St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Basketball season found SIX UHIOYS leadx and xxllhng to begln play Hoxxexer first of all thele xx as a lob to be done Thls task xx as the rebulldlng of the qxm aftel the Lhllstmas Shop Because no one Caled to drlbble alound booths and to run on tacks Blll C osqroxe Bllan BUIHS ack Kelley Helb Klnq Oxxen Foelel and Blll Plltchald xxele on hand to relux enate the gym B111 Plltchald xxltll lllg half court set and tlllltk foot hook TIOIII anx place xx as the lone nexxcomel to the tealll Fhe basket ball te aln stalted off blllllantlx xxlth slx stlalqht vxlns St Patllck of W atertoxxn xx as the fllSt foe to be oxercome Coach Flank Poxxel ln co ope atlon xxltll Fl1tllCl Flanlgan planned to let the basketball coul t be used bx the Boston C e ltlcs as soon as the ne xx baskets had been elected Thls xx as of pal tlculal lntelest to the xx hole school At Inld Decembel I'athel Halrlngton announced that the LIYIIOI CllCITl1S1 XXCIC not the best ln the xxolld but that tllex celtalnlx left the chemlstlx lab as neat as a pln I'hat 1S xx hat xx as le ft of the lab Once agaln the schools undel C athollc ausplees XNCIC asked to contllbute qlfts to the pool chlldlen under Archblshop C L1Sl1lHU' s CHIC that these too H114-'llt e xpellence the Joxs of a Merry Chrlstmas Our class lesponded to a man Lou Russell Ballx XX allace and Kexln Thornton xfladlx efaxe the toxs tllat tllex xxele sfettlnv lOl C l1IlSII1l219 besldes buylnff dl'1Otll6I glft out of tllCll oxxn pockets Ille daxs at St Sebastlan s xxe le bulstlnxf xxltll C l1llStlH3S Splllt Flnallx on I eccem bel I9 xxe strolled lnto the lefectolx to dlscoxel statuettes on each table C hllstmas IJICQC nts' T hls xear Fathel Flanwan dld not attempt to conceal the fact that xxe xxele be lnxf 'llloxxed to fro home eallx Tllat aftelnoon a nulnbel of Iunlols sped lnto toxx Il to see a nexx lelease CIltltlKCT Ueselt Fox 'I hex offeled to pax aek Kellex s xxax lf he xxoulel go but D scllel he xxould hold the fort TJUIIHU the xacatlon the QXIII flool xx as eompletelx IlHI1lSlNCl Foul ne xx baskets VNCIC added and lntramulal basketball xx as be lnxf estabhshe el The Txllllxlllq Boxs Home lnost QI lelouslx extende el the use ol tl1C1l sfxm to oul te im Thls xxas the slte of an 21lUIIlI'1l frame XXl1lC'll HCdllX lalsed the IO0l A httle lwfffllnff xxltll the elock llmost xxon the frame lOl St Sebast lan s 'xluch to the enxx of the lest of us xxe ellseoxeled that ack 'Vlalonex and Blll C osxfloxe xxele vlcatlonlllff ln I'lollela lt seems that ackle anel I lllle xxele SUHTCIIIIU ll0lIl llle ulnatlsln Returnlnef fIOIH xacsltlon xxe NXCIC anxlous to IHSIJCCY the QXII1 anel of COUIQC to be blek xxltll the facultx lillan Bulns and aek Kellex thleateneel to dlaxx 'lnel CIUHIICI anxone xxho noxx suxfffested holdlnq a dance on the nexx fl0Ol The C eltlcs enteltalned us CXCIX I11!llI aftel oul basketball pl actlee We enjoxed IHOSI of all the xxax ln xxhlch tllex shel Lp to the basket fol lax ups 'Ihe fourth KCIIII passed xelx Cll11ClxlX and IIH Cullan xxas maklnff Clllltl a Illallx fol llllnself lIl the hockex llnk TUUIIUQ' tllls tlme Vln MUlIJl1X had IIH make 1 bw cle clslon 'ls to xx he the r he xx oulel ll lnaln on the tealll OI e If potato chlps anualx found us slttlnq on the Gospel slde of the altal at Presentatlon Cllulell BI'lQl1IOI'l The occaslon xxas the feast dav of the patlon of the sellool St Sebastlan Aftel the 'Vlass at xxhleh Father Nffeehan xxas the guest speakel oul parents IC tulned