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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 

'65 


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. 


Page  16 


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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7 
8 
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25 


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 


10 


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 


16 


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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Srcik/ 


■r  -  J^ 


1 

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 


19 


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. 


i, 


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. 

M.I  I 


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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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PhUip  J.  Bond 
1   C    18  Houston  Street 


16 


West  Roxbury  MA  021 32 


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. 

NEWTON 

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. 


NEWTON 

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. 

NEWTON 

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 


NEWTON 

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. 


NEWTON 

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 


NEWTON 

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. 

NEWTON 

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 . 


NEWTON 

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. 

NEWTON 

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. 

NEWTON 

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! 

NEWTON 

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. 

IEWTON 

: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. 

NEWTON 

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. 

NEWTON 

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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Endowed  scholarships  will  ensure  opportuni- 
ties for  a  Boston  College  education  when  today's 
toddlers  are  the  freshmen  of  the  1990s. 


The  New  Heights  Advancement  Campaign 


Students  in  1953  use  a  reading  room  in  Bapst  Library  that  now  serves  as  the  Library's  reserve  book  room. 


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