley and Sam Hefler carried the day. For the vanquished, Hugh Bradshaw's 8 and Bob Kelly's 6 were tops, for Captain Collupy's best was a hard-won 5. Andy McAuliffe and Sophomore Bill Brooks made their presence felt by 2 markers and Johnny Ellard boosted the Blue total with a singleton. Harwood's triumph was a popular one because the con- test was his final Red-Blue court appear- ance, while Collupy has other years in which to make a more successful bid. As we survey the 1946-47 season in retro- spect, its record of six victories in nineteen contests is not an impressive one. How- ever, it certainly must be pointed out that the lads who wore the Red and Black were called upon to face an arduous schedule that found them deprived of last year's high scorer, Bob McNabb, before half the cam- paign was completed. Despite this handi- cap, the Arrows gave St. Sebastian's loyal and courageous representation on the court both at home and abroad and made new friends for the School in the athletic world. No quintet could ever hope to have a finer leader than we possessed this year in john Cremmen, and his indomitable spirit served to inspire his team at all times. Working at the other guard position, Bill Harwood was a defenseman par excellence, while Hilton Collupy's play at the pivot post was tireless and exercised a steadying influence on young forwards like Kelly, Shea, Kett and Carey. Loyalty to St. Sebastian's induced Andy McAuliffe and johnny Ellard to rally to the cause, just as it prompted Dick Wat- son, Hugh Bradshaw, Tom Hartnett, Dave McSorley and others to give their talent to our quintet. St. Sebastian's has reason to be proud of them individually and as a group, for at all times they proved themselves to be athletes worthy of representing the School's high ideals of Christian sportsman- ship. BASKETBALL SUMMARY-1946-47 Coach-VINCENT C. MURPHX' Cdflldill-JOHN CREMMEN '47 Manager-JOHN KEHOE '47 ' 1 SCHEDULE U St. Seb. Opp December 6 Our Lady's of Newton 22 28 10 St. Columbkille's 1 33 26 15 St. Clement's 54 29 17 St. Mary's of Waltham 14 47 20 Boston College High School 24 -H 29 Lawrence Central Catholic 25 59 january 8 Belmont Hill , , 7 , ,L 51 27 10 Immaculate Conception CRevereJ L , 20 19 15 Sacred Heart of Newton 2 , 27 58 21 South Kingstown, R. I. 24 54 24 St. Columbkille's ,, , 54 19 29 Cathedral CBostonJ S 21 52 February 1 St. Mark's ttt,t,,, ,,., , or 31 28 7 Cambridge High and Latin 7, 28 49 11 St. Charles of Waltham , H , 35 47 20 Coyle High School 1 30 54 23 Our Lady's of Newton , , 26 39 26 Sacred Heart of Newton , t...,,, r2tttr,.............. . ., 35 57 March 4 Thayer Academy 1 ,. , 2 26 48 Reds fWilliam Harwood, Captain! 31, Blues CI-Iilton Collupy, Captain? 24 JACKETS John Cremmen William Harwood Robert McNabb Hilton Collupy Robert Kelly joseph Shea Collupy Kelly 7 Cremmen Shea McNabb Harwood AWARDS LETTERS john Ellard Richard Watson Andrew McAuliFfe Hugh Bradshaw Thomas Hartnett Francis Kett james Hefler john Kehoe LEADING SCORERS , , ,tt., ,,t.. ,, 167 77 71 70 60 , 55 TOUGH ANGLE McNabb's shot fails to register. 1946 BASEBALL TEAM Seated, left to right: McAuliffe, Ellard, Mulhern, Captain Dan Sullivan, McNabb Doyle, Boyle. Standing: Father Flanigan, Manager Kirk, Quirk, Griffin, McGrath, Lane Manager Boles, Coach Murphy. AMAA E Q X3 it T is hard to say just when Baseball begins at Saint Sebastian's, because, long be- fore Spring has conquered Winter, devotees of the national pastime rush the diamond season by using the cage to limber up their wings and train their batting eyes. They are, it seems, impatient of Basketball's long tenure, for, once the court game begins to wane, pepper groups appear on the side- lines, ready to swarm all over the peat floor as soon as the final basket has been made or missed. Early in March the indoor, pre-sea- son workouts are in full swing with bat- terymen, fielders and batters receiving care- ful attention in turn. The School at large looked forward quite optimistically to the diamond season of 1946, for the preceding year had produced a notable team that rolled up nine consecu- tive victories in as many starts. Only two regulars on that undefeated team had been lost by graduation fHank Barry and Dan O'BrienD, so we had good reason to think that the omens were propitious. The fact that a Football injury would keep Benny Pickard from playing was a bad blow, but we felt that, with a year of experience be- hind him, Bob McNabb would be that much more effective and thus neutralize the loss of Pickard's talents. After weeks of practice in the cage and a few outdoor workouts, the Arrows made their debut against Browne and Nichols on St. Sebastian Field. As they took the field to face the visitors, Paul McGrath and jack Mulhern composed the battery, Andy Mc- Auliffe was at first, and Captain Dan Sul- livan held down the key-stone sack. A pair of Sophomores covered the left side of the infield, Dick Doyle at third and Hilton Col- lupy at short, while Ed Quirk, Bill Gibbons and johnny Ellard patrolled the garden from left to right. When it turned out that we were not to have too much opposition from the Cambridge lads, Coach Murphy had an opportunity of inserting promising substitutes like jack Boyle, Bob Kelly, Frank Hennessey and Tom Hartnett. Andy McAuliffe showed the visitors what they were in for by poling out a home run as lead-off batter in the very first inning. In the same frame Sul's single followed by Mul's two bagger added another tally. Obligingly enough we went down in order in the second, but the third and fourth yielded four and seven runs respectively to put the game on ice. The four runs came as a result of Gibby's round-tripper with the bases loaded, while the seven run up- rising was featured by timely doubles on the part of Collupy and Ellard. Meanwhile, Paul McGrath had been very effective, in the course of the afternoon the visitors were able to garner only five bingles and collect four walks to piece together three runs. When we picked up another tally in the fifth and five more in the sixth, it was de- cided to abbreviate the contest to seven in- nings, at the end of which we had a 19-3 verdict. Our second game was a repetition of the easy victory just recorded. journeying to Concord, we took on Middlesex School with whom we had waged an epic battle the year before to gain a 3-2 decision. Bob McNabb toed the mound and unfurled the second no-hitter in St. Sebastian's athletic history, the first having been pitched by the QUNS C? 9,3 S same moundsman against Belmont Hill in 1945. By the third inning it was evident that we were to have an easy time of it, for at the end of that frame we led 7-0, having tallied in each stanza. The scoring orgy continued through three more innings and, with the Red and Black at bat in the sev- enth, darkness intervened to call a halt to the proceedings. The final tabulation read 17-1, but our twelve basehits were not as much responsible for the total as were the ten errors chalked up against Middlesex and the eight bases that we stole. In the batting department we made only one extra base hit, a double by Mulherng Mul lead the hit- smiths with three safeties, while Sullivan, Gibbons and Doyle collected two apiece. On the hill, McNabb was in command at all times, striking out 15 and yielding four walks. Bob was deprived of a shut-out in the last frame, when a passed ball gave the home team their lone tally. On the Wednesday of Easter Week, we reached our season's peak by downing a formidable Phillips Exeter Academy nine on its home grounds, 5-4. We drew an ideal day for the game and the long trip by bus was broken up by a pleasant stop at Lamie's in Hampton, N. H., for dinner. Upon ar- rival at the Exeter campus, our lads were rather awed by the impressive athletic facil- ities, particularly the number of playing fields. They were awed also by the start that Exeter got off to in the first inning. After we had been held scoreless, the home team came to bat and blasted out a four ., QE? -nasa- 120 run lead that seemed insuperable. McNabb had struck out the first batter to face him, but followed this feat with two walks that were separated by a double by Carbonneau. As yet no damage had resulted, but when Lynch, the first baseman and a left handed batter, doubled down the left field foul line, three runs tallied and Lynch added a fourth shortly after by scoring on an error. The nightmare came to an end when Moses was thrown out trying to steal home. Up to the fourth, Dan Sullivan had been the only visitor to reach base, due to a single in the first, and, like a real captain, he sparked our rally in the fourth by driv- ing out a lead-off single. Fish Collupy got a life on Ladd's error and Mul drew a walk, so the stage was set perfectly for Bill Gib- bons' single to right which scored Sul and Hilton. On McNabb's infield roller, Ex- eter decided to make a play for Mul at the plate, but the speedy jack was in under the throw and all hands were safe. Gibby made third on the play, and, while Doyle was fanning, McNabb stole second to advance to third as Billy scored on Boyle's long fly. With the score tied, Paul McGrath went in to pinch hit for Bullock and was repaid for his patience with a walk. Not losing any time, Paul scooted for second on the first pitch and, when McNabb saw the long throw going down, he sped for home to beat the return and put us out in front, 5-4. McGrath died on second as Andy whiffed, but the big inning had put us back in the game. Neither team was able to score again, but Exeter threatened in every remaining frame except one. This was not due to slugging on the part of the home team, for they made their fourth and last hit off McNabb in the fourth, but rather to St. Sebastian errors that put runners on the base paths. In the sixth, a two-base error let the dan- gerous Lynch reach third with one gone, but Mac put on steam to whiff the next two men, one a pinch-hitter. Again in the seventh, after Exeter had loaded the sacks on an error and two walks, Bob had to face Lynch in the clutch, but Hilton Collupy was in the right spot to snag his liner with a back-hand grab. The apex of the chills and thrills, however, came in the ninth. With the top of the Exeter batting order coming up, Dick Doyle threw out the lead- off man, but the Exeter captain, Chase, drew a walk. Carbonneau, a heavy sticker who had doubled in the first, was hit by MOUND ACE The NO-HIT KID in a warm- an inside pitch and Gregg ran for him. At this point, Ladd, the big rangy short- stop who had smashed out a vicious dou- ble in the third, drove out a long fly to left which Henry Lane took easily, the run- ners advancing to second and third. Lynch again entered the picture but was given an intentional pass to load the sacks. Now the chips were really down and McNabb poured everything he had into each pitch to Moses, the centre fielder, until the ball and strike total ran up to a full count. Finally, with the stands in a frenzy and the runners off with the pitch, Bob blazed in a letter- high, inside pitch which Moses failed to touch and the game was decided in our favor by a 5-4 hair. David had slain Goliath again and we had achieved the most remark- able victory in our diamond history. johnny Ellard and Eddie Quirk had been out of the Exeter game with injuries but they returned to the line-up the following week when we visited Malden Catholic to submit to our first defeat in two