Juniors and Novices in Esopus
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<<===  Some of the first Juniors in 1942.  Left to right:  Richard Foy, Jimmy Horan, John Flemming (peeking from behind) Brother John Patrick, Dennis Murphy.

snapshot fall 1942
saved by Richard Foy

  <<===  Being the headmaster wasn't always a desk job.  Here Brother Linus William gets into some muddy boots as we prepared the ball fields west of the Holy Rosary building.

photo spring 1943
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  courtesy Denis Murphy

Juniors on vacation in Summer 1944.  Art Devlin, Denny Murphy and Paddy Long torment an unknown Junior at Rockaway Beach.  Denis earned his PhD in Spanish at NYU, and Paddy earned his PhD in history at St Johns.  Art earned his MS in math from St Johns and did further graduate work at Columbia.  ===>>

photo summer 1944
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  courtesy Denis Murphy

 

 

Raymond (Gerry) Weiss poses beside his brother Jake outside the English Village in 1943.  Gerry went on to receive his PhD in Spanish from NYU and taught until his death at Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY ===>>

photo 1943
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  courtesy Denis Murphy

 

<<===  Denis Murphy, at right, poses in the English Village with Tommy McNamara.  Note open alcove in background left.  This was closed in during renovations 1949-1953.

photo 1944
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  courtesy Denis Murphy

<<===  Denis Murphy and Richard Foy, two of the original group of Juniors in 1942-1943, both received their PhD from NYU at the 1963 commencement held on the Bronx campus.

photo spring 1963
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  courtesy Denis Murphy

 All-Star lineup of Hussey, Briody, Pito, Grogan and Des Kelly ===>>

photo taken 1951

Jerry Gallagher and Ludwig Odierna  ===>>

photo taken 1954

 

<<===  Juniors versus crew of project Brothers

photo summer 1952

<<===   Softball at Esopus.  Pat Gallagher at the plate.

photo taken 1952

 

 Joe McKiernan and Pat Gallagher in the space between the old Marian frame building and the Fontaine building, digging for the new dormitory.  ===>>

photo 1956

 Brothers Ignatius Anthony Nevin and Luke Driscoll, faculty members at Marist Preparatory.  ===>>

photo 19 Nov 1950

<<===   Pat Gallagher standing between Joseph and Desmond Kelly.

photo 1953

<<===  A group picture taken on the front steps of Tyngsboro — the site for many group pictures

photo 26 July 1954

 Group picture celebrating taking of the religious habit and first vows, in Tyngsboro, but including many Esopus juniors.  Photo also includes two African-Americans and first Filipino brothers Brother Linus William, Provincial, former headmaster of Marist Prep in Esopus in first row center.  Brother Pius Victor, Master of Novices, stands to his left  ===>>

 

photo 26 July 1954

Thomas Aidan, William Farrell, Pat Gallagher and Kevin O'Neill at taking of the religious habit ceremony. ===>>

photo 1953

 

<<===  Patrick Gallagher on the Esopus athletic fields

 

photo summer 1951

<<===  Taking the religious habit ceremony, Tyngsboro

photo July 1954

 
 

  Top row: Hussey, Zirkel, Ramirez, Farrell, Cullinan, Clarke, Thellan, Deschênes  ===>>

Front row: E O'Neill, Arnold, McdSweeney, D.O'Neill, Smith, LaBonté, Masterson

photo taken 1953

 

Arthur Devlin on the Esopus dock in the summer of either 1943 or 1944.  Note rowboat docked near the ladder area.  ===>>

photo courtesy Arthur
Devlin  Dec 2003 

<<=== The graduating class of 1965 from Marist Preparatory, Cold Spring NY

photo rec'd 16 June 2006
from Jim Guldner

<<====  Honors recipients at graduation from Marist Prep in 1965.  See enlargement to identify those pictured.

photo rec'd 16 June 2006
from Jim Guldner

Postulants in Esopus have 'taken the habit' and are now considered Novices as of August 15, 1966.  ===>>

photo rec'd 16 June 2006
from Jim Guldner

On 15 Aug 1966 Novices  took First Vows and became Brothers. ===>>

photo rec'd 16 June 2006
from Jim Guldner

<<===  Typical Novitiate schedule in 1966-1967.    

 

    We are looking for more pictures of persons during their Esopus stay.  Please send them to Richard Foy, 717 Washington Ave, Chappaqua, NY 10514, or email them to richard.foy@verizon.net
       
       
     

 

 
 most recent revision  16 June 2006
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