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

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the Intown Trophy . . . the City Championship other election that month; but this time we chose the right president as Tom Recupero took the highest office in the class. Captain Carey and the football team started to roll with opening defeats over strong opponents and prospects looked good for a great season. November come; and with it, class rings and empty wallets. Football reached its climax when the alumni gathered to wish the team well on Thanks- giving Eve. But luck wasn ' t with us as we lost a tough one. We all were glad to see the Christmas vacation, but it didn ' t last long enough and we soon found ourselves back at the old grindstone, realizing that time was running out and that marks weren ' t so good. With the coming of winter sports, spirits rose with the prospects of new championships. The hockey team did well, for they finished the season with wins over every team but Tech. Then came the Tech Tourney and Maiden Catholic — Well, we only lost by one touchdown. Basketball was even more promising, for the team ripped through the sea- son with ony one defeat — in overtime at the hands of Dorchester — to gain the ( 15 )

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Class Ms Wry It was just nine months ago that two hundred and seventy-five sunburned, somewhat dejected looking pupils straggled into the ramshackle building on Montgomery St. to start what, they hoped, would be their last year of high school education. We weren ' t much different from the one hundred and twen- ty-nine other senior classes of English High; we filled out the same cards, re- ceived the same books, got the same lockers, and cut the same classes. By October we got into the swing of things and started to look around for diversions. Since 1952 was an election year politics were on everyone ' s mind. The Discussion Club wrangled over the voting system, the new Debating Group argued the advantages and disadvantages of both candidates, and teachers began to show their true colors. To top it all off we decided to hold an election of our own. Adlai Stevenson was swept into office by a two hundred vote plurality, making the Democratic landslide at E. H. S. complete. We held cm-

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Intown Trophy. Hyde Park fell easy prey and with them the City Champion- ship. The Tech Tourney was great and I think MacGillivary ' s last-second shot is still balancing on the rim of the basket. As March arrived, we fought our way through the college boards with little hope of passing them. Prize drill went off like clockwork, but competition was keen and the judges ' task difficult. We took this opportunity to honor one of the school ' s best-liked teachers. Colonel Joseph McK. Driscoll retired after many years as an instructor. A graduate of English High himself, he has turn- ed in a record of service worthy of public admiration. Class Day was the greatest ; Wilburt Wilson, a classmate who distin- guished himself in the ring, gave us his stirring opinion of sportsmanship. A welcome interruption in the exercises occurred when John Bitetti introduced Charlie Timilty and Bob McDonough and their rendition of You Belong to Me No. 2. ( 16 )