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

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W ALTER F. D() V 1 ' :V, A.B.. Ed.M.. L.H.D. Head Master DEDICATIDM To our bcUn ' cd Head Master 7cr gratefully dedieate this book. His eoiiiisel. his I ' isioii. and the reeol- le ctioii oj his truly deiiioeratie thoughts and actions z . ' ill guide us alzcays. 6

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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

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An Era Gone — Another ' s Dawn A quarter of a century has elapsed since the first class graduated, whose diplomas I signed as Head Master. That was in June, 1922. A long time ago, — yes a quarter of a century, but in events which have changed world history, — the most im- portant, perhaps, in all human history. English High School men have done their full share in trying to assist in solving the problems of this eventful era. They have fought for what was right in peace ; they have faced death for their country in the issues of war; many have died while fighting in de- fense of their country. Ve honor them. They have carried the ideals of this school to the farthest parts of the earth. They have been true Americans ; they love their country with a deep and lasting devotion. They know that the solution of the problems of the world may be gained only by united ef¥ort on the part of all races, all creeds and all peoples of this globe. Education without this aim is incomplete and in- adec|uate. You are now leaving this old school as graduates of the Class of 1947. There is much to be done in the world. Carry on in the path of your illustrious l)redecessors. Keep high the torch of learning, and learning which is right in the sight of God and man ; the torch of personal freedom; and freedom also from the taint of intolerance; the torch of high morals, — by word and act at all times and in all places. God Bless ami Keep You — E% er one. Walter F. D()W. i-:v, Head Master 7