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

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Assistant Head Master ' s Message The members of the Class of 1971 are to be commended and con- gratulated for having the necessary stamina and perserverance to fin- ish their high school educations despite the numerous disruptions to which our school has been subjected. It has been said that adversity is an accepted part of everyday living. For you to have met it at such an early age and to have successfully overcome it augurs well for your future success in business or the professions. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Eng- lish High School. We are proud to welcome you into the English High School Alumni Association and we hope that you will bring to the As- sociation the same spirit of loyalty and cooperation which you have shown during your undergraduate days. It is a pleasure for me to extend to each and every member of the class my heartiest congratulations and best wishes for the future. Good Bye and Good Luck. EDWIN F. BUTTERS Assistant Head Master Assistant Head Master Edwin F. Butters Administrative Assistant ' s Message The Boston English High School graduate of 1971 is challenged not only to become a man of honor and achievement but also to become a man of under- standing, love and peace. Accept this challenge as a commitment in your at- tempt to make a better world for your fellowman. GEORGE A. JOHNSON Assistant to Head Master, Vice- Principal George A. Johnson 8

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The Head Master ' s Message To The Class of 1971 To the Class of 1971- I am pleased to extend warm congratulations and sincere best wishes to each member of our grad- uating class. With fond memories of our family pride when my own children graduated, I will also congratulate your parents who will always share quietly in each success of their son. I am delighted that members of the Class of 1971 have done honor to themselves and to English High School with an excellent record of acceptances to institutions of higher learning. The sub- stantial scholarship awards won by members of the class continue the fine traditions of our school in this important and practical area. I am deeply regretful that so many days of normal schooling were lost this year due to profitless dissension. The knowledge that schools across the nation were similarly disturbed does not lessen the hurt within our student body. Further, I have a feeling of personal loss because my health has sepa- rated me from contact with your class during the final period of your Senior year. However, I am confident that a joint effort by all of us will produce solutions to our social prob- lems and, at that future time, every citizen of our great country will agree that liberty and justice are equally available to all. Good luck to each of you in your cont inuing education, in school or in life. Our nation will need every skill you can offer. However, I believe your greatest contribution will be a willingness to par- ticipate cooperatively in an orderly society. Only in such an environment may each one pursue his chosen career. JAMES W. DAI LEY Head Master 1

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Acting Headmaster Acting Head Master James J. Doherty In the last century a French philosopher, Emile Coue, came up with a philosophy that could be summarized by the statement, Everyday in every way I am becoming better and better. This will to excel, this burning determination to be number one, together with the spirit of brotherhood, has always epitomized English High School for me. We must and we will bring back both of these traditions. When we accomplish this feat, and you are the first class to be assigned this task, there will be a mutual benefit which will redound to you individually and collectively, and to the school which you hail as Alma Mater. In the words of General Shoup, its great commandant, that other eminent Ameri- can institution, the U.S. Marine Corps, believes it is the best, and therefore it must be the best. Go forth and believe that you are the best class, in the best school, with the best students, the best parents, and the best teachers, and you will be well on the way to bringing this to fruition. What is more important, tell the whole world about it, and see how quickly everyone else believes it too. JAMES J. DOHERTY Acting Headmaster 9