Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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30 THE GOLDEN-ROD “The Abis”—Abington High School, North Abington, Mass. Your cover design is excellent. Your literary department is good, but couldn’t you give less space to social activities and the Alumni department and more to the literary material produced by your students? Could you have a special de- partmental heading for poetry: If you cannot, would it not be a good idea to put it all together at the end of the literary department? The School News department gives us a very fine idea of your school activities. Is there no way in which you could use the extra space at the end of the depart- ment? Your Alumni department is concise, your Sport department interesting, and your jokes are spicy. Your magazine is already a highly successful one. AS WE SEE OTHERS “Shuttle”—High School of Practical Arts, Boston, Mass. Your cuts are excellent. We suggest an Alumni Column and more original jokes. The poem entitled, “The Lexing- ton Goes Out,” shows real talent. “Harpoon” — Dartmouth High School, New Bedford, Mass. A well edited little magazine. Your poetry department seems to be rather a “one man” affair. We suggest confining all your advertisements to one section. “Quill”—Kingston High School, King- ston, Mass. Your magazine is most enjoyable. e certainly admire your poets. A more ex- tensive Joke Department would be an improvement. “Cony Cue”—Cony High School, Augus- ta, Maine. This Maine magazine is just bubbling over with school spirit. Yotre Depart- ment Frangais est tres interesant. We like your cuts. “Homespun” — Senior High School, Greensboro, North Carolina. We have nothing but praise for you. Your skillfully arranged pages portray unusual talent. “Oriel”—West Borough High School, Westboro, Mass. A well organized magazine. Your department headings are clever. Why not enlarge your Exchange Department? “Jabberwock” — Girls’ Latin School, Boston, Mass. Your Literary Department is well de- veloped. Why not indulge in more jokes, and add a larger Exchange? “Pad and Pencil”—Chandler Secretarial School, Boston, Mass. Another fine publication from Chand- lers. The author of the poem, “Things I Love,” is to be congratulated. Your very original jokes were much appreciated. “Brown and Gold”—Haverhill High School, Haverhill, Mass. Your initial effort is a praiseworthy one. In time, we expect you will have a Literary Column. Are we right? Do you plan to have an Exchange? “Screech Owl”—Maynard High School, Maynard, Mass. From front to back yellow cover your football number was most enjoyable. Your story writers understand the art, and your “Pickings” are indeed choice. “Killonian”—Killingly High School, Danielson, Connecticut. We think more stories and poems uld improve your magazine. Where is your Exchange. “Hermiad” — Hingham High School, Hingham, Mass. Your departments are rather meager. We suggest more editorials. The adding of Exchange and Alumni Departments would help. '‘Whittier Town-Sentinel”—Amesbury High School, Amesbury, Mass. What a lot of fine material is contained in the four pages of your alert “Sentinel.” “Variety is the spice of life,” as your paper proves. Why not add a story or two ? “Semaphore”—Stoughton High School, Stoughton, Mass. Yours is a very original magazine. The Literary Department could be enlarged to advantage. We advise a more extensive Exchange. “Spaulding Sentinel”—Spaulding High School, Barre, Vermont. Your publication was most entertain-

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 29 AS OTHERS SEE US “The Screech Owl”—Maynard High School, Maynard, Mass. Your paper is so superior that it is difficult to extract any particular feature for commendation. Your cuts are cer- tainly a big attraction. “Gazette”—Lynn Classical High School, Lynn, Mass. The “Cafeteria Address,” modeled on Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, is very clever. We enjoyed “A Singular Inter- lude,” a story which required an intense imagination to write. “The Mirror”—Waltham High School, Waltham, Mass. The poems, “The Tale of the Cafe- teria” and “A Summer Sunset,” were ex- cellent, as, indeed, we found the entire magazine. We were pleased to find that your conception of the “Ideal Teacher” corresponds with our views. The head- ings of your jokes department were very unique. Your Alumni section also de- serves much credit. “The Jabberwock”—Girls’ Latin School, Boston, Mass. The arrangement of your magazine is good. The school notes are well handled. You seem to have some outside interest for nearly everybody. We were disap- pointed in the meagre literary depart- ment. “A Singular Interlude” is unusual and somewhat weird. Its author must have a rather wild imagination. You have a very large humor department with a good number of amusing jokes. Your athletic department is also well handled. “The Quill” — Kingston High School, Kingston, Mass. The “Golden Rod” of Quincy is a very distinctive magazine. The poem, “A Summer Sunset,” is especially beautiful. This magazine has a good Exchange, and numerous, exceptionally clever jokes. “The Deerfield Arrow” — Deerfield High School, South Deerfield, Mass. A very interesting paper. Your alumni section is strikingly good. Congratula- tions to the author of “Misfortunes of a Sofa Sheik.” “The Magnet” — Leominster High School, Leominster, Mass. “The Golden Rod” of Quincy High School shows the school spirit and activity of the students in every department. The school news section especially reveals the interest taken in many activities. The editorials are timely and thoughtful, and the poetry, too, is good. It is one of the liveliest magazines I have read. “The Tripod” — Thornton Academy, Saco, Maine. We uphold the “Golden Rod” as an example of what a school magazine should be. Each of your numerous depart- ments is well arranged, and highly devel- oped. We believe, however, that photos of your various school buildings would add to your magazine’s attractiveness. Also, we have reason to believe that a history of your school would be an inter- esting subject to include in a future publication. “The Red and White”—Rochester High School, Rochester, New Hampshire. Congratulations to the writer of the unique story, “A Singular Interlude,” in your June issue. We found your Class Census and Memories extremely interest- ing, even though its graduates were un- known to us. The pictures and cartoons add greatly to your paper, but we advise more literary work and poetry.

