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Coining Home Isn’t Always Easy Alumni Faculty have variety of reasons for returning.
They stare out at us every time we pass by, though we rarely notice them. If we did look up at the row of class pictures which are displayed the length of the lobby, we’d see such familiar names as Frank Sacco, Daniel Schnipp, and Samuel Uva. A surprising fact which most students fail to realize is that an extremely large number of faculty are CBA alum­ ni.
The implications are somewhat ob­ vious. It reinforces the fact that many teachers can personally identify with their students. Because they have been there themselves, the faculty can help CBA students cope with the somewhat unique realities of attend­
ing the only all boys school in Central New York. Brother Richard Gray (’73), for example, noted that “ This familiarity makes my involvement with CBA more than just a job.”
This is apparent for most alumni- teachers since many of them are in­ volved in extracurricular or athletic re­ sponsibilities in addition to their teach­ ing assignments. Mr. Sacco has been involved in the Liturgical Singers (known locally as the Sacco Singers after their famed maestro) for the past ten years. Participants at school liturgies can readily attest to the extra touch which this alumnus brings. Join­ ing him in those litugical duties is
Brother Gabriel Fiumano (’47) who.
as Campus Minister, puts the whole thing together.
On the sports field, Mr. WIeklinski (’75), Mr. Maxwell (’73), Mr. Howell (’81), Mr. Pepper (’75), and Mr. Kinn (’75) can all be found in the pursuit of the excellence for which CBA has been known in this county. Once again their own experiences on and off the field give them a perspective for what it means to be a “ Brother.”
So it would appear that familiar faces help to highlight the old cliche that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Or maybe Thom­ as Wolfe was wrong — you can go home again.
Mr Sacco is a picture of concentration during a pause in the Advent Family Mass.
Paperback books are more common than they were when Brother Gabriel was a student.
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It may be five years later, but Mr. Howell proves that he remembers what students like Andy McLane were like.