St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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WALRUS STAFF Standing: Moore, P. McDonald, Corcoran, E. Deignan, Kelly, Giblin, Dore, Hefler, Delay, R. McCarthy, Zock, Harrigan, McCarty, Cotter, Masterson, Smith. Seated: E. McAuliffe, Hennessy, Bradshaw, Fr. Beatty, Vorce fliditorj, Fitzgerald, Dias, Kett, Barrette. Making its monthly appearances under the editorial handling of Roger Vorce, THE WALRUSU reached new heights of popularity, due in no small degree to the cartoons of Hugh Bradshaw, the star-reporting of Frank Hennessy, john Fitzgerald, Art Dias and Tom Barrette, and Gene McAuliffe's camera work. With tongue in cheek it recorded the irregular meetings of a group interested in forming a School band and the death-defying enthusiasm for water polo engendered by Fr. Harring- ton's promotion of a Swimming Team. From its columns we were informed of the reward trip given by the School to the hoopsters to enable them to see Holy Cross meet Kentucky in the New York Garden. That we were not the only ones to appreciate our School paper was proven late in the year when the Boston Globe awarded THE WALRUS first prize as the best newspaper in Class A. Because the Moderator, Fr. Beatty, had never allowed his name to appear in its pages, the staff conspired to add two pages to the final issue without his knowledge and the extra sheets featured a full-page cartoon depicting his journalistic technique together with a lengthy article purporting to have been written as an autobiographical eulogy. Christmas time brought with it the Annual Party which was attended by 7592 of the student body, despite the fact that it came on one of the worst nights of the worst Winter in the School's history. During the vacation, the Alumni gathered at the School for their second Communion Mass and Breakfast and Rev. Vlfilliain A. Donaghy, SJ. was the speaker for the occasion. Many of us attended the Junior -I I..

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Monsignor Mclnnis pictured for us the contrast between the pioneer group of 19 students and the 160 boys enrolled this year. Meanwhile, Football had started for both Varsity and J.V. teams and the School eleven got off on the right foot with another one-point verdict over Cambridge High and Latin. After the October First Friday Mass, class group pictures were taken and the Varsity squad left for New Haven and a most pleasant week-end which produced a 6-6 tie with Hopkins and a visit to the Yale Bowl to see the Elis play Columbia. Many Seniors and juniors took an active role in the great Holy Name parade in Boston as assistants to the newsreel and radio reporters and incidentally viewed the spectacle from the best vantage points. Once again, Jack Nawn won the Fall Tennis Tournament and Fr. Hannigan took advantage of the ideal weather to try out his golf candidates in a few matches that proved Frank Kett a real asset. Fridays were enlivened by the raliling off of tickets to the B.C. games, but the Seniors thought they were being discriminated against until Dan Griflin won the ducats after lower classmen like Lew Santora, Dick Schiffman and Dave Keelan had been the lucky ticket-holders. Another novelty for the gridders came when they journeyed to Hudson to play under lights and triumph 12-6, although the win was marred by an injury to Jack Boyle. Parents' and Friends' Day was observed for the third time and Case High was defeated 12-0 before a crowd of 500 who saw Bob Murphy make his debut as a back. Early in October, we observed the twenty-seventh anniversary of the Head- master's Ordination in appropriate fashion by presenting him with a Spiritual Bouquet after Bill Morrissey had expressed our sentiments and Fr. Beatty had extended the congratulations of the Faculty. To have our portraits taken for THE ARROW , we spent the morning of All Saints Day, even though it fell on Saturday, here at the School and assisted at Mass in a group and enjoyed the informal breakfast afterwards. In anticipation of the Winter program, the Hockey squad met to elect Bob Egan Captain and the Basketball group chose Hilt Collupy. The A.A. also announced the signing of Bob Hogarty, former Holy Cross star, as Assistant Coach of the quintet. When our eleven traveled to Cranwell, many Patents went along and enjoyed a pleasant over-night trip. Three days later, Monsignor Mclnnis was stricken with appendicitis and had to be rushed to St. Elizabeth's Hospital. While the opera- tion was going on, the student body assembled in the Chapel for the recitation of the Rosary and we were gratified to learn later that the Headmaster was resting comfortably. The gridiron season ended with a defeat at the hands of St. john's Prep and