St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Murphy were supported in their exploits by jack Boyle, Joe Deignan, Andy McAuliffe, Bill Gibbons, Russ MacDonald, Bill Morrissey and Jack Skehan. On the court, Hilt Collupy and Jimmy Logue were our representative hoopsters and they played a great role in the nine victories achieved. Beyond all question, the season's highlights were jack Cremmen's swish shot that defeated Cathedral in the closing seconds of play and the establishment of a new cage record in the 52-15 defeat of Browne and Nichols. To expand the Winter program, Boxing was introduced under the tutelage of Mr. Dick Maloney and twenty hopeful candidates made progress in the manly art. The end of January brought a brief respite from our labors while we made the Annual Retreat, this time under the direction of Fr. Lawrence P. Sullivan, C.S.C., while Washington's Birthday week was marked by an invasion of the North Country on the part of our ski-ing enthusiasts, members of Fr. Keating's Alpine Club. Making their headquarters at North Conway, the thirteen spent an exhil- arating week and amazed Fr. Mclnnis who accompanied them by returning safe and sound each day. A testimonial banquet was held in the School refectory on the night of March 18th in honor of our ice and court teams, and the affair was a great success that enabled the parents and fans of our heroes to fete them and spend a social evening at the School. Mr. Walter Brown of the Boston Garden was the principal speaker, while the players themselves were called upon to recount the highlights of outstanding contests. After the distribution of jackets and letters, individual plaques were hung by jack Mulhern, Lane McCarthy and jack Cremmen. SCIENCE CLUB Rear Row: Cochrane, McCarthy, Conway, Morley, Deignan, R. McCarthy, Santora Middle Row: Brine, Donahue, Pierotti, Fr. Harrington, Nawn, Dias, R. Greene. Front Row: Malone, O'Shea, McKenna, Bonica. -I 1-

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I On the last named occasion we really impressed our guests by using a public address system to give a play-by-play description of the contest. The conquest of Jamaica Plain High was memorable, not so much for the one-sided score, as for the fact that a fire broke out in the basement of the School during the early hours of the next morning, causing the resident Faculty to flee the building. Thanks to the joint efforts of the Newton and Boston fire departments, the blaze was quickly brought under control and classes were held that day as usual. We were more than pleased when word was received at the School that Marquette University had awarded our first yearbook THE ARROW All-Catholic rating in national competition and we noticed that Bob Higgins and his staff were indefatigable in their efforts to produce a second edition that would live up to its predecessor. Another extra-curricular activity gathered momentum as the St. Sebastian Choristers practiced faithfully each week under the baton of Mr. Leonard Whelan, well known organist and choir director. As the cycle of the year progressed, Tom Barrette continued to make the Honor Roll with monotonous regularity and, when the class went to the polls, it elected the scholar-manager as its president. The other ofiicers selected were Jack Boyle, Vice-President, Bob Murphy, Secretary, and john Baker, Treasurer. Fairly frequent in their appearances on the Honor Roll also were George Kelley, Roger Vorce, Bill DeGiacomo and Bob Sullivan. Proof positive that the members of '48 were maturing rapidly was afforded at the junior Prom on December 27th, one of the worst nights of the Winter, when a galaxy of Sophomores appeared and gave evidence of some familiarity with the art of Terpsichore. When the sports scene shifted from Football to Hockey and Basketball, the Sophomores put their services at the disposal of both the sextet and the quintet. Saturday night games drew more of a crowd than ever, and our Red and Black skaters were prime favorites as they made the glassy surface of the Skating Club hot for every team in the league. It was Mul's last year and he and our Bob -I 65 I- GRANDSTAND QUARTERBACKS Russ MacDonald, Charlie Hearn Bob Egan, Bill DeGiacomo, Jim Grogan in a between-halves moment

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COMMUNION BREAKFAST Senior Corner of the Refectory. About this time THE WALRUSU presented a series of interviews with persons prominent in the St. Sebastian scene, and its readers were made better acquainted with Miss Meuse, Miss Kenney, Mary Hassett and Eddie Linnane. It chronicled also john Kirk's radio debut as St. Sebastian representative on the Junior Town Meeting of the Air program and the public debut of the Choristers at a concert in the Hotel Vendome before the Mt. Alvernia Mothers' Club. To reward the songbirds the Headmaster made them his guests at the annual concert of the New England Preparatory Schools' Glee Clubs. Added glory was gained by the Class of '48 when Jimmy Logue, our 15-year old enlistee, went to the finals in the Herald- Traveler Spelling Bee. In its own good time, Spring came to turn our thoughts to the Baseball season and the end of another pleasant year. Once again the mound work of Bob McNabb was spectacular as our nine enjoyed a most successful campaign, racking up 13 wins in 15 games and defeating formidable foes of the calibre of Exeter, Groton, Middlesex, Thayer, Cranwell and Malden Catholic. The j.V.'s also captured their share of fame by going through the season undefeated, Henry Lane entering the Hall of Fame by hurling a no-hitter against Our Lady's. In these diamond triumphs, Sophomores Andy McAuliffe, Hilt Collupy, Dick Doyle, Jack Boyle and Henry Lane were especially prominent. In the minor sports division, Fr. Keating experi- mented with the beginnings of a Track team while Fr. Stocklosa put the Tennis racqueteers through their paces. The month of Mary was observed with the traditional Noonday devotions and at the month's end the Headmaster consecrated the School and the student body to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. For a second time we watched Graduation Week celebrated by the Seniors, many Sophomores attended their Prom and then enjoyed Fathers' and Sons' Day with them as the Red and Black defeated St. Columbkille's. The Class Outing was held at the New Ocean House in Swampscott -I 67 1-