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

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The Cjolden ' ' Days . . . . . . That Memory ' Brings Thine was the hand that led the wandering feet Along the path that rose to higher things; Thine was the influence, beauteous and sweet, That gave our lives new meaning. We repeat In thought the golden days that memory brings From the dear past, with shining pinions fleet; And in our hearts this message everywhere We hear: “Be clean, be courteous, be square.” As years speed by and as we older grow, Not less shall we revere and praise thy name; And when we hear thy pealing trumpets blow Amid June blossoms, then each year we know Another class is added to thy fame; With us along life’s pathway they shall go; And we, with them, beneath the blue and blue, To English High pledge our allegiance true. Charles H. Stone, Jr.

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Editorial On June 7, 1962 we shall become members of the English High School Alumni Association. There is a token enrollment fee, but the real prerequisite for membership is four years of hard work. Being part of this association is an accomplishment and a distinction. It means that we have been prepared in the English Hi gh tradition to take our places in the world and fill these places with HONOR and ACHIEVEMENT. For some of us, graduation from English High will complete our formal education; for others it will not; but for all of us English High has been the most important part of our quest for knowledge. Our school has taught us the necessity of discipline but has planted in us a feeling of compromise. It has given us the opportunity to develop individuality and has tempered this by stressing team work and cooperation. It has shown us that obedience does not mean servility. It has brought us from boyhood to manhood. By attending English High we have been prepared to assume the responsibilities of becoming citizens of the United States of America. It is safe to say we will not all become millionaires, but every one of us will have something more important, the capacity to serve God and Country with sense and devotion. In an age when much emphasis is placed on financial reward, our teachers have shown us by their example the importance of doing one’s job well and the magnitude of self-satisfaction and self-respect derived from duty performed. During our senior year we have seen our country, although in grave danger, maintain its policy of freedom and justice. With the guidance and assistance of our instructors we have formulated opinions, opinions which echo the common sense and knowledge of these men, opinions which will help strengthen the American quest for world peace. And so we see that as students of English High we have gained all of these invaluable character traits. But we have gained something which has completely changed our manner of living, something which makes us live a little better and think a little bigger — the spirit of intellectual curiosity.

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ROBERT E. COFIELD Vice-President KENNETH M. ABLEMAN Executive Committee SARKIS SIMON Secretary- T reasurer Officers JAMES M. HORAN Executive Committee Committee Chairmen KEVIN R. KING DAVID E. REILLY ROBERT J. MACIEL RICHARD L. MERCANDANTE ROBERT A. FRACCASTORO