RE: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Mr Devlin's longevity

[jjvar...@verizon.net]

Hi Larry:

Is Devlin the guy that used to teach Greek declensions  by rote like:

"Vic Damone, Tone hippone"

I still remember all that stuff!

Best regards,

Jose J. Vargas

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:46 AM, ljgmo...@aim.com wrote:

Bob

 I have two older brothers, whom most of my friends from Prep never met, because they were both in the service during our time in high school. But my oldest brother, Dan, was a Brooklyn Prep graduate, Class of 1958; and I remember going through his old yearbooks from the 50's and seeing Mr. Devlin's photo. My Dad graduated Prep in 1931, and his yearbook was still floating around the house when we were in school, too. I won't swear to it, but I think I remember going, "Holy cow! There's Mr. Devlin - teaching at Prep in 1930!" Those are some footsteps in which I'll be glad to follow.

"Lumpy"

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If, indeed, Larry has grown up to become John Devlin

Then I believe we have all been witness to

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                                                        Life!!!!!

 

 

 

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Doug,

    I think Mike Mercurio is the only person I know (and maybe Joe Navarro, cause it used to seem to me that Joe had read about everything.) who ever actually read Remembrance of Things Past . I made through the first paragraph once.

I can remember Mr. Sullivan only vaguely, but I don't think I would ever have suspected that he was an Aretha Franklin fan. I've often reflected on how glad I am - how lucky I feel - to have been a teenager at the time when the Beatles, the great Motown hit factory, The Rascls,and Aretha Franklin (etc., etc.) were at their peak. I'm gonna risk sounding like Mr. Devlin again, but man, am I glad 'HipHop' - which I find, not only frequently offensive, but almost completely one-dimensional and musically dull - hadn't yet taken over pop music.

Larry

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Don't forget Junior English scholastic Mr. Donald Sullivan- he told us Aretha was going to save music. Also made a bunch of us take a Saturday trip to the Cloisters. I used to wear a different button everyday with a slogan on it and he would always walk by my desk to get a quick glance at what is says. I remember one said "Marcel Proust is a Yenta"- he challenged me to tell him about Proust. At least I was able to tell him what a yenta was.

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Anybody out there have any good stories/anecdotes/memories about some of the Scholastics that were around in our first few years at Prep? Mr Tackacs, Vinny McGuire, Gerry Reedy, Joe Rocasalvo, Mr. Mallory, others?

 

I've got one about Mr. Donnelly: If you recall, he was a pretty big dude, with that unpredictable glint in his eye, and who was not afraid to slam you into a locker. Well, I remember we had a JV football scrimmage vs. Brooklyn Tech at our excuse for a field at Prep. The "visitors' locker room" (such as it was), was the cafeteria. Some lineman type from Tech was coming down the corridor with his helmut in one hand, shoulder pads in the other, sees Mr. Donnelly - all 6 Feet, 3 inches of him - dressed in black (as he always was), with his round color, and the kid says, very politely, un-selfconsciously, "Hey fodda, could you open da fuckin' door?" We were standing there aghast, waiting for this kid to be clobbered; but Donnelly, as cordially as you please, says "Sure", and opens the door for the kid.

Larry G

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Jose,
Good to see your input. How are ya? I never did have Devlin, myself. And the closest I ever got to Greek was eatin' Gyros sandwiches downtown Manhattan.
Larry

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[jjvar...@verizon.net]

Hi Larry

Yes, still here. OK, I survived the Bush legacy. Waiting for economy to turn around. Etc.

I do remember Devlin and Vic Damone; ( I was at first confused thinking it was Fr Oppido who taught Greek but from reading the posts I remembered it was Devlin)

I also remember someone (probably Rocassalvo) playing the "Sounds of Silence" and other songs from "the graduate" in religion class.

I do envy you having lived in Montana and Alaska. Would  like to go up there. Been mostly in the Catskills, Adirondacks and Colorado.

Best regards,

Jose J. Vargas

[McCoy, Dennis R.]

I recall Devlin teaching Latin.  Maybe he taught both?  I recall (and may be wrong) that Fr. O taught first year, Reedy taught second year, and Devlin third (or did Devlin teach second and Reedy third?).  I forget the guy who taught fourth year. He was a nice guy, but I don't remember the class at all.  I remember Reedy coming in and speaking Latin to us the first day.  That was pretty funny.  We all looked at him like he was . . . well, talking a foreign language.  (I was going to say Greek, but I at least knew it was Latin.)

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Jose

I remember the same thing. Mr. Roccasalvo, and I think maybe Mr. Reedy, and Mr McGwire were all into using things like S&G to engage their teenaged charges in topics of the day, that were relevant to faith. I remember really "getting" (thanks to Reedy or Rocasalvo) the profundity of a song by Simon & Garfunkel called 7 O'Clock News/ Silent Night.

