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

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.570 Soon el96U'teJ CLASS POEM Come back, O innocence and laughter, Carefree, wind-wild, heart-sprung! l Gushing, pure, spontaneous, Return to me, O Youth! Thy brow, silk-soft, unscarred . . . Thine appled cheeks, thy smile . , . All the wonderful things, Come back! come back! come back! -The magic time, the Spring-Song time. The happy, happy heart, The golden hour of peek-a-boo, of skipping in the sun! Even the unwonderful things, even those, come back! The hurts and aches, The dark, dark Dark, The terror of the Night, The terror and the tears that stung, The prayers no one heard, The times I was alone and didn't want To be alone And was afraid- All, all and more, come back! O child! O once-upon-a-me! O little boy with trousers tom And muddy shoes H And fingers, oh, so little and so often bleeding, O naughty little boy, return! O whence and whither gone, and why! Where are you, how, O cherished O dearly to be loved, how lost? Come back, O swiftly grown, So faraway flown, So soon departed! I didn't even say goodbye! HIRSCH JOSEPH SIMCKES

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CHARLES WILLIAM FRENCH

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0I'eU!0l' As we, the Class of '51, leave our beloved Alma Mater, we embark upon a sea of uncertainty stretching endlessly beneath darkening skies. We are by no means assured that we can run the future course which we have so diligently plotted. Extenuating international circumstances indicate a probable delay in the advancement of our education. Perhaps the greatest danger to us is discouragement. The necessity of a beacon to guide us safely over the treacherous course is obvious. What could be a brighter torch than our own enviable democratic institutions. Thus, Liber Actorum has chosen for its theme-Democracy, so magnificently evinced in our own city by many historic landmarks. Each section is headed with a suitable quotation attributable to an illustrious Latin School alumnus directly connected with the pictured spot in Boston. The State House, seat of our democratic government, depicts Administration. Activities is represented by famous Faneuil Hall, Cradle of Liberty. What could be more fitting to denote Seniors than University Hall of Harvard, a source of better citizens to preserve and improve our democracy. The new George Robert White Schoolboy Stadium, offering an equal opportunity to boys of all races to gather for sportsmanlike American competition, symbolizes Athletics. Finally, Organizations is introduced by the architecturally beautiful John Hancock Building, indicative of American initiative and enterprise, As we behold these markers of democracy, left to us by sons of Alma Matef who overcame discouragement and despair, we too, may become instilled with the faith, courage, and tenacity of the named alumni and, to the best of our ability strive to perpetuate the torch of democracy. Gnfenfa ADMINISTRATION ..... .. 13 SENIORS ..... ..... 2 3 ACTIVITIES ....... ,, 75 ATHLETICS ..... ,,,,, 9 5 ORGANIZATIONS ............... ........................ ........ .................. . . . 115 Original photograph of University Hall by courtesy of Walter Fleischer, University Photographer, Harvard University. Other photographs of historical buildings by William Ross, Ames Photo Service.