St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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,

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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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C. Y. O. PARADE Senior Class Officers head the St. Sebastian marching contingent. wag suggested that it was an act of revenge on the part of the defeated team, ln their own sphere of competition, our and j.V.'s acquitted themselves nobly and in the game reports given in the refectory the names of Murray Regan and Bob Kelly received particular credit. lnto this idyllic existence, the specter of a report card inserted itself when the hrst marking period closed and we waited with bated breath to hear our fate, Whera the Honor Roll awards were announced, we were pleased that jack Cochran, Dave Connor, jim l-lefler, Bob Kelly, Frank Kett and Murray Regan had made the grade and we re- solved that the next similar occasion would find the rest of us recipients of honors, Wliile we did not quite grasp the complete significance of the event, we shared the general jubilation at St, Sebastians when it was announced that the first edition of The Arrow had won All-Catholic rating in the national competition for yearbooks sponsored by Marquette University, After Thanksgiving had come and gone, snow gave us an unexpected holiday on November 30th and helped us to anticipate the joys of the Christmas vacation, Mean- while, we were getting accustomed to the First Friday observance each month at the School and we enjoyed the Dialogue Mass that preceded a Communion Breakfast in the refectory. In early December, class elections were held and after grave consideration we elected Bob Kelly, Dave Connor, Murray Regan and Dick Collupy to the posts of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively. If we were old enough to vote, we were mature enough to take part in the Schools social life, it seemed, for Bob Bull0ck's junior Prom committee beseiged us with tickets for their dance which was to be held during the Christmas vacation. rl l-1