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

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RECORD EDITORIAL STAFF Standing, left to right: Samuel Rubinovitz, sports editor; David A, Marlin, photography editor; Richard S. Carroll, sports feature writer; and Robert P. Gersin, school graphics editor. Seated, left to right: Robert W. Egan, associate editor; Thomas J. O ' Keefe, editor-in-chief; and Bernard Zigman, art editor. Yes, it would be a great day, the day after the next day: Saturday, no school! Well, as juniors we got off on the right foot, everyone else started with his left, but this was only the beginning, of course. Beginning? Beginning of what? Well, first it was the beginning of Uncle Ralph ' s rest home; then there was the start of the V program — simple enough but hard on the feet — but worst of all it was the beginning of school. The school finally settled down. For the newcomers who didn ' t recognize this point of progress we gave a definition. It was: This school has settled down when you can hear the fellow next to you snoring. Now that that was that, we got on with the year ' s activities. We had great fun one day selling a freshman lunch tickets and telling him they were good for one dip in the swimming pool. The first few days were so warm that the sight of Room 312 caused some reminiscing. It seemed that by a series of accidents, during the previous spring, several students had dropped onto the church via a window of 312. Finding a desk on the church roof — it ' s a strong wind that blows around Montgomery Manor — they climbed back in throueh a corridor window. Well, enough dilly dally, let ' s proceed with football. That year we lost two but made up for th°m by beating Latin decisively in Harvard Stadium. The victory was largely due to the efforts of BILL NORTHRIDGE, BOB MURPHY, and PAUL BJORKLUND.

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Spring, baseball, street parade, hot weather, and final tests, they all came at once. The consolation was, of course, that the end of the school year was in sight. So, after helping the baseball team through its schedule — FARRELL and POWELL again — whistling at the first robin, could we help it if the bird happened to be on the flag staff in front of Girls ' High? — getting callouses in the street parade, and practicing for vacation on the days of the tests, we finally reported on the last day for our report cards. Yes, the day had come that we could walk down Dover handing our report cards to the gentleman with the message that they permitted the owner any number of pink elephants. The playboys of Dover could legally have their menageries, and we could legally relax as we had done all year anyway. Junior Year Remember that Thursday about which I made the crack? Well, look out, English, it ' s here and we ' re back! Once again the rush started. We all pulled out our homemade car checks and started for the brick building in the middle of the South End. It has been said, and how true, that many English High football stars received their training coming through Egleston Square. Once more we approached this center of culture and headquarters for fun and calisthenics. This time, however, we walked towards the doors of our cultural den straighter and wiser with the knowledge that we were sedate juniors. Think of that — well, try, anyway. Juniors! my, my — now we could struggle with P3, run for office, or at least for the door at two o ' cloc k. We had learned how after two years of diligent study. RECORD BUSINESS STAFF Standing, left to right: Assistants Alexander H. Doucette, Seymour Salett, Nathaniel Marks. Seated: Business Manager Edward H. Rubin.

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THE STUDENT COUNCIL Somehow, after the football season, we began to realize that there were such things as last periods. A really wonderful year this was, as we approached the beginning of the end. About a year and a half to go. Maybe by then we could solve those physics prob- lems, eh, boys? The sophomores, youngsters that they were, asked us if physics was hard. Their answer came in a sort of a sinister laugh. Well, Christmas and Xew Year ' s rolled by once more, and we showed we still had the Christmas spirit, even after vacation by that red embossing on our cards. Once again track, hockey, and basketball found their places in the sports world. As far as the hockey team was concerned, the going could have been better, but still, JAKE MALONEY and ED DUNN weren ' t to be overlooked. We didn ' t win the city championship but were co-champs in basketball. Hal Bolster ' s last minute shot that beat Latin was a honey. Our track team won the Reggies again and Captain Dave Krivitsky was the outstanding competitor in the State Meet. Now came the fun, Junior class officers had to be elected. Juniors had to make speeches! Madly rushing around with guns, they filled their nomination papers. And then, on the great day in the morning during B schedule, they made speeches. The final results were: BOB FARRELL, president: PAUL KELLY, vice-presi- dent; SKIPPY CURRAN, secretary-treasurer: JOHN FLYNN and ED ENGLERT, executive committee. Once again baseball filled the air. This time our stars were JAKE L LONEY. AL LUCL VNO, MARIO you know, and DICK LAWLER. The ' team, under Coach Joe Sheehan, who did a swell job by the way, made the State Tournament. Lawler turned in a beautiful job of pitching in that game with Milton. Then once again, the sticky heat of summer settled over Montgomery Manor. With three years behind us, we stepped into sunlight and freedom to end another year.