English High School - Blue and Blue / Record Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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YEARBOOK STAFF Back row: (left to right) J. Saponaro, F. Elliott, P. DiManno, D. Gedney, J. Wolfson, A. Mos- suto, N. Cohen, Front row: R. Lanza, E. Flanagan, G. Chin, V. Boland, D, McGuire, Watt, D. Fox. YEAR BOOK BUSINESS STAFF Front row: (left to right) S. Trachtenburg, Stewart, Shuman, R. Jenanyan. Back, row: R. Conte, A. McDonough.

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Mead Master ' s Message t0 Zhe Class of J 95 5 The Year Book of the Class of 1955 of English High School represents the last official document you boys will as pupils leave with your school. It is a legacy, a history of your life at English High; it bears testimony to your many hopes and your accomplishments. It is important to you; it is valuable to your school. You boys of the Class of 1955 are stepping out into a confused world. Leaders of nations are striving to solve the gigantic problems of economics and politics - national and international. They are finding great obstacles which they must face and overcome. They never will without God ' s help. Each of you in his own sphere will face problems, and you will have to solve them. Rest assured that there will be occasions when you will waver; there will be decisions which you will like to reverse. Advice is easy to give, but not so easy to follow. Perhaps it is better that I refrain from giving it. Instead I should like to point out that there is no sub- stitute for conscientious effort and persevering application. A good conscience reveals that a man stands in right with God. Nothing can compare v ith that state of mind. I have faith in you boys of the Class of 1955. If you have faith in your parents, in yourselves, and in God; you must really succeed, and real success is what I wish for each of you. Head Master

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Colonel M amjc Ketires . . . It is with great regret that the Class of 1955 notes the retirement as a member of the English High School faculty, one of its most distinguished alumni. The class, which can never repay him for the splendid example his re- cord affords, extends to him its heart- felt thanks and appreciation. Colonel Meanix was graduated from English High School in 1911, where he was an outstanding athlete. He was a member of the English High School mile relay team that broke the world ' s interscholastic record at Philadelphia in 1911. He held the Regimental shot put record for many years as well as winning numerous championships in the hurdles and shot put. He was a winner of seventeen New England championships and three national championships. He established a world ' s record in the 440 yard hurdles in San Francisco in 1915, While at Harvard he was a member of the relay team that established a new world ' s indoor record. In 1920 he was a member of the United States Olympic team and it was in the same year that in London he broke the British Empire 440 yard hurdle record. Of this record the class is extremely proud. We wish him many more years of good health and prosperity. Class of 1955