St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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THF TEMININF TOUCH xacatron and manx ol tht mtmhtrs ol our class jornttl tht ranlts of Father lxtat rnqs rnrclurnter taptr talltd tlrt Alplrrt C lub Manx xxtre tht storrts about tlrt xatatron s sports mtl partrt tr'rt tlrrltttl h ltlt to us throut lr tht proxtrhr 11 Glapt xrnt Un Aprrl 11 tlrt St K-thlstrrns Xssotratron sponsorttl 1 ptnnx sllt at tht lirrfflrton Hwh Sthool autlrtorrum llrrs prox td to bt an rrrrrnt nst succ ss Ind rt xt as folloxxtd up txxo xxttlts littr hx Fatlrtr Ktatrnf s annual mmstrtl slroxx Both ol tlrtst afl arrs atldt tl fft ntrouslx to tht school s rtxtnuts and ffaxt conclusrxt prool of tht loxaltx of tht Alumnr and lrrtnds ol St Stbastran s On tht nwlrt of tht ptnnx salt Nlonsrvnor 1VIc1nn1s annotrntttl to us that ht xx as to bt rtplatttl as htadmasttr at the tnd of tht school xtar and xtoultl ht appomtttl to tht pastoratt ol tht ntarbx Prtsentatron parrslr Vt xwtrt all sadtltnttl by tht loss ol thrs vrtat ttaclrer and frrtnd and lrlxe ffood wmt hrs mtmorx ffroxss sxtttttr wtrth atfe XM xtrll ntxtr forget 111s lxrndlx tfurdanct and lfrtat abrlrtx Our baslxtthall tt am had a Hood and successful st ason but the xarsrtx tt nms ttam proxtd to bt tht surprrse It had an almost un The last fem xxeelxs of school xttnt bx sloxtlx but btfore wt rtalued rt Uradu atron and xacatron xxert upon us Arthur Houlrhan xt allttd off xtrtlr tht scholarslrrp xthrle olrn Sheehan Tom KN elch and Don Frtfqtrald were prrft wrnntrs rn tht xarrous subjects The vraduatron exercrses tndtd xtrth Btntdrctron our Hrst xear at the H111 xx as Hnrshtd and me vert off on xacatron for the xtholt fflorrous summer iuphumnre ear On St ptembtr 22 1970 xtt new Soplrornorts stt out from our respectrxt homts brlqht and early Haxrnq turntd srxttttn durrnq tht past summtr somt luclty fexx droxe thtrr oxtn cars Howex er by one mtans or another txentually ut all madt our way to our common dtstmatron St Stbastrans Countrx Dax School sometrmts called tht Crtadtl Our mmtls were now mort at east than on our first dax as freshmen We felt sure that school would not really commtnce untrl another thrtt days had elapsed Tht tradrtronal Greetrng Mass was celebrated by our head master Father Flanrgavr nom rn hrs second year at the helrn Thtn after Mass the boys adjourned to thost warrous quarters that afforded the necessary atmosphere for Qettmv rn the grooxe avarn On the followrnq day Father Flanrvan txtpounded on tht standards for tht xear to come xt hrle the students lrsttntd most atttntrx elx NN e found ourselx es transporttd to tht thrrd floor and told to procetd wrth cautron The room was quamt and the floor none too steady Becaust thrs same floor threattned the well berntf ot the students btloxt at the half 5 ear some of tht mort robust Soplromorts xt ere rnxrted to dt part from St Sebastran s Thrs first dax rntroductd ntophx tes aclt Maloney B111 Rt agan acls Ktlltx B111 Cosgrove and Larrx Cummrnvs '1 rutlx St St hastran s had bt cornt 1 xtmter rt sort for Strtuatt pt oplt IJ . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1-1 h 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 - 1- '1 - ' 7 ' ,' 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 I U. 1 1 1 1 1 1 I. 1' 1, 1 1 K ' 7 1 1 ., . .',. 1 1 1 1. . 1' - 1 1 11- .1 'K 1, 1. x,, 1' g , ' ', ,.', 7 A .1 .' ' 1 . ., 1 , 1 1, , 1 .' ' '1 ' .' '. 1 1, , ' , .,. ,,.. , ' . . 1 1 T 'f' 1 x x' - x , 'x'1 x 'x .'l 1 . . , h ,I . . .. , . . , '. 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 -1 11 1 1- 1 11 x N 'X ' ' I . x 1 'f x T x l ' ' .X I 1-1 T, ,,Q, 1 , x 1 x 11 - ' -1 , t '1 '- 1' 1 ' 1 11 - 1 111 11 1' '1 1' 111- . , . . I, .. ,. t . 1, , 1. . . , . 1 1 -' 1 1 ' 1 1 11 1 1 1 1' defeated season and was rnvrted to the Exeter' Tournament. 1 1 1 ' 11 1 1 1 , 1 ., ., ', ' .. - . , , 1. 4. . .5 ' Y 'x - . v -1 1. 1. A . L 1 Q 1 1 ' 1 . . t . . . . . I ' 1 ' 1 1 1 -1 1 ' 1 1 , .' 1 lx x - 'x v 1 L l ' ' 4 .'x x '. r v. 1 x . ix . x x x 'Y ' 1 ,'. 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 ,1 1 ,, , . . .. . I . , , ft , 4 I 1 I 1 1 n r 1 X. j' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r . 1 , 1 ,, I , -- .Q - as V Y 4 ' T 1 - 7 t, A' ' ' 7 'E 1' D t, 5 ' t 5 U ' . 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 '1 1 1 1' ' ' l I 1 1 - ' ' , 1 , , .,. ' ., ' 1 - 1 11 ' 1 111 ' l- 1 1 ' . 1 7.I ' .7 A 't 7 C , A 5 17' ' 1 . , . ,. 1 .,11 1, . . . , . rfpil .

