Brookline High School - Murivian Yearbook (Brookline, MA)

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leaders are essential Dr. Bertram H. Holland, Headmaster As you, the members of the Class of 1963, leave Brookline High School, I commend to you the words of John Donne: “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or thine own were: any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” These words are even more appropriate today than when they were written circa 1623. We all bear a share of responsibility for events in Mississippi, in Cuba, in India, on the next street, in the corridor. This is so whether we like it or not and regardless of our individual awareness of the fact. It is one of the sobering realizations that identify a mature citizen. Once having acquired this concept one never again acts in quite as juvenile a manner as he did before. It is the hallmark of a civilized person and the basic precept of society and of all humane actions. It is the prime corollary of the God-given right of all men to personal dignity and self-respect. From it flow the virtues of integrity, honesty, truthfulness, self-sacrifice. Brotherhood is an active, not a passive ideal, which becomes hollow and weak unless applied consciously in our daily living. No man is truly educated who does not subscribe wholeheartedly to the idea that he is, indeed, his brother’s keeper. BERTRAM H. HOLLAND Headmaster 11

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For a world of peace Dr. Ernest R. Caverly, Superintendent of Schools Miss Ann E. Macdonalc Asst. Superintendent of Schools of 1963: The School Committee, and all of us in the Central Office, send you greetings and best wishes for the years ahead. What you are to be, you are already becoming, and we are happy to have had the privilege of contributing to your present and future success. Some of you will distinguish yourselves in the arts, in business, or in public affairs. Some will play modest roles in life, and these too will be worthy of our respect and ad- miration. Most of all we wish that your lives may be honorable, serviceable, and happy. ERNEST R. CAVERLY Superintendent of Schools School Committee ROW 1: Owen M. Carle; Viola R. Pinanski, chairman; Thomas P. Kendrick, Sylvia K. Burack, Florence P. Peabody. ROW 2: Leon Trilling, Joseph Robinson; Ernest R. Caverly, superintendent; Ann E. Macdonald, asst, superin- tendent; Frederic B. Viaux; Helen V. O’Brien, secretary.

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ART There are many aspects The art department is well publicized at Brookline High. No student is able to walk by the art rooms on the third floor without noticing the skillfully ar- ranged displays of sculpture, painting or charcoal drawings. Each work of art manifests the excellence of our art de- partment. ROW 1: Inez K. Woodberry; Priscilla B. Peckham, head of dept.; Theodora G. Graff. ROW 2: Joseph S. Coletta, John N. Lamb. ROW 1: Anne C. Boland, Svea W. Kling; Christian W. Ehnes, head of dept.; Martha B. Murdock, Marguerite S. Greenshields. ROW 2: Elaine E. Seltzer, John H. Wall, Roland A. Dwinell, Stuart Dunbar. ABSENT: Sylvia Cummin, Benjamin H. Golini. BUSINESS The business department is devoted primarily to those students who plan to pursue a career in the business world. Personal use courses in the business arts are available to the entire student body. 12