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From YouTube: Boston Latin School Annual Dinner 2017
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Students, teachers, and alumni of the Boston Latin School gather at the Marriott Long Wharf for their annual dinner. Distinguished guests are honored for their contributions to BLS, including Stanley J. Salett '55 and Michael G. Contompasis '57.
A
B
It
is
my
great
pleasure
to
welcome
to
welcome
you
to
this
annual
celebration
of
Boston
Latin
School
as
class
president
I
have
the
tremendous
honor
of
representing
over
400
of
the
most
talented,
hard-working
dynamic,
beale
MBOs
devoted
individuals
you'll
ever
meet.
We
are
artists
in
athletes,
composers
and
competitors,
community
leaders,
activists
and,
above
all,
students
that
have
dedicated
to
a
Latin
School
tradition
that
rewards
our
hard
work
in
scholarship,
with
friendship,
confidence
and
skills
that
lead
to
a
rewarding
life.
B
I
am
honored
to
be
among
here
among
you
tonight
to
share
this
celebration
and
to
let
you
know
that
when
it
comes
to
the
class
of
2018
your
school
well,
our
school
could
not
be
in
better
hands
on
a
long
and
sometimes
seemingly
never-ending
journey
from
class
6
to
graduation.
My
classmates
and
ourselves
find
ourselves
nearing
the
end
of
our
Latin
school
days,
though
I
must
admit.
June
still
seems
a
very,
very
long
way
away,
but
I
know
I
speak
for
the
class
at
large.
B
B
B
A
C
Here
is
the
2017
edition
of
BL
s.
Trivia.
The
award
for
the
first
complete
set
of
correct
answers
is
two
tickets
to
a
Red
Sox
game
in
the
spring,
or
maybe
early
summer.
You
will
find
paper
at
your
tables
untold
better
than
napkins
for
your
sponsors
and
by
the
way
fat.
The
tall
C
own
single
play
by
the
way,
no
use
of
technological
aids.
C
C
C
Second,
one
alia
yokte
East
and
the
third
I'm,
a
werewolf
quakecon
Oh.
C
A
B
E
If
you've
translated
the
program,
it
says
that
now
we're
going
to
create
a
toast
and
we're
going
to
toast
to
individuals
and
an
institution,
the
two
individuals
we
are
honored
to
have
with
us
this
evening.
Both
of
them
have
careers
that
really
echo
the
giving
back
and
the
commitment
to
helping
those
less
fortunate.
E
A
F
F
F
F
It
makes
this
a
special
evening
for
all
of
us
by
allowing
faculty
and
young
alumni
and
most
important
students
to
be
with
us
here
this
evening
and
with
a
special
recognition
for
the
students
who
are
here
just
starting
out
in
the
back
corners,
but
one
day
they
move
to
the
front
tables
right.
But
thank
you,
students
for
giving
us
reason
to
be
here
for
the
work
that
we
do
to
support.
You.
F
And
I'd
like
to
give
special
gratitude
to
our
Gold
Sponsor
CCS,
fundraising
consultants,
who
have
been
our
Stallard
partners
during
the
perpetual
campaign
for
the
last
four
years,
so
I'm
really
grateful
to
Kate
and
Chris
for
the
work
that
they
have
done
and
it'll
have
allowed
the
campaign
to
be
so
successful.
So
thank
you,
CCS
for
sponsoring
us
this
evening.
F
Let
me
let
me
tell
you
about
Marta
and
Alessandro,
because
they
are
not
just
gold
sponsors,
but
they
are
legitimate,
solid
gold,
Boston,
Latin,
School
family.
They
are
the
parents
of
a
young
alumni
Allegra
who
graduated
in
June
who's.
Now
a
freshman
at
Harvard
and
Allegra
has
has
following
behind
her
brothers
in
class
2
class,
4
and
class
6,
who
are
desperately
trying
to
keep
pace
with
their
sister
and
I
thought.
It
was
a
futile
quest
on
their
part.
F
Until
I
they
had
had
the
opportunity
to
see
young
federico
from
class
2
when
he
walked
in
with
his
father
this
evening,
federico
sitting
back
there
in
the
corner
and
federico,
like
all
of
you,
guys
outside
Federico's
back
in
that
corner
over
there.
So
all
of
you
guys
have
reason
to
be
proud
and
we
have
reason
to
be
proud
of
all
of
you.
But
I
learned
tonight
that
Federico
was
just
crowned
last
night.
The
dual
County
League
MVP
for
boys
soccer.
F
So,
truly
truly
even
without
Federico's
accomplishments,
I
would
say
wonderful
things
about
Martin,
Alessandra
Monta
is
a
trustee
of
the
BLSA
and
Alessandro
is
on
our
investment
committee.
They
do
so
much
for
all
of
the
kids
of
Boston
Latin
School.
So
thank
you
for
your
sponsorship
and
all
that
you
do.
Thank
you.
F
A
lot
of
you
know
Sid,
and
those
of
you
who
don't
should
the
guy
is
at
the
ready
with
the
compliment
whenever
you
turn
around,
he
told
me
tonight
of
the
top
100
best
looking
men
in
the
room
tonight,
close
so
Sid
it
was
on.
It
was
fortunate
for
me
that
you
paid
me
such
a
high
compliment
before
I
had
the
opportunity
to
thank
you,
because
I
wanted
to
remind
everybody
of
the
privilege
we
had
two
years
ago
when
sin
was
recognized.
F
So
boys
and
girls
in
the
back
of
the
room,
if
your
history
teacher,
has
hadn't
told
you
I'd
like
to
let
you
know
that
1953
was
a
different
time
for
the
world
and
for
the
boys
at
Boston,
Latin
School.
So
thank
you.
Syd
I'm,
sorry
Deanna's
not
with
us
this
evening,
but
thank
you
for
your
fidelity
and
making
tonight
possible.
