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

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We now proudly possess our beautiful class ring and hope soon to possess our dip- loma, and we all feel really like conquerors. Our goal has been reached, and now we are but to practice in life the principles inculcated by our illustrious masters. We are grateful to you, Mr. Powers, and to you, all our masters, for bearing with our shortcomings through the years. May you all enjoy every happiness for many years to come. God grant us strength of purpose and direction to carry on from here in true Bos- ton Latin style, so that all our Alumni may be glad to recognize us as worthy members of that noble roll. Lr p.ndan Joseph MacGovern. ' 46 (EIuhs prapljrrij It all ca»te to me in a dream ; Our class in a future scene — A tale of fate and all its tricks U p on the class of ' 46. NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS, THE D. U.H.” NEWS SERVICE ON THE AIR. AND HERE IS WALTER WINCHELL SHERMAN YOUR COMMENTATOR. ( Collaborator , Rushes On to Stage ) . . . . Good evening, ladies and gentlemen; there is good news tonight. On this 29th day of April, 1966, the news is truly momentous. The Palmer Publishing Company today an- nounced that it will publish ’’Punctuality, the Essence of Success”, by Messrs. Paul Tee- han and William Rust . . . The O ' Neill, O’Neill, O’Daly, and Myers Catering Com- pany have announced their slogan for 1967: We cater on New Year’s, Thanksgiving, and Christmas; To workers, peasants, and all kinds of business.” FLASH ! ! — WOMEN ' S CLOTHES DESIGNS TO BE REVOLUTIONIZED. Mr. James J. Riley, noted designer of clothes, today stated that next year’s women’s wear would be designed like barbed wire; that is, able to protect the property without obstructing the view. . . . Before the rest of this evening’s news, a word from our spon- sor, the makers of the Chippendale Dog House.” MR., HAS YOUR DOG A HOME OF HIS OWN? HAS HE A PLACE WHERE HE CAN ENTERTAIN THE OTHER DOGS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD NO? . . . THEN BUY HIM A CHIPPEN- DALE DOG-HOUSE WITH REAL PLATE-GLASS WINDOWS INSTALLED BY THE KARAS GLASS CO. . . . AND NOW FOR THIS WEEK’S POEM ABOUT A DOG. TO MR. HAR- LAN HAMILTON WE SEND A CHECK FOR $3.03 FOR THIS CONTRIBUTION ENTITLED MY DOG AND I” OR COME AWAY WITH ME, WILLIE ”. BACK TO THE NEWS! . . . Martin Cohen, when asked this morning what he was planning to do to Senator Van Der Meulen for trying to break up his SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CIRCULATING ' DICK TRACY,” said, (and I quote): . . I’ll sue; that’s what I’ll do; I’ll sue”. IN THE SPORTS WORLD . . . It was yesterday learned that Fiendish Fred Fienstein has been signed to meet Slippery Sid Shostak at Dempsey’s Arena in a wrest- ling match that will probably prove to be the bloodiest battle of the age. Honest John Lawlor will act as referee. The entire affair is being promoted by Papa Paul Pearce .... . . In the annual Army-Navy clash this com- ing season the names of Bobo” Hatton, the poor man’s Doc” Blanchard, and Gene Lentini, God’s gi£t to the line, will stand out . . . After having defeated Notre Dame for the tenth consecutive time, Col. ' Bill” Greeley today announced his retirement as B.C. chess coach. NEWS FROM BROADWAY . . . Alvin Aronson, one of this country’s big- gest theatrical producers, announced that he will open the Fall season with that great hit . . . SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS”, starring Roberta Lindsay in the title role, supported by Richard Thomas as Prince Charming” . . . Norm Cohen, Amer- ica’s Number One band-leader of 1965, has signed Sy” (the Tonsil) Gold to sing with his band next year. Gold is remembered for his rendition of the immortal Edward Zaiczyk’s B.L.S. Blues”. TOC L NEWS . . . PETER PAPPAS PUTS IT IN WRITING! Los 1 Semester”, by Peter Pappas, was today chosen as the book-of-the-month. This book, as you may already know, deals with Mr. Pappas’s favorite subject: the evils of ginger ale. The book is being published by Page Twenty-nine

