St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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C Q ssazasswb fam xv, counmrav 23: lt- E ll I 1- sl ' 4 fo lv Iom ssa wxs JOHN LAURENCE O'LEARY, JR. J ackre Johnny V Football 1 M1HStFLlSh0W l 3 4 Asst Football Manager 'S Photography Club l Football Manager -1- Chorr 1 2 'S Asst Baseball Managerl Intramural Softball 3 4 Arrow StafT4 Spellrn Bee YV1nnerl '3 Altar Socretvl 2 '3 4 Boston College Mer I1m3Ck Rloeoorl nfr-o fha wmok fnfr fl'IP'lI Qhn I possess the ea? th NEW TESTAMENT In passm tlrrou lr the ru fe stooned lanes of Cambrrdge one would Hnd lt hard to mrss the O Learv re srdence At almost anx trme one hears the melodrous strarns of ope ratrc arras rssum for th rn a torrent from thrs pleasant habltatlon The cause of all this racleet of course rs aclere O Leary and apart from hrs operatrc asprratrons aclere IS qurte a lad Here on the h1ll rn hrs own unassumrng way Mr O Leary has made qulte a name for h1mself ohn has been qurte actlxe rn many extra currrcular act1v1t1es In the Held of sports ohn play ed a year of V football and two years of mtramural softball Hrs record as asslstant xarslty baseball and football manager IS topped only by hrs excellent serxrce rn the rmportant posrtron as head Varsrty Football Manager Hrs other talents are many and x arled Fr Keatrng s chorr clarmed much of hrs tlme durrng hrs Hrst three vears as drd the annual Black and Red M1nstrel Show ohnny IS a four year member of the altar socxetv a credrtable and farthful achlevement 1n deed As a member of the Arrow Staff and of Father Barrett s Photography club ack has used hrs spare tlme w ell word has It that he has been seen rn the company of a certaln xery charmmg Carol Further report from the F B I fFather Barrett s Il'lNCStlgat0I'S tell us that th1S mysterrous and exotrc Carol together wrth song fests centerrng around the Gregorran Chant, has prowrded many pleasant rnterludes at the Newton College of the Sacred Heart In the summer ohn has been busy at a certarn establrshment located rn the fashronable Bass Rrxer sect1on of the Cape tusslrng xalrantly Wlth soap suds and d1ShCS Of hrs summer socral actrx rtle s manv rumors haxe been heard but any definlte hrstory rs strll uncox ered In the field of hr her educatlon both Merrrmack and B C beckon Wlth the Helghts gettmg the edge from ohn so far No matter where John chooses to develop hrs talents rt 15 a certalnty that wherever he goes or whatever he does, a goodly measure of satlsfactron and happiness w1ll follow the dlsplay of the same quret earn est manner that has earned ohn a permanent place rn our esteem 40 r K4 ' ,PKI Y, I' - I I el 1 a er . rx m Y er A . Q a K -'.' . . ' tr ' rl , , 'l ' x , Q 5 ' Q H.. .,.. W. , -..e ...ew , ,. ..., ,U , n r l l l ,W , K , x I V . , . . , L 2 , , , f 4 u 1 . . ' ' ,. - l. A J Y 1 9 . . . ' . Y 7 , . n J I L Q a he , - n n n n , J I ' J- - ' 1 V 9 A , n s Q 1 D .Q H .. 1 --4.- -.1 ' . . ' ' A I ' ' .1 ' v ' ' s v I ' , Q I 5 t j 6 + -' ' ffilirx 44' . . . . . . if ' Nj Soclally, johnny has been a mystery. Although drsclarmrng femrnrne attachments 3 ' - H ' f 1 r 1 . ' Q M-,eg r , - - jr Q - - - - . l I -er: rg? ' Y ' I 2 .rx ' 1, e t .Q A : . . 5 . . . . l ' . ':il x v 1 ' v .g . 1 . . i , . W .' . 3 . x 3 . L e . I e e e 3 ' I l .

