Anon sends a postcard from Helsinki, Finland-the Uspensky Russian Orthodox Cathedral
http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2009/abstracts/cummings.htm
The above site is where one, if interested, could find the abstract of Anon's conference presentation at the academic conference in Helsinki. Continued best regards to all.
Wow, what an amazing Cathedral. I would have spent hours in and around this Cathedral. Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
Hugs, Rose
Fantastik pictures of a really beautiful Cathedral.
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Janice S.
OOps sorry for the typo
ReplyDeleteIt should be fantastic
Janice
Beautiful pictures, That must have been such a great trip. I know this is a silly question but when speaking at something like this do you speak English or German ? See I told you silly question....
ReplyDeleteI speak post-modern Revereeese, which is sometimes referred to neo-Bostonian english. Thanks for asking
ReplyDeleteThat was a great question Dora....I was thinking the same thing on several occasions.
ReplyDeleteAnon, How many languages do you speak?
Wow, Now I can add post-modern Revereeese, neo-Bostonian english to my regular English and Italian and so, so Spanish. What was our Spanish Teacher's name at McKinley?....it was a guy.
Forgot to mention, who could forget Miss Olga Mafera at RHS? Yeah, I know Sal Carmosino and Joanne Nardone adored her.
ReplyDeleteGosh, I thought I had it made in a shade in her class but she shot me down the first day with my Abruzzi slang Italian and tortured me for four years! She did not like me at all and I was very hurt. I'm proud of my heritage.
Does anyone have any paperwork from McKinley....we graduated from there....I don't recall any booklet or photos or anything???? Someone out there must remember.
I spent only one year at Mckinnley and all I remember is Buck Buck at recess, the sewing class with the peddle sewing machines and Mr Sarno in English. ( he was my favorite teacher)That and a few who was going with who relationships is it.
ReplyDeleteDora,
ReplyDeleteI believe it was Mr. Sarno that also taught Spanish.........Almost positive.
He was the art teacher at the high school, I didn't think he taught Spanish, I don't remember them teaching a language at Mc Kinlley but my memory is limited about that school...
ReplyDeleteAnyone out there remember ???
I was struck many a time by the dowel swung by Mr. McKenna (I think that was his name) in the Spanish class...and once he hit be so hard with his Boston College class ring that I still have the impression on my forehead...and I was the nice one in the class.
ReplyDeleteSo remembers Anon
I clearly remember taking Spanish at McKinley because it must have been mandatory otherwise I probably would not interest me then.........who knew that our country would be overpowered with the Spanish speaking people today!
ReplyDeleteI just checked the RHS yearbook and Sarno's name is in there as a teacher so I don't know who it was that taught Spanish at McKinley...was it McKenna?
Hey, Anon....McKenna got you good! Oh my the lawsuits today would keep the courts real busy between the abusive parents and teachers! The Nuns still got away with it with their rulers!
The Spanish teacher at McKinley
ReplyDeletewas Mr McDonough, would you believe.
He also taught Math. Miss Mallonee
taught French and Math....one of my
mots unfavorite teachers....
Mr Sarno was the Art teacher.
Spanish, French or Art were the
electives that we had to pick from.
I took Art cuz I had Mallonee in
Math and that was enough. Mr. Sarno
was a touigh teacher but that was better than having to learn a language.
Mr. Mckenna was our music tacher.
Mr McDonough was free with the yard
stick over many knuckles and rear ends. He later became proncipal of either the McKinley or another Revere school...
Sal
WhooHooooo, I knew I could trust someone's good memory!
ReplyDeleteGood job Sal!
Hugs,Rose
P.S. Do you have any paperwork or something from McKinley? I only have the 3rd grade and 5th grade class group photos which I put on the Lantern in one of the earlier entries.
We didnt get anything from McKinley as far as graduating
ReplyDeleteas we were still considered
JR High students. We 'graduated'
from the 9th Grade at RHs, which I never thought was a big deal, since
we were still only Freshmen.
I ll check my things to see if I have anything from McKinley,
but I doubt it. I have my report
cards is all I can remember.
I do remember the rooms and what
teachers were assigned to them
though.
Rm 1 Mr McKenna Rm 2 Mr Capodilupo
Rm 3 Miss Mallonee Rm 4 Mr Sarno
2nd floor
Rm 11 Mr Doran [a mini warehouse]
Rm 12 Mr McDonough
Rm 13 Mrs Sergi
Rm 14 Miss Grady
Principal Dr OConnell
Sal
You have a good memory, Sal. You are right about the McKinley teachers. You did leave out a couple. Do you remember Mr. Capodilupo? He was a history teacher, as well as Miss Grady. Also, I recall Mr. Doran...no one can forget his "Geography" class and the movies that we watched with boxes piled high against the walls. He usually fell asleep at the back of the room. I also remember Mr. Crisafi our gym teacher, and Miss Mulligan for "Home Economics". The curriculum included sewing and cooking and how to be a good "homemaker"! Those were the pre-sixties days! I believe that the boys had a shop teacher, whose name escapes me. But it did begin with a C. I bet that you remember it now, Sal. Also, Mrs. Sergi was a math teacher. She may have taught Spanish, too. I had Mr. Sarno for Art. I was very fond of him. In later years, as a Revere teacher, I worked for him and for Dr. McDonough, as well. They both were good administrators. Mr. Capodilupo became the Director of Social Studies. The first year that I retired and attended the Retired Teachers' Luncheon, I met Miss Grady and Mrs. Repucci there. I also met Miss Powers, who taught the whole gang sewing at RHS. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of us at McKinley. I think that somewhere there are a couple of Janet Campello and me dressed in our Easter coats on our way to church. Do you remember the outrageous hats that we wore for a time. Some of mine were so bizarre! I can't believe that I actually wore them.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the reason that we didn't have a "yearbook" of sorts, was that we really didn't graduate from McKinley. We were graduated in Grade 9 at RHS and were blended into "Central Junior High" along with the kids from all of the 8th grades in the city. We were considered Freshmen, but also graduating ninth graders! Go figure! I think that they gave us a class pin that said "Central Junior High, '59 and a diploma. I must have the stuff somewhere.