F
F
There's
been
so
much
excitement
and
attention
surrounding
rachel's
appointment
as
the
headmaster
that
it
really
obviates
any
need
for
me
to
recite
to
you
or
credentials,
academic,
accomplishments
or
professional
achievements.
Her
many
substantial
and
numerous
accolades
prizes
and
awards,
including
among
them,
being
recognized
by
all
of
us
in
2011
as
the
Boston
Latin
School
outstanding
recent
graduate.
F
The
truth
is
yes.
She
is
simply
that
good.
So,
instead
I
want
to
tell
you
about
the
Rachel
I've
known
for
nearly
nine
years.
First,
as
a
trustee,
Rachel
interviewed
me
for
the
job
I
now
hold
and
later
I
knew
her
as
an
alumna
living
for
many
of
those
years
down
in
Washington
DC,
where
she
was
active
among
alumni
there
and
spoke
at
one
of
our
chapter
dinners
and
through
those
years,
though
distance
kept
her
far
from
Boston.
F
So
it's
really
Rachel's
personal
attributes.
In
my
mind
that
earned
her
the
responsibility
that
she
now
has.
So
let
me
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
what
I
know
about
Rachel
Skerritt.
She
is
warm
and
engaging
sharp
and
clear
thinking.
She
is
savvy
and
clever
and
guided
always
by
an
unfailing
devotion
to
the
development
intellectual
personal
of
the
children
in
the
schools
in
which
she
works
and
per
important,
perhaps
to
nobody
in
this
room.
F
But
to
me
she
is
persuasive
and
passionate
and
powerful
in
presenting
the
case
for
support
for
Boston
Latin
School,
King
Midas
himself
would
envy
her
touch
and
I
could
put
my
hands
on
a
$125,000
check
to
prove
it
to
you.
Having
met
somebody,
forty-eight
hours
later,
I
received
a
check
for
$125,000
saying
how
grateful
he
was
that
Rachel
was
at
the
helm
of
Boston
Latin
School.
So.
F
F
D
We
have
a
long
way
to
go
in
the
program,
so
we
should
probably
sit
down
and
get
started
thanks.
So
much
for
those
kind
words.
Peter
you've
been
absolutely
terrific.
Getting
me
up
to
speed
on
all
things.
Association
related
and
I
try
to
be
a
quick
study,
so
I'd
be
failing
as
a
pupil.
If
I
didn't
think
the
many
of
you
here
tonight
who've
contributed
to
our
prima
Perpetua
campaign.
D
To
date
we
have
three
million
dollars
remaining
toward
our
goal
and,
while
the
amount
we've
raised
so
far
as
virtually
unprecedented
in
public
education,
I
can
tell
you
from
walking
the
building
speaking
to
our
faculty
from
seeing
the
opportunities
that
could
benefit
students.
If
we
had
more
recent
resources,
I
can
tell
you
that
the
need
is
indeed
real.
Our
science
classrooms
are
antiquated
our
beautiful
auditorium
space,
though
historic
needs
critical
upgrades
that
would
allow
it
to
better
serve
programming
across
academic
disciplines
and
the
arts
programming
that
would
only
be
amplified
through
more
investment
Peter.
D
How
is
that
all
right
friends
I
am
so
happy
to
be
home
and
honored
to
serve
as
Latins
twenty-eight
headmaster.
There
are
a
few
people
without
whom
I
would
not
be
in
this
privileged
position,
most
notably
being
my
mom,
who
was
home
watching
my
Zachary
tonight,
and
knowing
that
Zack
is
being
spoiled
by
his
grandmother
on
evenings
like
this,
when
I
can't
be,
there
makes
long
work
nights
possible,
also
headmaster,
America,
Cornelia
Kelly,
who
served
as
headmaster
during
my
tenure
as
a
teacher
at
BLS.
Yes,
we
should
give
miss
Kelly,
a
ham.
D
D
If
you
know
miss
Kelly,
you
know
she's
serious
about
dressing
for
the
business
of
Education.
Okay.
Now,
if
she
was
known
that,
if
you
saw
a
teacher
in
the
hallway
who
wasn't
wearing
a
tie,
you
know
she
was
known
to
say:
sons
cravat
mr.
Smith,
so
when
I
joined
the
faculty
I
knew
that
it
was
a
denim
free
zone.
D
I
did
but
one
day
we
were
taking
the
60s
on
a
field
trip
and
there
was
going
to
be
a
lot
of
walking
involved
in
it
and
we
were
gonna
leave
right
after
first
period,
so
I
thought
you
know.
Maybe
I
can
just
wear
jeans
and
sneakers
be
a
little
bit
comfortable.
There's
no
way
she's
going
to
see
me
I'm
only
in
the
building
for
60
minutes,
as
luck
would
have
it.
D
It
was
the
last
time
I
ever
wore
jeans
on
a
school
day
in
my
life,
headmaster,
America,
dr.
Mooney,
Tata
and
I
became
Boston
Public
School
Headmaster's
the
same
year.
I
have
truly
appreciated
our
collegial
relationship
over
the
past
decade
and
having
the
opportunity
to
see
so
many
exciting
new
programs
and
opportunities
for
students
that
have
been
developed
at
Ladin
over
the
last
10
years
and
I
look
forward
to
continued
collaboration
in
the
years
to
come,
and,
of
course,
I
am
eternally
grateful
to
headmaster,
emeritus,
Connor
posses,
who
told
me
in
the
BLS
main
office.
D
Mr.
Cee
told
me
in
the
main
office
in
December
1994
that
I'd
been
accepted
early
decision
to
the
University
of
Pennsylvania.
Twelve
years
later,
he
announced
my
appointment
as
headmaster
at
another
course
to
college,
as
he
was
serving
as
superintendent
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools
at
the
time
and
in
between
those
two
milestones,
he's
remained
available
for
council
and
he
played
the
most
critical
support
role
over
the
past
year
and
a
half
as
he
has
expertly
steered
the
ship
and
made
this
transition
so
smooth
for
me,
as
we
say.
