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

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The editors have end| at our Enghsh High tumult of war hag di is not facing the ster ' Class of 1947, how America ' s responsiI)il that : Peace No les. CDIVTE TS ITiK Ri-xoRi) for 1947 is essentially an expression of appreciation to all those who have made our own indi- vidual records of accomplishment possible. The vears at Old Montgomery have been golden years. made so by a devoted Head Master and Faculty, l)y the grand good fellowship of our Classmates, by the Militar ' and the Athletic Activities of the School, and by the un- selfish service rendered by the boys of the various School Organizations. As we write the copy, the (joldeii years return. 4

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The Recnrd for 1947 Editors Robert P. Gersix. ' 47 Samuel Rubixovitz, ' 47 Associate Editors Paul E. McGerigle, ' 47 David Z. Tavel, ' 47 A ' lLLlAM TRUrTMAN. ' 47 Louis |. Tsavaris, ' 47 Business Managers Paul Black. ' 47 George Fox. ' 47 Nicholas Lembo. ' 47 Faculty Adz ' iscrs Mr. Henry Black ' Mr. Thomas G. Eccles

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EDITORIAL To the Port nf Success we receive our (li])l()mas on graduation da ' our sliij) of success will set out on the longest and most trying of all its voyages. Many will he the mountainous waves of discouragenint whicli will have to he surmounted, numerous the tricky undercurrents ot temptation to he overcome, hut with the valuable lessons of seamanship taught us in this school of honor and achievement, these ditticulties will prove hut minor hindrances on our chartered voyage to success. Unfortunately for us, our map tells us little about this port of success. What is it, and is it worth working and struggling for? Ts it an anjhorage where gold, glory, and power abound? I for one think not; to me, success is nothing but a synonym for the more familiar word, happi- ness. A man, who successfully struggles against the hardshi])s of life to reach the haven first mentioned, is in a very sorry plight, indeed. For in most cases his laborious ef¥orts have availed him nothing. At the start of his voyage into the sea of realities he was an unhaj)])y man with- out money ; at the end of his trij) he is a rich man, certainly, but still unhappy. A goal worth working for? A ' hat do yoii think? If this be the i)ort for which we are heading , our years at English High have failed us completely. This condition can hardly exist however, if the les- sons taught us in this school, the invaluable lessons of cooperation, teamwork, and of the things which can make this world a better ])lace to live in and this life a better one to live, were listened to with just a little more than common coiu ' tesy. These subjects can show us the true meaning of success. A war has just been fought to help cleanse this world of a cancer. INTillions of lives have been lost, and the after-ef¥ects of this great disease have not even yet been full}- experiencd. Xow that the war hysteria has almost disappeared, we can sit back and soberly review the situation. How much better the world would be if the war and what is of more importance the causes of it, could have been erased at its start ! Resolve to do your utmost to see that war, with all its attendant heartbreaks, is never again allowed to rear its ugly head on this planet again. Let us do our share to see that the sparks of the principles of Brotherhood of Man as taught us in the school which we are now leaving, and the goal and motto from which the glowing spirit of the school emanates are fanned into such a flame that everyone will crowd into the warmth of its eternal light. Then and only then shall we be able to call the port of success, our home port. By Samuel Rubinovitz 5