St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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A and B . While we were familiarizing ourselves with our new surroundings text books were distributed and we noticed that our ranks had been divided as follows Freshman A Paul Burke Richard Carreiro James Clifford john Cochran David Connor Ralph Donnelly Gordon Doucette John Elston William Flanagan George Hayes james Hefler Richard Hook Francis Kett John Lydon Paul McDonald David Mcsorley john O'Brien john O'Neill Edward Ryan john Sherry Richard Sylvia Freshman B Neil Campbell Paul Clogan Richard Collupy Paul Corcoran john Darwin Frank Donovan Frank Downey Clifford Falk Albert Hughes Richard Hurley Richard Keelan Robert Kelly Frank Logue Gerard McCourt Robert Neville james O'Neil Thomas O'Shea Robert Powers Murray Regan Robert Russo Edward Seth Donald Sisk The following morning, School began in earnest and we were introduced to the priests who would guide us in our academic endeavors. Soon the names of Father Beatty, Father Cuffe, Father Keating and Father Clifford rolled glibly from our tongues and later we came to know the priests who taught the upper classes, Father Flanigan, Father Cotter, Father Stocklosa, Father Hannigan and Father Redding. Unfortunately, we were not permitted to enjoy Father Cuffe's direction very long, for on September 26th he was transferred to become Chaplain of St. Elizabeth's Hospital and Rev. james H. Joyce took over his classes in Math and General Science. As a farewell token of affec- tion, a set of Breviaries was presented to the departing teacher and the ovation he received on that occasion indicated to us the esteem in which he had been held by the School. Since Father Cuffe had been Director of Athletics, it was necessary to appoint a successor to him in that post and Father Flanigan was named to the position by the Headmaster. As we adjusted ourselves to the daily routine, we began to look forward to certain breaks in the scholastic program that made School life quite enjoyable. The 10:30 recess was one of these and we lost no time in leaving the classroom and hastening to the gym where we were content to join groups that philosophized on all subjects under the sun, It was not long before we were able to recognize the more eminent of the upper classmen and it pleased us to get a HH from fellows like Myron Bullock, jack Mulhern, Andy McAuliffe and Bob McNabb. At noon, a full course dinner was served us in the refectory and we marvelled at the quantity as well as the quality of the repast set before us. We could hardly wait for the day to come when we would be assigned to wait on table in our turn, because the waiters seemed to enjoy the process immensely. Presiding over the long tables of those days, a member of the Faculty saw to it that we were not bashful about seconds and also kept the conversational ball rolling. Between courses we admired the plaques on the walls of the Dining Hall and many of us won- dered if we would ever achieve the distinction of having a personal plaque of our own. When the School day ended, most of us acted on Father Keating's cordial invita- tion to report to his J.V. Football squad, although two of our number, Ed Ryan and Jack Darwin, had size enough to become members of Mr. Murphy's Varsity group. Dressing for practice and trooping into the showers afterwards gave us a sense of really belonging at St, Sebastian's and we went down the Hill conscious of the fact that there 66 1-

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l 1 1 l x .- - , Maura.. 1 FRESHMEN - - - Wlien we were very young CLASS HI TORY September 17, 19-15 was the red-letter day on which we first entered the portals of St. Sebastians The School had already graduated its first class the preceding june and we were the fifth Freshman group to climb Nonantum Hill. In company with the rest of the world, the student body of 165 was jubilant over the achievement of V-j Day as it made its way to the Chapel for the Mass of the Holy Ghost that was to inaugurate the School year formally. Entering the Chapel, we were impressed by its simple beauty and, during the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice, we felt very close to the Author and Giver of all blessings. After he had recited the prayers at the end of Mass, Father Mclnnis, 'the Headmaster, addressed us from the sanctuary and made known to us the ideals and requirements of the School. Here, for the first time, we were warned that three hours study each night was of the essence and that academic success would come only by dint of Blood, sweat and tears. Wfhen the rosters of the various classes were announced, the students left the Chapel to repair to their respective classrooms and we found that the Freshmen had been divided into two sections designated arbitrarily as 1-1 65 1,1

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l L PRIZE DIYBATIZ GROUP Mtflarty, Md arthy, lfather Beatty, Renaud, McDonald, Moore. could he tiun as well as work in this prep school lite, yet the hook hag on our shoulders acted as a hrake to curh our spirits from rising too high, Although it may have heen merely a coincidence, we were only memhers of the student hotly for a week when the Headmaster saw tit to inaugurate a detention period after School hours tor maleliactors ol varying kinds and the tirst session ot' the jug numhered six victims, ln due course ol' time, the lfreshmen had their voices tried out hy Father Keating and Mr. Leonard Wliecltiii, and there was much kidding evoked hy the proc ess, Secretly, those who made the ranks ot' the Cfhoristers were quite proud of the tact, while those who did not covered up their disappointment hy good-natured raillery ot' the future Cfarusos. By Uctoher, some ot' our classmates had heen named to 'l'he X5Ualrus stati and we awaited news stories over the names ol Dave C onnor, Paul Clorcoraii, Boh Kelly and lfran Kett. Wfhen the tirst issue of the School paper did appear, it expressed con- gratulations ol' the students to the Headmaster on the ottasion ol' the Silver juhilee ot' his Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood. ln that tonnection, we were privileged to assist at the Solemn High Mass which lfather Mclnnis celehrated on Ottoher lith at the Clenacle Convent in the presence ot' Bishop Kelleher and we were proud ol' the presentation speech made in our name hy Myron Bullock as he gave the Headmaster a Spiritual Bouquet from the student hody, Meanwhile, we followed with pride the exploits ot the Varsity lioothall team as it rolled to victory over older and larger schools like Lawrence Academy, Rivers, Roxhury Latin and Portsmouth Priory. Although tied hy Tahor and deleated hy Providence Country Day, our Red and Black squad emerged with six wins, the last over Priory hetore a large Parents and liriends Day gathering here on St, Sehastian lfield, One game in particular will always remain in our memory, lor, alter we had tr.unpled jamaica Plain hy a -ITU score, that night a tire hroke out in the cellar ot' the School and some 671,