Thank
you
this
evening.
D
D
We
won't
embarrass
them
anymore
for
now
also
deserving
of
appreciation,
as
I
consider
my
journey
to
this
moment
as
mr.
bill
Shaw
bell
class
of
57,
whom
I've
known
since
he
sponsored
me
and
three
of
my
classmates
to
spend
the
summer
before
our
senior
year
on
Penn's
campus
for
a
six-week,
pre-college
program.
I
fell
in
love
with
the
school
and
with
the
boy,
but
the
boys
for
another
day.
D
Okay,
that
story
and
knew
that
it
was
the
only
school
for
me
since
then
he
served
as
a
mentor
and
a
cheerleader
through
all
of
my
professional
endeavors
and
his
enduring
friendship
means
a
great
deal
and
before
mr.
Shaw
bel
noticed
me,
there
was
mr.
Tom
Phillips
class
of
42
at
a
dinner,
not
unlike
this
one.
During
my
later
high
school
years,
I
was
seated
at
his
table.
D
After
performing
with
the
show
choir,
we
struck
up
a
wide-ranging
conversation
over
dinner
and
in
May
of
1995
I
received
the
Phillips
scholarship
on
prize
night,
which
alleviated
my
undergraduate
student
loan
debt.
Unfortunately,
mr.
Phillips
couldn't
be
here
with
us
tonight,
but
I'm
so
grateful
for
his
seeing
something
in
me
that
made
him
want
to
invest
in
my
future.
We
also
have
some
distinguished
guests
this
evening
that
I'd
like
to
briefly
recognize
city
councillors,
Andreev
Campbell
class
of
2000
and
Matt
O'malley
class
of
97.
D
He
and
I
had
a
critical
conversation
as
I
was
considering
applying
for
this
job
and
for
that
I
sincerely.
Thank
you.
So
I
officially
started
the
job
on
the
1st
of
November
and
it's
been
a
pretty
slow
start.
I
mean
pretty
sluggish,
hasn't
been
too
much
going
on
over
at
the
Avenue
I.
Let
assemblies
4/5
of
our
6th
grade
levels,
attended
athletic
competitions
in
football
soccer
and
swim.
D
A
lip
sync
battle,
an
after-school
workshop
on
stress
management,
a
global
global
student,
fair
as
part
of
International
Education
Week,
a
phenomenal
set
of
lectures
in
the
auditorium
on
BLS,
Human,
Rights
Day,
and
just
this
morning,
a
memorable
celebration
of
the
20th
anniversary
of
the
Facing
History
and
ourselves
course,
along
with
the
10th
anniversary
of
the
Sheldon
C
vac
fellowship
all
this,
while
fumbling
my
way
trying
to
direct
traffic
on
the
Avenue
in
the
morning
getting
very
sympathetic
headshakes
from
bus
drivers
who
have
quickly
sniffed
out.
My
lack
of
confidence
and
skill
in
this
area.
D
I
also
came
to
school
on
the
first
Saturday
of
this
month
to
welcome
families
lining
up
in
chilly
weather,
all
the
way
down
the
Avenue
in
order
to
take
the
independent
school
entrance
exam
or
the
I
see
I
still
remember
my
nervousness
as
a
student
the
morning
of
the
Latin
school
test,
knowing
how
consequential
it
was
that
I
secured
a
seat.
The
shared
experience
of
preparation
for
that
moment,
along
with
the
competition
of
earning
one's
place
at
BLS,
is
important
and
key
to
our
identity
as
a
school.
D
If,
given
the
tools
we've
made
strides
in
this
area
through
the
exam
school
initiative
which
provides
test
prep
sessions
to
Boston
public
school,
rising
sixth
graders
I've
heard
some
expressed
fear
that
we
may
be
migrating
away
from
BLS
as
a
meritocracy.
Making
sure
there
is
equity
around
access
is
in
fact
the
opposite.
A
more
level
playing
field
makes
for
a
tougher
and
richer
contest
kind
of
like
those
years
when
we
play
English
and
the
English
side
is
actually
kind
of
decent.
D
And
while
I've
enjoyed
all
these
opportunities
to
jump
into
the
fast-paced,
dynamic,
BLS
culture,
I've
most
appreciated
my
individual
conversations
with
students
at
lunch
duty
and
at
while
visiting
classrooms.
To
put
it
plainly,
courses
are
way
better
than
when
we
went
to
Latin
school
they're,
more
engaging
and
the
diversity
of
offerings
is
staggering.
In
addition
to
the
Latin
to
the
physics
and
the
algebra
students
take
advanced
placement
courses
in
subjects
like
computer
and
comparative
government.
D
They
take
electives
such
as
African
American,
Studies,
Facing,
History
and
ourselves,
and
a
cap
storm
course
where
students
conduct
research
on
topics
of
their
choice,
ranging
from
the
lack
of
arts,
education,
access
and
low-income
schools
to
genocide
in
Myanmar,
and
then
they
apply
this
research
to
ambitious
projects
intended
to
address
the
issue
and
across
all
of
these
disciplines,
we've
identified
eight
core
competencies
that
all
students
will
practice
over
their
years
at
BLS.
Reading,
writing
speaking
and
presenting
researching
problem
solving
social
responsibility,
civic
engagement
and
global
awareness.
D
Does
our
low
attrition
rate
mean
that
we've
lowered
our
standards?
It
does
not.
It
means
we've
raised
them,
because
we
have
to
be
more
creative
and
innovative
as
an
adult
team
to
ensure
that
our
mission
is
realized
for
all
students
who
gained
admission
to
BLS
I
would
maintain
that
one
of
the
strategies
to
ensure
that
every
student
is
successful
is
to
acknowledge
race
as
a
critical
factor
in
the
educational
and
overall
life
experiences
for
students
of
color.
