St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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 ' , '

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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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4 601' A PRIORITYUN THIS NUMBER ua-3225 1' 472' 'iii -' .. lm, faewlin 5 COUNIPP 073- 3? 2. 20 F 4? MASSAUX JOHN OWEN TODD Ow en Football 2 '5 L nxted COUDCll of Baseball 2 3 4 Mould AHQHIFS Basketballl 2 'l Representatxxe 4 Mmstrel Show Intramural Basketball -f Dcbatmg SOCICIY 2 4 Rm C ommlttte V a rus 1 2 '3 4 Entertalnment Comm Arrow -1- Senlor Wleek Clommlttee St mor C lass Pxesldent Semor Prom C ommltttt Holy C1 oss Tufts N70 man Il zll ez er curly out of theP1es1dency the leputatzon Il hzch canzes htm mto lt JEFFERSON In September of 1949 a small roup of Freshmen assembled IH a rather cozy room at St Scbastlan s for the first dav m the1r long antxclpated High School career Almost unnotxced amon these w as a small somewhat t1m1d lad from Mllton by the name of Owen Todd Althouvh not xery talkatxx e, he soon became well and 1nt1m ately known to all hls classmates He made h1s mtellectual powers known from the start by shmmg ln all subjects T1me passed as 1f Wlth Heetm wmgs and we entered the Sophomore year sllghtly d1m1n1shcd 1n number howexer our Stalwart Owen was st1ll ln the thlck baseball and basketball teams Outslde of these he llmxted h1S extra currlcular act1v1t1es but adorned hlmself w1th honors in the academlc Held As the jumox xear came somewhat more slowlv than the two prevlous years our class was amazed to fmd Owen a changed man The calm had definltely pre ceeded the storm for Owen seemed to ln en It up about the mlddle of the year He added football to h1S athletlc career won acclalm ln two sports and garbed hlmself 1n a baseball jacket YN eek end partles became a noteworthy pastlme w1th Owen complete wxth a wrv selectne serres of attractlwe female compamons and other pleasant features Fmally came the end of the xear and we all subslded momentarily aw altmg the start of the Hnal lap Owen entered the Stnlor xear as he had left the junlor year Wlth a Bang ' He had now arrxx ed at the r1pe old ave of Sex enteen and seemed eager to make up for h1s years of qulescence Haxmg once prox ed hls scholast1c ab1l1tV he now became known as a man about town w1th the number 2 galmng fame m clrcles spread far and w1de He became the people s choxce and was elected to lead the senlor class as presldent Leadlng a hect1c l1fe between performlng h1s dut1es and trymg to please h1s publlc he dec1ded to drop xars1tv basketball and to confine hlmself to football and baseball He w on much acclalm 1n both sports and another Jacket 1n football Thus Owen ended hxs hlqh school davs 1n a blaze of glory havmg per formed h1s dut1es w ell and haunq qu en defmlte ex 1dence of h1s ab1l1tv as a leader How ex er lust as all ood thm s must come to an end so must Owen Todd leave us to further hrs educatlon as a future doctor at e1ther Harx ard or Tufts Although we must separate for a whlle hrs sparklm personalltv w1ll help keep ahve many pleasant memorles of Salnt Qebastlans me 6 ff 5' A ea ' 'Q V? 5, ,sw . 5 ' 5 I- Ai 'Hy Je Yi is as 'T . Q ' 4 -A V, ' A fy. ' 05 HO!! i ll 7 YY , . , 4 ' ' , 5 5 N ' I . ' , , . . ' X . K, . . U 1 . I 1 7 3 as Y 1 3, 4 v ' l sa V99 , , 5 - ' , ' A ' 'I In 1 In I .I M. - - I . ,, .V ' ' U' ' 5 D , ,J . , X . . - . . . , u . I . fn 6 1 5 w a n f L I, , 3 , . , K of the stru fgle. He roceeded to develo hlmself athletlcallv b o1n1n both the Ps. P l P 1 U . Y , i v v a ,X Q .1 f , a - 3 Y ' we z ' t . - M , Y t. ' , ' as ' 15' , 'i 1 v ' 4 'W' . Y , .. ' f ' U 1 5 K . .U ' ' , ' , ' ' ' cc 51 fe Q K , a 1 ' Q x -Q , ' v ' as Y as QP , . . . e ' . r . . . T Ve M- h I wi l V 37 i' GG 5, ' ' li ' Y' 3 cc s ' as l , ' v Q TL. ' . gl . gl T l