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

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In recognition of the importance of the printing industry, the governors of the Commonwealth have set aside each year, to be known as Printing Week, the week in which falls the birthday of that great patriot and printer, Benjamin Franklin. The various printing organizations and the Franklin Society pay homage to their patron. The rededication of the Franklin statue in front of City Hall is part of the program in which the Roxbury Memorial senior printing students participate. In the absence of the Honorable John F. Collins (incidentally a graduate of Roxbury Memorial), we were greeted by Deputy Mayor McMorrow, who addressed the group and presented our own Kenneth McKinnon, who de- livered an excellent oration on Franklin. 67

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ROW 1: Sandra Bessin, Evelyn Porges, Ada Sims, Phyllis Kaplan, Linda Freid. ROW 2: Mr. Bortnick, David Weinerman, Leonard Sale 68 Holtzman, Joel Abrams, Robert Paulson, Stephen Gold, Philip Pa- cino, Melvin Toon. ommittee Lights! Camera! Action! These were familiar words of the backstage crew during rehearsals for Induc- tion Day, forums, Christmas, and other assemblies. This crew with their cooperation and coordination were essential to producing perfect performances every time. Very often you might have had a chance to pass through the assembly hall, stunned by the clatter of the ‘‘mikes’’ about the stage, the flashes of the light bulbs, and the rip-roaring sounds from the sound boxes. Had you been a newcomer to our fair estab- lishment, you might have thought the world was at its end, but it was only the striving members of the crew, preparing for another assembly that's sure to be a success.