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

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CLASS OFFICERS Seated are President, Peter S. Capernaros, and Vice-President George H. Koulouriotis Standing are Thomas A. Chisholm, Executive Committee member Treasurer; and Nashan Tii i|ian, Executive Committee Member ; John R. Ferris, Secretary- COMMITTEE Sitting ore Chairman John R. Hardv and Charles Kasparian Standing are Patrick A. Coggio, Robert E. Francis, Perry A. Constas, Gerald F. Holland, Edward A. Sweeney and William L. Lombardo

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Class Essay (Awarded the John Bouve Clapp Prize for Profic ' .ency in English) By SIDNEY SHIFFMAN, ' 48 To attempt to define the strife and miseries of the world, to essay to declare a code of redeeming morals, to try to point out a path leading to universal happiness is for beyond my power. I have pondered much, however, on the widespread enigma of human suffering, and the following are some of my thoughts: The condition of the world today is a direct reflection on the moral insufficiency and pusillanimity of mankind, a mankind that has been nurtured on the odious, pernicious fruits of hatred, selfishness, and mental slothfulness. In almost every noble aim of life, preceding generations have failed to assume the responsibilities of mankind. They have failed because of their indifference, fear, and inability to make reason dominate their bestial passions. It is for our generation to decide whether this shameful practice will continue. If it does, we shall run the risk of invoking upon ourselves the eternal curse of our descendants. If, on the other hand, we are stouthearted enough to say that it will not continue, we must then care- fully make a choice as to which of two methods shall be used to end it. We may blindly provoke a world shattering conflict in which rocket-guided missiles, charged with atomic bombs or loathsome bacteria, will painfully end all human contentions, dreams, and ambitions. In this manner, mass suicide will forever terminate the infamous history of man ' s failure to understand man. As the other alternative, we may take complete possession of the intellect which God has given us, and exercising it to the utmost, construct a new and better civilization. But, you may ask, with what shall we build our Utopia? Other civilizations, based upon prin- ciples of time-proven soundness, have crumpled away or have become dilapidated! The answer itself is extremely simple, but its application is herculean. Throughout the ages, philosophers, writers, and statesmen hove added to the immense stock of feasible plans for the sensible, benevolent governing of the earth. From the Bible to Mohondis Ghandi, from Homer to Edgar Guest, from Plato to Karl Marx we may glean a myriad of ideas capable of being put into practical use. Our only task is to have the patience, the perseverance, and the wisdom to unearth and select from this abundant stock- pile those precepts and philosophies which will furnish the millenium that humanity is crying Yet, we must remember that the excellence of bricks will not insure the durability of a wall; an excellent cement is also needed. Thus our new civilization must be held together by the cement of love — not a banal brotherly love, but an affection that will approach the intensity of self-love. for.

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ROBERT D. ABBOTT Bob 32 Park Vale Avenue, Allston School: William Howard Taft Honor Averages: LI, L2, M2, M3, P3, E3, H3, H4, HI Activities: Patrol 2, 3; 1st Lienten ant STANLEY ABRAMS Stan 85 Chambers Street, Boston School: William Blockstone Honor Averages: H3, P3, D6 Activities: Patrol 3; Room Coun- cillor 2; Record Representative 2 ANGELO A. ADAMS Ace 174 M Street, South Boston School: Oliver Hazard Perry Activities: Junior Varsity 3, 4; Track 1,2, 3, 4; Midget Relay 1 RICHARD A. ADELL Dick 43 Milwood Road, Dorchester School: Woodrow Wilson Activities: Football 2 BENJAMIN ALBA 16 Hole Street, Boston School: St. John ' s N. E. Honor Averages: H6, M2, K2, B3 VINCENT ALBANESE Vinnic 15 N, Anderson Sircet, Boston School: William Blarkstone Activities: Banrl A JOHN F. ALLEN Johnny 36 Perthshire Road, Brighton School: Presentation Honor Averages: El, E3, L2, Gl, P3, DI, D2 Arlivities 1st Lieutenant YALE ALTMAN Harvard 62 GlenviLe Avenue, Allston School: Wil.iam Howard Toft Honor Averages: H4, F2, LI, HI Activities: Baseball 2, 3; Basket- ball 3 LOUIS J. AMARU Louie 94 Everett Street, East Boston School: Mt. Carmel Honor Averages: El, LI, E3, 12 Activities: Patrol 4 ARTHUR ANDERSON 31 Orchard Street, Jamaica Plain School: Mary E. Curley Honor Averages: LI, M2, PI Activities: Patrol 2; Band 1