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

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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

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12 ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL RECORD WALTER F. DOWNEY, Headmaster

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14 ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL RECORD Clas e liropfjetfte 1936 By James E. Powers, ' .% Full soon our banners will be carried forth And spread unfolded to the shimmering sky, And men will marvel at the deeds so brave Accomplished by the men of English High ; And then will spread the fame of Thirty-six And trumpets loud will glorify our deeds — Great are the men whom we now prophecy To lead us into fray on milk-white steeds. The White House is for President McPhail, Attended by his cohorts brave and true, Fred Dow and Hughes, stout Driscoll and Mitchell, Who carry on Big Business for the Blue. Mark Devlin, for our social functions gay, With Richard Power and Thomas Powers, too, Stands forth with plans for new events to hold, Assisted by a gentlemanly crew. And Crimmins, of the analytic brain Stands by to give his aid in deeds of worth, While Olsen stands and speaks a solemn oath To run each clue that ' s given him, to earth. Brave Scala, here to aid him in his quest 3espeaks himself, then as he takes the floor And states that he, himself, will run his best, As he has always done in days of yore. Bud Daley, scion of a Brighton clan, Now travelling with the hockey-playing Bruins, Reclines at home beside the radio While Lyons entertains him with his tunes ; And in the Senate House stand three men fair — Joe Driscoll, Haufler and the active Paul, And while their arguments develop strong, Their eloquence resounds throughout the hall. Spinelli, he who tackles with a shock. And Mantos, of the educated toe, With Ryan bent between them o ' er the ball, Are former All-Americans — you know. Who ' s this that strides across the silver screen And makes a million hearts begin to leap? Aha. ' tis Johnnie Powers, the handsome rogue. Who, by his art, can make you smile or weep. And who is this, whose clever tapping feet, Upon a stage beneath a paper moon. Beat out in Suf f lc style quite debonair A popular and very pleasing tune? Just now, in contest on a foreign shore, Fleet Sullivan, our strong Olympic hope, Breaks records in his specialty event, Thereby upsetting what the papers call the dope. And now the Boston Red Sox lead the league Because of men who came from English High, The battery of Leahy and Ahearn,