St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Us 'rf l 0:-Qflill 195 5 CHARLES WILLIAM HEARN CHARLIE - CHESHIRE Basketball 4 The most recent addition to our corps, Charlie Hearn, came to St. Sebastian's from Long Island, N. Y., by way of Cheshire Academy. Although he has spent but one year with us, he has attained full-fledged partnership in the firm of '48 and has taken his place on Nonantum Hill quite easily and naturally. Strongly addicted to black ties and long hair cuts, he spends the greater part of the day brushing the flowing locks out his eyes and even on the Basketball court he has been seen dribbling with one hand and clearing his vision with the other. Never in a hurry, he ills in odd moments by doodling and tracing Yale and Eli on his books. While he likes New England and its residents, he has developed a strong aversion for over-emphasized r's and woyld not dream of parrrking his carrr in the Harrrvard Yarrrd. As yet, Boston girls have failed to impress him and he is quite willing to defend the laurels of New York and Connecticut belles. Inter- viewed recently by a Walrus newsman, he staggered the inquiring reporter by opining in rather blase fashion that the Hearn scion was the best looking member of the class. Basketball is Char1ie's sport and he lost no time in gaining a regular berth on the Red and Black quintet. A dependable guard, he usually had the task of conducting the ball safely out of our zone and relaying it to an eagle-eyed forward. His ability to fake an opponent out of position often gave him an opportunity to break through a defense and roar in for a lay-up shot that added to our score. At crucial moments he had the knack of coming through with beautiful set shots and his analytical sense made him a competent director of Arrow team-play. We thought that it was particularly loyal of him to make his Christmas vacation on Long Island a brief one, so that he could be on hand for the B. C. High game here in our cage. After parting from us in june, Charlie will join the St. Sebastian delegation to Georgetown. A business career is his goal and he will enter upon it supported by the hearty good wishes of all who came to know him in the altogether too short time that he spent in our company. 4351- cnsgmrefs Nor A CAT .Jrs AN ACADEMY kQ6Xg..:e7iQ 1 x -Sqft I

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TAKE D60 - 1 Flies? I i .9 aa. -.'?af.E1?i5'h : T' Q +51 Quit, F lf Q - If 47 1 56 WUASSAC-as THOMAS JOSEPH HARTNETT, JR. TOM - STRETCH Football 5, 4 Basketball 2, 3, 4 Hockey 3 Swimming Club 4 J.V. Baseball 2 For more than two years everyone at St. Sebastian's has had to look up to Tom Hartnett, because his 6f5 Height keeps him in the stratosphere. When the Cambridge lad first came to us early in '46, we had only a glimpse of him for he temporarily disappeared from our view to make a family trip to Kentucky. Shortly after he returned, however, we became aware of his good-natured affability and the perfect ease with which he fitted into our companionship. His love for sports attracted him at once to the Basketball and Hockey teams, and his joy knew no bounds when the School announced that it had scheduled his favorite foe, Cambridge High and Latin, in Football. Cars played an important part in Tom's life and, when his original vehicle fell apart shortly after it had been delivered to him, he came up with a gray coupe that threatens to do the same at any minute. Undoubtedly, Stretch received his greatest thrill when he arrived in New Haven for the Hopkins game and found that the local papers had built him up as a sky- scraping pass-snarer who would bear watching every minute. His hosts also regarded him as a celebrity and it was with deep disappointment that they learned that an ankle injury would prevent him from averaging a point a minute. In the Summer time, the Boston sky-line undergoes an alteration when Tom transfers himself and his St. Sebastian jacket to vacation at Green Harbor under Faculty supervision. On the gridiron, the Cantabrigian had several red letter days which will always stand out in his memory. At Cranwell his 7 points made him high scorer of the contest and against St. Clement's he put on is best exhibition of pass catching, while making a very definite impression with his blocking. In the Red-Blue fray of '46, a Boyle-Hartnett bomb was good for 55 yards, although it did not avert a Red defeat. In Basketball, Tom's size was a valuable asset and he was used effectively as a guard and a tap-man. Especially memorable was his icing of the Christopher Columbus battle with a last minute basket that broke the spirit of the invaders. A defense man in Hockey and an intielder on the diamond, he revelled in all sports around the seasonal clock. Having lived all his life in the shadow of Harvard, Tom will pursue his higher education there, if the attraction of a boarding school does not prove stronger. Wherever life beckons you, Tom, you can count on the interest and loyalty of the Class of '48. 4341-

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3 A D0 IT 191 ..l. 4? f My .Q B . COUIQQ' n Bl ff 'K jx Je V' jf we ...M FRANCIS JOSEPH HENNESSY, FRANK Walms Stal? 2, 3, 4 Arrow Stal? Choir 1 j.V. Football 1, 2, 3 Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 Baseball 2, 4 Golf 3 Twenty-four hours prove adequate for the daily needs of most people, but Frank Hennessy barely gets by on that ration. Grasping the significance of Country Day School education, the Belmont boy threw himse f wholeheartedly into prac- tically every School activity and yet found time for parish and personal projects. Over the course of his four years here, he handled his academic responsibilities with persistent thoroughness, favored History particularly, and, at the urging of Fr. Flanigan, became an authority on Roman mythology. Fr. Beatty was quick to classify him as a rara avis and to induct him into Walms assignments from which he graduated to the sports department of The Arrow . Already an altar boy when he joined our ran s, he gave faithful service to our sanctuary without impairing his devotion to St. Joseph's Parish. While his loyalty to his native town made him spend most of his time with Roger Vorce and jack Fitzgerald, he made friends easily and thought highly of people like Dan Griiiin and a ,neighbor who happened to vacation in a near-by resort hotel. Music was a common bond between himself and Fitzy and Frank's imitations of Al jolson were a feature of their sessions. Because Frank, Senior, is in the auto insurance field the celebrated New Haven trip by the Belmont triumvirate was made in Roger's car. Frank's gridiron prospects as a halfback were bright until he sustained a serious injury in the J. V. Red-Blue game of 1945. Although the accident incapac- itated him for the ensuing Hockey season, he had three full seasons with the Varsity squad, but waited until Senior year to register his first goal, assist and penalty. Baseball also elicited his attention and he was a natural first sacker on the Red and Black J. V.'s. Outside the School schedule, he played C.Y.O. ball on his parish team that achieved great laurels. just to round out his sports parti- cipation, he also took a fling at Basketball until he decided that Hockey was more to be favored than the court game. A close follower of all School contests, he rendered valuable aid to Fr. Flanigan as a spotter and play recorder during the Football season just passed. A four year sojourn at Holy Cross with an eye to preparing himself for Dental School is Frank's immediate horoscope. A worthy pro ession, Frank, and may your success be proportionate to the sincere good wishes of your St. Sebastian classmates. -I 36 I-