St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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

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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