           Great.......

[ljgmo...@aim.com]

I like that, Dennis.

There were those of us "ancient language challenged" prepsters, who couldn't quite get past Caesar, sophmore year. We were the brainiacs that ended up in CLIT with Jerome Roland O'Connell  junior year.
Larry

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I recall Devlin teaching Latin.  Maybe he taught both?  I recall (and m ay be wrong) that Fr. O taught first year, Reedy taught second year, and Devlin third (or did Devlin teach second and Reedy third?).  I forget the guy who taught fourth year. He was a nice guy, but I don't remember the class at all.  I remember Reedy coming in and speaking Latin to us the first day.  That was pretty funny.  We all looked at him like he was . . . well, talking a foreign language.  (I was going to say Greek, but I at least knew it was Latin.)

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Devlin was junior year

[stone...@aol.com]

rememberr the morning news on BP TV before class- they use to always play Buffalo Springfield's  "For What It's Worth"

[McCoy, Dennis R.]

Cicero, right?

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[ljgmo...@aim.com]

Wow!

I'd forgotten about those televisions, and that we had student-produced news. (Sometimes misssed a lot, being a jock.) I do not remember them playing that song, though.

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[McCoy, Dennis R.]

The smart ones always wound up with CLIT.

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Jose,

 

Weren't you a TV producer?

 

Dennis

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[Vinny]

I had Devlin for freshman Latin and Fr. O for freshman religion.  I can still see Fr.O's 1st class, walking over to the  window,  either opening  it  or pointing  to it and sayiing  "now I want you to throw out everything Sister Mary Ann taught you from Catechism"

Vinny Y

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Oh, those radical Jesuits!  

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[jjvar...@verizon.net]

Hi Dennis

TV was Livio Llinares and others.  I worked with Livio's brother a few years ago who said he was in DC still in TV. But I haven't seen him in forty years.

I'm an international banker 35 years.

Best regards,

Jose J. Vargas 

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Jose,

 

Weren't you a TV producer?

 

Dennis

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Wow!

I'd forgotten about those televisions, and that we had student-produced    news. (Sometimes misssed a lot, being a jock.) I do not remember them playing    that song, though.

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rememberr the morning news on BP TV before class- they use to always play    Buffalo Springfield's  "For What It's Worth"

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[jjvar...@verizon.net]

Yes agreed Jesuits are radical. They were the ones responsible for the Spanish Inquisition, and are the only priests that perform exorcisms.

I always like to tell the story that William Peter Blatty, the author of the Exorcist (about Jesuits fighting devils) graduated from Brooklyn Prep HS.

He must have had some experience at BP  to write the scariest novel of our time. Wondering which one of his teachers was the model for fr. Merrin.

Best regards,

Jose J. Vargas

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Oh, those radical Jesuits!  

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I had Devlin for freshman Latin and Fr. O for freshman religion.  I can still see Fr.O's 1st class, walking over to the  window,  either opening  it  or pointing  to it and sayiing  "now I want you to throw out everything Sister Mary Ann taught you from Catechism"

Vinny Y

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Devlin was junior year

[Michael Vallone]

Vinny,
Are you sure he said that instead of openig the window hoping to hear the cheers from Ebbets Field?

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Subject: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Re: Mr Devlin's longevity

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[Michael Vallone]

Fr. O taught Yr 1 Latin
Fr. Reedy taught 2nd year - his faovrite passage was the speech of the 10th legion's standard bearer as the Roman's first took the shore of Britannea.
Mr. D taught Yr 3 and the merits of Cicero and Icarus. Garry Swords and I sat in the back in the last row by the window, Mike Mercurio sat in the front seat in the row to our right.

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[Vinny]

Mike      maybe, but he was always aware.  In freshman year we had a kid named  Gaynor Aragona I don't think he lasted the year.     Fr. O would be writing on the board,  the signal for class rukus,  O would turn and in his great voice  and nail him ARRRRAAAAAAAAA..........GONA!      

[Michael Vallone]

Great recall, Vinny.
With that addition The Legend of O continues to grow. 
LOL make that very Loud

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You mean the ghosts of Ebbets Field Michael.

 

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[ljgmo...@aim.com]

Now there's something I always felt we'd been cheated on. Our timing for popular music was great, our timing for baseball - missing 'the Boys of Summer' at Ebbets Field, just blocks away from the Prep - was unfair.

LG

[frank killea]

C'mon guys.. nobody had the "little guy?" Cusick for latin?

 

The midget bookstore troll flunked me senior year.....

 

I still have nightmares... he was the model for the "smiley face".... you flunked.. with a big smile!

 

fxk

[Lind...@aol.com]

Devlin taught Honors Latin in 1st year.  I met him one day during my EM residency @ BIMC when I was getting lunch on Second Avenue.  He didn't look any different from 1965, and was instantly recognizable.  He didn't remember me a whit, but was quite proud of the fact that he was 96 y/o.  Mark V. Spadaro MD

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I had him for latin.

