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

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CLASS DAY EXEBCISES lll talk' J and yy1th smartness preelslon and aeeuraey the patrolmm does h1s duty or else' There IS no partmllty duty 15 placed aboye frxendshnp busmess eomes before pleasure The folloyylne IS 1 typ: eal eyeryday seene Un st eJ Seem Smlll patrolmm aeeosts tall student e1rry1n tyyo arm fu s of books Ind sus I-Iey you got 1 pass? The till one drops hxs books and grabbme a plss from hns shnrt poek et says tnmndly Hes slr ere Neyer yy1s there a seene sueh 1 the folloyym On st1geJ 5eene PIIFOIIUIFI looks up as student telrs by and says H1 51m where you gomgu and student replles Its only the thlrd pernod but Im hungry so Im eomg dovynstanrs for some luneh ly get m spuck1e Fmedman Qaga1nJ Novy that Mr Reardon had establxshed the Iron Guard and the school had been bunlt lf was deelded that Boston Latm School should serye as prep school for Memorxal s lI'ltClll2Cl'lISl2l but how about teachers? Thls problem was qulckly solyed by the absorptmon of the oy erflow at Meehanne Arts of a good doz enPhDsMDs1ndBX Dsly m orxal could noyy hold elasses Among other luxurxes a magmflcent swmmmmg pool for the eycclusxye use of the student body vy IS eonstrueted Those few and they were feyy yyho yyere for tunate enough to see and use It Conserv atrvely desernbe lf as folloyys Sey en hun dred fifty feet long Hye hundred feet wlde bunlt of green W vomnne, mlrble nn lard wnth gold trnmmmg haynng solxd alumxnum faueets at eaeh end to regulate the temperature and flow of vyater and wlth flye conyenlently located dlyrng boards all mmd you for the sole use and eonvxenee of the student body But yyhat has happened to thls magmfleent of mag mfleents thus glant of gmnts thls beauty of be1ut1es5 Alas dear students one svyeltcrme lfternoon a feyy members of the faeulty deended to take 1 short svum rn the pool In sp1te of the fact that xt yy 1s strlctly prnyate property these am bxtxous and syyeatme, Ph D s yynshed to refresh themselyes so gleefully pranemg lntO the svummmg hall they donned thelr latest lone, legged syylm sults and yuth upper and loyyer plates Hrmly glued into plaee they dly ed ofl three of the eon yemently loeated dnymg bowrds Alas alas oh yyoe oh vyoe for smee then we h1ye been deprny ed of our green Vs yommg marble pool Why you ask? Beewse the fxeulty pleased wnth the syyxm appropn 'ze the p ol5 Alas no you see that day the pool vyas dry and mstead of Cthrec splashes are heard from backstaeeJ there ynere only QThree heayy thuds are heard J INot only had we a svynmmmg pool but we also had a rrfle range 1n fact we stlll haye a r1fle range but how many people do you thlnk have eyer been nn the rxfle range and emerged ahyer In a recent ex pedxtnon mto 1ts mysterious depths led by an nntreprd adyenturer from Room 316 whose name for obylous reasons cannot be dxselosed the follovyms, buts of evldencc yyere dnseoyered fAUdlI0f1Um darkens and eurtams open part way 'ipothght throvyn on table betvyeen curtains Skull hatehet bones rnfle ehauns 1re plteed one by one on the table J Frnedman Qagam Here are the survwmg members of the expedmon and thexr de serxptnons of thexr eypernenee Inrst wntness Dnsgustmg' QI-Ie stag ers oil stage J Seeond yyxtness fCarr1ed 1n by tyyo stalvyartsJ Horrlblel fCarr1ed offJ Thnrd wltness Gruesome' QPasses out on stage J Fourth vyxtness QTells a truly awful tale of blood and sudden death ynvxdly IH double talkJ QCUFISIHS close and hghts go on J NIENIORIAL ANNUAL, June 1942 T ' V V' V V-'-' V, ' , , , , KV L , V VV VV V V V , . V ,U V' ,' ' ' V - I . V V V K -V. V V V he x V , ' ' V ' V ' ,' V V V V V, : V 1 V . VV V V' , . V V . ' VU, -s V: L L 1 ' , V' ' , C -Is , , VV 1 - Y cv ' f V 1' v, VV V' ' ' C' e n 9 I V M ev - V Y' 1 x , , . ei V 'V 1 V , . . ' .. 