St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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JQLLIVAN il SET5 559CvEf1AN ml' f S, COU f-it + xg 'WFP if S325 '5- E gg? sie QVMASSA VS GREGORY TIMOTHY SULLIVAN Greg C horr 1 Stnror Week Debatrng Socrety 1 Commrttet 4 J V Basketball 1 Tennrs Laptarn 4 Yarus 1234 Arrow -l Iennrsl 2 3 4 Holy C1 oss The fickleness of the woman I love ls only equalled by the infernal constancy of the Tl omen who low me BERNARD SHAW Four xears ago thrs prrde and joy of Mr and Mrs Gregory Sullrvan of West Newton appeared on the campus of St Sebastran s for the Hrst trme urte mterested rn academrc pursurts Greg made hrs presence felt rn many ways rn the ensurng years On many mornrngs a tardx Greg could be seen clrmrng the hrll bewarlrng the fact that hrs thumb had let hrm down Though hrs studres seemed burdensome at first he soon got rnto the stung of thrngs and aggressrvely tackled the classrc arts and scrences And urth due success for Gregg proved hrmself a scholar rn all hrs subjects and could be found near the top of the class standrngs at the end of the year Durrng the summer Greg could be found slavxng away rn some capacrty as a state employee Though wont to complarn that he never made enough money he finally admrtted that he recerved a just return for the work he d1d Whrle hrs summer resrdence xx as rn Qcrtuate he could strll be found frequently 1n the vrcrnrty of Brrghton xrsrtrng frrends and classmates Many were the laughs rnsprred by the narratron next day of these and other eprsodes from iulllvan s Travels , related by that worthy hrmself and wrth the greatest gusto One of these self revelatrons had our young man about toun drlrgentlx but lucklessly courtrng an attractrve school year found our trreless Greg xrsrtrn Canada and Washrngton all trlps qurte productrve of unforgettable memorres for many tales of the new worlds conquered came floatrng back from these short vrsrts The rest of the year found hrrn constantly ln the company of ack Dunphx roaming the town seekrng brgger and better adxentures Greg played J V basketball rn hrs Freshman year but findrng tennrs more relaxrng and more enjoyable he decrded to pursue thrs course of athletrcs durmg hrs hrgh school career He made the regular lrnetp rn hrs unror year and one or two letters When asked about hrs chorce of a college he rndrcated he mlght attend hrs father s Alma Mater Proxrdence College or even possrbly Notre Dame Wherever he goes armed urth hrs same brrght smrle and warm personalrty Greg rs destrned for happrness and succcess YN e hope that future vears wrll brrng hrm back for frequent xrsrts to tht school and to the fellow s who found hrs company so pleasant L44 li 77 , . . , . , . X 'v . , . r I r rt 97 4 x 99 , , , 9 I 3 ' A . , , H Q n E Q. - p , ' l , -1 H Y. A I K K K 1 u u n I ' ' 3 c 9 ' . K g 5 . . . . K v , . . . ,, ,, . . . 'f K' 5 -' cc - 3 as 'L- I , , . N . . K K . U . V SL - , - V 1, ' ' Y ' ' 'N ,Ax creature whom he nominated for K'Miss Deep Freeze of 1952 . Vacations during the - I . T v. . . U . . . A tl - ' x, ' 'U m J 5. X jg . 4 .,. . vga.: ' . K Y J ' 7 Q ' . . on . 4 f . ' ' -A n 4 Y Q K 1' , 1 . ' - . n n s I , s 1 . r J K' n . K A 1 , u 1 Q v. f . A. or 1 . , v 1 ul o I ,a v v K u n ,a l

