ume XXXIX, No. 2 Titer 1976

Boston College

Bridge Magazine

Great treasure in smalS compass

As the Christmas season approaches, the pace quickens at Boston College. Readying for examinations, planning travel, social gatherings and the simple but urgent pressures on time to prepare a Christmas for those we love, multiply the preoccupations of students and Faculty and, in their own way, of alumni and Boston College parents.

When peaceful reflection is most opportune, the level of our activities makes it least easy.

But Christmas means that God assumed our human frame, transforming the world we seek to understand and sharing His own nobility with all who happily have a claim upon our energies.

To each Boston College student, Faculty member, alumnus, parent and friend, I extend my sincere best wishes for every blessing at this holy season. May the insistent light of faith in His blessed presence among us, ennoble our preoccupations and make our human loves an acknowledgment of His beauty.

Botolph House. Office of the President

Executive editor Edward D. Miller, '57, M.B.A. '68

Assistant executive editor James G. McGahay, '63

Editor

Bill McDonald, '68

Contents

Designer Norma T. Jean

Senior staff writer Marylou Buckley

Staff writers Connie MacDonald Vic Schlitzer Coleman J. Sullivan, '71

Alumni Association officers

Executive director

John F. Wissler, '57, M.B.A. '72

President

John L. Harrington, '57, M.B.A. page in

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Vice-President Brian B. Sullivan, '42

Treasurer

Ambrose J. Claus, Esq., '42

Secretary

Gerald R. Curtis, '50

Bridge Magazine is published four times annually (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer) by the Office of University Publications, Boston College, and distributed free to alumni, parents of undergraduate students, and University faculty and staff. Editorial and production offices are maintained at Lawrence House, Boston College. 122 College Road, Chestnut Hill MA 02167, telephone (617) 969-0198. Copyright, 1976 Office of Univer- sity Publications, Boston College. All publication rights reserved.

Cover: "Sudden Shower on Ohasi." a wood block print by Hiroshige (1797- 1858), part of the University's James W. Morrissey Collection. An article on the collection and the art of Japanese wood block printing ap- pears on pp. 16-20.

Photo credits: Graduate School of Social Work. pp. 22. 23; Norma T. pL Jean, pp. 12, 13; Bill McDonald, pp. 2, 9, 15; Office of Public Relations, p. 5.

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Boy, girl or person? 10

by William K. Kilpatrick

"Liberation" from sexual roles may be desirable, but psychology professor Kilpatrick believes parents and society must help children ac- quire strong sex identities.

Great treasure in small compass 16

by Marylou Buckley

The University holds an exquisite collection of Japanese wood block prints donated by a loyal alumnus. A look at the collection and "the float- ing world."

Dynamic at 40 21

by James G. McGahay

The Graduate School of Social Work is 40 years old this year. McGahay

recounts the School's past and its plans for the future.

Aerie

People

Sports

Features

Classes

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Boston College is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunity regard- less of sex, marital or parental status, race, color, religion, age or national origin. Equal educa- tional opportunity includes: ad- mission, recruitment, extracur- ricular programs and activities, housing, facilities, access to

course offerings, counseling and testing, financial assistance, health and insurance services, athletics and employment. Bos- ton College is also committed to equal opportunities for the phys- ically and mentally handi- capped, in compliance with fed- eral regulations.

The home of Eapj

University begins campus projects to increase energy conservation

"As leaves before the wild hurricane fly. . ." Recognize it? That line from The Night Be/ore Christmas describes "the jolly old elf's" arrival on the rooftop and the descriptive language is just right, sending shivers of rec- ognition up our collective spines at the onslaught of winter.

But this year, Santa isn't wel- come at Boston College — not if he insists on using the chimney rather than the front door. You see, when there isn't a fire burn- ing, a chimney with an open flue wastes energy as heat goes up and cold air comes down. And the word at the University from now on is conserve.

B.C.'s energy czar, a.k.a. Energy Manager, is Harold Murphy, a mechanical engineer with background in engineering applications and design. Murphy's message is short and simple — Energy costs are going to continue to rise drastically, there are energy conservation methods that can and should be taken on campus and everyone must participate. With luck, the University can achieve energy savings of approximately 20 per- cent.

Murphy is approaching energy

conservation here by insuring that physical plant functions at top efficiency and by promoting conservation measures among members of the University com- munity.

The Energy Manager has also issued a list of suggestions on how members of the campus community can help the con- servation program. The recom- mendations include very simple and obvious measures such as keeping windows and doors tightly closed, using hot water in moderation and just lowering the temperature a little.

Murphy has some frightening predictions for those who still doubt the importance of con- servation programs. At two seminars he attended this summer, it was the conventional wisdom that the oil-producing nations had held off price in- creases on oil in deference to the national election. But the lid is supposed to come off this winter and while an increase of $.10 a gallon is quite conceivable, even a $.05 increase would result in an extra $35,000 in costs to the University at current consump- tion levels.

V.S.

Then merely a candidate. President-elect Jimmy Carter joined U.S. Sen. Edvv^ Kennedy and Fr. Monan at Roberts Center Sept. 30 for an address and ralljrfi sands of students and community members attended the affair, arranged inpj Charles Flaherty. University Director of Research Administration and chaim the Massachusetts State Democratic Committee.

Alumni win half of state's House seats

The Congressional delegation from Massachusetts is getting an increasing maroon and gold tint. Voters in this state in November i elected six University alumni to be among the 12 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

Five of the six alumni were re-elected to their House seats, with Edward J. Markey, '68, L'72, a former state representative going to the House for the first time as representative of the Seventh District.

Heading back to likely selection as Speaker of the House is Majority Leader Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr., '36, easily re-elected from the Eighth District. Also re-elected were Robert F. Drinan, S.J., '42, M.A. '45, former Dean of the Law School, D-Fourth District; Edward P. Boland, '26, D-Second District; Margaret Heckler, L'56, R-lOth District; and Silvio O. Conte, L'49, R-First District.

Not all alumni races were successful, certainly. In an important race, two-term Vermont Gov. Thomas Salmon, '54, was defeated in his bid to be a member of the U.S. Senate.

Fulton to hold January tourney

The third annual Boston Col- lege National Invitational Debate Tournament will be held Jan. 29- 31 on the Chestnut Hill Campus.

The timing of the debate tour- nament, according to Daniel M. Rohrer, Director of the Fulton Debating Society, puts it in the middle of the "eastern swing," coming between tournaments scheduled at UMass and Harvard.

Debate teams from all over*the country have participated in the

two previous B.C. tournamtil M.I.T was the winner of the . I tournament, while last year I versity of Kansas took I honors. Finalists were Unive>| of California at Redlands in '. I and University of Calif orni; 1 Los Angeles in 1976.

Topic for the 1977 tournaci will be "Resolved: That the I eral government should sigl cantly strengthen the guaral of consumer product safety! quired of manufacturers."

Professor's film Earthspace to be shown

Coal project discovery links continents

Earthspace, a film cc- iroduced by Robert Eather, tesearch Professor of Physics, hat examines the discovery and itudy of the space environment iround the earth, will have its ocal premier Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. n McGuinn Auditorium on the Chestnut Hill Campus.

The film, made under grants rom the National Science Foun- lation and National Aeronautics ind Space Administration, ivoids the traditional approach if "science films" by presenting :omplex information about the nagnetosphere in a manner both sxciting and readily comprehen- lible to the general public.

Spectacular footage in Earth- pace of the aurora borealis is he result of Prof. Eather's con- inued research into this pheno- nenon. His first film Spirits of he Polar Night, which won inter-

national film awards, contained the first color footage of aurora. Spirits will also be shown in the Jan. 27 program.

Prof. Eather, an internation- ally-known authority on auroral physics, has been a member of the Faculty since 1970.

Admission to the film program is free.

Bookshelf

Thomas H. O'Connor, '49, M.A. '50, Professor of History, Bibles, Brahmins and Bosses: A Short History of Boston, Boston Public Library, 1976.

Described by its author as a "broad and sweeping survey of Boston's entire social and political history," Bibles, Brahmins and Bosses is a collection of lectures delivered by Prof. O'Connor for the B.P.L. Learning Library Program sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities. From the days of the Puritans and John Winthrop's vision of a "City upon a Hill," he describes a Boston that has continually adapted and adjusted. This resiliency, Prof. O'Connor said, has kept Boston a "real, live, functioning urban com- munity" instead of an historical shrine such as Williamsburg, Va., or Sturbridge Village, Mass., and provides an optimistic note for the future.

John F. Travers Jr., '50, M.Ed. '52, D.Ed. '60, Professor of Education, editor, The New Children: The First Six Years, Greylock Publishers, 1976.

A collection of nine essays on various topics dealing with the early years of childhood, including intelligence, psychological testing, play, learning problems and television. Among the authors are Prof. Travers and other University Faculty members William Kilpatrick, Jessica Henderson Daniel, John S. Dacey and George T. Ladd. Prof. Kilpatrick's essay Boy, Girl or Person? Current issues in Sex Role and Sex Identity is featured elsewhere in this issue.

The discovery of a 550 million- year-old fossil during a University study of coal-bearing strata in the Narragansett Basin has provided further indication that the coastal region of New England originally may have been part of the European or African continents.

The fossil, of a trilobite, an early form of marine life, was found Oct. 23 on Conanicut Is- land in the southern part of the Narragansett Bay by John Brieg, graduate student of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a member of the team of geologists studying eastern Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts to determine the quality and extent of coal deposits.

The coal project, funded by the National Science Foundation, state and local government agencies and private industry, is under the direction of James W. Skehan, S.J., Director of the Uni- versity's Weston Observatory.

Fr. Skehan said the fossil dated back to the Middle Cam- brian Age and was in the vicinity of 550 million years old. Project members have found several trilobite fossils belonging to early Paleozoic time (300 to 600 millions years ago), but Fr. Skehan said the latest find was the first dating back to the Middle Cambrian Age in southern New England since the

late 1 9th century.

The fossil was of a paradox- ides, an arthropod in the trilobite group. Trilobites, which

resembled king crabs, were one of the most durable creatures ever to live. In various forms they inhabited almost every kind of environment for some 400 million years. They became extinct about 250 million years ago.

The new discovery was of a type that inhabited very cold, deep water environments, in- dicating the New England coast was once under about 100 fathoms of water.

The fossil and others found by the project members are classified as Acado-Baltic fauna, similar to types found in north- west Africa and southwest Europe and distinct from North American fauna. Fossils of the same type have been found in Attleboro, Braintree, Weymouth and Nahant and in coastal Canada. The most recent discovery suggests, Fr. Skehan said, that "southern Rhode Island is part of the same micro- continent as those fossil localities."

Fr. Skehan and other geologists have theorized that the southeastern portion of New England may actually be part of the European or African contin- ent left behind after a collision with North America during con- tinent development.

Association seeks McKenney Award nominations

John Arthur Johnson, Esq., '55, chairman of the Alumni Associa- tion's Awards Committee, has announced that nominations are now being sought for the 1977 William V. McKenney Award, which will be presented at the Laetare Sunday Communion Breakfast March 20.

Presented annually by the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association, the McKenney Award honors a graduate who has demonstrated outstanding loyalty to Boston College and re- flected honor on the University

through personal and profes- sional accomplishments.

Alumni and other members of the University community are en- couraged to submit nominations for the award, including back- ground information on the nom- inee and a brief statement of the reasons for nomination. These nominations should be addressed to the Chairman, Awards Com- mittee, Boston College Alumni Association, 74 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill MA 02167. Deadline for nominations is Monday, Jan. 31.

Newton club

asks input on reunions

The Boston Club of Newton College recently sponsored "an evening of theater" at the Picadilly Square Theater in Newton. Greater Boston area alumnae gathered to see Frank Dolan's Picadilly Square Players in "Ring Around the Moon," by Jean Anouilh. After the perform- ance, cast and audience enjoyed a French buffet prepared by Korin Heiser Potter, Newton 73. The entire evening was co- chaired by Lucille Saccone Giovino, Newton '57, and Anne Duffy Phelan, Newton 71 .

Since the announced merger of Newton College with Boston Col- lege, the Boston Club has re- mained active and has sponsored one or two events a year for local alumnae. It also formed its own committee to report to the Boston College Task Force on Consolida- tion. Now the Boston Club would like to update its records, reach out to all Newton alumnae and ask them to help the Club update its files and find out what the alumnae would like to see the Boston Club do in the future. The Club would like to hear from you — we need to hear from you to update our files and mailing lists.

University, HEFA issue $15.8 million in bono'

Also, talk of Class Reunions has begun for the classes of 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967 and 1972. Every- thing is in the planning stages, many questions are being asked. Would you like to see the reunion limited to those classes only or would you like to see the reunion expanded to all Newton alumnae? Do you feel Newton's reunion should be held on the Newton Campus or would you like to see events held in conjunction with Boston College reunion activities? How do you feel? Help the alumnae working on the reunion by writing to the Boston Club or Mary Lou Duddy at B.C.'s Alumni Hall. Better yet, please volunteer to help. The date is set for May 20-22. Check future Bridge and Focus issues for alumnae response.

The University has entered into an agreement with the state Health and Educational Facilities Authority (HEFA) under which the authority will issue $15.8 million in revenue bonds.

Proceeds from sale of the bonds will be used to finance construction presently in progress, such as the major renovation of Gasson Hall, to re- finance bank loans for prior con- struction completed in the last five years, to refinance the mort- gage assumed in 1974 when the University acquired the Newton College campus property, and to establish a debt service reserve fund.

The entire issue of the HEFA bonds was sold to a group headed by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, and will carry an average interest rate of 6.58 percent over the life of the bonds, which mature serially be- tween 1978 and 2007 in ascend- ing amounts.

Moody's Investors' Service Inc. has assigned a credit rating of A-l to the bonds. Two years ago, Moody's had assigned a rating of A to $20,875,000 in bonds issued then by HEFA and the University.

Fr. Monan said the improve- ment in the credit rating was a

tribute to the efforts of the man •• agement team at the UniversitM over the past five years.

School of Ed plans big 25th

The School of Education'^ going to be 25 years old in 1977? and a party is being planned.

Actually, Dean Lesteie Przewlocki said a committee a i alumni and students has beei<' meeting since summer to prepart a calendar of events and activi* ties that will run from Feb man i through December, 1977.

Programs that are now in then preparation stage include lee tures and workshops, an Apri- dinner dance under the joimi sponsorship of the anniversary committee and the Student Senate of the School of Educa tion, as well as an all-daw Homecoming program in com junction with one of the football games next fall.

Detailed announcements of ah programs and activities wil' appear in Bridge and Focus .

Any alumni interested in workrl ing with School of Education'™ anniversary committee shoultl contact the Dean's office.

Frank Maguire, 1912 - 1976

The following "memorial minute" was written by Joseph G. Brennan, '33, professor of philosophy at Barnard College, Columbia University.

The 1933 Stylus abounded in poets. Herbert Kenny recently retired as virtual poet laureate of the city of Boston. Then there was Steven Flem- ing towering awkwardly at six feet four, huge hands and feet, voice immense. Steve was always afraid that something would stop him from writing, maybe insanity, and he could not tolerate that. He suffered a mental breakdown, fought it, and died a few years after graduation:

My pen and candle, Lady. Now remark That one is slender, one exceeding bright; Keep swift the flame against the rigid dark, And Jet the pen write.

In contrast to Steve, Frank Maguire was small, a gentle sweet-natured boy with sandy hair, pink cheeks, and a soft kind voice. While others made fun of Steve Fleming, Frank esteemed his poetry so highly that he modestly kept his own under wraps. Most of his writing for the '33 Stylus consisted of miniature stories and sketches that just hinted at his poetic gift.

While we were undergraduates at Boston College, Frank and I visited each other's houses — his in Medford, mine in Roxbury — and talked

away the better part of many nights. Frank was an only child. His fathe» had been chauffeur to a Boston Woman, and at her death she left Frank i small income. After graduation, he took an A.M. in English at Harvard taught for a while, served as an Army captain in World War II, doin|i intelligence work in the Philippines and Japan. He was assistant profeS'j sor of English at Boston College in 1948. His first book of poems Jo urnevj with Music came out the following year. Frank was a member of th< American Poetry Society and the Catholic Poetry Society. Many of hi; poems appeared in the magazine Image.

When his parents died, Frank found himself alone in the world anr after that — so far as I know — formed no permanent tie. He settled ow Clinton Street in Lower Manhattan, worked at his poetry, acted parts ii off-Broadway shows, walked his beloved old dog. Two or three times ill recent years he made the tedious train journey out to Bethpage, Lonp Island, to visit us. One evening we got out a tape recorder and had Franh read some Hopkins, then some of his own verse. I have the tapes and I'n i glad.

Frank died Aug. 23, age 64, in the Veterans Administration Hospita on First Avenue and 23rd Street. The notice in the New York Times said J

"there are no immediate survivors." I remembered his lines about a doj barking at midnight:

I know baby: as you fear barking brings no one back. But it's a noise in an empty world and it helps to fill the dark.

Martin P. Harney, S.J. 1896-1976

"With wit and holy laughter, he has warmed the discipline of rigorous scholarship in classroom and lecture hall, in learned jour- nals and in the volumes which march steadily from his pen."

So read the honorary degree citation presented to Martin Pat- rick Harney, S.J., at the University's 1976 Commencement cere- monies. That wit and warmth was stilled Nov. 10 when Fr. Harney, priest, author, scholar and teacher to more Boston College stu- dents than perhaps any other person, died at the age of 80 in Campion Center in Weston.

"For more than 50 years, Fr. Martin Harney's presence lent a luster to the towers and classrooms of Boston College," Fr. Monan said. "To students for more than five decades, he personified all that the University held most dear. He was a man of generous un- derstanding and unshakeable conviction, with the humor and placid breadth of old world culture, a prolific scholar and enthusi- astic teacher.

"Fr. Harney's serene simplicity and humility had accurately as- sessed the worth of all things human. He was most sensitive to people around him because of the depth of his interior life; an ac- tive contemplative in the mold of Ignatius Loyola, whose learning was part of his ministry and whose priestly love for the world made it share more fully his own worship of God."

Daniel J. Shine, S.J., Rector of the Jesuit Community at the Uni- versity, said Fr. Harney was "the personification of affability, wit, graciousness and all else that was implied in being truly human. He lived Boston College's motto 'Ever to excel'."

Carmel Heaney, consul of the Republic of Ireland, expressed his sympathy to relatives and members of the University community on the loss of a man who "as scholar and man of letters, made a significant contribution over the years to spreading the love and knowledge of Ireland, land of his ancestors. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam. (May he rest with God.)"

Born in Lynn in 1896, Fr. Harney was among the first group of students to begin studies at the new Boston College campus at Chestnut Hill in 1915. After one year at B.C., he entered the Jesuit novitiate. After earning bachelor and master's degrees from Woodstock College, he was ordained a Jesuit in 1929.

Fr. Harney's first classroom assignment at the University was as a scholastic in 1923. He later taught history here from 1930 to 1933 and after a year of Tertianship again returned in 1934 to a position on the Faculty he held until his death.

He was the founder of the Blessed Oliver Plunkett Society, a cul- tural and social group fostering interest in Irish literature, tradi- tion, song and folk dance. He was also a member of the Eire Society and received its gold medal in 1965 for his contributions in

preserving and promoting Irish culture through his writings and teaching.

His publications included several books, such as The Jesuits in History, The Legacy of St. Patrick, Magnificent Witness, and The Catholic Church through the Ages.

In August of this year, Fr. Harney celebrated his 60th anniver- sary as a member of the Society of Jesus and his 46th year as a Pro- fessor of European and Irish History at the University.

Hundreds attended a funeral Mass at St. Ignatius Church. Burial was in the Jesuit Cemetery at Weston.

Sub Turri dedicated its 1962 yearbook to Fr. Harney, saying of him that "his career epitomizes the realization of an ideal through a complete devotion to what he believes is right.

"Father Harney and Boston College have come a long way to- gether since 1915, and we have been the beneficiaries of their progress."

Requiescat in pace.