'I V, . 1 . f- ' -y xv -V, - V s V 4 - ' I ' Y ' , . . .V- V, ', V . , 'V' , 9. t ' ' ' ' 7 - ' V fs 'V ' h, V V V V ' . V ,V V V - - V V V V V. V V X-s V 15 V A V V V 'VV ' , V' VV- ' V V V V g. V . I, . . . ,V 'VV V. V . V V . V ,,V, ' , ,' '- .L . . . . , I , .. V V V V Vd . . , V . , .t 0 . , on V 1 I 7 I, I ll' 1 V V I , - V , V Q! 3 ' ' 9 V , V , ' , ' V V s Vs V VT , .V 7 x ' Q .V V. ki , , . O . , ' e a . . VV , , - V . Y. I Y . . . , , V V V V ' V s V1 '. - . , ,,. V .,, .. . . . t V ' 1 V ,. V V - V V , V V KV Y Y V '. Vs 1 ' V Vs I V . . , . . ,. . . . . Ie - . 7 A I 7 Y I , K . . K 7 , I e . , 7 t ', 'Q ' . ' . ' , . V . A I 3 ' , , , - V . yt V 1. 4, E. V. V - I 5 .. . - Y Y x 1: ' il ' I - 1 K, A . . x . Y , . V A X . - 3. . h I .V . Y X N Y 4 . 4 ' 7 ' ' ' ' 5 A b 7 . '. 7 7: e 3 e e ' ' Vs V- my V V V' 2 l y x Y v r ' . , . V . I D V 5 V yi V V V - V ' - V V V V v' 1 - V , . x Y.. 7 Y ' ' ' V 3 x '

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CLASS DAY EXERCISES utt to h OyLrturL NL 4 'yl1rLh Addrus Nlr 'yI1stLrson Addnss GLr1ld Xllfgll pPrLs1dLnt Cbuthx to 'yllrglls spLLLhJ Pres Nlargll Xnd noyy yylth muLh :ado .lb nut nothlns, I prLsLnt thL Lhalrmin of thL Class Day Lomm1ttLt Edymrd HUYWIIZ Hurvntz Rollms Grnfhth .1 tnlcntcd mLmbLr of our Class vynll play yyhllc vyc smg, has Class Sons. QCLASS SONG SUNG HLRIQJ Very good boys and to get us baLk on Lcyy Lltym yynll ay or u flammatus by Rossxnl 'CCRNILT SOLO HPREJ Bctorc Vlr NX hxtchousc leads thL numbcr one sLhool band of Boston nn The Army 1nd Nayy Nl.1rLh Gerald Cabltt and Ben lohnson yylll LINC us thL mosts of our C llss QSUPI Rlffl IXI S RI AD HI Rlj QSLHOOI BANDJ O lglllllly vyL huln t p 1nnL yn fo lownt, numbLr but duL to thL QULLLSS s oust IS ,1 L 1r1nLt1st p L fbfkllx Ill HLrson yylth Stardust th sam 1 onL Q Thar you all lxnt yy yy Is Saxy HLrson playlns., Stlrdust R NI H S noyy prLsLnts thL mam fem turL of thL program The C,,1y.1lL.1dL of NlLmor1al yyr1ttLn Ifflllgkd and pri duLLd by Nkrton Fr1Ldm1n BLn1.1m1n ohnson and mysLlt dI'll'l1.lflZLLl by thL Qliss D1y Lomm1ttcL yylth thL hLlp of Nlorton HLrson and d1rLLtLd by 'yILrton I r1Ldm.1n nlroduLt1on ILyy1s xty 4b,1L stu oybury xlLl I1UI'lll Lx1Lt y y .lt IFILIU IIISIIIUIIUH s um L wL Lmrm I ' k IL 7 your ss 15 mst xy 111 l ll lu IL I X' ll I1 I x l ls st1pLrstruL FL nll lllllinklwll. lil lXIl llx L ILI1 Ml NIORIXI Kxxt x1,junL19-P lI'lLLI111Fl lblLlxSIlL,Cl Om. hzlf 1 QLOFL md thrLL NLJYS ILO our flthcrs brouLht forth upm thus plot uf ground 1 myy SL ool LUIlLLlXLd no doubt by Xlr Reardon md dcd1L1tLd to thL 1pp1rLntly lll0'L,lLll :md obynously foolmsh proposltlon that 111 men .1rL LrL1tLd Lqu1l ALLord1n3.,ly ln 1922 thL Cnty of Boston Publ1L Works DLp1rt mLnt eny1s.1 ms, 1n opportumty to BINL vyorly to some nLyyly hnrcd p1ss1g,e excava tors fd1tLh d1LLL.I'S to youy qpproprlatcd the tndy