years. Op- posing our McNabb on the mound was jack Mulrennan, son of a former major league player, and he had just enough of an edge on Bob that day to eke out a 2-0 ver- dict. We lost a golden opportunity in the fourth when we loaded the bases with no one out, but Mulrennan set down the next three men in order without a run scoring. On their part, Malden scored when a third strike, that would have retired the side, got away from jack Mulhern and allowed Pilot- ta to register from third. The next batter pushed a single through the infield to send across another tally that made it 2-0. While we threatened in the last two innings via Andy McAulifTe's triple in the eighth and two men reaching in the ninth, we didn't have enough to bring them in. The result was that, even though he had fanned 14 and had given up only five hits, McNabb suf- fered his first defeat as a St. Sebastian hurler. JOLTING JOHNNY Ellard demonstrates the swing that gives him a consistent .500 average. up pose. KEEPING HIM ON A n d y McAuliffe makes Parker Har- rison hug the ini- tial sack in the Roxbury Latin game. On Wednesday, May lst, the Boston High School of Commerce visited our Hill for the first time, and it was a welcome respite, after the furious struggles at Exeter and Mal- den, to have them accept a 10-3 defeat with- out too great a struggle. They did, how- ever, enjoy a brief splurge in the opening frame when they took advantage of Paul McGrath's wildness to chalk up their only tallies of the day. After that, Paul settled down and held them scoreless until he was relieved in the sixth by McNabb who lim- bered up his wing by getting 9 strikeouts in the last four innings. Offensively, Mc- Auliffe, Boyle and Ellard led our attack, get- ting two safe blows apiece, and each con- tributing a double. We batted around in the third to forge into the lead 4-3 and we were never headed from there ing in fact, we picked up six more runs in .the remain- ing frames to make our margin 10-3. In the never-to-be-forgotten department must be recorded jack Boyle's terrific round-trip- per to deep center in the third which was nullified by his failure to touch third. In BALL HAWK jack Cremmen gets set for a high 0116. the field we played flawless ball for the first time in 1946 and our heads-up running of the base paths left nothing to be desired. May 4th found us paying our first ath- letic visit to Groton School and bringing home a 5-0 trophy. To add zest to the day, we had the prospect of facing Henry Gray, considered one of the outstanding pitchers in private school ranks. When he retired our first six batters via the strike-out route, we realized that his reputation was not un- founded. In the third, however, it was evi- dent that he had tired for we pieced to- gether three runs, aided by his wildness and a timely error on the part of his third base- man. The fourth frame yielded us three successive walks but no score, and eventu- ally Gray gave way to a relief hurler an inning later. Our stickwork accounted for the last two rallies in the seventh, when Sul led off with a single and came in on a Mul- hern triple to the woods in leftg to rescue the catcher, Ellard punched a single down third and that ended the scoring. Once again, McNabb was superb on the mound, scattering four hits and giving only three free tickets. Although Gray had started in whirlwind fashion, Bob edged him in whiffs, 10-9. In the fielding line, Mac turned in a neat, unassisted double play, when he caught Gray's attempted squeeze pop with bare hand and then chased and tagged out Zabriski as he was attempting to scramble back to third. For all the work they had to do, our fly-chasers might have stayed at home, for not one of them was called upon to make a putout or assist. At Kent Field, Brookline, Paul McGrath returned to the mound to humble Hunting- ton School in easy fashion, 12-2. While our hurler was keeping the foe at bay, we had little trouble scoring in every chapter of the seven-inning game, except the third. Mul led the attack with three timely bingles that drove in a run each time, while Ellard col- lected two, one a terrific double to left tht was held down by fast fielding. Paul's con- trol was excellent until the last two frames when two walks in each stanza set up lone Huntington rallies. Another new sporting contact was made by the School on May 8th, when Thayer Academy came to St. Sebastian Field to re- ceive a 9-2 setback. On that occasion our batmen layed down an impressive barrage of 10 hits, 7 of which were for extra bases. Collupy began the tallying in the first by doubling down the left field foul line, ad- vancing on Gunn's error, and then register- ing on a delayed steal of home when Mul pilfered second. There followed then three scoreless innings, but Andy McAuliffe whaled out a four bagger to farthest center field in the fifth to set a good example. To start the sixth, Captain Dan Sullivan poled out his longest hit of the year, a triple to left, and scored when Gibby lashed a dou- ble to right. This unsettled the Thayer moundsman for he walked Doyle, McNabb and McAuliffe. During his wild streak, Bullock, running for Gibbons, stole home and Doyle followed shortly after on a wild pitch. In the last two frames we garnered four more markers that were practically gifts, for our only contributions to them were doubles by Ellard and Gibbons. All this time, young Mr. McNabb was having his best day of the year, mowing down the Braintree aggregation with regularity and fanning 17 visitors. Once again he unfurled a four-hitter that would have been a shut- out, were it not for his generosity in issuing free transportation to two men in both the fifth and the ninth. The neighboring Sacred Heart of Newton nine climbed the Hill next and left with a 23-2 reversal. On this occasion, Dick Griffin received his first Varsity starting nod and it was only equitable recognition of his steady work as a J. V. boxman for three years. Rising to great heights, Griff was always in VERSATILE johnny dons the protector to take Mul's place behind the bat. command of the situation, scattering four singles over the nine inning route and fan- ning l0. In contrast, the visiting hurlers ran into the nightmare of a 10 run first in- ing which pyramided with each successive frame as our total grew. Every player on the bench saw action, McNabb taking . short duty in the outfield so as to carn a time at bat. During the week following, rain caused postponement and eventual cancellation of games scheduled with Belmont Hill and Lawrence Central Catholic. On Monday, May 20th, Malden Catholic returned our visit of earlier in the season and gave us the opportunity of turning the tables on them by a 6-5 edge. McNabb was on our mound again, but Malden started Bob Donahue and not Mulrennan who held the earlier deci- sion over us. Both sides went down in order in the first, but the second witnessed an outbreak of our batting strength which had been so dormant in the first game. Before the stanza ended, we had scored five times on as many hits, with the assistance of some daring base-running and two Malden errors STRIKE 3 MONOTD Nous mate was is C'ETTIN' 1 I 7 ' Q3 W 2 THIS MAKES IT 6 T05 FE ff, WX X thrown in. Mulhern, McNabb and Ellard were the big guns of that attack with two- baggers, while McAuliffe and Gibbons lent a hand with singles. Until the fifth, Mal- den had been quite subdued but at that pont the visitors came back strong with three markers after two walks and a field- er's choice, played too late, had set the stage for a timely double. Again in the sixth, McNabb's control was a bit off and three passes, bolstered by a single, tied the score to 5 all. In our half of the same chapter, Doyle lashed out a single with one gone, but was erased on a f1elder's choice that put Bullock, running for Boyle, on base. Ellard came through, however, with a terrific dou- kj ble that permitted Myron to scamper all the gf way from first and give us a 6-5 lead. With J! Q 12 4 that vote of confidence, Mac returned to form and, despite two one base blows in the seventh, held the foe at bay, setting them down in order in the eighth and ninth. Five hits were Malden's total, three of them of the scratch variety, and 11 vis- itors helped to swell McNabb's strikeout record. Surveying the game in restrospect, we can safely say that it was alert base-run- ning that turned the scales in our favor. Two days after our win over Malden, we journeyed to Southborough to receive our second setback of the year at the hands of an enterprising St. Mark's nine. Paul Mc- Grath started for us on the mound and it was just not his day, for the home club teed LEADING SLUGGER Doyle sharpens up his eye in bat- ting practice while joe Ford provides a target. off on him in the very first inning for four successive bingles which meant two runs. Then, to vary the proceedings, they pulled off a running squeeze which was good for two more. With that start, we were never able to catch them even though we did put on two three-run rallies. In the fourth we tallied for the first time when Bill Gibbons drove in Mul with a sharp single and Mc- Nabb followed with a similar blow to en- able McAulitfe and Gibby to dent the plate. An inning later, St. Mark's got the three back again, using the running squeeze for two markers and a sacrifice for the third. The sixth found us chalking up our last three tallies by dint of rather loose ball handling on the part of the Southborough lads and Henry Lane's double. That proved to be our last threat for, in the last three frames, we went down hitless before Hoyt's hurling. All in all, it was an off day for the Red and Black and we did not look like the same team that had conquered Exeter and Groton. On May 24th a motor cavalcade left Non- antum Hill for the Berkshires, carrying the diamond squad to Dalton, Mass., where it stayed overnight at the Irving Inn, before taking on Cranwell Prep at Lenox the next day. The junket was a pleasant one and, upon arriving at Dalton, the tourists were treated to a lobster dinner provided by Mr. Collupy. After lunch on Saturday we jour- neyed to Lenox and, after getting off to a poor start, managed to subdue the Jesuit school, 16-8. Despite the fact that we drew first blood with a single tally in the open- ing frame the home team refused to be im- pressed and came back with four runs in their half. In our next try, however, timely safeties by Gibbons, Doyle and Collupy, in conjunction with two passes and a steal, en- abled us to register four times and assume the one run lead again. In this fashion the lead see-sawed back and forth until the seventh, when we definitely put the game on ice with seven markers. Among the twelve Red and Black batters of the inning, Henry Lane and Hilton Collupy did the most for our cause, the former doubling in McAuliffe and Bullock, and the latter chas- ing in Lane and Ellard. The highlight of the inning was Mul's clever evasion of a run-down, after he had been trapped through the failure of a squeeze play, and his eventual score. Thereafter Cranwell was never in the running, because McNabb had settled down from the fifth on and faced only 14 batters in the last four frames. Two additional runs scored by us in the ninth were nullified when rain caused cessation of hostilities with the home team at bat. The outcome of the engagement was a 16-8 vic- tory for the Arrows in which a McAuliffe to Collupy