St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Q. 4, 1 in 5 3 1' 14 ,ll .A Nmzlxlll 3 fp seg 1 J 'b f RICHARD BARRY WALLACE, JR. Barry Football 3 4 Vlce Pres of Intramural Basket Dcbatlnq SOCIL tv 4 bal 3 4 NlI1l 19II'LlSh0XN 3 4 llchatm SOCILIYQ 4 Sacr1stan3 4 li8.dl0 Club P1 OVlCl6DCQ College Keep quzet and people wzll thmk you a ph zlosophev E NGLISH PROVERB YVhen we strujgled to the H111 for our un1or xear we found unexpectedly 1n our mldst tall sllent blond Barry NN allace For the tlme bemg he halls from Swansea but lt could be more truly sald of Barry that he halls from Exerywhert U S A Barry Wlth hlS pleaslng personallty qulckly made frlends w1th exervonn and was known to a few mtlmates as the Blond Halred Boy How hc ILCCINKCI th1s t1tle IS a story hard to dlscoxer In the classroom Barry 1S always urs s1lent and attentlxe but outslde he often operates as a xerx actlxe center of group dxscusslons passln down h1s serxous or humorous opmxons on anv of a thousand xarled subjects On weekends Barry frequents the dlstxnvulshed companx of Chaxht Coxle Bruce MacDonald ot YN adden and Don F1t7 crald ln anxthm from a SCFIOUS card game to some attempt to 114 en up the town Actuallx we nuer saw Barry 1n the company of anv qlrl land hardlx expect tol but tht re are those sources of mformatlon who can testlfx that a certaln sweet young lasslc has tau ht hrs eve and IS the real reason behmd those short IFIPS to Blooklme In the fall of h1s unlor year Barrx made h1s debut on the Grldlron and qu1ckly buckled down to a l1ne job Hls success IH th1s field was repeated m h1s Stnlor seal Because of h1S Hers Splflt he was chosen captam of the Blues ln tl1e tradltlonal Red Blue game and thmqs quxcklx became blue for the Reds aftu a 1 0 dtftat Bans trxed h1s talents on the basketball court Howuer he could num qultt shake oll some of h1s football tactlcs and so qulte naturally became a stal mtmbu of tht Do1ty Guys Barry showed that he had a few mon talents ln tl1e ba when hc thrllled hundreds wlth h1s xerw popular rendltlon of Swanu ln Father Ktatln s annual Mmstrel Qhow Only two short years has Barry been m our mldst but m that tlmt he has earned a deep and abldmg place IH the hearts of ex enonc connt cted w1th the Hlll HIS owerwhelmln generosxtx and klndlx mterest m exerxont about hlm pxoxes that he w1ll adapt hlmself successfullx and happllv to ans career that the futule holds for h1m Our only regret Barry 15 that we were not able to know sou soontr We sm cerels hope that God wlll bless xour future ln exery was and keep allxc IH sour heart the memorles of all of us at Qalnt Qebastlan s 4 , . ww elf Rt '7-S : f 71211 ll 37 - - 4 ' K' ' 4 1 ' - ' I , . . . . , 4 U- I' 4 A n 4 . , , - 4 H V. I . . 4 f' I u ,, , Y U 4- ' 9, J ' 7 ' Y m , 5 ' , I 4 7 3 ' 4 . . . V E A 4 , , . 4 . . , l I 4 4 v ' ' - ' 37 4 4 4 4 ' - 4 1 , . U 4 1 a , ' 4 ' v - Y ' I 4, 4 4 I 4 ' 7 1 ' ' D . , . . . ' 1 0' 1 ' cr ' 1 1 r .I 1 'o . m ' nu ' !9 - 4 A 4 .4 4 4 h 4 l l ' L x x x 1 Z . . . 7 . Y X . X x U . l f ,N Y i . A ' , 4 A' ' n ' f ' 4' X I Q 4 Q ' . li GTX Q, . . . .. . . C'-' - -, qk J , 1 . ' f Q 2 in . . . . . . . . . 1 A , .J 1 4 4 L 4 4 4 A X4 451. 41. f n U . .. . . .. ' 1- N 1 - - - f. X ' ' - 54' , '- - - - 1,.,. l l . ' . . ' ' . '. '-'-:I 343' . I . , . 5 4 -4 . 4 h - Jiri I V. ' ' ' 4 4 - 4 4 4 4 , ' I Q., . , . , V g I cc ' as W , 44' sa i f I . . 4 4 . Q . yt 4 ' 4' ' . , ' ' --' 4 4 J' ' 4- 4 ' ,,'- if .,,g- ,. , ' A- .1--3 . - 2:-, , 5 A 1 ,,., A, ,- ., ,444 4, . . . v Q v Q X i . ,, . v . U . Y I. V . . t Y x . Q V e . , , . ' C 2 7 . ' ' ' y ,' , . 4 4 4 Y 4 4 4 ' '4 4 4 .. I

