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

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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.

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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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THE BOSTONIAN Mear MDL CLASS OF 1942 BUGLE AND DRUM CORPS moflolfan DIRECTOR Under the able gu1dance of M Joseph W Donovan the Bugle and Drum Corps has ac compllshed wonders 1n lmprovmg umforms and equlpment Due to the present confllct and the xncrease 1n the cost of equlpment, at one t1me xt looked as though the Corps wouldn t be as snappy lookmg as last year After splendld co operat1on on the part of the boys, however, the equlpment was Hnally acqu1red The Corps has grown tremendously smce the begmnmg of the year It started Wlth approrumately twelve buglers and elghteen drummers Now there are twenty two buglers and twenty one drummers Wlth the very capable tu tor1ng of both Mr C Le1ts1nger and Mr J McHugh the Corps sounds very much hke a pr1ze wmner The officers and boys have worked together harmon1ously throughout the year and after a chance to practlse marchmg R M H S wnll have a prlze Wm mng Bugle and Drum Corps SIHNIORS C ARNOLD XY SHI A G GOI DBILRG G SONIVIIIRVILLY C1pta1n Lxeuttnant Top Sergeant Top Sergeant A GOSTAINIANI H CONINORS R LAWSAN R GRIFFITH I leutennnt Lxeutcnnnt Top Sergeant Sergeant I SAINTOS D FIELDS Lneuttnant Sergeant page 101 fn 1'. . s u as ' - - - 1 , , . . . . - - v .I 7 ' I R . 4 , . . . . . . I . 1 ' ' . 1 y Y V . . I . . . . ' , ' . v .- 3 V . ' I