D
Speaking
from
personal
experience,
it
was
drilled
into
my
head
by
my
parents
growing
up
as
I'm
sure
it
was
for
many
individuals
in
this
room
from
minority
communities
that
I
had
to
be
twice
as
good
in
order
to
be
seen
not
to
be
seen
as
equal
just
to
be
seen
as
relevant.
For
anyone
who
thinks
that's
a
ridiculous
notion.
Please
visit
the
globe
article
announcing
my
appointment
and
read
the
comments.
D
The
most
offensive
ones
have
been
removed
by
the
editors,
but
there
are
still
quite
a
few
gems
in
there,
including
the
short
but
poignant.
Her
picture
says
it
all,
which
I
inferred
to
mean
that
this
position
was
not
something
that
I
earned,
but
something
I
was
handed.
Fortunately,
I
thrive
on
people's
dough
and
underestimation,
but
I
can't
necessarily
say
that
I
had
that
fortitude
as
an
eleven-year-old
6-e.
D
What
should
we
do
to
affirm
our
students,
diverse
histories
and
identities,
I'm
just
one
person
and
cannot
be
the
solution
to
our
nation's
sad
and
complicated
relationship
with
race,
but
collectively
we
derive
answers
and
we
can
start
by
asking
the
students
asking
them
to
share
their
stories.
Share
their
struggles
share
their
proposed
solutions.
D
I
do
understand
that
some
may
be
uncomfortable
talking
about
the
ways
that
our
experience
differ
based
on
our
racial
backgrounds,
but
talking
about
race
isn't
just
a
signal
that
we
haven't
come
far
enough
when
done
productively
and
in
service
of
a
greater
understanding.
It
can
also
serve
as
a
sign
of
how
far
we've
come.
Acknowledging
our
differences
does
not
in
any
way
take
away
from
the
fact
that
we
do
play
for
the
same
team.
The
team
that
wants
to
make
sure
that
BLS
continues
to
be
number
one
in
juice.
D
It's
that
it
climbs
its
way
to
being
number
one
in
the
nation
that
our
students
can
compete
with
their
peers
around
the
world
and
then
work
alongside
them
to
make
that
world
a
better
place
and
that
the
Latin
school
name
remains
the
symbol
of
Honor
that
we
have
all
worn
proudly.
When
people
ask
us
the
school
from
which
we
graduated
for
'mobile
us
headmaster,
Wilfred
O'leary
once
said
in
an
interview
with
Time
magazine
quote,
a
good
scholar
is
not
necessarily
a
good
teacher.
D
D
D
Thank
you
and
will
now
transition
to
why
we're
all
here
this
evening.
Tonight
is
an
occasion
for
celebration
of
our
collective
achievement
as
an
institution
while
SAT
scores,
college
admissions
and
arts
and
athletics
medals
provide
data
that
measure
our
success
in
preparing
students
pursue
our
successful
beyond
BLS.
Excuse
me.
We
look
to
the
achievement
of
our
alumni
to
validate
the
enduring
value
of
the
school's
contemporary
classical
education.
D
Today,
she's
CEO
of
rising
tide
capital,
a
New
Jersey
based
nonprofit
micro
business,
Development
Corporation
in
2009.
She
was
recognized
as
a
CNN
hero
and
honored
by
President
Obama
in
2012
Forbes
named
her
one
of
the
most
powerful
women
in
the
world,
changing
the
world
through
from
that
philanthropy.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
let's
take
a
moment
to
applaud
this
extraordinary
member
of
our
Latin
School
family.
D
Tonight
as
we
prepare
to
honor
a
20-17
distinguished
graduate
I'd
like
to
ask
you
to
join
me
in
welcoming
to
the
stage
a
few
gentlemen
who
have
answered
alma
mater
skal
and
notable
ways
over
many
years
are
past
distinguished
graduates
who
are
here
this
evening,
bill
Shaw
Bell,
whom
I
spoke
about
earlier
steve,
grazer,
Sid,
Wilk,
Chuck,
plow
and,
of
course,
Mike
Connor
Passos.
Please
join.
D
D
He
later
studied
at
Harvard
and
Columbia
before
bringing
his
talents
to
the
Boston
Public
Schools,
where
he
had
a
chance
to
work
alongside
one
of
his
mentor's,
the
renowned
and
beloved
Aaron
Gordon
Boston
Latin
School
class
of
twenty
three
later
calling
Washington
DC
home,
along
with
his
wife,
Liz
and
sons,
Peter
and
Steve,
who
are
here
this
evening
with
us
Stan
held
senior
roles
within
the
administration's
of
presidents
Kennedy
and
Johnson.
He
also
held
senior
posts
on
the
staffs
of
senators
Robert
and
Edward
Kennedy.
D
As
the
first
director
of
education
in
the
Office
of
Economic
Opportunity.
He
helped
launch
Head
Start
a
Great
Society
program
that
is
accelerated,
learning
opportunity
and
achievement
for
millions
of
the
nation's
less
advantaged
pre-school
children.
On
the
other
end
of
the
education
achievement,
spectrum
Stan,
founded
Upward
Bound,
a
highly
lauded
program
that
has
propelled
millions
of
low-income
first-generation
students
to
earn
college
degrees
and
counts
among
its
alumni.
D
Oprah
Winfrey
Viola,
Davis
and
astronaut
Jose
Moreno,
Hernandez
Stan's
lifelong
work
on
behalf
of
the
nation's
vulnerable
citizens
continues
today
through
scholarship,
consulting
policy
work
and
philanthropy
in
2016
he
established
at
our
school
the
Stanley
Salette
fund
for
the
study
of
u.s.
civil
rights,
an
investment
that
will
stand
as
an
enduring
legacy
to
this
year's
distinguished
graduate
a
man
who
has
bettered
our
world
by
creating
opportunity
for
countless
youth
at
BLS
and
throughout
the
country.
Stanley
Salette
lives
at
the
Boston
Public
School
mission
as
a
responsible
and
engaged
citizen.
