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

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t 1ST REGIMENT Col. — Thomas Finn Lt. Col. — Emanuel Kelly 1st Major — Richard Brown 2nd Major — Warren Colson 3rd Major — Gerald Kelley 4th Major — Francis Sullivan 2ND REGIMENT Col. — James Sullivan Lt.-Col. John Kenney 1st Major — Paul Solomon 2nd Major — James Fitzgerald 3rd Major — Arthur Quinn 4th Major — Richard Sullivan

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Francis Collins Chairman James McMorrow Co-Chairman James O’Neil President Robert Murphy Secretary-T reasurer CLASS COMMITTEE

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Class Day Exercises, scheduled for Friday, the thirteenth of April, were postponed un- til Monday because of the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. At twelve-thirty, the Graduating Class of 1945 filed into the School Hall, while the school band, under the direction of Mr. Sor- dillo, played its opening selection. Already in the hall were the juniors, sophomores and families and friends of the class. Mr. Gardner, acting in place of Mr. Powers, immediately turned over the meeting to the Vice-President of the Graduating Class, Bertram Rodman. The latter, speaking in place of President O’Neil, who is in the armed forces, delivered a brief, but fitting address. He then called upon Merrill Lov- inger and David Yarosh, w r ho brilliantly played a piano duet arrangement of the opening movement of Beethoven ' s Fifth Symphony. Next on the program was the Class Ora- tion, in which Peter F. Hines proved his oratorical prowess. After a musical inter- lude by the band, Deane George-Adis and Kenneth Donovan delivered the Class Proph- ecy. Its unusual opening and — (who can tell?) — uncanny foresight rank it as one of the best ever. Next, Norman Cutler de- livered the Class Will, in which the class left everything, including some things it never possessed. An address by Francis R. Sweeney, ’20, Colonel in the United States Army, had been scheduled next. The Colonel, who had come to the Latin School on Friday, was unable to leave his Washington post again on Monday. Following a long-established tradition the Seniors rose and sang their Class Song, the words and music of which were written by John M. Hughes. Following this, they slowly filed out the center aisle, accompa- nied by the strains of Auld Lang Syne. Special credit must go to the Class Com- mittee, composed of Francis J. Collins, Chairman James J. McMorrow, Co-Chairman Matthew D. Branche, William J. Con- nor, Albert H. Crowley, Charles F. Field, Peter F. Hines, Gerald B. Kelley, Francis X. McLaughlin, John K. Meany, Robert J. Murphy, James W. O ’Neil, Edward L. O’Neill, Arthur N. Pernokas, Bertram Rod- man, Richard C. Semonian, Richard L. Sidman, James L. Trayers. Lest we forget, due mention should be made of the forgotten men — the ushers. Chief Usher was Richard B. Sullivan, assisted by his aide, Paul C. Haley. The ushers were: Capt. Warren A. Colson, Capt. Frank J. Finnegan, Capt. Paul A. Kennedy, Capt. Paul J. Stamatos, Capt. David Yarosh, Lieut. Alan R. Bush, Lieut. Theodore A. Coshnear, Lieut. Theodore P. Valias, Lieut. Joseph T. Vanderslice, Lieut. Stanley E. Jensen. Page Twenty -two