St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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eww., ls 20 'ffl '6 54' qv M5901 EDWARD JAMES MCDONOUGH l6Buddy!Y Intramural Basketball 3 Senior Prom Committee St mor C lass Beadle Holy Closs Boston College Silence cs the element m 14 hzeh great thmgs fovm themseltes CARLYLF Ed McDonough IS one of those Chosen Few members of our aggregatlon who haxe put ln a full quota of four long faxthful, arduous tollsome wears on thls H111 Sexenteen years young and ha111ng from that noted subt rban communlty of Dor chester Edd1e has been steadfastly braxmg the wlnd and the snow and the ram rn hls dally trek from that 1solated hamlet 1n the charmlng company of B111 Dolty Guy 1 Reagan Although Eddle does not arm for sensatlonal prommence ln any extra currlcular actxvlty, he manages to g1VC a conslstently favorable account of hlmself both ln the athletlc and soclal spheres In sports Ed dern ed local fame by starrlnv on Mole Goggm s second place qumtet ln last year s lntramural league Hls close compamon shlp wlth Lou Russell drags h1m out for a llttle pasture pool now and then also General 1nd1cat1ons seem to polnt to Eddxe as a lexsurely and rare entrant, but a steady consxstent competitor when the chlps are down In the same quxet manner Eddxe manages to cover some terrltory m the Social Sphere, too Hls summers are spent ln the pleasant attractlons of the Sebastlanlte s favorlte Scltuate Hatherley Country Club has offered hlm golden opportunlty to combme a lucratne busmess wlth hours of leisurely pleasure and entertalnment Wlth hls casual taclturnltx, Ed xslll make no damaglng admlsslons where the femmes are concerned but numerous comments local and otherwxse lead to the comfortlng conclusion that Eddle IS no mlsogy mstxc anchorlte In the study department unassumlng Eddie usually ranked quxte safely m the upper half of h1S class On occaslons he actually Flabbergasted Father Shea w1th some of h1s sparkllng Spamsh translatlons and he has the d1st1nct1on of bemg one of the few to wrest a 90 away from that notorlously stmgy reverend gentlennn Ofliclal recognmon of Ed s dCPCIld21bllltX comes ln h1s appoxntment bv Father F lamgan to the demandmg posltlon of Beadle for the Semor class At the moment Eddxe s plans for the future haxe not jelled to any conslstency However, 1nd1cat1ons are that the break w11l be glven to elther B C or the Cross If Ed s success at St Sebastxan s IS any forcast of hrs future career then fortunate lndeed, wlll be that lnstltutxon or callmg that welcomes our ulet Man 1nto lts mldst I We wk! SHUT THAT w1N vowfll PICK up rms recon If N5 f ' lgf' N X .x . , . 1 . H . . . ' . fi . , , u J - . 1 . , 5 f ,l ' Y . l 1 l 1 ' 9 ' Y . . .... K U . V as 1 . K - . a . Y V . ' 1 . m . , . . , . . . K I - ' ' ' ' if ,, L 7 ' ' , . , Q 9 , K ' 1:5 s . , , . . . . Q I A ' 1 L K ill. .k,t,..?d 1 5. Y ,: 11 .:..f .. X at as ' ' , ' Qif, -.f 3 A 3 7 7 . . . . . . Y . . . ,mt I L . ' 1 15,1 f 2 A J ' Egg l V. ' ' as rv ' -,,ill,.. 9425- ' ,:5:5 E5:f2i - K 512751 . . . . . . . . . kv , ,-'13-jj, t ' 7 , ,,,, ,,,, 1.4 H ,, . . x v 1 a . . . , . . V . . . . , , . . . . N ,, . K t . . , Y . . , , . K . . - , . , . . i t . . . , , . . . . . . , HQ . ,, . . -, 5, 1 -.P . ' I351 vwsg., - V s ans 1 A t ,. ' wax.: A Q 'fli

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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, ,