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[ljgmo...@aim.com]

Dr. Mark

Glad to see you tuned in to this stuff. Hope to speak with you soon. (Before all this 40th Anniversary stuff dies down, we're going to have to hear about the time we went out to Bob's and Rod's in Queens, and you drank a whole bottle of vodka and S. Victor (Mark's Dad) had to come out and pick you up - literally.0
Lar

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[William Squicciarini]

Chuck -- believe we were in the same class with Mr. "OK Gents Take Out a Half Sheet of Paper" 

Perhaps we should use our professional skills to track him down and get him to the dinner since Frank seems to have a thing about the little twerp. I'm no shrink, but I'm starting to wonder. Think Mr. C went on to be a body double for Rick Moranis in "Honey I Shrunk the Kids."

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[Lind...@aol.com]

I have over six hundred emails in my BP folder I'm slowly wading through.  Got the Makata shirt.  What part of Alaska are you in now, Larry?  MVS.

[Michael Mercurio]

I did ok for a couple of years taking Latin, so I figured Greek would be cool. Then I ran into Mr. Nebot. It seemed like he was already 102 in 1968. Not the most patient of fellows for guys like me who didn't quite get it first time around. Failed miserably first term, and bailed. That's how I must have ended up with J.R. O'Connell, learning the fine art of enunciation (in English, thankfully).

Mike M

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[BOB MCGUIRE]

I do recall one morning when they played Barry McGuire (no relation) singing 'Eve of Destruction' as a mushroom cloud from an A-bomb test ballooned onto the TV screen home room.

 

 

Top'o the mornin' to ya!

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8SfiCnwF28

 

 

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[ljgmo...@aim.com]

Marcus, a, um

  I am up on what is known as The North Slope. Presently, a little west of Prudhoe Bay, at one of the so-called 'satellite' oil fields, called Milne Point.. We are right on the Arctic ocean, well above the Arctic Circle, down the coast from Point Barrow, the northern most point in the United States. (In fact, I can see Russia from my room!)
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[ljgmo...@aim.com]

You may leave here for four days in space, but when you return it's the same old place.
 
  (Imagine if I could remember some of the stuff from our textbooks as well as I can remember the words to radio hit songs.)

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[CRI...@aol.com]

Larry:

 

I was wondering whether you ever flew on one of my airplanes. I have had airplanes leased to Peninsula Airlines (Penair) out of Anchorage and Big Sky Airlines out of Billings over the years.

 

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[ljgmo...@aim.com]

Chip

I have flown a time or two on both of those airlines. I don't remember specifics.

Larry G

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[robert jegle]

Honors 1D had DEvliin st year

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM, <stone...@aol.com> wrote:

Devlin was junior year

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[Michael Vallone]

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From: CRI...@aol.com
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:44:46 -0400

Subject: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Re: Mr Devlin's longevity

To: brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.com

[Michael Vallone]

Did you take his pulse, Mark? Tell him to take 2 aspirin and see you in a week?  :-)

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From: Lind...@aol.com
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:34:00 -0400

Subject: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Re: Mr Devlin's longevity
To: brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.com

[ljgmo...@aim.com]

  Fellas,

   Time marches on, and now the reunion dinner is just one day away. I had a few things I had hoped to post here before the event, but didn't get around to. (Oh well - most of it was probably hot air or stuff about popular music). But I did want to say this something about one particular topic. I searched some of the back emails because I thought I remembered one fom Jose telling Bob J that he envied his living in Florida, and me my living in Montana. I do love Montana, but, I'll tell you, I still love Brooklyn too. But here are the guys I envy; and here is an aspect of your lives  that may be, at least in part, a legacy of values instilled at Brooklyn Prep. It is this: I am awed by the beautiful, loving, loyal, faithful, solid, enduring marriages so many of you have. I can think of at least five of you right off the top of my head who are married to girls you were seeing when we were in Prep. Several others of you - most recently, Jim Baillet have told us of your wives of 30+ years. This is, as you know, a rare phenomenon these days. 

  Part of the sacramental aspect of marriage is the public nature of the love between husband and wife. Your love and devotion to others is not just a private thing, but rather shines like a beacon (is a "sign") for all who know you as to what is possible. I don't know if it gets said enough, but you should be proud of this. Perhaps it sounds odd, but I - who have never been married - take pride in your commitments.  And I frequently mention to others the many long term stable relationships among my classmates.

  I know well that it may not have always been an easy road. I also know, that not everyone can be as fortunate as to find the right mate first time around. I also admire those of you who have "tried again" and made a go of a second marriage ( and the ol' "third time's a charm" cats). Congratulaions to all of you, and thank you.