Boston College Clubs

Wherever you are,

you're not very far from

the Boston College connection

Buffalo

George E. Ginther, '69 432 Porter Avenue Buffalo NY 14201

Cape Cod

Joseph S. Whitehead, '30 129 Blue Rock Road S. Yarmouth MA 02664

Central New York

David P. McLean, '68 209 Cashin Drive Fayetteville NY 13066

Chicago

Richard Macintosh, '68 2160 Dehne Road Northbrook IL 60062

Cincinnati

MarkL. Silbergack, Esq., '68 1832 Sunset Avenue Cincinnati OH 45238

Cleveland

Philip Vincello, '44 350 Barrington Road Painesville OH 44077

Denver

John A. Bormolini, '64 2325 S. Pontiac Street Denver CO 80222

Detroit

David M. Lynch, '59 5955 Red Coat Lane W. Bloomfield MI 48033

Fairfield County

Richard F. Dowling, '57 57 Autumn Ridge Road Trumbull CT 06611

Florida

William V. Allen, '65 7805 S. W. 166th St. Miami FL 33157

Hartford

William M. Nealon, 72 Hayes Road Easthampton CT 06424

Long Island

James J. Hayes, '60

1 1 Woodcutter Lane

Cold Springs Harbor NY 11724

Los Angeles

J. Joseph Lally, '61 1436 Warnall Avenue Los Angeles CA 90024

Maine

Elizabeth A. Carroll, '59 1 7 Woodcrest Road Cape Elizabeth ME 04107

Manhattan Business Group

PaulF. McPherson, '52 Executive V.P. McGraw-Hill Publications 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10020

Merrimack Valley

John Hogan, '45 81 Luce Street Lowell MA 01852

Mid-Hudson

Frederick Mauriello, '51 P.O. Box 511 Millbrook NY 12545

Minnesota

William McDonough, '53 704 S. First Street Stillwater MN 55082

New Bedford Arthur J. Caron, Esq., '61 172 Pine Grove Street New Bedford MA 02745

New Hampshire

Robert R. Giordano, '59 104 Dunbarton Road Manchester NH 03102

New Jersey Coleman Szely, '72 7 Harding Court Park Ridge NJ 07656

New Orleans

Paul F. Moore, '39

5432 Gen Diaz

New Orleans LA 70124

North Shore

Francis V. Kennedy, '42 57 Cumberland Circle Lynn MA 01904

Northern California (San Francisco) Byrne Conley, '58 1519 Sunny Court Walnut Creek CA 94595

Pittsburgh

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ridge, '56 74 Mayf air Drive Mt. Lebanon PA 15228

Philadelphia

G. Robert Kincade, '52 327 Colket Lane Wayne PA 19087

Rhode Island

Harry M. Kushigian, '64 271 Love Lane Warwick RI 02886

Rochester

Robert V. Hussey, '58 112 Westgate Drive Rochester NY 14617

St. Louis

Hon. Morris Rosenthal, '36 40 N. Kings Highway St. Louis MO 63108

San Diego

George A. Gallagher, '54 5137 Leicester Way San Diego CA 921 20

Seattle

James G. McGowan, '62 17910 N.E. 13th Street Bellevue WA 98004

Southeastern United States (Georj Robert E. Larson, '68 3380 Winf air Place, N.E. Marietta GA 30302

Toledo

Joseph G. M. Vidoli, Esq., '60 888 Befley Street Perrysburg OH 43551

Washington, D.C.

Richard J. O'Brien, '58 61 17 Harmon Place Springfield VA 221 52

Western Massachusetts (Springfici

Joseph A. Cancelliere, '45 31 Federal Street Agawam MA 01001

Wisconsin

William G. Ladewig, '68 6505 W. Center Wauwatosa WI 53210

Worcester

Edward Kofron, '71

5 Duncannon Avenue, No. 1 2

Worcester MA 01604

compiled by Susan Nuccio, '77

Computer science has no magic answers Does it?

There is no magic formula for teaching a complex subject like computer science, but Peter Olivieri, '65, M.B.A. '66, Assis- tant Professor of Management, has made a noble effort.

Students in his sections are regularly treated to his expanding bag (or suitcase, as it happens) of magic tricks. It all started during a graduate stu- dent class.

"One night, during one of those two and a half hour courses," he said, "things were going very badly. So after the break I decided to do something to loosen things up, and I did one of my magic tricks, just to see what happened.

"Well, the tension was broken, and the final hour of the class was fantastic. From then on, I've been doing them regularly."

His goal is not to be known as a magician but as a good teacher.

"I really think that's something you have to put your whole heart into," he said.

A member of the Faculty since 1970, Prof. Olivieri completed work for his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1975. He is the author of a text Computers and Programming: A Neoclassical Approach, published by McGraw-Hill in 1975.

Dramatics president combines theatre, education

You take a group of talented, enthusiastic students and cooperative faculty members and "make the whole thing work." At least that's what Eric Hafen, '77, of Pittsburgh, Pa., new president of the Dramatics Society, plans to do.

The versatile actor and director, who's already starred in the Society's first offering, Scapino, is leading the Dramatics Society through a very busy year. With Scapino, a farce based on a Moliere script, Paul Zindel's The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, and an evening of one-act plays at O'Connell Student Union already presented, the Society is preparing for spring productions of Sophocles' Medea and the popular Broadway musical Man of La Mancha.

A new Dramatics Society activity this year, Hafen said, is a series of workshops aimed at developing technical skills important for theatre majors.

"B.C.'s theatre program is one of the best in the East, combining actual experience with academics," Hafen said. "A student has to learn all aspects of theatre, not just acting or directing."

About 65 percent of the members of the Dramatics Society are not solely theatre majors, and Hafen is one of those carrying a double major. His activities and plans for the future combine his interests in drama and special education.

During the summer, Hafen performed in shows for an Arlington theatre group and the MIT Theatre Guild. He also directed creative dramatics programs for children at Hale Reservation and for emotional- ly-disturbed children at Gaebler School in Waltham. He hopes to continue performing, and studying the education of those with special needs in graduate school.

Former captain gains honor in court

In 1963, the teammates of George L. Fitzsimmons, '64,

chose him captain of the B.C. basketball team. The qualities of determination and talent that brought him that honor 13 years ago have apparently brought him new recognition as an attorney.

Fitzsimmons, a resident of St. Louis, Mo., has been named recipient of an award presented annually by the Missouri Bar Association to a young St. Louis- area trial attorney for "professional competence."

Partner in the firm of Fitzsim- mons & Fitzsimmons, Clayton, Mo., with his father, he served as chief trial counsel for the Public Defender Bureau from 1968 to 1970. He has served as city attorney and as a provisional judge for three St. Louis-area municipalities.

This agent isn't free

For sports fans, the name of Jerry Kapstein, L'68, is fast be- coming a household word. As the agent for approximately 60 professional athletes, Kapstein has become one of the most influ- ential and controversial figures in sports.

While Boston Red Sox fans probably remember Kapstein best for his role in the contract holdouts of clients Carlton Fisk, Fred Lynn and Rick Burleson, fans of other teams around the nation became acquainted with him as baseball's free agent signings progressed.

The list of free agents repre- sented by Kapstein reads like a foster of "great baseball players of the 70s" — Bobby Grich, Gene Tenace, Rollie Fingers, Joe Rudi, Doyle Alexander, Don Gullet, Dave Cash, Don Baylor and Wayne Garland.

Kapstein acts as a go-between for his clients and clubs inter- ested in them. The work required takes up just about all of Kapstein's professional attention plus the efforts of a 10-person staff in Providence, R.I.

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Minor sports had a ball in fall

Soccer (6-6-1)

Under the direction of Coach Hans Westerkamp. the soccer team went through the first half of its season racking up impres- sive victories. Among them was a 1-0 victory over Babson, the only loss suffered this season by last year's Division II national champions.

Several injuries to players slowed the team quite a bit dur- ing the second half of the season, as the Eagles dropped five straight.

Although the team loses senior co-captains Johnny Lojek of Chestnut Hill and Charles Moran of Waltham, Westerkamp looks optimistically to next season when 15 of 22 players return.

Field hockey (7-2-1)

The field hockey team ended up again with a winning record this year, and even took the op- portunity to avenge last year's only loss.

While there was plenty to cele- brate in the victories over Providence. Holy Cross. Tufts, Wesleyan and Bridgewater, victory over Wellesley was es- pecially sweet as it made up for last season's single blemish.

Coach Maureen Enos' leading scorer was sophomore Janet Davidson of Reading, while the nod for "best all-round player" went to freshman Karen Sudbey.

Men's golf

Headed by senior co-captains Dan Curtis of Manchester. Conn., and Dave Magdalenski of Housa- tonic. the golf team finished second out of 35 teams in the New England championships, only four shots behind the win- ner. In the Toski Tournament at UMass. the Eagles finished fifth out of 17.

"It looks good for the spring season." said Coach Eddie Carroll.

Men's tennis (5-3-1)

"During the fall, the team plays a series of scrimmages."

said Coach Mike MacDonald. "Our real season is in the spring, from the end of March through to the first of May."

The fall record included wins over Tufts, M.I.T., Bentley and B.U. twice: a tie against Har- vard; and losses to Tufts. Brown and Brandeis.

Among the top players this fall were Captain Bill Donato, '77, of Middletown. Conn.: Kevin Nawn, '80, of Scituate; Rob Somerville, '78. of Gardner, Maine; John Officer. '79. of Hanover, N.H.; and Dick Rule, '77, of Manhasset, N.Y.

Women's tennis (9-2)

The Eagles dominated quite a few matches this season and ended up on the short end only to Harvard and Brown.

B.C. players were consolation winners in singles and doubles in the Metropolitan Women's Inter- collegiate Athletic Council Cham- pionships held at M.I.T and finished in the top 16 in the New Englands at Amherst.

The doubles team of Kathy Philbin, '79. of Point Jefferson, N.Y.. and Maura Nolan, '80. of Belmont, was particularly im- pressive, according to Coach Ann Marie Lynch.

Volleyball

More than 40 women tried out for the team this year, double the number three years ago. The in- terest is improving, according to Coach Tanny Capabianco. and so's the performance.

The Eagles are going through a learning process, too, and both the team and the coach have at- tended separate workshops con- ducted by Mary Jo Pepler. former Olympic volleyball player now turned pro.

Men's water polo (18-3)

Both the men's and women's water polo teams, while at only club status, aroused some inter- est on campus in the sport as they achieved fine records.

The men. led by sophomores

Steve Chandler of Cleveland. Ohio, and Mark Gallivan of Ded- ham, finished third in the New England Tournament to Southern Connecticut and Trinity. The Eagles were seeded first in Division II going into the playoffs. All-New England honors went to Chandler and Gallivan, who became the second B.C. goalie in succession to win the honor.

Women's water polo (10-0)

The Eagles took the number one ranking in New England by beating BU, Wellesley and UMass in the New England Championships held at Harvard. Coach Sara Groden's charges had compiled a 7-0 record going into the tourney.

Named to the All-New England team were goalie Susan Weyrauch. '78, of Silver Spring, Md.; Felice Napolitano. '79. of Saugus; Marty Long. '78; and Janille Blackburn of Concord. N.H., who repeated on the all- star team.

Co-captains were Trisha Herlihy, '77, of Norwood and Nancy Brennan, '78. of Yonkers, N.Y.

Winter preview: familiar faces on ice; several new hoopsters

Hockey

Only two seniors graduated from last year's 15-13-1 Beanpot championship team, and Coach Len Ceglarski has to feel nice about the 20 lettermen returning for the Eagles.

Goal could well be the team's strongest position, as Paul Skid- more, '79. the East's "rookie of the year" and "most valuable player" in the Beanpot, returns. Bill Wilkins, '77, is an experi- enced backup in goal.

Out in front of Skidmore will be a defense corps anchored by big Joe Augustine, '79, 6-3. 210. Seniors Dan McDonough and Dave Annecchiarico and John McGuire and Kevin

Bartholomew, both 78, are ex- perienced defensemen. New-

comers include sophomore JackM Harrington and freshmen o Charlie Antetomaso and Joe qj Caffrey.

The offense should be clicking m with nine scoring leaders return- t| ing. Captain Bob Ferriter, '77, 'I who had 15 goals and 36 points sj; last season, heads the list that in- m eludes seniors Kerry Young (31 i points), Joe Fernald. Mike* Martin, Tom Songin and Ed Rear- II don, juniors Paul Barrett (40) and J Bob Riley and sophomore Joe • Mullen (34). Freshmen who may ■ figure in are Bill Army. Brian m Burns, Walter Kyle and Gerry J Rearson.

Basketball

Roberts Center has always seemed to be a place where you had a chance to see old friends and make some new ones at bas- ketball games. This year, many of the new faces will belong to players on the court wearing the maroon and gold.

Graduation of the Boston Three, Bobby Carrington, Wil Morrison and Billy Collins, and transfers by a couple of other familiar faces have resulted in six newcomers joining six returning lettermen for the 1976- 77 edition of the Eagles.

Returning to the forecourt are sophomores Tom Meggars. 6-9, and Mike Bowie, 6-4. A trio of junior college transfers — 6-0 Bob Bennifield. who led the nation's J.C. rebounders with 19 a game; 6-8 Rick Kuhn, who shot 64 percent from the floor last season; and junior college All- America Mike Lunday, 6-7 — join them. Senior Jeff Jurgens. 6-4, who missed last season due to injury, will give reserve strength.

Three freshmen will be help- ing out in the backcourt, where Mike Shirey. John O'Brien and Ernie Cobb, all of whom saw action as starters last year, re- turn. The newcomers are 6-5 Jeff Roth, an All-State selection from Decatur, 111.; Louis Benton, All- State in Florida; and Jim Sweeney, a 5-11 playmaker who led The Lawrenceville School to three straight New Jersey state prep school titles.

Boy, girl or person? p. 10

Boy, girl or person?

The acquisition of an acceptable sex identity is one of the most critical accom- plishments of childhood. That accom- plishment is made more difficult when society questions the "acceptability" of various sex identities and sex roles. In this article, adapted from the chapter "Boy. Girl or Person? Current Issues in Sex Role and Sex Identity" from The New Children: The First Six Years [Greylock Publishers. 1976. John F. Travers Jr.. Professor of Education, editor). William K. Kilpatrick. Associate Professor of Psy- chology, examines the biological and cul- tural reasons for the differences that do exist between the sexes and discusses the distinction between sex "identity" and sex "role."

William K. Kilpatrick. . Associate Professor of Psychology, was educated 3 at Holy Cross and Har- *»r« vard and received his doc- torate in psychology from Purdue University. The author of articles for many journals in his field. Prof. Kilpatrick's first book Identity and Intimacy (Delacorte Press, 1975) was another examination of the importance of a firm sense of self and identity. Prof Kilpatrick is a resident of Brighton.

It may be fashionable to think of children as 'persons,' but what they need and want is a strong sexual identity.

by William K. Kilpatrick

Sex identity at first glance appears to be a simple matter of boy/girl. It is, in fact, a most complicated phenomenon. Adult sex identity results from a mixture of genetic, hormonal, cultural and psy- chological forces in proportions that are largely unknown. The scientific complex- ity of sex identity is matched by the emo- tional reaction it evokes. Sex identity is usually the first question that pops into everyone's mind whenever a new human being enters the world. Moreover, some of our best insights into the nature of sex identity come from studies of homosex- uals, transsexuals and transvestites — sexual minorities that other people often react to with violent emotions.

The sex roles that accompany sex identity are equally charged with emo- tions: few areas of controversy have touched so many nerves as has the topic of sex role liberation. Women complain that their role leads to drudgery and neurosis, while men grumble that their role leads to drudgery and ulcers. To complicate matters further there are dif- ficult philosophical problems. Assuming that sex roles can be shifted, the ques- tion remains, "In what direction?" "What is the healthy self?" "What con- stitutes a meaningful life?"

This essay is not so much concerned with uncomplicating the problems of sex identity, as it is with placing them in some land of perspective. The first order

of business is to establish that diffeia ences do exist — boys and girls differ ill their response pattern even in the first few weeks of life.

To begin with, males seem to be at « I biological disadvantage. Although montt males are conceived than females, morii males are stillborn or spontaneously aborted. The rate of disease and mortality is also higher for males ii childhood. Males have more genetically transmitted defects such as hemophilic and color blindness. Learning disorders are more frequent among males than fd| males; so are behavior disorders. 1 higher percentage of males are mentalt subnormal.

Males, however, tend to display mow independent and exploratory behavion Observations of infants at the Feb Research Institute indicate that even a 13 months girls are less adventurous stay closer to their mother, are reluctan^ to leave her, and return to her for reas surance more often than boys. When i wire mesh barrier was used to bloc access to the mother, girls tended to cri and do nothing, while boys made a1^ tempts to get around the barrier or pus.j it aside.

A number of studies summarized bj psychologist Eleanor Macoby show tha| girls have superior verbal ability, whil boys excel at spatial tasks; boys havl more analytic ability, while girls rel more on "circumstantial" evidence or ir tuition when solving problems. Girt learn to count at an earlier age, but boy

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later surpass them in arithmetical rea- soning. Other studies indicate that boys are less cooperative and more competi- tive than girls, and engage in more acts of aggression. This type of behavior is even observed in the kibbutz environ- ment where radical attempts have been made to eliminate sex role typing.

Finally, it should be noted that some of these differences are manifested very early in life. Greater spatial ability has been found in boys as young as two weeks old; another study reveals that at 14 weeks girls are more responsive to auditory stimuli, while boys are more responsive to visual stimuli. (This may account for the fact that grown up boys are more easily aroused by visual por- nography than are girls.)

It is clear then, that above and beyond ,the anatomical distinctions, there are several ways in which boys and girls dif- fer. But where do these sex differences jcome from? Are children born with Jthem? Or do they result from an early I and all-pervasive cultural conditioning?

Hermaphrodites are individuals who • are genetically of one sex but have the sex organs of the opposite sex. For ex- ample, a child may be born female (two [X chromosomes) but may have the ex- j ternal genitals of a male. In such cases, a mistake in gender assignment might I easily be made. A girl may be registered as a boy on the birth certificate, given a boy's name, and be brought up as a boy. ' Or a genetic boy may be brought up as a 1 girl. If the mistake is discovered in time it J is possible to reassign sex, administer ; hormonal treatments, and perform an operation to bring the physical appearance in line with the chromosonal reality. And all of this can be accom- 1 plished with no great harm to the child's ' emotional development provided that ' sufficient counseling is given to the parents.

However, there is a point beyond i which the reassignment does not take hold or else takes hold poorly. Dr. John Money and his colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Hospital have been treating hermaphrodites for two decades. They conclude that there is a critical period for the learning of sex identity — and that period seems to commence about 18 months after birth and end at about four or five years of age. After 18 months, at- tempts to reassign sex may be resisted by the child who is developing or has al- 1 ready developed a sexual self-concept. Such findings have been accepted in some quarters as incontrovertible evi-

The age at which most parents consider male and female gender identity to be emerging is essentially when it has already established rigid footing.'

dence that sex identity and sex roles are mainly a matter of cultural conditioning. If you raise a girl as a boy you will produce a boy despite the genetic pro- gramming. In other words, cultures are more powerful than chromosomes.

Occasionally, an individual who is anatomically normal will express a strong desire to be a member of the opposite sex. The desire may be so pressing that the individual requests or even demands an operation to change his or her sex. As far as the transsexual is concerned, the operation is for the sake of correcting a mistake of birth.

At first glance the transsexual phe- nomenon would appear to fly in the face of the cultural argument, for these are people who are resisting enormous cul- tural pressure to conform, who are con- templating or have actually carried out a course of action that is appalling to a great many in our society. But, although they may ignore the larger culture, there is evidence that transsexuals do respond to the culture of the home during the period (18 months to four or five years) that Money identifies as critical for learning sex identity. Dr. Richard Green and Dr. Robert Stoller of the U.C.L.A. Medical School have both done extensive counseling with transsexuals, with feminine boys and with masculine girls.

Their studies lend support to the no- tion that sex identity is learned either from culture or family, or both in con- junction. In its more familiar form the argument goes like this: boys gain a mas- culine identity because we dress them in blue, give them trucks to play with, en- courage independence and discourage shows of emotion; girls gain a feminine identity because we dress them in pink, give them dolls to play with, and encour- age nurturance and passivity. A corol- lary of this position is that sex identity is malleable, that biology has little to do with it and that sex roles can be changed by changing cultural expectations. In short, if you treat a boy in a feminine way he will develop feminine charac- teristics.

If one takes a closer look at the data, it becomes clear that biology cannot easily be pushed aside. Consider again the studies of hermaphrodites. The herma- phroditic condition is brought about pre-

natally by excesses, deficiencies or er- rors of the hormones that govern the de- velopment of sex organs. For example, a genetic female who is exposed to extra androgens in the womb (either as a result of an hereditary problem in the adrenal glands or as an accidental side effect of drugs given to the mother during pregnancy) may be born with an enlarged clitoris that is mistaken for a penis. We have already noted how great a power the culture can exert in such cases of mistaken identity.

It is well, however, to remember that in these cases the biological forces are at odds. Chromosomes pull in one direc- tion while the hormones and physical ap- pearance pull in the other. It's a divide and conquer situation in which the forces of biology are in disarray while the forces of culture have the field. In normal development chromosomes, hor- mones and physical appearance act to reinforce each other so that the influence of culture is considerably less potent.

There is further evidence that mental processes are affected by sex hormones. It has been observed, for instance, that boys with certain types of endocrine dis- orders display lower spatial and numeri- cal ability than normal boys, but have greater verbal ability. And Money and his colleagues have observed a trend toward high IQ in females exposed to an excess of androgens prior to birth. Such findings have forced Dr. Money to re- treat somewhat from his earlier culturist position to the point where he concedes that sex hormones influence pathways in the central nervous system that, in turn, determine many of the differences be- tween male and female behavior.