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 31 ing. Your literary Department deserves special mention. “Tattler” — Nashua High School, Nashua, Mass. Your stories have distinction, but where, oh where are your poets? Your Exchanges are well written. “Red and Black”—Dorchester High School for Boys, Dorchester, Mass. The news write-ups show that you have very competent editors. Why not put some of “those artists” to work mak- ing cuts for your magazine? We looked in vain for Exchange and Alumni Depart- ments. “Aerial”—J. M. Atherton High School for Girls, Louisville, Kentucky. Your bi-weekly paper is excellent, con- sidering its frequent publication. We en- joyed every one of your clever stories. “B. C. S.” — Bishop’s College School, Lennoxville, Quebec. From Quebec comes this lively “Prep School” magazine. We were immediately impressed by its size. And on reading it, we received many more pleasant sur- prises. Your pictures and cuts are at- tractive, and your poems original. It is one of the most professional magazines which we receive. “Huntington Record” — Huntington School, Boston, Mass. A newsy bi-weekly paper. Why not comment on some of your long list of exchanges? Your jokes are spicy. “Gazette”—Lynn Classical High School, Lynn, Mass. As fine a piece of humor as one could hope for! We especially appreciated “Number 9999 or Susie Ann Goes Skat- ing.” Every department in this well arranged magazine was enjoyable. “The Courier” — Hyde Park High School, Hyde Park, Mass. Some original department heading cuts would be a great improvement to your publication. We suggest an Exchange! “Noddler”—East Boston High School, East Boston, Mass. Your publication is one of the best that we have received this time. The Literary Department fairly took our breath away. Frank Bonzagni’s sense of humor was much appreciated. Your cuts are the “last word.” “Item”—Dorchester High School for Girls, Dorchester, Mass. We like your magazine, especially the stories. Your “personals” are exceed- ingly original. Isn’t your Exchange De- partment rather meager? “Deerfield Arrow” — Deerfield High School, South Deerfield, Mass. A few pictures and original cuts would improve your otherwise splendid maga- zine. Why not comment on more of your long list of Exchanges? “Enterprise” — Keene High School, Keene, New Hampshire. We await with impatience the next in- stallment of your continued story. Your cuts are attractive. “Swampscotta” — Swampscott High School, Swampscott, Mass. We found many interesting things in this number. Your very unique Literary Department was most attractive. “Tripod” — Thornton Academy, Saco, Maine. Yours is a fine magazine. We especi- ally like your poetry and your wide- awake editorials. Keep up the good work! “Magnet” — Leominster High School, Leominster, Mass. We congratulate the competent staff of this magazine. Your Literary offerings are commendable, and your editorials well done. We were interested in your pic- tures and cuts. “M. H. S. Oracle”—Manchester High School, Manchester, Mass. We almost feel as though we have just been abroad, after reading your splendid articles on so many countries of the world. We like your Book Notes. Your cuts are original and add much to your fine magazine. We wish to acknowledge the following: “The Ogdensburg Academy” — Ogdens- burg Academy, Ogdensburg, N. Y. “The Hebronite”—Hebron, Nebraska. “The Rindge Register”—Rindge Tech- nical School, Cambridge, Mass.