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

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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 -

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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 l D C It IS Sunday and Capltol Hlll IS catapulted mto an uproar oyer the tele traphlt news that mysttrlous plants haye bombtd tht tasttrn toast not onte not twlce, but thrnte and Presldent Robert Curran has called an lmmedtate sessxon of hts tabmtt and senate ltadtrs Statttrmt down the Whttt House corridors wnth h1s advnsers Stcrttary of State Gardntr Set retary of Treasury Carroll Attorney Gen eral Lteberman Secrttary of Var Rubm Sttrttary of lNayy Curtlop and Sttrttary of the lnternor Xalmsky tv1n ag,a1nJ The crystal xs cloudmz no no want the mtsts are tltarmt The sttne IS Phnladtlphta thtrt are 2 tops tr polxttmtn Their fates are blurred see them now they art Alfrt Garsch1tk and George Sarruda Thty attost a suspxtxous lookmg., stranttr who turns out to be why 1ts tht bttr ltmt, Btrnard Dubmsky Garschnck Vfhat are you loafing here or? Dubmsky Im wattmgt for my partntr Sarruda Whats he doxng' Dubmsky Hts robbmg a house down tht strtet What IS th1s7 Somtthmg, tmportant seems to be brewmt ah yts tts Samuel B C1nnamon who was valtdlctorlan of Rox bury Mtmornals class of 69 Ooxtt of tobatto auttxonttrj P S Ht has lust wrxtten a letter to tht draft board asltmt, lf he could do hls traxnmg by torrespond ente He was he evplamed alltrttt t btans and prunts I set .1 famlllar txty It IS Boston There has just bttn tht premxer of Nathan Frnedmans Concerto No 13M 1n two flats and a basement for the ltft handed saxophomst Tht tonttst ants art Morton Herson and tht Phnl harmomt Symphony of Blut Hnll Avenue under the baton of Maestro Herbert Dulman 1Retord of the tumng up of a symphony orthtstra playedj Says solotst Herson f0IlOWll'l5 the contert I 76 H would haye been better lf I hadnt one foot nn the grooye Now I ste that oyertrown muslt room Carnetne Hall The Frtefejedman l'am1ly Cholr Merton Martln Sumner Henry Nathan Isadore and Mark under the dnrectnon of that famous baton twlrler Cornelxus Ktlly hast lust ltmped through three choruses of the Xultar Boatmen and the audnence now responds nn a ytry substantml manner to the tune of sux doztn ovtr rnpt tomatots md rhrtt not so hot applts Ah here IS Morrns Hntks restdent psytholoktust at the Wortesttr State Hos pxtal ttllnnt a tonftrentt of psytholotlsts and psythxatrnsts m Butte Montana that wlthout .1 doubt The Basxt Wrmngs of Slgmund Frued are defimtely nn the errata and should be dropptd from tolltg, lnbrarnes Prtssed for a reason psytholo KL,1Sf Hltks replned yours not to questlon why yours but to do or due Ht IS now under observation at tht Psvthopathtt VL ard of Btlltyue Hospxtal In tharte of the tase are the emment dottors Arthur Hoffman Martin Ftlstem Herman Geller Onte mort wt return to Boston thts txme to Symphony Htll whtrt pnano ynrtuoso Xladlmar Hagar ns fatmt tht thundermg, applause of the audnentt He turns to ward the pnano but whats thxs theres pnano Iyldtntly Manattr ohn Matlttod has fortotttn to put nt thert The tonttrt IS cantelled But now my eyes are trred I can see no more 1nt0 the future and I must leave Howeytr btfore I to I tan saftly predltt that from yntwmg the future the Class of 42 wnll be wrthout a doubt the most talented and most actomplnshtd graduatxng, class m Nltmornal s tlornous hnstory S2 00 PLI:ASL urutz Thanks fellows for your Hne support And W1 h the smgmg, f Mother Memornal we conclude our Class Day exerttses QSchool band plays the exnt march J MPMORIAI ANNUAL June 1942 , . . . . , V Q V V - Y - Y VV , . V. V V V V V - KV V V 1 1 x x x - V N Y. I S' V V - , . l S A l S 7 1 V A V ' . ' 1 s 1 vvx r I I I . k , V 'V ' V V K ' V V1 - V . tr V s V V V V- , V , S 1 , V 1 7 - ,I - V V - . x Y VV . H . , , V . . ',t ,V V VV V 'V- -I 'V V V- ' s V V V. , . . . , . - - X V . Y. u . F- . . .i . C - t V V - - - - . , ' ,D V, ,' 1 . V , V . A ., l- ' 1 I i x x ' T . x ' 7 w 1 sm V y'- . , K I .W x . i I 1 N .A V . 1 - V - , I , V. Vd ,' V H '. I- ' , . .1 E V ,, . . t. . 'V' ' , - ,V V . V . ,,,, K , . ,. . . T V 1 V Vs 1' V ' ' V . A , , . . , E . V y. .N . uv . ' V ' 'V V V V ' V ' : ' v - , , , A V .V Q . , V. V , V V . . r s - - ' . , . . , I , . V- - . . - - V VV V V V t . . - V V V V s V V . , . X . 1 V - V . t , , ' , . . , . A V VLV 1? . ., t v - . - ' V V V ' 'V - , - V a - V V 4 , - , A V V V -,I . V . - y no I .AV V V ,V J . ,,. I . , ,. K. , x 1 Y 1 - h Y x ' 7 w -1 ' t V V ' , ,'. ' . , . , K 0 U 1 ' lk- f - - - - V . V VV V , - V V '. V V I - .V V V', ' V - r ' V tt V . . VV- Y . . . ' 5 7 i U - i Q V . . , . . - A . , A , , . 1 A - '- ' : - V . - V ' V V' . , H ' v V . t Y 0 , - U - VV , - V V - V ls . . V V .. . ' ,- 7 K VV . V . .V , 1