St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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,gp :, 5 'aber 2 E. Qi ? '4 J q MAssA0'N JOHN KELLEY Kelso Jack Varsrty Football 2 VI1nstrel'5how 3 4 V Basketball 2 Intramural Softball 'S 4 Varsrty Basketball 'S 4 Chorr 2 Vrce Presrdent 4 Entertamment XX alrus Ass t Edrtor 4 Commrttee 4 Arrow Staff 4 Scholarshrp '3 Holy Cross There rs .so much trouble rn commg into the ze or lcl aml so mach more as well as mecmness m yomq out of rt that rt rs hardly re or thu hzle to be here at all LORD BOLINGBROKE A famrlrar figure to both the faculty and the students of the class of 53 for these past three years has been that of a srngular rndryrdual Mrster ohn Kelley D as he has been loyrngly labelled by teachers and students comes from that far off regron known as Wellesley Hrlls There ack has resrded eyer s1nce he mrgrat ed from hrs beloyed Worcester to jorn us here at St Sebastran s For two long years, Kellso was a charter member of the exclusrxe Srne Femrna Club and was consrdered a real Grbraltar That was untrl he appeared at the Turkey Trot last Thanksgrvrng rn the company of a certarn young lady Durrng thrs brref socral whrrl ack proved hrmself to be amanngly qurte well yersed rn the art of Terpsrchore ack has trred hrs hand at yarsrty basketball and rntramural softball rn hrs three years at the school Hrs performance on the basketball court has not been spectacular but yery steady and dependable D usually makes hrs pre sence felt not only by hrs actryrty on the field but also by the unrque words of en couragement whrch are a product of hrs sparklrng wrt Durrng the football season and porsoned pen he takes notes for hrs rollrckrng sports column rn the NN alrus Durrng the football season ack IS eyerywhere among the spectators provrdrng a musement for all rn attendance vrrth hrs caustrc comments and enthusrastrc encour agement Academrcally jack has been a far better than ay erage student rn that he almost captured the Scholarshrp rn hrs Sophomore year came rn on top rn the unror year and rs now holdrng hrs own rn thrs benror year In class ack has neyer been a Srlent Sam and hrs cracks about the yarrous subjects under drscussron haxe on many occasrons thown entrre classes rnto uncontrollable Hts of laughter and ex en drawn hardy laughs from some of the more somber members of the faculty As to the future ohn rs rather undecrded but he plans to attend erther Boston College or Holy Cross One thrn rs certarn and rt rs that ack wrll always be a major success and enjoy the company of good frrends Hrs capacrty for work hrs humorous wrt and hrs wrnnrng manner all assure us of thrs KN e wrsh Jack the best of luck rn every field of endeaxor and hope that he wrll nexer lose the joyral cheerful manner that made hrm so much a part of us 33 J r LH! GIRL xEEPAwAY FRDH HE L V v Q 4 O KC 7, i ll 7, .' ' , ' . . I ' .r ' - als 49 ' , A ' , ss 5, ' ' ' .' ' J .f z 4 . J V V . . . V V I ll ' ' , ni as . ' , J - .4 J 99 ,' X , . . , o n , n n , ' V . L , ,, . , , .t 73 , ' , .r -- X . ,, ' . x . V . , . GS Q, ' ' ' r ' r . r . . . . J 'V ' . V ky. . x '- V , V l I LL I Jlf, , 'V - 7 ' Kellso's' figure has become a standard feature on the srdelrnes whrle wrth hrs paper 66 ' ' ' ' ' Gi I Y 11 . . ' . . I F 'T-Y' 1 . V V . - eg: Q . V . . V . . , . I VI V V NK . ngjf: , ,, . ' V V . . x . . V V i , jf , X ' ' ' Q K f 3 , . 1 n I Q ' u , u s n l l I n 'V ', A t u , I D u I ' I I A -' , , , . V A , , . ' 1 , l l ,