sum of umptccn mllhon dollars for thL creLtxon of a buxldmf., for the edu catlon of the ccluLable of Boston s Lonvcn ncntly loLatcd suburbs The result Roxbury Mcmornal Hugh SLhool yyhnLh LODIZIIDS no less than 21 873 wmdoyy panes fBreak1n3, of 3.,lass ns heard Pardon mc folks Zl 872 yymdow panes A sLLnL luke the folloyyma, probftbly took D pl.1Le COn SIll,LJ Pl.1Le 'ylayors OHILL dimly l13,htLd Ch1r1LtLrs Nlayor ind pollLL LUH1 IUISSIUHLI' P Your Honor nt I9 h1Lh t1mL th II dns tlL ITILJSUILS bc t.1kLn to nd thL Royburv IJISIFILI of the juyLn1lL Lrnmmll ClLmLnt Slr l proposL the LonstruLt1on of a houst of LorrcLt1on to nLLomod1tc the mLnt:nlly yLlopLd youth of that fzur suburb Nlayor Luellcnt my LlL:1r Lomm1ss1onLr LXLL Lnt We Lan use thL funds L t oyu' from thL rcLent auLt1on of left hlnd Ld monlLLy yyrLnLhLs at thL VlusLum of FmL Xrts r1L man 1 ,tml Thus thL funds or ylLmorml yyLrL 1lloL1tLLl XX hLn ln thL LoursL of humin c-yLnts lf LIIDL I1LLLSS1l'X Il pruyl L or t L Lllm m mn LL LnsL promotL t L LnLr1 yy Llf1rL 1nL LLIYL thL uLss1nLs t I Lrty to o r yLs TL ut pos Lrlty I pltrr SystLm yylx Lstl 1sL L IDN I LFLL lslll ll KI IS I UNL FLPFUIL t rL1 O you ro L L U L 1 UH l. S11 ' t c lilag 'rl . : ' . '- . 4 9 ' . II. .. ,-A ' 1 A A - .. IH. A A A A, lu, -,-. t ' . 3 . -'wh , Iv. --'-. L 3 - , . .L .3 U ,. . LQQAAH ,,jA l . Y v 1 . I V . . . l l key, 1 1' ' 'A pl f s In- - . A A AA A I '7 V A A AH , . V Y . I, A l A.AA,, ,ZA vA, Z. ' rf! . 1' . ' l. 'Ll 4 thu - I w A, .A , .A AC: AA j - . A A, .ol 4. 'l. ' ' '. , l r'- H ' ' by 1 ,A , , ' , A- 1 ' ' 'A uf' , on c x 1- ' '- ' V- ' - - ' ' 1 - - , yh '. ' , .ls 1' ' 1', 1' A , - A N A- Cafmlfh-lflf unLlcrdcy'cloped and physically ovcrde- X' v' ' ' I'-d : L.gA 1 ' f l 1 D 'G If 'in 'ls .gcj: A f ' 1 lf B- l , 'f R 1 1' . ' Q , Q lA' y'h is il? b:-A . A 1, A sd,f h, - , A . l' Aon? :Xu ' ' ' ? :Xu .x y'- L 1.f. .y , h, . Al ,. A .A l P .VX vmgl- of l-. ng, .us Il1gY A y NC. . ,lI, ' A, U' Ish. I, U . wa ulLl hay us bell wc? HRK ll lllli, A' WI f- Al, 1 lr g- ' 3 hc A .I v' - .ws ' il -1Sf'111!- H1 '- Wh- hs- -A - .bl' h-d. The -Hit-'Q Ly of his hll l hu c L'C lo of his, ' - N- .1 il ' L i ,1 ' Ab -. . A IU '- this l ' ' 4 'l 'Ll4c? l.is- ryoiuc from hc '. r. H h, 1' b lv ' Z' my littl' .1rm, y' u broly- my' lille Q Y Q. .' . , .'. ' , ' -

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CLASS DAY EXERCISES Frledman Qcontlnuesj Our lnvestlteators, however, boegcd down when fhlS black lack was found fSomeone appears carry ml, a gleantlc clubj The followlng was wrltten ln gl0WlHg black and whlte figures 3 05 ThlS was obslously the prlce and of no value as a elue Rest assured however, that the lnwestleatlon wlll be contlnued Onee upon a tlme somethlng, new was added to the all male student body Guess what? fGlrls xoleesj Thats rleht females' What happened to them you 1sk9 Well Csereamj that was all brother' The members of the new Roxbury Memorlal ln keeplnl, up wlth the laegelng, tlmes, formed an avlatlon elub A beau tlful new multl enelned bomber no doubt the forerunner of the B19 and com plete ln every detall, was purehased from the geoxernment at a prlee too fabulous to mentlon INothln3, could be too good for our students Week ln and week out thls super alrcraft was taken apart pleee by pleee Clxnoeklng, of hammer heard from behlnd eurtaln J Week IH 