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

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HEADMASTER’S MESSAGE As a member of the “50 year class” looks Ijackward. many thoughts come to mind. In attempting to compai ' e the Bf)S- ton Latin School of today with the school of the early part of the century, there are memories which cannot but bring to mind the feeling that while the school is sub- stantially the same, many innovations have appeared on the scene. In 1912, there were 831 boys in the school, 102 in the graduating class. To- day we have 260 boys graduating while our enrollment is 2300. A faculty of 101 blasters compared with 25 in those days is but another facet showing the changes taking place. The curriculum today has the same core as that of the old day but the addition of Russian, the Physical Sciences, IModern, W ' orld and Lhiited States History, Ad- vanced iVIathematics, Advanced Physics, and Chemistry had been made to keep the school in tune with the times. You new members of the Alumni have had a strenuous time during your days in the school. You have been prodded, pushed, and cajoled. You may have had bitter feelings. You are happy that the days of torture are over. Nevertheless, during your days in college, in the gradu- ate schools, in the professional or business life that lies ahead of you, you will look back on your days here and be thankful that the program you faced here was one that gave you a good foundation for what- ever walk in life may be yours. You will be grateful for the pressure that was put upon you to make certain that you ful- filled our requirements and were awarded the dii)Ioma that you strived so hard to get. May your days be successful and may your memories of the school be pleasant ones. Never hesitate to give your aid to the Association when called upon. i Iay your 50th anniversary find you happy and prosperous and still proud of the school that gave you your solid foundation for your life’s work. 4

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LIBER ACTORUM — FOR 327 YEARS — Since the arrival of colonists on North American shores, the Boston Latin School has been preparing young men to meet the challenges of an ever changing world. The achievements of her sons attest to an unparalleled suc- cess among American public secondary schools. Her tools have been an exact- ing classical curriculum, a dedicated faculty, and a piercing awareness of the responsibility that accompanies the glory of tradition. Today our planet is rent by the age- old problems of man’s physical and spiritual need and by the modern dilem- mas born of clashing ideologies and scientific advancement. Beneath our youthful exuberance lies the solemn realization that, as graduates of the most venerable secondary school in the wealthiest nation on earth, we must respond to .the challenge of our time. In measurement of our training, graduation from the Latin School marks “the end of the beginning.” Let this class book be a memento of that beginning. AVENUE LOUIS PASTEUR BOSTON 15, MASSACHlkSETTS Praeceptores Page 6 Studentes Primani Page 14 n Res Athleticae Page 76 Ordinationes Scholasticae . . . Page . ' 4 C7

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JOHN J. DOYLE, HEADMASTER