Classical High School - Classic Myths Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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MEMORIAL STATUE

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H1111 Cgeurgr EH. 0B'iHlgnn The Class of Nineteen Twenty-One feels that Mr. George B. O'Flynn has a well founded claim upon its gratitude and admiration. For a period of eight years, as a thorough teacher and loyal supporter of Classical High School, he has exercised a profound influence over our school life, contributing yearly in no small measure to the success of our senior publication, the AFTERMATH. It is, therefore, with sin- cere pleasure that the class extends to him this token of its appreciation.

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Bvhiratinn nt' fllilrmnrial Efahlet lmpressive and significant exercises were held in the Assembly Hall on December 22, l920, preliminary to the dedication of the memorial tablet- which tells the silent story of the sacrifice of the ten, stalwart, former Classical students and which will serve for ages to perpetuate the nobility of their sac- rifice and to inspire the youths of succeeding generations. The eloquent addresses of Principal Chester T. Porter and Dr. Samuel B. Woodward, President of the Alumni Association, the appreciative charac- terization of the ten heroes, the sacred vocal and instrumental selections aroused the student body to a realization of the privilege which had been con- ferred upon it in being allowed to participate in a memorial so solemn and in- spirational. Following these exercises, the school adjourned to the main corridor, where the memorial was presented to the school in behalf of the Alumni by Dr. Samuel B. Woodward. The memorial is a bas-relief in bronze of a graceful female figure clad in flowing Grecian draperies and wearing on her counten- ance an expression of sweet resignation wholly in keeping with the sentiment inscribed on the tablet borne above, UAmor Caritas flaove and Affectionj. The bronze is the work of St. Caudens, the greatest American sculptor, whose name is one of the five inscribed this year in the Hall of Fame. The names of the ten heroes are simply inscribed at the base of the memorial.