English High School - Blue and Blue / Record Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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12 ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL RECORD WALTER F. DOWNEY, Headmaster

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ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL RECORD 11 iWe age from ®m JireStbent As the time for parting draws near, a variety of emotions compels me to express my thoughts to you, the Class of 1936. Mere words cannot express the pleasure and the gratitude with which I received your demonstration of trust and friendship when you elected me to the office of President of the Senior Class. Apart from the personal satisfaction, there is the thought of the fine record which we, as a class, have left behind us. In athletics, the Blue and Blue has fought its way to the top in every sport. The social affairs were a complete success because of the loyal support which you gave your various committees. The class has upheld the traditions which have been handed down for over one hundred years in the Eng- lish High School. Some may say that idealism is dead, that the modern youth is indifferent. How- ever, a visit to our school would be sufficient proof of the fallacy of such a supposition. The inspiration which has carried us on and enabled us to scale the heights of achievement comes from the traditional English High School spirit, an ef- fective spirit that will never die. Then, too, we must not forget the inspiring leadership of our teach- ers, those men who have given of their best, who have acted as advisors, counsellors, guides and friends. And over all these teachers is another man — a man loved and respected by thousands of English High students and alumni — Mr. Walter F. Downey, our Headmaster. As a parting message to the class, I express the wish that we may carry on in after school life in the same whole-hearted way we have here at English High. Charles J. McPhail.

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ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL RECORD 13 Boys : i 8 you leave your Alma Mater this year, you carry our -A aspirations for you, our hopes and our faith in you, to accompany you wherever you go. One hundred years ago, fourteen hoys of the Class of 1836 graduated from this school. There are about fifty times that number in the Class of 1936. Through the century the same ideals have guided- our teaching, — ideals of honor, achievement, and service to others. The world today is far different from that of 1836, hut even then there were grave national and international prob- lems, which seemed most difficult of solution. Through the century those who have been most effective in helping to solve these problems, and whose names survive in happy memory, are those whose lives were guided by high ideals. Many of you will occupy high places of private and public trust. Your Head Master and your School have complete con- fidence in you, and expect of you always complete loyalty to the aims and ideals of the English High School. The Aim of Every English High School Boy is to Become a Man of Honor and Achievement. God Bless and Guide You — Every One! r