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

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Order of graduation Smeises Tremont Temple, June 2, 1953 PROCESSIONAL — Frat Brent THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER CLASS ORATION — Thomas A. Recupero President, Class of 1953 AWARD OF PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS Walter F. Downey, Head Master Cumston Prize lohn Bouve Clapp Prize — Class of 1873 Clarence Walker Barron Memorial Scholarship Charles Hayden Memorial Scholarship Albert H. Wiggin Memorial Scholarship Edward S. Goulston Memorial Scholarship Class of 1913 Award Class of 1919 Award The Charles E. McCool Award Contributions for other awards and prizes have been re- ceived from many members of the alumni body and from the Classes of 1863, 1870, 1873, 1877, 1880, 1883, and from nearly every graduating class since the year 1885. CLASS OF 1911 MEDAL Bernard L. Landers, Class of 1911 CLASS OF 1895 AWARDS — Frederick D. Lawley, Class of 1895 (1) English Prize (2) Colonel Thomas F. Sullivan Good Citizen Award CLASS OF 1906 AWARD — Charles J. Fox, Class of 1906 AWARD OF MILITARY DIPLOMAS Colonel Joseph McK. DriscoU, Class of 1913 CLASS SONG HAIL TO YOU! DEAR ENGLISH HIGH Tune: Maine Stein Song AWARD OF THE FRANKLIN MEDALS — William M. Hickey, Class of 1923 M ' APPARI TUTT ' AMORE (from Martha) Flotow Vocalist: Edward B. Sicari, Class of 1955 AWARD OF ACADEMIC DIPLOMAS — Isadore H. Y. Muchnick Member of the Boston School Committee AMERICA EXIT MARCH — Anchors A weigh Miles (23)

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Semr Class X)ay April 30. 1953 1:19 P. M. Selection English High School Bond Opening Remarks Thomas A. Recupero President of Senior Class 1953 Student Council Thomas B. Elia President, E. H. S. Student Council Selections Senior Class Glee Club Class of ' 53 in Football Richard J. Carey Captain Football Team Class History Peter Sweetland Editor, E. H. S. Yearbook Class of ' 53 in Basketball Ronald F. Elkind Member of Basketball Team Solo Donald W. dayman Piano Accompanist Stephen N. Porlin, ' 54 Class of ' 53 in Track Morgan T. Ryan Co-Captain of Track Team Class of ' 53 in Hockey Paul V. Kelley Captain of Hockey Team Solo George D. Bullock Piano Accompanist Stephen N. Parlin, ' 54 Class of ' 53 in Baseball John J. Bitetti Co-Captain of Baseball Team Trumpet Solo James R. Miceli, ' 53 Class of 1953 — Class Song Presentation of Class Gift Thomas A. Recupero President of Senior Class Acceptance of Qass Gift Walter F. Downey, Head Master Selection English High School Band ( 22 )

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Class Oration To these our graduation exercises, we, of the class of 1953, bid you a hearty welcome. We welcome especially our parents whose sacrifices have enabled us to acquire a good education. That education has been made possible by the people of the City of Boston, a city dedicated to the principle of equal educa- tional opportunity for all. To our devoted Head Master, and to the members of the faculty, we express our gratitude for their constant counsel and instruction. It is an honor and a privilege to graduate from English High School. The governor of cur Commonwealth on the occasion of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the school, referred to its estab- lishment as one of the most significant developments in the history of free pub- lic education in America. His Excellency paid further tribute to this school: It has sent forth thousands upon thousands of loyal sons, their mcral fibre strengthened by the inculcation of salutary principles. In peace and in war, these sons of English High School have won dis- tinction. They have played a vital part in the civic, the economic, and the cultural life of many communities . . . they have built for their Alma Mater a reputation second to that of no similar school in the United States. It is v ith pride, therefore, that we of the Class of 1953 enter the ranks of the alumni. As classmates we shall go forward together in the unity of our cherished friendships and in our loyalty to our school. Through all the years we shall be ever mindful that our Alma Mater holds before us a living ideal - Honor and Achievement through Service to Man- kind. Thomas A. Recupero, President, Class of 1953 (24)