Dorchester High School for Boys - Red and Black Yearbook (Dorchester, MA)

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Military Drill iq .feaffmfzf Quite! Something new has been added to the col- lection of fiags awarded to us for our achieve- ment in the Annual School Boy Street Parade. The officers and cadets marched triumphantly through the streets of Boston last June 3, 1943, to win the Red flag. With the coming of a new head master, we have high hopes of receiving the white flag this year. Mr. Reed has given Major Moulton his fullest cooperation: occasionally Mr. Reed at- tends the drill periods. The officers meetings have taken on a new aspect. Old officers are taught new facts about drill while the oflicer candidates are drilled in the presentation of the prize drill. The ofiicer candidate period is open to cadets interested in becoming officers - who are willing to report to Major Moulton at 8 o'clock every morning until their ability to command a company has been completed. The uniforms of the officers and the cadets have been streamlined to meet with present day regulations. The uniform consists of long pants, leggings, overseas hat, regulation shirt, and necktie. All cadets having this uniform will be allowed to march in this year's street parade and prize drill. This year has been a very tiresome and dis- appointing one as far as keeping the well- trained officers, who were leaving for the Armed Forces or leaving to go to work. Many of the senior cadets as well as our ofiicers have left school early. We will compete this year as a one regiment school, and we have high hopes of getting the Whz'te flag, which we have always received in the two-regiment group. This year's Prize Drill will occur Tuesday, May 2, 1944, on the parade grounds. There are ten companies in competition for the five awards given. The company receiving the highest number of points will have the honor of marching at the beginning of the regiment. The captain of the prize winning company will lead Dorchester in the street parade and will receive the rank of Colonel. The judges of the Prize Drill are expected to be oflicers of page forty-eight the Massachusetts State Guard, who will mark the companies in competition. Col. Thomas L. Sullivan, the police commissioner for the city of Boston, has been asked to present the prize winning companies with their stripes, and the captains with their buttons. This years street parade is expected to take place on Sunday, June 6, 1944, at 2:30 p. m. the parade route is expected to be the same as in previous years. In previous years the parade started in front of English High School, and after marching through downtown Boston, ended in front of the Boston Public Library. The annual Manual of Arms Competition between companies will take place on March 3 1. Each company will have its five best riflemen competing. The officers and cadets wish to express their gratitude for the cooperation they have received from Major Forrest B, Moulton, Mr. Reed, and members of the faculty for their efforts. Your editor wishes to say good luck to all the fellows of Dorchester High for Boys who are in the Armed Forces. These are the fellows who are sacrificing their lives so that we may attend our schools. MANUAL OF ARMS XVINNERS John Ahearn lll-31 Arthur S. Carlson II-32 Joseph P. Galvin ll- 2 Kenneth Jacobson ll- 32 John J. Linehan Ill-3 Vincent Mazzucchelli IV- 2 Herbert Mekler Ill- 3 John Ratto Ill-33 Malcolm Reed IV-32 Gerald M. Shea III-33

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Aeronautics Course by Naihm Z-7. Deuce A group of boys from this school, ranging in age from 16 to I7 years, recently started a Pre-Induction Course at the New England Air- craft School, Inc. The boys attend this course after school hours and receive no pay, but obtain excellent instruction and experience under the direction of very capable teachers, all under the supervision of the School Committee. The boys are separated into four groups and receive seventy-five hours of instruction and experience in each group. Une hour is devoted to class rooms in order to understand the theories for shop work, with a ten minute break for refreshments. The Aeronautics group consist of: Edward Curran 1113 Robert Delaney 1V1 Edward Green 131 David Grifliths 11112 Frank Hurley 1V2 Elliott Levine IV32 James Mahoney 1115 I E. Selwyn Miller IV3 Gerald Norian 11133 Edward Nolan 1113 John C'Rourke 11133 Arthur E. Pearce 1V3 Sidney Pike IV3 Melvin Pollack IV3 Joseph Revis IV3 Morris Rudofsky IV3 S, Carl Sottile 11151 page forty nine