to McAuliffe double play was the outstanding fielding feature. We were not quite prepared for what the next game on our schedule brought, because all season long our stalwarts had been look- ing forward to a hard, nip and tuck battle with Roxbury Latin. Our West Roxbury contingent was particularly anxious to win the contest, since so many of their neigh- bors attended that institution. However, the game did not come up to expectations and resulted in a devastating rout of the visiors by the football score of 31-3. In the open- ing inning, after McNabb had set down Roxbury in order, the Arrows broke out with seven solid bingles, two of them triples by Collupy and Mulhern, and those safe- ties, coupled with four walks, two stolen bases and an error, brought in a total of 12 runs that decided the issue then and there. Richie Doyle, who had a brother on the opposing team, put on a surprise running squeeze that caught Latin napping and scored Bullock from third. As the game progressed, our total rose almost with each time at bat, for we registered in every in- ning except the fifth and eighth. After the opening frame, our greatest grist came in the fourth when seven runners crossed the plate, chiefly due to the fact that they stole five bases and took advantage of their rivals' miscues. In contrast to the ineffect- iveness of the visiting hurlers, McNabb had one of his best days, striking out 17, giving up only 3 hits, and driving out 4 safeties for his own cause. The biggest single gun in our attack was Hilt Collupy with a single, a double and two triples. Four singles out of five tries was the best Richie Doyle could get, but it was more than enough to win the family batting crown that day. On May 51st we played a return game with Sacred Heart at Newton Centre, but it TRAPPED Boyle snuifed out in a daring attempt to score against Mal- den Catholic. 5 The Athletic Di- rector starts off the Red-Blue game. FIRST BALL was no more of a contest than the first tilt had been. In the home half of the first frame, it looked as if it would be a costly game for us, because McNabb, playing in left field for the occasion, crashed into and over a stone playground bench while fad- ing back for a f'ly ball. Henry Lane started for us on the mound against his fellow townsmen and had no difficulty in holding them at bay, while his mates were piling up a 19-2 margin. After the first inning panic caused by McNabb's injury, Sacred Heart was unable to cross the rubber, while we treated a variety of hurlers impartially, especially in the fifth when we tallied twelve times. The measure of Lane's ef- fectiveness was indicated by the fact that he limited the opposition to four hits and fanned 12 in the seven-inning engagement. The fact that they hadn't seen everything up to that time, was demonstrated to a Fathers and Sons Day gathering on june 3rd, when jack Mulhern took off mask and protector to toe the mound and defeat St. Columbkille's 4-2 in the season's finale. With a line-up that had to be revamped be- cause of injuries, we still had enough power to edge the near-by parishioners as Quirk, Lane and Bullock filled in for the missing regulars. Andy McAuliffe,s first inning single gave Mul a l-0 lead, but the visitors took over in the second and assumed a 2-l advantage on three well-placed singles. In the third, however, Ed Quirk lashed a single to center with two down, and Dick Doyle and jack Boyle crossed the plate to make it 3-2 in our favor. Our final marker came in the sixth when jack Boyle set a new speed record for traveling between third and home and was declared safe when the catch- er dropped an infielder's throw. When the official scorer had tabulated his figures, it was easily seen that Mul had turned in a creditable performance, scattering five hits so that he was in no trouble after the sec- ond, and fanning I0 enemy batsmen. Eddie Quirk won top billing as slugger of the day with 3 out of 3, one of them a double. In the fielding department, a sharp double play, Doyle to Sullivan to McAuliffe, snuffed out a mild St. Columbkille threat to end the visitors' seventh. The season could not be considered en- tirely finished until the Reds and Blues en- gaged in their annual battle, and Paul Mc- Grath's Reds topped john Ellard's Blues, BREAKING DOWN THE FENCES Lefty Ed Quirk polls out a long one. 6-3. Adverse weather conditions caused the length of the contest to be curtailed, but that did not prevent the tilt from exhibit- ing the unusual features expected in such a meeting. Paul McGrath and Andy Mc- Auliffe opposed each other on the mound, and Andy was the first to weaken, yielding up two tallies on a wild pitch and its conse- quences in the second. In their half, the Blues came back with one and scored on a passed ball, just to be different. Desperate to even the count, Blue Ed Quirk ventured a steal of home in the third but Ellard had the pellet waiting for him. Doyle's tally in the fourth and Deignan's in the fifth stung the Blues into a two-run retaliation but it was their last threat and later scores by Doyle and McGrath opened up the Red margin and made their final victory, 6-3. With vic- tory in the palm of his hand, Paul McGrath had to leave the rubber in the seventh be- cause of an arm injury, but Henry Lane changed places with him to come in and trap Quirk off third to end the civil strife. Thus the 1946 Baseball season passed into History and the 13 victories in 15 games did much to increase the athletic prestige of St. Sebastian's. The Boston newspapers were visibly impressed and Fred Foye, john Aherne and Ernest Dalton took pains to eu- logize our success in their respective col- umns. Looking back on the season now, we can safely say that the schedule attempted was far from being an easy one and the fact that we survived it in such creditable fash- ion is in itself a tribute to the work of Coach Murphy and the indomitable courage of the boys who carried the School's colors into battle. SACRED HEART'S CONQUEROR Dick Griffin burns one over. FAITHFUL JOE Joe Ford warms up McNabb be- fore the Malden Catholic game. April 16 SHOWING THE WAY Captain Danny Sullivan registers against Malden Catholic. BASEBALL SUMMARY-1946 C ouch-VINCENT C. Mun PHY Captain-DANIEL E. SULLIVAN '46 Manager-R. MICHAEL BARRBTTE '46 SCHEDULE Browne and Nichols .LLL,L.,,.,..L,,..,.,,,L 17 Middlesex School LLLL,LL, 24 Phillips Exeter ,. 29 Malden Catholic .i.,iL May 1 Boston Commerce ,L 4 Groton School ....,. , 7 Huntington School St. Seb. Opp. 19 3 17 1 5 4 0 2 . 10 3 5 0 , ..., . 12 2 8 Thayer Academy ..L. L,LL,,,,,, .....V,v 9 2 10 Sacred Heart of Newton LL,L,,L .,L,,V. 2 3 2 15 Belmont Hill ,,,L,,,i,. ,LL.,L,L, L Rain 17 Lawrence Catholic ..w. . L,M. Rain 20 Malden Catholic 6 5 22 St. Mark's ,LL..,...,,.. 6 8 25 Cranwell Prep ........ ..., 16 8 29 Roxbury Latin ,L.,,LLL,..,.L, LLLLLL L 31 3 31 Sacred Heart of Newton L,,,,,, LLL,L 1 9 2 June 3 St. Columbkilleis ,,,LLLL,,i,,L,,,,,,,,,,,.... ..,., ......... ...LLLLLLLLLLLL 4 2 5 St. Mary's of Waltham ....,.............V..,,,L,,,ev,,1i..,.1.,,....,. Rain Reds CPaul McGrath, Captain? 6, Blues U0 Daniel Sullivan Paul McGrath Richard Doyle William Gibbons Arthur Craig joseph Ford john Boles LETTER AWARDS Robert McNabb Andrew McAuliffe John Boyle Henry Lane Richard Griffin Francis O'Donoghue John Kirk hn Ellard, Captainl 3 john Mulhern Hilton Collupy john Ellard Myron Bullock Edward Quirk R. M. Barrette Richard Killion JUNIOR VARSITY SPORTS The scholastic year 1946-47 witnessed a tremendous development in junior Varsity activities here at St. Sebastian's. To begin his Football work, Fr. Keating, junior Var- sity coach, had many veterans returning from last year's squad and their number was reinforced by the arrival of fifty new zealots, all of whom were serious candidates for the Red and Black J.V. eleven. After the tortures of push-ups and deep knee bends had conditioned the neophytes, they settled down to the task of learning plays and assignments with an eye to the schedule ahead of them. With lads of assorted sizes to deal with, Fr. Keating divided his legion of candidates into j.V. and j.j.V. units and arranged equitable competition for each. The j.V.'s traveled to Newburyport to make their de- but against the Freshman-Sophomore team of the recently inaugurated Immaculate Conception High School and returned with the laurels of a 19-13 verdict. George Mc- Goldrick was our offensive powerhouse and his effectiveness was made possible by the timely blocking of his mates. Shortly there- after our J.-I.V.'s went into action against the mighty midgets of Thayer Academy and, under the impressive leadership of Cap- tain Dick Mulhern, used the T formation strategically enough to register a 26-13 win. In a return game two weeks later on the South Shore team's home grounds, our lads again prevailed over the opposition by a 14-7 margin. St. Mary's of Brookline provided the next testing of our j.V.'s and afforded George McGoldrick the opportunity of having fun at the expense of his fellow townsmen. De- spite the fact that our little men were out- weighed both in the line and the backfield, Captain Bob Kelly's generalship was superb and was the deciding factor in a St. Se- bastian 20-12 triumph. When the two elevens met in a return engagement, it proved to be a Dick Merriwell affair in which young McGoldrick turned the tide in our favor by galloping 80 yards on a kick- off with only three seconds remaining to play. The lone defeat of the j.V. season came at the hands of a more experienced Lawrence Central Catholic Junior group which managed to outscore the Red and Black 12-6 in a see-saw battle of well-drilled teams. To acquaint St. Sebastian fans with the extent of the j.V. program, the squad put on an exhibition scrimmage between the halves of the St. johnis Prep game on Parents' and Friends' Day and their imitation of Varsity finesse won the applause of spectators and officials alike. At the season's end, a J.V. Red-Blue game was played but it proved to be a 6-6 stalemate from which the rival cap- tains, Murray Regan and Jack Cochran, emerged with honors even. With the advent of the indoor season, Fr. Keating issued a call for j.V. Basketball candidates and this invitation started off the most successful J.V. hoop season ever en- joyed by a junior Red and Black quintet. Thirteen games were arranged for the younger cagers and in eleven of these con- tests they were returned the victors. At the outset of the campaign, budding stars like Bob Kelly, Frank Kett and Joe Shea made l N i FOOTBALL J. J. v.'s or 1946 Standing: Father Keating, Doherty, Gibbons, Cotter, McGoldrick, Carroll, Atkinson, Evans, Fitzgerald, Sheehan. Seated: Clarke, 0'Shea, Griffin, Harnedy, Captain Mulhern, Regan, Corcoran, Santora, Melly an imposing nucleus around which a j.V. team could be built, but the later stages of the season saw them rise to Varsity status and leave the destinies of the neophytes in the hands of Bill Carey, Fran Downey, Bill Brooks, jim Canning, Hugh Bradshaw, Ralph Donnelly, Dick Schiffman, jack Cochran and others. Having opened their season with three consecutive victories over Our Lady's of Newton, St. Clement's and St. Mary's of Waltham, our yearlings faltered twice dur- ing the Christmas season, losing to the B. C. High ponies and the J.V.'s of Lawrence Central Catholic. For the remainder of the year, however, they went through unde- feated, racking up eight