St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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and the Musicale was given in the Main Ballroom of the Hotel Bradford by the world--renowned Sanroma. Fittingly inaugurated by the Baccalaureate Mass and Sermon at the Cenacle convent, the Graduation Exercises culminated in the awarding of diplomas at the Atchbishopis House in the afternoon. Once again, His Excellency, Archbishop Cushing, was our gracious host and delayed his departure for a college commencement to greet the graduates and warmly felicitate the Faculty on a work well done. In his absence, Monsignor MacKenzie presided over the ceremonies that featured an address to the graduates by Professor Louis Mercier of Harvard University. The Salutatory and Valedictory orations were given by Robert Higgins and Myron Bullock respectively and Monsignor MacKenzie awarded the hard-earned diplomas. After Solemn Benediction had closed the exercises, we took a reluctant leave of the graduates who had been our schoolmates for two years and we departed for our Summer vacation sobered by the realization that our St. Sebastian days were at the half-way mark. One Sunday morning early in July we were overjoyed to read in the Boston papers that Fr. Mclnnis had been elevated by His Holiness Pope Pius Xll to the rank of Papal Chamberlain with the title of Very Reverend Monsignor. Wfe realized at once that this honor had been conferred on the Headmaster of St. Sebastian's both as a recognition of his outstanding priestly work for twenty-five years and as a seal of approbation on the School founded and developed under his direction. Wfhen we returned to the Hill, we found it difficult to remember to greet him as Monsignor instead of Father , but, while our slips caused us embarrassment, they never seemed to be noticed by him. It was as self-assured juniors that we re-assembled in September 1946 to find FRENCH CIRCLE Sluuding: Kelley, R. MacDonald, Bradshaw, Dias, E. McAuliffe. Seated: Vorce, Dore, Fr. Aubut, Malone, Hurley. -I 1-

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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-

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new faces in our ranks and to meet new instructors. Assigned to two classrooms on the second floor, we made the acquaintance of Fr. Francis Desmond, our preceptor in English, and Fr. Aubut, new member of the French department. In addition we came under Fr. Flanigan's tutelage for the first time to be introduced to Cicero and we soon came to know Fr. Dacey as a member of the Latin and Greek departments and Prefect of the Sacristy. The presence of the new Faculty members called attention to the fact that Fr. Redding and Fr. Clifford were no longer in our midst, but had been sent to universities for further studies, the former to Fordham and the latter to Laval. Among our own numbers we had suffered losses and made gains, so that our roster was as follows: joseph Deignan John Baker Thomas Barrette John Boyle Hugh Bradshaw William Brine Paul Cavanagh Robert Cochrane Edward Conway William DeGiacomo Arthur Dias Richard Doyle Robert Egan Harold Field John Fitzgerald Vincent Greene Daniel Griiiin james Grogan Thomas Hartnett Francis Hennessy Robert Hook Park Hurley Robert Julien George Kelley Paul King Henry Lane Russell MacDonald James Malone Donald Marshall Andrew McAuliffe Eugene McAuliffe Lawrence McAuliHe William McKinney Dominick Morley William Morrissey Thomas Murray john Nawn Eugene Pierotti Francis Pitts james Ryan John Skehan Robert Sullivan Roger Vorce When our scholastic program was announced, it developed that most of us were to be initiated into the mysteries of Chemistry under Fr. Cotter's direction, while a few privileged souls, Tom Barrette, Harold Field, Dominick Morley, George Kelley and Roger Vorce were to sit at the feet of the Headmaster to study Greek. In addition to the fifty new Freshmen who had taken over our old quarters on the first floor, the student body included two old boys, Robert Baker and Donald Marshall, who were on hand the day that St. Sebastian's held its first class. Their scholastic careers having been interrupted by a term in the service, they returned to us to refresh until new semesters began at Catholic University and Seton Hall College. On September 20th, the student body offered its felicitations to Monsignor Mclnnis on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. After dinner that Noon, Fr. Beatty expressed the Faculty's sentiments and Robert Bullock presented the Head- master a Spiritual Bouquet which was the offering of the entire School. Off the campus, the Alumni met at Joe Carroll's home early in the year for the purpose of organizing into an active group and the twenty-two graduates present chose Jimmy Collins '45 as President. Ed Courtney '45 and John Pickard '46 were elected Vice-Presidents, while the oflices of Treasurer and Secretary fell to Ed Murphy and Jim Lydon both of '45. Meanwhile, the customary Fall program had been under way for some time, the Football candidates having begun practice ten days before the formal opening of School. As soon as classes started, the J.V.'s began their conditioning proc- ess under Fr. Keating and its value was demonstrated when they emerged from -I 69 1-