Boston Latin School - Liber Actorum Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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The cast: The Mikado of japan ...... MASON GRovEs '41 Nanki-Poo ........................ ROBERT KAGAN '40 Koko .... .....,..............,... E UGENE BERTOLLI '40 Pooh-Bah ....... ....... A LAN JACOBSON '40 The Highway Safety Club enjoyed a banner year with an enthusiastic body of members present at each meeting. The first guest speaker was Mr. Fox of the Massachusetts Safety Council, who gave a talk on the Moral Qualifications of a Good Driver . President Kennedy of Boston Teachers' College spoke on Habits of Good Driving . Mr. McCarthy of the Employer's Group discussed the History of Highway Safety. Each talk was followed by an open forum, which proved extremely entertaining. Driscoll and Powers represented the club at the Massachusetts Safety Confer- ence and reviewed the proceedings there at a later meeting. The club wishes to extend to Mr. Kozodoy thanks for his wise and capable direction. The program committee also deserves a word of thanks for its effective work. Pish-Tush ..... ......... C HARLES REGAN '40 Yum-Yum ....... ....... D ONALD ROBINSON '44 Pitti-Sing ...... ...,... B ENNETT SCHULTZ '42 Peep-Bo ..... ....,.... C LIFFORD XARHOS '44 Katisha ...... ........ Klub The officers were Richard Powers, Presi- dentg Francis Hartley, Vice-President Robert Higgins, Secretary. So I Sez to the Cop . . . '1z,Zliafwu1,L'lub Under the capable direction of Mr. Pierce, the junior History Club successfully completed its second year, with approximately the same membership as in its initial year. During the year, very interesting meetings Page Thi:-ly LEONARD CUSHNER '45 v took place. Discourses on four phases of world history-Ancient, English, American and Modern-proved to be enlightening as well as entertaining. Such discussions as Mulligan's on Can Hitler Invade America? , Staller's

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gm gm P?'t',ffd6'1lf--4CZHARLES j. Risuarsi Vice Pl'l'.l'f4!L'lIfff'ROBERT F, CALLAHAN Serr'e1m'y'fjfJHN j. MURPHY In 1936 the Glee Clulw presented its first Gil- hert and Sullivan operetta, The Mikado, which far surpassed the fondest expectations of all concerned. This success prompted the cluh to adopt the policy of presenting at least one good operetta each year. Thus the next two years brought with them performances of H.M.S. Pinaforeu and Pirates of Penzance . which clearly proved that Latin School hoys could produce these famous operettas with almost professional skill. ln 1939 the clulw was well on the way to reproducing The Mikado when the Glee Cllulws of The Boston Puhlic Schools were in- vited to talze part in a music festival, presented at Symphony Hall, in connection with the East- ern Supervisors' Music Conference held in Boston. Accordingly all the clulfs efforts were if Comes a Train of Little Ladies 1 x X devoted to preparing for this festival, and The Mikado was postponed until 1910. The audience which overflowed the audi- torium on April 5 surely felt that their patience had lween rewarded hy a performance even sur- passing, if that were possilwle. the previous productions. Mr. T. Francis Burke, the pro- ducer and musical director, merits great praise for his untiring effort in preparing the chorus and soloists. The husiness end of the produce tion was very alily handled hy Mr. Klein and Mr. Rosenthal. Mr. Russo expertly directed the dramatic interludes. P.,'g4' if-1t't'1lI1-l,'.'Nc

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And, Here . . . bi-monthly reports on the war situation, and O'Keefe's talk on Thomas jefferson were typical of the well planned programs. In addi- tion to these, the group as a whole took part in historical quizzes on several occasions. The success of the club this year was un- doubtedly the result of the cooperation of the members and the faculty adviser Mr. Pierce. The othcers consisted of the following: PI'6.ffLl6fIlfSAUL B. COHEN Vvitl'-Pl'!3.I'fcfb'llfAfBlIRTON ZUCKISRNIK SevremryWL12rJNARD A. CUSHNER Prngznwz CflII1lllflf66fROl7CI't P. Davis, Henry Stoller, and Shepard Zaff This particular school year has been a most auspicious one in Literary Club history. For the first time the Club has specialized in one branch of literatureg i.e., the art of making plays. The cause of this emphasis was due to the fact that the present otlicers of the club, lfrancis Sid- lauskas and Rand Manning, are interested and engaged in theatrical work in the school and desired to make clear the uses of the stage as a medium for an author's expression. Yet. in emphasizing the Theatre, the Club did not forget its debt to other literary arts. ln a lecture by Leon Hurvitz 730, the members travelled back into ancient days as the speaker traced the development of the English Bible from its predecessors. Passing to a later age, Klub Who WAS Shakespeare? Page Tflirt y-fl 11.