St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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SENIOR DEBATING SOCIETY Seated: Cavanagh, Conway, Fr. Sylvester, Barrette, Vorce. Staudiflg: Malone, Griffin, Field, Ryan, McDonald, Brine, Regan. Monday, April 30, May brought with it devotions in honor of Our Lady each Noonday and a long-desired V-E Day for which we gave thanks at a fervent Mass of Thanksgiving in our Chapel. Almost before we knew it, Senior Week was upon us and we applauded the Class of 1945 as it marched out of the dining hall for the last time. We still had a week of School remaining, but the Seniors had the same period free for a round of functions that culminated in the Graduation Exercises at the Archbishop's House. Monday sent them to Scituate for a class outing, on Tuesday they enjoyed their Senior Prom at the Puritan Hotel in Boston, Wednesday was reserved for a Fathers' and Sons' Day game against Belmont Hillg on Thursday evening a reception to the School's first graduates was held at John Hancock Hall and took the form of a Musicale which featured Marjorie Church, pianist, and Dorothy Richardson, contralto soloist. To crown the week's activities, a Baccalaureate Mass was celebrated by the Headmaster on Friday morning at the Cenacle Convent and he was able to announce to the assembly of parents and students that all the graduates had been accepted into College. In the afternoon, the grounds of the Archbishop's House provided a most impressive setting for the Graduation Exercises over which His Excellency, Archbishop Cushing, presided and paid a signal tribute to the accomplishments of our young school. 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 education. Solemn Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament was given by the Archbishop to close the exercises. Meanwhile we had been finishing our curricular work for the year and at a Year's lind Party the Headmaster announced that the scholarship for academic 4621-

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PRIZE WINNING EXHIBIT Paul Sullivan explains his gas-producing exhibit to Minnow Collupy, Bob McNabb, League season began and it increased proportionately as the championship race narrowed down to Malden Catholic and St. Sebastian's, with the outcome in doubt until our 2-1 victory over Malden made it necessary to declare a co-championship shared by both teams. Basketball also drew its share of attention as Fr. John Redding took over the coaching helm and we followed with special interest the progress of the quintet while it overcame a poor start to emerge with five triumphs in nine games. February brought more than its quota of notable events, the month being ushered in by a three day retreat which was a novel spiritual experience for most of us. Classes were suspended for those few days and we had an opportunity to do some serious thinking under the masterly guidance of Reverend Joseph Hart, C.S.C., who has since passed to his eternal reward. At about the same time, a School paper named THE WALRUSU made its first appearance and its four glossy pages were crammed with news of campus and off-campus activities. Directed by Fr. Beatty and edited by Myron Bullock, it was read avidly for its personal revelations, and its columns brought to light many hitherto unknown escapades. Another literary venture had been in progress for some time and the student body was pleased to hear that the graduating class would have a yearbook called THE ARROW to serve as the record of prep school days. After months of climbing the Hill mid snow and ice, we were glad to welcome Spring, the final chapter in our lirst year at St. Sebastian's. Able to anticipate the regular season because of our cage, we began Baseball early in March and the headstart that we had on other teams was evident as we swept through an undefeated season highlighted by the no-hit pitching of Bob McNabb and the slugging of our own classmate, Andy McAuliffe. The Varsity roster also including Gene Pierotti, Hilt Collupy, Bill Gibbons and Dick Doyle while the rest of the diamond talent in the class was farmed out to Fr. Flanigan's J.V.'s. Coming on the heels of Black and jack Nawn. -I 61 1-

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excellence had been won by Tom Barrette in the Freshman Class. The occasion also brought the awarding of athletic insignia to all students who had taken part in Varsity and .I.V. sports and it proved to be a very pleasant end to the activities of our first year at St. Sebastian's. There remained only a personal interview with the Headmaster, during which he analyzed the results of the year's work and made salutary recommendations for the years ahead. One by one we filed down the Hill to enjoy the freedom of the Summer, but many a backward glance was given to see if the School had entirely receded from view for we would be glad to picture it often during the months of separation from St. Sebastian's. With the rest of the world we shall always remember the Summer of 1945 for its greatest gift,-V-J Day, which restored peace to the earth and made it possible for students to pursue their courses without being haunted by the spectre of the draft. It was therefore in a rather carefree frame of mind that we answered St. Sebastiaifs summons in September 1945 and returned to Nonantum Hill to find a statue of Our Lady presiding over the School scene, the beauty of which had been enhanced by Eddie Linnane's devoted gardening. It was very pleasant to hold brief reunions with classmates and the older students as well before filing into Chapel for the Mass of the Holy Ghost and the customary opening day address by Fr. Mclnnis. When the class lists were read and the Freshmen marched out to their classrooms, we noted the newcomers with int'erest and wondered whether we had been so small and nervously shy the year before. As our turn came, we pricked up our ears when new names were read on the Sophomore roster and we were pleasantly surprised to be given the same classrooms that we had occupied the year before. Seats were assigned in alphabetical order and our company included: Patrick Murphy John Baker Thomas Barrette john Boyle Fred Brown Paul Cavanagh Robert Cochrane Hilton Collupy Edward Conway William DeGiacomo joseph Deignan Arthur Dias Richard Doyle Robert Egan Harold Field Richard Finnegan John Fitzgerald Elmo Freda Daniel Griffin Robert julian George Kelley Frederick Kuehne Henry Lane james Logue Russell MacDonald james Malone Andrew McAuliffe Eugene McAuliffe Richard McGrath William McKinney Robert Mesmer Dominick Morley Paul Morris William Morrissey Thomas Murray William O'Brien Thomas Hartnett john Harvey Francis Hennessy Robert Hook Park Hurley Richard jantzen Eugene Pierotti Francis Pitts Francis Sheils John Skehan John Slattery Neil Sullivan Robert Sullivan Arthur Tiernan Roger Vorce William Gibbons When classes began, we were glad to discover that the same Faculty members were on hand to teach us again, although, just after School opened, Fr. Cuffe left our midst to become Chaplain of St. Elizabeth's Hospital. We felt deeply the loss of our Athletic Director and Myron Bullock, Senior Class President, expressed our sentiments at a farewell ceremony in the refectory where a set of Breviaries was presented to the beloved priest. To fill the vacancy in the Faculty ranks, Fr. Joyce was appointed Freshman instructor and Fr. Flanigan took up residence at St. Sebastian's to direct the athletic program. Robert Murphy -I 63 1-