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

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FOREWORD P or a period of 321 years the Boston Latin School has jjro- vided a classical background for countless students. Many of its grad- uates have achieved lofty positions in busine.ss, politics, the learned profe.ssions, and the arts. Perhaps no alumnus who has received his entire formal education from this school has left so indelible a mark on so many fields as Benjamin I- ranklin. When people hear the name of Benjamin P ranklin, some immediately think of the man who risked his life with the kite, key, and string in a thunder.storm to prove a theory; others think of the states- man, through whose untiring efforts France entered the Revolutionary War on the side of the Colonies; .still others think of the witty pub- lisher, whose “Poor Richard’s Almanac’’ informed and entertained a new nation. Surprisingly enough, these are only a few of Mr. Frank- lin’s accomplishments. He has contributed much to literature, educa- tion, science, civil reform, and even sports; and has well deserved the honor of being called one of America’s founding fathers. We, the Class of ’56, to commemorate the great man, are including in our yearbook some significant excerpts from his life and letters. Surely he was one of hi.story’s most inspiring examples of individuality and ingenuity.

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i FACULTY I “Reading makes a full man; meditation, a profound man; discourse a clear man.” “Lost time is never found again.” 19]