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

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CLASS POEM Could we but stay the stream of life, Whic: i halts not through eternity, We ' d tarry yet and linger long With thee, O English High, with thee. Our fill we ' d drink from cup proffer ' d. Our thirst for knowledge here we ' d quench, Would not the restless stream from thee Our outstretched, clinging fingers wrench. But though our bodies move afar, Our minds, our souls are ever free. And as the weary bird seeks rest. Our thoughts shall ever turn to thee. Resume our seats in classrooms dear, And smile upon new, eager faces. Again they ' ll see respected teachers. And search our old, familiar places. So take your course, O roving stream And set us on some foreign shore. But be it near, or be it far. Our English High, just as before. Commands our minds, our hearts, our thoughts. And so — Farewell; mist dims the eye As swiftly flows the stream of life. And all too swift past English High. Murray Bovarnick, ' 40 PAGE 4

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CONTEXTS SENIORS ORGANIZATIONS ATHLETICS MILITARY ADVERTISING

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To the Class of 1940: Honor — Achievement — Service to Mankind — What do these words mean to you ? Your school has judged your Honor and Achievement by your record in Attendance and Punctuality, in Scholarship and Personality. Your record tells what kind of man you promise to be. What service do you mean to render? In earlier days, lads like you would have been working on a farm, apprenticed to a trade, learning a profession, or starting as cadets in a business. The Cape Cod boy could box the compass in his infant soliloquies — could hand, reef, and steer at the age when he was flying kites. He was ready to go to sea! What can you do? These times require more formal education. Has the opportunity for education which you had enjoyed formed in you the Habit of Honest Effort which is today, as it was yesterday, the foundation of Success? How firm is the founda- tion which you have laid? On this foundation you must build tor your future with the materials offered by further training, be it in college or in the school of practical affairs. In any case, successful achievement depends on the same personal qualities, the same honest, earnest effort on which depended success in school. Your only choice is in what field you prefer to labor. Let me suggest you read The Living Tradition. To serve is to be in strumental, to be practical, to posess life Emerson ' s Self Reliance. value. Read also We are told that millions are unemployed — that hundreds of thousands of recent graduates of High Schools cannot find work. How many of them worked hard in school? How many have even learned what work means? How many of them carried away from school a record outstanding in attendance, punctuality, scholarship, and personality? How many instead took a four years ' course in loafing? Despite propaganda to the contrary, there was never the place nor time which offered so many things to do as your country offers today. How can you serve mankind that mankind may serve you? In terms of reality. Service means Work — earning a living. What will you Do? Whatever work you choose, may you all know that happiness which is to be found in an honest task well-done, and win, each one of you, the rewards that go with the faithful service that will mean Success. ALBERT F. REED, Acting Head Master PAGE 5