But for parents and others concerned with raising young children the crucial question is not whether biology has the main say in determining sex identity or whether culture does. A more important question for them is, "When does the critical period arrive and when does it depart?" The answer is that it comes earlier and departs sooner than most people realize. Dr. Green in his study on feminine boys found that their enduring interest in wearing girls' clothes most frequently had its onset between the second and third birthday. Yet most

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parents tended to ignore this early behavior and only showed concern when the practice continued into the school years.

"The age at which most parents con- sider male and female gender identity to be emerging is essentially when it has already established rigid footing," Dr. Green said. What parents consider to be "just a stage" is actually the crucial period for the fixing of sex identity. The years between two and four that are critical for acquiring language are also the salient years for acquiring one's sexual identity.

It should be obvious at this point that sex identity results from a complicated mix of culture and biology. It may be more useful, however, to discuss sex identity not as a biological thrust or as a cultural imperative but as a psychological need. Consider the fact that there are many more males than females who become transsexuals or homosexuals. Males in general seem to have more difficulty in establishing a sex identity than do females. Why should that be? And if it is true, why do females seem less happy than males with their sex roles?

One explanation, put forward by sociologist David Lynn, is that both boys and girls start off with a feminine iden- tification because the earliest and most formative experiences of both are with

the mother while the father tends to be an absent or shadowy figure. The father, even when he is home, leaves most of the intimate child raising activities to the mother.

So for boys as well as girls the first object of identification is the mother; the most readily available model of sex identity is a feminine one. A typical illus- tration is the boy whose father had just returned from a long tour of duty in Viet- nam. The father, in an effort to re-estab- lish a male bond with his four-year-old son, invited the boy to watch him shave. He was caught off guard, however, when the bey, who had already developed his own notions about shaving, began apply- ing shaving cream to his legs.

This early identification with the mother is fine for the girl but sooner or later the boy is expected to repent his error and make a male identification. This means that much of his early sex identification has to be undone. He must switch off one track and onto another. Unfortunately, some boys get derailed in the process. Many boys are so thorough- ly identified with their mothers that they are unable to make the switch. Even for those who do, the passage is often a rough one.

The strain which this transition entails may account for the fact that boys seem more insecure about their sex identity than do girls. Most boys and a good many men spend a lot of time and energy trying to prove that they really are masculine. What this compulsive need really proves, of course, is that there is something very fragile about the male ego. While females may be con- cerned with proving that they are attrac- tive or desirable, they have compara- tively little need to prove that they are, in fact, females.

But if males are so insecure about their sex identity why do so many females struggle for liberation? To re- solve this paradox it is necessary to make a distinction between sex identity and sex role. Sex identity is a conviction — partly unconscious — that one belongs to the sex one has been born into. A secure sexual identity is mani- fested as a feeling of comfortableness with one's masculinity or femininity. Sex roles, on the other hand, are composed of the various activities and opportuni- ties that society (but also biology) as- signs to one sex or the other.

Since the male role carries with it more privileges and prerogatives it is not unusual for females to be envious of it,

and dissatisfied with the more limited scope of action afforded by the tradi-i tional female role. Yet the woman who ia dissatisfied with her role may still feels content with her identity as a female.3 Conversely, the man who is relatively content with his role may suffer froml gnawing sense of insecurity over hia manhood.

What little we do know of egalitarian families suggests that the rush to get rid of se» role polarities may be premature.

The hypothesis that males are less secure about their sex identity would help to explain another well-knowp phenomenon. Men experience a great deal of difficulty in accepting or expresa ing the feminine side of their naturei while women may freely express manji masculine attributes, such as wearing men's clothes or doing traditionally malt) work. Perhaps the woman's greater flex: ibility is an index of a more secure sexual identity.

In any event it would seem logical tha an individual with a strong sense oil personal identity would have less need tr rely on society's definition of masculinity or femininity. One interesting implica* tion of this theory is that a viable se> role liberation is more likely to be achieved by those who start off with £ strong sense of either masculine on feminine identity.

Many societies have institutions tha^ implicitly recognize the difficulty thato males have in establishing sex identity! The primitive initiation rite for males can be seen as an attempt on the part ofa society to ratify a boy's transition from feminine to masculine identity.

Rites of passage serve another func< tion as well. They head off adolescent rei bellion by admitting teenage boys td adult male status. In fact, there is every indication that male delinquency is di rectly related to sex identity; it occur? most frequently in boys with an insecure sex identity, boys who in their early years had no male model to imitate.

Interestingly, one of the best methods of rehabilitating delinquent boys is to pu' them through a program of severe physical challenges and tests of endur ance that are socially approved anc

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awarded. The rugged Outward Bound

Program has, for example, proven far i bore successful at reducing juvenile

Time rates than the reform school sys- fem, where boys merely serve time and i Vhere they can demonstrate their mas-

tulinity only in acts of defiance.

What can parents do to foster a | lealthy sex identity in children? That juestion is a difficult one to answer ■ iince there is much disagreement today >ver what constitutes a healthy sex iden- ity. It is possible, however, to show the Lonsequences of certain family patterns. L Although most of the literature con- cerned with child raising is devoted to ,he mother's role, the bulk of the research indicates that the father plays [he more crucial role in the development rof sex identity. In most cases the father pas a greater interest in sex differences than the mother; and he seems to exert more influence on the development of masculinity in his sons as well as fem- ininity in his daughters.

The first thing a father can do to pro- mote a conventional sex identity in his children is to make himself available to f-hem. Study after study shows that the Absence of the father has a deleterious effect on both sons and daughters. Father-absent girls are more likely than father-present girls to be overly dependent, to have difficulty in hetero- sexual adjustment, to have a low fem- inine self-concept, and to engage in de- linquent behavior. Father-absent boys kre likely to have fewer masculine Interests, less conscience development, and more psychological problems than father-present boys.

Early father-absence is more likely to retard masculine development in boys and feminine development in girls than is late father-absence. This is in line with Money's thesis that there is a critical period for the learning of sex identity.

The presence of the father is crucial for the development of sex identity and particularly crucial for the development of masculinity in boys. In an imperfect world, however, there will continue to be a great many homes in which the father is absent by reason of death, divorce or desertion. In such situations it is best if the mother can find a surrogate father who will take an interest in the child.

The role of masculine model could be assumed by a Big Brother, a scout leader, an uncle, a teacher, a male neigh- bor or even an older adolescent. The child might also be encouraged to iden- tify with a movie or television star, a

sports hero or a public figure. But, if the mother herself tries to play the role of masculine model, she may actually en- courage femininity in her son since the boy will tend to identify with her sex rather than her behavior. The presence of an older brother, however, will often compensate somewhat for the father's absence.

The father who is available to his chil- dren is likely to be doing them a service. But availability is not enough. Unless the father plays a masculine role within the family, the young boy will experience dif- ficulty in making a strong masculine identification By the same token, mas- culine acting fathers encourage feminin- ity in their daughters) .

In fact, father-present boys who per- ceive their fathers as ineffectual are more likely to suffer from sex role con- flicts than boys who have no father. Out- side the home the father may be decisive and competent but if he surrenders the masculine role within the family he will only succeed in providing a model to be avoided rather than emulated.

These patterns suggest that, despite the current rhetoric to the contrary, chil- dren do not flourish in families where household roles are interchangeable. Psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner, in analyzing two studies, found that adoles- cents who came from families where fathers played a traditionally feminine role tended to be ^independable.

In light of such findings one has to be suspect of the recent trend toward eliminating male and female role distinc- tions in the household. What little we do know of egalitarian families suggests that the rush to get rid of sex role polari- ties may be premature.

This does not mean that the father ought to be autocratic and iron-fisted; merely that he ought to be careful, if only for the sake of his son's masculinity, about relinquishing the traditional role of decision-maker and limit-setter. Play- ing such a role need not, of course, ex- clude the father from adopting certain aspects of the feminine role such as nur- turance and affection. It does little good for the father to be dominant if he is not also warm and supportive. If he is merely a powerful and feared oppressor, it is unlikely that his children will be able to identify with him at all.

Only when paternal dominance is combined with nurturance does it work in favor of the child's sex identity de- velopment; the over-controlling father interferes with the development of initia-

tive and independence in his children. Interestingly, it often happens that a husband who is dominated by his wife will in turn dominate his son in a restric- tive and controlling way. Unless the son is also allowed some areas of autonomy he is not likely to profit from his father's dominance.

What can the mother do if the father is absent or ineffectual? It is best under such circumstances if she can still en- courage her children to maintain a posi- tive image of the father or at least of the masculine role. It is equally desirable, of course, for the father to encourage a similar respect for the mother and for femininity,

By and large, the learning of sex role seems to be a matter of modeling. If suf- ficient nurturance is present, masculine fathers encourage masculinity in their sons, while feminine mothers encourage femininity in their daughters.

The situation is somewhat different, however, between mother and son, and father and daughter. Thus, a masculine father encourages the development of femininity in his daughter, while a feminine mother encourages the development of masculinity in her son. (When I use the word "encourage," I do not mean a positive conscious attempt to

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Until we know for sure what kind of persons we want, and until we know which aspects of sex identity are dispensable and which are not. we ought not be too hasty to liberate our children from their sexual identity.

■old sex identity but an unconscious process resulting from the dynamic of the family structure) .

In summary, it seems safe to say that the best guarantee of an appropriate sex identity in the child is to be raised by a mother and father who feel comfortable with their respective sex role and identity.

While it is easy to list the factors that facilitate appropriate sex identities in children it is not so easy to supply them. It is rather pointless to remind a mother of the benefits of a father-present home when her husband has just deserted. It is fruitless to lecture a father on the im- portance of nurturance when he simply does not care about his children. It may require years of expensive psycho- therapy before an affection-starved mother is able to release the strangle- hold on her son. Obviously society has a responsibility to provide die conditions that make it possible for parents to carry out their roles and responsibilities.

We are aware that various social. economic and demographic changes have combined to create a stripped- down family mat seems increasingly incapable of sustaining its members. Yet forces have effectively me sense ::" ::"ui:-- a-d help that families could at one fall back on when the going got

It is beyond the scope of this essay to explore the avenues by which that sense of community might be restored. I would like to suggest one method, however, that directly relates to the formation of sex identity — the rite of passage. The problem of sex identity invariably reas- serts itself during adolescence. No mat- ter how neatly development may have progressed in childhood, the rapid chnmgr.s of puberty often upset the hwlanrr so mat a new resolution is re- quired. Adolescence is. in effect a second critical period for the establish- ment of sex identity.

It is high time that our society began to devise rites of passage that would be relevant to our culture but that could to confirm and validate the

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sex identity of adolescents. The Out- ward Bound Program is one possible prototype. The C.C.C. of the Depression years might serve as another model. We might even look at the training programs of the Armed Forces for. despite its ob- vious drawbacks, the Army does often serve to transform the lives of young mm

Our society is desperately in need of what William James called the "moral equivalent of war." He meant, as I have said elsewhere, "not an institution that would cater to men's violent instincts while avoiding actual bloodshed, but a cause or commitment that would summon the same energies, passions and loyalties as does war. These energies are at their peak in adolescence, and it is a pity that when die young are looking for dragons to slay we hand them computer cards to fill out."

Until society- provides some avenues for adolescents to prove themselves in useful ways these energies will continue to be expended in pursuits that are often reckless and self-destructive.

Today we are not so sure that the older definitions of appropriate sex role behavior are valid. Indeed there is evi- dence to suggest that too much mas- culinity in the male or too much fem- ininity in the female is a handicap.

Consider, for example, a longitudinal study conducted by psychologist Paul Mussen in which a group of highly mas- culine males were compared with a group of highly feminine males. During adolescence the highly masculine group more qualities of self-con-

fidence, self-acceptance, leadership and dominance. By the time these men were in their 30s. however, the situation was reversed; the highly masculine group had shown a marked decline in measures of self-concept while the highly feminine group felt much better about themselves, and surpassed the other group in measures of confidence and self-acceptance.

Extreme masculinity and extreme fem- ininity appear to be decreasingly func- tional in our modern society- where powerful machines do the work that

once required strong men. and whew f ragility in women seems no longer desin able. Perhaps we are arriving at a stagi of evolution where some parents wouk prefer their sons to be more feniinhw and their daughters more masculinei And perhaps in the near future. socieW will be more friendly to these childrm than it has in the past.

It is obvious then that until we decidi what constitutes a healthy sex identity no satisfactory answer can be given fefi parents who seek guidelines for fosters ing a healthy sex identity in their chili dren. Our definition of healthy identity depends, in turn, on our defini tion of the healthy self: the discussion o sex identity cannot be divorced from the discussion of personal identity.

But. for this very reason, there always exists a danger that in our haste to fine new and more comfortable sex identitiei and new and less restrictive sex roles may latch on to definitions of health thai are more faddish than functional. C renth* we are witnessing a movemi toward liberation from stereotypes, f roles, even liberation from the concept o sex identity. We should, according to the latest thinking, be concerned witf persons as persons, not as men women. Unburdened of restrictive roles men and women would be able to realia their full potential as human beings.

Anyone familiar with contemporary psychology will recognize that most a the vocabulary used to talk about roll change is borrowed from a school of psyi chology known as the Human Potential Movement, or simply as "humanistic psychology." Human potentialists ha been talking for decades about the m to actualize potentials, to develop the person rather than the role, to open up t wider range of options. Many of the as) sumptions that underlie the currenj thinking on sex roles are the same sumptions upon which humanistic psf chology is founded.

These assumptions are worth lookinp at because they provide a model of tin desirable — a picture of the healthy self And this model — or better, interpreta tion — has been rather uncritically ac cepted as the proper one by a largi number of people in our society. By am large when they talk about changing se: roles, they are talking about changin; them in the direction of the Humai Potential model- According to this model of humai nature, the healthy self is fluid, lives b the here-and-now. is motivated prima ril

jy a need for self-actualization. A closer ook at this supposedly healthy model will show, however, that despite its iesirable features it leaves very little *oom for qualities such as responsibility, commitment, cooperation or love.

A fluid self, a self that is always "in- jrocess" or in a state of flux is not a responsible self: it can't be held account- able for yesterday's self or tomorrow's »lf. A self that exists primarily in the here-and-now will not be able to sustain commitments or maintain communities (or families, or love relationships). A person who is concerned mainly with his own self-actualization will tend to view commitments to others as a limitation on his freedom to grow: self-actualization easily slips over into self-absorption and 'selfishness.

Humanistic psychology is. in short.

[built upon assumptions that may in the

'long run prove to be dehumanizing. Until

[we know for sure what kind of persons

[we want, and until we know which

aspects of sex identity are dispensable

and which are not. we ought not be too

hasty to liberate our children from their

' sexual identity.

Although it may seem like a statement I of the obvious, perhaps it is worth ob-

serving that sex identity gives us a sense of identity. It is one of the more impor- tant ways in which we define ourselves. When, for example, parents ask the doctor. "Is it a boy or a girl?" they are looking for a specific definition on which further definitions may be built — it is unlikely that any parent would be satisfied to hear. "It's a person."

Children too seem adamant about de- fining themselves sexually. In fact, they seem more insistent than adults on main- taining the sexual polarities. Even chil- dren from the most liberated households will insist that "daddies don't cry." Little boys still seem intent on proving that they are little men: and little girls still play with miniature tea sets.

There is evidence that sex roles can be more flexible than they are at present, but sex identity seems to be a more crucial factor, and a less plastic one. As I have suggested before, one can't afford to be very experimental with sex roles unless one has a solid sense of sex iden- tity. The currently fashionable flirtation with the notion of fluidity, with the phil- osophy of persons as persons, may be at- tractive to adults who already have a sense of who they are: they can afford themselves some redefinition.

But to expect a child, who has not yet made any definitions, to be content with the nebulous identity of "person" is to mistake the nature of children. They are not cultivators of ambiguity. Rather, they are trying to make some sense of the complicated world they have so recently entered, and to do that they first need some sense of where they stand in it.

Parents who have achieved flexible definitions of their own sexual status often find it difficult to understand why their children are so old-fashioned and literal minded about sex identity. They fail to realize that children too need some kind of identity — an identity that must of necessity be built on roles and definitions that are not overly compli- cated or ambiguous.

Most parents recognize the primitive wisdom by which an infant begins to dif- ferentiate himself from his mother in order to establish himself as an indepen- dent being. Later on there will be time for him to rediscover his essential one- ness with all other people. Perhaps the same wisdom is at work in the child who wants it to be made unmistakably clear that he belongs to this sex and not that one. Later on he will make his redefini- tions.

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Great treasure in small compass

The University's choice collection of Japanese wood block prints stirs the imagination with its beauty and its origin.

"From Enoshima" byHokusai

by Marylou Buckley

For the first time in some years, the University has engaged art experts to re- examine and catalog its collections — awakening a fresh interest both in the works themselves and in the ways they have come to Boston College. One "great treasure in small compass" perhaps not familiar is the James W. Morrissey Mem- orial Collection of Japanese Prints.

The collection was first established by members of Morrissey's family after his death in 1949. Morrissey, a member of the Class of 1920, had left his personal collection of some 38 fine prints and a

number of books to his brother, Dr. Arthur Morrissey, '29. Dr. Morrissey conceived the idea of creating a mem- orial to his brother at the University. The : family also gave an exhibition case.

For reasons that will be made clear later in this article, the prints are shown on a rotating basis. On at least one oc- casion in the early 1950s, the collection was exhibited in what was then its en- tirety for the Friends of the Library and I in connection with the 400th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis Xavier.

This association of Japanese secular folk art with the Jesuit saint is not as in- apposite as it might seem. When Xavier touched Japan in the later 1540s, Budd- hist monasteries had been producing crude, inexpensive religious pictures for

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perhaps 600 years. Designs were cut into blocks of wood and the blocks stamped on thin sheets of paper. Such sheets have been discovered in this century, kept safe for centuries inside a hollow statue. Usually, however, they were cut in strips and sold as religious souvenirs that the poorest pilgrim or peasant could afford. These were the "holy cards" of Buddhist Japan.

It is difficult to believe that Xavier's followers would not have recognized the cheap print as an excellent way to make Christian saints and symbols familiar. If, however, they caused Christian prints to be made, none has come down to us. After seven decades and half a million converts, the missionaries were ban- ished. Japanese Christians of every class were ruthlessly persecuted and ex- ecuted after 1614, churches pulled down, art destroyed.

During those 70 years of Jesuit activity, a new sophistication began to appear in Japanese prints. Some western influence is suspected. James A. Michener, an authority in the field, writes, "It is also possible but not proved that Japanese artists studied Jesuit religious engrav- ings introduced by European mission- aries prior to 1610."

Be that as it may, the Japanese print, the ukiyo-e or art of "the floating world," was to develop and flower during the next 250 years when Japan was virtually isolated from the West. Ukiyo-e produced individual artists of genius, comparable in stature to contemporary artists elsewhere, yet they and their work remained true to the vision and ex- perience of the ordinary Japanese who was audience, purchaser and preserver. It is from the golden age (1694-1858) of Japanese print-making that many of the prints in the Morrissey Collection have come.

A word about the term ukiyo-e. It translates literally as " floating world."

Some scholars believe it was originally a Buddhist religious concept referring to the transience of human life. As the new capital of Japan, Edo or Tokyo, developed in the 17th century, complete with its pleasure quarter, the Yoshiwara district that still exists, the term ukiyo-e became associated with the passing parade of actors, artists, poets, other performers and "professional ladies" depicted in the prints.

In time, ukiyo-e embraced the prints themselves. Michener considers that ukiyo-e (but not, of course, Japanese print-making) came to an end in the second half of the 19th century. Hiroshige, the last giant of ukiyo-e, died in 1858, 10 years before the Emperor overthrew the last Shogun or dictator. Aniline dyes began to arrive from Ger- many via the United States after 1860, changing the old craft forever.

(One reason the Morrissey Collection is displayed in twos and threes, often in coordination with art history courses, is that ukiyo-e colors tend to be fugitive.

Prolonged exposure to strong light fades them irreparably. And, in Japanese homes, where the "less is more" theory of interior decoration was invented, the prints were shown individually in rooms where light filtered softly through paper walls.)

The introduction of western tech- nology and fads had other side effects. Ukiyo-e had never been out of the reach of the man in the street, but, by 1900, fine Utamaro (1753-1806) prints of the quality now prized by collectors (the Morrissey Collection contains two) suffered the hu- miliation of being sold for the equivalent of $.24 per print. We cannot know how much beauty was treated as rubbish.

This helps to explain why the Morris- sey Collection, now much added to by Dr. Morrissey, is so choice. With something more than 100 items, it is certainly not one of the larger collections of its kind. But size is less than everything. It would take the concentrated effort of a lifetime just to scrutinize the more than 54,000 prints held by the Museum of Fine Arts.

"Actor" by Shunko

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Ukiyo-e produced individual artists of genius, . . . yet they and their work remained true to the vision and experience of the ordinary Japanese. . .