D
D
We'll
wait
to
hand
him
the
heavy
plaque
until
he's
done
talking,
but
I
will
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
what
the
plaque
reads.
It
says
the
highest
award
of
the
Boston
Latin
School
Association
proudly,
given
to
a
most
deserving
son,
Stanley
Salette,
55
distinguished
graduate
of
the
year.
The
plaque
goes
on
to
cite
several
of
the
achievements.
I've
already
mentioned
and
concludes
proud
son
of
Boston
Latin
School,
whose
life
and
success
stand
in
testament
to
alma
mater
legacy
and
influence
November
18th
2017.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
mr.
Stanley
select.
G
G
My
thoughts
tonight
are
also
with
a
former
BLS
headmaster.
Who's
been
mentioned
already,
a
distinguished
graduate
Wilfred
O'leary,
who
is
my
tough
love
principal
at
Roslindale,
High
School,
where
I
first
began
my
career
in
public
education.
You
know,
Wilfred
is
known
also
for
answering
a
question
that
many
of
you
probably
have
been
asked.
Why
was
Harvard
created
after
Latin
School
and
not
before,
and
his
answer
was
Harvard
was
created
because
Latin
school
students
needed
four
years
of
rest
and
relaxation
I.
G
Also
feel
very
honored
to
share
tonight's
stage
with
two
other
distinguished
graduates:
Rachel
scoured
our
new
headmaster
in
an
inspired
choice
to
lead
us
into
a
BLS
future
and
Michael
quantum
passes
our
caretaker
extraordinaire,
who
led
us
so
ably
through
these
turbulent
times.
Thank
you
both
for
your
willingness
to
serve
us
all.
G
Since
that
disarmingly
casual
call
from
Peter
Kelly
informing
me
of
this
distinct
honor,
he
called
me
and
I,
was
in
between
two
meetings
and
I
says
said:
I
asked
Peter.
Is
it
important
he
said?
Well,
we
can
talk
about
a
little
later,
and
so,
when
I
heard
the
news
I
was
totally
off
my
feet.
You
know
you
do
that
very
well.
G
But
since
that
time,
I've
been
deluge
with
a
shivering
shower
of
disparate
memories
and
long-forgotten
stories.
As
all
of
you
know,
a
Latin
school
life
is,
unlike
any
other
and,
of
course,
each
is
distinctive
in
its
own
way,
and
mine
is
no
different
and
I'm,
actually
not
the
first
in
my
immediate
family
to
receive
a
distinguished
graduate
award.
My
beloved
wife
lives
here
tonight
has
preceded
me
by
several
years
in
receiving
a
similar
award
from
Choate
Rosemary
Hall
I'm
also
joined
tonight.
G
Latin
was
a
special
mystery
to
me
and
quite
a
challenge.
I
briefly
recounted
this.
In
a
recent
book
of
poetry,
I
wrote
it
may
bring
back
some
memories.
For
some
of
you.
There
I
stood
at
my
desk
weak
in
the
knees
and
dry
in
the
throat
gasping
for
the
Latin
declension.
That
would
not
come
when
he
rose
from
behind
his
desk
and
said
in
perfect
English
sit
down
there,
you're
confused.
G
G
I
found
myself
struggling
to
get
by
to
stay
there
and
not
to
become
one
of
those
who
would
not
be
around
for
graduation
and
it
did
get
better
my
grades
improved,
but
as
they
did
over
the
next
two
years,
my
willingness
to
put
in
the
time
waned
I
became
much
more
interested
in
extracurricular
activities.
I
gambled,
I,
grin
to
associate
with
other
neighborhood
kids
and
went
less
and
less
to
school.
G
G
That
cuz,
exactly
it
was
one
car.
In
particular,
there
was
a
car
in
the
Roxbury
neighborhood
that
we
observed
was
never
being
used
on
weekends.
It's
it
seemed
to
us
the
difference
if
it
was
older
at
least
being
used
by
a
clothing
salesman.
Who
would
take
it
on
the
road
during
the
week
and
never
saw
it
on
the
weekends
and
so
for
a
time.
In
the
spring
of
the
same
year,
I
entered
the
ninth
grade
in
Latin,
school
I
was
riding
in
this
car
on
weekends.
G
The
owner
never
suspected
that
his
car
was
missing
or
if
he
did,
he
never
reported
it,
but
that
wasn't
how
we
were
covered
in
how
I
learned
my
early
lesson
in
black
and
white
on
one
Saturday
night,
we
had
taken
the
car
out
without
checking
the
fuel
gauge
and
as
we're
reclining
the
hill
we
ran
out
of
gas.
We
were
now
blocking
traffic
and
three
of
us
got
out
of
the
car
to
push
it
to
another
lane.
We
never
made
it
very
far.
G
A
police
cruiser
soon
arrived
to
the
scene
and
the
police
began
to
ask
what
was
going
on.
They
became
suspicious
and
told
us
they
would
wait
for
the
driver
to
return
after
about
a
half
an
hour
waiting.
The
police
decided
that
our
story
was
made
up,
and
so
they
piled
us
into
two
squad
cars
and
took
us
to
the
local
station
house.
There
were
four
of
us:
three
whites
and
one
black
unusual
in
those
days,
most
kids
stuck
to
their
own
kind,
I'm
sure
we
stood
out
when
they
were
brought
in
for
booking.
G
My
black
friend
made
a
run
for
the
door.
The
police
grabbed
him
and
started
to
beat
him
down
to
the
floor.
Then
we're
all
taken
to
different
parts
of
the
station
house.
The
questioning
my
policeman
and
questioner
was
a
large
black
man
who,
surprisingly
to
me,
was
totally
unsympathetic
to
my
black
co-conspirator.
G
He
sat
me
down
at
one
end
of
a
long
wooden
bench
and
asked
who
stole
the
car.
Who
was
the
driver?
Whose
idea
was
it
as
he
questioned
me?
He
took
out
his
service
revolver
pointed
at
my
face
and
began
to
chant
turn
the
bullet
chamber.