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K' ao' QQ ' ma r KEVIN MICHAEL O DONOGHUE Porkre Varsrty Football -l Basketball 4 Varsrtx Hockex 2 3 -l Intramural Softball 3 I V Hockey I Glee C lub 2 Holy Cross There rs but one good throw upon the drce, rt hrch rs to throrr them army CHATFIELD When a new Freshman Class beffan to assemble for the xear 1949 a stout youngster named Kexrn O Donoffhue trax elled rn from Belmont to enter our mrdst Almost unnotrced for a httle xxhrle he sat among us quretlx untrl firrallx xx hen the excrtement of our Hrst days besfan to subsrde hrs calm frrendlx personalrtx beffan to make rtself felt, and we came to knoxx and hke Porkx For the next four xears he persevered as one of the chosen fexx xx ho xx ere destrned to Graduate Durrng these four years, there were many trmes when a croxxd could be seen gathered about Kexrn s desk xxhrle that xxorthx xxould srt and sprn endless and ID trrgurng yarns for hrs spellbound fans XX rth hrs Uood humor and trmelx jokes Kexrn could drspel the gloomy clouds from the most sullen dax YN hrle Ixex makes no attempt to rmpress us mrth hrs successes rn affarrs of the heart xxe are qurte conscrous of the fact that he rs usuallx present at the school s socral exents and usuallx char mmgly accompanred XX henexer the ugly head of Rumor rears rtself to tre hrm up vxrth some partrcular femmrne frrend Kex consrstentlx refuses to be alarmed or non commrttal features In sports Kexm seemed to show hrs lnterest only rn the fuld ol Hockex ks a Freshman h1s contrrbutron was small but throuvh the folloxxrnxf xears he rmprox ed raprdly and played as a regular rn the last two years He was chosen captaln of the Red team 1n the annual Red Blue game but hrs scrappx team finallx fell to kefeat rn the face of stronger competrtron HIS debut on the vrrdrron came rn hrs last vea c ' rnbered onto the field to drsplax hrs proxxess Vrth not too much gfrace but a great deal of poxx er he soon became a standout lrne man Kexm tells us that he xxrll cast h1s lot xxrth Holx C ross next xear rn quest oi higher learnrng How ex er, no matter where hrs future hes Kex rn xxrll be remembered as one of the most popular students from the H111 Ike knoxx that Ixexm s career wrll be only a contrnuatron of hrs happx hrgh school successes and xxe predrct a future of rmmenselx satrsfxrng prosperltx for hrmself and anx future assocrates I l ribs 'F rr: F l' ew 7 KK , ' n , V 1 S 2 X V ' ' ' 'r , f' 7 , ' 3 ' ' , I , , xr c , ' 4. v' , v ' x I 3 x e ,If :vi I X X' ,H m 4 : X ,' xl' .V h - V X . Y ' , .. , ,ss , , A, . , B , , y - v x I ' I 1 . , . , . I l V' 3 Y V ' . , V ' ' x 1 ' , K b . L 3 ' x Iv . - xv. 1 v. ' . X . Y l I wx I D B . B l . I 1 A . I surprrsed, and vouchsafes no other re-actron but that cool thm-lrpped smrle on hrs xv - D 1 M '-'F'-s ,'. Q3, YA O ,- . , ' - ,- . s, - Q30 I . . ' , . . , ' ' ' - .,.f11. JUY.. , i U . n I , , , an sc 33 ' - ' Y , I . . '. , . ' . . ' . . J' u I - s - . ,f 1 . ' w 'T ,, , .. -- L .. ' V ' - Y ,KE -x'ff,1.f A as n nu , I . , . . . ,xo 44.1 r ' . Q is Y . 7 X 'I y - 39

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A 4'1- H lg lllflgw We 'MASSAU1 WILLIAM RALPH REAGAN B1 W11116 V3FSlty Hocleex 2 3 Arrow StafT3 4 Varslty Golf 3 4 Nflmstrel Show 3 4 Entel ta1nment Altar SOCICIX 3 4 C ommlttee 4 Good Gox ernment Dax Semor Weele Comm1ttee4 Representatxxe 4 Debatmg SOCICIY 2 3 4 Ln1ted Councll on 11 orld Pres of llebatmg AfIa1rs Rep 4 Socle ty 4 School Oratorlcal P1111 4 C lass Vlce P1es1dent 3 Intramural Basketball 4 11 alrus Staff 2 3 4 C ho11 2 11 ahus Edltor 4 Notl e Dame Etezy editor of neu spapers pays ti lbute to the dem! LA FONTAINE Class hustler mwht we-11 be the appellat1on to p1n on thlS stalwart of the Semor group B111 rose to be the ed1to1 ol the YN alrus the school