The strength of the Morrissey Collec- tion lies in the physical quality of the prints it includes and in the fact that seven giants of ukiyo-e are represented in the Collection. In addition to Utamaro, the Collection contains work by Haronobu (1725-1770), Eisho (1746-1829), Kyonaga (1752-1815), Hokusai (1760- 1849), Toykuni (1769-1825) and Hiroshige (1797-1858), as well as lovely examples of prints by artists who do not make the critics' top 10. Dr. Morrissey has also added some excellent modern Japanese prints.

" Hanamurasaka Beauty" by Utamaro

Few prints in the Morrissey Collection can be designated as rare. But rarity alone is not a criterion for evaluating a Japanese print — in the way that rarity makes a work by Vermeer, for instance, almost priceless. Ukiyo-e not only de- picted the passing parade, it was pro- duced to capture the passing fancy and for quick consumption. One reason, per- haps, why many fine old Japanese prints are still at large is that, in their own day, they somehow missed being high fashion.

(Note: This, of course, continues to happen to popular art. When I was a child it seemed that every second house- hold had received as a wedding present a richly framed copy of "Moonlight on the sea at Scheveningen." Moonlight, etc. invariably hung where light from a floor lamp would catch it. Try to find one now.)

Meanwhile, though ukiyo-e was not mass-produced by our standards, popu- lar prints might be issued many times. Traditionally, each new print appeared in a first issue of 200. When the issue sold out, another 200 were printed. Because cherry, of which the wood blocks were made, is brave and durable, as many as 1000 copies could be made from the original blocks. Quality of print inevitably declined in later issues.

Some artists insisted upon a print being retired once a certain number of copies was in circulation, just as many print-makers today issue work in limited editions. Others, like the improvident, lovable Hiroshige, allowed prints to be made as long as the blocks lasted. But it is rather because Hiroshige was one of the most prolific print designers and created many, many series, that we have so much of his work today. (About one half of the M.F.A.'s enormous collection is made up of Hiroshiges, obviously with many duplicates. There are more than 30 Hiroshiges in the Morrissey Collection.)

Some few Japanese prints have become so well-known that most people recognize them. One is Haronobu's "Lovers in the Snow," not represented in the Morrissey Collection, but familiar because so often reproduced as a "mu- seum" or "art" Christmas card. Another is Hokusai's "Great Wave at Kanagawa Bay," perhaps the most beloved and most pirated of all Japanese prints. A Japanese restaurant on Boston's Boyls- ton Street uses caricatures of "Wave" on its menus.

"Wave" enchanted me when I first met it in a book when I was 17; it en- chants me still. A few months ago I man- aged to lay hands on a copy, paying a sum that, although not small, was about one-eighth of what I have heard it can

bring. Herein lies a lesson. My copy of "Wave" is indeed a Japanese wood block I print and is therefore an original, as is its fellow in the Morrissey Collection i that is firmly labelled "reproduction."' How can a print be both original and ai reproduction? The plausible explanationi is simple.

Hokusai, who loved to sign himself The< Old Man Mad About Painting, died in 1849. The wood blocks from which I "Wave" was made may well havei outlived him and may have been used to ( make more prints to satisfy popular de-t mand. Sooner or later, however, event cherry wood gives up. In all probability, a skilled copyist took a good print, followed it meticulously, and from thei copy another excellent set of blocks was i made. Only an expert with technical knowledge of the age of paper, ink and of' the world supply of prints of "Wave," can identify the reproduction. I, for one, am grateful for both the specimen in thei Morrissey Collection and the one that smiles from my wall. Not incidentally,' this kind of "reproduction," as opposed: to reproductions made by photography, is not without monetary value.

A fascinating fact about the Morrissey i Collection is that so very few "reproduc-

The strength of the Morrissey I Collection lies in the physical quality of the prints it includes and in the fact that seven giants of ukiyo-e are represented . . .

tions" have been identified in it, and that I it was initially assembled by a man who< was not a scholar of oriental art.t According to his brother, Jamesi Morrissey began collecting Japanese! prints while living in New York during! World War II. There was a national dis-^ taste for all things Japanese at the time. Some museums, fearing the possibility on vandalism, closed whole exhibition I areas and locked away Japanese art.t| Japanese prints, which had always had! a small, loyal cadre of American andj European collectors, became a drug onj the market.

It was at this time that James i Morrissey began, with extraordinary taste and discrimination, to collect| ukiyo-e. He assembled 38 of the most in-

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trinsically and extrinsically prints we now have.

Dr. Arthur Morrissey's story starts on the other side of the world. He became friendly during the war in Europe with an army chaplain, a Father Maher. The friendship continued after Dr. Morrissey's discharge and after Father Maher was sent to Japan and Korea.

Dr. Morrissey modestly admits to sending the chaplain an occasional check to help out with refugee relief. Knowing the family interest, Father Maher sent back prints that he could buy most inexpensively in Japan at that time. Father Maher was killed in an air- plane crash after delivering a jeep, pur- chased with sums sent by friends like Dr. Morrissey, to an Irish missionary in Korea.

Boston College is the richer for this far-flung friendship; Dr. Morrissey added another fiye dozen prints to the original nucleus.

'New Year Treasures " by Utamaro

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To the would-be collector

Japanese prints of museum quality — and of authenticated previous owner- ship — command inordinate sums in European and American auction rooms. Yet, with luck and patience, examples of ukiyo-e are not beyond the collector of modest means.

One fine day in 1959, in a musty-fusty Greenwich Village print shop, I leafed through a chaotic pile of every kind of print imaginable. I had $10 to spend. At- tracted by color, I chose four Japanese wood blocks. The musty-fusty proprietor

was disdainful. Two I might have for $3.50 each, and, "You can have the skinny picture of the lady for $.75 and the dark old thing, if you really want it, for $1.75."

The $3.50 items have given me plea- sure, but neither is noteworthy for artis- try or print production. The skinny num- ber is a genuine "pillar print" in mint condition. The other, whose "singing line" penetrated even my sublime ignor- ance, is a portrait of a Kabuki actor of probably 18th century origin.

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The Visitor" by Koryusai

Had I then read Michener's The Float ing World, I might have better deploye* my $10. This book, and inexpensive paperbacks on individual artists avail able at museum shops, are invaluable^ Prowl, as I did not, reputable prim sellers for an idea of price and qualiti before striking out for the back streets Look for unframed prints. Do not neglect modern Japenese prints, many of whido are exciting and appear in signea numbered editions. Above all, buy fo love, which is less illusory than invest* ment.

Finally, if a member of the famil served in the Far East after the war, tr the attic. Not long ago, a friend put int my hands two prints still rolled an< wrapped in the paper they had bee brought home in from Japan 20 year before. Each is a gem. Each is b Hiroshige.

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Dynamic at 40

The Graduate School of Social Work honors its past and plans a bold future as it enters its fifth decade of service.

by Jim McGahay

In 1936, as the nation struggled

through the Great Depression, Boston College announced a new professional ,school to synthesize Catholic principles 'with social work practice. This year, the (Graduate School of Social Work is honor- ling its past and setting forth a bold

future in commemoration of its founding

40 years ago.

The man chosen by then-University iPresident Louis J. Gallagher, S.J., to or- ganize the new school and to serve as its ;first Dean was Walter McGuinn, S.J., a 'native of Worcester and graduate of

Holy Cross who had just completed his ! doctorate in social work at Fordham. To i help him in the establishment of the ! School, Fr. McGuinn called upon his

friend and former teacher and super- i visor Dorothy Book, who came here via i the New York School of Social Work and

Fordham, where she had both studied

and taught.

In recounting the story of the 1 Graduate School of Social Work, it is the ■ names of Fr. McGuinn and Dorothy Book 'that must lead all others, for there is ' little doubt that much of what the School

Walter McGuinn, S.J.

was and is can be attributed to these two, who provided a solid foundation and an indomitable spirit for the fledg- ling institution.

Few people know more about the formative years of the Graduate School of Social Work than does Mary Mason, who served GSSW as Faculty member and administrator from 1940 until 1968. She arrived in September of the School's fifth year and was on hand the following spring when the fifth anniversary was celebrated. More than 350 alumni, social work leaders, political figures and gov- ernment people attended the May dinner at Boston's Statler Hotel, and, if it hadn't been so before, it was now evident that GSSW had become an established and respected institution in a very short time.

"The most outstanding characteristic of both Fr. McGuinn and Dorothy Book was their great ability at public rela- tions," Miss Mason said. She attributed much of their success to their charismat- ic personalities and their total dedica- tion to the highest standards for the School and the social work professions. For example, Miss Mason remembered that even those students who came to the School with many years of experience in social work were not exempted from the field experience requirement in their course of study. It was this same dedica- tion to standards that prompted Dorothy Book to visit 121 agencies in 1937-38 to identify worthwhile experiences for her students.

Mary Mason spoke enthusiastically about the familial atmosphere of the School in the early years, and her senti- ments were echoed by many others who were interviewed. The small student body and the close quarters they shared with their teachers in the Boston College Intown Center at 126 Newbury Street, the School's home for 32 years, did much to encourage a "family feeling." Though the large School of today has lost much of that feeling. Miss Mason believes that one can still find evidence of it among the alumni.

The Faculty, too, said Miss Mason, played a major part in the rapid estab- lishment of the School's reputation and contributed greatly to making GSSW a more "personal" place.

"People talk about OUTREACH today, but we were doing it then," she said.

The early Faculty members were part- time people who were working in the

Dorothy L. Book

profession, and their teaching loads were heavy because they did a lot of student advising. Nevertheless, they worked outside the School on important committees; they were active as volunteers; they attended conferences and presented papers; and they rarely declined requests to do more.

"It was their way of helping to build the reputation of the School," Miss Mason said.

It is a tribute to the leadership of Fr. McGuinn and Dorothy Book that the Faculty never felt driven in the face of such heavy demands, she said.

It's no surprise to learn, given the evi- dent quality of the early leadership and the dedication of the Faculty, that when the first class was graduated in 1938, members received their degrees from a school that had already earned the ac-

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creditation of the American Association of Schools of Social Work.

The war years were a difficult time for the young School, due in large part to a drastic drop in enrollment. In April 1942, Fr. McGuinn was appointed full- time vice chairman of the Regional War Labor Board, and, although he was forced to take a leave of absence from the University, he donated all of his War Labor Board salary to the School. There was a real possibility that GSSW would be closed at this time, but Fr. McGuinn was able to muster the support of the Jesuit order and kept the School in operation.

Dorothy Book served as Acting Dean during the absence of Fr. McGuinn and did her part to assure the survival of the School. When students began to be drafted, she appealed to draft boards to wait until after graduation, arguing that the men were worth more to the army as trained social workers than as non-pro- fessionals. When the draft sharply cur- tailed the number of incoming students. Miss Book set up a Rhode Island division of the School to reach people who were interested in more training but unable to commute to Boston. She also boosted the dwindling classes by devising a part- time program, special summer sessions, and four- week training courses.

While still serving on the War Labor Board, Fr. McGuinn suffered a heart attack, the probable result of a life-long tendency to overwork. He died in April 1944, and Dorothy Book was named to succeed him, serving as Dean until her death in 1955.

The most outstanding characteristic of both Fr. McGuinn and Dorothy Book was their great ability at public relations.'

It would be difficult to list all of Fr. McGuinn' s contributions to the School, for he was the force that shaped the student body, course of instruction, Faculty and publications. It was his con- ception of the School as a "family" of students, Faculty and alumni that gave the Graduate School of Social Work its unique spirit and most valued heritage. Those who remember the early years credit Fr. McGuinn with providing much of the moral and intellectual foundation

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Dean John V. Driscoll, S.J., right, listens while then-State Sen. Beryl Cohen introduces then-Goi John A. VoJpe. left, seated, and then-MentaJ Health Commissioner Robert F. Ott at a 1967 Schoc seminar.

of the School and Dorothy Book with pro- viding the inspiration.

The middle years of the Graduate School of Social Work, the '50s and '60s, marked the transition of the institution from a small "family unit" to an expand- ed component of a larger, more diverse university community.

The School has always been particu- larly noted for its distinguished case- work program, and the vast majority of students came to pursue this specialty. GSSW had also, however, become a leader in preparing students for careers in the United Way. At the time, only two schools in the country offered the "com- munity organization" major, and many GSSW alumni assumed positions in the United Way upon graduation.

Richard Burke, S.J., the first graduate of the Graduate School of Social Work to serve as its Dean, was appointed to the position upon the death of Dorothy Book in 1955. Fr. Burke came here from Harvard's social relations department, and although his tenure was brief (1955- 1958), all future community organization majors could thank Fr. Burke for saving that major from extinction at the hands of a cost-conscious University adminis- tration.

In the '60s, many community organiza- tion graduates began to move into com- munity mental health and anti-poverty jobs, thus severing what had become an exclusive connection with the United Way. Edmund Burke, former Dean of the School and himself a product of that program, said that for a long time the

salary of the director of the community organization program was not budget and graduates of the program donat money to pay the salary. When Michaa P. Walsh, S.J., became President m~ Boston College, however, the University took over the funding of the salary.

Today the community organization social planning major is the oldest con tinuing program of the type in the natiot and, according to Burke, one of the mos* important areas of concentration nationc wide.

A significant feature of the middh years was expansion. The Faculty im creased from five full-time positions t«i 29, and the student enrollment rose from 86 in 1958 to almost 200 students by 1970( In 1958, the School received approxii mately $70,000 in grants from all sourcei for scholarships and training. By 19701 close to $450,000 in federal traininp grants alone were allocated to the School, and about 90 percent of tho students received some kind of aid.

In the early '60s the University began planning a new building that wouk facilitate better communication anc collaboration among the various socia science departments. To help finance the project, the alumni of the Graduate School of Social Work undertook a majoi fund-raising drive, which brought ii pledges from 50 percent of the Socia Work alumni and a total of $185,000. Be cause of the impressive efforts of the Graduate School of Social Work com munity on behalf of the project, thr School was awarded the choice first ant

second floors of the building and given its own extensive library in the base- ment. The building was named McGuinn Hall in honor of the School's founder, and, after 32 years, the GSSW finally moved in the summer of 1968, from the [ntown Center into its first really ade- quate accommodations on the Chestnut Hill Campus.

The move from Back Bay to Chestnut Hill occurred when John V. Driscoll, S.J., was Dean. Fr. Driscoll's tenure as Dean is the longest in the history of the School, spanning the momentous years from L958 to 1971. Under his leadership the student body doubled in size, the Faculty axpanded by 600 percent, and grant money increased by 700 percent. He en- couraged his Faculty to pursue new jdirections to keep pace with a rapidly i changing human service system, and HDean Driscoll himself took a leave of ab- sence in 1963 to direct a Peace Corps training program at the University, pre- paring 50 volunteers for community de- velopment work emphasizing mutual aid land self help. Fr. Driscoll was obviously 'well-suited for the task of leading the ■School during its most exciting and Adynamic decade. In January of 1971 he i resigned as Dean to return to the field as a research and demonstration specialist jfor the U.S. Department of Health, Edu- cation and Welfare in New England.

Edmund M. Burke, M.J.W. '56, suc- ceeded Fr. Driscoll as Dean and moved 'into a role very different from that of his predecessor.

"With the end of the Johnson adminis- tration the whole grant money situation stabilized," Burke said. "A lot of my effort had to be spent fighting to keep i money sources from drying up."

The tight money situation did not deter Dean Burke from maintaining the tradi- tion of innovation, however. Under Ed Burke's leadership, the community or- ganization sequence was strengthened i in the area of social planning and earned a reputation as one of the foremost pro- grams in the country. GSSW also moved into several new areas — comprehen- sive health planning, alcoholism and in- dustry, and Title XX training — and an undergraduate course in social welfare was reintroduced at the request of several departments.

It was during Ed Burke's tenure, too, that the School became in the fullest sense an integral part of the University setting.

"The move to the campus was neces- sary," he said. "A good School of Social

'Salary is still not a primary motive with these students. Their primary interest is helping people.'

Work needs the University and its re- sources." Today's GSSW students have the advantage of cross-registration in other schools of the University, and undergraduates can enroll in a course offered especially for them by the Graduate School of Social Work.

Another administrator who has an ex- cellent perspective of the School then and now is Ruth Fallon, Director of Ad- missions, who has been with the School for 15 years in that capacity. Like Ed Burke, Ruth Fallon believes that the School has gained a great deal in be- coming a part of the University on the Chestnut Hill Campus.

She does confess, though, that she sometimes misses the earlier days of the small School, when she and all the Faculty could know every student by name. She still feels, however, that the School continues to be marked by a tre- mendous camaraderie among students and Faculty. Another trait from the earliest days that Mrs. Fallon still sees in full measure is the Faculty's dedica- tion to quality in human services.

How does today's student body compare with those she has known in the past?

"For one thing, there were many more men in the earlier classes," she said.

The ratio now is about two women to every man, the exact reverse of what it was some years ago. "Also, the current students come with a lot of experience that they've gained through volunteer work and people-oriented summer jobs."

She noted, too, that the student body is a reflection of society at large, "and many married women are now attend- ing, where very few did in the past."

One thing that definitely has not changed in all these years, Mrs. Fallon said, is the motivation of the students.

"Salary is still not a primary motive with these students. Their primary in- terest is helping people."

According to Mrs. Fallon, the admis- sions picture in GSSW is excellent.

"Applications have increased every year, and last year we accepted about one out of eight." She credits the alumni of the School with being the greatest single source of candidates.

Karen Feinstein, M.J.W. '69, can speak with some authority on the subject of alumni, since she is the Executive Di- rector of the Graduate School of Social Work Alumni Association. She has also become somewhat an expert on the history of the School, having researched and written that history for a 40th anni- versary issue of the association's Alumni

The 20th anniversary Class of 1956 that counted among its members Edmund M. Burke, iater Dean of the School, far left, second row.

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Newsletter. In fact, much of the histori- cal information in this article is taken from that work.

When asked to comment on the "close- ness" of the alumni that had been mentioned by so many of the people in- terviewed, Mrs. Feinstein agreed that the atmosphere of the intown school was certainly responsible for the bond among the earlier graduates, but she offered another explanation as well.

"In many ways, the Graduate School of Social Work is an extraordinary edu- cational experience. These are, for most students, years of changing and years of intense relationships. It is also a time when students are grappling with big questions, such as 'How do I relate with people?'" She said she believed in many cases, particularly in recent years, the bond among graduates may grow out of sharing such an experience together.

Mrs. Feinstein also remarked that she was not surprised by the increasingly healthy admissions situation for the School.

'We . . . have the best capacity in the Boston area for a doctoral program.'

Dean June Gary Hopps

"In this age of interest in the notions of 'self' and 'the self helping others' the future of such a program can be viewed with optimism," she said. "Careers in social work are perfect for those who are oriented toward humanistic concerns."

In November 1975, Edmund Burke an- nounced his resignation as Dean because he wished to devote more time

to teaching, research and writing. A committee composed of Faculty, staff, students and alumni conducted a nation- wide search and selected June Gary Hopps to be his successor.

Dean Hopps came to Boston College from Ohio State University, where she taught in the School of Social Work and the department of city and regional planning. She also served as deputy director for programs and educational policies in the Ohio Department of Public Welfare.

In 1972, she was appointed to a seven- year term as commissioner of the Ohio Rehabilitative Services Administration.

The committee's selection of a Dean with this particular background sug- gests a perception of a need for a new kind of leadership in a new era for the School.

Asked what she found when she arrived at the School, Dean Hopps re- plied without hesitation. "A very enthu- siastic student body, a gifted and dedi- cated Faculty. A School that is will- ing to appreciate its impressive past but not be totally guided by it."

She is particularly enthusiastic on the subject of her Faculty.

"They are people with national and in- ternational reputations committed to the excellence of human services."

What are her plans for the future of the School?

"Actually," she said, "the question is 'Given the constraints of resources, what can we do?'"

One immediate concern is based on the fact that the B.C. program is one of the few Masters-only programs in the country.

"Those days are over," Dean Hopps said. "The masters is being squeezed out by the bachelor degree in social work and the Ph.D."

For the immediate future, she said, the School is looking into the possibility of of- fering an undergraduate concentration that could lead to a minor in social wel- fare. The strong student interest in the social sciences would lend support to such a possibility, she believes.

What about initiating a doctoral pro- gram at Boston College? That is some- thing Dean Hopps and her Faculty are enthusiastic about.

"We do have a well-prepared Faculty

here and the best capacity in the Boston area for a doctoral program," she said. |

Dean Hopps is not limiting heD attention to these programs alone, how- ever. In the future, she hopes that the School can have a significant effect graduate education at the University. And she is interested in degree-relat continuing education for graduates flj the School, as well as part-time programs.

"For the future, we have to expand in the hard-money areas," she said.i "Faculty are wary of the government em croachment that comes with government grants and funding. No one is com- fortable with a situation where the direction of the School and the content ot courses can be dictated by the govern* ment."

In an earlier interview, former Dean Ed Burke had commented that he was optimistic about the future of the Graduate School of Social Work, but, he noted, "that future will have to be created."