His
questions
all
seemed
to
go
in
one
direction.
He
was
the
black
kid
wasn't.
It
he's
been
in
trouble
before
he's
going
to
the
juvenile
home
anyway.
G
All
this
time,
the
policeman's
gun
is
in
my
face
and
as
I
sat
on
the
bench
I
could
hear
the
black
boy
crying
as
the
police
continued
to
beat
him
when
I
with
me.
He
took
them
to
a
cell
and
asked
me
if
I
wanted
to
call
my
parents,
I
reluctantly
said
yes,
and
within
an
hour
my
father
arrived
at
the
station.
He
was
upset,
of
course,
but
cool
about
it.
I
learned
some
times
later
that
my
uncle
Jack,
who
had
been
an
assistant
US
attorney
at
any
record
of
my
arrests,
expunged.
G
As
you
can
see
now
by
now,
my
Latin
school
life
was
somewhat
less
dramatic,
but
it
also
proved
telling
in
other
no
less
valuable
ways.
It
was
a
pls
that
I
first
acquired
my
love
of
history
from
Aaron
Gordon,
a
most
deservedly
stingless,
crook
distinguished
graduate
in
his
own
right
from
his
class
I
learned
that
history
was
more
than
faraway
places
with
strange-sounding
names.
It
had
meaning
not
only
in
its
time,
but
from
our
time
as
well.
G
That
was
my
beginning
and
a
few
years
later,
I
was
honored
to
take
over
Aaron
Gordon's
class
for
several
months.
While
he
was
recovering
from
a
serious
illness.
In
the
announcement
that
introduced
me
notable
mention
was
made
of
head
start
and
Upward
Bound
a
pre-college
program
for
low-income
students,
who
would
be
least
likely
to
imagine
themselves
in
higher
education,
Upward,
Bound
and
much
of
the
war
on
poverty
with
children
of
the
60s
CNN,
HBO
and
PBS
all
have
broadcast
graphic
descriptions
of
this
era
with
traumatic
event.
G
Changing
the
country
in
seeming
rapid
succession,
the
Cuban
Missile
Crisis
the
march
on
Washington,
the
Vietnam
War,
the
king
and
Kennedy
assassinations.
Like
the
opening
line
in
a
Carole
King
song,
we
felt
the
earth
moving
under
our
feet.
We'd
lived
amidst
a
series
of
social
earthquakes.
Our
skies
were
tumbling
down
to
my
generation.
The
election
of
President
Kennedy
in
1960
brought
a
sense
of
opportunity
and
change.
We
were
his
new
generation
like
so
many
others.
G
I
was
drawn
to
Washington
and
had
the
great
fortune
to
work
for
President,
Kennedy
and
Robert
Kennedy
as
part
of
two
presidential
committees.
I
soon
found
out
that
I'd
become
part
of
a
select
and
talented
group
of
individuals
who
are
at
the
forefront
of
forefront
of
what
the
media
had
turned
President
Kennedy's
new
frontier
people
would
ask
me
at
the
time
how
someone
in
his
mid-twenties
was
able
to
find
such
a
job.
G
G
Second
Washington
assigning
I
took
on
was
very
different.
James
farmer
and
the
leadership
of
the
Congress
of
racial
equality
were
had
I
had
been
a
field.
Organizer
asked
me
to
become
co-chair
of
Washington
Corps
and
to
later
served
as
one
of
the
local
organizers
of
the
march
on
Washington
and
so
in
1963
I
had
become
very
involved
in
the
two
major
social
and
political
movements
that
form
the
underpinnings
of
the
1960s
and
much
of
what
was
to
follow.
G
Of
course,
all
that
changed
in
November
22nd.
Almost
now
fifty-four
years
ago,
when
President
Kennedy
was
assassinated
and
I'll
tell
you
just
a
beef
aside.
Many
many
people
who
were
alive
at
that
time
knew
exactly
where
they
were
and
I
was
having
lunch
with
another
Kennedy
staffer
at
a
famous
house,
but
brief
house
in
Washington
called
Blackie's
House
of
beef
and
because
there
was
so
many
press
there,
there
were
three
teletype
machines.
G
One
from
UPI
went
from
Reuters
and
one
from
AP
at
the
far
end
of
the
room
and
what
began
to
happen
was
these
teletype
machines
began
to
click
and
clack
away,
and
then
we
went,
and
we
saw
the
news.
Come
in
that
fashion
and
now
with
the
internet,
these
machines
no
longer
exist,
but
that
sounded
the
click
and
cracking
has
been
with
me
to
this
day.
G
The
changeover
was
rapid
as
horrible
as
that
day
was
Vice.
President
Johnson
was
sworn
in
as
president
on
the
plane
from
Dallas
and
immediately
began
to
plane
for
his
administration.
One
of
his
earliest
initiatives,
with
the
creation
of
a
task
force
on
poverty
and
Robert.
Kennedy
asked
me
to
join
the
task
force
and
to
try
and
reflect
our
experience
with
community
action
and
education
and
with
a
passage
of
the
Economic
Opportunity
Act.
We
had
a
president
who
has
not
detached
from
the
struggle,
as
Johnson
would
often
say
to
his
staff.
G
Do
it
now,
but
not
next
week,
not
tomorrow,
not
later
this
afternoon
now
and
that's
the
way
it
was
the
struggle
over
the
direction
of
the
Community
Action
Program
and
the
difficulties
of
starting
the
first
Job
Corps
centers
created
a
need
for
more
tangible,
positive
results.
The
answer
we
came
up
with
was
to
create
what
we
call
national
emphasis
programs
and
between
1964
and
1966.
The
nation
would
see
a
prodigious
output
of
innovative
anti-poverty
initiatives.
G
He
called
me
one
morning
and
told
me
that
he'd
been
thinking
about
a
national
demonstration
of
an
early
childhood
program
for
poor
kids
and
what
I
bring
together
our
searches
to
find
out
if
it
was
feasible,
I
asked
him
how
much
money
we
could
set
aside
and
he
quickly
responded
with
25
million
dollars.
