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

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Ghee History Roxbury Memorial High School for Boys, situated in the east wing of the building, will forever exist in the minds and hearts of those who attend it. How we, as freshmen, enjoyed the new experience of the large gymnasium and track and yearned to take military drill, the glamorous privilege of the upper classes! Also we remember our swinging talent show, the forums and sports activities, and the curiosity about what went on beyond that little green door. In our sophomore year we were still in the boys’ school. In sports our basketball team won the City Championship of 1958. The Bostonian kept us informed of sports events as well as of other happenings about school. The Schoolboy Parade was our first and last. We did our part to keep Memorial alive, helping circulate the alumni petitions. As juniors, we were deprived of military drill and gym because of the reduced enrollment. Also we were transferred to the west end of the building, beyond the mysterious door, and our curiosity was finally satisfied. This was our first year without a talent show. Sportswise, Dorchester was defeated by Memorial's football team for the first time, and our hockey team had its most successful season. Memorial's track team won the Class C relay in the State meet, and Toon went to the Nationals. Roxbury Memorial High School for Girls has undergone vast changes since we entered, welcomed by Dr. Nash at the Big Sister Party. We joined clubs, wrote for the Enterprise, and became aware of the “green door” at the end of the corridor. As sophomores, our class was greatly enlarged, and Miss Margaret C. Carroll became our headmaster. We were isolated on the third floor, but we remember class elections and Induction Day, when we learned the significance of Mother Memorial. We discovered what was behind the green door, but didn’t venture beyond it. As juniors, we were saddened by the decision to terminate R.M.H.S., which meant the departure of so many beloved teachers, but the few remaining upheld the spirit of Memorial. We moved to the second floor, still the underclass. The junior year was highlighted by Student Exchange Day, the Christmas-Chanukah Party, Career Day, Forums, and assemblies. The climax was the Green and Gold Jubilee at the Vendome. At last the ‘green door’ was partially opened when science and language classes became coeducational. We learned with sorrow that Miss Carroll would leave us. She was the headmaster who guided us through most of our high school career, instilling a respect for high standards of achievement and conduct. We hope that we may live up to the ideals she made us love, and that she will remember us as we remember her, with affection and gratitude. May we strive to make her always proud of us, for she never failed to encourage our every effort. Both boys and girls, combined as Roxbury Memorial High School, at last entered the senior year, so long awaited, the year of class rings, yearbook, class night, and the senior prom. We had hoped that we might have a junior class to lead and inspire, but forces beyond our control prevented this. Both schools had been combined under the boys’ head- master, Dr. Paul B. Crudden. In spite of their different backgrounds, both groups got along well, and our elected President, a girl, was unopposed. With such highlights as Induction Day, Christmas Party, the Fashion Show, and our revived track team, we upheld Memorial's spirit and ideals to the very end. 52

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ROW 1: Norma Berkowitz, Carolyn De Pina, Esta Titlebaum, Mel- Sheila Kohner, Marion Webb, Michael Donahue, Charles Munroe, vin Toon, Diane Kanter, Beth Klass, Robert Miller, Gretchen Cole- John Burke, Michele Winer, Steven Slotnick. man, Sandra Wallace, Roberta Lipnick. ROW 2: Joanne Sampson, WP arrall Sih ociely President: Amy Levine Vice President: Roberta Lipnick Secretary: Sheila Levine Treasurer: Laurence Kelley These students receive the highest honor that may be achieved in a secondary school. The letters C.S.L.S., imprinted on the national society's key- stone, mean CHARACTER, SCHOLARSHIP, LEADER- SHIP, and SERVICE, the attributes of a good citizen, one who should serve his country outstandingly. All the students who have met the standards of this highly selective society have achieved scho- lastic honors and have demonstrated interest and sympathy in the concerns of their fellow-students. Their generous service in school and in the com- munity has gained them much recognition. 54