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HQRBXS HOV 9 mc.: HFTY yggbllb 'L ali! xv!x5C0UN7-5,07 's 1. 3' QW 14 1 , 1 + Q, we Qjfgnygeb MuvU9 ROBERT WILLIAM HOLMES, JR. l llB0b7, Holy Cross The best of men A soft meek, patient humble tranquzl spzrzt The first true gentleman that ever breathed DECKER R1ght out from under the very shadow of Nonantum H111 comes the very late arrxved but no less welcome add1t1on to the class of 53 Late September saw Bob ushered 1nto our m1dst for a l1ttle postgraduate pohshmg up Before h1s debut on the H111 Bob had graduated from Bostons famous Engllsh H1gh, and at that anclent 1nst1tut1on renowned for good athletes Bob s tacklmg on the football team had been qulte on a par w1th Engllsh s best trad1t1ons Unfortunately for St Sebas t1an s Bob was 1ne11g1ble to make a player s contr1but1on to the Arrow eleven but hardly a game took place w1thout Bob s 1nsp1r1ng presence as a slncerely enthusxastlc rooter Bob hlmself IS qulte a spec1al1st 1n the xery exactmg art of place klcklng and many an afternoon found some of our k1ck1ng spec1al1sts droohng emxously at the slqht of Bob s d1sconcert1nqly easy perfectlon m th1S hlS forte Around the campus Bob s qu1etly confident but unassummg manner 1mmed1 ately became a welcome add1t1on to any cxrcle HIS handsome hulls was 1nvar1ably garbed 1n tasteful style and Bob s modest good taste and tr1m appearance soon p1n polnted h1m as one of the school s best dressed men 9pec1alt1es IH thlS l1ne var1ed all the way from a Wlde xarlety of sharp str1ped t1es to an mterestmv collectlon of comfortable lookmg tw eed coats Bob s summer months are usually spent around the dormltorles of Radcllffe Lmyerslty restorlnv the rooms to an attractlxe appearance for the mcomlng students ln the fall Though Bob swears he sees nothlng of these falr damsels but thelr ghosts th1s sounds l1ke some of those fantast1c propaganda l1ke emanat1ons from the Vlalrus that masquerade under the name of truth and news Serlously however we are sorry to see gentlemanly Bob leaxmg us when we have only begun really to appreclate h1s companlonshlp At least those of us who are headmv for the Cross haw the promlse of rentwmg our all too brlef acqualntance at WN orcester, m Sep tember Howexer the rest of us M111 treasure th1s memory of one of the best of school chums and look form ard wlth antlclpatlon to manv reunlons wlth Bob 131 KC 7 Y f P, 1 1 Y ' Y ' ' Ch 9, , . as ' 9 9 1 ' ' 3 . . . . , . 3 . Y. . , . . - . , . . . , . . V 7 Q 7 ' Y 1 ' 1 1 , t 1 A K, ' 1 , . . . .- 5 1 s, y . , . . . 1 . ' wp - . . , . . . . . . 555555, - . 1 X ' -- 1 s 5525525541 ' Y - ' r 1 E3 u'tfw- e 5555 1-.J A . . . 55- QXA5 ' ,,sr,gs- . ' 5 . . . ,, s .,. , I .... , 525.-Ig: 31 , I . K K , I - - ' 45. ':'1.x: 1 V, .4 7 as ' 1 R fi -- . ' 7 9 P Y 1 7 1 ' 3 F9 . . . . , . , , , . , , , , ' 3 , , 1 .

