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

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Assistant Head Master ' s Message Congratulations to the members of the 151st anniversary class. As Assistant Headmaster of The English High School, for a year, I am most impressed with the tradition and commitment of both students and graduates of America ' s oldest public high school. Your years at English High hopefully have provided the founda- tion upon which you will build new friendships, as well as contribute to the business and professional opportunities availa ble. Never for- get that you will stand as testimony to your school, your family, and your community. Your training at English will prepare you for the road ahead. When I first came to English High School, I was told that here, boys become men, they have to grow up fast. Your class, on more than one occasion, proved that point. You may leave English, but you will never leave home, a place a happening, an experience, what every young person should be a part of. I am indeed happy that it was my privilege to be a part of that experience. With Best Wishes, Assistant Head Master ROBERT F. MURPHY Robert F. Murphy Ass ' t Headmaster Administrative Assistant ' s Message Dear Graduate: Congratulations, you are about to become a member of a distinguished group of men, The English High School graduate. Since the establishment of The English High School, the oldest high school in America, a host of young men like you have set a standard of service that is one of the most remarkable in the educational history of our nation. In light of your predecessors, you are charged with the great responsibility of service, the kind of service that has been the hallmark of The English High School graduate. The world that surrounds you needs peace and understanding. This need, if you try to meet it, will demand the best that is within you. Face this challenge, contribute to those around you, get involved, and above all, be committed to serve. GEORGE A. JOHNSON Vice Principal Assistant to Head Master, Vice-Principal George A. Johnson 8

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The Head Master ' s Message To The Class of 1972 It is a great temptation to call you, Fellow graduates. In a sense it is true. You make up the first class that I have been privileged to associate with for a full school year in the capacity of Head Master. We had to prove ourselves together. For that reason the Class of 1972 will be closer to me, in all probability, than any other. As the first graduate of English High School to reach the heights of the headmastership, no matter how temporarily, it has been for me a prideful and a humbling experience. Prideful be- cause, in common with all the other sons of Alma Mater, I have always looked with awe on the position. Humbling because the responsibilities of the position are so shattering at times that it is obvious that no one can be truly worthy of the Head Master ' s chair in a school with the heri- tage of English High. What success we have achieved, and believe me, we have been successful beyond the imagi- nation of objective outsiders, we have achieved together. I have been accused of giving you too much credit and too much freedom. Concerning the first charge, I can only reply that, without you, there would have been no English High School. With respect to the second complaint, I can say that all the results are not yet in. In the long run, I am convinced that your lives and your future records will prove me right. Remember that the two most notable characteristics of English High men are that they never give up on an objective, and they always stick together. As a class, it is my personal observation that the Class of 1972 has more than its share of these Blue and Blue characteristics. JAMES J. DOHERTY Acting Headmaster 7

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I take the opportunity, which the publication of this book presents, to extend my personal best wishes to the one hundred and forty-eighth cfass to graduate from this nation ' s oldest public high school. The turmoil of your first three years here prevented many of the traditional activities in which a class par- ticipates. These, however, are not traditional times. Out of chaos will come a new type of order— one in which education is more relevant to the student of today and tomorrow. If each member of the Class of 1972 has begun to understand his fellow man any better— not in spite of confusion but because of it, then one of the stated pur- poses of 150 years of education will have been upheld. In the words of Arthur Guiterman, For education is, making men. I hope the experiences you have encountered and the acquaintances you have made lead to greater con- cern and commitment toward other human beings. Sincerely RAYMOND C. DION Senior Class Advisor Raymond C. Dion As you read this message you will be involved with other persons and surroundings than those pictured in this yearbook. Your career at the English High school is a part of your past. Hopefully, your school has helped in preparing you for the situations you face today and will face tomor- row. Although some of your experiences at English High School may have been unpleasant, from them of- ten resulted something beneficial. One such example was Flexible Campus. Those of you who participated in mini courses or other similar programs in the school or those who at- tended a college, worked at a hospital as a school volun- teer or in other out of school programs, had the op- portunity to do something new and different. This ex- perience was hopefully beneficial and worthwhile. To the Class of nineteen hundred and seventy-two— Newest members in the legions of the BLUE and BLUE- I wish you well. Flexible Campus Co-ordinator CHRISTOPHER LANE Christopher Lane Flexible Campus Coordinator 9