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

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Just a few items that the Class of 1950 will remember: 1. The English lectures Mr. Simmons gave in room 257. 2. Mr. McElroy drumming his fingers on the edge of his desk. 3. Mr. Lundin saying, Years ago we learned ... 4. Mr. Chick Evans saying, What ' s a watt? Watt! What? to the Physics class. 5. Mr. McCarthy saying, Listen, Boy ... 6. The Humor of E3 He. 7. This was the year that Kilroy was forgotten and buried. 8. Colonel DriscoU in the Assembly Hall saying, Please rise. 9. Peeping into the empty classrooms on May 31 after Seniors had left school. 10. Three cheers — The Assembly Hall was finally redecorated. Biggest question and biggest joke of the season: schoolbuilding? Does EHS need a new Theophilus E. McKinney

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JUNIOR YEAR September found the great Class of 1950 crossing the corridors from the upper north side of EHS to the more sacred halls of the school ' s south side. To our surprise warm autumn weather lasted through most of the winter. The sunshine outside cheered us as we entered the school each morning to weather the storms of physics, math and Latin. All over the building math teachers tried to explain that polygons are not dead parrots. The football season started with a new coach from Notre Dame — Bill Stewart. On the squad our class was well represented by Frank McCabe, Roger Stuart, Joe Palladino, Chic Ciccolo, Billy Farrell, Ray Waters, and Bemie Milton. The earth at Franklin Park was broken for the construction of the George Robert White Schoolboy Stadium. When track season finally rolled around, we found the track teem encouraged by the laying of the foundations in the Park and the rapid work being accomplished by the builders. The team started on its work, determined to maintain its championship reputation. Some of the boys who helped to maintain this reputation were Pat Lochiatto, Paul Thomas, and Charles Floyd — all of whom represented us in the hurdles. In the fifty-ycrd dash Gene Walcott and Joe Calkins won honors. The year of 1949 will probably be remembered by EHS students as a year of extensive construction. Within cur own brick walls the War Memorial in honor of those who fought and died in World War II was under construc- tion. In the spring the Memorial was dedicated by the EHS Alumni As- sociation. The sculptor of the Memorial is John Paramino, a world-famous artist. At the same time, the finishing touches were being put to the newest and tallest skyscraper in Boston. From many of our classrooms we could see the men at work as the building neared completion . . . The English High School Record again started publication after having hidden through the trying war years. A fall issue and a spring issue were printed. Among the fortunate members of the class who were able to serve on the staff were Sheldon Kramer, Al Bresnick, and Sumner Sachs. At the end of the year our class elected its officers. When election returns came in, we learned that Philip Gray had been elected President, with Roland Shea as Vice-President, Alan J. Block as Secretary-Treasurer, Allan J. Bresnick and James Turley on the Executive Committee. Joseph Kozol received a scholorship from the class of 1923; Robert Gross was given an award by the Harvard Club of Boston. In the schoolboy parade, the English High School Band, and Drum and Bugle Corps marched away with the first prizes for the second consecutive year. Why? Bonney, Holman, Forman, Eastty, Clegg, Wells, Walsh, Cullivan, Goodrum, Mason, and McKinney marched with the Band. Covell and Letomey were among those of the class in the Drum and Bugle Corps.

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SENIOR YEAR We couldn ' t be blamed for trampling the freshmen, sophmores, and juniors on our return in September; after all, when one is an English High School senior, one must keep his head elevated. Not that anyone was look- ing ahead to June, but as soon as we got in the door, Ben Susan took out a gigantic roll of paper and crossed off the first ten seconds. Soon after, our emblems of supremacy were distributed. Yes, we had to pay the balance on our class rings. Most of the rings fitted nicely, but it took Herby Glanz two weeks to get his on. We kept telling him it didn ' t belong on his wrist, but he was sure it was big enough to be a bracelet. At this time Al D ' Amico ' s hand began to get so worn down that Frank Del Vecchio had to do the hand shaking while D ' Amico held the gun. The election went very nicely though, and we elected D ' Amico president, Frank Del Vecchio vice-president, Al Bresnick secretary-treasurer, and Larry Berlin and Chuck Feldberg as executive committee. After a mediocre football season, the Blue and Blue, captained by Roger Stuart, had to be satisfied with a moral victory, as our valiant team lost to Latin, 19-0. English High helped inaugurate the new sport of Cross Country into the Boston Conference by taking first place in the triangular meet with Technical and Latin. We soon began to dig deeper into our poor ragged pockets, as the E. H. S. Record went on sale. Keith Buzzell ' s editorial, Looking Ahead, provided encouraging thoughts of scholarships in the future. By the time the Christmas vacation rolled round, so many seniors had gone out on C. P., that the school was practically empty. Joe Kasparian left so fast that he caught a cold in the draft and was in bed half of the vacation. The hockey season was not a very good one. Although some English High Alumni were present at Lawrence Academy, our spirited Hockey team was defeated. The team did, however, beat Dorchester and Trade. After the football and hockey seasons, Buddy Johnson decided to come to math classes once in a while. On February 1 1 the Blue and Blue held a Valentine Dance at the Parker House Roof. A swell time was had by all, even by those unfortunate ones who insisted we should dance inside and not on the roof. Along about February we began to realize that we had to pay class dues and alumni dues. It was futile to try to escape, because in the end a certain smiling physics and chemistry teacher would only wring out a contribution to the Doc Frazier 1950 overcoat fund. Our basketball team was really great, and when it won the Boston Con- ference Championship and went into the Tech Tourney against Attleboro, all the boys cheered their lungs out. The cheerleaders were hoarse for quite some time after the game. The next day in 103, Frank Comoscio ' s heart was broken when he had to relinquish his math teacher ' s daughter ' s lipstick to Doc Frazier.