St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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THIS LONG MILE Students Repair To Rctct-tory for Communion Breakfast. fl li OFFERTORY OF THE MASS -- Monsignor Mclnnis Celebrates the Holy Sacrifice assisted by Seniors Fitzgerald anti Kelly.

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As Christmas approached we went to the polls to select our Sophomore class othcers and the popularity of a new classmate was revealed when Tom Green emerged as Class President, the Vice-Presidency was bestowed upon Fran Kett, while Bill Gibbons and Paul McDonald were chosen Treasurer and Secretary respectively, In the pages of The WHlfllS the contributions of our classmates gained more prominence with each issue, Clem Dore having joined the news staff and Bill O'Brien the photography department. The monthly Honor Roll did not seem to vary too much over last year, although Clem Dore and Al Hughes were new additions, while Tommy O'Shea, a dark horse, took the Class Championship in the Herald-Tmz'efe1' Spelling Bee, To reward the j.V.'s for their outstanding gridiron season, a Sports Night was held for the players and their parents on November 29th and the evenings highlight was provided by the appearance of the B.C, Varsity backfield. In the athletic cycle, Basketball and Hockey followed on the heels of Foothall and we followed the court and ice teams with keen interest, After the traditional Christmas banquet in the refectory, we adjourned to the cage to watch our basketeers take on B.C. High in the first athletic meeting between the two schools and, while St. Sebastian's was defeated, we were pleased with the showing of our quintet before the gallery of 400, The invitation to have our quintet appear several times at the Boston Garden during the season also proved to us that Vin Murphy had brought our hoopsters a long way. Wliilc- we did not know it at the time, our Red and Black skaters were playing for the last season at the Skating Club and we were pleasantly surprised when they annexed the First Half Championship, although they were forced to bow to Malden Catholic in the play-oil game. We could well be proud of the contribution made by our Sophomore class to the sextet, for Bob Murphy inherited Mul's high-scoring crown, Bruce Harrigan was a defensive stand-out in the net, and Billy Gibbons gave Bruce the maximum of protection at his defense post. Our lirst team was certainly the equal of any in the league and it was merely a lack of depth that cost St. Sebastian's the title. During the Christmas holidays, many of us made our social debut at the Schools junior Prom and we were amazed at the change in the Refectory that had been wrought by the hard-working decoration committee, our Bill O'Brien among them, Harold Fields romping in the polkas and joe Ford's Tails were added attractions, so the occasion was a prime success, Wlien we returned to School routine, the feast of St, Sebastian was observed fittingly by a Mass celebrated by Monsignor Mclnnis and, at the end of january, Father Philip Kelly, C.S.C. conducted our Annual Retreat, Two weeks later, the Tebruary vacation made it possible for many of us to depart for the North Country with Father Keating and as usual the Alpine Club expedition was most enjoya able and productive of happy memories. Soon the Lenten season was at hand, bringing appropriate devotions in the chapel on Wfednesday and Friday afternoons. Sl NIOR C ORNFR OF THE REFECTORY The Seniors Enjoy First Friday Communion Breakfast 1-l 72 1-z

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1 I i l STAMP AND COIN CLUB Sfrllllffligf Connor. O'Bryan, Father Flanigan, McCarthy, deVicq. KllL'L'ffl1g.' Wfeber, Demeo. On March 16th, the Hockey-Basketball banquet took place in the School refectory and the members of both squads were presented with sterling silver medals of St. Sebas- tian in addition to the customary athletic awards, For his years of devoted service to our athletes, Dr. Gibbons, Billy's father, received a Varsity letter while Tom I-lartnett's dad was honored with a St, Sebastian medal for his rescue of Father Flanigan and our marooned cagers during the winter's worst blizzard. Wfhile we were not present at it, the Hrst Alumni Communion Mass and Breakfast was held at the School on April 13th and the principal speaker of the occasion was Monsignor Wright who took for his subject The Privileges and Responsibilities of Higher Education. About this time, the Spring athletic program came into its own, and the School fielded teams in Tennis and Golf as well as Baseball, With Father Aubut coaching the netmen and Father Hannigan piloting the golfers, the respective teams turned in credit- able performances, breaking about even in their interscholastic matches. Hardly anyone at St. Sebastian's could bring himself to be optimistic over the Baseball prospect, because a long illness and convalescence had deprived us of the services of Bob McNabb and the team was to face the most diiifcult schedule ever attempted, However, despite the gloomy forecast, it was not long before we realized that we had a star southpaw in Andy Mc- Auliffe who reached a new peak by fanning 24 batters in the St. Johns Prep game, The fielding of the Red and Black left much to be desired in many contests, so the Arrows had to be content with a -1 and 9 record, even though our members Billy Gibbons, Fish Collupy, Bob Kelly and Fran Kett were in their trying all the time, 74 1-1