I
told
Shriver
that
I
would
call
meeting
right
away
and
get
back
to
him
with
the
results.
You
know
the
only
one
I
called
for
the
meeting
agreed
to
come
about
three
days
before
the
meeting
I
received
another
shriver
call.
G
He
said
that
President
Johnson
had
just
called
him
and
asked
us
to
invite
a
professor
of
philosophy
from
the
University
of
Texas
to
the
meeting.
I
asked
him
what
a
philosophy
professor
knew
about
early
childhood
development,
try
to
reply
that
he
had
asked
President
Johnson
the
same
exact
question
and
President
Johnson
then
told
him
that
his
name
was
John
Silber
and
he
knew
everything
about
everything.
I
called
and
invited
to
the
meeting,
and,
of
course,
John
Silver
would
go
on
to
have
his
distinguished
and
controversial
career
in
higher
education.
G
As
president
of
Boston
University,
the
meeting
in
November
went
on
as
scheduled.
The
morning
was
largely
taken
up
with
presentations
of
research
findings.
Some
argued
that
placing
young
children
in
preschool
settings
where
they
would
be
expected
to
learn
to
read
and
acquire
other
learning
skills
could
be
harmful
to
their
emotional
development.
Others
raised
the
issue
of
scale
whether
there
were
enough
trained
people
to
staff
such
a
large
summer
demonstration
program.
G
Finding
sensing
there
would
be
no
resolution,
I
decided
to
try
to
bring
the
day
to
her
head
in
a
very
unconventional
way.
I
said
mr.
sharp
had
authorized
me
to
tell
you
that
25
million
dollars
could
be
made
available
for
a
national
summer
demonstration
program.
Would
you
support
it?
I
want
you
all
to
vote.
They
voted
the
meeting
adjourned
and
I
called
Shriver
I
described
the
meeting,
how
it
abdun
flowed
between
support
and
opposition,
and
then
I
told
about
the
vote.
G
G
During
the
same
period,
the
base
of
another
idea
for
a
national
emphasis
program
presented
itself.
Some
colleges
and
universities
were
approaching
local
Community
Action
agencies
with
office
to
work
with
high
school
youngsters
from
designated
low-income
neighborhoods
I
requested
our
field
staff.
To
follow
these
proposals
to
me,
I
began
to
see
the
opportunity
for
another
national
emphasis
program.
Finally,
on
June
8th
1965
I
wrote
again
to
Sargent
Shriver,
proposing
what
would
become
project
Upward
Bound.
The
meeting
on
my
memo
produced
only
a
few
questions
from
Shriver.
G
As
we
sat
on
his
back
porch
in
Maryland
watching
his
kids
watching
his
kids
trying
not
to
fall
out
of
the
back
of
the
tractor,
it
seemed
to
me
that
he
had
already
made
up
his
mind
to
support
the
idea
and
Upward
Bound
became
a
reality.
To
date,
more
than
2
million
students
have
passed
through
this
program.
Our
bond
was
created
as
a
bridge
for
low-income
students
to
reach
what
was
to
them
an
unimaginable
and
unattainable
world
of
higher
education.
G
That
bridge
in
the
war
on
poverty
would
not
have
been
possible
without
the
civil
rights
movement
in
the
broad
grass
roots
political
movement
that
brought
these
issues
to
the
forefront
of
the
public
agenda
today.
That
movement
is
largely
absent.
I
wish
that
I
could
introduce
you
to
a
few
of
the
graduates
of
Oakwood
done.
A
G
G
All
of
us
live
simultaneously
in
multiple
dimensions
of
time.
It
has
no
that's
true
of
Latin
school.
There
is
a
latin
school
fact
of
history:
five
signers
of
the
Declaration
of
Independence,
eight
governors
of
Massachusetts
and
four
presidents
of
Harvard
universities
and
notables
in
many
fields
of
Arts
and
Science
George,
Santayana,
Leonard,
Bernstein
and
Samuel
Pierpont
Langley.
G
G
What
I'm
going
to
say
may
not
surprise
you
I,
think
Latin
schools
future
lies
in
a
challenge,
a
challenge
of
how
Latin
school
can
be
a
leader,
perhaps
together
with
the
other
exam
schools,
and
be
an
Upward
Bound
like
inspiration
and
service
to
many
more
aspiring
and
students
in
the
Boston
Public
School
System,
yes,
pls
can
help
more
students,
prepare
and
take
the
exam,
but
it's
not
about
the
exam.
It's
about
improving
opportunities
for
college
and
career
choice
for
many
many
more.
G
It's
about
student
to
student,
inspiration,
leadership
and
community
service,
and
it's
about
all
of
us
taking
the
future
in
our
hands
and
molding
it
as
TS
Eliot
once
spoke
to
us
time
passed
and
time
present
what
might
have
been
and
what
has
been
going
to
one
end,
which
is
always
future.
What
future
will
that
be?
You
and
I
have
been
privileged
to
drink
deeply
from
wells
we
did
not
did
it
is
time
to
take
new
wells.
Thank
you.
H
A
H
H
H
Unfortunately,
there
has
been
a
winner
this
evening
and
I
think
the
trick
question
was
the
one
about
general
Kelly.
No,
he
is
not
my
father
brother
or
any
relative
and
besides,
which
I'm
very
perturbed
with
the
people
who
didn't
know
how
to
spell
my
last
name,
general
Kelly's,
Thank,
You,
general
Kelly's
link
is
his
that
his
father
was
a
BLS
graduate
class
of
1941
and
thanks
to
Professor
gray,
sir,
as
always
for
the
Tribune.
H
D
So
how
do
we
say
thank
you
to
you
other
than
finally
returning
your
husband
to
you.