rag , whlch reported happenmgs about the school completely and sensatlonally ex en 1f at t1mes scandalously In Latm, B111 was alwavs an ex trotele and could also quote 11n medlately many of t11e famous gems of Father Flamgan B111 alwaxs was a ffleat promoter 1n class affalrs and although he elld not attaln to a semor class office as he d1d ln h1s preuous year he was xoted 1n bx the class to represent St Sebastlan s as the Senator from New ton for a das B111 s debates are by now h1storx 1n the annals of the school, but they w1l1 be XlNlC1lX remembered bs h1s opponents espec1a1lx those from B C H1gh Brother B111 never ITIISSLC1 a soc1al functlon elther atop the H111 or 1n am wav remotely connected w1th the H111 and t11at coxers a xerx efepansne ter11torv From Mowes to Meadows and from Rexexe to Dorchester B111 IS an outstandme: faxorlte w1th the lael1es 1Ju11n1f h1s latter sears on the H111 B111 has been a member of the A11ow staff also lendmff h1s POISON pen to the accomphshrnent of some of those Cl19taStCfll1 but ne ee ssarx de11neat1ons t11at are more the part of the worle a day journahst than that of the more sc1ent1F1c more cultured more honorable bloqrapher and two other rufllians Owen Todd and Barn YN allace were made tr1 captams of those 1nfamous champs of the school lenown as the Doltw Guxs B111 s ehalgmq determlnecl form boundmlf all ox er the coult 1nst1lled fear 1nto the heaxts of all the more orthodox plaxers B111 w as also a member of V1n s s1x durmff the un1or cam pa1gn but qaxe up bemff a member of the puclesters to dexote 111mself to the YN al tus w here he found h1s capable hands qulte full of worle If one should dare to enter Boston on a summer s dax he m1ght xerx well find our dauntless B111 steermq some ungalnly trucle through the cowpaths of Boston B111 s renown as a salesman IS w1despread, also, for he learned the busmess wh11e 9UbStltl1tlI1g as an automob1le salesman for h1s uncle B111 s 1nc11nat1ons seen1 b nt toward the South that IS 1n the d1rect1on of South Bend Ind1ana where the hal low ed halls of Notre Dame becleon Senouslv, B111 our good wlshes for xour success are onlx exceeded bx our firm expectatlons that the future Wlll crown Wlth sure success all the efforts of one ot the most fr1end1y most gentlemanly students ex er to Grace t11e confines of Qalnt Qebastlan s , 141 TOTEP1 PQLE H5572 AGAIN t..u1'H Y J 5 Aft?-KAHQYK-v 3015953 .A- vif' ffsyg gi? LW x I ?rf5'h' all Iq5'7- BC: D Y. I - V u V. . :H . , , .Q 1' Q ,. :nu ' V . ,A . . 'rx ' I3 I' -..' I 1 - i F 4 . , , . ' D I i ' T: ' .V . 1 . l Y - ,A .N-,-M A . , . 2' , ' g I '. 4 . . ' V , 1 I' '- - , V gg .f Y n v n , , . .1 . . -, we 3 ,' . 1 ' ' - A M . . Q , , ' N , ' 1 I N . ,, 5 . m i I J 1: G . . ' . 1 - M V ' F F r . -V Y v gl .I If 4 Z Q Q , - , ' -. ' . - . ' 7 - -1 J A 4 U 5 U I 1 , f ' ' f I ' Q , - ' 1' ' A 1, 1 ' n ,D . ' ' .4 , .- I .A : 1 ' 5' ' Q Z: . 4 . . v . - :J ' . 5 . , I ' ' jg -f .. ' - v .1 . , v . ' '. - gf , '. . 9' - - - J v . 1- ' I , 1 N I Q , q ,. . ' V' I f ' ' . . , , 7 , ' , ' ' m , O , ' V B V i. . 1 ' 4 . 1-F, .. ' . . I' . 4 ' 1 Q-0 Q -1' . . ' . .7 ' ' v Q 1 . A a l : so . 1 ' ' . h . y , 1 ., . . QI, ,- , V 7 . 1 la- QQ .., - M, K1 : ' ,Q . ' - 1 ' .' , U' , l - - V' .' ' - .1 ga , . .- 5 . . ' t . , .. 77- ' I , . I . X 14 , , - U . ' U' .. ' ' . . 'A ' 1 . .3 Bi - 1 - , , ' 1' . in - 1 A 1 . ,U , v,.1 . .4 Q 4 l . . 2 H I . . . , I' , U ' ' ' ' : L-' ' ' 'lo V I . ' l . , . , .x V , -1 V 53 . . , , ' ' - ' ,- ' ' : . 3 , , Q ' , . Q , , ' . :' - , ,. ' - , :s ' .7-. '. . . ru ., , 3- ' v I 'x I4 , V - 1 I - 1 1 , . 'D . . . . 3 , . ' ' .. 1 N. ff . ,,,,, . In ,z'- lex 1 I 'Q-1' fe 5,15tMy,,s,g,gL.1n , :f:-.'-- -f' , is, Slx. P' 'ill' ,N V ' E15 zf! Er if -' Q' ff! - nz J' 62,1-7f'f. q no slpfivqf' gil! 4 ., lf :fi-fag' . 1 T 2