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(Class (Drattnu Mr. President, Distinguished Guests, Mem- bers of the P acuity, Classmates-. On the occasion of our graduation, my thoughts turn in retrospect to my beginning in Boston Public Latin School, of the seem- ingly long — but, in reality, such a short — period of passing through. And now, when the time has come for us to leave, we do so with a feeling of heartfelt sorrow. My fel- low-students, I know, share these sentiments. It seems but a short while back that I trudged along Louis Pasteur Avenue, with trepidation, but with eyes fixed upon the beautiful structure where my high school days were to be spent. Hope was high that some day I should proudly possess a diploma from this oldest and most illustrious — grand- ly famous — Boston Public Latin School. I met the boys who shared my ambitions. We traveled on together. Some of us excel- led in public speaking; others in dramatics, music, sports, and so on — but all of us en- deavored to conquer the studies of Latin, Greek, mathematics, history, and English, our classical preparation. We grew to know and cherish the friend- ships gained by our close association in pur- suance of a common goal. We shared the sorrows and fears caused by reports of war casualties among these boys whom we had grown to admire Andrew Biggio, Clifford Goodnoh, William Angus, William Budka, and Joseph Silverstein- just a part of the Honor Roll. Days were gravely dark for a long time. We felt the sadness concerning all the school casualties; but, of course, more so the loss of the boys whom we knew as upper classmen when we first arrived. Some of us may have been grievously affected by the abnormal war conditions and inwardly concerned our- selves to the extent of failing to do so as well as we might have done in more normal and peaceful times. This is easy to understand, and I know that our masters silently felt that we were going through very trying times and inwardly sympathized with our lot and treated us with understanding and justice. It was not easy to have a favorite brother who had been playmate and helpmate at all times leave home suddenly for a hazardous future in the unknown. Then we were bound to have been affected by the reaction of our parents and friends to these separations. Many of our courses were changed; and the uncertainty of the future for us, with the world tumbling about us, seemed very a- larming. Stories were all about us of shat- tered ideals — abnormal world conditions everywhere ! All of us have shared these trepidations together, and I believe have benefited from the adversities, as we have a deeper under- standing of real trials. After all, we are here preparing ourselves for the battle of life and have just experienced some of its blows a little prematurely. I honestly feel that our class is closer sentimentally and will be through the years than any other class of Boston Latin School. We are, as it were, the little brothers who stayed home and grieved, hoped, and prayed. Now things appear to be a little brighter. Dawn is coming over the horizon, and we welcome the future of a return to normal. We are glad that times have more promise for every one. We have not lost sight of the fact that the future will be challenging and hard for us, but we feel grateful that the way will not be filled with death and dis- aster. This class of 1946 is the peace class. The world and its times now beckon us to con- structive achievement in place of destruc- tion. How very thankful to God we should be for the dawn of this peace ! How very grateful indeed we should be that our com- mencement exercises are held in peacetime! We shall with hope enter our lifework with the intent and prayer that we do our part to work for peace always and begin by doing the things indiv idually that make for peace. May God be good to the dead and to those who mourn for them, and may He give us strength to do our part as Americans from this day forward. Page T wenty-eight

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the Coven Press, publishers of such best- sellers as Tom Coyne’s I Want to be a Politician. SENATOR DOYLE COMMENTS . . . When asked today what he thought of the recent plant shut-downs all over the country, Senator Doyle from the North said that this is one time the country was caught with its plants down. (That’s a joke, son; joke, that is). D.D.T. Co. PRODUCES NEW PRO- DUCT . . . The Devereaux, Devjian, and Talcov In- sectide Company are about to place a new product o n the market to eliminate ROCHES. S.S.S. AND M.M.M. TO COMBINE . . . The Sullivan Salty Salami Co. has agreed to combine with the MacGovern Moldy Meatball Co. in an effort to produce a new salami-ball” which, it is rumored, will force the Freeley Frankfurt Co. out of busi- ness. GYPSHEET SCANDAL . . . The intellectual eyes of the nation are turned toward Boston, where the Genial Gypsheet and Trot Company, headed by Messrs. Greenberg, Siber, and Levinsky, is being prosecuted by D.A. Allan A. Stone. The aforementioned trio is being charged with breaking the Gypsheet Publishing Law of 1950, which states that no such company may provide the answers to the College Boards. NEW SHOE POLISH PIGMENT INVENTED . . . Paul Griffin, president of the Griffin Shoe Polish Corp., announced that his chief chem- ist, Herman Wiseman, has invented a new pigment guaranteed to shine even the shoes of Joe Albert, president of the HOBOES OF AMERICA. A1 Belitsky of the Belitsky Baigel Co. was yesterday taken to the hospital as a re- sult of injuries received in a fist fight with Robert Haley of the Haley Holey Donut Co. The fight was the result of an argument a- bout which came first -the hole or the do- nut? Mr. Belitsky is being attended by Doc- tor P. V. Popkin, noted surgeon. FLASH ! ! ! The Vokey Violent Vodka Company has agreed to aid the Barth Borscht Company in catering to the Russian Embassy banquet at Buckingham’s Palace. LOCK INDUSTRY TO BE REVOLUTIONIZED . . . The Cogliano-Queenan Lock Company, it is rumored, has developed through years of experimentation a sefety device for teachers’ desks. NEW BILLIARD CHAMP CROWNED . . . Joel Berg ran 50 today to beat Willie Reynolds and subsequently cop the National Three-Rail Billiards championship. NEWS FROM HOLLYWOOD . . . At Paramount Studios this week it was an- nounced that Paramount’s new technicolor spectacle, A Week-End at Longwood Tow- ers” — starring Van Jackson, Errol Phinn, and Thomas Keane — will soon be released. Messrs. Beltramini, Cataldo, Franzesi, Morrelli, and Goldberg today announced the Piazza-Knishe Hash House to be located next to David Eorle Carrol’s Restaurant in Holly- wood. P. J. Miller is believed to be their backer. This same Mr. Miller, affectionately called ’’Poo-Poo” by the girls at M.G.M. Studios (that ' s Miller, Glavin, and Matou- lis), is being sued by his wife on charges of cruelty. She claims that she has heard Gun- ga Din” so many times that it is affecting her mind. BEHIND THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE . . . Mr. Clifford Vernick, Washington re- porter for the Time, Life, and The Register, confidentially informed me that Mr. B. T. Eisenstadt, ambassador to Paris, has taken up baseball as a hobby . . . We now pause for an electrical transcription brought to you by the Terzis Dating Bureau . . . ... If it’s Latin, you are missin, Try the Terzis Bureau soon, They’ll fix you right With Lana Turner or Lorna Doone. Flash!! For the twelfth consecutive year Bill” Cronin has been signed to manage the Boston Blue Sox. Cronin, known in league circles as The Voice , is depending upon his ace pitchers, Boo” Gibson and Tex” Gilbert, to carry the team to another Tiddley- Winks Pennant. Page Thirty