consecutive vic- tories over Belmont Hill, Immaculate Con- ception of Revere, Sacred Heart of Newton 12 gamesb, St. Columbkille's, Cathedral, St. Mark's and St. Charles of Waltham. Such successful results with a j.V. team are most unusual and St. Sebastian's can take very pardonable pride in the spectacular feats of its junior hoopsters. Under Fr. Hannigan's capable guidance, we also iced a Hockey team that was handi- capped by a season that failed to produce much in the way of outdoor ice. After all the available material had been well scrutinized, six games were ventured upon by a sextet that had Paul Gibbons, Dick Mulhern and Jim Cotter in the forward line, Ralph Donnelly and jimmy Carroll on defense, and Dan Griffin and john Doherty in the nets. A second line of Murray Regan, Paul Corcoran and John Doherty pressed the regulars hard, while Bill Brooks and J. V.'s OF THE 1946 GRIDIRON Rear Row: Fr. Keating, McGoldrick, Cochrane, O'Brien, Dore, Hurley, McCarthy, Oldfield, Brooks, Schiffman, Sheehan Center Row: Donahue, Carey, Burke, George Kelley, Cap- tain Bob Kelly, Downey, Cochran, Donnelly, Blazo Front Row: Kett, Elston, O'Neil, Regan, Cotter, Nelson Fred Elston constituted a capable second de- fense. To open the competitive season, the Varsity of Brighton High School was en- gaged twice by our yearlings and it was no disgrace for them to be beaten, 5-0 and 3-2, by older skaters. A trip to Lynnfield then ensued from which much discussion re- sulted over the final score of 4-3 against St. Sebastian's. In this contest Murray Regan rose to great heights, scoring three goals, and our boosters maintained that Ralph Donnelly had pushed home another which was not allowed. Victory finally came at the expense of the Milton Academy j.V.'s when Bill Brooks and Ralph Donnelly rified home markers that gave us a 2-1 edge. The final games of the brief season were against the Natick High Seconds and the Lexing- ton High Varsity and they both resulted in reverses for our hopefuls, 8-2 and 5-1 re- spectively. In addition to the valuable ex- perience gained in these battles, a fair share of the j.V.'s saw limited service in the Var- sity Catholic League games. Freshman jim Cotter was a member of the second Varsity line, while Paul Gibbons, Dick Mulhern and Murray Regan constituted a diaper line whose efforts to match strides with longer-legged competitors were highly ap- preciated by Skating Club fans. The J.V. Baseball wars of 1947 are ap- pearing on the horizon as this account is being written, and we have every reason to expect that our diamond youngsters will emulate the success of the 1946 junior nine that enjoyed an undefeated season. Coached by Fr. Flanigan the youthful Red and Black aggregation rolled up an impressive J. V. HOOPSTERS Standing: Fr. Keating, Schiffman, Brooks, Griffin Seated: Cochran, Canning, Carey, Donnelly, Downey, Keefe string of wins that included triumphs over Browne and Nichols, Our Lady's of New- ton, the Rivers Varsity, St. Thomas of Ja- maica Plain and Angel Guardian. On the mound, Dick Griffin and Henry Lane turned in sterling performances, Dick's out- standing feat being the 2-1 decision over the Rivers Varsity. joe Ford and Dick Wat- son divided the receiver's role, while Frank Hennessey and Bob Kelly were the regulars at first and second. The left side of the in- field claimed the alternating services of Henry Lane, Frank Kett, Tom Hartnett, Ralph Donnelly and Bob Sullivan. In the garden, jack Cremmen, Joe Deignan and Art Craig were a dependable trio, but jack Darwin managed to break into the line up fairly often. Our j.V. athletes in all sports deserve the highest praise and recognition. They will be the Varsity competitors of another year, having benefited by the experience in the fields of competition just described. To them the School extends its heartiest con- gratulations on the successes of the past and at the same time expresses its hope of seeing their names on the Varsity rosters of the near future. ' :' X .ff l . 5 - 1 . I I ., I 1, -rg , sr' 4 g f Q A H13 E ll' ' ' 5' 1. Full 1 'rl .ci -. a,-.n-af:w THEIR FRIENDS THE Class of 1947 has enjoyed the companionship of the Sebastianites in the younger classes for varying peri- ods of timei Some we have come to know well as intimate friends, others have been admirable companions in the various activities of School life. All of them, however, have contributed to the unity and solidarity which is so characteristic of the entire student body. In union there is strength and the realization that our fellow students pur- sue the same ideals and are members of the same Mystical Body of Christ with us is an external encouragement of Fortitude which we have appreciated during the years we spent with them. f i ag' M 5531- N Fill! ' tn ff + Q4 ' 4 CLASS OF 1948-SECTION A Rear Row: Griffin, Murray, Slattery, Field, Bradshaw, King, MacDonald, Boyle, Brine Center Row: Marshall, Nawn, A. McAuliffe, Morley, Sullivan, Vorce, E. McAuliffe, Malone Seated: Hennessy, McKinney, Kelley, Pitts, Grogan, Pierotti, Dias, Barrette THE CLASS OF 1948 Fellow Hill-climbers of ours for three years now, the Class of 1948 has con- tributed much to our St. Sebastian life. It was their arrival that gave the School a full quota of classes and at the same time provided us with lower classmen to impress. That they have matured while following in our footsteps was proven to our satisfaction by their savoir faire in conducting a Junior Prom that more than exceeded our expectations. Scholastically, their brain-trust trio of Tom Barrette, Hugh Bradshaw and George Kelley constitutes an Honor Roll phalanx that warms the collective heart of the Faculty. In the athletic realm also this brother class of ours has donated outstanding talent to the various Arrow teams with the names of Andy and Larry McAuliffe, jack Boyle, Joe Deignan, Bob Egan, Dick Doyle, Jack Slattery, Frank Pitts, Bill Morrissey and Frank Hennessy being most familiar to our ears. In less obtrusive fashion, other personalities from the ranks of '48 have left their imprint on our memories to such a degree that they will always CLASS OF 1948--SECTION B Standing: Deignan, Morrissey, Greene, Hartnett, L. McAuliffe, Doyle, Lane, DeGiacomo Seated: Robt. Hook, Cavanagh, Hurley, Fitzgerald, Conway, Egan, Baker, Julian appear in our reminiscences of St. Sebastian's: Jack Baker's grin, Tom Hartnett's longitude, Bud Greene's new social outlook, julian's journey, Don Marshall's re- turn from the wars, Harold Field's polka prowess, Jack Slattery's excuses, Art Dias' passion for railroads, Paul Cavanagh's silence, Gene McAuliffe's photogra- phy, Park Hurley's ski-ing, the double bill companionship of Morrissey and De- Giacomo, Bill McKinney's fondness for horror stories, jim Ryan's poetry, Dom Morley's perpetual good nature, Dan Griffin's solemnity and Henry Lane's whistle. In the midst of the School's large Belmont contingent, the figures of easy-going jack Fitzgerald and bustling Roger Vorce stand out prominently, while, from the Garden City of Newton, cheerful Ed Conway, reserved Bob Cochrane, friendly Bob Sullivan, lanky Jim Grogan, laconic Bud Brine, and mer- ry Tom Murray comprise a loyal band. Under the Chestnut Hill banner, impish jim Malone, Tennis Champ jack Nawn and Veteran Paul King make good com- panions, with genial Gene Pierotti and Hockey letterman Russ MacDonald up- holding the merits of Wellesley and Roslindale, respectively. As we part from them reluctantly, we thank them for the treasure chest of memories they have endowed us with and wish them every happiness in their remaining year at St. Sebastian's. ' -au-H CLASS OF 1949-SECTION A Standing: Burke, Cochran, Ward, H. Collupy, Darwin, Heller, Downey, Clogan Seated: Finnegan, Falk, Murphy, Green, Sherry, O'Shea, Kelly, Corcoran THE CLASS OF 1949 Two years of association with the class of current Sophomores have given us ample opportunity to appraise their merits and their conformity to the ideals of St. Sebastian's. As a group their business-like approach to books and sports alike has made them equally popular with Faculty and student body and already they have demonstrated that they will bring prestige to the School both academically and athletically. On the classroom front they campaign so successfully that they emerge with more members on the Honor Roll than any other class in the School. Keen competition in this regard is provided by Frank Kett, Bob Kelly, Murray Regan, Paul McDonald, Dave Connor, Paul Corcoran, Clem Dore, George Hayes, jim Heller and Bob Ward. To achieve gridiron glory, the,Sophs sent forth Dick Keelan to manage and Hilt Collupy, Bob Murphy, Bill Gibbons, jack Darwin, George Hayes, Dave Hanron, Bob Joyce, Tom Green, Ed Ryan and Frank Shields to give their all during the Varsity season. In j.V. moleskins Captain Bob Kelly, l CLASS or 1949-SECTION B Rear Row: Gomperts, Dore, Hayes, Hurley, Ryan, R. Collupy, O'Brien, Sheils Center Row: McDonald, Hanron, Hughes, Gibbons, Joyce, Donnelly, Brooks, McCourt Seated: Connor, Keelan, O'Neil, Clifford, Elston, Campbell, Regan, Harrigan, Doucette Bill O'Brien, Dick O'Neil, Murray Regan, Ralph Donnelly, jack Cochran, jack Elston, Clem Dore, Paul Burke, Fran Downey, Gordon Doucette, Tommy O'Shea and Neil Campbell were potent factors in the success achieved by Fr. Keating's little men. The Hockey season enables the second year men to thrust out their chests as they witness the exploits of Bob Murphy and Bruce Harrigan on Skating Club ice. On the cage floor also the class is well represented by Hilt Collupy, Kelly, Kett, Hefler and Bill Brooks. Baseball too takes its share of Sophomores with Gibby, Kel, Fish and Bob Ward in prominent diamond roles. While they may not shine athletically, the other members of '49 lay claim to fame on one score or another: Dick Hurley for assistance to the Arrow, Minnow Collupy and Dick Finnegan for a care-free existence, jim Clifford for things military, Bob Neville for politics, Paul Clogan and Al Hughes for deep thought, Bill Flanagan for dapper attire, johnny Sherry for apple-cheeked bliss, Cliff Falk for his strength, Reed Gomperts for his efficiency and Gerry McCourt for his seriousness. Harken- ing back to our own days as Sophomores, we can promise them that their best days at St. Sebastian's still lie ahead of them and we wish them a continuance of the all-round success which they have already attained. 137 CLASS OF 1950-SECTION A Standing: Blazo, McDonough, Delay, McSorley, Canning, Schiffman, Carroll, Nelson Seated: White, Mulhern, Evans, Kean, R. McCarthy, Fitzgerald, Donahue, Clarke, Keefe THE CLASS OF 1950 Unlike other schools, St. Sebastianls gives its Freshmen as much prominence as other students enjoy, and the democracy of the dining hall, gym and athletic field enables our infant class to make its presence felt to a degree that has some times startled us. This, our final year at the School, has been spent in close prox- imity to the Freshman sections and, while this arrangement was probably de- signed to impress the newcomers and to have them patt-ern themselves after us, we in turn have emerged from the experience impressed by the rapidity with which they have acclimated themselves to St. Sebastian life. Already, Dick Mulhern and Paul Gibbons are the enfants terrib1es of the School while john Doherty and jim Delay are on their way to becoming Quiz Kids. joe Sheehan, Tom Atkin- son and Lew Santora are an inseparable trio, jim Cotter, Joe Shea and Bill Carey have played Varsity sportsg Dave McSorley, jim Canning, Dick Schiffman, Dick Callahan and Hank Nelson have a common denominator in Milton, jimmy Car- roll, Tom Clark and Tom Melly stand up for Arlingtong Gerry Fay, John Mc- ...L .,....