we honored the squad at a banquet on November 30th in the presence of 190 parents, relatives and friends. On the speaking program were sports celebrities Herb Kopf, Dan Kelly and Art Gore, and the Monsignor was well enough to return and preside over the function. jackets and letters were awarded and plaques were hung by Jack Boyle, Bill Morrissey and Ed Quirk. The J.V.'s came in for their share of attention and received letters as a reward for their campaign record of four victories and three defeats. Starting their season earlier than ever, our hoopsters made their debut at the Boston Garden and looked very promising as they took Sacred Heart of Newton into camp, and then went on to a fine 15-9 campaign that led them to the finals of the Private School Tournament, only to be nosed out for the crown by Browne and Nichols. On the ice, St. Sebastian's was represented by a veteran Sextet that lost but one game while racking up ten victories, the lone defeat being administered by Malden Catholic. -I 75 I-

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Prom on january 3rd and spent a delightful evening made possible by the efficiency of Bill O'Brien and his committee. Once again, the vanity case souvenirs high- lighted the affair in the minds of our fair guests. january 26, 1948 was an important milestone in the School's history for on that date an organization composed of fathers of our students and named St. Sebastian's Association was formed. Adopting as its objectives the welfare and advancement of the School and the spiritual and intellectual advancement of its membership, the Association elected Mr. Harold Field, President, Mr. Paul Corcoran, Vice-President, Mr. Cyril Cochran, Treasurer, and Mr. Joseph Deignan, Secretary. Although it has been in existence a comparatively short time, the organ- ization has already conducted a Penny Sale that raised more than 55,000 for the School under the chairmanship of Mr. William Morrissey, it has also benefited by a Day of Recollection given by Monsignor Mclnnis and attended by a large proportion of the membership who voted it a grand success. The Seniors and juniors were invited to work at the Penny Sale and they were well rewarded when the capacity throng at Brighton High School auditorium called it the best organized affair that they had ever attended. Bob Sullivan's parents were particularly for- tunate, for, after his mother had won the washing machine, his father received the S100 door prize. When we returned from Christmas vacation, the time sped by and before we knew it the Annual Retreat was upon us, preached this year by Fr. Robert Burns of the Paulist Fathers. In the course of it we had the time to think prayerfully about the life that lies ahead of us. The day it closed, Hugh Bradshaw took part in a transcription of the Junior Town Meeting of the Air program and his views on inflation were broadcast the next day. As usual, the Alpine Club made its invasion of the North Country during the February vacation and when he returned home Fr. Keating began to devote all his free time to a new project, the produc- tion of a Minstrel Show that would have an all-Sebastianite cast. A stage was built in the cage for the purpose and upon completion was tastefully decorated by Mrs. Kett. When the gala night of April 30th arrived, 750 people attended and made the cage resound with unrestrained merriment and applause from the opening curtain to the finale. Memorable highlights included: Dick Collupy's jekyl-Hyde voice as a feminine impersonatorg the blackface clowning of Harold Field, Tom Green, Park Hurley and Clem Dore, Dick McCarthy's weight-lifting, Tom Hartnett and jack Gilbert in the Sonny-boy routine, the beef-trust chorus, featuring Bill Morrissey as a brideg solos by Arthur O'Shea, Russ Masterson, Larry McCarty and Paul McDonald, Hugh Bradshaw as interlocutorg Joe Sheehan's managerial efficiency, Fr. Keating's many-sided genius. On April 4th, a joint Communion Mass and Breakfast was held for both the Alumni and the members of St. Sebastian's Association. Mr. Thomas Mahony, United States Observer at the San Francisco Peace Conference, gave a very timely and interesting talk, afterwards the Alumni met to elect new officers. When the balloting finished, John Pickard '46 was the new President, James Wiles '45, Vice-President, Bob Bullock '47, Treasurer, and Joe Carroll '45, Secretary. Two weeks later, the School sponsored its first Science Fair and a great many interesting projects were entered. Many parents took advantage of an invitation to attend and they were greatly impressed by the display of scientific interest and talent. After a careful inspection of each exhibit, Fr. james Devlin SJ. awarded first prize to Paul Sullivan -I 77 1-