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

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“A 10 10 Composition.” “Take Joe Zilch’s Case.” ‘Serving It Up” Men such as Mr. McKim and Mr. Dunn we shall never forget. They have imparted in us the true spirit of the Latin School, the spirit of preserving and cherishing our tradition of honor and service. As we leave the Latin School, we may look hack on years well spent, only because of these men, who have made our stay worth-while. It was a long and often tiresome pull, but looking hack, we can say that our stay at the Latin School was enriched by the men who taught us in its halls. “The Bad News”

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W. WcJ i m3 n r “The future is not what it used to be,” said a speaker at an educational convention recently held in Boston. The more 1 ponder on that statement, the more convinced I am of its truth. On the theory that the problems you young men will have to face in the future will be similar to the problems faced by graduates who preceded you, a Career Day was held last March. If you recall, old “grads” returned to the school to tell you what you might expect if you undertake careers in manufacturing, business, medicine, teaching, music, engineering, the ministry, the law, or public service. Although all of the talks were informative and exceedingly helpful, the addresses of Rabbi Shubow and Governor Dever will linger in our memories for the rest of our lives. As you graduates look into the future and try to plan your careers, you may be enveloped by -a wave of discouragement and hopelessness. You may have a feeling of being trapped by your surroundings and circumstances. “How can we plan for the future,” you may ask, “when the chances are we shall be in the Army or the Navy in a couple of months?” It is true that some of you may be in the armed forces quicker than you realize; and it is equally true that all of you will probably have to devote a year or two of your lives to the service of your country. Should such a possibility turn you into cynics or defeatists? I think not. Whenever you feel unhappy about your lot, just pause to consider the outlook of young men and women of your own age in Europe and Asia today. As you leave the halls of Alma Mater, no one can foretell the crises you will have to meet, the weighty problems you will have to shoulder, the duties of some high office that may be yours to carry. You young people cannot know, it is impossible for you now to imagine what great figures you may, in the course of time, become. It is inevitable that some of you will play a leading part in making the history of our times. Yes, some of you will become famous, and bring great credit to our school, our city, and our country. Yet it is equally true that some of you will encounter frustrations, shattered hopes, and disappointments. To these may I quote the words of Socrates: “If a man would move the world, he must first move himself. ” The temptation will be great to blame other people, and situations beyond your control, for lack of success. It is so much easier to explain away failures by placing responsibility on some one else, rather than by doing the unpleasant thing: examining your own short-comings and then correcting them. Always remember, success comes from within, not from without. Admitting that the future is not what it used to be; and that the problems you face are critical and almost insurmountable, may I quote the poet Words- worth who wrote about equally trying times, and yet truly said, “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!” X fa 13