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Jo J ITFORQE1'-I-HE PM W H KSNMM-Low -5 COU 'S , . as Nmraa- I2 1, +54 Qi 3 q 4mssA0fl JOHN MERRIMAN MCKINNLY Tweed YN alrus -l Semor Prom Comm1ttee4 Secretary 2 3 Cholrl 2 3 Debatmg 1 2 Arrow 4 Mlnstrel Show -l Dance Instluctor 4 Football Manager 2 lN altf Contest Wmner 4 unlor Prom Comm1ttee'3 Umvelsxty of Toronto E' ery day zs lathes day Il zth me 'Ih1s daslnnff xounff fellex mlght well be ln the secret employment of some prominent clotlnel for at St Sebastlan s ohn NIcK1nney IS unnersallv consldered one of the foremost stxllsts How ex er h1s penchant IS for conserx atne fashions, es peclally tweeds and so the mckname Iw eed has become practlcallv synonomous w1tl1 olm Mr MCKIHHCX one of the four xear charter members of our class, IS the fourth member of the NIcK1nnex famxlx to haxe entered St Sebastlan s In the search for a really substantlal educatlon Under the tutelage of Father Keatxng ohn Became qulte an accompllshed barx tone Tweed would exen attempt to harmonue wlth hls teachers, and even lf ohn hadn t alwavs prepared hls homelessons, he always had a llttle dltty rehearsed for the fellows Although Iohn dld not partlclpate personally 1n the major sports, he gave great asslstance to Coach V1n Murphy bv managmff football and hockey Tweed was llke a nurse to those husky men How ex ez Tweed really Hnds h1s forte ln the game of pool, and there 19 somethmg about the atmosphere ln a dlmly hghted, smoke filled room, wlth a Whltt cue ball outlmed agalnst a soft vreen felt that really stlrs up all of 'I weed s competltlxe Splflt X 4113 ' +6613 as At St Sebastlan s one of the leadlng forms of relaxatlon IS dancmg While stern i 1,-31 is PM 11 compe tltlon proxes that 'l weed can surpass the best ln all the tradltlonal Hnesse of ballroom dancmff of late danclng has come to mean almost exclusively square dancmg where 'lweed IS concerned The mystery IS from what source does the normally easy golng Tweed derlve the terr1fic energy needed for one of those barn vard brawlsp A falr portlon of ohn s outslde school t1me career IS spent at Balley s a fine old establlshment m Boston that proudes jox lmmeasurable for those lIldlVl duals with a sweet tooth Here ohn lends a sympathetic ear, when the boss IS not around to the problems of human belngs from all walks of hfe From behind the candy counter ohn IS always ready to outl1ne the procedure for maklnv bon bons and dlppxng chocolates YN hen Tweed manages the soda fountaln, more than one fellow s udent has jomed h1m ox er a dellclous sundae, and all on the house Tweed s very generous Splflt of co operatlon has been nowhere IH better evldence than ln h1s unassumlng but prodlglous efforts to get the current edxtlon of the Arrow to press If the Senlors recelxe the1r books durmff the Tradltlonal Senlor Week Festxwtles they may tender slncere thanks to the hard work and untlrlng mlnls tratlons of Tweed and hls rather modest compatrlot Tom W'elch The Umversnty of Toronto seems to appeal to ohn s search for a field ln whlch to further hls educa t1on Howes er though Tweed may wander far or labor near at home, his quiet, gen tlemanlv manner and h1s easv gomg co operatne Splflt w1ll wm for hlm everything that goes wlth success, and an esteem to match that whlch he has earned for hlmself among those who knew hlm at Salnt Sebast1an's '1 u u il Y ,, ' ' ' 1 x , 1 1 , 1 , , , , ' .1 ss 1 3 x 'V '. 4 I 1 i 1 1- 11 ' ' 1 ,' u V , , , 1 1 . ' i s U 1 Y . ' h , U ' ' . . I Q Q . ,i 1 , J . v 1 . v x . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 .I . 1 I 0 1 V V 1 . V V1 , - y Y x ' , 1.f - V as x - V' J ' V 1 .1 1- V ' . 1 . 1 , 1 . 1 + 1 A ' 1 V ' - V 1 1 K' K' ' 7 ' l l I 1 1 7 ' 11 V 1 V '- V' ' ' J , + ' 1 1 V ' ' T' 1 q l . A I . . r 1 , o - . 1 V V V - W I I .g 1 L . . 1 L - 1 1 X X W V v. . x H 1 1 . . f ' , 1 n a - 1.1 sl'- 1 f l v ' 1 I 1 x ' ' V ' ' . 1. ., 1 . 11, -V1 325' 1 :' , . 1 . . . 1 fl' ' -eff' M I A ' ' , .. 1--.1 6 .. , 1 .. if, If 1 .1 -- V. 1 1' ' ' A - Z7'a. A Q 1, X A . . . V H X 1 ' f-' I' mv ' 1 12 ' ' 7' V ' ' V11 5, '1 1 ' - I--', I QA 5 . . . 1 5' . . . x 1 1 1 - y fu . . J , . . . . , 3, Ii - - kg .9 . 1 V . , f 'fa VX ', 1 ' 1 4 - ya, -- l . . . W V, V11 1 1'1i :w , ' ' 1 ' . ,Y . . 1 ' V 3 - V J V , s - . . V . 1 V K . A 1 ' ' .i ' 1 ' 1 N ll. , 1 . 1 . . ' 1 1 l Q, ,, 1 1 1 Q . 1 . 1 . ' 1 ,. 1 D X 1 Y. . . . 1 . . - 9 J , ' 1 . 1 ' V V V1 y ' ' - , 9 , '1 1, ' ' A 1: '