-V, , ..,. .. X- . nts, L.. ',,,,.,-null' CLASS OF 1950-SECTION B Rear Row: Keelan, Todd, Santora, Callahan, MacKinnon, Cotter, Zock, McNabb Center Row: Doherty, Elston, Griffin, Carey, Atkinson, Fay, Gazzola, Melly Seated: Clark, J. McCarthy, Oldfield, Shea, W. McCarthy, McGoldrick, Molinari, Symonds Carthy and jim Harnedy are the Freshman heavy-weightsg Pete Kean, Art Keefe and johnny Gazzola are the paper-weightsg Bill McCarthy and jim Evans haunt the cageg john McNabb and jack Griffin are proud of their pitching brothers: George McGoldrick was the Frosh gridiron star, Wally MacKinnon looks like a classy first-sackerg Has Dave Keelan spoken yet?g Barry McDonough and Dick Blazo have their glasses off more than they have them ong Dick McCarthy was unanimous choice for Class Vice-Presidentg jimmy Allen hasn't hurried yetg Dave Oldfield does a nice job at the books, joe Clarke goes in for reindeer sweaters, john Donahue has an Abraham Lincoln air about himg George White laughs from way down underg Bob Zock has a million-dollar smileg Fred Elston is a devotee of Artg jimmy Todd may take to the window any day in Latin, Ted Molinari sees everyone who comes in the side doorg Dave Symonds models his own hair-do. 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U.. ....1....., N... ...... .1...... Q n.. -...1... r. .. ny.. ...... -M Umm mlm . N... ....,... ... .. ...... fm.. ........ ....,. ... .,....- W B... . -...... 0... ...Y ...,.,. n... ...- - .1 . W l ....-....., X 1... ... .......... ...... hm. .... uf-W-.-.-... .... um. ... ...1.,. .. ... - 1 ...My ........ .. 11... 5. .... . ...... X .,........... ......... ...11 1... 1 ...... .... M... 1... , rm... M... 0... ww 1... . .... ...W ...1 ... .. ... ....... - .......... .-...... . 1 N... ....c... 1... 1 .............. .....,. .............. ..... ..... .... ... 1... ......... w... n..... ........... .. .-.. I. ,.. ................. THE WALRUSH St. Sebastian's School newspaper first saw the light of day in February 1945 and for two years now its monthly appearances have been awaited eagerly by the student body. Directed by Fr. Beatty and edited by Myron Bullock '46 and Rich- ard Griffin '47, its four pages receive an analytical scrutiny from the students as soon as a new edition appears. Conservative enough on page one which chronicles news of School interest, it becomes personal on the inside sheets which give stu- dent and Faculty biographies as well as letters to the editor, and finally it de- velops, on page four, into a series of revealing columns which disclose the most personal facts about the members of our four classes. For obvious reasons, Seba- tianites have learned that it is not to be carried home blithely and submitted to the casual inspection of the entire family. On the contrary, it calls for a previous censorship to determine whether parental glances will gleam anything to disturb the family peace from its lines. Because of the fact that it talks of many things, its title is highly appropriate. One of the most attractive features of the monthly has been its pictures which are to a great extent the work of our student photogra- phers, Frank O'Donoghue, Gene McAuliffe and Bill O'Brien. From time to time, the appearance of The Carpenter Replies has excited great interest as to its possible author, but, up to the present writing, he has gone undetected. Lest the reader of these lines might feel that we have exaggerated the potency of The Walrus as a threat to domestic peace and security, we are appending a composite column entitled THE WALRUS WONDERS Was it lamb frankforts or a practical joker-Why the Seniors wore black ties -Why McNabb, Doyle 8: Co. are so interested in Hockey practice on Centre Street-What student is working overtime without pay, in Latin-Why Anony- mous dropped out-What john was telling Priscilla to keep her laughing- Where Kirk got the glasses-Who is Joe Food-Why Ubangi brings a blush- Who likes tatooes-Why Ellard hasn't had a date in two years-Who is the Old- field of '47-What would happen if Quirk walked-Who writes The Walrus Wonders -Who is Prince Igor-What is Ursula's great problem-Did Fichtner really smoke that cigarette-What the students do with the food, inasmuch as the stomach only holds two quarts-Who did Bullock's homework-If Buttner's trol- ley car flame was a lady wrestler-What draws Vin to Hanover-Why Ellard changed from Coca Cola to Moxie-Why classroom clocks go slowly-If the Groton police are really tyrranical-When the Foreign Missions will ask the rea- son for the sudden generosity at St. Sebastian's-If Heavey wears sun glasses while donning his bow ties-lf Cedric really had a fracture-What makes the jug a cultural hour-What were the mysterious plans of the underground Magno- Magno-Did it have a black list-Who was its King-Why Horrigan removed names from his books-Who replaced Norma-If Bullock will remember Chem- istry-What would have happened if Fr. Hannigan and Griffin had understood each other-If Fr. Cotter ever awarded the Purple Heart-Who could explain Fr. Redding's sense of humor. .,,., , . tn, . .. .- ......,.s..-. .. . . . . . ....... ......m.-. . . . The Alpine Club at North Conway on their Second Annual Expedition, February, 1947 THE ALPINE CLUB One of the most popular Winter avocations at St. Sebastian's is ski-ing and for five years now devotees of the sport have banded themselves together in an organization appropriately called The Alpine Club. Originally, its three chart- er members were Fr. Keating, Bob Higgins and Bob Flynn, both of the Class of '46, but now it numbers more than thirty enthusiasts who take advantage of the proximity of the Commonwealth Country Club to get themselves into all sorts of postures, predicaments and situations as they zoom down its slopes. Full member- ship in this ski-ing fraternity is contingent upon the candidate's success in jump- ing the brook which crosses the C.C.C.'s fairways, but a desire to ski is enough to admit a Sebastianite to associate membership. For the past two years, the group has gone on a northern expedition during the February holidays and set up headquarters in the vicinity of North Conway. There, under the supervision of Fr. Keating, the lovers of the frozen surface think nothing of topping off six hours of ski'ing with four hours of skating. Such hardi- hood deserves to be well rewarded and most definitely it is, with socials that while away the evening hours. In short, the life of an Alpine member is a happy one, even though he is prone to sneer at the local hills after returning from the upper reaches of Cranmore or Tuckerman's Ravine. Each one of the Alpiners has made some definite contribution to this healthy extra-curricular activity, whether it be a facility in making quips at the expense of ski-ing dowagers or a tendency to literary effusions that are most appreciated when read publicly. Everyone is welcome in the Alpine Club as long as he knows enough Latin to join in the Club prayer: Oremus pro nive. Igrdiiyli fi: , -QV f THEIR PREDECESSORS THE spirit of a school is transmitted by older students who set the tone of school life for younger pupils. We were fortunate to have inherited from the first two classes of St. Sebastian's a unique affection for the School and a magnificent loyalty to fellow students. It is a rare day in- deed when we do not have occasion to greet an alumnus returing to visit St. Sebastian's. As we watch the School's alumni forging ahead so successfully in the colleges they are attending and as we find them so imbued with the prin- ciples that How from Fortitude, we resolve to emulate them in bringing prestige to our beloved Alma Mater. at -ff, 4 ll Q W fb! ' N ' 0 mssml S qw pw wg - -mg, f, , 54 x: ,E -:ss:,,.::,: v A WL -: 35.5. - w 5 ,QQ x Kiev .. , 525 X X Q 1' -4 ' w nf? 9 wx- I N H' x JW! 6 Rival: qgfb' f xx, I gg U I , QT 'J n 'Ga I-NN 1 ,Www 4 fs sm 455 Wx? tl X., A O- QR 12 A -- Q . 1.-new 1 iv 1 I wg af, ww X. .af X fo Q N .. fl THE CLASS OF 1945 ST. SEBASTIAN'S ALUMNI TWO classes of St. Sebastian graduates have left Nonantum Hill to pursue higher studies in various colleges. That they still cherish fond memories of hap- py days spent in our company is evidenced by the frequency with which they visit the School and also by their faithfulness in corresponding with the Headmaster and members of the Faculty. To keep in touch with their Alma Mater, they took steps last Fall to form St. Sebastian's Alumni Association and Jimmy Collins '45 was elected the first President. They have the intention of sponsoring two Com- munion Breakfasts a year at the School, during Christmas and Easter vacation periods, and the first of these has been arranged for Sunday, April 13th. Shortly, the Class of 1947 will find itself in the ranks of the newly-formed Alumni Association, and we wish to assure the founding fathers of the group that we shall follow in their footsteps as Alumni as loyally as we did as students. Hav- ing enjoyed their companionship as fellow Sebastianites for either two or three years, we feel that their achievments, since leaving St. Sebastian's, deserve special mention in this record of our prep school life. BAKER, GEORGE A. After almost three years of Navy duty in the Pacific, George was discharged from the service too late to be admitted to College last Fall. Not the type to mark time, the Okinawa veteran has been refreshing his scientific back- ground at the Wheeler School with an eye to entering Catholic University or M.I.T. next September. BAKER, ROBERT J. Like his brother George, Bob did his stint in the Navy and spent nearly a year in Japan. To acclimate himself to the scholastic whirl once again, Bob spent the first four months of this aca- demic year with us at St. Sebastian's. At that point he began his Freshman year at Catholic University where he is now intent on Business subjects. BARRY, HENRY G. Perhaps our busiest alumnus, Hank has almost completed his Sophomore year at B.C. in the A.B. fMathJ course. Despite the difficult course he has elected, he still finds time to coach Basket- ball and Baseball at St. Thomas High School and to cover schoolboy sports for the Boston Herald. CARROLL, JOSEPH V. With the expert ence of a Navy yeoman in Japan behind him, Joe embarked upon his College career at Georgetown last September and enrolled in a pre-legal A.B. course. Using his leisure hours profitably, he has just been named Assistant Sports Editor of The Hoya, an honor never attained before by a Freshman. COLLINS, JAMES J. Having served two years as a bluejacket of Uncle Sam, Jimmy was discharged last Summer, just in time to enter the B.C. Business School where he is now wrestling with three-hour problems in Accounting. In addition he is now serving as President of the Alumni Association. COURTNEY, EDMUND J. Before Uncle Sam claimed him for the Navy, Ed had com- pleted one year at Holy Cross. Shortly after his enlistment, he was stricken with pneu- monia and a long convalescence ensued. Since that time he has taken refresher courses here and at Manter-Hall Prep, with the hope of resuming College studies in the Fall. CRYAN, WILLIAM M. After beginning his College work