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YN hen the annual C hrrstmas Shop came rt became a partrcular charge for Father Keatrnef to undertake the eonstructron of the Grnger Bread House Durrng thrs perrod he w as rn a constant state of bewrlderrnent as he trred to decrde whether the Sophomores were strll rn a puerrle state or gorng throuefh a premature se cond chrld hood Goerly he wrthheld final judgement to see rf any of us would approach Santa Claus We are proud to declare that not one of the brethren sneaked aw ax to talk to Santa The boys were much too occupred wrth the noxeltx of bernv prtclrnren to partake of such nonsense Lp to the mrddle of Noxember the students had been ardentlx occupred rn the pursurts of good marks On the whole the number of self declared xaeatrons had been small, and only three lrolrdays had been granted by the proper authorrtres The Frrst of these efreat days was Columbus Day On thrs day a lar ge number of Sophomores journeyed to Scrtuate to w atclr for the Santa M3113 Howexer the tm can brnoculars used were not suffrcrent for thrs rmportant purpose On Noyember I 1 the Sophomores re shed to new the parades rn therr own communrtres after readrnef about the Generals of the French Guard Ilren finally carrre the Thanksgrxrnq yacatron wrth the desrre for the brff puddrn and hard sauce stronver than exer FI he thrrd markrng perrod herfan on December 1, and the most rrnpor tant date on our calendar becanre the Chrrstrnas xaeatron At thrs trme all the candrdates for the basketball squad were rnyrted out to efreet the newly appornted basketball mentor Frank Powers Mr Powers came to St Sebastran s from Mrssron Hrgh rn Roxbury wrth a hrghly comrrrendable record belrrnd hrm He was greeted by C aptarn Bart Murphy and a host of Sophorrrores The most talented of these was Brll C osgroxe whose deeds on the court exen surpassed those on the qrrdrron Brran Burns had now become Bob Cousey and number sexenteen was some day to become a rnerrrento of Brran s explorts on the dance Hoor Herh Krnef and ack Kelley the Worcester Hrrard and a master of trrck ball aequrred that all rrrrportant basketball sense whrch proxed useful to the team rn our Senror year Hank 'VIC C arthx became noted for hrs Dutch baskets at Mrddlesex whrch rncrderrtally was the last game rn w lrrclr he played for St Sebastran s The days crawled alonef slowly urrtrl the afternoon of December 23 when Father Flanrqan subtly announced that classes were to be corrtrnued for another two davs How ey er he re-consrdered matters and gracrouslx wrshed all an rrrrmedrate Merry Chrrstmas xacatron Combs and frngernarl files were drstrrbuted among the students for Chrrstmas anel ohn OConnell welcomed hrs cornh more than any other Sophomore It wouldnt be C hrrstran lrke to me rrtron the one rrrost pleased wrth the finge rnarl Hle In no trme the xacatron began to pall on the rndustrrous Sophomores and the fourth term came up none too qurckly for therr rndustrrous mrnds Ihe most rrnportant addrtron to the scholastrc currrculm at the school rn recent years met them at the doors It was the rnstrtutron of the Mrd Year Exam program 'Ihe facultv consrdered thrs exam as a means to an end, a real and certarn end for some of the College oes at the school A clause that appealed to the Sophomores was one whrch stated that anyone wrth an ay eraqe of erghty or better rn a subject was exempt from the tests YN hefr the Frnal tabulatrons had been recorded Tom Wlelch was leadrnq the class wrth ack Kelley second Lnfortunatelx lrowexer there were now frxe empty seats rn our classroom Immedrately after the exams Father Monahan, the head of the Socrety for the Propagatron of the Farth rn the Boston drocese drrected the most rmportant eyent of the school year our annual Retreat He ushered rt rn wrth the admonrtron Get rn the boat ' KN rth the art of an accomplrshed yentrrloqurst and the porse of a ffood story teller he rrrade the retreat most mterestrnef Father Flanrqan came to yrsrt us on the first day of the fifth markmg term As rt was a Latrn class he took specral rnterest, bernq an emrnent x ete ran of the Gallrc Camparqns He told us that he was lookrng forward to comrnq to class soon aqarn to rmpart to us some of hrs frrst hand experrences rn C aesar s wars Father soon became our star boarder and succeeded rn rnjectrnq rnto the Sophornores a thrrst for the bloody detarls of the Gallrc wars Mrd wrnter yacatron rnterrupted thrs hard fought campargn and Arthur Houlrhan et al xentured to North Conway wrth Father Keatrngs Alprne Club There eyervone had a rrrost enjoyable trme and no one attempted to chanve the l54l V , . . . , . , . 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