We
are
deeply
deeply
grateful
for
the
sacrifice
you've
made
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
and
we've
invited
some
life
members
of
the
Khan
impossible
to
join
us
for
a
special
presentation.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
city
councillors,
aundrea
Campbell
2000
and
Matt
O'malley
97,
along
with
state
representative
Adrienne,
moderate
class
of
o7.
I
Often
say
and
I'm
sure
many
of
you
would
agree
that
I
owe
much
of
the
success
I've
had
personally
professionally
to
the
six
years
I
had
at
Boston,
Latin
School.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
I
would
not
have
made
it
out
of
Boston
Latin
School,
but
for
our
headmaster,
Mike
Khanna
biases.
He
taught
me
how
to
be
a
better
student.
He
taught
me
how
to
be
a
better
person.
I
He
taught
me
how
to
be
a
better
dresser
and
I
am
one
of
the
hundreds
of
thousands
of
Boston
Public
School
students
whose
lives
were
made
better
because
of
the
service
and
the
sacrifice
of
Michael
cheek
aanapisis
before
I
turn
over.
My
colleagues
I
also
wanted
to
acknowledge
the
service
and
the
sacrifice
of
John
Connor
pathes,
who
has
shared.
I
J
Mr.
C
Joan
I
put
him
down
because
of
you,
I'm
gonna,
start
by
thanking
Joan
kind
of
process,
because
I
know
what
it
means
to
sacrifice
your
family.
The
time
you
give
up
to
do
something
you're
passionate
about.
So
thank
you
for
your
service.
Thank
you
for
all
that
you've
done
and
thank
you
for
letting
us
have
him.
Can
we
give
her
a
round
of
applause.
J
J
He
has
been
an
amazing
mentor
and
friend
through
this
entire
process.
My
husband
today
asked
me:
what
are
you
gonna,
say
and
I
said:
I
don't
know,
but
the
thing
that
keeps
coming
to
me
and
the
number
one
thing
that
keeps
coming
to
me
is
not
as
a
lad
in
school,
but
mr.
C
always
held
us
to
high
expectations.
J
He
had
high
expectations
for
us,
regardless
of
our
circumstances.
I
grew
up.
Poor
in
Roxbury
in
the
south
in
I
had
a
single
father
who
was
born
and
raised
in
Boston,
but
who
was
incarcerated
for
the
first
eight
years
of
my
life
and
I
didn't
know
him.
My
biological
mother
actually
died
when
I
was
a
baby
going
to
visit
my
father
in
prison
and
look
at
that
story
will
think.
Oh
good
luck,
what's
great
about
Latin
school
and
what's
great
about
mr.
C
is
regardless
of
those
circumstances.
J
There
were
never
viewed
as
deficits
and
I
view
them
as
blessings
because
they
have
shaped
Who
I
am
today
they
have
shaped
the
character
of
the
room.
I
am
today.
I
was
blessed
to
leave
Latin
school
and
be
accepted
early
decision
to
Princeton
University
I,
don't
give
Princeton
for
credit
or
UCLA
law
school
for
Who
I
am
today
I,
give
it
to
Latin,
School
and
I,
give
it
to
mr.
J
C
and
miss
Kelly
who
took
over
my
senior
year
because
of
them
because
of
them
too,
because
of
this
incredible
institution,
I'm
lucky
to
serve
as
a
counselor
on
the
Boston
City
Council
and
similar
that
she
pointed
out
to
me
I'm
the
first
person
I
guess.
First
women
born
and
raised
in
Boston,
first
black
man
authorities
in
Boston
to
serve
on
the
Boston
City
Council.
We
got
what
to
do
it
makes
you
see.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mrs.
Garrett.
Thank
you
for
your
words
this
evening.
J
J
We
did
an
excellent
job
in
so
thank
you.
Thank
you
and
mr.
C.
Please
enjoy
a
retirement,
do
something
fun
if
you're
bored
come
down
to
City,
Hall
and
say
hello,
but
thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
and
councillor
Malley.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
lead
on
this
he's.
He
was
their
first
store
in
Boston,
City,
Council's,
I'm
concerned
when
it
comes
to
Latin
School.
So
thank
you
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
tonight.
Thank
you.
Mr.
C.
H
K
I
So
to
close
out
our
March
leave
a
brief
City
Council
resolution
from
myself,
councilor
madam
Ali,
as
well
as
my
colleague,
councillor
Andrea,
Campbell
and
we'll
deputize
rep
Maduro
as
the
district
1
councillor
for
the
afternoon
or
the
evening.
It
reads
out,
whereas
Michael
G
Khanna
Pacis
was
born
on
August
12
1939
to
Eugenia
and
Harry
Iron
Mike
Conner
passes
and
whereas
Michael
Cana
proccess
lived
with
his
parents
and
three
older
siblings.
J
K
Michael
g1
officers
held
the
briefest
retirement
in
history
before
returning
to
Boston
schoolers
head
mat
master
at
interim
for
the
2016-17
school
year
to
support
the
school
during
an
important
transition
and
whereas
Michael
G
Canton
passes
has
been
recognized
for
his
leadership
in
education,
with
a
Distinguished
Service
Award
by
the
Council
on
great
city.
Schools,
as
well
as
the
prestigious
Milken
educator
award
and
whereas
Michael
G
Canton
passes
has
been
an
authoritative
but
compassionate
mentor
to
Boston.
Students
advocating
for
their
interests
throughout
his
career.
L
D
D
A
E
E
E
The
school's
mission
is
critical,
probably
more
critical,
now
than
it
ever
has
been,
and
we
in
this
room
half
the
pledge
to
do
the
kinds
of
things
that
we've
heard
this
evening
need
to
be
done
to
help.
Rachel
continue
the
mission
of
this
institution
that
to
me
that
to
me
is
critical
so
again,
I.
Thank
you
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
This
has
really
been
an
intriguing
and
an
interesting
I
knew
nothing
about
this
stuff
game.
Then
I
apologize
for
keeping
you
later
it's
past
my
bedtime
as
well.