Boston Technical High School - Technician Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Walter F. Barry “Speed” “Among the blind the one-eyed is King.” Last School: Washington Irving Ambition: Machinist School Activities: Orchestra Hobbies: Mechanics Band, Peter J. Brennan “Pete” “Appetite comes in eating.” Last School: St. Angela Ambition: Draftsman Hobbies: Bowling, Train Models, Sports Richard E. Buckman “Bucky” “Always put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” Last School: Wm. Barton Rogers Ambition: Plastics Engineer School Activities: Yearbook, Plastics Club Hobbies: Model Plane Building Paul Burnside “Hat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.” Last School: Prince College: Northeastern Anbition: Draftsman School Activities: Plastics Club, Camera Club Hobbies: Plastics Anthony F. Carini ony “Knowledge is power.” Last School: Rogers Ambition: Hobbies: Fishing Wm. Barton Draftsman Hunting and RSS William A. Beard “Big Bill” “Ready, able, and willing.” Last School: Robert Gould Shaw College: Wentworth Institute Anbition: Contractor School Activities: Track, Glee Club Hobbies: Hunting, Skiing Michael Brisky “Mike” “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” Last School: Wm. Blackstone Junior High College: East Coast Aero Tech. Ambition: Mechanic School Activities: Commit- tees, Artisan Staff, Cadet Officer, “T” Service 3, 4 Hobbies: Yachting, Music, Model Building Master Airplane Arthur D. Burnley SArt’ “Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.” Last School: Prince Ambition: Tool and Die Maker School Activities: Drum Corps Hobbies: Bop Music John A. Campedelli “Campy” “To speak as the common people do, to think as the wise men do.” Last School: Christopher Columbus H. 8S. College: Northeastern Ambition: Civil Engineering School Activities: Art Hobbies: Bowling, Roller Skating, Swimming, Basketball, Dancing Edwin J. Carlson “Hadie”’ “Tf at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Last School: Patrick T. Campbell Ambition: To get ahead in life School Activities: Art Class Hobbies: Sports, Enjoying Life back on the happy days we shall never see again. Let us pull out our crystal ball and peer into the darkness of the past. September, 1950, found us entering as trembling freshmen. One can- not help buckling at the knees when he first views our huge building. Kind teachers herded us into the spacious lunchroom where we were swiftly as- signed to our various divisions. Then the fun began! For two days we did northing but fill out information cards. Will we ever forget our first week of wondering? We wondered what was wrong when archeologists had

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raul . AICONada “Alky” “For God and Country.” Last School: Our Lady of Lourdes Ambition: Cabinet Maker School Activities: Lunch Room Patrol, Corridor Patrol, lst Rep., Cadet Officer, Model Boat Club, Track Team Hobbies: Fishing, Bowling, Roller Skating Robert E. Alward “Bob” “Time once past, never returns.” Last School: Theodore Roosevelt Junior High Ambition: To further myself in electricity School Activities: Drum and Bugle Corps 1st Lieutenant, Bugler in Assemblies Hobbies: Drum and Bugle Corps, Playing Valve Bugle Ronald F. Antonucci “Ronnie” “The ice is his castle.” Last School: John Cheverus College: University of Maine Ambition: Civil Engineer School Activities: Class Chairman, National Honor Society, Art Club, Hockey, Capt. of Tennis, Student Council Hobbies: Fishing, Sports, Boating, Junior Achievement Ricardo K. Azulay “Ricki,” “Pepper” “What you are to be, you are now becoming.” © Last School: Mary E. Curley College: Holy Cross Ambition: Naval Aviator School Activities: Football, Track Kenneth C. Ball “Kenny” “Happy people live longer, so eat, drink, and be merry.” Last School: Lewis : College: Wentworth Institute Ambition: Engineer School Activities: Vice President Junior Class, Student Council, Art Club, Pre-driving Club Hobbies: Sports, Swimming, Photography Richard W. Altenbach “Dick’”’ . “Honesty is the best policy.” Last School: Washington Irving School College: Northeastern Ambition: Civil Engineer Hobbies: Stamps Mario F. Antonucci “Mario’’ “I should have made the best