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

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Zke Bnglish Migh School M tiinl Association The English High School Alumni Association, the oldest alumni group of any American secondary school, is the most loyal and most distinguished body of alumni in the United States. The association was founded in 1823 with the stated object of promoting the usefulness and the prosperity of the English High School of Boston, and throughout its entire existence its members have fulfilled its objective. The alumni have not only built an unsurpassed reputation for their Alma Mater, but they have for over one hundred years played an import- ant and constructive part in the building of American character. The name of our school, through its graduates, has gained deserved respect in business, in industry, in the professions, in the arts and sciences, and in civil and military life. A look at some of the names of the many illustrious alumni will perhaps explain why our school is so highly respected. One of the earliest and most famous of the alumni of the nineteenth century was J. P. Morgan, the great financier. Other graduates of the nineteenth century were Charles Hayden, in whose memory a vast number of scholarships have been established; Thomas F. Sullivan, the present Police Commissioner of Boston; and Paul W. Litchfield whose work in the rubber industry is very well known. The alumni of this century have carried on in the same brilliant manner as those of the nineteenth century. The most famous thus far of this century is, of course. United States Army Chief of Staff, Matthew B. Ridgeway of the Class of 1912. Others who are well known and who are active today are Max Tishler of the Class of ' 24 who facilitated the manufacture of the steroid drug used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, and Douglas P. Adams of the Class of ' 26 who is at the present time a mathematics professor at M. 1. T. There ore many judges included in the alumni. Among them are Massachusetts Chief Justice John P. Higgins of the Class of ' 11, Horace T. Cahill of the Class of ' 13, Frank W. Tomasello of the Class of ' 17 and Thomas H. Connolly of the Class of ' 01 Members of the alumni prominent in politics of the present time are Boston School Committeeman, Louis F. Musco; and Gabriel Piemonte, the president of the Boston City Council. This fabulous list of distinguished names is endless, and it has continued steadily through the years. We of the Class of 1954 are proud to be members of the English High School Alumni Association and to be linked with the many great men of the association. We only hope that we can maintain the high standards set up by past alumni. Nicodemo Ciccia, ' 54

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Retirements Mead Master S merit us WALTER F. DOWNEY for forty-four years a member of the faculty of the English High School. Masters Emeriti LEO V. HALLORAN (French) for thirty-four years a member of the faculty of the English High School. MERRILL C. HILL (French and German) for thirty-six years a member of the faculty of the English High School. JOHN F. McCarthy (Mathematics) for thirty-four years a member of the faculty of the English High School. JOHN J. McCarthy (Commercial Subjects) for thirty-one years a member of the faculty of the English High School. CECIL D. MacILROY (History) for twenty-four years a member of the faculty of the English High School. EDWARD N. WILSON (French and Spanish) for thirty-eight years a member of the faculty of the English High School. What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?

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€ t Commontoealtf) of Msumf nittti By His Excellency CHRISTIAN A. HERTER Governor 1954 NE hundred and thirty-three years ago, one of the most significant developments in the history of free public education in America was undertalcen in Massachusetts when the citizens of Boston voted to establish a new kind of secondary school. Thus was conceived The English High School of Boston and, with the advent of the institu- tion, there was originated a form of training which has become standard in the pattern of public education in America. In October, 1853, representatives of twent)--four of the earlier graduating classes met and pre- pared a plan for the organization of The English High School Association. The constitution for this group was adopted on January 4, 1854. In peace and in war, English High alumni have won distinction; thc ' have played a vital part in the civic, economic, cultural and military life of our nation. They have served their country with honor in every conflict since the Mexican War in 1847. They have built for their Alma Mater a reputation second to none in the ranks of similar schools in the United States. In recognition of the historic significance of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of The English High School Association, and in tribute to the illustrious achievements of the alumni who are members of the Association, now, therefore, I, Christian A. Herter, Governor of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, do hereby designate From many lands their forebears came in search of freedom. In its defense they fought. Many died. God grant that their sacrifices may make stronger the bonds that unite all mankind. GIVEN at the E.xecutive Chamber in Boston, this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of Amer- ica, the one hundred and seventy-eighth.