Initial exposure to Dean June Gary Hopps would suggest that she is a person ready to handle that creation. In talkinp with her, one gets the feeling that the future holds the promise of what Ruthl Fallon articulated as her greatest single* hope: "That the Graduate School oil Social Work will continue to produce the kind of trained professional who has ei commitment to social change and is not just satisfied with the status quo; ei person who will have the skills to helpi those in need of help and the desire tcti improve the system."

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lames O'Brien

41 Pond Circle Jamaica Plain, Mass.

I^m John Flynn, our permanent Class President, M reports that there are 21 survivors in the Class. The grim reaper has been very ac- itive in recent months. We hereby regret that our Class news is a sad report . . . Matthew F. Mealey, I better known as Matt passed away June 12 after a I long illness. Surviving him are his devoted wife I Bertha, living in Brookline; sons Dr. Robert, who at the death of his father was in a hospital following an ' automobile accident, and Richard in Dedham: | daughter Mrs. Mary O'Brien in Norwood, nine grandchildren and brother Edward of West Roxbury. For many years Matt taught in Jamaica Plain High I School. Our most sincere regrets for this loss are ex- I tended to the family .... Raphael F. McKeown — "Rado" to his friends, passed away Aug. 17 in a nursing home in Abington, after a long illness. He I was active in the public life of his home town for , years. He had served as Postmaster of Abington for 15 years and he was also a director of the Abington Savings Bank. Frank Heande and Bill Reid attended | the funeral Mass celebrated by Fr. Maurice Dullea. Rado was a veteran of World War I. Class Corres- pondent is Tom Craven, 107 Barrett Street, Needham MA 02192.

'^>^\ The Duke and Duchess Frank and :^£ll Margaret Earls, celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary at the Breakers, Palm Beach, Fla. . . . Congratulations and best wishes 1 from the survivors of the Class. Dr. and Mrs. Neil . O'Connor are touring in the British Isles. Neil i informs us that they like Dublin but London is too big. f Undoubtedly they will cross the Channel to the con- ; tinent where they may see many changes .... Boston | will surprise one if you have been away a few years. * The late Charley Fitzgerald, '18, was a very popular ! athlete at B.C. and a great favorite with the 40 Thieves. Most of us did not have the time or money to see the games but Charley would always be at the lunch room on Monday to tell us about the contest Tom Gately is confined to his home; John McMorrow is now at home recuperating from a couple of operations. Gerry O'Neil has returned to | his home from the Faulkner Hospital. He had the I very bothersome and painful prostate gland ! operation. Get well cards and spiritual bouquets would be greatly appreciated by all three .... Wil- liam Joseph Lyons, known to all members of our Class as Yinnid Snoyl, publisher of the Heights, a leader in the intramural sports, high in scholastic achievements, a debater of extraordinary ability and above all a very popular member of the 40 Thieves passed away suddenly Palm Sunday while preparing to attend mass. The late Bob Brawley by some means managed to have a class reunion every year for 50 years. Dinny traveled extensively, but if he came to Boston he appeared at the gathering. It was great to shake hands with him and recall many of the happenings so vividly described in the Heights. The Boston Post and later the Herald had the well- known Bill Cunningham, the Boston Globe has the inimitable Jeremiah Murphy but we were very for- tunate because we had Dinny, a friend to all and a

Classmate that no one can ever forget. He loved B.C. and was a faithful, earnest, sincere, loyal member of the Class. There are not many survivors, but those who are left will always remember him in their prayers. May he rest in peace. Received a nice letter from Mrs. Lyons. Mary and the other members of the family send their appreciation and thanks to the Class for the spiritual bouquet sent to California .... Class Correspondent is Bob Pyne, 29 Presley Street, Maiden MA 02148.

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Jeremiah W. Mahoney

75 Federal Street Boston MA 021 10

^%^% As mv guest a* the Hall of Fame buffet and S f induction Oct. 9, I was privileged to intro- duce Chuck Darling Jr., son of the famous Chuck of 1925. Meeting him were several Classmates including Arthur Mullin; Bill Kelleher, captain of Chuck's first team at B.C.; and George Keefe, down from Springfield .... Bishop Thomas Riley has resigned from his pastorate in Cambridge after a life of magnificent achievement for the Archdiocese of Boston .... Seen at all football games are Walter McSwiney. George Keefe and Arthur Mullin, whose daughter is an esteemed member of the University faculty .... John Norton royally entertained the Boston College Club of Cape Cod at the opening fall meeting of the Club .... We note with sorrow the passing of Charles McNamee, honorary member of '22, and Dennis O'Leary. Charlie, great worker for B.C. and the Jesuits, died Aug. 31 in Framingham where he was residing at St. Patrick's Manor. He was a long-interested man for B.C., especially in drives, and was an outstanding worker for the development fund, his work going back to the first great college drive in '21. Dennis O'Leary, B.C.H. '18, entered B.C. with that class, and upon gradua- tion worked for Bethlehem Steel and later was chief personnel officer for the Boston Park Department. He is survived by two daughters and a son. Both men will be missed by '22. Fr. Thomas Ray, Monsignori James Doyle and William Long represented the Class at Dennie's Mass at St. Agatha's Church in Milton

Another very unexpected death occurred Oct. 18

when our beloved Msgr. Leonard A. McMahon, pastor emeritus of St. Rose's Church, Chelsea, passed away while driving his car in Cambridge. Msgr. McMahon was with us at B.C. High and B.C. He served the diocese at St. Rose's, Chelsea; St. Mary's, Cambridge, St. James', Salem; and St. Mar- garite, St. Mary's Rowley. He was a very effective Navy chaplain during World War II. He is survived by five brothers and three sisters, two of whom are nuns in the Boston area .... Class Correspondent is Nathaniel J. Hasenfus, 15 Kirk St., West Roxbury, MA 02132.

^\t\ Fr. Thomas Lane had a serious accident at S * » his home in July and was hospitalized for several weeks and is now at the Rehabilita- tion Center in Woburn. We all wish him a very speedy recovery . . . . Fr. Norbert Mclnnis spent a well earned vacation in Florida in October. . . . Cecil McGoldrick was presented with an award by The Small Business Administration. He has been active with SCORE for over six years. Cece and Mary celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary in October and his daughter Mary celebrated her 25th. . . . The late sympathy of the Class is extended to Louis Tracy on the death of his brother LawTence during the Spring. Dr. Ed Burke is living out in Cali- fornia near his daughter. . . . Jim Daly and his wife spent a very pleasant vacation in Bermuda. . . . Wil- liam Duffy's family came in from various states to make his 75th birthday most enjoyable. . . . Joe Comber keeps very busy with his hospital affilia- tion. . . . The following Classmates didn't have any particular news, but wanted to be remembered to the rest of you: Ed Garrity, John Roche, Frank Hickey, Walter Dimmock, Bob Allen, Joe Comber, Tony Mauro. . . . Joe Sweeney received the Bicenten- nial medal at B.C. in June. He traveled all over Ire-

land this summer with Frank Kelley of the Class of '24 and will be leaving for Palm Beach soon for the winter. . . . Owen Gallagher has been at the Mattapan Chronic Disease Hospital, 240 River St. Mattapan for several months. . . . Class Correspondent is Mrs. Francis L. Ford, 9 McKone Street, Dorchester, MA 02122.

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Joseph L. Tribble

110 Bay Ridge Lane Duxbury MA 02332

Alumni Office

Alumni Hall Boston College Chestnut Hill MA 02167

^\fe Our thinning ranks (about 114 of us left) ^^f^ have lost another soldier, I'm sorry to tell you. Henry and Bee Barry, just before they left Long Island for the Army game, got a call from Jim Russell to say that Frank Russell died Oct. 23. Thank God he made the 50th and enjoyed himself so; our sympathy to his family. Hen and Bee met the Frank Colberts at West Point, and, as Hen said "How sweet it was!" Ed MuUowney, our first president, is retired and living in West Roxbury; his son Mike is living in Falmouth. Wish we had done a bit more at the 50th to show big Ed our affection for him. . . . Ray Scott, my South Shore correspondent, reported to me that Al Zirpolo's brother Ralph died early in October. Ray talked with Fr. Joe Brennan recently; his parish is large and a lot of taxing work. . . . Re- member how hard Fr. Tom Quirk tried to make the 50th? The arthritis was bad enough, but he took a toss at Maryknoll and broke a leg; he'll be up am about in early December. . . . John O'Brien (long John) summered at Harwichport; he has a home on John Todd Way. . . . Did you see the team vs. West Virginia when they sat on those quick 14 points and gave us a very dull game to watch. . . . Had a fun golf season and am ending my term as president of the Bass River Golf Association this fall. Rose and I are proud of a third generation of B.C. students, as granddaughter Lynn of Troy, Michigan entered freshman year at the Heights. She's the oldest of Bill Jr.'s ('57) family of three. . . . John Dooley is on the way to his Florida home near Venice as I write. And speaking of writing, why don't you? To me! . . . Class Correspondent is Bill Cunningham, 2 Captain Percival Road, S. Yarmouth, MA 02664.

^\^9 Msgr. Joseph Lyons retired from his posi- f m tion as parish priest of St. Eulalia's Parish, Winchester, in September. Msgr. Joe will continue his priestly labors assisting members of the clergy in the Catholic parishes of Louisiana. . . . Wil- liam P. Crowley of Everett died Aug. 21. Bill had retired as teacher at Everett Vocational High School. Mrs. Alice McKenney, beloved wife of classmate Joe McKenney, died Aug. 18. We ask you to remember these dear friends in your prayers. . . . Former Class- mate Henry A. Shea lives in Duxbury and is a loyal follower of the Boston College sports teams. He is in the construction business. His son Henry Jr. is a graduate of Alma Mater, Class of 1967. His daughter Alice is engaged in a doctoral program at the col- lege. . . . Tom Murphy has retired after a long and distinguished career as a member of the Boston Finance Commission. . . . John "Buster" Donahue, captain of the B.C. 1925 football team and retired teacher-coach at North Quincy High School, keeps busy playing golf and acting on committees of Boston's Gridiron Club. . . . Tom O'Keefe revisited Rome in October. . . . Tom Hef fernan continues to be a spark-plug in the affairs of the Boston Catholic Alumni Association. . . . Rev. John B. Welch was chief celebrant at the funeral Mass of former Latin School coach Charles S. FitzGerald in September. Msgr. Joseph W. Sullivan was one of the concele- brants. . . . We are now marking the 50th anniversary of our senior year on the Heights. You will be informed of the official activities celebrating our Golden Anniversary by the chairman of festivi-

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ties, Joe McKenney. . . . Class Correspondent is John J. Buckley. 103 Williams Ave., Hyde Park MA 02136.

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Maurice J. Downey

15 Dell Avenue Hyde Park, Mass.

^\^\ The sympathy and prayers of the Class go £\j out to the wife and family of John Quinn of baseball fame who died recently in Califor- nia and to Frank Daly of Watertown and Eugene J. McCarthy, our funeral director of Framingham, upon the deaths of their wives. . . . Fr. John Cunningham was honored by his parish St. Francis X. Cabrini in naming the new parish hall after him as he retired. Fr. John is now living in Tampa, Fla., giving '29 pretty good representation along with Jack Kennedy, Boyn- ton Beach; Ed Groark, Fort Walton Beach; Gene Swanson, Palmetto; Frank Walsh, Sarasota; Ed Weiss, St. Pete; and Warren McGuirk, Pompano Beach; and Larry Fennel], winter only. Happy the man whose wish and care! How many more of you lucky people are down in the sunshine and balmy air? Leo and Mary Donahue have been visiting their daughter in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Frank McNamara's lawyer son John is assistant district at- torney of Middlesex. . . . Congratulations to Presi- dent Paul Markey and his committee for our annual fall meeting Oct. 2. There were 45 at Mass in St. Mary's Chapel with Fr. Charles Glennon, Fr. Leo O'Keefe S.J. and Fr. Denis Sughrue, C.S.C., as con- celebrants. Eighteen wives honored us with their presence; Mesdames Birmingham, Cavanagh, Donahue, Donaldson, Dowd, Fennell, Hughes, Kievenaar, LaFay, Landrigan, Markey, Milbury, Mil- ler, Murphy, Murray, Frank O'Brien, Parrell and Riley. We were so glad to welcome them after Mass at brunch in Alumni Hall where the big 1929 banner made by our own Betsy Ross, Dorothea Dowd, proudly announced us. Paul Donovan, Ed Lee, John Mahoney, Gene McLaughlin, Bill Ryan and Phil Stuart, old faithfuls all, were there too. . . . Henry Keenan wrote Oct. 14 from Santa Ana, Calif.: "Best wishes to all. Would sure have enjoyed the Mass and brunch. Alice and I left home on Sept. 12 to visit our son Dr. Paul who is on fellowship in glaucoma with Dr. Armole at Geo. Washington U. Hospital, his wife and four children. Thence to Spain, Majorca and Morocco for six weeks. Then to West Roxbury. Tried to contact some '29ers. Better luck next time. If out here look us up." We would have loved to see you and Alice too, Henry. . . . "There are those who grasp his hand, drink with him and wish him well. In no lone and dreary land, shall he who offers friendship dwell"— The Earl. Class

Correspondent is Leo Shea, IB Lombard Lane. Sudbury MA 01776.

0% g^ We regret to report the death of our Class -jll leader and president for the last five dec- ades, John F. Dwyer. John was hospitalized after returning from the Tulane game and died unex- pectedly at the Carney Hospital. John was a most loyal alumnus, a catalyst for all the activities of the Class and most recently as a member of the Fides Committee. Frs. Ultan McCabe and Neil O'Connor concelebrated the Mass of Resurrection. ... A birth- day party was held Nov. 3 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel for John E. Hurley. John spent 45 years in laud- able and loyal service to the state as representative secretary to former Gov. Dever, state treasurer and clerk of the Boston Municipal Civil Court. Classmates present were Fathers O'Connor and McCabe, John Groden, John Grandfield, John Haverty, Jerry McCarthy, Dr. Charles Rooney, Jim Regan, Ed O'Neil and Tom Kelly. Also Ms. Sis Connelly and sons, Ann Hayes, Evelyn Tallino, Gertrude Gillovly, Ann Sullivan and Marge Kenney. . . . Dr. Rooney, John Dwyer and their spouses made the trip to New Orleans. . . . Dr. James Carolan andRuth are the proud grandparents of five girls and now the first grandson, born to son Robert and his wife in Nairobi, Kenya.... To settle the ques-

tion as to who was the youngest member of the Class, the honor goes to Dr. John Vincent Cunney of Salem, born Dec. 23, 1909. Unofficial runnerup — that small broth of a boy Al McCarthy, born Nov. 27, 1909. . . . Temporary Class Correspondent is Thomas Kelly, 41 Thompson Lane, Milton MA 02187

^%Jk Frank Romeo has retired from the Boston •J I Public School System after more than 40 years of service as teacher and principal. He has three children and four grandchildren. Two of Frank's children are themselves teachers; his other child, a foreman with New England Telephone. Frank and his wife live in a 200-year-old house in Norwood. . . . John Mullaney is resting at the Maple Grove Nursing Home in Norwood, where his spirits and outlook continued optimistic, as always. . . . George Donahue, D.M.D., is in practice part-time in Peabody. His grandson received his AB in 1976. His granddaughter is a junior at B.C. and another grandson has been accepted at the University. George is a season ticket holder for athletic events. . . . Joe McDonald is an insurance broker in Peabody. . . . Msgr. Ed O'Connell is discharging pas- toral duties in Salem. ... Dr. Frank L. Maynard, re- tired professor at the University, died at the age of 67. He earned his master's degree at Boston University and his Ph.D. at Harvard. During World War II, he was a commander in the U.S. Navy. He leaves a wife, Gertrude, and four brothers. . . . John Cardinal Wright, Prefect of Clergy, preached at the historic Christ Church (Old North) in Boston's North End. He was the first Catholic prelate to do so in the 250-year history of the famous church. Along with a number of our Classmates, Cardinal Wright will this year celebrate his 50th anniversary of graduation from Boston Latin School. Paul J. Eaton is chairman of the 50th anniversary class reunion committee of Boston College High School. . . . Class Correspondent is Richard H. Fitzpatrick, 15 Hathaway Road, Lex- ington MA 02173.

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John P. Connor

24 Crest wood Circle Norwood MA 02062

0\ f% Your Class Correspondent received a most «J«J interesting clipping from the latest issue of the magazine of the American Postal Work- ers Union announcing the retirement of our Class- mate Phil Dooley as the general executive vice- president of his organization. Phil began his postal career in 1950 in Miami and ended it July 9 holding the second highest elective office in his organization. Phil was for 11 years an officer of the local union in Miami, including five years as president, and then went on to be four times elected and re-elected as national vice-president. It was wonderful to receive this clipping from the magazine of the American Postal Workers Union since so many in the Class remember Phil so well in his years at B.C. . . . Frank Maguire died in August and a "memorial minute" to him by Joseph Brennan appears in this magazine. Frank's cousin wrote to me about his death and con- veyed the interesting information that he was about to be elected vice-president of the American Poetry Society shortly before his death... Peter Chesnulevich, who was football captain in 1932-33, died after a long illness in Nashua, N.H. where he had served as teacher and coach at the high school for many years. A large group from the Class attended his Mass. . . . Following up on the death of our Class Chaplain, Fr. Wilfrid Bouvier, S.J., the Class Committee has elected Rev. John M. Donelin as Chaplain. "Father Mike" is pastor of St. Patrick's in Watertown and has been a fine supporter of the Class for years. . . . Jim "Red" McGowan, who taught in Somerville for many years, died during the summer in South Yarmouth. John Hanrahan had visited him last year and he was in failing health at that time. . . . Please help your Correspondent by sending news items because without them we have the embarrassing situation of a blank under the

Paul T. Moore, MX '34, of Springfield, w* the subject of an a tended profile in tl August issue of Mass.| chusetts Physician. I retired Navy Captaa Dr. Moore is medical director of Masai chusetts Mutual Life Insurant}] Company and an officer in both local aa state medical societies.

Class of '33. In view of our distinguished a rebellious history on the Heights, a blank paragra** does not adequately describe us. ... Ed Burns h I been quite ill. His son, also an alumnus, is practicing optometrist in Belmont. . . . Class CorrrJ pondent is James M. Connolly, 10 Pine Street, B mont MA 02178.

f\ M Having just recently assumed the tas *J^T Class Correspondent, my contribute

this issue will be brief. Most important I am appealing to all members of the Class to join, in building up this column by sending new notes any time. Please mail what you can to 188 DI Street, Boston MA 02132 or call 323-6234. Memoriam — our condolences to Tom Connaugh in the passing of his sister, Mary; Also to i Nicholas Fiumara whose mother passed away v cently. . . The Class was saddened and mourned I sudden passing of Msgr. Walter Flaherty, the I priest, who died July 20. Among those attending i funeral were Fathers Saunders, Tierney, Cald Dolphin, Doherty and Dan Sullivan; Also, Sullivan, Jiggs Lillis and Dan Cornin. Among seen at recent football games were Bill Dinn, Sullivan and Phil Feinberg, whose wife recently her mother. Again, the Class offers condolence We have many members of our Class for who are looking to find their whereabouts. If you ca vise this writer about any of the following, pleas Among the missing are: Ibm Allen, John Bam Walter Casey, Jos. Donovan, John Hurley, Hurley, John Kelly, Frank Lyons, Geo. McLaugh Ray Murphy, Bill O'Donnell, Walter Roughs and John Shea. . . . Seen in town recently, Gem Stuart, still associated with Massport. . . . Class C respondent is John F. P. McCarthy, 188 Dent Strt> Boston MA 02132.

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Daniel G. Holland

164 Elgin Street Newton Centre MA 02159

O^J Congratulations are very much in orde: *JI3 Tim Ready who was unanimously elec and inducted into the B.C. Hall of Fame* October. Timmy won the honor not only for his t standing goalie play on the hockey team but also his stellar play on the baseball diamond. He is first and only member of the class to be so h

ored Congratulations also to BUI Hayward v

was appointed in October as New England mana of Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc., international put relations firm. Bill has been with Byoir in Detroit ' a number of years. Welcome back, Bill, to the ho of the bean and the cod! . . . Tom Duffy is now « the Connecticut Department of Transportation a consultant appraiser and living in Wethersfield. Steve Hart (the main driving-force for so many events) and Tip O'Neill recently golfed on the Cj — and by the time this is published there may more good news on Tip. Saw Bill Ryan at the B Army game, both of us enjoying the win. ... CI Correspondent is J. P. Keating, 24 High Street, Nat MA.

