St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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,

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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.