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

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for all peoples less fortunate than ourselves and with malice toward none; let us live, in short, as Latin School men have always lived: leaders in their community and country — whatever be their chosen field of endeavor or profession. For the world we live in, and the world we build for our offspring to grow up in, will only be as good or as bad as we are in personal life; it can be no better, and it will be no worse. It is no easily attained goal that is set for the Class Orator to leave his classmates with an ideal burning in their hearts; an in- spiration never to be forgotten. With this in mind, I would humbly reiterate the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes: And whether a man accepts from Fortune her spade and looking downward, will dig, or whether he accepts from Aspiration her axe and cord and looking upward, will scale the lofty ice, the one, the only success which it is his to command is to bring to his work a mighty heart.’’ And so it is, my fellow classmates, gone forever are the joyful, careless days of boy- hood and high school and in their place only We, the members of the Class of 1945, in the act of bursting our educational shackles, having been adjudged of sound body and mind, do hereby declare this docu- ment to be our last will and testament and herewith bestow these bequests upon the fol- lowing, whether they be willing or unwilling recipients: To our Alma Mater, now in her three hun- dred and tenth year, we leave the exalted in- signia of Supreme Marshal to be perpetually bestowed on those found worthy. To our learned Headmaster, Mr. Powers, we leave a new Class I, that should cause him less worry and trouble than we did, but will be, no doubt, far below the high standard we have set. To our esteemed classmate, Mr. Pike, sin- cere wishes for a long and happy life, un- marred by atrocious French translations and pronunciations. To Mr. Dunn, our genial librarian and adviser, we bequeath a portable loudspeaker system to broadcast his whereabouts. To Mr. Rosenthal, an air ventilation sys- tem. a world torn by death and destruction, na- tions clawing at each other’s throat, man’s incomparable inhumanity to man. The path before us is a long, long path and the way weary. Nevertheless, in such a world our works, though many and difficult, are mani- fest and clear: to conduct our daily lives so as to be worthy of everlasting life when the last breath of this one will have at long last escaped from our breasts; to carry on the war to final and unconditional victory ; to achieve and maintain a just and lasting peace with all nations; and last of all, to reach those pin- nacles of happiness, fame, and success to which we all aspire in the weaknesses of human nature. These then are OUR works, and the one, the only success which it is ours to command is to bring to these our works mighty, mighty hearts — the hearts of America’s proud youth wherein lies her only hope. Aye, mighty hearts; hearts refined with wisdom and tempered by understand- ing. Mighty hearts, minds, and souls, sol- emnly, fervently, sincerely dedicated now and forever, Deo et patriae’’ — to God and to country. Peter Francis Hines ’45 WtU To Mr. Carroll, a detective outfit — com- plete with badge, magnifying glass, and fin- gerprint set. To Mr. Marson, English themes and Reg- ister contributions which need no correc- tions. To Mr. Shea, a book on How To Cure Hams,” and a lock for the Assembly Hall. To Mr. Canned, a new knife with which to peel his apples. To Mr. Lucey, Burns’ brother. To Mr. Levine, a quiet, peaceful home- room period graced with the presence of thirty-six Seniors. To Mr. Gardner, an entire Class I taking Latin and Greek. To Mr. Wilbur, a new set of farm tools. To those who have been yet unable to break their shackles and are thus forced to remain, we l eave the following: To Class II, the status of Seniors, in 1945, raised to such glorious heights, and our com- missions as Marshals, in Commander Car- roll’s Culinary Cadets. To Class III, the art of going to every football game on one ticket. Page Twenty-seven

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To Class IV, the intriguing mysteries of plane geometry. To Class V, notices of their draft status in Colonel Penney’s Army. To Class VI, the annual admonition to git” while the gitten’s” good. To the faculty as a whole, we leave . . . Nuff sed.” In addition to the aforementioned general bequests, the following members of this un- excelled class bestow the following particular donations: President O ' Neil leaves his office to run for President of the Infantrymen ' s Union. Singer leaves his desk to manage O’Neil. Harwood and Rothstein leave for Samp- son University. Sullivan, Sullivan, Sullivan, Sullivan, Sul- livan, Sullivan, Sullivan and Finks leave to open a law office. Grossman and Kelley leave the lunchroom, so that they may open a diner specializing in pork chops and knishes. Sidman, Glazer, Kaden, Karas, Goldsmith, and the rest of the stalwarts leave the Regis- ter without cash. Rodman and Branche leave the tennis team. What a racket! Starr leaves a dim light as he tries to out- shine MacLeod who plays the lead in Berg- mans current smash hit, A Wolf at Girls’ Latin.’’ De Vergie leaves his accent to the French Club. Hatton leaves his hat on. Bob” Woolf leaves many perfect baskets as models for next year’s team. Lipson leaves Mr. Lucey a new theorem, namely, that the square root of the diagonal divided by half the cube root of the cosecant of the opposite circumscribed angle will be universely proportional to the width of Jud- son’s head. Finnegan leaves Finn the last four letters in his name so that he may become Finnegan again and again. Kliman leaves Mr. Falvey his formula on how to grow hair. Raskind leaves in a burst of speed. Dave” Wolf leaves his howl. Eddie” O’Neill leaves his way with the wimmin” to the incoming Class VI. Saxe leaves the secret of his success: Study!” Quaglieri leaves his Dewey buttons for the class of 1949- Trayers leaves the key to the middle drawer on the right-hand side of Mr. Dob- byn’s desk. Berry leaves to the girls of G. L. S. his unequaled ability to blush. Bush, the mad photographer, leaves prac- tical hints for Vantine on how to make Seniors photogenic. Young Cole leaves for a P. G. Course at Girls’ Latin. Smith leaves his original treatise called A Dig at Einstein or My Theory of the Fifth Dimension. Potischman and Herbert Siegel leave sev- eral amendments to the laws of physics. Sager leaves sager. The Brown boys leave Mr. Van Steen- bergen a French translation guaranteed orig- inal by Wohlwill. Boruchoff leaves his chess set and a well- thumbed copy of How to Win in Six Easy Moves.” Svensson leaves his strange affection for Cicero to Believe-It-or-Not Ripley. Spillane and Spivack leave several small ante- rooms to be devoted to the manly art of shuffling, dealing, and drawing. The inmates of 303 leave Messieurs Pierce and French one good reason for gazing at high noon each day at the third window from the left on the second floor of the building opposite the Latin School. Murphy leaves his money. O’Keefe gives himself to end the meat shortage in the Army. Prince Hurd leaves to become King of Room 332. Bernard, chairman of the O. M. D., be- queaths his post to some zealous Second Classman. The foregoing document, having been le- gally designated and established as the final Will and Testament of the distinguished Class of 1945 is hereby filed in the basket of Room 305 after having had affixed here- unto on this Friday, April 13, in the year 1945, the official seal of approval from Good Housekeeping. Drawn by Norman Cutler ’45 Witnessed by: Martin B. F ink ’45 Official Droop. Page Twenty-nine