St Thomas More High School - Utopian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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-- ILLIAII1 Enn - lv,ffI4l7 5 ffl 95? el y - 1 il 5 l r, , f lx ' s r s 'Qvflfi f Ti-is PuuLAoE1.PuiA Sroizv lime Gr: 15 4 7Ef4:nm's or 1 f74r10n4L Cla nw: l Msroesfano Dfmmn Wwe An fmu Jromf W Poem Asovr THE UATIOITS firzsr Gam C nv I75 Gr1z,gf15-frs fiusnvms- D5 Accmuusuflzzfzrsf 4 511517717 lffuz finer fn we llffK4K!' Cfwzsr 8 .- 4. fl 1' The February edifion of This Semesleru received a very greal' deal of ifs rnaferial lhrough lhe liferary conlesi, which was held in fhe November of I955. Much of fhe credil for ils success musl go lo +he sfudenls who wholehearledly parficipafed in fhis academic con+es+, Whal William Penn began, fhey have nobly carried on-+he Philadelphia Sfory-as if should be lold-by youfhful Philadelphians who are conscious of? heir civic herifage and grafeful for il. Fa+her James F. Simon, This Semes+er Moderalor, appears lo be engaged in quife a spiriled discussion wifh ediior, Waller J. Sullivan 'Where did you find ll1is? l dicln'f even look for if, Waller says calmly. The loyal and capable slaff engaged in lhe serious business of selecling fhe li+erary en+ries fo be published in This Semeslerf' Maffhew Spra++, Roberl Ferguson, Lawrence Kaulcer, Waller Sullivan ledilorl, and Roberl Mifchell af worlr. THIS SEME TEII ln ifg cynsafallvely Lnef' ceded ol efsfence as an Yode- penoenl fo separale :cc icalion The S'3'T19Si EV 'he gchcofs vary rnagazlfe, hae Indeeopezome a ic cy Infegrai cafl cl Sl. Themes More scncci 'fe. Une migfr safely sa, 'naf il nas become 'Leroy' Lfaodcn. This yeafs Two edffccz wefe no'as.,' successful in ooh: ine qua ij ana quanrh 35 'ne ffefafy 6 '46j and, as a rez- 5 In hhe oegfee ci exce efie 'ha+ 'ne inscecl pfodcclz '6:l6Ci6d. Vv'e, lnerelcre 'ale qrear oeaeufe fn salulicg lzafner Janne? F. Simon and nie slag lo' Ver life ess eller? In behalf ol all of us. 1 - -1 , -si- A smiling Larry Kaulrer receives firsf prize for ihe besf essa wriflen for fhe Philadelphia Sloryu Coniesl, from The Recfor Falher Curran. Poef Dan Kelly awails his firsf prize, while Vincenf loppolo, slory firsf-prize-winner, and Joseph McCaffrey, second prize for essays, anficipafe lheirs. .A T . wal ln 'QV 1 A ' liilnb Y'

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It it. Tlmmau More everybody read TIIII TIIPIA The concerned onloolrers, grouped around FaTher James F. Simon, The ModeraTor of The UTopian, are The ediTor, Frederick Messner, Roberl MiTchelI, and Robe.-rT Vasaluro. There seems To be someThing sTrangeIy amusing aboul' The picTure which FaTher is inspecTing. We can almosi hear whaT follows: Ferguson, you Talce This? Well, you can have iT! ,,, IF' If' Ol? ROBERT MITCHELL THOMAS SASSA lThe UTopian l Our yearbook Ls dedfcaTed This ,ear To our greaT ciTy and To our grea+ school. Our school is, in a sense, a liTTIe city. wiThin a sprawling fnehopolis. The culTure and TradiTion oT our naTionls :'rsT Cixy has abounded here Trorn The day oT our schools birTh TwenTy years ago. Each year, The UTopIan' is published wiTh The hope oT recapTurinq some oT our school-life drarna Tor The currenT year. Cn This 2OTh anniversary OT our school we Tee' ThaT iT can i,aTely be said ThaT This has been accomplished oy 'The UTopian since iT3 TirsT appearance on The rage oT our school life. AiThouqh we cannoT possibly porhay The TullesT scope oT daily liTe here, we lilce To Think we have made a sincere eTTorT Toward ThaT end This year. IT our yearboolc has broughT you a liTTie closer To The Tine spiriT oT our school, we can Teel ThaT his has been anoTher successTul issue OT- The UTopian.l' kj George MiTchell, Roberf McEneaney, Daniel Iovacchini and Joseph San Filippo, UTopian TypisTs, pound ouT The lreys while FaTher McVeigh waTches and direcTs Their progress. ui fl 'sd .4 i , iwpi. x,I'f i . ,yas - he 4: . 4. 7 5:3 .' Q iq, , A f ini' T j'y' i- i. 114 . - fx'. 7,T ii ai - .'X?51i1'i DANIEL DeSIMONE WALTER SULLIVAN ,, ,sn if vig ,Q . G , 1. .Ig Dv , me y 5