St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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for his model gas producing plant and second prize to jack Nawn for his Bunsen Photometer. Other interesting entries were Lew Santora's model town of San Sebastian, Ed Conway's chemically grown vegetables and the thermometer made by Tom Hartnett and Hugh Bradshaw. To bring this long chronicle to an end, there is time only to mention that during the Easter vacation Fr. Aubut shepherded the members of the French Club on a trip to Quebec and conducted them on a tour of that fascinating city. Finally, the long-awaited prize debate between the Senior and junior societies was held in May with the older students victorious in a discussion of the Stratton Bill and Tom Barrette adjudged the best orator. Commencement Week is almost upon us and we approach it with mingled feelings of gladness and sorrow because, while it represents the crown of our four years effort, it likewise transfers us into the ranks of the Alumni and dispatches us to varying fields. When we leave St. Sebastian's, it will be with the resolution to carry the School's ideals with us and thereby guarantee the permanency of the happiness that we have known for the past four years. SENIOR SOCIALITES Prom -inent members of '48: Vorce, Deignan, Fitzgerald, Hennessy, Grillin, Hartnett, McAuliffe, Boyle, Barrette, Field, Conway, Nawn, Morley. -I 78 1-

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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-

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