at Holy Cross, Bill trans- ferred to Boston College and at the present time he is nearing the completion of his Sophomore year. DERMODY, FRANK M. Frank is an- other Sebastianite who saw Tokyo via the Navy. Since enrolling at Holy Cross, he has been attaining honor grades and has been most active in extra-curricular activities like the Debating Society, French Club and His- tory Society. In addition he is a member of the Executive Board of the Outing Club. DONAHUE, RICHARD J. Richie's com- paratively long distance from the School prevents him from visiting us often. After two and a half years in the service, Dick is doing general work in his local George- town, Mass., and attending a business school in Haverhill. GIBBONS, DONALD. Upon graduating from St. Sebastian's, Don entered the Mari- time Academy at King's Point and had the opportunity of seeing Africa frequently. Discharged from the Naval Reserve early last Fall, Don will enter B.C. next Septem- ber and in the meantime he is refreshing at Newman Prep. Don Gibbons, Bob and George Baker, Jimmie Lydon chat with Miss Meuse and Miss Kenney of the School's Secre- tarial Staff. GILBERT, GEORGE F. George left the Hill to enter the Navy V-12 program, sub- sequently went to gunnery school and after- wards figured in many Pacific invasions. Back to civilian life after three years in the service, he is pursuing a B.S. in History course at B.C. and, as might be expected, do- ing a great job at the books. GLASHEEN, HUGH F. Now an acceler- ated Junior at Notre Dame, Hugh has been attaining honors in his Business course and in consequence has been elected to mem- bership in the Business Club. However, he still finds time to assist the Fighting Irish in a managerial capacity during the Football season. KELLEY, LEON E.-Leon's talents have placed him on the Dean's List at Holy Cross, where he matriculated after passing up a chance to continue in radar work with the Navy. Studying Business, he is active in the Sodality, the History and Debating Soci- eties, and has revived the defunct Outing Club at Mt. St. James. KELLY, SHAUN. With one year of his Social Science course completed at George- town, Shaun was called to Army duty and sailed for the Orient shortly after Christ- mas. Currently, his mailing address is Kumamoto, Japan. LYDON, JAMES G. Jim will complete the Sophomore year of his pre-medical course at Harvard this June. Active in the French and History Clubs and getting his exercise at Squash, he was still able to make the Annual Retreat with us here at St. Se- bastian's this year. MCCARRON, CHARLES A. His pre-legal course at Harvard interrupted by a brief term in the Navy, Charlie was not dis- charged by Uncle Sam in time to re-enter the Crimson halls last September. A short career in the work-a-day world occupied him until he returned to Harvard last Feb- ruary. 45's GRADUATES RETURN FOR '46 GRADUATION Cross Section of Spectators at 1946 Graduation Exercises MURPHY, EDMUND J. Ed's long Navy stretch was topped in length only by George Baker's. The islands of the Marshall group failed to fascinate him, however, and he is contented with his scientific refresher courses at Berkeley Prep which are a pre- lude to his entrance of M.I.T. O'BRIEN, DANIEL J. Dan enrolled at B.C. after getting his diploma from St. Se- bastian's but his progress was checked by a term of service in a sailor suit. Last Febru- ary he returned to the Heights and resumed his work toward a B.S. degree in Social Ser- vice. SCULLY, JAMES T. One of the first Se- bastianites to enlist in the Navy, jim spent more than two years in the Pacific, most of the time at Guam. Back home again, he is taking the recently inaugurated fifth year course at Newton High until he enters B.C. in the Fall. SHEA, RICHARD L. A member of the St. Sebastian triumvirate that entered Harvard, Dick elected a B.S. in Economics course. After his second year, he decided to spend a year under his father's guidance before re- suming work for his degree. WILES, JAMES L. The only member of '45 who is convinced that the Army has more to offer than the Navy, jim proves his point by tales of his travels through Italy. Discharged at Christmas time, he is refresh- ing here at St. Sebastian's and awaiting the advent of September to begin his career at Boston College. i' THE CLASS OF 1946 BARRETTE, ROLAND. Mike is now a full-fledged Sophomore at Georgeton, hav- ing taken his final Freshman exams just be- fore Easter. He is also active in the Boston Club, the Mask and Bauble Club, and was formerly Circulation Agent for The Hoya. BULLOCK, MYRON. Myron is nearing the end of his Freshman year at St. Clement's Preparatory Seminary in Bright- on where he has just been appointed Sacris- tan for the coming year. He took advantage of the Easter vacation to spend some time at St. Sebastian's. CRAIG, ARTHUR. The Belmont boy is another of our representatives at George- town. His B.S. course does not prevent him from indulging his flair for Basketball and he is captain of one of the intra-mural teams. In addition he is on the roster of the Boston Club. DEWIRE, THOMAS. After his rough so- journ in the Navy, Torn has returned to civilian life and currently is making plans to enter Harvard. DUNBAR, THOMAS. At present Tom is taking night courses at Northeastern and spending his days making the Boston Ele- vated more efficient. His plans call for the pursuit of an Engineering course in the Fall. FLYNN, PAUL. Paul is taking a B.S. course at Boston College and has gained the distinction of making the Dean's List. Look- ing ahead to the future, he is planning to make Political Science his field of concen- tration. FLYNN, ROBERT. The younger Flynn has spent the year at Chauncy Hall School widening his scientific outlook in prepara- tion for a B.S. in Physics course at M.I.T. or Boston College. His proximity to St. Sebas- tian's enables us to see him fairly frequently on the familiar Hill. GIGGI, ROBERT. Together with Myron Bullock, Bob is at St. Clement's Preparatory Seminary in Brighton and keeping up with the fast academic pace set by his fellow Se- bastianite. HIGGINS, ROBERT E. One of the most faithful Alumni correspondents we have, Bob is an Army M.P. guarding a bank vault in Tokyo. Exceptionally happy in the ser- vice, he is still enthusiastic over the oppor- tunity to tour the East and read avidly as a sideline. KILLION, RICHARD. Continuing his close friendship with Dan Sullivan, Dick is preparing for the medical world at Holy Cross. With the books well under his con- trol, he is an enthusiastic intra-mural Bas- ketball competitor and is always on hand for the meetings of the Boston Club. MCCARTHY, LANE. A frequent visitor to St. Sebastian's during vacation periods, Lane is highly satisfied with Georgetown and his B.S. course. In the year just passed he played Varsity Hockey and intra-mural Basketball, not forgetting to support the Boston Club loyally. MCDONALD, FREDERICK. With his Freshman year at Boston College already concluded, Fred is planning to change from pre-med to a B.S. in Social Science for his Sophomore year. His future calls for ma- joring in Economics. MCGOLDRICK, JOHN. Working hard at Georgetown, John is fortunate in having his father as a frequent visitor in the course of business trips. Intra-mural Basketball and memberships in the Boston Club and the Rifle Club take up any leisure time that he can spend away from his B.S. work. MCGRATH, PAUL. Paul is at Boston Col- lege Business School and doing well there. At the recent Hockey-Basketball banquet he was a guest of honor and hung his Baseball plaque. SECOND GRADUATING CLASS Standing: Quigley, McGrath, McGoldrick, McCarthy, White, Giggi, Sullivan, Russo, Mulhern, Phelan, Reynolds, Dunbar, McKinney, Neelon Seated: Killion, Barrette, Higgins, P. Flynn, Bullock, Father Mclnnis, Pickard, Craig, R. Flynn, McDonald, Shea MCKINNEY, HAROLD. Following in the footsteps of his father, Harold is taking a pre-medical course at Harvard. Outside of class hours, he is quite active in the work of St. Benedict's Catholic Center. MULHERN, JOHN. Mul spent this past year at Northwood Prep where he lived up to his Hockey reputation by registering six goals and two assists against the Army plebes. Although he has always been a great Dartmouth booster, next year will find him at a college much nearer home. NEELON, RAYMOND. Ray is serving with the Marines in the South Pacific and has been at Saipan. A few months ago he made a brief trip home and visited his Alma Mater, but had to return to the Pacific once again. . PHELAN, JOSEPH. Drawing his breath after his Army duties, Joe has recently re- turned home with the idea of weighing the pros and cons of various colleges and courses. PICKARD, JOHN. John is carrying the banner of St. Sebastian's in worthy fashion at Holy Cross. Enrolled in the pre-med course, he made the Dean's List and his spare moments are given to the Sodality, French Club and Boston Club. QUIGLEY, KENNETH. Not willing to venture far from his beloved Charlestown, Ken is doing pre-medical work at Boston College where his consistent work is being rewarded with Hne grades. REYNOLDS, CHARLES. Charlie is the fifth member of '46 at Georgetown and a staunch supporter of Boston Club pro- jects. As might be expected, he is also a member of the Riding Club and at present is enthusiastic over the prospect of an en- joyable sailing season. RUSSO, JOHN. Unable to separate him- self from his friend, Ken Quigley, John is working by his side in the pre-medical course at Boston College. SHEA, ROBERT. The Boston College Business School and its rigorous program is demanding Boh's attention. However, he still retains his interest in cars and, at the present writing, is priding himself on a '34 model. SULLIVAN, DANIEL. A loyal follower of St. Sebastian's athletics, Dan attends our games whenever he is home from Holy Cross. On Mt. St. James he is in the pre- medical course and his extra-curricular in- terests benefit the Sodality, the Boston Club, the Outing Club and the Chemistry Club. WHITE, WILLIAM. Billy still constitutes a triumvirate with Ken Quigley and John Russo, having enrolled with them in B.C.'s pre-medical course. DOMI Allen, james 42 Thackeray Road, Wellesley Hills Atkinson, Thomas 70 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge Baker, john 488 Canton Avenue, Milton Barrette, Thomas 285 Franklin Street, Newton Blazo, Richard 69 Wolcott Street, Malden Boles, John 43 Presentation Road, Brighton Boyle, John 190 Lewis Road, Belmont Bradshaw, Hugh 79 Lewis Road, Belmont Brine, William 54 Nathan Road, Newton Centre Brooks, William 238 Vermont Street, West Roxbury Bullock, Robert 51 Homer Street, Newton Centre Burke, Paul 84 Forbes Hill Road, Wollaston Callahan, Richard 293 Central Avenue, Milton Campbell, Neil 110 Parsons Street, Brighton Canning, james 16 Cape Cod Lane, Milton Carey, William 22 Randolph Street, Belmont Carroll, Walter Caulfield, James 709 West Roxbury Parkway, West Cavanagh, Paul 18 Moffat Road, Waban Clark, Thomas 334 Park Avenue, Arlington Clarke, Joseph 46 Waverly Oaks Road, Waltham Clilford, james 20 Kirk Street, West Roxbury Clogan, Paul 41 Rangeley Street, Dorchester Cochran, john 34 Cushing Avenue, Belmont Cochrane, Robert F. 212 Parker Street, Newton Centre Collupy, Hilton 229 Adams Street, Milton Collupy, Richard 229 Adams Street, Milton 5 Chestnut Street, Arlington R oxbury Connor, David 42 Beechwood Road, Wellesley Conway, Edward 