May 2006 · Volume ll · Number X
The eNewsletter of the Boston Latin School Association

REUNIONS 2006
Wet and windy weekend weather could not dampen the high spirits of hundreds of devoted Latin School alumni who returned to their roots for Reunions 2006 on May 12 & 13. Though a number of planned daytime activities were canceled as a result of the torrential downpours — including a highly anticipated Red Sox outing — old favorites went on as planned, including a special day at the school for the 50th reunion class of 1956, an outstanding Prize Declamation performance and the ever-popular Saturday night class banquets. In addition, Saturday's post-60th reunion luncheon hosted, among others, five members from the 70th reunion class of 1936 and five members from the 75th reunion class of 1931, including tennis ace Sumner Rodman, who had played a good game earlier that morning.

REMEMBERING IMETTE
On Thursday, June 1, friends and family will gather to remember Imette Saint-Guillen '99, with a memorial service at Boston Latin. The BLS family is invited to attend, but pre-registration is encouraged to help plan appropriately. Please click here for more information.

ONE FOR THE MANTEL
Once we accepted the fact that having our name placed on the auditorium frieze was about as likely as winning the next American Idol competition, there was always one other option for achieving ultimate BLS greatness: namely winning the highly coveted Distinguished Graduate of the Year Award! It is not too late to nominate either yourself or the student you always aspired to be, and even the youngsters among us (translate: graduates of the last 15 years) have the same opportunity via the Recent Outstanding Graduate of the Year Award. Criteria and forms may be downloaded by clicking here or obtained by calling the alumni relations office at (617) 450-0004. To be considered for 2006, all nominations must be received by June 1.

WORKING FOR PEACE IN BOSTON
Increasing violence in our fair city has made the next edition of Dialogue & Discourse: The Boston Latin School Alumni Speakers Series more relevant than ever. "Working for Peace in Boston" will be held on June 6 and includes panelists Rev. William Dickerson '80 of the Greater Love Tabernacle Church, Boston youth worker Cindy Diggs '83, Boston Police Deputy Superintendent Dan Linskey '85 and Raffi Yessayan '86, chief of the anti-gang unit at the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, who all work on the frontlines of this issue. To register for the event, which begins at 6 p.m. in the BLS Auditorium, click here.

BOSTON POPS REMEMBER BERNSTEIN
This year's "BLSA Goes Pops" takes on a Latin School theme as they present "Bernstein on Broadway" on Saturday, June 17. Alumni and friends are invited to remember the maestro at a special reception at the school beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets to the reception and the Keith Lockhart-conducted performance are $150 per person and include roundtrip shuttle service between Avenue Louis Pasteur and Symphony Hall. Regular, non-reception floor seats are also available for $75 each. Click here for more information and reservations.

FORE ALMA MATER
For those hitting the links for the second annual Wolfpack Classic Golf Tournament set for Thursday, June 8, at the Ferncroft Country Club, a $100 "Super Raffle" ticket could yield one of the following prizes, including Pebble Beach for two, with three nights/three rounds of golf at Pebble Beach/Spyglass/Spanish Bay; a $2,000 gift certificate to Luxurylink.com; an opportunity for you and a friend to be a "Top Gun" combat pilot for one day; or a $1,400 set of Titleist Irons. Only 400 super raffle tickets will be sold, so click here now for more information.

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME
As it turns out, America is not the only nation obsessed with baseball, as captured in the soon-to-be seen film by Kenneth Eng '94 titled "Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball" which airs nationally on PBS on Tuesday, July 4 at 10 p.m. Produced by Eng's classmate Alex Shear '94, the documentary details "Japan’s embrace of the sport, beginning in 1872 and today including Japanese players in the American big leagues like Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki and New York’s Hideki Matsui." Baseball fans should note that Eng's and Shear's film is set to premiere at the Brooklyn International Film Festival at the Brooklyn Museum in New York on June 8 at 4 p.m. For more information on the upcoming PBS broadcast, click here. BLS baseball buffs will await news of a deserved Oscar nomination for these talented young alumni!

ANOTHER ALMA MATER
Boston's Josiah Quincy School, the elementary foundation of many BLS students, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a number of events in June. Quincy School alumni are invited to a fund-raising banquet at China Pearl Restaurant on June 2, a student work expo at the school June 6-8, and a student performance expo the evening of June 8. Quincy school alumni are using the occasion to promote their new Quincy School Association JQSA). Click here for more information.

A TEST OF TRIVIA
We are not certain how anyone knew the answer to last month's trivia question, but Walter F. Foley '73 is clearly not just anyone! Foley was first to send in the correct name and tenure of Latin School's Charles J. Capen, who served as "sub-master, master and senior master. He served longer at the school than any other, retiring at age 86 because the Boston School Committee instituted mandatory retirement at age 70." Capen's time at BLS lasted from 1852 to 1909, for a total of 57 impressive years

This month, we are quite pleased to present a question posed by avid trivia reader Anthony Tamis '53, which is respectfully posted below with one minor edit to add to the challenge.

May's question:
What alumnus and former BLS language teacher of many talents played semi-pro baseball in the Boston Park League, and what was the team on which he played?

Serious sports fans seeking a free T-shirt should send responses — including your name and class year — magna cum celeritate via e-mail to BLSA.

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