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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

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use-:Town-v 'X 4.g1v L1ZAT'0N 1 .wr for 'rm seam A -5 COU Q? L 0 .S-r Q snug Q.: Qi ,Q we Nma, if fif Ns Q rt 2 5 xs 2 J es - if Q MAssACYNS THOMAS ROBERT WELCH, JR. lKTOm!! Debating Qociety 1 2 ' Arrow Business Mgr. Choir 1 2 Senior Prom Cornmitteefl Photography2 3 4 W alrus 2 'S Nl Minstrel Show 1 Notre Dame Those who labor m the earth are the chosen people of God JEFFERSON To be a member of the Hill s fabulous class of 53 IS a declded mark of honor and glory Manx haxe aimed at this mark but only a chosen few haxe surylved the gruelhn battle To be a member of 53 marks one a leader in all Fields lntellectual, social and athletlc To add lauiels again to these honors IS to point out a leader within this selected roup Such is our own Tom XVelch Throughout four productive years on the Hill Tom s diligence zeal and untirmg good will have showered his school with honors As staff photographer for the Arrow and lValrus as the most eHic1ent and most competent Business Manager in all Arrow history as a a scholar QTom won the coxerted Sophomore Scholarshipj and as a gentleman, Tom ranks mth the highest in the exer lengthening ranks of St Sebastians raduates Characterlstically modest Tom would be the first to enumerate for you his social short comings su earlng to be a perfect example of the SIRC Femma frater nlty Though Tom will xehemently deny it he is in reality a social hon w1th his mam den located on a neighboring hill at Mt Alvernia There are rumors too of a second lair in the midst of the pastoral delights of Goffstown New Hampshire Howexer Tom has clexerly lowered an almost mpregnable Iron Curtain about ce rtaln features of his Northern Paradise Indeed the very evidence of such a cur tam of secrecy plques all our curlosltles and points conclusively to the existence of some dchghtfullx inte restin mysteries to be solved This fabulous farmer from Brookline second only to Willie Volante in his knowledge of closed door dealings steadfastly refuses to 11ft the xeil Howexer talent and achievement cannot be kept hidden under a bushel basket forex er and the day IS not far off when this frustrating xeil of mystery will be dissolved and our Tom will stand revealed in his true hght a modem day Sir Galahad Don uan or Henry Ford ?-or perhaps a spec taculai composite of all threell Seuouslx there is one simple but tellin fact which hides beneath no cloak of secrecx That is that from the day of his departure from Samt Sebastian s through out whatexer career college and later life hold for Tom Welch he need only conduct hlmself as he has for the past four xears on the Hill to be assured of happiness friendship and success F49 L ,S t K 1 9 1 Y , e Y tt 7 as f . : ' 9 F ' 9 . . Y , e Al , ' Jr . . . l i x L. ' 3 7, I ' ' r v V X . . , y . rv ' , : . , . . T x if ' ' , m ' a . , . Q I er , . 5 . e , . vs , 1 ' ' Q , ' . 2 9 1 V' ii ,U LG I ,, ' s X ' ' ' as 93 ' Q ' l 1 h 1 ' s . . . . . . , ' ' ' e . . . e er w h . V- 3 . . . 9 4, . 1 . 7 . U ,. . . ,, 4' - - ' . s - . ' of 1 . . V I . . . . . AA . ,, . . Ayfn - . s Q , 1 . . Ag ,, 1 . . . . . 1 K . . S 1. A 5 , A r - Y hi '- h t v a -, , egg . , . swf' 9 ' . ,A . . . . H s s 1 , , 4 . . , . , Q' . . . . . . . . Q ,, x x x ,, . 1 . ., f A, , ' . ' . l ' U ' ' ' 9' iii ' f ' - , ' H , ' '- ' ,A xj3A.vI - ' i i 7' ' x ' ' Ci ' 9, 4 a ' , e : , ,g w fff fviwaeieq fe N A A A A vw A f , - ,x , . n -v rl ' x 5 , , ' ' ' .........XA.Ri A , K , . ' ' 9 J 9 s T - ' - s K, x Q. V . . . U . . . ' ' m . Y . . . . , , T 'A 1 q K A , ' , . . V , . , - h 2 ' x i y x SC ,1 ' , . , 1 . , , . . x