I just remembered Mr. Dillon also taught at McKinley. I don't know what he taught. It's amazing to remember so many long forgotten memories. Seeing the list
of November birthdays brought back many fond memories as well. When reading John Storella's name, I recall that John sat in front of me (we were in our alpabetical order) in homeroom for 4 years and Lee Stuppia sat durectly behind me. Why do we remember these things and forget so much more!
Joanne "Struz"
Sal, You must have submitted your comment as I was sending mine!
ReplyDeleteGood job!
J
Joanne,
ReplyDeleteIts interesting that you knew and
worked with the same teachers we
had years before. I didnt forget
Mr. Capodilupo..He s listed in
my previous message as being in
Rm 2. I also had 'Cappy' at
RHS later as a senior for Modern
History.
Mr Dillon was a substitute teacher..we used to call him
'Dopey Dan Dillon'...he may have
gone on to become a regular teacher
years later. But I was in Mr.
Doran s room for 8th grade homeroom and Dillon filled in for him when Doran died.
The manual training teacher for
the boys was Mr. Caramello.
He spent more time working on his
own projects than teaching us anything.
I had Mrs Sergi for English.
You may not have been in my
division. In the 7th grade
the divisions were:
1W - A division
1E - B division [mine]
1S - C division
1T - D division
8th grade
2S - A division
20 - B division
2U - C division [mine]
2T - D division
2H - ? division
Mr Crisafi was our Hygiene teacher
who had zero control of his classes.
We used to order ice cream in the
first period...then have it
delivered in the third period break,which I thought was strange.
I wonder if any school still, or
ever did that....Miss Mallonee
hated taking those orders.
You are right, Joanne. We did get
or an offer to buy a 9th grade
class pin. I thought it was a joke
so I never did.
I remember that because my sister and cousin bought them as I remember, when they were in the 9the grade years later.
I think we remember these things
because we are now re acquainted
with each other and just hearing and seeing the names again from so many years ago, brings back memories. At least thats the way I see it in my humble opinion....
Sal
That is really something for you Joanne to have gone from being a student to a co-worker with many of these teachers. And Sal, Wow, you do remember the details, I on the other hand remember the "trivia" and only here and there. I do remember Mr Crisafi and it is always with a sadness. I had heard (from where I do not know) that his problem with confusion and the like had to do with what he dealt with in the War. I think some one said he had been "shelled shocked" or something like and that is why he was the way he was. I do wonder if this story that I heard all those years ago was true, It did leave an impression on me though and made me feel guilty about laughing at him.
ReplyDeleteI do remember us having a Freshman dance (I fondly display a picture of my self in my rose colored dress) I don't remember if the dance was at the town hall or China Roma
Hey, anyone remember "freshman alley"? Someone warned me about freshman alley at the high school and I was absolutly petrified to go down it.
See, I remember the silly trivia, LOL
So I'm immediately transported back to McKinley School on Yeaman St. in Revere and it's l957-58'ish. In Miss Grady's eighth grade history class (1W), there is a student teacher, Mr. Cassidy, who is studying Education at B.C. and somehow was assigned to the Revere School system to do his senior year practice teaching. He was terrific and such a "breath of fresh air" compared to the other classes. I enjoyed his approach to teaching in general and to our history lessons in particular. I remember him quite clearly. . . well, yes, he was cute and young, but he was also very involved with us students. He put a lot of effort into his lesson plans and offered us a range of activities which were fun as well as interesting. In fact, at the end of that school year, there must have been some event marking our "graduation" from McKinley Junior High, because he wrote on some kind of program or other document, and I quote,. . ."to say the least, this class has been the most". . . which I found endearing and, obviously, quite memorable (it's only been 50-odd years since then. . .)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I recall being summoned to Mr. Doran's room one day because he wanted to ask me whether or not our class had seen a certain film already. Of course, I was able to tell him quite explicitly because I not only paid attention and watched them all intently (and took notes on them) but I also loved those films! Weird as it may seem, I thoroughly enjoyed them and learned a lot from them. I don't care if they were propaganda or promotional "press release" type films from "big corporations" (United Fruit, Anaconda Copper, Alcoa, etc., etc.,) they were fascinating to me. To this day, if you ask me about, say, the principle ore of aluminum, I KNOW it is bauxite, probably from Jamaica, thank you Mr. Doran!
Sorry, it was 2S, NOT 1W. . . mea culpa.
ReplyDeleteHow many of you did I, wearing my belt of honor, help cross the cross-walk at McKinley? That was a very serious job and my dedication to it led me on to greater glory in protecting the good old USA against all enemies (true and imaginary). Anon
ReplyDeleteAnon, You were just groomed for your job. So we were all "practice". Wow, I do remember the crossing guards, you just look so different today....Wow
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