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Received a nice letter from Gene Cronin and after 30 years in the military service, he is now an asst. principal at Gibbons ifatholic High School in Petersburg, Va. Gene romises to be our agent down in the Washington, I VC. area in getting our Classmates to come up in the pring for the Alumni Weekend. Thanks, Gene, for . he help. He also mentions that another Classmate, amely John Driscoll, who lives at 101 Prince George ive.. Hopewell, Va., is looking forward to our re- nion. . . . Barney McMahon, the retired asst. supt. ,f the Wilmington Public Schools, has just returned : rom a trip to Ireland and wishes he could live there ibr his retirement, but his grandchildren keep him rom his ambition. I wonder whether his wife, Vi, lade him change his mind. . . . The Class wishes to * ongratulate George Curtin for the wonderful stag - inner held on Sept. 16, 1976 and it was an honor and II pleasure to see some of our Classmates from out of Hate. . . . Frank Durst came up from Rhode Island ^(nd he informs me that he spent 33 years in the gov't fctervice and is now retired. He claims to be the oldest » nember of our Class. He has two sons, one is Father Minister at Bishop Connelly High School in Fall If.iver. He was ordained a Jesuit in 1973. His other lion is married and a proud father of a boy. Of ourse. Geo. McGunningle was also at the dinner. )arl Caroselli brought along Harold Carr and Kenny ■Carter and they had a wonderful time listening to Joe I |<f urphy, Mike Frasca and Freddy Gorgone's stories. IfVe all enjoyed them. Three members of the clergy vere in attendance — Mons. John Linnehan, Paul IcManus and John Quirk. ... A successful cocktail •arty was held Oct. 6 at McGuinn Faculty Lounge. "his was part of Homecoming Day and all retired piembers of the Band were reunited and played with he present Band. John Pike with his bass tuba rep- resented our Class. Consult the tentative schedule of Invents for the upcoming activities of our Class as we lorepare to celebrate our 40th anniversary. Mark [f'our calendar for the week of May 19 through May lj!2; this is Alumni Weekend and we expect many of Ibur out-of-staters to be present. A special spring [brochure will be mailed listing all the spring events. [Dues assessments are still being accepted by our llrreasurer, Tom Gaquin, 206 Corey St., West Rox- 3ury. . . . We also heard from Dr. Francis C. Kane of 1(5400 Southwood Drive, Colorado. He wishes to be ■remembered to all especially Tom Gaquin, Mike Wrasca, Jack O'Hare, Tom McDermott and Teddy Lrlynn. . . . We hope and pray for Charlie Fallon's ppeedy recovery from his recent attack. . . . We heard from Dr. John Lingus of 24 Bassett Rd., Brock- ton. He was medical chief in residence at Goddard Hospital in Stoughton. I will soon be seeing Dr. Jack iGilday of Norwood, and I do hope to get him once ''again involved in our activities. . . . We regret to announce the passing of another Classmate, namely lames Gildea of Watertown. Jimmy was affiliated t'with the Watertown Assessing Dept. for many years. i,He passed away Sept. 16 and we extend to his family I our deepest sympathy. We now have 55 classmates 'who have been called to their eternal reward. May they all rest in peace. We also wish to extend to Joan liMcDermott, wife of Tom, our condolences on the loss lof her mother. Please remember them in your Sprayers. . . . Hoping to always B.C.'ing you as we '{make plans to celebrate our 40th. . . . Class Correspondent is Angelo A. DiMattia. 80 Perthshire | Road. Brighton MA 02135.

AA Jim Doherty writes that he and his wife - lfl Mary of Bedford are well, as are their six children, Carolyn Egan (Manhartanville) , James (Harvard with M.A. from Fordham), Pamela ■ Hallett (Newton), Janet (George Washington), Brian, [now a senior at UMass-Amherst after studying at iTrinity College, Oxford, England in 1975, and Chris- topher who is a freshman at Tufts. Four h grandchildren liven up the family gatherings. . . . Charlie Donelan, a veteran of 36 years with the I F.B.I., has been named an acting assistant director of , the Bureau and placed in charge of its Training Divi- , sion. . . . Frank Hunt's son Frank Jr. is a third-year , midshipman at the Naval Academy. A sailing en- F thusiast, he recently won the national championship

in the U.S. Tanyer 16 racing class. Sailors from all over the country, as well as Canada competed. . . . We saw Msgr. Frank Sexton in New Orleans at the Tulane game. He, Monsignori Bob Murray and John McManmon had taken the trip down there together. Just two weeks after we returned we were saddened to hear of the sudden death of Msgr. Murray. At his wake Msgr. Sexton told us about how close the two of them had been. They had gone through grammar school, high school, college and the seminary together. They were both ordained at the same time and Bob's sister married Frank's brother Fred. Bob also has two sisters in the St. Joseph's Order and his brother is an assistant pastor of the Most Precious Blood Parish in Hyde Park. . . . Bill and Louise Finan's daughter Jean Sullivan recently presented them with their first grandchild. We met them at the reception before the Florida State game along with the Paul Mulkerns, Frank Hunts and John Castelli. . . . Dick Canavan is busy preparing a program for the class for this year. . . . Class Corres- pondent is Thomas F. True Jr., 37 Pomfret St., West Roxbury MA 02132.

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Frederick A. Norton

29 Berry Street Framingham MA 01701

M ^^ The Class has been meeting the second fclll Wednesday of every month at Alumni Hall at 6:30 p.m. — a few gentle cocktails and a pot luck supper. On Oct. 13 we outdid ourselves and greatly enjoyed the company of our wives. They were, however, put to work calling Classmates for the Nov. 6 buffet dinner dance. They drew excellent response from Classmates, and many promised to at- tend. . . . Harry White and BUI Gilligan, co-chairmen; Dr. Tom Duncan, financial advisor; John McLaughlin, telethon chairman. ... Ed Schofield, ret. lieutenant in charge of internal affairs, Comm. of Mass. . . . Larry Howe has two undergraduate sons, one a freshman and the other a senior pre- med. . . . Two more have joined the alumni ranks. Al Kehoe has a son Peter at the University, and Jerry is a sophomore at Tufts on a full scholarship. . . . Tom Glennon's Patricia is at the University of Ver- mont. . . . John Shea is retired from the Boston Police Department and living in Nantasket. . . . Class Cor- respondent is Dr. John Goodman, 40 College Road, Wellesley MA 02181.

M ^ A try John F. Cremens, L'41, treasures the &1 1 honor of reading the Declaration of Inde- pendence from the Old State House, Boston during the Bicentennial Celebration. As Captain Commanding of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Atty. Cremens and his wife had the privil- ege of escorting Queen Elizabeth of England during the Royal Review and were in attendance at the reception aboard the Queen's yacht "Britannica," July 11. . . . Congratulations to Joe Zabilski upon his appointment as director of athletics at Northeastern University. . . . Dave Merrick recently celebrated his 30th year with Sears Roebuck; he plans on retiring in March; and, then, he and Wynne will divide their time between the Sunshine State and the Bay State. You'll be happy to know that the old pro made his first hole-in-one at the Colonial Palms Golf Club (Florida) last September and was duly awarded a trophy. . . . Attending the Boston College-T\ilane game in New Orleans were the following fired-up members of the Class: Fran Bellew, Lou Magri, Larry Connors and Nick Sottile John A. King, S.J., your correspondent's wife's cousin, breakfasted with Nick at Antoine's. ... A late report that just trickled in says that Ralph and Helen Ryan now make their home in Waltham. Best of luck to these new Wal- thamites! . . . Wedding bells rang in August for Mary Hope Hamrock, daughter of Henry and Constance Hamrock of Chatham and North Palm Beach, Fla. Mary Hope became the bride of Robert Helfenstein of New York; she is a learning disabilities specialist and received her master's degree at B.C.; the groom

also attended Alma Mater. Joseph N. Fallon, S.J., the bride's cousin, performed the ceremony. . . . For those of you who are wondering about the whereabouts of Harry W. Ball, S.J., I recently received a nice letter from him. Father is a missionary, and has been for 32 years. His address is St. Joseph's Rectory, Box 66, Savanna-La-Mar, West- moreland, Jamaica W.I. . . . Nick Sottile, realtor with Coleman and Sons of Waltham, is presently involved in parish work for Sacred Heart Parish, Waltham. Nick has been appointed Building and Grounds Com- mission Chairman. . . . Recently, yours truly met John Norton, former professor at the Heights; he had high praise for members of the Class and for the Boston College Club of Cape Cod. . . . The Class was sad- dened by the death of the late Army Chaplain, Rev. (Colonel) J. Joseph Murphy. Sept. 15, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Fr. Murphy, a priest of the Boston Archdiocese, had been Commandant of the U.S. Army Chaplain Center. He had been serving in the Army chaplain corps since 1948. His requiem Mass was offered in St. Paul's Church, Cambridge. Eulo- gist was Rev. Msgr. John A. Broderick of Our Lady of the Presentation Parish, Brighton. It will interest you to know that Fr. Murphy served heroically in the Korean War; he also served in Germany and was an international chaplain in Paris during the 1950s and was also staff chaplain in Vietnam and Japan during the 1960s. His Korean campaign medals bear six battle stars. Other decorations include the Bronze Star with oakleaf cluster, U.S. and Korean presiden- tial citations and U.N. and American defense medals. Fr. Murphy is survived by two sisters: Mrs. Mary Rita Kelley of Cambridge and Mrs. Louise Concannon of Randolph. The Class extends its sympathy to them. . . . Paul C. McGrath, Ph.D., for- mer district director of intelligence for the National Security Council and a veteran of W.W.II and the Korean Conflict, died Sept. 6, in Omaha, Neb. Paul served with great distinction under the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. Much of his work was of a highly confidential nature involv- ing intelligence and our country's security. The con- dolences of the Class are extended to his wife Jane (formerly of Newton) and to his brother Robert A. of London. . . . Our sympathy is also offered to the rela- tives of Thomas M. Nary Jr., a former Classmate, of Woodbridge, Va. Tom was retired at the time of his death on July 22, 1975. May his soul and the souls of all our deceased members rest in peace! . . . Thank you for your excellent cooperation, and may 1977 be a year of many blessings for you and yours. . . . Class Correspondent is Edward J. Burke, 20 Ravenswood Road, Waltham MA 021 54.

M ^% To date, the Class functions on our 35th An- tler niversary schedule have been received with enthusiasm. . . . Congratulations and thanks to Frank Nicholson, S.J., on a job well done re the memorial Mass and dinner. Among those who at- tended were: the Willie Wallaces; the Frank X. Cronins; the Dick Keatings; the Dave Cavans; the Larry Brennans; the Bucky Harris'; the Frank D'Ambrosios; the Morris Bordencas; the Tony Graffeos; John Donovan; John MacDonald; Joe Heggarty and Mrs. Jim Collins. . . Our very special thanks to Eleanor Maguire and son, Bobby, for their assistance at the tailgate party. In the opinion of your correspondent, it was a wonderful social event as has ever been sponsored by the Class of 1942. The Paul Maguires went far beyond that which would be ordinarily expected to guarantee an excellent evening (even the team cooperated) for those of us who attended. These included the John McGillicuddys, who proudly boast being the parents of the first offspring of our Class to graduate from Boston College; the Tom Flannagans; the Jim O'Neils with son Michael, a student at the Law School; the Ned Martins; Ronnie Corbet and daughter Nancy of the undergraduate school; Phil Gill; and Walter

Holder Tom Hinchev recently underwent minor

surgery. All is well and he is back to full activity. . . . The Dick Stiles' spent their fall vacation in, to use Dick's own words, "the island of romance" — Majorca. . . . The Jack Harts recently returned from

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a bicycling tour of Europe. . . . Al Morro was inducted into the B.C. Hall of Fame. . . . The following is a list of deceased Classmates: Harry W. Brown, lames P. Collins, Jr., Francis D. Cronin, Joseph G. never. Walter T. Fitzgerald, Arthur R Frithsen, Robert A. Gallagher, Thomas H. Grady, John R. Hef- fernan, Robert J. Larkin, Francis X. Mack, Fredeiano D. Mattioli. Robert C. McManamy, Gerald J. McMorrow, Joseph F. Miller. Leo J. Murphy, John L. O'Connor, John Pieroni, John T. Ryan, Jr., Charles Savage, Paul E. Sheehan and David I. Walsh. All will be remembered at Mass during the month of Novem- ber. . . . Class Correspondent is Ernest J. Handy, 21 5 LaGrange St., WestRoxbury MA 02132.

M #^ This is the final call for Class Dues ($5) for fcl«j the 1976-77 year. ... As announced previ- ously, your Class Committee is beginning plans for our 35th anniversary events in 1977-1978. Dates for two events scheduled have been changed as follows: The Spring Outing at the Treadway- Samoset Resort, Rockport, Maine now set for June 23-26, 1977. The Bermuda trip is now set for October 5-10, 1977 to take advantage of the Columbus Day holiday that month. Other events on the roster are: November dance, set for Saturday. November 12. 1977 and Alumni Weekend in late May, 1978. Further details will be mailed to all Classmates. . . . You are cordially invited to send any notes for the '43 news to Class Correspondent Thomas O'C. Murray, 14 Churchill Road. West Roxbury MA 02132.

m M Mike Gargan (abas Kelly Movers. Inc.) re- £&£& ports that Joe Dee has moved to Waltham from his Boston office. Joe has a partner, his son fBC'69). in his insurance agency. ... Ed Geary still with National Gypsum in NYC and living in Stamford. . . . Bill Boundy has retired from politics and is devoting all his time to family and business af- fairs. . . . Bill Haley is with Curtin Real Estate of Wal- tham. . . . Wollaston duffers include Tino Spatola. Mike Gargan, Gil Bouley and Joe Cunningham. Joe has the reputation for being able to hit a really long ball, but he has no idea where it's going. . . . Joe Finigan was one of the opening stars of the Concord Bicentennial Celebration, introducing President Ford on national television at "the rude bridge that arched the flood." Jack has three married daughters, plus Kathy (BC'77), Jack at Babson. and Billy at Con- cord-Carlisle High. . . . John Eichorn is V.P. of Acme Southern in Charlotte, NC. Daughter Mary graduated from St. Mary's, South Bend in '75 and is now married. Karen graduated from Mt. Saint Vincent in '74. Kevin, Chris, Gary and Martha are all attending schools from Charlotte Catholic on up. . . . Jim Nicholson, lawyer and political practitioner, has been city manager of Medford since 1970. Jim had three BC graduates in the Class of '76: Jimmy and Mary from Education and Billy from Management. They followed Francis, who graduated from Educa- tion in '74. Eileen is at Bunker Hill CC, Joe is a senior at BC High, and Margaret a soph at Medford

High Jim Dowd is alive and well. The eighth year

of his presidency of the Boston Stock Exchange began July 1 . The family has moved to Hayward Mill Road in Concord. Jane, the eldest, is a senior at Wel- lesley. Jed at Minuteman Technical High, and Ann is a senior at Arlington High. . . . Chris Frynn enter- tained (?) his three married daughters and four grandchildren at Scituate this summer: also got to see the various sons-in-law. . . . Louis Kreinsen is a teacher at the Michelangelo School in Boston. Daughter Jane. Emmanuel '74, is now at BC Grad School. Carolyn graduated from Nursing in '76, and Suzanne is in the Class of '78 at Wellesley. . . . Class Correspondent is Chris Frynn. 31 Cape Cod Lane, Milton MA 02186.

M ^ Congratulations to Timothy X. Cronin.

*4«5 President and treasurer, Cramer Elec- tronics. Inc.. on receiving man of the year award from Saint Sebastian's Country Day School. Newton. Tim is chairman of the board of trustees

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William F. O'Brien, '58, ofYardley, Pa., has been appointed direc- tor of personnel at the Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Co. headquartered in Pis- cataway, N.J. With Johnson & Johnson since 1958, O'Brien recently returned from England where he had spent more than three years as director of opera- tions at the company's British division.

and has been a loyal supporter of this outstanding private secondary school from whence his five sons graduated. . . . Thomas J. Loftus has been promoted from assistant principal to the director of the infor- mation center of the Boston PubUc School System. . . . John C. DriscoU is now assistant to Senator Kevin Harrington, President of the Massachusetts Sen- ate A number of Classmates had a golfing get- together in August at the new Wollaston Country Club in Milton. ... To keep abreast of the latest news, we are mailing a form to the members of the Class through which you can keep your correspondents posted. Class Correspondent is Paul G. Paget. 5 Driftwood Road, Jamaica Plain MA 02130.

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Leo R. Roche Jr.

26 Sargent Road Winchester MA 01890

Thomas Manning, 337 K. Street. South Boston MA 02127; and Richard J. Fitz- gerald, 577 V.F.W. Parkway, Chestnut Hill MA 02167.

M Q hi memoriam — Jack Egan. last September. ^Xfl We wrote that Jack had not been in the best of health. The sympathy and prayers of the Class are extended to Jack's family, may he rest in peace. . . . The response to "Mr. Anonymity's" letter, list, and questionnaire has been, at this writing, gra- tifying. Please send in yours now. Fred and Lois Maguire happened to be the first opened. The Maguires live in Ohio, have three children, a MBA Harvard, '50, currently sales manager for Tapan Company. . . . Julie and Olympia Contrada listed Juilo as a self-employed CPA in Newton and blessed with three children. Juilo suggested we call Bob Sherer. who brought the Massachusetts Tax Department to its knees in a successful presentation of his son's case in the "Battle of the Popsicke." His prediction on a possible Bowl game Jan. '77 for our Eagles was reached by a system of non-logic known as "wishful thinking." This writer didn't see ANY classmates at the West Point game. However, maybe Juilo's predic- tion will come true. . . . Tom and Alice Phair residing in Revere. Tom is with the Massachusetts Department of Pubbc Welfare. . . . Feb. 2 marks Rev. Angelo Losocco's 24th anniversary of ordination. Father Angelo led every one in the 1975-1976 Annual Fund Telethon with 166 donors and nine evenings on the phone — wow! The grand total in pledges hit an

all-time high of $372.840 Ernie and Elena Curelli

live in Beverly and mentioned their two sons — John, who heads the Respiratory Therapy Department in a Martha's Vineyard hospital, and Thomas, a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy. . . . Dave and Mary Ring have four children, reside in Quincy. Dave is a CPA and partner in Comeau, Ring and Co. . . . John and Marie Leary with six children and four grandchildren. John is Marketing Manager for Bostik Division. USM Corporation in Middleton John has a M.S. in Chemistry, '49. George Savage wrote he has been on disability leave since January. '75 as chief land acquisition officer, HUD. George can be found on his 30' Tartan sailboat. Ft. Myers Beach,

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Fla. He added his only daughter Kathleen receive her masters from B.C. in '75 after graduating. Mat major, '71 . Edward and Jody King mentioned two of | spring, as well as President of New England Counci'i' residing in Winthrop. Ed is also Director. Bair ■ Atomic: and trustee, Charlestown Savings. Eatoj Fund and B.C. Alumni Board. . . . Tim and Madilin Connors reside in my home town, Westwood. Ttl has two children and is currently sales manager fc !ohn Donnelly and Sons in Boston. . . . Nick Palumb wrote he has been teaching history these past 1 years in Brockton, at the North Junior High Schon and loves it. . . . Paul and Rosamond Waters ha\ three B.C. daughters — two have graduated; oic| son. a senior and split end on the Catholic Memori. H.S. team. Paul is the PA for Archdiocese. . . . PrP, crastination is when you don't fill out the questio naire and send it along to . . . Class Correspondent \ V. Paul Riordan. 40 Hillcrest Place. Westwood M* 02090.

M^\ John Holland, a tireless worker in til fcl J4 Boston School Department, is one of tl

most knowledgeable persons in the sped' I needs program of the system. . . . Tbm Lavin is noi acting principal of the Robert Mead Middle School >| Brighton. ... Dr. Jim Whelton is working diligent as usual as chief of obstetrics at St. Elizabeth's Her pital in Brighton. He just finished a crash course * Spanish to help in his work. No doubt he masterrii the language as he did all his studies at B.C. . . . S 'I Henry Barry from time to time. He stays in shape* the "Y" and is still one of Newton's fineil teachers. . . . John Bradley has been elected by tl I Boston School Administrators as their represent* j tive on the board of the National Association I School Administrators. . . . The two most serious g< enthusiasts we know have to be Bill and Dolly Abei who are members of Brae Burn Country Club. . . . I Bill Burckhart works tirelessly as administrator A Holy Trinity Church in the South End and also hea» the formation of the Lay Diaconate for the Arc- 1 diocese. . . . Bill Cohan is eastern representative 4- Varian. His wife, Fran, has started a real ests-j business in North Andover. ... If any of you of Iri'l heritage want an authoritative description of Irela today you should contact Sahag and Margai Dakesian. They not only enjoy Ireland, but claim iJ heritage can be traced back to the Armenians. . 3 Please drop a line and let us know about yourself a il your family. It won't be long before the 30th is up{| us. Class Correspondent is John T. Prince. 64 Domv brook Road. Brighton MA 02135.

|" ^% Recently, I heard from Harold Maillet 1 Jjll is the civilian supervisor of the planni section. Base Civilian Engineers, Plat* burgh A.F.B.. N.Y. Harry can be reached at R.F.D.I Box 1903A. Pittsburgh, NY 12901. . . . Fraini Bergin is employed by PuMishers Service Inc. branch manager. . . . John Cahill is an assistant pr cipal at Lynch Junior High School in Winchester. Alfred DeCastro is a partner with DeWitt. Dunce and DeCastro Co. Realtors. . . . Daniel Fay is reside manager, Boston area, for Blyth, Eastman, Dilbl and Co. . . . Joseph Gabbett is a technical coordinate with Continental Oil Corporation, and resides Wykoff, N.J. . . . Fred Haggett is a district servi manager for Utica Mutual Insurance Co.. and lives Meriden. Conn. . . . Thomas Kerwin is the northei area manager of McDonald Product Corp. . . . Dan Leonard is a self-employed attorney. . . . Edmu Madden is the director of sales for H.P. Hot Inc. . . . Robert O'Connell is president of R. P. O'Ci nell. Inc. . . . Arthur Pare, S.J. was ordained in 191 and is presently at Cranwell School, Lenox. . Eugene Ratto is an associate counsel with John Hi

cock Mutual Life Insurance Co Milton Sachs i

teacher in the Boston Public Schools — Edmo Tbrpey is the manager of Commercial Servic

Dupont Co., and lives in Wilmington. Del Norm

Vernon is the owner of Vernon's Liquor Mart. Class Correspondent is James A. Sweeney. Pomfret St., West Roxbury MA 02132

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John A. Casey 35 Aran Road Westwood, Mass.