Larry G


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From: jjvar...@verizon.net
To: brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 2:22 pm
Subject: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Re: Mr Devlin's longevity

Hi Larry

Yes, still here. OK, I survived the Bush legacy. Waiting for economy to turn around. Etc.

I do remember Devlin and Vic Damone; ( I was at first confused thinking it was Fr Oppido who taught Greek but from reading the posts I remembered it was Devlin)

I also remember someone (probably Rocassalvo) playing the "Sounds of Silence" and other songs from "the graduate" in religion class.

I do envy you having lived in Montana and Alaska. Would  like to go up there. Been mostly in the Catskills, Adirondacks and Colorado.

Best regards,

Jose J. Vargas

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:50 PM, ljgmo...@aim.com wrote:

Jose,

Good to see your input. How are ya? I never did have Devlin, myself. And the closest I ever got to Greek was eatin' Gyros sandwiches downtown Manhattan.

Larry

-----Original Message-----

From: jjvar...@verizon.net

To: brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 9:39 am

Subject: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Re: Mr Devlin's longevity

Hi Larry:

Is Devlin the guy that used to teach Greek declensions  by rote like:

"Vic Damone, Tone hippone"

I still remember all that stuff!

Best regards,

Jose J. Vargas

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:46 AM, ljgmo...@aim.comwrote:

Bob

 I have two older brothers, whom most of my friends from Prep never met, because they were both in the service during our time in high school. But my oldest brother, Dan, was a Brooklyn Prep graduate, Class of 1958; and I remember going through his old yearbooks from the 50's and seeing Mr. Devlin's photo. My Dad graduated Prep in 1931, and his yearbook was still floating around the house when we were in school, too. I won't swear to it, but I think I remember going, "Holy cow! There's Mr. Devlin - teaching at Prep in 1930!" Those are some footsteps in which I'll be glad to follow.

"Lumpy"

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From: BOB MCGUIRE < bmcg...@arrow.com>

To: brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.com; brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 7:29 am

Subject: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Re: Other Jesuits

If, indeed, Larry has grown up to become John Devlin

Then I believe we have all been witness to

The......

           Great.......

                         Circle.......

                                         of..............

                                                        Life!!!!!

 

 

 

Hakuna Makata baby!!!!!!!!

                          

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From: brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.comon behalf of ljgmo...@aim.com

Sent: Sat 3/14/2009 11:27 AM

To: brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.com

Subject: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Re: Other Jesuits

Doug,

    I think Mike Mercurio is the only person I know (and maybe Joe Navarro, cause it used to seem to me that Joe had read about everything.) who ever actually read Remembrance of Things Past . I made through the first paragraph once.

I can remember Mr. Sullivan only vaguely, but I don't think I would ever have suspected that he was an Aretha Franklin fan. I've often reflected on how glad I am - how lucky I feel - to have been a teenager at the time when the Beatles, the great Motown hit factory, The Rascls,and Aretha Franklin (etc., etc.) were at their peak. I'm gonna risk sounding like Mr. Devlin again, but man, am I glad 'HipHop' - which I find, not only frequently offensive, but almost completely one-dimensional and musically dull - hadn't yet taken over pop music.

Larry

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From: stone...@aol.com

To: brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 7:07 am

Subject: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Re: Other Jesuits

Don't forget Junior English scholastic Mr. Donald Sullivan- he told us Aretha was going to save music. Also made a bunch of us take a Saturday trip to the Cloisters. I used to wear a different button everyday with a slogan on it and he would always walk by my desk to get a quick glance at what is says. I remember one said "Marcel Proust is a Yenta"- he challenged me to tell him about Proust. At least I was able to tell him what a yenta was.

-----Original Message-----

From: ljgmo...@aim.com

To: brooklyn-prep...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:33 am

Subject: {Brooklyn Prep Class of 1969} Other Jesuits

Anybody out there have any good stories/anecdotes/memories about some of the Scholastics that were around in our first few years at Prep? Mr Tackacs, Vinny McGuire, Gerry Reedy, Joe Rocasalvo, Mr. Mallory, others?

 

I've got one about Mr. Donnelly: If you recall, he was a pretty big dude, with that unpredictable glint in his eye, and who was not afraid to slam you into a locker. Well, I remember we had a JV football scrimmage vs. Brooklyn Tech at our excuse for a field at Prep. The "visitors' locker room" (such as it was), was the cafeteria. Some lineman type from Tech was coming down the corridor with his helmut in one hand, shoulder pads in the other, sees Mr. Donnelly - all 6 Feet, 3 inches of him - dressed in black (as he always was), with his round color, and the kid says, very politely, un-selfconsciously, "Hey fodda, could you open da fuckin' door?" We were standing there aghast, waiting for this kid to be clobbered; but Donnelly, as cordially as you please, says "Sure", and opens the door for the kid.

Larry G

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