Burke High School - Silver Lamp Yearbook (Dorchester, MA)

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To To To To To To the Library Club: A Junior who without hesitation Will accept a nomination. the Dramatic Club: More hours out of those twenty-four To complete tasks by the score. the Riding Club: A horse who will never throw When a beginner hollers, Whoa! ! n the Biology Club: Millions of bugs in alcohol All ready at their beck and call. the Glee Club: A special Frank Sinatra feature - To please the girls and annoy the teacher. Future Will Makers: A motto to last to their dying day Where there's a will, there must be a way! Thus, after due deliberation We have made this declaration Of our Last Will and Testamentg And if you don't know what we've meant, You may run To John A. Dunn, Who in nineteen forty-four Is our sole executor. There's nothing more for us to give, For the rest of our lives may we peacefully live. page sixty-two DOROTHY DURKEE, MIRIAM BILETSKY, PHYLLIS BROWN, PATRICIA KILDUFF, ADELINE LEONARD, JEAN Zane Chairman ,

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Miss Knarr: A book of patterns, that she may use To fashion everything from hats to shoes. Mrs. Gerard: A girl who from her classes came To rise to Presidential fame. Miss Weller: Busy bees who will not buzz Like a certain homeroom duz. Miss Loretta Sullivan: Balls of string of many colors To aid some lucky service fellers. Miss Berger: : Cereal companies that will willingly comply To keep alive her health-chart supply. Mr. Gildea: Early birds, who will stay to sing, And not a Glee Club on the wing. Mrs. Casey: A newly equipped and gloomy ward, Where all her fakers may be stored. Mr. Bulman: A robot with a steady pace To put milk bottles in their place. the Faculty: the A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation So they may practice on the school What Lincoln practiced on the nation. Future Seniors: More success in concealing repulsion For essays completed with voluntary compulsion. Future Juniors: Forum, Forum, Forum. To Bore 'emi Bore 'em! Bore 'emi Future Sophomores: Fur coats to wear in the gym Until heat comes in the future dim. Future Freshmen: the the the the A swimming pool of such great width That it will justify the myth That here in this delightful school There's such a thing as a swimming pool. Student Council: Girls who will willingly guard the grass And stop those students who try to pass. Quill: A staff who will be able to spell, To write clearly, and to punauate well. Spanish Club: A two-way plane ticket down Argentine Way To hear gauchos sing and see senoritas sway. Latin Club: An exclusive Roman banquet hall Complete with togas and food for all. page sixty-one

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ie 5. 5 it Water? avaztas-c -5' S. and ' rs, ,-Q - . :fr -:scene ' f- 4 i fsV.5z'GYl5' 9 QL , ' ' is 5' ' Q 1 'B it ni 1' li if :mv Emir, ' ' 'VL JUNE, 1954 1954-A decade ago the Jeremiah E. Burke High School set forth on this continent an unusual class con- ceived in victory and dedicated to the proposition that all Jebs were destined to succeed. Now ten years later, the same class is engaged in the great task of marrying Jebby Burke to John English or joe Latin--we are not quite sure of the groom's name-and judging afterwards whether this marriage or any any other marriage so conceived and so dedi- cated can long enduref The beautiful mansion of Damon Dorchester proves to be a lovely setting for this out- standing social aifair. In all the history of Boston never before was there such a union. Arlene Goodman has displayed unusual originality in table decorations. In the center of the table is a huge, white frosted wedding cake, baked for the occasion by Helena Fitzgerald. Standing in an admiring group about the table are the six bewitching bridesmaids-Ileane Kliman, Ruth Krauetxky, Harriet Turney, Norma Boyden, and Ertelle Rosenberg. The maid of honor, Amalia Gourdin, is escorted to the table by Robert Roxbury, the best man. The fashionable bridal gown and bridesmaids' costumes were designed by Pauline Sidman. The guests are beginning to gather, and as we gaze toward the refreshment buffet, we see the glamorous Barbara Prices indulging in her favorite pastime-eating. Barbara is about to make the supreme sacrifice, relinquishing the platter of canapes to Ann Zammitti, taxidermistg she has just finished stuiiing a rhinocerous, which was brought from the head hunting regions of Borneo by Lillian Katz, the noted explorer. Oh, my dears! How simply charming you are! What a charming wedding! What a charming bride! comments Trudy Rubin. Trudy, hoping to avoid blunders, is studying a book on etiquette written by Constance Z opatti. Ah, here comes Shurlee Smith. Which way did he go? she pants. We nod toward the receding figure of a man in the doorway and Shurlee dashes off on her enterprise. Ann Rubinouitz and lean Zaia are in a corner deep in a conversation concerning mathematics. They are still trying to square the circle. Ann is now a successful math teacher, and Jean has achieved prominence in the field of engineering. The girls nearly come to blows in their heated argument, but a disaster is averted when Phyllis Brown interrupts them to ask whether they have seen Blue Moon, a current play, in which she is starred. Phyllis explains to us that Blue Moon was written by Miriam Biletrky and Thelma Carpenter. The sets were de- signed by Frances Myers and Lucille Kelleyp The musical score was arranged by Adeline Leonard. The list sounds intriguing. The center of one admiring group is the famed international beauty, Blanche Noran. Blanche has just won her tenth beauty contest and fourth husband. Some girls have come a long way since 1944. Two late comers are Abbie Schneider and Patricia Kilduff. They are page sixty-three