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his af:- 'I' S9355 kuglrfew -QQ? qY' 5AO5 JOHN JAMES SHEEHAN III Doc J uanlto Amoeba V Baseball 1 2 3 Mlnstrel Show I IV Basketball 1 Arrow 3 V Football I 2 Intramural Basketball3 4 Varsltw Baseball 4 Notl e Dame The ztoikems are the samors of society th redeemers of the race DEBS Frammgham boasts many attractlons and VHFIOUS polnts of mterest but the real reason for thls town s popularxty IS John Sheehan IN hoes er sald that good thlngs come m l1ttle packages must hate been thmkmfr of ohn Exer smce the hrst day that Gol1ath ' trudged up the Hlll he has been attractlnq favor able attentlon At hrst we were skept1cal about Amoeba s sue As soon as we bee an to hlt the books however we found that Doc operated on all elght cxlmders 1n the held of educat1on More than once we found The Mlcrobe towermff oxen us m the class standlnqs In sports, uanlto seemed too compact to succeed but someone must han forgotten to tell h1m HIS record speaks for 1tself For three years ohnnx was a kex man on Father Barrett's V mound staff but Doc d1dn t stop the re The Vaxsltx was h1s goal, and low and behold he made 1t' A year of V basketball two ol football and two wlth champ1onsh1p 1ntramural basketball teams rounded out Gollath s sports hlstory a cred1table storx mdeed' In the classroom we found ohn to be a gentleman at all tlmes but nexer backward about st1ck1ng up for h1s COnSt1tUt10DaI Rlghtsl Doc w as truly a good student excellmg 1n Lat1n RCIIQIOD, and Hlstorv In the hterarx held ohnny has been a contr1but1ng member of the ARROW' w rxters staff AFIISUCHIIV speakmv too Amoeba was a featured member of the Red and Black Muslcal Ewctrax aganla 1n h1s Freshman year In the Summer, one may fmd John asleep on a broom whlle workmg fox the Town of Frammgham, or perhaps w1eld1ng a wh1p 1n the capacnty of Counclllor at a fashlonable boy s camp Soclally, ohn remams a mystery Rumors come and go yet he denles all However lt IS a known fact that the mentlon of a ce rtaln wounv lady s name brmgs a star struck look 1nto Doc s eyes Need we sax more 9 Notre Dame IS Mr Sheehan s cholce m the field of l11Uhe1 educatlon and a lucky cholce It IS both for h1m and for Notre Dame too' IN e need hardly wlsh Doc success for h1s record so far seems to assure It for the future So mstead we wxsh hun Bon Voyage and all happmess and true contentment m the sem s ahead H31 ff ,gvytififg -'Zim il if 9 ll Y! ll ' 71 ll Y! J. , . , , . , .1 as 4 1. . , J. . , , , , , . it Y ,n li 1 h . l l e 1 ,I ,, . . . . . i 1 vi , . , , , K . . 4 tr. U . , . x . ' Q i i . , Q . s ' . ' A X ' .. a 19 -, r ' x N , . . . . , , 5 ,, h' ,, 1 :I f v I x . 5 F x 9 ' 1 , ' ' 'l x vx 5. u l ,, vx ' vs' I x 1 1' . , . .. ...I ' as I t. x I l i , H K KI , as sy - 9 I 1 x ' x , - , , . ' 1 - . I- - - ' , . , . . . . gp,-,z 5,51 , , . , , . If I 5 ' I as ' an ' v - 7- X 'fllll A. f.:.:-ff , ' . - . - f f-:,:?5:EE-F E'-1':,u... f': ,.-..-,:-,--- 4 , '--,:..Q I f- f . Q.. . , Fpf ' sk - . , . ,, ,a an ,,, . , , jf!-,vw In ai Ax,-1. . A7 .yr W' ' ,' ' ss ' ' ' 19 .. 91 V Y - ,. -f . . ' . . . . ' '. . ' ' ' :Z ' ff? 1 . 1 . , ' , f , ' f 55' . . H ,, Y . , . . . L K . 1 I , . as as X Y - V , n I . ll 6 :- T m ' . , . J . . . I . ' 9 , F 9 ' ' ta a as , x . . 5 , . . . . , . H ,, . Y f , , . l 1 . , . . 1 . st 91 - ' x , h j , . 4 .