of i t.” Last School: Joseph H. Barnes College: Northeastern Ambition: To become a Machine Tool and Die Maker School Activities: Football, Prom Committee Hobbies: Sports Dzems (James) Auns “Jimmy” “Money is not everything, but it helps.” Last School: In Germany College: Tufts Ambition: Mechanical Engineer School Activities: Tennis hl eb 2a (Captamcuo mos. Chairman Lunch Room Patrol, Student Council Hobbies: Tennis Joseph F. Bagnall “Toe” “Praenuntia; Praemonetus.” Last School: Boston Latin College: M. I. T. Ambition: Electronic Engineer School Activities: Plastics Club Hobbies: Tennis, Plastics Fabrication, Radio Earl W. Bancroft “A deed unnoticed is like an underground stream which, unnoticed, makes the ground fertile.” Last School: Patrick T. Campbell College: Northeastern Ambition: Engineer School Activities: Camera Club Hobbies: Camping, Photography, Fishing, Cycling Chas Heston Protruding upward from the center of the area between Huntington Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, and Boylston Street, known to all as the dreaded Triangle, is the huge fortress, Technical High. Here boys learn everything from making paper planes to fashioning horseshoes. It is little wonder that we, the graduating class of 1954, pause every so often to look

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Lee C. Carrington “Clay,” “Hess” “Manners make the man.” Last School: Sherwin College: Boston University Ambition: Aeronautical Engineering School Activities: Track ’51, b2, ’58, Baseball ’54 Hobbies: Models Kenneth G. Chin “Nature-Boy,” “Ken” “To have faults and not to reform them—this, indeed, should be pronounced having faults.” Last School: Abraham Lincoln College: Tufts Engineering College Ambition: Engineer or M. D. School Activities: Artisan, Yearbook, National Honor Society, Cadet Officer, Chess Club, Student Council, Rotary Club Hobbies: Camera, Sailing, Dancing, Athletics, Stone Collecting, Psychology, Bridge Joseph J. Clifford “Joe” “A good workman is never overpaid.” Last School: St. Williams School Activities: Hockey, Band, Patrol Hobbies: Sports Frederick C. Contestabile “Tessie” “He who laughs last, laughs best.” Last School: Holy Trinity College: Northeastern Ambition: To become a History Teacher Hobbies: Drumming, Stamp Collecting John J..Cooke “Cookie” “A qui veut, rien n’est impossible.” Last School: William E. Russell College: M. I. T. or Tufts Anbition: Electrical Engineer School Activities: Art Club Hobbies: Art, Swimming Team Richard E. Cavanagh “DICK “God is a good worker, but he loves to be helped.” Last School: Patrick T. Campbell College: University of Massachusetts Ambition: Forester School Activities: Cadet Officer, Pre-driving Club, Lunch Room Patrol, ‘“‘T” Service, Yearbook, Student Council Hobbies: Entomology, Stamp Collecting, Electricity Robert K. Churchill “Winnie,” “Sara”’ “You can fool a teacher, but a teacher can’t fool you.” Last School: W. E. Russell Ambition: U. S. Paratroops, Draftsman or Machinist School Activities: Band, Corridor Patrol, Orchestra Hobbies: Music, Cars, Dancing, Swimming Lawrence Colantoni “Lolly” “Yours is not to question why. Yours is but to do or die.” Last School: Wm. Barton Rogers Ambition: Draftsman Hobbies: Sports Francis X. Conroy “Frank” “Life begins in ’54.” Last School: St. Peter’s Colleges a Nis ie Ambition: Engineer Hobbies: Bowling Robert D. Costa “Big Bob” “You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil has to be lead.” Last School: Washington Irving College: West Point Ambition: Fame and Fortune School Activities: Student Council, Yearbook, Forum, Cadet Captain, Model Auto Club, Track Team Hobbies: Aviation, Basketball, Photography numbered the rooms. The seniors must have “cleaned up” that year, as it was reported that sales on swimming pool tickets reached an all-time high, and elevator passes were literally gobbled up by young enthusiasts. Mr. Campbell was our freshman adviser and many lost sheep were guided back to the flock by his kindly advice and help. Military strategy was next in our training as we met for the first time the military idol of all Technicians, General Breen, who in his own gentle way set about to make soldiers of us. We were privi«