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

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The Letter by NZ feud!! '4ff It must have been two weeks ago that I received a letter, That probed my mind QI call it that for want of something betterj And riffed the dusty index cards of abominable memory, And gently chafed the stagnant brain like silk upon line emery. A sleeping thought stirred once, then twice, and slowly raised its head, Then suddenly, -enlightment propelled it from its bed. The phantasmagoria of long-forgotten years, Wisped by the eyes, now blinded with - let's say - nostalgic tears. Look quickly! Mr. Schimmel stands explaining dis and data, While lo! youthful Mr. Ryan dissects biologic matter. And Sullivan extorts 'Ales verbes with technique incomparable, And O'Keefe edits report cards which is nothing short of swearable. Genial Watts, brush poised aloft, endeavors the artistic, And with delicate arts, balancing aliquot parts, sits McLean the erudite mystic. There are others who with wraith-like tread march slowly past my vision, And cut the low'ring tropic gloom with hearty, gay incision. The missive served the purpose of conjuring up an image, Of creaking desks, a dog-eared book, a hard-fought football scrimmage. The chill wind tugs and taunts the tent as it blows in from the sea, And whispers softly. Au revoir to this interlude for me. And 'ere I bid, with timid knock, my entrance into Hades Please Lord, give me the friendship of a thousand Joseph Cadys. page eighty-five

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and that constitutes a divorce. Lemons were used by the Romans to keep moths from their garments. The onion was an object of worship with the Egyptians two thousand years ago. The wooden Indian used as a t0bacconist's sign did not originate in the U. S., but in England. Tibet is the highest country in the world, 16,000 feet above sea level. Some mountain roads in Tibet are so steep that ladders are made of notched logs and are used for steps. Benjamin Franklin first suggested daylight saving time in 1784. A 22 caliber rifle shoots a bullet at the rate of 1400 feet per second: even faster than sound. All U. S. Navy ships are named by the Secretary of Navy. Thimbles were first used on the thumb and were called thumb bells. The meadow lark is the only bird of thousands of American species that is the official bird of seven states. The average college football game contains less action than the majority of the other sports as the ball is in motion only twenty per cent of the time. The remaining time is taken up by huddles and formations. The common barn owl catches more mice than a dozen cats. 1 Driscoll Hardware Co. Complete line of Ar ed? SECRETARIAL SCHOO I2 HUNTINGTON AVENUE BOSTON 16, MASS. L JAMES W. DORAN 8z SON STOCK CUTS PHOTO ENGRAVING 470 Atlantic Avenue BOSTON Paint - Kitchenware 1 WUI! Paper MASS. 855A Washington Qnear Puller St.D Tel. CUN. 1930 Boosters IV-51 1 Harpo Bertazzoni John Joyce Bill Boyle Harold Cowan Herbert Smith Hugh Ahern John Lucas Steve Vlachos Harold Meneely Fred Driscoll Compliments of A Friend page eighty-four

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Lt. Robert ll. Lord, U. S. N. The tragic death of Lt. Robert H. Lord, U. S. N. comes to us from two sources - Life Magazine, and the Readers Digest. Lt. Lord was graduated from Dorchester High for Boys in 1936 and entered Holy Cross College the following September. A'The Borie's Last Battle an article in the Readers Digest of March, 1944 brings us the last picture of Robert Lord. The Borie, an old destroyer, had engaged two German sub- marines in the Atlantic and had sunk them. However, in the ensuing action she sustained mortal wounds and made heroic efforts to reach port. The story runs: 'Alf the Borie could send out radio signals, the chances of their be- ing found would be much better. Someone took out a cigarette and lit it with a lighter. Lt. Robert H. Lord remembered having seen some lighter fluid on another officer's desk. Word was passed about the ship to send all lighter fluid to the radio shack. The sea later became so rough that even breeches buoy rescues were impossible. The men had to take to the water from the sinking des- troyer. .... The water was only I2 degrees above freezing and 27 men including Lts. Lord and Brown, unscathed in the fierce battle a few hours before, lost their lives. Thus concludes the Readers Digest version of HOWARD CLOTHES FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN 342 WASHINGTON ST 605 WASHINGTON sT. BosToN Tel. COL. 4560 COL. 4582 Tel. REVere 0199 Parkway Commercial the death of Lieutenant Lord. Body Works ' ' ' ' f K , HARRY BLAUSTEIN. Mgr, 1 ---N ,, 1 1 ge 4- f ' -- , L W-.... ...- 'T A T it 1 XML.- 'C Truck Painting and Lettering U l 4Q X,,..- ' f fwf ff 5 1- -T . ' ' N X. X I7 mv-ug V 44.5 5 ,NCQ N 1 1 5 on ' 5 -ct T R ,. U 1459 North Shore Rd., Revere, Mass. - ti f ' ig... X if 1 - W G. HOTTDIAN l M ' '- A + Q . . 5 --.. l page eighty-six