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Leo Standard lives at 37 Tanglewood Drive West, in Orchard Park, N.Y., with his wife and two children. He is a manufacturer's (agent for Mohasco Furniture and covers all N.Y. ex- cept the city and Long Island. He hopes to attend as i many anniversary events as possible. . . . John Troy is a planning engineer who does consulting. He lives i in Needham with his wife and six children. He wants ,to get his hands on several bicycle thieves, but wants

sail to know he is alive and well Atty. Fred O'Sul-

livan. now from Pea body, has been on his own for 11 years. He specializes in transportation and trucks i problems as he worked for the I.C.C. in Washington D.C. His wife Ellen Cavanagh is an artist on Tuna

Wharf, Rockport Gerry Geary is a resident of

Sudbury, employed as a manufacturer's rep. His

wife Margaret wrote a book a year ago. Titled

[' "Please Know Me As I Am," it is an aide for teaching

' children with special needs. The response has been

gratifying. The Gearys have two children Joe

jFagan. an active horseman, also rides a bicycle in | good weather from his Wellesley home to B.C. There | he works in Bapst Library as a cataloguer. Joe is

I married to Eileen, and the father of four children

4 The assistant principal of the William Howard Taft ■ School. Brighton, is Bob Hart. He lives in Belmont I and his wife Betty operates Hart's Travel Service, I Arlington. They have four children and the oldest, * Stephen, plays football at Gioate. He also excels in I math and history — Bill Fandel helped tear down 8 the old Jordan Marsh store on Washington Street, as | well as put up the new building on the same site. Bill I is on Allied Stores staff as superintendent of build-

I ings for all N.E. He has four children The first

| event of our Silver Anniversary celebration was a I huge success, and well attended due to the efforts of I Chairman Al Sexton. All who attended the cocktail I party and buffet supper prior to game time enjoyed themselves. Congratulations Al! . . . Just a reminder that on Feb. 9, 1977 there will be a Class dinner party J with Father Monan. It is hoped that as many members of the Class as possible will attend this function. Bill Heavey will be chairman, and this also will be an en- joyable, as well as interesting, event. Letters will be

mailed to you with details Fr. Joe Wilson and

Charlie Sherman will be in charge of the Laetare

Sunday Breakfast, which will be held March 20,

1977. Gene Gironx and Bill Glebus are arranging for

1 a weekend get together in April. Alumni weekend in

May is being directed by John DelMonte Jim

Kenneally and |im Doyle. John Crimlisk (Evening

Division) and Nancy (Dempsey) Hanson (Nursing)

1 are representing their schools on the various com-

I mittees. Roger Connor and Bob Freeley are also

working on events, and details will be mailed

1 later — Gass Correspondents are George T. Burke,

i 69 Henderson Street. Needham. MA 02194 and

I Edward L. Englert Jr., 128 Colberg Avenue, Roslin-

dale.MA02131.

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Gass Correspondent is Mary Jani Englert. 141 Nixon Avenue. Staten Island NY 10304.

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Robert W. Kelly

96 Standish Road Watertown MA 021 72

T. Leonard Matthews

104 Falmouth Heights Road Falmouth MA 02540

Marie Kelleher

12 Tappen Street Melrose MA 021 76

Arthur J. Doyle, '64, M.A.T. '66, has been named acting director of the College Entrance Examination Board's New England regional office in Waltham. Prior to joining College Board in 1971, Doyle was director of admissions and freshman financial aid at the University.

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Class Correspondent is Jane Quigley Hone. 425 Nassau Avenue. Manhasset NY 11030.

f» ^% A recent news release from the Institute of J5l3 Certified Travel Agents advises that Don- ald M. Casey, senior vice-president-mar- keting. Trans World Airlines, Inc., N.Y, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute. Don has been with TWA since 1968 in various positions in marketing and was elected a vice-president of the Eastern Divi- sion of TWA in 1974. He resides with his wife, Carole McGrath, BC '58, and four children in Staten Island.

N.Y Frank J. Lies, is a plant superintendent in

Norman, Okla., and has lived there since 1969

Thomas J. Mclnerney is a partner in and vice-presi- dent of sales for a Goodyear Supply Co. industrial distributorship in Portland, Ore. He, his wife Margo and his three-year-old Maggie are enjoying the Great

Northwest Gene Robillard has been associate

professor of marketing at Loyola University, New Orleans. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma in 1972; he has three daughters; his wife. Linda (nee Farley, of Newton Centre) has been a real estate broker since 1970. The above items come to us

courtesy of Gene Robillard We would urge all

Gassmates having newsworthy items on others to

forward same to your correspondent Rev.

Thomas J. Naughton advises he has completed three years with XVHI Airborne Corps Artillery where he was the proud recipient of Army Commendation Medal with the U.S. Army Special Forces where he received a Meritorious Service Medal. He also com- pleted his M.Ed, from North Carolina State University, class of 1975, and is now at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in clinical pastoral educa- tion The Class celebrated its 20th anniversary

and enjoyed several events thanks to the efforts of the class committee under the direction of President Jim Barry — Class Correspondent is Ralph C. Good Jr.. 503 Main Street. Medfield MA 02052.

f— "| Our 20th Anniversary Program was r^ M launched with our Homecoming West Virginia Day Football game event Oct. 16. A buffet and cocktail hour before game time was preceded by a Mass celebrated by Fr. Gene Sulli- van. Many new and old faces were evidenced with more than 110 Classmates attending this fine fall classic. For those that could not attend this first re- union, please make note of our remaining full slate of 20th Anniversary events namely: January 29, 1977 — Gass Dinner and reception for Father Monan; March 20. 1977 — Laetare Sunday; April 23, 1977 — A play "Man of LaMancha" with Gass Champagne Party; May 19, 1977 — Gass Night at the Boston Pops, Symphony Hall. May 20-22, 1977 — Alumni Weekend Anniversary Program. Those classmates who are interest xl in assisting on any of these planned anniversary events should contact Paul J. O'Leary. our Anniversary chairman, at Alumni Hall — Kathleen A. Bresnahan is living in Milford.

and is teaching school in Natick Mary E. Cronin

has recently retired from nursing and is living in Monponsett — James D. Devlin is marketing branch

manager with Bowne Time Sharing, Inc. in Boston and is living in Foxboro with his wife Mary and two children — Nancy Gegan Doyle is living in Berkeley. California and is a school nurse at the nearby Castro

Valley United School District Dr. George A.

Favennan is acting dean of the new College of Osteopathic Medicine at Ohio University and is

living in Athens with his wife and two boys Frank

Higgins was recently appointed president of Sawtelle Brothers, Swampscott, and lives in Hingham — Gerald J. Hooley is living in Palmer. Puerto Rico and is principal of a school in nearby Navasta — Dr. John Keefe is resident cardiologist at the Cardinal Cushing Hospital in Brockton, and

lives in Westwood Frank Lemieux is plant

manager at U.S. Luggage Co. in Fall River, and re- sides in Barrington, R.I Ellen O'Brien McCarthy

lives in Woburn, and is director of their title one program. . . . Helen Whitman has two boys and lives in New Bedford — Celcia M. Young just recently moved to Oldsmar, Fla. with her husband Walter and two teenage boys. . . . The Gass was deeply saddened by the deaths this past summer of Mary Albanese July 19 and Martin J. Gancy Aug. 15. To the families and friends of these outstanding members of the Gass. we extend our sincere sympathy. May their souls rest in peace Gass Dues for our 20th Anni- versary Year will be $5. As always, this is the only way the Gass can continue to fund future mailings and activities. If you have not had the opportunity to forward in your dues please make your checks payable to the Boston College, Gass of 1957. c/o Alumni Hall. Chestnut Hill. MA 02167. ... I hope you will all have the opportunity to join your other Class- mates at some of our exciting upcoming 20th anni- versary program events. Let's hear from you. Gass Correspondent is Frank Lynch. 145 Atherton Street. Milton MA 02186.

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Gass Correspondent is Vinita Murray Burns. 22 Highland Circle. Wayland MA 01778.

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Dave Raff erty

33 Huntley Road Hingham MA 02043

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Class Correspondent is Mary Jane Eagan English. 74 Pond Street. Nahant MA 01908. . . . Mary Azzara Archdeacon lives in Stony Brook. Long Island with husband Don and their four children. Don is an in- surance broker, and Mary helps with the bookkeep- ing— Mary Keating McKell is busy raising her

family of six in Huntington, N.Y Parti Peck Schorr

has recently moved to Texas Kate Glutting

Arcand is living in Madison. Conn, with Dick, a sales rep for a paper company, and Mimi. 15. Teddy. 11. Christopher, 9, Charlie. 7, and Andy, 2... Midge Day Cuzzone is at home with her family of two sons and two daughters in Barrington. R.I. and is an avid tennis player.

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John Canavan

12 Harvest Lane Hingham. Mass.

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Gass Correspondent is Mary-jane Mulvanity Casey 28 Briarwood Drive. Taunton MA 02780.

Grace Bissonnette, R.N., '66, of Bel- mont, supervisory nurse of the medical department of Polaroid Corporation. Cambridge, has been named "Massa- chusetts Occupational Health Nurse of the Year" through an awards program sponsored by Schering Corporation.

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Joseph R. Carty

52 Simon Hill Road Norwell MA 02061

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Class Correspondent is Mary-Anne Hehir, 160 East 84th Street, New York NY 10028.

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Maureen Nagle Banks

288 Pond Street Jamaica Plain MA 02130

£f\ Paul T. Norton, 15 Howitt Road, West Rox- ■3^ bury MA 02132; Paul H. MacKinnon, 3 Hitching Post Lane, Hingham MA 02042; Jean-Marie Egan Cull, 45 Wareland Road, Wellesley MA 02181; and Elaine Hurley Lyons, Zero Mathaurs Street, Milton MA 02186.

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Class Correspondent is Mary Hallissey McNamara,

46 Mayflower Road, Chestnut Hill MA 02167.

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Marilyn Marcou Kacergis

36 Morse Avenue Dedham MA 02026

John M. Cronin, 14 Westview Terrace, Woburn MA 01801; and Ellen Ennis Kane, 44 Leighton Road, Wellesley MA 02181 .

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Class Correspondent is Carol Sorace Whalen, 29-41 169 Street, Flushing NY 11358.

Of" On Sept. 18, 1976 at St. Mary's Church, |3J3 Milton Marcel Poyant married Mary Jane Anderson. After a wedding trip to Europe Marcel and Mary Jane are living in Centerville. Marcel is vice president of Rene L. Poyant Inc.

Realtors in Hyannis From New York Ken Dolan

writes that he, Daria and daughter, Meredith, age four, are living on Long Island. Ken is vice president of Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Company and is manager of the option department. Many of us saw Ken on "Wall Street Week" in March, 1976 when he was a guest speaker Gerald O'Brien is the execu- tive dirrctor for the Black Hills UniServ in Rapid City, S.D. Gerry would like to hear from anyone else

who is living in the area Frederick Douglas

LaBrecque was welcomed into the LaBrecque family in October. Doug, Judy, Mary and Beth are the proud parents and sisters of Freddie. Grandfather LaBrecque wasa the attending physician at the happy event. Doug is at Yale-New Haven Hospital and he and his family are living in Cheshire, Conn — Among the Class teaching at Boston College are Neal Harte, Len Frisoli, Ed Lonergan and Peter Olivieri. . . . Jane Garland Doherty, her husband and three children are living in Billerica. Jane is a nurse, part-time, at Winchester Hospital — Class Corres- pondent is Patricia McNulty Harte, 36 Mayflower Road, Winchester MA 01890.

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Class Correspondent Charlene Smith Be tourney has

Atty. Paul F. LoConto, '69, of Worcester has been named Clerk in the District Court of Western Worcester by Gov. Dukakis. LoConto, who had been serving as acting clerk for a year, is a graduate of Suffolk Law School.

Charles B. Connolly, S.J., '69, has been named assistant di- rector of development at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. Fr. Connolly, who was or- dained in 1974, had served one year at Creighton as an administrative assistant to the vice-president for academic affairs. In his new position, he will co- ordinate voluntary financial support programs.

moved to 4 Lisa Lane, Chelmsford MA 01824.

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Thomas P. Torrisi

8 Candlewood Drive Andover MA 01810

NEWTON

Class Correspondent Cathy Beyer Hurst has started a freelance publications firm in conjunction with an associate who is a graphic designer and photo- grapher. Called Periodical Associates, the business is based in Weston. Send your news to Cathy at 146 Willow Street, Acton MA 01720.

^fc^y By now you all should have received your §3 m invitations to the events scheduled for our 10th reunion. Representatives for our re- union are: Kevin Slyne, president; Marty Paul, executive vice-president; JoAnn (Grennon) Wallwork, secretary; Ron Logue, treasurer; Dan McMahon, chairman. Annual Fund; Marty Daley, vice-chairman, Annual Fund; Al Butters and Charles Benedict, co-chairmen. Social Committee; and Paul

Nugent, class historian We ask those who have

not sent in their dues to please do so (payable to B.C. Class of 67; $5). Send them to Alumni Hall. Your check is tax deductible. Many of you have asked to help in any way you can. We will be in touch with you as each scheduled event comes closer and specific assignments can be made. To insure success, we urge all of you to support what we be- lieve to be an excellent potpouri of social events

sponsored by our Class Class Correspondents are

Charles and Mary-Anne Benedict. 84 Rockland Place, Newton Upper Falls MA 02164.

NEWTON

Class Correspondent is Connie Murphy Hughes, But- tonwood Farm, 174 Cross Street, Norwell MA 02061 .

f^C\ Richard Sullivan and wife Karen, Newton

l3CJ 69, are ^e Parents °f a Pretty big boy named Andrew Cameron. The eight-pound, six-ounce youngster was born Nov. 7. . . . Class Cor- respondent is Arthur Desrosiers, 73 Hackensack Road, Chestnut Hill MA 02167.

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Class Correspondent is Marge Smith Mitchell. Beech Hill Road, Rockport ME 04856.

f\f\ Congratulations to Tony and Judy Del ■35^ Grosso on the arrival of David Anthony. ^^ born Aug. 10. David, older sister Jennifer,

Tony and Judy are residing in Revere — Colleen Mary joined the family of Richard and Kathleen (Chalot) Hughes May 16. She has an older sister, Sara Ann, who was three years old in September. The Hughes make their home in Clifton Port, N.Y —

David Haley has been working for the Massac! setts Department of Correction for five years a was recently appointed deputy commissioner. Dai and wife Bonnie make their home in Arlington. Walter Urbanek was married to Catherine Martini Little Rock, Ark. April 3. The Urbaneks are n' residing in Philadelphia where Walter is architect and Cathy is a regional planner. Best m at the wedding was Fred Fletcher. Fred is work for the state of Pennsylvania on criminal justice a with wife Mary is living in Downington, Pa. Alsow the wedding was Phil Langsdorf with his wife M jorie. The Langsdorfs have a little boy Jack who i year old — Bill Beauchamp is making his home' Austin, Texas with his new bride Imelda Flores. I is currently seeking a law degree from the Universr of Texas — Congratulations to Bill Connor on 1 marriage to Jeannie Goodman on Aug. 21 in S Gabriel, Calif. Bill is studying law in Washington. 1 Jeff Davis moved to the state of Washington with \ wife Meg and son Jeremy to further his educati* Prior to moving, Jeff was chairman of the hist* department at Berwick Academy, Berwick, Mail Jeff was also his town's Bicentennial chairman. 1 Jerry Reilly is now a law clerk in Rochester, N.Y. . hope all is well with each and every one of y<\ Please take the time to drop me a line and let 1 know what is new. Class Correspondent is Jim Litfl ton, 132 North St., Apt. #10, Newtonville, MA 0211!

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Liza Brophey is an attorney for GTE, and is sharin Norwood apartment with Jo Flynn — Ed and KI

Hoffman Lubitz are living in Cohasset Mai

McCullough and Jane Fitz gibbons are sharing | apartment in New York City. Marty is a man biologist, and Jane is in the management progran

Bloomingdale's Henry and Betsy Conaty Misb

live in Washington D.C Debbie Donovan lives

Farmington, Conn, and is in charge of all bus toure Arrow Travel. She recently vacationed in Ireland. Joanne McMorrow Struzziery received her Ph.D.) education from Boston University recently. Her < sertation dealt with the METCO busing program Boston and surrounding suburbs. . . . Charts' Boudreau Sullivan. John, and Daniel are living Wellesley. John teaches at Don Bosco High Schook

Boston Bunty Ford Crane works for the St.

House Committee on Education; she and Dan f

living in Stoughton Weddings: Nancy McGinn

Dr. Bart Nissenson, an orthopedic surgeon, Oct. in Palm Beach, Fla.; Dede McClatchy to Joseph Ps

a Denver, Colo, architect Births: to Ann Lessi

Benedict and Bill, their fourth daughter, Lindsey. July; and to Karen Kelly Sullivan and Richard, thl

first, Andrew, in November Class Corresponds

is Susan Power Gallagher, 26 Cleveland Stre Arlington MA 02175.

^9^\ Hi gang Before dropping a few choi

m II names picked up last fall I have a nr

heart-rending task Last summer onef

the truly great men finally fell. Yes friends, I must t port that the terror of Shean Rd., the Pearl MestF toga parties Charley Reagan actually bit the dust, and Joan Merck tied the eternal knot Aug. T

Hohokus, N.J There aren't many of us left

we're in there fighting While in Annapolis hav;

a couple of root beers after the Navy game I ran i John and Jane (Emerson) Farrell and Kathy and S Wasowski. Mr. and Mrs. W. have just moved i their new home in Amberly, Md. where they're liv with their beautiful daughter, whose picture S will show at the drop of an eagle feather. Just as J< and Kathy started comparing maternal notes (Jan oldest is in kindergarten) I was forced to tear my* away from this fascinating conversation to contii my arduous task of newsgathering. Ordering anoti root beer I saw Steve Ackerman who's teachinf Norfolk State College in Norfolk, Va. . . . In the J game downpour (the sky not my throat) I hat chance to talk to Dick Hennessey and his wife. D is with the M.P.'s at Ft. Dix but is looking forwart

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j Thomas J. Berger, M.S. '68, Ph. I). '72, ias been named assistant professor of biology at Cedar Crest College, jVllentown, Pa. Formerly an instructor at 'Jpstate Medical Center in Syracuse,

pletes his tour of duty Armand (lay) Pare re- ceived his law degree from Syracuse and is working with the firm of Kirlin, Campbell and Keating, specializing in Admiralty Law Class Correspon- dent is Tom Capano, 3306 Golfview Drive, Newark DE 19702.

N.Y., Berger will teach general biology, nevvton inatomy and physiology at the 109-year- Sld liberal arts college for women.

oon leaving the Army While talking of folks in

ne Mid-Atlantic states must mention Patty Silber

azzeri who is Living in Newark, Del., with husband

jjjn and four-year-old son Johnny. Being the

Itmbitious type she is also teaching at St. Matthew's

chool in Newport, Del The School of Ed. grad

robably the furthest from home must be Nancy Wil- 3n who is now at the American Embassy School in unis, Tunisia. She'd like all to stop by and say hello uring your African vacation this winter, or any

Ither time you're in the neighborhood Staying

[loser to home is Joanna Madigan who is now a full pie executive director of the Camp Fire Girls and f/as recently honored by Gov. Dukakis by being ap- ■ointed to his Commission on the Status of (vomen — That's all for now (isn't it enough) so I'll ie running into you 'round Roberts Class Corres- pondent is Dennis "Razz" Berry, 37 East Plain St., Vayland MA 01778.