310 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Corcoran, Paul 31 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge Cotter, James 37 Lapland Road, Chestnut Hill Cremmen, john 8 Norway Road, Milton Cruickshank, Alastair Clay Street, Central Falls, R. I. Darwin, john 60 Parsons Street, Brighton DeGiacomo, William 220 Hamilton Street, Dorchester Deignan, Joseph 2 Stone Road, Belmont Delay, james 15 Myrtle Street, jamaica Plain Dias, Arthur 29 Chatham Road, Newton Highlands Doherty, john 7 Commonwealth Park, Newton Donahue, john 109 Peterboro Street, Boston Donnelly, Ralph 149 Standish Road, Watertown Dore, Clement 32 Brae Burn Road, Auburndale Doucette, Gordon 50 Riverview Road, Brighton Downey, Francis 72 Elizabeth Road, Belmont Doyle, Richard 12 Danville Street, West Roxbury Egan, Robert 135 Walnut Hill Road, Chestnut Hill Ellard, John 30 Stults Road, Belmont Elston, Frederick 99 Theodore Parker Road, West Roxbury Elston, John 99 Theodore Parker Road, West Roxbury Evans, james 31 Locke Road, Waban Falk, Clifford 131 Grant Avenue, Newton Centre Fay, Gerard 64 Wellsmere Road, Roslindale Fichtner, Robert 8 Matchett Street, Brighton Field, Harold 240 Middlesex Road, Chestnut Hill Hill Finnegan, Richard 52 Brandon Road, Milton Fitzgerald, john 225 Washington Street, Belmont Flanagan, William 67 Clearwater Drive, Dorchester Ford, Joseph 95 Stults Road, Belmont Gazzola, john 17 Belmont Street, Newton Gibbons, Paul 527 Canton Street, Westwood Gibbons, William 527 Canton Street, Westwood Green, Thomas 284 Foster Street, Brighton Greene, Vincent 34 Mayfield Street, Dorchester Griffin, Daniel 20 Waterston Road, Newton Griffin, john 96 Russell Avenue, Watertown Griffin, Richard 96 Russell Avenue, Watertown Grogan, james 80 Devonshire Road, Waban Hanron, David 15 Rockview Road, Milton Harnedy, james 122 Sumner Road, Brookline Harrigan, Bruce 287 Newbury Street, Boston Hartnett, Thomas 3 Madison Avenue, North Cambridge Harwood, William 280 Bellevue Street, West Roxbury Hayes, George 11 North Gate Park, West Newton Heavey, William 37 Cabot Street, Milton Hefler, james 79 Smith Road, Milton Hennessy, Francis 112 Cross Street, Belmont Horrigan, Vincent 25 Alhambra Road, West Roxbury Hughes, Albert 269 Walnut Street, Wellesley Hills Hurley, Park 306 Pleasant Street, Belmont Hurley, Richard 9 Victoria Circle, Newton Centre Joyce, Robert 48 Woodbine Street, Auburndale julian, Robert 31 Marcia Road, Watertown Kean, Peter 5 Mapleton Street, Brighton 2 Keefe, Arthur 19 Richard Road, Watertown Keelan, David 822 Washington Street, Dedham Keelan, Richard 822 Washington Street, Dedham Kehoe, john 45 Shirley Street, Roxbury Kelley, George 54 Fiske Road, Wellesley Hills Kelly, Robert 47 Benton Road, Belmont Kett, Francis 42 Hoy Terrace, Milton King, Paul 25 Mt. Alvernia Road, Chestnut Hill Kirk, John 770 Bos-ton Post Road, Weston Lane, Henry 87 Athelstane Road, Newton Centre MacDonald, Russell 37 Cedrus Avenue, Roslindale MacKinnon, Wallace 77 Breck Avenue, Brighton Malone, James 110 College Road, Chestnut Hill Marshall, Donald 25 Westvale Road, Milton McAuliffe, Andrew 100 Theodore Parker Road, West Roxbury McAuliffe, Eugene 57 Fellsmere Road, Malden McAuliffe, John 57 Fellsmere Road, Malden McAuliffe, Lawrence 100 Theodore Parker Road, West Roxbury McCarron, Richard 102 College Road, Newton McCarthy, john 60 Garnet Road, West Roxbury McCarthy, Richard 32 Codman Hill Avenue, Dorchester McCarthy, William 89 Windsor Road, Waban McCourt, Gerard 56 Washington Street, Newton McDonald, Paul 219 Homer Street, Newton McDonough, Barry 1658 Centre Street, West Roxbury McGoldrick, George 12 White Avenue, Brookline McKinney, Robert 149 Warren Street, Roxbury McKinney, William 149 Warren Street, Roxbury McNabb, John 7 Hillcrest Street, West Roxbury McNabb, Robert 7 Hillcrest Street, West Roxbury McSorley, David 298 Brook Road, Milton Melly, Francis 139 Franklin Street, Arlington Molinari, Theodore 90 Larchmont Avenue, Waban Morley, Dominick 16 Colonial Avenue, Waltham Morrissey, William 1103 Morton Street, Mattapan Mulhern, Richard 6 Moss Hill Road, Jamaica Plain Murphy, Robert 97 Walnut Hill Road, Newton Hig Murray, Thomas 60 Commonwealth Park, West Newton Nawn, John 38 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnu Nelson, Henry 248 Blue Hills Parkway, Milton Neville, Robert 81 Dana Street, Cambridge O'Brien, William 256 Park Street, Newton O'Donoghue, Francis 53 Robbins Road, Arlington Oldfield, David 72 Freeman Street, Auburndale O'Leary, William 356 Blue Hills Parkway, Milton O'Neil, Richard 12 Alban Road, Waban O'Shea, Robert 253 Pleasant Street, Arlington O'Shea, Thomas 83 Roundwood Road, Newton Pierotti, Eugene 17 Aberdeen Road, Wellesley Pitts, Francis 85 Chestnut Hill Road, Chestnu Quirk, Edward 9 Indian Hill Road, Belmont Regan, Murray 73 Blue Hill Terrace, Milton Ryan, Edward 46 Matchett Street, Brighton Ryan, James 80 Sutherland Road, Brighton Santora, Lewis 329 K Street, South Boston Schiffman, Richard 66 Marilyn Road, Milton Shannon, George 157 Sargent Street, Newton Shea, joseph 57 Melrose Avenue, Needham Sheehan, Joseph 55 Foster Street, Belmont Sheils, Francis 241 Grove Street, Chestnut Hill Sherry, john 76 Clallin Street, Belmont Slattery, John 1 Moss Hill Road, Jamaica Plain Sullivan, Robert 52 Pinecrest Road, Newton Centre Todd, james 23 Wyndmere Road, Milton Vorce, Roger 11 Adams Street, Belmont Watson, Richard 157 Fairview Avenue, Belmont White, George 192 Faneuil Street, Brighton Zock, Robert ll Whittier Road, Wellesley Hills t Hill hlands t Hill -x Coumhral fn, J- uv' .Ll S G ll NUS 10' 1 I if Xt' , is 7 .I 'wg ,,,,, MASSA00 WHO'S WHO IN ARROWMAKING The publication of this record of our four years at St. Sebastian's has been made possible by the generous co- operation of the business firms, institutions and individuals who have purchased space in the following pages. Some of them are charter members who helped to launch the pi- oneer Arrow two years ago, while others are either do- ing an encore or making their debut in this yearbook of 1947. All of them have been motivated by an interest in our School and its pupils and hence deserve appropriate consideration from the friends of St. Sebastian's. As bene- ficiaries of their generosity we are most grateful to them personally and We respectfully solicit for them the patron- age of our readers. Best Wishes to The Third Graduating Class OF St. Sebastian's YfW5f',l FEDERAL WAREHOUSE, INC. W7ILLIAM F. HEAVEY illllnunt Saint Zlnurplg Aruhrmg CAMBRIDGE STISE ET BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS PRIMARY, GRAMMAR AND HIGH SCHOOL CLASSICAL AND SECRETARIAL COURSES COMPLETE MUSIC DEPARTMENT Address: The Directress of the Academy Olnnnrnt nf Gbur Eiahg nf the Qlenarlv I Retreat House for lVomen and Girls Catechetical Instruction for Children and Adults 200 Lake Street, Brighton Telephone: ALGonquin 3150 156 Compliments of WATERFRONT SERVICE CU., Inc. Lewis Wfbarf BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS RUSSO'S HAIR STYLISTS Hairdressing of Distinctzon 1229 CENTRE STREET NEWTON CENTRE Compliments of MARTIN TORMEY Your Esso Dealer 15 CENTRE AVENUE NEWTON CORNER 15 The Sbop of Superior Craftsmen MODERN PRINTING COMPANY EIGHTEEN PLEASANT STREET NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS A. JOHN SIMONE Telephones: BIGelow 4530-4531 Compliments of R. J. MCGOLDRICK CO. 12 WATERTOWN STREET WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS E. O'BYRNE DeWITT SONS Radios, Pbonograplss and Records FIETY-ONE WARREN STREET ROXBURY 19, MASS. I-IIGhlands 8616 Compliments of Established 1886 FREDERICK T. O'DAY Funeral Director 43-45 BOYLSTON STREET BRooKL1NE, MASS. Tel.: BEAcon 0595-5125 S. M. LEVIN CO. 1 Incorporated J NEWTON BUICK COMPANY Business Furniture For 29 Years at Hotel and Restaurant Equipment 371 WASHINGTON STREET, NEWTON 82-84 WASHINGTON STREET BOSTON 8, MASS. THE EL Sales BODY, F FRANK ELBERY BERY MOTOR C Authorized FORD MERCURY sf LINCOLN Parts Service ENDER 8: PAINT WORK EXPERTL A customer is not dependent on us- We are dependent on a customer! 360 RIVER STREET, CAMBRIDGE 39 Telephones: KIRk NEAR MEMORIAL DRIVE land 3820-3821-3822 ., INC. Service Y DONE ACADEMY OF THE ASSUMPTION WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. RESIDENT AND DAY SCHOOL EOR GIRLS High School Affiliated with Catholic University, Washington, D. C. ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY FOR BOYS REGIS COLLEGE WESTON 95, MASSACHUSETTS Offers B.A. and B.S. Degrees CURRICULA: Liberal Arts-Commerce Home Economics Conducted by the Sisters of St. joseph Grades 1-8 Inclusive Address: SISTER SUPERIOR Address: THE REGISTRAR Acddemy 0fN0i1fe Dame SELECT BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 2893 WASHINGTON STREET ROXEURY 19, MASSACHUSETTS CRIMSON GARAGE 81 SERVICE GEORGE W. BRYSON STATION Realtor 49 BOYLSTON STREET THE NEWTONS AND VICINITY 271 WASHINGTON STREET CAMBRIDGE, MAss. NEWTON CORNER ELIot 9180 Compliments of A FRIEND BRIGHTON CO-OPERATIVE BANK 157 BRIGHTON AVENUE ALLSTON, MASS. Tel.: STAdium 5570 162 MATTHEW F. SHEEHAN CO. CHURCH GOODS 22 CHAUNCY STREET, BOsTON, MAss. HANcock 3921 Compliments of SHEARNS' MARKET OAK SQ., BRIGHTON JOHN F. SHEARNS, Proprietor B A R R A B E E ' S SERVICE STATION Firestone Tires Er Products LUBRICATION-BATTERIES-AUTO SUPPLIES 1580 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON fNear Searsj Tel: COM 4900 '-il Glnuntrg Eng Srhnnl nf the Sarrrh Mart ' 785 CENTRE STREET NEWTON 58, MASSACHUSETTS I BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL College Preparatory and Primary Departments CLARK 8: WHITE LINCOLN and MERCURY 859 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ALGonquin 7400 NEWTON HUDSON MOTOR SALES I NEW AND USED CARS Parts and Service Tel: DECatur 1 500 HOLSON'S I Special Comfort Shoes of +0 Years Reputation 40 STUART STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Telephone: HANcock 2829 BOSTON ACADEMY OF NOTRE DAME A Convent School for Non-Resident High S chool Students 25 GRANBY STREET 217 BAY STATE ROAD BosToN 15, MASSACHUSETTS WATERPROOF PAINT 81 VARNISH CO. Manufacturers of PAINTS, VARNISHES 8: ENAMELS WATERTOWN 72, MAss. Compliments 0 f ATLANTIC ENGINEERING CORPORATION 12 WATERTOWN STRFET WATERTOWN Compliments of THOMAS H. WALSH Nrmtnn Qlnllrgr nf the Sarrrh Heart 885 CENTRE STREET NEWTON 59, MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENT AND DAY STUDENTS ROCK WOOL INSULATION CO. HOME AND BUILDING INSULATION CONTRACTORS 250 STUART STREET, BOSTON HUBbafd 0250 Federal National Linen Service Company Renters of COATS, APRONS, TOWELS, GOWNS, UNIFORMS Always on Time 1310 COLUMBUS AVENUE, ROXBURY CROSSING HIGhlands 7530 SERVICE ALSO AVAILABLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AT Exeter Rochester Dover Laconia Concord Portsmouth Nashua Somersworth G. C. WELLINGTON GENERAL TRUCKING 54 MIDWAY S B T l pb SOU h B 2877 BUY NOW - - - FOR BYE AND BYE A BUY U. S. SAVINGS BONDS FREEMAN SHOE LEON E. KELLEY Director of Sales in the New England States WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. NASHUA MOTOR EXPRESS 73 PALM STREET NASHUA, N. H. Boston Lowell N asbua Manchester Compliments of RAPID LINE SERVICE 438 WARREN AVE. BROCKTON, MAss. BOSTON AND BROCKTON Uhr walnut Mark Glnuntrg Bag Svrhnnl 71 WALNUT PARK, NEWTON AN IDEAL SCHOOL FOR YOUR BOY Beautiful Grounds and Buildings, Swimming Pool, Tennis Court and Basketball Court, Football Field and Baseball Diamond. Ideal Place for Winter Sports. Call LASe11 1407 for Prospectus R. W. WAGNER COMPANY Importers 6: Booksellers C 1' amp 'menu of 73 TREMONT STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WALSH SHOE SHOP Standard Sets--Special Sets 30-34 CHAUNCY STREET Rare and Choice Books-Miniatures on Ivory Libraries Installed N ORWALK TIRES The Only Factory Brand-5 Full Ply Tire-Built in America FACTORY WAREHOUSE 81 DISTRIBUTORS I NORWALK TIRE 8: BATTERY CO. - COMmonwealth 4733 COMmonwealth 3683 g 1286 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MASS. Compliments of GARDEN CITY BEVERAGE CO., INC. 407 CENTRE STREET NEWTON CORNER Office Telephone: BIGel0w 0472 Residence Telephone: I.ASell 0510 I GALLAGHER BROS. PLUMBING AND HEATING 413 Centre Street, Newton, Mass. 1 I - JOHN C. PAIGE 81 COMPANY INSURANCE HERBERT A. KNEELAND HENRY W. KNEELAND GERALD HENDERSON JOHN F. WATSON ERNEST H. BLAKE KENNETH W. FAUNCE As pioneers in the development of Medical Reimbursement Insurace for Private Schools, Colleges and Camps, we have been happy to serve your Insurance needs. 