St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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To celebrate the occasion in the most appropriate manner possible, Captain Henry Lanes sextet decisively defeated neighboring St. Mary's of Vlfaltham, 5-1, while the captain himself turned in the hat trick . A week later, conditions warranted a second game on the St. Sebastian rink and our gliders took advantage of it to rout Roxbury Latin, 7-1. Both the Hockey and Basketball squads were honored at a banquet in the refectory on March 27th and the evening was enhanced by the presence of Coach Snooks Kelly, B.C.'s Hockey mentor, Eddie Boyle, well-known Basketball referee, and Vin Cronin, coach of Somerville Highs N.E. champions. In keeping with School tradition, Bob Murphy and Bob Kelly hung their plaques as winning captains in the Red-Blue con- tests, while, for the first time, shields, commemorating the Varsity captains in Hockey and Basketball, were unveiled. Invited to deliver the principal address at the University of Seattle at exercises com- memorating that institutions golden jubilee, Monsignor Mclnnis traveled to the state of Witsliiiagton late in the Fall, and then, in company with Father Flanigan, journeyed to Notre Dame, Indiana to be present when Hugh Glasheen '45 became the first St. Sebastian alumnus to receive a college degree. Sunday, january 50th, was the date of this historic event in School annals and, at a dinner given that evening, Huglfs tather, Mr. joseph Glasheen, donated a 3l,OOO bond to St, Sebastian's to inaugurate a fund for the erection of an appropriate chapel on our Nonantum Hill campus. january brought a re-organization of Debating activities into one society whose activities were to be guided by Father Beatty, and the formation of a Stamp and Coin Club directed by Father Flanigan. XVhen the animal Spelling Bee was held, Bob Joyce proved to be the top man in the Senior class nosing out Bob Cochrane for the laurels. To continue a custom of several years, manyiof us attended the junior Prom at Perkins Institute and had a delightful time in spite of many misgivings beforehand. The feast of St. Sebastian was appropriately observed on january 20th with a Mass celebrated by SENIOR SOCIALITFS Connor, Downey, Joyce, Donnelly, Ryan, Cochran, R. Collupy, Neville, Sullivan, McDonald and their Fair Friends, 1-I 85 li

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the Villanova squad worked out on our gridiron the day before its night game with B.C. and we were overawed by the giant size of the Pennsylvania visitors. Although the Football season was still in progress, the Headmaster announced one day in the refectory that work was about to begin on a Hockey rink right beside the gym and this news release was greeted by a spontaneous ovation that lasted fully hve minutes. When the bulldozers and steamshovels appeared on the scene, the engineers were surrounded by crowds of sidewalk superintendents who followed each day's progress with keen in- terest, To finance the project, St. Sebastian's Association rafiied off a T.V. set and each class in the School vied with the others to sell the most chancebooks in order to win the holiday promised to the group bringing in the greatest returns. Mr. Hilton Collupy was the chairman of the rafiie and four thermometers were posted in the refec- tory to denote the comparative showings of all classes. Proud of the part it had played in making possible our new gym, the Association dedicated it formally at a dinner dance held on November 20th and catered by Seiler, All the parents who at- tended were most enthusiastic in their praise of such a social evening, and, as a result, it is planned to hold the affair annually, The Football banquet was held here at the School on December Sth, and, it was characteristic of St. Sebastian's parents and fans, that, despite the unimpressive record of the team, the affair was over-subscribed almost as soon as it was announced. After talks by Referee Bill McConnell, Scout Doc Gautreau and B.C.'s Butch Songin, movies of the B.C. - Holy Cross game were shown and athletic awards were distributed. Plaques were hung by Tom Green and Bob Joyce and a Football letter was awarded to Dr. Carroll for his interested and devoted services to our boys. At the Christmas party, the traditional banquet preceded a Basketball win over Our Lady's of Newton and, at game's end, the drawing of the T.V. set resulted in it being won by an elderly lady who preferred to take the prize in money. After this arrangement had been com- pleted, the set was re-rafiied at a meeting of the Association and won by Henry Barry, St. Sebastian's '45. Father Keating's Choristers recorded a Christmas program here in our Chapel about mid-December and Fran Kett acted as master of ceremonies, The recording was broadcast over Station WORL on Christmas morning and it brought many fine com- ments. Christmas Eve, the choir also provided the musical background for the Midnight Mass celebrated by Monsignor Mclnnis and attended by many of the Alumni, During the Christmas vacation, the new floor in the gynasium proved an ideal dance surface for both the junior Prom and the first Alumni dance, both of which were liberally attended by Seniors. The Alumni also joined with the members of St. Sebastian's Association in a joint Communion Mass and Breakfast on January 2nd and they were ad- dressed by Honorable Matthew McGuire, Associate Justice of the District Court of Washington, D.C. When athletic interest turned from the gridiron to court and rink, it became ap- parent that our Basketball and Hockey teams would more than compensate for our lack of success in Football. With a lengthy Hockey schedule arranged, it seemed best that Mr. Vin Murphy should devote all his attention to the icemen, while Bob Hogarty would assume full direction of the cagers. The hoopsters were the first to go into action and they amazed us with their legerdemain as they rolled to ten consecutive victories before bowing to Governor Dummer, While the virtually all-Senior quintet could not be expected to maintain such a pace, they ended their campaign with a 16 and 8 record, beating Browne 8: Nichols for admission to the Class B Private School Tournament, only to be defeated by Cranwell in the semi-final round. The pucksters in the mean- time were rather restless because the mild winter was not producing ice and they fol- lowed the weather forecasts anxiously, hoping for a break that would allow them to take advantage of their new rink. Late in january they went into action at the Skating Club and at Concord, racking up wins over Browne and Nichols and Middlesex, but it was not until February 4th that weather permitted the first game to be played on our home ice. 1-j 84 1-1

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PISNNY SALE IZXECQUTIVIZS INTERN ISSIC JN SPIQIZCQH The Headmaster chunks che assembled gathering at the Second Annual Penny Sale Messrs. Kc-tt. Burke, and Burns Cflleck Last Minute Dc-t.1ilS. fi 86 j-1