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

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SOPHOMORE Summer vacation ended as we moved into the main building in the Fenway to begin our Sopho- more year at English High School. We were soon told by Headmaster Joseph L. Malone what was expected from an English High School student. The main building lacked the appearance of the White House, but we decided to make the most out of it, for we had no choice. Our football team also left much to be desired as it finished the season with a 4-3-1 record and lost to the school across the street on Turkey Day as Captain Mario Caporale missed a field goal by less than a yard. Our Hockey Team had a successful season as it won the City League Crown. Mr. Gillis’ track team won the co-championship of New England as our swimming team won the Eastern Mass. Championship. Hundreds of weak sophomores were now sign- ing up in Mr. Duffey’s self-defense course. Once we were in the main building, it didn’t take long before we realized that the square thing on the wall, usually referred to as a Public address sys- tem speaker, could bother us while we were tak- ing tests. It also worked the opposite way; it could waste time too. The next event that occurred that year was the highly successful Home and School Fashion Show. This annual show has always raised much money for scholarships for boys going to college. June rolled around the corner as we finished our second year at America’s oldest public high school. Half the battle was over! At ease, gentlemen!” Bombardieri and his big ears”

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FRESHMAN The summer came and went, and we, the class of 1967 entered the English High School Freshman Annex early in September of 1963 to begin an interesting experience. We soon became familiar with our master-in-charge Mr. Gillis, and with the rest of the fine faculty. At the end of October we received our first report cards despite our wishing that the IBM Machine would break down. Better luck next time! The schoolboy football season opened as our mighty team beat B.C. High, South Boston, and Boston Trade. Then on November 16 at Russell Field in Cambridge, Rindge Tech upset English by a score of 8-0 and ended our 19 game winning streak, the longest in the state. An event occurred on Friday, November 22, 1963 that no boy shall ever forget. By the time school ended that day rumors had already been circulating that President Kennedy had been shot, but no one knew for sure until they got home to find it true. Vice-President Johnson was im- mediately sworn in as our new President. The traditional Thanksgiving Day football game was played as scheduled the following Thursday, despite the assassination of the Presi- dent. However, at the beginning of the game, 20,000 fans rose from their seats in Harvard Stad- ium to honor the memory of the late John F. Kennedy. Half-time music by both bands was eliminated. At the end, English had scored another win over arch-rival Latin. Our Swimming Team had a great year as it finished first in the state, but all other teams were in the process of rebuilding. In the later half of the year, we took the NEDT Tests to determine how smart we were. As our first year came to a close, all of us look- ed forward to moving into the main building on Avenue Louis Pasteur in the Fenway.

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JUNIOR We soon returned to English High as juniors, wondering if the school year would be as hard as we heard it would be. It wasn’t long before we were sitting in the Assembly Hall taking the PS AT Tests. After these tests, many of us started to worry about our future college plans. Our Football Team was made up mostly of juniors who needed this season to iron out their problems. On Thanksgiving Day, we lost to the school across the street by the score of 24-12. The ancient school rivalry was now tied in the num- ber of games won and lost. Nobody knew at this time that this same team would be one of the best in the state the following year. The war in Vietnam became worse and bigger each d ay as History classes discussed this topic daily. The race for space became closer between the United States and Russia as we orbited more men that year than the Russians. At our assemblies, we still sang our Alma Mater at least twice. Everyone looked forward to the day when it would have to be sung just once. Practice makes perfect! Military Drill was elimi- nated from the Boston Schools in our junior year, but we still had our famous Drill Team. Two new courses were added to replace drill. They were Developmental Math and Develop- mental English that were geared to help us achieve better scores on the College Boards. In May many of us took our first College Boards. We even had to go to school on a Saturday morning to take them. Of course, all of us easily broke 500; would you believe 400? In June we put down a five dollar deposit to order our school rings which we would receive in September. Our Junior year at English High School officially ended on June 24, 1966. “You low-down spaghetti pusher!” No peeking now!