to the school lol el elax of celeblatlon lhls elab llslte tlme xxas 111 ll0Il0l of those xx ho had paltlclpateel IH the C l1Il5tIlliS Shop 'Vhd Yeal exams no lonefel held anx tCIIOI fOl us So xxell plepaled XNCIC xxe tllat xxe xxere oflellng ansxxe I9 almost be fole the que stlons had been llande el out NI ohn XX alsh gaxe a blutal Clleek exaln IH Il tlllfl fOl the closs exallllnatlons amle el at llml bx the elass Father HAIIIHYVIOH asked the class to spell C hemlstrv fol the prlnclpal CILICSIIOII Exelxbodx except one llldlxldufll fared xxell bx the CXHIIIS E alll xxeek xxas CTIIHAXC el xxltll the Spllltual examlnatlon of the xearlx IC tleat anel xxe found an able and Stllllllldtlflff IC tleat nlastel IH Fatllel TVICTNZUIIAI 1 Hell thele xxe xxe re Xkltll the fifth CCIIII alleadv upon us VI: XN alsh xxonde red xxhx the Cheek students wele speaklnq out of the COIHFIS of tl1C11 mouths fol tllex eeltalnlx had been realeel ln a healthx dtITl0SPllC'IC MOYCOXCIV Mr VValsh noxx ICZil1lid xxhx Brlan BUIH9 had been so JlftCIy He learned that Brlan was about to celebrate llls tl'llIAfCCI1tll blrthdax The lntralnural basketball league xxas IH full sxxlnef anel the unlols xxele domq famouslx wlth Ed Goggm ohn Sheehan and Bal rx NN allace settlnxf the pace NN hen the unlol and Senlol contlnffents met tllex SOIHCIIHICS folvot about basketball ln an attelnpt to judxfe xx ho xx as able to endure I6 - , 1, V V , V V V A A . 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WALRUS STAFF Seated Werch, Russell, B Burns, J Kelly Father Beatty W Reagan J Maloney Frtzgerald T Logan Stanelrng Schofield,W1lkrns,Cahrll D Ferrone,Gorman,J Fc-11one,Volante McKrnney Carven, V Burns, Curran, Cosgrove G Sullrvan, O Todd S Brown Vaughey One of the most unfortunate accurrences that exer befell the unror C lass came when classmate Hob Dunn was alrrrost lerlled rn an untrrnelx auto accrdent Be cause of thrs accrdent Bob was nexer able to attend school at St Sebastran s aqarn llre ruqbx team won rts second frame bx defeatrnff Lawrence Academy2 O as rs rndreated bs the score rt was a efruelrnef game rm C1ur ran whom we thought to be the quret twpe was lost to the te arrr when he fractured hrs rrqht elbow whrle tryrnq to jump a hrgh wrre fence to the tune of a Boston Polrce whrstle at a football game Ihe first ofhcral holrday was Columbus Day On that day the team xanqurshed the well bred representatrxes of Weston before a plentrful Qatherrnu Ihe game produced so much excrtement that a group of spectators almost saw actron when thex got too near the plaxers bench The rnost hrghlx publrcrfed sportrng exent at St Sebastran s srnce rts establrshment was a champronshrp game rn w hlch St Sebastran s and C ox le of Taunton were rmolx ed Perhaps the outcome of the frame would haxe been drfllerent rf the orrffrnal date of the game had not been at C ranwell wrth a I2 6 loss The oxerall record of 6 and 2 for the season was the hnest exer attarned at the C rtadel X ear bx xear one of the more notable occurrences has been the school s annual C hrrstrnas Shop 'I oo rt has become an rrrrportant source of support for the proffram of the school and rts actrxrtres One ol the marn contrrbutrons of the unror Class to the C hrrstmas Shop w as rts super salesman Larrx Adorable Cummrnefs Larrx rn the role of the Grnverbread Box sold so mans calee s to the lerddres that rt was nec essarx for hrm to drstrrbute free rndrveslron tablets wrth each sale rm C urran and Iom Welch were prrx ate detectrxes and kept a xrvrlant exe on susprcrous eharacters Gerard Connell hurnblx plaxeel the part of a bouncer when hrs father objected Hurrrph w as forced to throw lnrn out too 'lhanlesefrxrnef xacatron brouffht the Second lerrn to 11 elose On the axeraffe rrrarles were Hood but a lew felt that turleexs were not the onlx bernffs about to lose the rr he rels lNexe rtlre le ss rbountrful ple 'rsant rl lr rnlesffrx rnff was e xpe rre need bs rll lfrll . . . . . , , . , . 