hand for many, many years. Once in a while
we would try to pull a fast one, but we usually
got caught."
Although Berger and his classmates
sometimes tried to push the boundaries and
question authority, students were not given
many freedoms, according to Berger. This
also applied to their college choices. "You
would go out to lunch with Mr. Wood and
your father. Mr. Wood would say: 'Berger,
where do you want to go to college?' And
Berger would say: 'I don't know sir,' and
Wood would say: 'I think you should go to
Brown.' And, Berger would say: 'Yes sir.'
That was how the decision was made."
Similar to those who came before him,
Berger, a former Latin School trustee, parent
of alumni and now grandparent of Latin
students, continues to value the relationships
he built during those years on the sports
field, in the classroom and through his class'
fraternity DMMA PHI KNO (pronounced
Damn If I Know). Today, a handful of the
founding members of the DMMA PHI KNO
still meet for lunch monthly.
At the end of the '40s, as Berger and his
peers were heading off to college, they had
little idea that Latin School soon would
undergo its biggest transformation to date.
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A tribute to Latin's service
members in the 1944 yearbook.
ALL OUT FOR VICTORY
All out for victory!
Come on, let's give a shout.
We'll all go on to victory,
America, all out!
Guns, ships and bombers, all
Are needed for this war,
All of them will find a place
On a foreign shore.
Keep the boys flying
O'er land and sea!
Keep the guns rollin'
For victory!
We must lick the enemy,
Therefore, give and give!
We must win the victory,
That Americans may live!
—a poem by Barbara Scholl '48
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