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

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332 j { JOHN FRANCIS DOBBYN, A M., lAl.M. I Mathematics 1927 — ad multos annos “Do it uoo lioo ' t postjtoiic anil tosk, hoirevrr ‘ disaurreohlr. ' ' As the strains of Aidd Long S)jiie fade away, the toastmaster of 332 raises his liquid-containing regular right cylinder and says, “Men, let’s drink a toast to our masters. “To Stonewall Rosenthal, the man who couldn’t have anything else u]) his sleeve if he wore a kimono. “To ‘Dan’ Shea, the first ])erson to fling dayi ' ate acid into the air and catch it on the third bounce. “To Frank Carroll — Buzzer, sir, buzzer. What did you say, son ? BUZZER. Oh, Hello. “To or Aardvark Marson, the man who pi ' oved the uselessness of vocabulary sheets and for whom we’re sony he had to be stuck with a group of illiterate scientists. “To Jack Dobbyn, who has seen us through our final year (Lord willing) at Latin School and who some day we ho])e will find a bug strong enough to push down the walls of 332. “And finally, L’chayim! To life.’’ AU.: “L’chayim.” C u.s.s- Scrilx’ : RICHARD WEINER 25

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307 THOMAS WILLIAM SHEEHAN, A M. English 1923 — ad multo.s annos “ITo ' A ' os if i oo ‘••‘•re i iii( to live foi-rrc)-; Iir(‘ as if i oo irt rr iioiiui to dir todoo. Room 307 or “Club 307”, as it came to be known, has been the nerve center for the Class of ’50. Although not given to bragging. Club 307 — when confronted with the facts — has to admit being the l est home- room ever to grace the Boston Latin School. Providing innumerable greats in all fields, the Club was resplendent with i)ersonalities. We were fortunate in having Mr. Thomas Sheehan as both English master and homeroom moderator. If ever a teacher had a pi’o- found effect on his pupils, Mr. Sheehan, by his wisdom and humor, is that one. In return, we hope we have not disaipminted our beloved master. For a course comjdete in every requirement of mathematics, we owe Mr. Peter Kozodoy richly deserved thanks. Under his guidance, we liraved the rigors of Math I and found that, with such a thorough back- ground, we had little trouble with “Ye Old C.E.E.B. For an interesting course in both American and World History, 307 is indeljted to Mr. Aaron Gordon, whose “fantastic stories” and “fascinating individuals” will never be forgotten. Following his advice, we have comihled a list of great books to be read in the next thirty ears. Although we found that searching news])apers for that extra- point (piestion was useless, we did make invaluable discoveries . . . FPL ABNER, KERRY, DRAKE, PEANUTS, DROODLES, etc. “One for living” was the motto of “Brother” Boylan. beloved physics teachei ' . His new book. “The Moral Tilue of Ajiplied Physics,” w hich stresses the basic princi])le that “. . . you can ' t get something for nothing . . .”, has t)een i)laced in i)rison libi’aries throughout the nation. Chemistry — quantitati -e and qualitative, gravimetric and olumetric — was the subject through which IMr. Daniel Shea projected his so ft-spoken and sympathetic personality. How often we have smiled to see the little fellow pondering his “slii)-stick” and sighing softly to himself as he calculated our towering grades . . . “Another .0097 out of ■1.00. Those dog-dabbed, flannel-mouthed fakers ought to be boiled in . ' •ulfuric acid !” Class Soihe-. .B)SEPH KONGO

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I GERARD BARTHOLOMEW CLEARY, A.B., Ed.M. Latin 1924 — ad multos annos “Work hold to get the benefit of a classical education.’’ Although we, “the best of the better boys.” did not set any academic “records,” we did contribute much to the school. Many of us were on athletic teams, and almost every one was active in some way on some club or committee. We take this opportunity to extend our thanks to Dr. Callanan, who attempted to instruct those “rascals” who could not “keep their heads shut as to their mouths.” . . . Mr. Liberfarb deserves great admiration for trying to cram a ten-year course in specific gravity into a few months. We also hope that at some future date he will receive his full-time lab assistant, who knows how to set up experiments other than those on mechanics. . . . Mr. Murphy we leave with the hope that some “block- head” will wake up and do something about the plight of the teacher. . . . We hope “J. Cicero” Cleary will be fortunate enough to have another class like ours, which appreciates the Classics (other than comic books) and recites the Aeneid or sings Schola Latina while traveling home on the dependable M.T.A. W ' e thank Mr. Cleary also as our homeroom master for the help he gave us throughout the entire year. Class Scribes ; FRED RILEY WILLIAM XENAKIS 26