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SCOU fe ar ev- H+ A H 'Lf l' '1 1 9 -E. J Q 4urssA0fl' KEVIN MARK THORNTON V Football 1 2 Intramural Softball 3 tl V Baseball 1 2 Rmg Lommrttee 4 V Basketball l 2 Intramural Basketball 'S Varsrte Football 3 4 C horr 1 Notre Dame Holy Cross I nz not denym the zz omen are foolzsh ELIOT Eeery mornmg from hrs domrcrle at the foot of the Hrll Keern Thornton w ends hrs wav wearrle to school shrrnkrng from the ordeals there to be encountered Kee s proxrmrte to the halls of knowledge though pre sumable an ade antaege does not always seem so enerable a posrtron to hrm Hrs close relatronshrp wrth the school rs rendered eeen more rntrmate be reason of hrs berng almost related to one of the elrgrble members of th Faculte llesprte these soberrng mfluences Kee can usualle be countered on to lreen up ane dull moment wrth some sparklrng wrttrcrsm In hrs off hours Kee can usualle be found rn the compane of Bob Connors rn earnest search of amusement Some of hrs spare trme has been spent rn rustrc settrnqs and Kee can often be heard entertarnrng hrs fellow classmates wrth thrrllrnq accounts of some of hrs adeentures up the countre Thouffh qurte a farthful follower of most of the local socral eeents Kee clarms no partrcular mte rest rn ane of the farr sex, and our agents haee been able to uncoe er no rncrrmmatrnff eerdenee up to thrs trme In the field of athletrc endeaeour Keern started ofi' wrth V football under the drrectron of Father Keatmg Durmg hrs first two vears he could also be seen drsplaymg hrs talents wrth the V s on the basketball court and on the baseball V1n s Varsrty football squad He also figured promrnentle on the rntramural softball and basketball teams durrnq these latter years Owrng to hrs definrtele noteworthe performance rn the rntramural play offs rn unror Latrn Kee s champronshrp stand mg finally procured hrm a release from that dreaded subject Nee er one to waste effort Kee usually warted untrl the eere last mrnute before hed Urudgmvle read any one of the books assrgned by Father Syle ester, and ee en then he d clarm that rt was all a gross waste of trme talent and efiort Durmq the long summer eacatron thrs gentleman takes up a lafe resrdence rn drowsy old Scrtuate wrth that now famrlrar red coneertrble It rs here, under the warm sun of the South Shore the Kee stores up the enerqv that helps hrm to face the trrals and trrbulatrons of each ap proachmg school eear As to where he rntends to spend the next four eears Kee has no de finrte plans yet, but he thinks that September wrll find hrm at erther Notre Dame or Holv Cross Keern has made mane firm and apprecratree frrends durmff hrs four eears here at St Sebastian s Certarnle then we feel sure that the eears to come wrll brrnef hrm manv more such frrends and an eeen greater happrne ss rn therr rnrclst H5 J islam C5 s-4-1ORK ml fig ef I3 f I I . se' ,9 45' 14 J J. . , -- I ' x L - - 5 . A ii , ' , . 1- yi ' Y 1 . ,' 7' Y . . . . H . ,, '. r 7 ' 5 , ' V 1 1 ' . ' .' , , , I v, V. : y V v 5 1 - x ' J 1 ' n, ' , 4 7 A . 1 1 1 1 ' ' 4 - 'L ' H 1 1 1 1 1 D . v' I 1 1 x I I l x ' I 5 ' i X . , ' V l '. X , . '. . . .1- rs 15, V 1, 4, ' I, 1 ' , ,'. 1 ,l r ' ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' , K .. ,aa ' l ' . x Q 1 ' rw Y Y . . . . A I .l ,,,:l,Hm,,-V . b 3 X , I N . K . t . we., .i,,, , , ggi, K - F s 5,5 . WN 'rj-Q 111559. , 2' '44 - . . 5. if ef Kjs , - , . - J 1- -33' A- 5, ig! ' I e Sf? S ' ' 1' 1 Vi. . V 111- ' F- xv-- K . K -, A - Q .-A-, -.ye-.f': ' Aff! A - - - Y- 1 , ' x jg - 1' - 3 er T ' ' ' ' J' '? ' 'fl 413 E3 A11 er-2. dramond. In hrs Junror and Senror vears, Kee' advanced to a regular berth on coach Q1-54,2 11, Aligggefg - 1 - ' - , - :v '21-I ' , , , . , . . . :X--24 -- j -5- :Q :gba ers. . . ' . - I 1 ' .f . ' SRX :- fe Lia ' .3115 - 'fx N - ffigijg 1 .951-QQ ,Q-5, srg , ,.,r..- .w 1, .e-Q,-,rr . gem, -,f.3.r. ' ' ' - , 1 gi '-, F Q32 . . . . ,f ,. n 7 I F , I- 1 1 U - 1 . . 11, . ' 1 9 - . f r a x I l - ' n u Y 4 a 1 , i .1 -1 W X x U ' Y v ' v 3 x 1 I 1 D V . L' . ' . x Q 1 I .41 1 1 ' 5 ' , '