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

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DR. PAUL B. CRUDDEN

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The Class of 1956 appreciates the proud privilege of being permitted to dedicate its Yearbook to Mrs. Elizabeth M. McGrath. That there never could be a teacher better versed in her subject, more adapt in im- parting her knowledge to her students is a truism. This, however, is only one phase, and by no means the most valuable, of her talents. What has even more endeared her to a generation of students is her un- failing patience, her warm sympathy, her indefatigable energy. No one has ever seen her impatient. In a word she was, like Chaucer's Gentil La- die , the epitome of all that is good, and noble, and womanly. Young men who came to her a hopeless Stutterer, under her patient teaching, have since become highly successful salesmen. Cther students with most annoying speech defects have become actors. The Class Day and Graduation programs which she directed, guided, all but created, were glorious and famous. We shall miss Mrs. McGrath. She cannot be replaced. Still, we have been fortunate. We have been blessed by her presence. It is the generations still to come to Mem- orial who will miss her most. ff .l

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A MESSAGE FROM Om Qfecwl 77144502 To the Class of 1956 Your departure from Memorial High School will leave a vold that future classes will find it difficult to fill Your school spirit was of the highest Your accomplishments were many and substantial You have achieved to a high degree all the ideals and spirit that is expected of intelligent and vigorous young Americans My congratulations to each and every one of you Some lessons that we have to learn in life cannot be taught in school Youth has not the maturity and experience to comprehend These lessons must be learned in large part by trial and error If the elements of thlese lessons are never comprehended if one is unable to analyze lifes experiences then these lessons go unheeded and our l1fe will be less successful because of our unawareness of certain basic fundamentals of life One of the lessons to be learned IS balance The balance to which I refer 15 the balancing of life s activities to the end that the human personality may be developed harmoniously All facets of life should be experienced The dxf ficulty is one of emphasis Most of us tend to devote too much attention to those activities of immediate interest and to neglect or ignore those which we consider of lesser lmportance If a man devotes an inordinate amount of time to business affairs he runs the danger of neglecting his social family and spirit ten deprives himself of the values to be obtained and experienced bv accom plishment Concentration on the practical aspects of life will blunt the ideals and esthetic spirit of man lf me become too interested in self our sympathy for and understanding of others problems rarely enter our consciousness If we become too objective eternal truths often escape us If We become too subjective much of reality for us does not exist The few examples of lack of balance will illustrate the dangers to mdivid ual development Man must be ever on guard to prevent over emphasis of certain aspects of life to the detriment of others Unbalance starts as a habit It may be a hab1t of doing or thmklng or both Each one of us makes his hab its and when firmly established habits then make us what we are Balance can only be achieved by watchmg the formation of our habits keeping our habits under control and examining ourselves from time to determme whether or not we are becoming too one sided in our development The key seems to be moderation in everything May your future development be balanced . . ' . , . , 7 . . . . . , . , . . - ual life. If one devotes a large portion of his time in seeking pleasure he of- . . . . V . A . , . , . , . , . 9 ' , ' - - s ez ' ' ' 11 . - 'Q ll ' 'f' ' ia E iQQRgn Q'