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:1a ss Correspondent is Parti Bruni Keefe, 84 treaton Road, West Roxbury MA 02132. She and her lusband just returned from three months in St. Paul, Minn, where they were working on a congressional

ampaign — Barbara Coveney and Barbara Wilkes

raveled to Greece this summer Barbara Cook

| as been living in New York City for the past four tears, and is an associate producer of the Interna- tional Photography Show. She produced a show for ihem at the Commonwealth Armory in Boston in October — Ann Feeney recently received her Ph.D. jrom Cornell, and is doing immunology research in he San Diego area.

n Chris Gorgone was married to Marcia McCann Oct. 11, 1975. A week after re- turning from their European honeymoon Khris learned that he had passed the C.P.A. exam, ble now works for Touche, Ross & Company, in ioston and lives in Wellesley Tom Burke has for- warded some additional news gathered during the

Annual Fund Telethon Jack Boyle has been

lamed manager of the Monroe, Wise, branch of •irst Federal Savings and Loan Association. Jack ^ind wife Judy (nee Goodyear) have a three-year-old [(laughter, Kris — Craig Froelich is vice-president of !|;roelich Transportation Company in Danbury, ]onn — Mark LaBrecque is working in the product- ion planning and inventory control department of international Silver Company's hollow ware opera- tion in Meriden, Conn Donna Dolan Brunner is

iving in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. while working as a speech pathologist at Bergen Pines County Hos- pital— Paul Berrini is a program planner for the jjuincy Manpower Services Department. . . . Christine Stone Weeks and husband Wallace are living in Longmeadow and were expecting a child some time in July — Dave Hedstrom is a junior at

Georgetown Dental School Diane Beaulieu Palac

(recently received her M.D. from Rush Medical Col- jlege and started a residency in internal medicine at Chicago's St. Luke's Hospital in June. She will be joined there by her husband Bob Palac who received [his M.D. from the University of Illinois Medical School — Mike Griffin, another M.D., is now doing ,a residency in Portland, Ore Angelo Russo re- ceived his master's degree in public administration (from the University of Southern California last spring Pat (Garrepy) Lyons is living at the Bruns- wick, Maine Naval Air Station for the next three years while her husband, Ensign Ron Lyons, com-

Class Correspondent is Kate Russell, 44 Soundview

Drive, Greenwich CT 06830 Mary Lou Duddy is

Assistant Alumni Director at Boston College.

^9^% Hope you're planning to attend our Class' m ^^ 5th year reunion in May. Details to follow

in a later issue Tony Balchunas has

passed his fifth actuarial exam while working in the insurance industry in New York Also in that in- dustry is Columbia MBA Pete Accino, who works with Tony Williamson in Metropolitan Life's invest- ment department BC Law grad Joe Tierney is a

tax attorney with Exxon Corp. in New York Jim

Giarrusso will be a candidate this spring both for an Arthur Andersen tax managership, and for a mas- ters degree at Babson Bruce Walker is using his

MBA from BC as a project administrator with the

Boston Offender Service Project Ex-varsity

hockey manager Eddie Donohue is, appropriately,

managing a hockey rink in Westwood Bill

O'Brien's latest assignment as a Jesuit seminarian is

as a hospital chaplain in Chicago Joe Stankaitis is

interning in Rochester, N.Y., after graduating from

UConn. Medical School Paul Delory is conducting

a legal practice in Fitchburg, while commuting from

his native Everett Dan Gentile has moved from

Boston to Philadelphia to pursue his career with

Commercial Union Life Ed Gentile (no relation)

has finished a Peace Corps assignment in Samoa, and was travelling in Australia when last heard

from Another world traveler is Michael Hackett,

who's teaching in India, since receiving a masters in drama from Stanford, where he was a Classmate of

Bob Egan Bill Thomas, having finished his pro

football career with the Houston Oilers, has

returned to Boston as a teacher Another returnee

is Tom Bobbins, who's working in the auto industry

and living in Woburn Recent bridegroom Ken

Rose is working as a probation officer in Syra- cuse Class Correspondent is Larry Edgar, 649 S.

Henderson Road, King of Prussia PA 19406.

NEWTON

Class Correspondent is Mary Kennedy Turick, 13-C Brickyard Road, Farmington CT 06032. She hopes

that more of you succumb to the urge to write

Terry Stephen spent the spring months traveling solo

in Europe Anne Berry married John Goodfellow

in May, and they are now living in New Hampshire

and attending law school together Births: to

Eileen Scanlan Mulvihill and Tom, a first child. Anne, on March 1 ; to Grace Regan Conway and John, a son, John Joseph ID, in June.

^9f\ Ran into Bob Krech at his father's office in m «j Dedham and he shares the only news with us this issue. He completed a masters in chemistry at B.C. and works for Physical Sciences in Woburn. Bob corrects a note from last issue — John McCarthy is teaching English at Plymouth-Carver

Regional H.S. and living in Plymouth John Collins,

married last year, now in 4th year UConn Medical School — Tom Casubon is stationed at Brunswick

Naval Air Station in Maine Bob Novak got a

pilot's license this summer Cindy CaroseUi is

teaching at Faulkner Hospital Dave Stasko now

in 2nd year Dental School in Buffalo Tony Reda is

in Italy attending medical school. Also in Italy is Tony Rotondo. . . . Barry Fell is at B.C. Grad School, 2nd year Chemistry — Peter Boyle completed his masters in chemistry at B.C. now with Orion Corp. in

Cambridge and living in Waltham Jim Macheras

has completed his masters in chemistry at Tufts

And at BU Dental School 4th year include Classmates Steve Black, Frank Riccio, and Ed

Frederick. Send your news for the spring edition to me before Christmas or give me a call. Class Cor- responxent is Richard E. Paret Jr., 35 Phillips Avenue, Norwood MA 02062.

NEWTON

Class Correspondent is Margaret Beyer, 37 Castle- ton Street, Jamaica Plain MA 02130.... Denise Henebry has completed her master's degree in library science and is a school media specialist in

Oxford, Conn Karen Salerno is living in New

York City and handles publicity for The Village Voice — Judy O'Malley is an editor at Seventeen,

and Lives in New York City Susan Morrison is

working for a Cambridge architectural firm

Maureen Lynch is a guidance counselor at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in Biller- ica. She was recently appointed the Chapter 622/Title K coordinator for the school, to oversee compliance with anti-discrimination laws at the state and federal level. She invites any alumni in- terested in presenting a workshop at the Massachu- setts Counselors' Association Conference in May to contact her at 8 Parker Place in Somerville.

m9M A letter and phone call from Classmates in t £& the Chicago area highlight this edition of our notes — John Marenghi and I spoke at length over the phone not long ago. John received his MBA from the University of Chicago, where he was president of the Business Student Association, and is now with the consulting firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget, in Chicago. He was in Boston for the wedding of SOM classmate Paul Mastrangelo to Marianne Devereux, both of Winthrop. Paul works for Winthrop Savings Bank. They live in Beechmont and enjoyed a honeymoon in Canada. Other members of the wedding party included John Rando, whose wife Judy gave birth to daughter Jessica Anne Aug. 8; Rich Lynch, who has his masters in urban planning and works for the Bureau of Labor Statis- tics in Washington, and Ben Chin and his wife, Lucy. Ben works for IBM in New York. John also filled me

in on others Eddie Kaplan (who also sent me a

letter) finished University of Chicago in June and is

with Ernst & Ernst in Chicago Lance Stuart was

with IBM for two years and is now at Harvard

Business School, as is Mike Cassidy Tony DiGiro-

lomo also went to Chicago and is with Price Water- house & Co. accountants — Tom Skeffington is in

his third year at Marquette Law Jo Ursini, who

worked in D.C. this summer, is in her third year at

New York University Law Ralph Harvey Taylor is

with Continental Bank in Chicago Mike Ken- received his Ph.D. from Chicago — John and Nancy (Rosploch) Tesoro are the proud parents of Marisa Claire, born to them Sept. 18. The Tesoro's live in

New Jersey Betsy Bender Junius sent a nice, long

letter. She and Dan Junius were married April 24. They are both bank employees — she is an analyst at the First National Bank of Chicago and he sells bank services for Continental Bank of Chicago. They live in Evanston. Dan is working toward an MBA at

Northwestern Mary O'ConneU received her

masters in Community Health Nursing from B.C. She is presently a clinician in the Community Mental

Health Program for Children in West Roxbury

Mimi Wells Shea married Brendan Shea, '72, July 10. Mimi is a service manager at Star Market; Brendan is a trust real estate officer at First National Bank of

Boston. They live in Watertown Pat Alanot is vice

president of the Law Student Association at Wayne State University, where he is in his third year. He will sit for three parts of the CPA exam in Novem- ber Tom Valenti is in his third year at DePaul Law

School in Chicago Alicia Caulfield is portfolio

manager in the Trust Department of Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C. She is nearing completion

of her M.B.A. at American University Mary Anne

Mason is a third-year student at University of Chicago Law, articles editor of the Law Review and

will clerk for an appellate judge after graduation

Valerie Jacques has her M.Ed, and teaches in Pur- chase, N.Y. She shares a Greenwich Village apart- ment with Peggy Lambert who took a cross-country

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Robert G. Grip, '74. of Mobile. Ala- has been named the state's best television reporter by the Alabama Asso- ciated Press Broadcasters Association. Former general manager of WZBC. he is a producer/anchorman at WKRG-TV in Mobile. Grip is married to the former Marie Sheehv. '74.

trip to Oregon this summer — Julie Kane is going to

Babson full-time for her M.B.A Bob Cooney is a

second-year law student at Loyola University and earned six credits in England this summer — Jean Golden is in her third year at Loyola Law — Joan Corboy is in her third year at Northwestern Law — Bob Johnson works for the Social Security Adminis- tration in Washington Allans Dwyer is finishing

her second and final year at Wharton and will re- ceive her M.B.A Denny Daych works on program

production for the sports department of WGBH (ch. 2) in Boston. She recently had an article called "The New England Racketeer" published in World Ten- nis Jane Clancy is in her third year of Medical

School in Mexico Tom McKechny is in the opera- tions area of remittance banking at Northern Trust in Chicago and was married to Kathy Walsh. '76.

Oct. 2 Carol Porembski married Terry Bennett in

June '76 after completing most of her course work for a masters in counseling at Northeastern. She now

lives in San Diego. Calif Debby Matthews has

just left Kennedy Memorial Hospital after two years to begin grad school at the University of North

Carolina in Public Health Class Correspondent.

grateful for the effects of Dr. Cheng's miracle diet, is Paul M. Aloi. 186 Lake Shore Road. #3. Brighton MA 02135.

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Class Correspondent is Beth Docktor Nolan. 396 Newton Street. Waltham MA 021 54 — Marilyn Ann Jordan was married to Steven A. Croce on August 28 in Walpole. She is employed by Consumer Value Stores, and he is a senior at New England College of Optometry. They are living in Norwood.

4 •■■ Hello! I'd first like to apologize for the edi- g r^ torial mistakes which appeared in this col- umn in the summer issue. It should have read: Karen Maguire married Dana Beeves and is teaching in Leominster: Judy Bainha married Robert Whitney and is teaching in Winchester. In addition. Mary Murray is the first and only woman member of the WTDA news staff (not the only member, as was

printed!) I received another newsy letter from

Mary and her friends who got together for a reunion which was sponsored by Alice Audie. '77; several B.C. alums are in high school again at Boston Trade, including Thelma Davis ("73). John Daley ("73). Adrian Bird, and Joanne Dowting. John Daley was an outstanding third baseman for the Trade softball team while the spectacular shortfield was played by Ed Cluett. '74. The Manager. Joanne Dowling. also served as utility catcher, and she is planning to

manage the bowling team this year Chris Lang-

hoff is teaching Spanish at Woodrow Wilson Middle

School in Boston Maria DeSantis is working with

prominent sports attorney Bob Woolf — Anne Pela- garti and Julie Silk are not doing anything new and wish they would hear from Kevin McManus! . . . Mary Murray, part-time news reporter for WTDA in Quincy. was looking forward to her fall football broadcasts when she last wrote and continues to dream of someday working for the CBS Radio Network. Good luck! . . . Eileen Brady, a graduate student in business at the University of Chicago, is engaged to Chuck Dillon of Arlington Heights. 111., and they plan to marry next July — Ellen Egan is currently working for Bloomingdale's in Connec- ticut Barbara Loonan of Framingham and Ed

Fiori of Lynnfield are married and living in Cam- bridge. Barbara works in the Cambridge Schools —

Pat Curran is presently working for U.S. Steel — James Daly has returned to the old B.C. campus and

is a teaching assistant in the math department

William Clair, former cheerleader, is engaged to another former cheerleader, guess who? . . . Steve Carroll, who graduated from B.C. in December '75. is working in New York at Ohrbach's — Mary Pat McEnrue is getting her Ph.D. at Wayne State. Also. I am very happy to announce the engagement of Pam Hennelly to Frank Farley. He's at Harvard Law and she expects to graduate with a master's degree from

Syracuse in December Pat Cavanaugh. did you

enjoy your honeymoon in San Francisco? . . . Eileen Waters and Jimmy Troy, star of the New England

Whalers, got hitched Maria FeruUo. working on

her masters' in Speech Pathology is planning to get

married in April Hyde Park Little City Hall has an

excellent assistant manager in Steve Crown — Mel- rose High School is lucky to have Brian Shaunessey

as a math teacher Rita Ryan is married and

teaching at Braintree High School while Marianne

Ellis is employed by the Canton Schools Maria

Kavanaugh married Don Ryan '74 at the end of Aug- ust. . . . Your class correspondent has been promoted to advertising specialist in the advertising sales pro- motion area of her insurance company — New England Life, of course! Keep those letters coming ... I love hearing from all of you! Class Corres- pondent is Heidi Schwarzbauer. 776 Beaver Street. Waltham MA 02154.

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Class Correspondent is Jackie Regan. 210 Adams Street, Newton MA 02158. She looks forward to hearing from everyone, and notes that a quick post- card will assure your classmates you are still on the face of the earth, or at least in the vicinity — Kathy Hughes is currently working at the Fernald

School Joann Eve HilKard is sharing a

Watertown apartment with Regina Kelly and Betsy

Mason Donna Stimpson is working on a master's

in urban and regional planning in Illinois — Bar- bara Drake is the assistant to the Director of Promo- tion for the Faneuil Hall Marketplace Complex in

Boston Teresa Valdes-Fauli is a student at B.C.

Law Barbara Calliihiiii is a sales assistant for the

International Group Program at John Hancock — Joan Nash is in graduate school in special education

at Northeastern Debbie Melino is studying urban

design part time at Harvard Debbie Brennan is

an M.S.W. candidate at B.C Nancy Lawlor is

studying at Harvard School of Public Health — Carla Malachowski is wandering around Color- ado Dee Brennan is assistant to the president of

ETI Jane l-amrln is with the Atwell Corporation

in the accounting department Tina Gavaller is a

bilingual first grade teacher in Chelsea.... Stephanie Marie Marty ak is a research assistant in rural health in Maine. . . . Monica Dursi is a graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design — Carol Fitzsimons has been transferred to Aetna's

Boston office Anne Archambault Donna is living

in Pittsfield Weddings: Eileen Sutherland to Josh

Brupbacher in September: Pat Coppola to Michael McCormack in October; Lisa Antonelh' to Dr. Richard DellePorten Mary Ellen Hackman to Douglas "Buzz" Olson in June: and Alice Lenora Cul- len to John Power Rose, Oct. 9, in Westwood.

^9fe I recently had the opportunity to return to #h the Heights and I delighted in the B.C.- West Virginia football game. It was really quite exciting to "bump" into so many Classmates, and it made the Eagle victory all the better. Rick Carlson had to travel from Montreal to attend and he seems to really enjoy his teaching position there — Ken Brine is attending graduate school at Babson. his goal being bis M.B.A Michael Owens is self- employed at the moment, and can be seen driving a military jeep around the streets of Weston. He is really a whiz with cars, and is enjoying himself im- mensely Paula Christie reports she is working for

Rockland Ford, and she also just moved to an apart- ment in Quincy WQfred Morrison has returned

from Venezuela, and he found his stint at pro basket-

ball there very rewarding. Will is still interested «| teaching, and he is pursuing a few possibilities, jl Kathy McSweeney. however, is teaching sped, education in Westf ield at a private school. As s • tells it. she loves the work and the possibility of gait ing some valuable teaching experience — A kl minute change in plans saw Nick Deane fore Peperdine Law School in favor of Loyola Law Schci in New Orleans. He will be something to see son Mardi Gras! . . . Ray Murphy is likewise in Ntf Orleans, and he shares an apartment with Nidi Always a master of the culinary arts. Ray is workrl in a restaurant but he too may opt for law school. I Joe Cincotta is attending Villanova Law School a he seems to enjoy it. although he is quite busy. >i Two Classmates are presently making names i themselves in the N.F.L. Mike Kruczek is really i pressing as quarterback for the world champi Pittsburgh Steelers. and shows promise of being; truly fine pro. The man Mike used to hold for. rrf Steinfort. is now doing his kicking for the Oakla Raiders. He too has been doing an excellent job, a has won a few games for bis new team already. •. Bob "Smooth" Carrington. Eagle basketball ere was unfortunately waived by the Atlanta Hawksi the NBA. However, Bob should do quite well as her apparently planning to play in Europe. Joining Bob' Europe is none other than Bill Collins, the form captain of the basketball squad. Both will probal

do great things on the court Well, that's it I

now. Remember to keep in touch, and feel freer write. Class Correspondent is Gerry Shea. 207 f Taylor Street. Apt. 3. South Bend IN 46625.

Deaths

Edmund J. Butler, M.D., '12, Oct. 14. 1976. Edw» S. Feeney, '15, July 16. 1976: Ralph (Raphael) McKeown, '17, Aug. 17, 1976; Joseph A. Mulvey. ' April 15. 1976: Charles Fitzgerald, '18, Sept. 1976; Clarence W. Greene, '18, July 8. 1976; Chan J. McGill. '20. Feb. 21. 1976: Gerald W. O'Neil. ". i Oct. 17. 1976; Rev. Msgr. Leonard A. McMahon, * Oct. 18. 1976: Charles R. McNamee, '22, Aug. ! 1976: Dennis N. O'Leary. '22. Sept. 24. 19 Anthony E. LeBlanc, '24. Oct. 18. 1976; Edward Brickley. '25. July 23. 1976: Stephen A. Kobalim '26. Oct. 11. 1976: Edmund E. Morante, '28, Oct. 1976: John F. Dwyer, '30, Oct. 22. 1976; WiDiami Higgins, G'31. July 20. 1976: Dr. Francis Marti' Esq., '36, Dec. 25. 1975; John T. Bresnahan, '32, 0 I 19. 1976: Margaret F. Burke, '33, Jan. 30. 19 Michael DeLuca, '33. August. 1976: James - McGowan, '33, July 23. 1976: Rev. William J. Ril '33, Aug. 20. 1976; Gerald J. Hennessey. S.J.. West '33. Aug. 29, 1976; Rev. Walter L. Flaherty, '34, J | 16. 1976: John T. Hagen, '34, Feb. 14. 1976: Dennis Gildea. Esq., L'35. Feb. 22. 1976: James H. Hazli '35, Oct. 20. 1976: John F. Manning. Esq., L'35, 0 21. 1976; William Fenlon, '36, Oct. 7. 1976: Jobs I Martin. '36, Oct. 31. 1976: P. Francis Martin. Eat L'36, Dec. 25. 1975; Sidney B. Fox, '37, July 7, 19'' Edward L Morris, '38, Feb. 9. 1976; Msgr. Rob. Murray, '38, Oct. 8. 1976: Joseph A. M. Crowk L'40. Aug. 15. 1976: Paul Cox McGrath, '41, Sept 1976: William R. Donahue. '43, April 14. 1976: Jsl H. Hegarty, '43, July 5. 1976; Helen M. T. Kelly. G'-V June 25. 1976; Raymond D. Lynch, '49, July 7. 19 Sr. M. Lurana Sheehv. C.S.J., '49, Aug. 22. 1976: Jo A. Sullivan, '49, Aug. 18. 1976; John F. Wark. Eft L'49, July 18. 1976: Robert J. Goran, '50, Oct. | 1976; Herbert A. Hkkey, '50, June 15. 1976; Jamei Gallagher, '51. Dec. 25. 1975; Leo G. Carney, ' Aug. 2. 1976; Eleanors T. Duross, G'56, Aug. j 1976: Martin J. Clancy, '57, Aug. 15, 1976; Mary^ Sasso. '57. July 20. 1976; Shirley D'Ambra, G'64, Jl if 19. 1976: John Paul Birmingham, HON'65, Oct. I 1976: Hon. Donald D. Ferland, L'65. Aug. 25. 19 Susan E. Gardner, '73, Aug. 11. 1976: and Michae Ambrogio. '74. Aug. 19, 1976.

Two former members of the faculty of Newt> College died recently. Mme. Nelly Courts professor of French from 1963 to 1975. and Frank i Belamarich, lecturer in biology from 1965 to 19! both died this fall.

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