Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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THE MAGNET - and while putting money into the treasury of the class would at the same time tend to increase the outside interest in the school. Now, classmates, we beg of you to look into this matter very closely. Get together, and let every one express his ideas; put some vim into the matter. And, lastly, come to some definite con- clusion immediately. We hope that next month the scholars, especially the editors of the lower classes, will have more inclination and time to devote to the paper than they have had this month. The general lack of disorder and ungentlemanly conduct in the school is very noticeable at present. The rougher elcment, which once gave the Leominster High School a bad moral stand- ard, has long since taken flight, and left in its place boys and girls who understand what they are there for. The citizens of the town have done everything possible to pro- mote education. They built the present new building at a great expense; and surely the scholars should appreciate it enough not to deface the building or otherwise contrive against the good-will of their benefactors. We'could not do much toward giving the building; but we can do a lot toward keeping it. It is said that good surroundings promote good thoughts; and it certainly seems to be the case with us, for in the last year the standard of the school has been raised to a marked degree. A proof of this is the increased number of graduates from here who entered college last September. Out of a class of forty-five, twenty- five directly entered colleges or technical schools of high standing. The school has been raised to its present condition only by hard work and sharp discipline on the part of the Faculty and an aroused spirit of loyalty from the scholars themselves. It is up to every one of us to leave the building as good as we found it; to make our athletics second to none; and our work, above all, a good, straightforward, manly effort; and, frankly, Seniors, it is for you to set the example. Ricuarp H. Scanton, ’o8.

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6 THE MAGNET notes from the room editors and personal hits from everybody in. school. At least it is good practice in English, and there-are none of us who do not need that practice. Furthermore, we feel that there ought to be some good talent among the lower classes, which should be developed. What better way is there than to bring it before the eye of the public? | By the time of our next issue we think that the interest of the school will have risen so that we shall be able to furnish an inter- esting magazine. We wish to thank heartily all the subscribers, and we sincerely hope they will pardon the first offence. There seems at present to be a general lack of “push” to the school, which should be remedied at once. We start in studying and grind away for eight or ten weeks with nothing to relax the tension caused by study; whereas in surrounding schools there is a class dance, a lecture in the school, or a reception, nearly all the time. Some may say to this that there is no use in trying anything new, as none of the classes before have done so. But does it ap- peal to common sense that we must follow along in the same old furrow which was plowed up by classes years ago, without doing anything new or original to give our own class a name? Something in this matter should be done, and done at once. It cannot be due toa lack of talent in the school, and if not, it must be attributed to slowness. Now, worthy and dignified Seniors, it is for you, the superior power, to “start the ball a-rolling” and give the undergraduates a good sample of progressiveness. Begin at once with a reception of some kind, or obtain a lecturer from out of town to speak in the assembly hall, which surely was not intended for morning ex- ercises ovz y. Neither was the stage there made for no other pur- pose than orchestra rehearsals. The velour curtains make it seem that it might possibly have been intended for the production of small plays, acted, let us hope, by the class of 1908. This would be making an original departure from the ways of preceding classes,

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8 THE MAGNET Jack Hardy’s Chance it: ARDY had been sick about the time of the beginning of college in |) September, and it was almost a month before he was able to be- gin his studies with the Freshman class. Of course by this time circles of acquaintances had been formed, and Jack, who was somewhat reticent by nature, found it hard to become thoroughly acquainted. Thus it was that he kept strictly to his room, except when he was out for foot-ball practice, and so gained the name of being odd. Although he tried very hard, Jack did not expect to gain a place on the team his first year, and centered his abilities for the most part on playing in the second team. The coach, however, recognized great chances of abil- ity in him and played him when he could in positions on the first team. When the list of substitutes for the team was posted, Jack was nearly be- side himself for joy, for the second name from the top was his own. i. Princeton’s greatest game of the season was ushered in by a bright, brisk November day. The air was cool and sharp, making ideal weather for football, and as the men lined up for preliminary practice there was a general air of vigor and courage stamped in the form of every one of them. The Princeton men traveled by an early train to Cambridge, for the game was to be played in the Stadium; and, most important of all, Jack Hardy went, too, since he had been doing good work as “ sub.” The Stadium was filled that day to the top promenade, and a more cheer- ful and happy crowd could not have been found; for the very spirit of the day seemed to have affected every one. Hardy, wrapped in a great lettered ““P” sweater, sat on the side lines, anxiously watching every play, jumping forward with a glad shout when Princeton won a few yards, and sinking back with a groan when she lost. In the first ten’: minutes of play Harvard made a touchdown, and every Harvard sympathizer in the Stadium rose to his feet and filled the air with cheers and glad shouts. Every one watched breathlessly as a try was made for goal and—lost. 3 Harvard was unable to score again during that half, and Princeton started the second with a rush that nearly took the men in crimson off their feet. Princeton’s right half got around left end and carried the ball to the middle of the field, where he was tackled with a sickening crash. When the whis- tle blew and the men untangled themselves from the heap, Princeton’s right half-back lay still and white, and a chill went to the heart of every Prince- ton rooter. The doctor pronounced him unable to continue the game, and the hopes of every “sub” beat high, when the captain turned and looked searchingly toward them. Whom would he call? -