Shadowy Narcissus: Seton Hall Prep ____ 81+82+83+84

Hello, dear companions of the teenage years. In 1980, seeing that I was Valedictorian in eighth grade at Oliver Street School in Newark, my immigrant parents Concha and Manuel generously sent me to the best secondary school they had heard of. This turned out to be the oldest Catholic school in New Jersey, Seton Hall Prep. There, in South Orange at the time, I was lucky to attend the classes of many inspiring and encouraging teachers, and to meet some cool classmates as well. This video remembers the teachers and mates that were nicest to me in four crucial years. __________ 1981 1. John Prisco - English 2. Kenneth Comer - English 3. Richard Binkowski - English 4. Harry Dawson (seating) - English 5. Larry T. Chamales - English 6. Rev. Raymond Pavlick - Religion 7. Rev. Stephen Kilcarr - Religion 8. Sister June Cornell - Religion 9. Rev. William Giblin - Religion 10. Richard Scaine - Religion + Ecology 11. William Safranek - French 12. William Persichetty - Art History 13. Randy Schweitzer (blond) - Art 14. Peter Giuffra - Social Studies 15. Rev. (now Monsignor) Michael E. Kelly - Headmaster 16. my freshman class picture __________ 1982 17. Fr. Kelly 18. Peter Butler - Dean of Men and Soccer coach 19. Harry Dawson 20. The Bink 21. Sir Kenneth Comer 22. Larry T. Chamales 23. William Safranek 24. Joseph Mee - Math 25. Sister June 26. Fr. Giblin 27. Fr. Kilcarr 28. Fr. Pavlick 29. Mr. Persichetty 30. Mr. Giuffra 31. Mike Shepard - Phys. Ed. 32. my sophomore class picture 33. talented student Jack de Oliveira being helped out by Dave O'Connor 34. Spectrum literary magazine picture __________ 1983 35. Steven Antunes giving it all 36. Mr. Dawson 37. Mr. Mee 38. Mr. Giuffra and Mr. Chamales 39. my Galician friend Celso fooling around 40. my junior class picture 41. Mr. Giuffra again 42. The Bink 43. my friends Anthony Teat, Celso Castro and Carlos Gomes 44. Bernard Puc 45. Harry Dawson 46. Art Club picture 47. Games Guild, with my friends Patrick Giordano and Henry Rodríguez 48. Raúl Massuet, Al Rawding, and other mates 49. Michael Pantano, who would nicely give me and others a ride to school __________ 1984 50. Fr. Kelly 51. Mr. Langbein - Math 52. The Bink 53. Mr. Dawson 54. Mr. Schweitzer jumping (left) 55. Mr. Chamales 56. Nice cafeteria people 57. Art Club picture 58. Spectrum staff picture 59. Debate Club, with nice-guy Valedictorian Rich Grady holding mike to Mr. Dawson 60. Tower staff 61. Bernie 62. Spectrum staff 63. Romeo Tiu 64. me 65. "Excellence in the Humanities" award, shared with Raúl Massuet 66. my senior picture, taken by Vinodd * it's hilarious how my classmate John Maniscalco, in light coat with dark lapels over the school blazer, always smilingly got into the photos (often without belonging to the clubs pictured!) * does anyone know Mr. Langbein's first name? Keith Miller: do you know? (It's Eugene). * sorry if you are from the Class of '84 and you see this and you don't appear. I can feature you on a second video. I miss my friend Rick Wimmer here. Don't worry Rick, you'll be in a future clip. * I had two role-models at the Prep: among the students, Bernard Puc reminded me of my idol Sting - he had it all: talent, looks, intelligence, cool, and played in the soccer team - and, among the teachers, Mr. Dawson was my hero: an incredibly deep and fascinating mentor, with refined literary perception, who reminded me of Hemingway. LONG LIVE THE PREP!!!! Ramón Torrado '84 Music: "New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)" - Razormaid Mix and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by glorious Scottish band Simple Minds.