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Subject: [Bklyn] Brooklyn Standard Union - 25 July 1920 - Graduation
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 16:04:32 EDT
ST. JAMES' ACADEMY GRADUATES FIFTEEN
Sixty-ninth Annual Closing Exercises Are Held in Auditorium
HONOR ROLL IS ANNOUNCED
Students Successfully Present College Playlet
The sixty-ninth annual closing exercises of St. James Academy were held
last night at St. James Auditorium in Jay Street, with Mgr. Francis J.
O'HARA, pastor of the Pro-Cathedral, presiding. Following an elaborate
programme a class of fifteen young men was graduated. Ex-Justice Luke D.
STAPLETON addressed the graduates of the pioneer parochial school of Brooklyn
and pointed out the paramount necessity of united Catholic effort to stem the
tide of irreligion and infidelity that overflows the country today and to
establish an ideal.
Brother Austin is director of the Academy and, since his arrival last
September, has given his entire time and effort to the work. On the night of
Feb. 3 the graduates of old St. James assembled for the first time in the
history of the academy at their initial alumni banquet at the Elks Club.
The graduates are
Raymond Frederick MILLER, president
Otto Joseph ECK, vice-president
Cecil HOWARD, secretary
Cyril Francis TRINNEAR, treasurer
John Thomas WATERS, sergeant-at-arms
Edwin Michael BOURKE
Daniel Joseph DONLON
Thomas Joseph EGAN
Victor Joseph HARTNETT
Harry Francis KIRK
James William LARMOUS
Cornelius Joseph MAHER
John Francis MCKIERNAN
Donald Lawrence O'TOOLE
William Joseph WOODS
The roll of honor is:
Third Year High -
Arthur J. CAMPBELL, William J. FARRELL, John J. HOGAN, Henry E. JOHNSON,
Edward B. O'DEA, Alton J. O'NEIL, Daniel J. PURFIELD, James J. REGAN, Frances
A. STUCHBURG and Walton J. SUGRUE.
Second Year High -
Walter G. BLOSSFELD, John F. EGAN, Francis W. HARRIS, Andrew J. ISOLA,
Francis F. KELLY, Jeremiah J. MULANE, John J. O'NEILL, Peter J. OLSEN,
Francis J. RYAN and Leo J. RYAN.
First Year High -
Joseph VERMOELEN, Edeard DONLON, Howard KROLIER, THomas MCCAFFREY, James
RUSSO, Jerome MURPHY, William FITZGERALD, James BLAKE, Leonard BRUSTMAN and
Leo CASEY.
Seventh Grade -
Randall V. DONOVAN, Alphonsus J. PODZIUNAS, Joseph H. MAHAN, John J. KELLY,
WIlliam SADLER, Anthony J. SAMUOLIS, John F. BARSIN, THomas J. WALLACE,
William John LEROW and James F. FAY.
Sixth Grade -
Vincent BROWN, George MORAN, Lawrence FARRELL, Charles HAMILTON, Francis
O'REILLY, WIlliam FARRELL, WIlliam KASSEBURT, Francis CLINTON, Edwin HAMILL,
Edward CUNNINGHAM, Albert ANTHONY, Joseph FULTON and Martin MCDONALD.
Fifth Grade -
Dominic GIORDANO, Francis DONOVAN, Daniel BOLTON, John WHITE, John LEDWITH,
Sydney SMITH, John BOLTON, John SAMUOLIS, John MCCORMACK, Daniel HURLEY,
Henry MILLER, John RYAN, Stephen WHELAN and George ELLIS.
Fourth Grade -
George CUNNINGHAM, Charles BRIDGES, Edgar TULLY, Joseph HAYES, Raymond
FARRELL, Edward KENNELTY, Warren TUCKER, John O'CONNOR, Louis ANTHONY, Peter
LAVIZOLIA, Edward FLYNN, Walter BERGEN, Joseph SUTTON and John MCCARTY.
Third Grade -
John SISK, Stephen HAYES, Francis CUITE, Edward DEVLIN, Eugene ROVENGO,
William CAMBRIDGE, Joseph MCWALTERS, William FLYNN, Maurice FLYNN, Francis
BYRNES, Patrick FRIZELL, Walter LEONARD and Francis FLYNN.
Second Grade -
Robert ALLEN, Eliseo CAPRIOLA, William COLMER, Martin CONNOR, Thomas CUITE,
Frederick DE FEO, James GANNON, John GILHOOLEY, William HYLAN, Joseph
KRAEMER, Robert MULVIHILL, John SACCARDI, Thomas SHORTAL and Charles SMITH.
First Grade -
John BOWEN, Michael CARBERRY, James CURREN, William CASSON, Robert CARBERRY,
Thomas FARRELL, Lorenzo FARRELL, James GIORDANO, Val MCCORMACK, Pat MURPHY,
Arthur TULLY, Thomas CRUMISH, Joseph O'DONNELL and James DALY.
A one-act college sketch was produced by Donald L. O'TOOLE, John D. WATERS,
Daniel J. DONLON, Harry F. KIRK, Thomas EGAN, Edwin M. BOURKE, Cornelius J.
MAHER, Cyril F. TRINNEER, John F. MCKIERNAN and WIlliam J. WOODS.
Medals and prizes were awarded for scholarship as follows:
Gold medal for excellence, third year - Presented by the Rev. Thomas J.
O'BRIEN, '84, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo, to Francis A. STUCHBURY, next
in merit, James J. REGAN.
Gold medal for elocution - Presented by John T. O'GRADY, '79, to William D.
GARGAN.
Gold medal for excellence, second year - Presented by Mrs. William C.
COURTNEY to John J. O'NEIL; next in merit, Walter G. BLOSSFELD.
Gold medal for excellence, first year - Presented by the Rev. Father Matthew
QUEALEY to Howard KIVLIN; next in merit, Franics VERMAELEN.
Gold medal for excellence, fourth year - Presented by Right Rev. Charles E.
MCONNELL, D.D., to Raymond F. MILLER; next in merit, Cecil H. RYAN.
Gold medal for Christian Doctrine - Presented by Mgr. O'HARA to Cornelius J.
MAHER; next in merit, Raymond F. MILLER.
Gold medal for English - Presented by the Rev. John B.C. YORK, '79, pastor of
St. Brigids, to Cecil H. RYAN; next in merit, Raymond F. MILLER.
Brother Tatian Memorial Medal for shorthand and typewriting - Presented by
St. James Alumni Society to Otto J. ECK; next in merit, Raymond F. MILLER.
McLaughlin Memorial Medal for commerical arithmetic and commercial law -
Presented by W. Arthur CUNNINGHAM, '90, to John F. MCKIERNAN; honorable
mention, Raymond F. MILLER.
About seventy-five of the old graduates of St. James attended the exercises
in a body.
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transcribed by Pam Cook
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