Image from Signum '65 - page 83"We were in our Junior Year and had Mr. Mooney for Business Math class. We had this class right after lunch, obviously, there had been corn on the menu that day. Mr. Mooney had a piece of corn stuck in his teeth and kept playing around with his lip and tongue trying to get that darn piece of corn loose. Well, the whole class suddenly had a piece of corn stuck in their teeth too, as we all began to imitate his every noise, facial contortion, etc. I distinctly remember Bill O'Malley and Bill Martin kept asking him all sorts of bonehead questions, just so he couldn't teach. I kept complaining that I had a stomach ache and it was an emergency that I go to the restroom, he wouldn't let me go. This was all a fake. Meanwhile, the bonehead questions continued, we were bombarding him with them. Finally, he just slammed the book shut, stood up and said, 'I can't take this anymore, I can't stand it' and walked out the door to the faculty parking lot. And us, being the nice respectful boys that we were, what was the proper thing to do? Well, we went to the balcony of the classroom, we were in 703, and as we were waving said 'good bye Mr. Mooney, bye Sir.' We never saw him again! Then of course, we had to remain quiet fearing the wrath of Br. Alexis and detention for the rest of your life! Boy, what memories!"
We ask: And what memories did the unfortunately-surnamed Mr. Mooney take with him, having experienced lunacy at the hands of The Boys From Room 703? At least, to our knowledge, he did not commit seppuku...
Ricardo's narrative continues.
"I remember the first day that Mr. Masterson came to teach us. He taught POD, Problems of Democracy. This was our Senior year. Several of us had home room together, then according to your schedule, you would not see some of your buddies until 2 classes later. But, we'd sure see each other during the class changes! 'Hey, how's the new teacher? What's his name? Any homework?' Well, when we found out his name was Masterson, we thought, 'He deserves a song!' So, I (even though I was not the only one, I will accept responsibility. I haven't asked the guys if it's ok to use their names, and 2 of them are now ATTORNEYS) being a very nice, mellow and polite boy, walked in singing in a very low tone of voice, because we were ADJACENT to the Main Office; and you know what that means, the wrath of Br. Alexis and detention for a lifetime once again, (whew) 'Oh when the West was very young, there was a man named Masterson......' All this man did was smile. And T H A T my friends, set the tone for the res t of the year! A very nice man Mr. Masterson, learned quite a bit in that class, but I now suffer from CRS, so .........it was a fun class."
What a contrast! We do remember Mr. Masterson, or "Meester," as he was baptized by the LaSalle crowd, quite fondly - his easygoing, affable character made an impression - easygoing or not, he somehow managed to keep his charges under control and they actually learned a thing or two from him! Efforts are being made to find him and maybe entice him to come to the Reunion. He made our 20th, in fact himself making the successful effort to find us back then.
We ask: And what memories did the unfortunately-surnamed Mr. Mooney take with him, having experienced lunacy at the hands of The Boys From Room 703? At least, to our knowledge, he did not commit seppuku...
Ricardo's narrative continues.
"I remember the first day that Mr. Masterson came to teach us. He taught POD, Problems of Democracy. This was our Senior year. Several of us had home room together, then according to your schedule, you would not see some of your buddies until 2 classes later. But, we'd sure see each other during the class changes! 'Hey, how's the new teacher? What's his name? Any homework?' Well, when we found out his name was Masterson, we thought, 'He deserves a song!' So, I (even though I was not the only one, I will accept responsibility. I haven't asked the guys if it's ok to use their names, and 2 of them are now ATTORNEYS) being a very nice, mellow and polite boy, walked in singing in a very low tone of voice, because we were ADJACENT to the Main Office; and you know what that means, the wrath of Br. Alexis and detention for a lifetime once again, (whew) 'Oh when the West was very young, there was a man named Masterson......' All this man did was smile. And T H A T my friends, set the tone for the res t of the year! A very nice man Mr. Masterson, learned quite a bit in that class, but I now suffer from CRS, so .........it was a fun class."
What a contrast! We do remember Mr. Masterson, or "Meester," as he was baptized by the LaSalle crowd, quite fondly - his easygoing, affable character made an impression - easygoing or not, he somehow managed to keep his charges under control and they actually learned a thing or two from him! Efforts are being made to find him and maybe entice him to come to the Reunion. He made our 20th, in fact himself making the successful effort to find us back then.
20th Reunion picnic photo - l-r Ricardo Reimundo, Nelson Orta, Don Masterson, Fernando Vidal, Alberto QuirogaAlthough the publisher made a diligent search through the '66-'67-'68 yearbooks, no period portrait of Mr. Masterson was found in any; he missed his yearbook photo op for one reason or other. Looks as if Albert and Fernando had chosen matching uniforms for the occasion, but this was purely coincidental. There were no Official Uniform Standards for the 20th Reunion.
Thank you for enlightening us with your interesting recollections of interesting times, Mr. Reimundo. Ladies...perhaps you now realize the wisdom of non-coed classes in the Immaculata-LaSalle of those times. Then again, perhaps the Beasts in Us might have been somewhat tamed under the influence of the fairer sex!
Thank you for enlightening us with your interesting recollections of interesting times, Mr. Reimundo. Ladies...perhaps you now realize the wisdom of non-coed classes in the Immaculata-LaSalle of those times. Then again, perhaps the Beasts in Us might have been somewhat tamed under the influence of the fairer sex!
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