{"id":2728,"date":"2013-06-04T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:30:57","slug":"stepinac-teacher-who-was-there-when-i-was-there-it-still-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2728","title":{"rendered":"Stepinac teacher who was there when I was there &#8211; is still there!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never had Mr. Larkin, but I do remember him. This was his 50th year at Stepinac.<\/p>\n<p>Two very nice articles about him, especially the second one, which includes a video. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lohud.com\/article\/20130602\/NEWS\/306020066\/New-Rochelle-Stepinac-educators-mark-50-years-job\" target=\"_self\">A church-bombing in Birmingham, Ala., killed four African-American girls. The Beatles made their first appearance on U.S. television. \u201cMy Favorite Martian\u201d premiered on CBS. Lee Harvey Oswald visited Mexico City and sought visas from the Cuban and Soviet embassies.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Don Larkin, a Bronx boy and recent Fordham grad, became a Latin teacher at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains.<\/p>\n<p>And this article, also in the Journal News and with a short video interview. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lohud.com\/article\/20130602\/NEWS\/306020050\/-Mr-Stepinac-tied-tradition\" target=\"_self\">&#39;Mr. Stepinac&#39; tied to tradition<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Larkin\u2019s career nearly spans Stepinac\u2019s entire history. The school<br \/>\nhad opened 15 years before he arrived, but he made sure to meet the<br \/>\nfirst two principals. So he is really Mr. Stepinac, the sole link to the<br \/>\nschool\u2019s many traditions.<span class=\"aa\">&#0160;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"pp\">&#0160;<\/span>\u201cPeople<br \/>\nsay that when he leaves, we won\u2019t know what to do,\u201d said Rick<br \/>\nYapchanyk, a second-year teacher at Stepinac who studied under Larkin.<br \/>\n\u201cHe\u2019s such a presence.\u201d<span class=\"aa\">&#0160;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But Larkin plans on returning in September for year 51.<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;\u201cHe\u2019s<br \/>\ncoming back, even if I have to go get him,\u201d said the Rev. Thomas<br \/>\nCollins, the current school &#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;president, who also was a student at<br \/>\nStepinac who returned as a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never had Mr. Larkin, but I do remember him. This was his 50th year at Stepinac. Two very nice articles about him, especially the second one, which includes a video. A church-bombing in Birmingham, Ala., killed four African-American girls. The Beatles made their first appearance on U.S. television. \u201cMy Favorite Martian\u201d premiered on CBS. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8480,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions\/8480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}