1 . , .1 1 1 1 1 y . .. . I I .. y ' v ' ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 - ' 1 1 51 1 - -I 1 . ' 1 Y . X X- 1 l . x v X 'X' 1 1 I' l X ' . , . ' ' 1 V V 1 V ' - 1 1 V 1 1 ' V 1 1 1 V , - 1 , ' ' 5 , 5 ' ' 1 1 . X Y 1 ' ' 1 1 ' X x ' X .' t' 1 v 1 . 1 . 9 A ' ' e ' Y. ' . Y. X 1 1 1 1 - 1 V . - ' 1 1 V1 - 1 11 1 1 ' V1.1 '1 1 1 ' ' Y T X ' X 1 P I 1 1 ' X - ' . v 1 Y X X V1 , x I 7 . Q' 4 1 . 1 I ' C K 1 I . X V1 K' kv I . , I 1 ' Xl 'B r . A . X ' V ' ' ' ' , ' V V 1 ' V V 1 1 v X ' 'X X1 . ' x . l XX F 5 1 changed. Nevertheless. the result was drastrc for our' te-am. The season was clrmaxed ' V -1 V' - -1V 1 1 1 - V 1 ' 1 1 V1- ' 1 1' 1 7, V1 ' Y ' ' 1 'X 1 1 1 5' X ' , ' 'C l ' ' 1 1 ' 1 Q 1 ' - ' ' ' 7 ' ' 5 x 1 ' 1 r v ' 1 4 X N V 1. ,ss - , ' 1 - 1 1 ' V 1 V -1 1 -' '1 ' V 1 - 'T TX '1 x I ' 1 1 X 4 '11 ' 1 '. . 1 'X . . ' . , A , . . . . ,.A . , 1 , V V, , . ,.. . , ', ,. 'X h 11 3, ' , ,vi A, ' A' ' - ' V' V ' - 1 ' 1 1- V 1 1 1 -1- 1 'F 5 5 ' ' ' 5 -V1 V1-1 '1- 1 -V1- -111 1 V 1' -1 . , , I. 1 ,, . ,'1 ,, . T,.,. ,,.. , ' , 1 T, . . 1,1 ,-', 1, V,

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the most physrcal punrshment At the end of one half there were no players re marnrnff rn the game because of fouls Father Grlmartrn, hrgh commrssroner of thrs league released a pornt blank and definrte statement wrth regard to thrs outcome Durlnff the February xacatron Arthur Houlrhan was on hand to escort Father Keatrng from a mud puddle rn lNorth Conway rm Brosnahan set a new scorrng record as he pumped rn forty erght pornts agarnst Brow ne and 1N1chols to close the officral season Vrn Burns and Brll Reagan, wrth the ard of Father Beattx were preparmv for the C, X O debate Vrn and Brll were haxrng qurte a debate between themselx es as to who was the better debater Tom YN elch and Father Barrett were gettmff out therr seeds for the Sprmg plantmg Scrtuate became the scene of a mld wrnter sorree We wrll not mentron at whose home rt was held srnce the bashful fellow pard us well to keep srlent Here rs one clue howewer mme host forgot the kex to the front door and entrance had to be made rather rnformally through an unlocked rear wrndow Ihe basketball team was rnxrted to enter the prrxate school basketball tournex at the Boston Garden From tlrrs melee thex emerved as Crlass B Prep School C hamps Brll C osffroxe rn the late mmutes of the plaxoff game wrth Thaxer sank hxe strarvht sets At St Sebastran s Country Dax School the first rntrarnural tour rrament xx as rnauffurated The Senrols w on by sheer brute force 'Now exerx XX ednesdax and Frrday afternoon saw the entrre school at Lenten dex otrons Ihe candy store had no busmess at all and filed for bankruptcx Eddre Irnrrane was out of a job and had to be employed as a Gaehc teacher March sexenteenth saw the mstrtutron of a Uala St Patrrcks Dav Dance, to whrch St Sebastran s cordrallx rnxrted all the lassres from local Catholrc schools 'Ihe unrors were asked to brrnff as many elrgrble box frrends as possrble rm Curran brought two fellows but thex turned out