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

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Class History FRESHMAN YEAR A Thursday that will live in infamy saw us, a wild mob, advance on Montgomery Manor eager to burst our bonds of ignorance and ab- sorb the wisdom of ages. After the distribution of AW cards we took our loyalty oaths, which were administered by the Supreme Or- der of the Young Republican Club of E.H.S. Charter members, — ■ Messrs. Sheehan, Ken- ney and Phelps, Murphy and Murphy, Evans and Evans — to wit: we do hereby solemnly vow that we are not now nor have we ever been admirers of Franklin Delano Roose- velt Mil Those of us that survived this experi- ence were then issued locker keys together with rubber boots, raincoats and life jackets. For- tunately all we needed to get to our lockers were the rubber boots — September was a low tide month. As we became acquainted with our new home, we began to appreciate it. Football season ended in triumph as we pulverized Latin 20 - 0. Our Relay Team won the American Championship in the two-mile relay races at Pennsylvania Athletic Carnival. In Cross Country E.H.S. won every meet it entered — city, state, and New England. Achievements such as these made us proud to be a part of this great school. As we con- cluded our first year we lost that starry-eyed freshman look . Our faces radiated with that typical scholarly glow characteristic of the upperclassmen. SOPHOMORE YEAR As we approached Montgomery Manor once again, we stopped for a moment to reflect up- on our heritage. We had heard that our Alma Mater had been founded in 1821. After taking another glance we were ready to believe this! But events of this year only intensified our appreciation of E.H.S. General Mathew B. Ridgeway was appointed Chief of Staff of the United States Army becoming our most illust- rious alumnus. This year the class of 1913 had its fortieth annual reunion. In attendance were two distinguished military men, formerly of E.H.S.: Chief of Finance of the United States Army, Major General Bickford E. Sawyer and Colonel Joseph M. Driscoll on the E.H.S. faculty since 1923 and veteran of two World Wars. This year we also became more familiarized with our cafeteria. Its rare delicacies intrigued and fascinated us, but it soon lost its appeal when we found the same food was available in the chemistry lab. Our Basketball team won the City Championship and then took Chelsea in the Tech Tourney. We lost to Mission by one heartbreaking point. Finally we settled down to our studies, resolved to let the faculty guide us in our preparation for adult society. Even the upper classmen were eager to help by sharing the wisdom they had had stuffed down their throats. At any dark corner we were likely to be approached by a senior offer- ing us at cut-rate prices the latest edition of What Every English High School Lad Should Know! Here we found many tips and sugges- tions which aided us in the struggle typical of every educational institution, — viz: who will crack up first, the student or the teacher. As our second year ended, we saw victory in our sights, JUNIOR YEAR After our summer vacation, which we all thought was too long, we returned to E.H.S. We were glad to find things just as we had left them. Even the air had last year ' s aroma, but we were getting smarter and now had gas masks. Then our warm and friendly smiles were met with the blood-thirsty sneers of a desperate faculty. It was evident that they would go to any lengths to educate us. A truce was agreed on and we promised to do our homework. The Phs. Ed. Dept. was de- lighted with its track men. They had plenty of practice in perfecting the one-hundred yard dash going from the smoking lounge to their next period. (So that ' s why they were running in the corridors.) But we ' ll never forget th is year ' s Basketball team. Mr. Sullivan retired as coach in a blaze of glory. Sparked by Charley Foley and Bob MacGillivary we won the city championship undefeated. In the Tech Tour- ney we beat New Bedford and Durfee, but lost the finals to Brockton by a disputed Two point decision. But even in defeat this team showed those championship qualities, characteristic of the E.H.S. Mentally we all cheered the Base- ball team on, as it captured second place with an 1 1 and 3 record for the season. Then our ears were turned to talk of a new E.H.S. They had been talking about this for over fifty years, but it now became reality. We were rather sorry to leave, old Montgom- ery Manor; we were just getting used to the wild life that abounded there. As books be-