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

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PHOTOGRAPHERS Sidney J. Feldman, Frederick S. Cohen ART AND TYPING Seated (left to right): Serafim Kara- lexis, William J. Ford Standing (left to right): Paul W. Shumsker, Michael L. Steir. THE STAFF Seated (left to right): Arnold Z. Schneider, Mark M. Meltzer, Alan L Butters, Peter A. Fickeisen. Standing (left to right): Serafim Karalexis, Sidney J. Feldman, Michael L Steir, Lawrence E. White, Paul W. Shumsker, William Shorr. In Absentia: Martin Spiegel, Edgar Camell, Paul Sparrow.

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yearbook FACULTY ADVISOR Mr. Russell A. Langley BUSINESS EDITORS Seated (left to right): Harold I. Visnick, Gabriel J. Dimino

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Editorial Sidney J. Spiegel The time existed, a few centuries ago, when it was imma- terial that most of the world ' s population did not know how to read or write; did not know the simplest rules of mathematics; or did not know about the political and social systems which have been created. For in those days most f)eople were, in fact, if not in name, slaves to a system governed by an oligarchy. It was assumed that these rulers knew all that anyone needed to know. Today, we in the Western world engage in self-rule. This, however, is a very risky business. We now know that ruling ourselves is not a sufficient end in itself — for if we rule badly, we may be thrust back into a state of slavery. The task we face today is not merely to rule ourselves, but to rule wisely — so wisely that our own dignity along with the dignity of all man- kind is brought to light. And from where will this wisdom to rule come? It comes, of course, through the adventures of learning and understand- ing. We have come to learn that knowledge may be a dangerous thing. The search for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom must be pressed forward ever more energetically. For we know that whatever problems knowledge may bring us, they hardly transcend the distress created by those of ignorance. Today, as we are leaving English High School, we have acquired something more than just a diploma, we have acquired a foundation for the knowledge necessary to the proper guidance of both our lives and those of all mankind.