40 BROAD STREET BOSTON New York, Portland, Los Angeles LESTER VONTHURN, Manager FITZPATRICK'S DINER 1808 CENTRE STREET WEST ROXBURY, MASS. FROST MOTORS, INC. CADILLAC OLDSMOBILE Sales 6' Service 599 WASHINGTON STREET NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS A Prominent Spot on ,Main Street Within the past year A8zP has been mentioned as part of the story or dialogue in at least 47 popular books of fact and fiction. Well, that's perfectly natural, because we provide 6,000,000 American families with good food at low cost. Wherever plain people live, the A8cP is an important part of their daily lives. Years ago it was the familiar red-fronted grocery store. To- day the super market, carrying over two thousand different items, is as much a part of the American scene as the town hall or Main Street or the village green. No wonder so many chroniclers of American life put the A8cP into their narratives! We're flattered to turn up in 47 books. But we know-and we think you know, too-that institutions like the A8zP are built on generations of hard work and public service. . If we're a fixture in American life, it's because the men and women of A8:P have worked constantly for over 86 years to do the nation's most efficient job of food distribution. A 81 P FOOD STORES Compliments of H. J. F. Compliments of Emmanuel College BOSTON. MAss. BOSTON'S OLDEST CHEVROLET DEALER Chevrolet Sales G Service JOHN J. DELANEY, INC. MATTAPAN SQ. BLUe Hills 3800 Western Waterproofing Company, Inc. REPOINTING-BASEMENT WATERPROOFING BosToN NEW YORK JOHN H. HESSION, President LAVELLE W. SHIELDS, Vice-President J. JOSEPH CALLAGHAN, Treasurer 5 ATLANTIC 8: GULF STEVEDORES, INC. EDWARD J. CROCKER, Mgr. HUNNEWELL PHARMACY, Inc HAROLD T. BOWKER, Registered Pharmacist BRIGHTON, MAss. PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS We Make Cur Own Ice Cream Fresh Daily ADAMS CAMERA EXCHANGE Complete Stock of CAMERAS ACCESSORIES FILMS 15 HIGH STREET BOSTON, MAss. Compliments 0f THE T RAWLER BONNIE MR. HY TRILLING CAPT. WM. CANNING GENOA FISH CO. Northern Ave., Boston FREDERICK j. CROSBY Funeral Service 867 BEACON ST. 12 WARREN ST. KENmore 1089 HIGhlands 6000 LIB. 5572 DEV. 8033 In Boston It's E. F. P. BURNS, INC. 100 SUMMER STREET DRESS CLOTHES FOR RENTAL Style-Service-Sanitation Compliments of BOSTON LINE 8: SERVICE CO., INC. 64 LEWIS W1-IARF BosToN, MAss. BLANCHARD ASSOCIATES, INC. 25 HAMPSHIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPPLIES Blanchard Flex-I-Cot Stretcher, Scott Air-Pak, Boston Woven Hose Company Fire Hose ST. Tel. TRO. 3705 CAMBRIDGE MASS CROSBY Harney CAPito1 7180-7181 Cable Address ' Costshzp BERNARD S. COSTELLO Steamship Agent and Chartering Broker 131 STATE STREET, BosToN, MAss. I Board of Trade Building 55U Family and Student Laundry Service BRIGHTON LAUNDRY NION STREET BRIGHTON, MAss STAdium 5520 any 42126116 7 Zfkzlff COLLUPY BROTHERS F I S H 521 MAIN STREET MALDEN, MASS. MARTIN E. CONROY R FUNERAL DIRECTOR . 294 CENTRE STREET NEWTON CORNER Carr Leather Company if Mamzfactznfers Fine Suede Calf i PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS Enztnn Qinllvgv CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Full Courses Leading to Degrees in Arts and Sciences and Business Administration Entrance Classes in September Only REV. REv. REV. REV. WILLIAM L. KELEHER, S. J., President STEPHEN A. MULCAHY, S. J., Deen JAMES J. KELLEY, S. J., Dean of Business JOHN P. FOLEY, S. J., Dean ofFresl1men Riverside Recreation Grounds AUBURNDALE, MAss. An Ideal Place for Your Outing or Picnic MARY M. MCBRIDE TROwbridge 0452 PERSONAL SHOPPING SERVICE CONVENTS AND INSTITUTIONS P. O. Box 114 Harvard Sq., Cambridge 38, Mass Compliments of TEL.: BIGelOw 5761 CE-LECT BAKIN G CO. CHASSON 81 WILCOX Cleansers and Dyer: 235 NO. BEACON ST., BRIGHTON S dy STAdium 3700 en our Garments to Experts 709 WASHINGTON STREET NEWTONVILLE KEOUGH ELECTRIC CO. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 64 LONG WHARF CAPitOl 7468 2 HAI-IN DRUG STCRIL, INC. 105 UNION STREET, NEWTON CENTRE, MAss. CARL H. ALVORD, Reg. Pharm.,Pres. RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION SERVICE Established 1907 BIGelow 0760 SLATTERY BROS., Inc. 210 SOUTH STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS K eep on Investing IN United States Savings Stamps and Bonds MOYE CHEVROLET CO., INC. 431 WASHINGTON STREET, NEWTON, MAss. New and Used Cars Parts and Service MIN OT STORE, INC. J. TYRRELL, Your Local Grocer Hi gbest Quality of Groceries, Meats, Fruits, Fish Foreign and Domestic Liqztors-Wines-Beer 573-375 Neponset Avenue, Dorchester Tel. TALbot 0415-0414 MCCARTHY POTATO CO., INC. BOSTON MARKET TERMINAL JOE CURRAN NBILLU AHEARN Representing MILTON AUTO SALES, INC. DeSOTO and PLYMOUTH Automobiles Sales-Service-Repairs 95 Eliot Street, Milton CUNningham 2000 MATTAPAN CO-OPERATIVE 1575 BANK Systematic S :win gs and Home Mortgages BLUE HILL AVENUE, MATTAPAN Finer Quality Since 1853 o o For Foods That Are Always Dependably Finer- -always look for the MONARCH LION HEAD MONARCH FINER FOODS 350 MEDEORD STREET, SOMERVILLE WALTER T. LAMB Optician 230 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MAss. KEN more 5060 KELLY'S DRUG STORE For the Best Drugs and Lowest Prices 389 WASHINGTON STREET BRIGHTON, MAss. G20 mpfimenfsz of I 9X C5'i0H3 Qlwcgxufiffe O9 8-6-aOfe8 JEWELERS STUDIO OF THE UNUSUAL in LINCOLNSHIRE HOTEL BOSTON, MASS. HOME SPECIALTIES CO., Inc. NEWTON CENTRE 59, MASS. BIGelOw 3900 Awnings, Shades, Screens, Weatberstrips, Venetian Blinds 322111112 Eli-Nr: Amhrmg MILTON, MASS. RESIDENT AND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Special Facilities for French MEATS-GROCERIES F ISH--VEGETABLES HUNNEWELL MARKET WILLIAM J. GALLAGHER, JR. Where Only the Best is Good Enough ALGonquin 2130 606 Washington Street, Brighton HUBBARD DRUG CO. 425 CENTRE STREET, NEWTON Opposite Public Library Where Quality is N ever Rationed' Compliments of WILFRED CHAGNON, Prop. ! FRESH FISH--FRIED FISH Delivered to Your Door No Order Too Small HARVARD SEA FOOD SHOPPE If It Swim.: We Have It 162 HARVARD AVENUE, ALLSTON ALGonquin 9564 KENmore 6644-6645 Richard G. Mahoney Your Photographer DUPLICATE PORTRAITS MAY BE ORDERED 'A' WINN STUDIOS 230 BOYLSTON STREET 7 PROVIDENCE STREET BosToN, MASSACHUSETTS Compliments 0 f RUGO CONSTRUCTION CO ECONOMY PRODUCTS CO., Inc. IV e Manufacture and Sell Six Hundred and Fifty Food Products Many with Hard Work Done Before You Start Particularly for College and School Trade 22 NORTH UNION STREET, SOMERVILLE THOMAS W. T IEHNEY, President 90 Telephones ALGonquin 7408 STAdium 5403-5404 O'BRIEN 8: ROCHE, INC. Auto Body Work-Accidents a Specialty Bear Alignment, Frame Straightening, Wheel Aligning Appraisals Made Upholstering, Painting, Tops Used Cars Bought and Sold D. J. O'BRIEN 388 MARKET STREET BRIGHTON 35, MASS. NEWTON MOTOR SALES CO. S ales-S ervice FORD-LINCOLN-MERCURY 773 WASHINGTON STREET NEWTONVILLE BIGeI0w 4200. 0 Ford Dealers in Newton for 25 Years CAPitol 0366-0367-0368 COLLUPY and COLLUPY Incorporated Wholesale Fish Merchants 140 ATLANTIC AVENUE BOSTON, MAss. NEWTON CORNER JENNEY STATION 528 WASHINGTON ST. Jermey Aero and Super Aero Gasolines jermey Solvenoil and Quaker State Motor Oils Goodrich Tires E1 Batteries Auto Accessories-Lubrication RAY LADD, Prop. Tel. LASell 9550 JOHN J. ROCHE 1-ff-if AUTOMOBILE APPRAISER 4-4-4 388 MARKET STREET BRIGHTON STAdium 5403 ERE! Mishra frnm an Zffrirnh S. T. K. JOSEPH F. DEIGNAN REALTOR REAL ESTATE -INSURANCE PHONES: Business-BEI.mont 4400 Residence-BELmont 3765 173 BELMONT STREET, BELMONT, MASS. SEAVER'S EXPRESS, INC MILFORD, MAss. Daily Trips Between Boston-Worcester Providence-Framingham and Vicinity Towns Boston Ojfices LIBerty 7008 CAPito1 4790 Compliments of FALL RIVER 8: NEW BEDFORD EXPRESS CO. EDWARD J. THORNTON Roofing and Sheet Metal Work of Every Description REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY 390 LINWOOD AVENUE NEWTONVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS BIGelow 4800 G. F. BUNKER 81 SON Compliments of Hardware COSTELLO DISTRIBUTING CO ALGonquin 2070-2071 INC- 423-435 EAST EIGHT!-1 STREET 350 WASHINGTON STREET, BRIGHTON So. BOSTON The Recollection of Quality Remains Long A fter the Price is Forgotten Cgmpljmenpg gf Compliments of J , C , H 1 G G I N S C 0 , HORRIGAN'S MARKET, INC. MARINUCCI BROS. 8: CO. 51 CEYLON STREET, DORCHESTER HIGhlands 5906 M. SOLIMAN DO COMPANY PENNSX'LVANIA OIL C0 51 CEYLON STREET, DORCHESTER Household Fuel Oils Caroroil Oil Burners HIGhlands 2222 SOMERVILLE, MAss. SOMerset 8510 96 I MODERN BUS LINES, Inc. 55 CHESTNUT STREET, NEEDHAM, MAss. Charter Basses for All Occasions N EEdham 1200 I CLASS RINGS ULTRA I J. RICHARD O'NEIL Co. 282 FRANKLIN STREET, CAMBRIDGE 39,MAss. CLASS RINGS ULTRA Telephone KENmore 4889 Established 1871 I I. W. GRAHAM 81' SON I PAINTERS AND DECORATORS Hardwood Finishers I 331 NEWBURY STREET BOSTON, MASS. I 197 Donovan and Sullivan A Engraving Co. 470 ATLANTIC AVENUE BOSTON, MASS. College Annual Division ALFRED CHAPMAN I I j Compliments of ENGRAVERS WARREN BROTHERS ROADS PRINTERS STATIONERS COMPANY 57 FRANKLIN STREET BOSTON WATertown 8700 EMERGENCY CALLS WATertown 6816 WAI.tham 4968-M THE EDWARD s. QUIRK CORPORATICN 242 AND 264 NORTH BEACON STREET WATERTOWN 72, MAss. VULCANIZING-RECAPPING ROAD SERVICE United States Solid and Pneumatic Tires for Passenger Cars, Trucks, Busses, Tractors and All Other Vehicles WATSON CUT SOLE COMPANY 9 D A CO T I OSTON MASS. I Zlnhn A. Qiearann 420 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON 16, MASS. R67Q'7'672C'6' Bookf We recommend for home and library use the two outstanding reference books: Webster's New International Dictionary Second Edition, with reference history Lincoln Library of Essential Information Compliments of A L R O GA N SPORT GOODS Distributor of WILSON SPORTING GOODS 9 Retail-Wholesale CHAUNCY CLUTHING CUMPANY 327 WASHINGTON STREET NEWTON, MASS. zo cHAuNcY STREET nosron 11, MASS. Phone: DECatur 0444 2 Duncan Hines had this to say about Sundial Village: When and if you find a lovelier or more satisfactory place to spend the night or longer, I shall be glad to hear of it ---- We will do all we can to be worthy of this compliment. SUNDIAI. VILLAGE Sundial Village all H yawn!! Telephone: BIGe1ow 4671 JOSEPH G. 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