Roxbury Memorial High School for Boys - Bostonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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'rl-rs BOSTONIAN ear Z? CLASS or 1942 THE CHESS CLUB WI' ,Jlvluderf J ioowclerfg FACULTY ADVISER After bemg supphed Wlth the necessary equlpment namely elbow pads and flnger pro defeatmg Huntmgton Preparatory School to the score 7 3 Boston Latm also was overcome by Memornal s conquermg horde 6 4 It was at Brookhne Hlgh School that d1saster first struck There the team learned that 1ce cream and cake do not m1x very well Wlth chess, especnally rf the members are more lnterested 1n ctmg 1ce cream than m playmg chess After th1s defeat Memor1al decxded also to serve 1ce cream to VlSlUI1g teams In thelr next match the Memornl team regamed the1r strlde and defeated Cambr1dge Latm, the state champlons, by the safe margm of 6 4 At the present wrntmg the R M H S Chess team IS well on 1ts Way to first place 1n the Greater Boston Chess League a pos1t1on never yet attained by our school The Chess Team of 1942 has been the most successful Memorlal has ever had The officers of the club are Presxdent Joseph Golden Vlce Presxdent Karney MHFBOSIHD Secretary Treasurer Harry Elgenmacht SENIORS B BOX ARNICK j GOLDI:1N I LITVIN D NIEISELVIAN H EIGUNNIACHT j LILBERNIAIN K MARGAROSIAN 5 NORMAN M EZRIN NI NVEISS agl M .wr W ,M . . . l C W7 s 3.4 , r ,T 's Q ' Q .EMI iid, ' 9 1 A ' tectors, the Chess Club started this year off by . , . . . , - 0 ' l , . . , . . . . T - 2 . Q I ' I 9 Y ' g '- , . . V . T Y .. . . ' 1 , ' 1, . r A V . A lv N. 1 A K'

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T1-12 BOSTONIAN ea, L7 c1.Ass or 1942 age ,.1,.. ALUMNI DUES COMMITTEE WL Pauf Z7 llamn FACULTY ADVISER In 'L1I1l0I1 tl'l6t'C IS strength Memorlal students know memberslup 1n the Alumn1 Assoc1at1on adds up The total IS now well above the S1500 mark and contxnues to grow Every dollar of every member IS s t r e t c h e d to 1nclude all the annual get togethers unt1l the death of the student and even after 1n Splflt Eventually the money wxll be used for a scholarshlp fund wh1ch 15 mdced 1 worthy cause There arc the members of the Alumn1 Dues COD1l11lttCC together wxth Mr Pearson the faculty adv1ser QThey look worn out don t theyaj The mem bers of the comnuttee have worked hard reachmg rlght down 1nto the students pockets and grabbmg that last mckel At tlmes they couldn t even find a nlckel after the semor plctures rmgs Ycar Book and class dues had taken thelr share of the loot The effort has not been ln vam for Roxbury Memorxal Hlgh a relatlvely new school IS bulldnng upon a firm foundatlon SENIORS J BAKER E RUBIN R CLARKE R PERKINS j GOLDEN M WEISS W ENNIS H RICH J MEZIAN R ADELSON A HARK R SULLIVAN y aol' ' I9 M4 1 . e . 1 1. 1.54121 98 ' Q ' ,T at., that every dollar paid for . . , , . s - 5 ' ' . , . . y . , , A, , i . . , . . , . , . . . . .

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THE BOSTONIAN QLm.ZZwL cLAss OP1942 age 100 GLEE CLUB 3 g anflJ uf' e DIRECTOR Lvery year at Christmas Roxbury Memorial High School has been given the honor of sendmg a group of pupils, sel cted from the Glee Club to the School Committee building on Beacon Street, to sing Christmas carols for the employees The Glee Club consists of boss who possess the ability to read and to sing music and IS open for all pupils who may Wish to enter The club meets every Friday in the auditorium and 1tS members are taught to learn music by parts Among the numerous act1v1t1es of this club were singing in assemblies in which soloists and the school octet were the principal participwnts, an opportu nity to join the Spring Festival Chorus, a group of singers from Boston, grouped together to learn .1 number of songs and to give concerts and radio programs SENIORS S CHMARA M HERSON J MEZIAN G GILLILR I: HURVITZ S NORMAN L HALBFRT M JUDGE G ROSILN THOMAS SLIWA WETSTEIN R WILKINS The guiding hand of this organization is its able director, Mr. Burke. . . . K.