St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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-

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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

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...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. In many ways we envy this blissful galaxy of youthful Sebastianites who have three happy years before them on Nonantum Hill. Their first quarter of prep school life has been our last, but the year we spent with them will be re- hearsed again and again as we meet them in later life. 9