1 d week out thls super alreraft was put to geether agaln plete bv pleee But thls Nlemorlal seene for one day two ambltlous students tlred of SlI'l1PlX taklng, lt apart and puttlnl, lf together lelln deelded t'11t now was the golden opportunlts to learn how to tlx Ind keeplne ln mlnd the faet that a book report was due on the morrow these future O Hares took the plane apart, carrled It PICLC bv PICLC to the roof, and puttlne II together aealn fCUfI2lDS open and two fellows are seen POUI'ldlDi, on an old erate wlth ham mers One lumps ln, and as the other pushes hlm off stage they slnej they lumped ln, started the multl motors nd as they dlsappeared lnto rhc golden horlzon the followlne straln floated through th pen xentllltors of the Nlem Ufll Now that we haxe wlnl.,s o an Ml NIORIAL AvsIeAl,june1947 angel, Over these prlson walls we do fly By 1942 the prowess of Nlemorlal s football team was both respected and feared over the entlre contlnent CCurtalns open reveallng., three green and gold athletes lh traek pants throw mg a baseball around CUYIJIHS close The seores amassed bv the Green and Gold stalwarts were enoueh to lngtll fear ln the hearts of any future eompetltors Llsten to these seores S IN em ue Hlll Ave Prep 3 Vlem Du e Unlv 0 Mem 37 C Hleh N1 m Slmmons 0 Mem 0 fWe were lust belns, polltej Even to thls day just the memory of by gone defeats has eaused sexeral of our for mer eompetltors notably WISCOHSOH, Yeshlva Teeh Bryn Nlawr and Slmmons to baek down every a ehallenge was hurled ID thelr dlreetlon PXCI' LSIORV' lrledman Thus over a perlod of 13 Qwrt but trlumphant years the nime of Row bury Memorlll has beeome a synonym for sueeess for power and for determlnatlon lrom 1 erewassc ln the road of llfe It has future leaders of these Unlteel States spend some three neeesslry years You the adlenee haxe seen If grow IIS luxurles whleh neser fully or eompletelv materlal lze you haxe seen the past you are maklng, the present Hear the sentlments and OPINIONS of your teaehers about you Vlr Reardon Colossal nerwe' Nlr XlLCOfD1lLk Ils sont fous' Nlr Gross They are always preylng, on my Vouth and lnnoeenee These mlnd sou are unblased OPINIONS Now let us peer lnto the future CHouse llehts dllTl as eurtalns open re eallnl, a ersstal eazer seated at a tab e oser a elowlnl, ball txln Ibaekstleej Ulm heures are taklnl, outllne ln erystal ball lt 19 Vbashlneton 75 v v ' , ' A I ' i - - I r Q. ' y - ' - ' v ', ' ,' e . . ' ' , , 1 ' 'U 1 . A ,' ' A' . ' Bl. .-6- lt .-128 H -- -. , Bl ' . .- -. .-ss . . , 1 A V , ll ' .- -. .- . B. . l' -9-l C .-65 ' , ' ' v r' fvv' 1 ' A tv A . . X . . Q I - , , . - A A, vl ' , - 1 - . ' 7' - 9 - 9 ' ' Y A Y 1 x I . - Y A w ' V 7 V A' Q Y ' 7 l . Y . ' ' A l A ' ' . A ' . Y ' l ' I ,, 1 . - A ' A . A .n 1 '. . ' . 1 v ' 1 ,,' - Y. - .. 1 ' ' 11 1 ' ' -1 '1. 'W I K - 1 1 H ' ' ' t too, was destined to disappear from the been built into a temple in which the A 1 ' R- , 1 y ' ' 1. t 1 1 ' 1 it 1k X 1 V ' - ' .1 f ' 1 A 1 1- K 1 1 J ' - A V I yi s ayA- ' -. y A A 1 , 1, ' y yl: .mi 1 x n ' ' I ' n ' r v ' 1 1 , '- 1 -1 e 1 1 1 As . 11, L ' A1 ' ' - 4 dit. , K , , .. K . r- ' , 1 1 1 ' 1 , . . A ' ' ' ' A - l . . ' : . ' ' v l . xv 7 . Y A y - 1' - , ' . . I ' H ' 1 A ,V v A A I I ' - Y , 1 V Y i V 7 3 D l G , .K 1 A A 1 A y sxv f A Av ' 1' ,lr 1 1 by QU- 1 Ili 'W I Y V .. A . . A -