to be wallflowers All thex drd was to ask Father Flanrgan where rrnmx was Thex thex talked wrth Father Keatrng about East offered to drrxe them home and they left jrm to go home all bv hrmself Outsrde of thrs rt prox ed to be a hrglrlx successful and enjoyable affarr and the boys began to plan for one the next xear Ihe fifth term ended wrth the usual plethora of unrors IIlZ1lxl1 lU the honor roll Frme has prox ed that we rrexer fully apprecrated the personal rnterest m our studres shown for us bx Father Flamgan In the mrddle of the srxth term he once agarn xrsrteel the Iatrn class He confrded that once upon a trme, he had been a prrx ate secretarx to C rce ro Because of thrs he knew, all the better the thoughts that our translatrons should trx to eonxey but whrch we seemed to be doing our best to drsffurse rrr our xerx skrllfullx prese nted translatrons Father also gaxe us a brt of hrs trme for a pre lecture m the afternoons Thrs all made for a more rntrmate mterest rn Crcero Father Shea w as doublv concerned wrth both French and Ads, and some of the Junrors were domg much better m Ads than rn French' Perhaps rt w as the 1002 that proxrded the rnsprratron Strangely enough ack Kelley reported that hrs mark w ent down after he had procured an Ad' Father Svlwester s rather change able blood pressure seemed to fluctuate rather drstmctly wrth the mentron of an old marchmv and chowder companion one Wally Berger YN hen students of Ancrent Hrstorx referred to YN ally rn therr composrtrons Father Sylx ester was reduced almost to tears at fond remembrances of past assocratrons The unrors were qurte xrsrblx rmpressed bx the Senrors Scrence Show As a result all passed rn composrtrons on what partrcular project they consrdered best Tom Donnelly s was voted the most complrcated but Brll NN allace s project of cleanmg up Father Harrmgtons radro room and laxmff a lrnoleum floor demanded a lot of labor After school actrxrtres had been at a standstrll for some lrttle trme now Tom XX elch was fortunate enought to belonv to the Photography Club but the rest of us erther went home or tramped oxer to Clexeland Crrcle Howexer, the mrddle of Aprrl brought the baseball season The unrors rnterested rn sunnmff themselves on the baseball held were Brll Cosgroxe ack Dex er rm Curran Owen Todd Donald Fxtzfferald and Bruce MacDonald Mr ames Curran found rt more profitable to sell racrnff forms at Suffolk Downs than to waste trme on selfish pleasure Vrn 'Vfurphx needed rm rn the outfield but rm was strrctlx an mfield man So rrrrrrrx transferred to another league IB3 1 1 1 . . I 1 1 , 1 ' n 1 1- D 11 . 1 1 s Us 5 - 1 1 v . -E Q 1 2 T Jn v 1 1 1 K1 a l YQ 1 Y x ' 1 41 I ' Y , - - Y V es ' as ' ' 3 3 -T- x 'h ' l ' x ' 7 ' 4 . T 7 f D ' T 1 l - 1 1 - 5. ' Y' 1 ' v - 1 - 1 v F A 1 ' .' I in x Y I F l ' I ' . , . ' . , . ' ' ' 9 ' - , Y ' V ' . 1 - I 5 - x Q 1 I' x vi - iv h 1 - . ' - r - . . ' r- v 1' v x 1 ' 1 r -A wx hx 5 - h . l . . . . ,, 1 . . . , 3 l 1 I .5 ' , , - -' F K I . 'l ' . I, .' K G ' D Boston as compared to South Boston, for hours on end. Finally, Father Keating 1 . - 5 1 1 I . ' i A 5 vi x .1 'V it I . , A L 'K , ,' 5 1 . . , t ' .'..' 1 A ' I I 1 , ' s 1: .' ., 1 s - 1 - s 1 1 s ' f 1 1 l 5 -4' 1 vi 7, . x I 1 l. . I 4 'iiiv .T ' 1, Qi. X I 1 11 l v 1 ' 1 - fe- 11 ' 1 1 I ' s ' ' 1 ' 1-1, ' . 1 . Y 7 - 1 Y. 1 1 7 I 7 A 0 D 3 D ' A I 1 ,1 1 1 1 u I . . . . , . V . . . , V . . . , . . . , . . 1, U . U V v 1 X A 4 K 3 1 , n ' . :J :J v . 9 D,. 7 . A I I J ,, . ., . , . D . . . . l