New Britain herald., 1928-02-04

injursA toward the middle of the ya9F and MaAeney oaFsasd away the honor. Thjs was . popular chetos. He is now in the real estate busineas.
 The competition was unusually keen in lsss. Through . rather bril- liant career on the football field, George Murta was being mentioned as | candidate until the last Gix months when he vas eliminated. Tho three who were mentioned were James Reynolds, Paul LaHar. and Thomas McCabe. Two factions were represented in the three candidates. The Theta Sigma fraternity claimed both Reynolds and McCabe and the non-fraternity. faction wanted La liar. Reynolds was given the honor to the disappointment of the non- fraternity faction. Reynolds is man. ager of . hay ard grain store. La- liar is employed by the Fafnir Rear inf Co.,, and McCabe il in Catholis University. One of the three winners who came through without competi- ton was Harold J. Beagle in 1924. John Gierochowski was eliminated because he made . monogram in only two sports, football and basket ball. Beagle won letters in basket ball. baseball and track. He is a student at Alabama Southern Uni- versity. Gierochowski is employed by the Fafnir Bearing Go.
 
 Keen competition was again noted in 1925 when Ernest George M Neipp took the honors. Although he had two good athletes in competi- ton with him, Neipp's choice was one of the most popular in the short history of the memorial. His rivals were John Grip and Howard Bel ser. Neipp Is an athlete at Alabama Southern. Grip and Belser are both backfield men at Ferdham Univer- sity.
 Two Fraternity Contests
 In 1926, the choice law between Henry T. Bray and Elgert Politis. The Theta Sigma faction were back ing Bray and the Delta Xi fraternity was in back of Politis. Of course this had no effect on the final dis cussion since the winner was chosen by Mir. Siade and Mir. Cassidy with out regard to their fraternity affilia- tions. It was also contest between the June and mid-year classes. Bray was given the honor and the Delta Nj fraternity and its friends about the city were disappointed. Bray is a student at Vermont University and Politis is a student at Fordham University.
 Last June the choice lay between the largest number of candidates in history. Four competed for the hon. or. They were Frank J. McGrath, the winner, John Matulis, Maryan Zaleski. and Gabriel Bromberg. Ri- valry was never so keen. McGrath was the favorite of the Alpha Iota Epsilon fraternity and had great following of pupil fans. Matulis was popular as an athlete and was . Theta Sigma fraternity representa-. tive. Maryan Zaleski carried much among the non-fraternity faction of which he was the leader and Gabriel Bromberg was a strong favorite with the faculty because of his unusual mark in studies. Besides being an athlete he was a scholar. McGrath won the honor and follow CTS of the other three, especially those who backed Matulis were deeply disappointed. McGrath Is .n Yale school of music on Yale club | Matulis Is with thc Faf- mir Bearing Co.,, Zaleski Is in Ford ham University. and Bromberg is at Last month a new plan l was decided on. The award was to be made twice a year for the mid year and June graduate. Fred | Zehrer won the honor without com petition. He was graduated from the school last Friday.