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SCOU 'Wh' sf' Q.. rs y 5-Sli? 'Psy e ta. I a s If E , sg qY'4lASSAC-wx HERBEHTHENRYIGNG Rex Her bre Georgetown Holy C1 oss Basltttball 2 'l 4 Intramural Softball 'S l Dt batrng 2 Ltfe ts not a .spectacle or a feast it QS a pr etlzcament SANTAYANA Thrs blrtht sprrrttd member of our class rs nont otht r than that aflablt character rramtd Htrb Krnff Htrb dropptd rnto o rr mrdst at tht btffrnrrrnv of tht sophomore war and srnce tlrtn Htrbrt has taktn a firm post rn our affectrorrs Known through out the school for hrs slx wrt and casual good humor Ht rb would ofttn spend hrs wholt lunch hour ffloatrnff ou r hrs succtsst s rn am of tht numt rous wrttv encounters rn w hrch ht clarmtd to hart whtt ltd the faculty So relrable was our Ht rbrt rn tht oprnron of Fathtr Flanrffan that tach mornrng the begrnnrnff of tht first pt rrod found Htrb saddltd wrth the crrtrcal duty and defl nrte honor of procttdrng to tht lowtr rtgrons of the school to extrngursh any and all unntcessarx lrghts Rumor hath It that durrnff these stolen rnterludes he often suc cteded rn completrng an Envlrsh assrgnmtnt That possrbrlrtx howex er wrll remarn um ouched for forex er unless Herb chooses to come clean hrmself Durrng class Ht rb had ftw peers rn the fine art of creatrng or strmulatrng humor for hrs fellow students Fathtr Barrett s hrstory class was often the scene of some really hvsterrcal moments due to the werrd antrcs of Brother Herbert In the com Herbre succeeded rn lseeprng hrs srde of the room rn a constant chuckle Herb was defrnrtely no slouch rn the sphere of athletrcs One of the best and most consrstent basketball players rn our class, he could be found, almost any nrght durrng tht xear worlsrnff out rn tht ffwmnasrum performrnv all manner of shots and strrxrng wrth mrght and mam to outdo hrs arch rrx al Ed Govgrn Herb and Ed are really the closest of frrends but there has sprung up betw ten them a hrlarrous rrvalry the hlte of w hrch nextr has bten wrtnessed, and possrbly nes er wrll be matched Not a real Grudge rrx alry rt was one of those absurdly humorous affarrs that wrll lrnger plt santlw rn our mtmorrts for as long as wt txrst In the course of therr mcessant battles Ed and Htrbre acqurred mam apt and descrrptrxe nrclsnames whrch we must wrthold from tht general publrc Dru cn on by the cheers and jeers of the boys our two worthrts rndulged rn somt heated xtrbal battles and slv provocatlve argu mtnts that proxrdtd somt of the most uproarrouslv tnjox able rnterludes rn all our school cartt rs Herb plans to attend college at Georgt town or Holy Cross Wherever he goes wt art all surt that Herb s marxelous senst of humor, hrs honest srncerltv, and hrs attractrxe aptrtudt for gettrng along wrth people wrll carry hrm far rn thrs world Good luck Herb and be assured that wherex er members of your class may congre gate rn the future you wrll alw ass be one of our most pleasant memorres, one of the grea' guxs wt wrll ex er meet ., at vs 1 u , ' rr .' ' ' , t . 'L -V e , ' , , y , , ,- ' U 'i ' x-A ' -' 1 - - I M 'h- r 1 s l x' ' 3. if ' 5 . L ' . b X lx. I vi AX I g 5 . , ,. . I .. , . D ' l x . x rx s' ' Il x ,, Y. ' ' 5 7 x D 5 . L . ,. L . , 4 , , . m ' - . V V4 I 1 CS ,Y 1' I ' ' , , r. . . 7 A . n 1 '. 'Q , 4 K Q l pany of Gerard Gonnelln. Jack Maloney, Bill Reagan, and Greg Sullivan, Happy , . A 1 x ,V 5 Y 'I 5 ' E 51' '. ' 5 ' ' v n l . V s H. ' f . I 1 A . , v A 1 p 7, u , A 5 .v Q 3 . Y B L . . . K nn. v D 4 1 e.l ' Yl X P. D . . X . . H . ,C ,, v '15 ' F ' A s , vs L E , l 1 - . x' ' f I A ... , , 1 7 ' I ' . . . ' .' . ' . Y- y yi . ' . I ' lc I , 19 ' Y' , I 5 ' 1, ' - , ' ' - '- '- g 1, ,