Arlington High School - Indian Yearbook (Arlington, MA)

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ARLIXGTOX HIGH SCHOOL C LARI OX. the most of the op])ortunities their af- forded, while connected witli this clui). d ' liey liave realized the utility of such an orjj anization, not only in ])ronioting a spirit of intelligent patriotism among its memhers. hnt also in awakening an in- terest in the great pnhlic (jiiestions of the day, which might not otherwise have been felt. They have thns gained an in- sight into matters of national import- ance, and have, in consecpience, broad- ened their general knowledge beyond what it was possible to gain through the ordinary routine of their school life. ’e, therefore, welcome all as mem- bers of the Lyceum, confidently assuring them that, if they take hold of the work of the club with a spirit of earnest en- deavor to make the most of its advan- tages, they will receive abundant reward for their time and labor. A great majority of the boys of the school are members of the A. A. A., which takes sole charge of the athletics. Football in the fall, ice-polo in the win- ter, baseball in the spring, call forth the active efforts of the association through- out the school year. .Athletics are certainly to be h ighly commended. A school with no interest in sports demanding the exercise of the muscles would never amount to much. “Mens Sana in corpore sano,” is an excel- lent motto. “Mens sana in corpore in- ' -ano,” would be like putting new wine into old bottles. The bottles would crack and the wine would be lost. Provided they do not encroach too much upon the time necessary to the preparation of lessons, the athletics re- ceive the hej||?t endorsement of teach- ers and scholars alike. We are proud to state that our football, baseball and ice- ])olo teams are noted for the manly and straightforward way in which they con- duct all thcix games, and the many well- deserved successes which they have achieved dtiring the past fall and win- ler, have been a source of great pride and .satisfaction to the entire school. It has been the custom for several years for the tnembers of each Junior Class to present to the school a picture or bust, as a slight token of their apprecia- tion of the advantags which their school life has afforded them. This custom, which it is earnestly ho])ed will be long- continued, has done much to render the walls of our school-rooms tasteful, pleas- ant, and homelike. It has been said that there is nothing more conducive to the development of refinement in character, than the living in an atmos])here where one is constantly surrounded by works of art from the brushes of the great mas- ters. If this be true, the school owes, assuredly, a heavy debt of gratitude to its alumni. There still remains, however, ample opportunity for im])roving the interior appearance of the building. Though the walls of the two large assembly rooms are handsomely adorned, and the small- er class rooms adjoining these are also artistically decorated, yet the halls and corridors are as yet practically without ornamentation. We sincerely hope, therefore, that the grand old custom of the presentation to the school of suitable works of art will be continued in the future, as it has been faithfully observed in the ] ast, till every niche shall contain its l)ust or statue, and every inch of wall-si)ace hitherto unoccupied shall be brightened and beautified by some masterjiiece of ancient or modern ])ainting. The Editors of The Clarion take this opportunity of publicly expre.ssing their thanks to Mr. Charles S. Parker, Senior Editor of the Advocate, for the assist- ance he has rendered them in ])lanning the first issue of our ] aper. His advice and helpful suggestions in regard to va- rious details of the work we have under- taken have been most valuable. In our effort to put The Clarion on a sound fi- nancial basis for the ensuing year the counsel of an ex] erienced business man and practical printer like Mr. Parker has very materially aided us, and because this assistance was given so willinglv and cheerfully the P)Oard feel deeply indebted to the Editor of the .Advocate.

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gI goI ©lapion. VoL. I. Arlington, Mass., March, 1S97. No. I. She Glapion is published quarterly during the school year. Terms: 10 Cents Per Copy. 40 Cents Per Year. RUSINESS MANAGER: WARREN C. TAYLOR. ASSISTANT : CIIARI.es J. DAILEY. SEC’Y AND TREAS’K: WARREN L. RUSSELL. ARLINGTON Advocate Print. OFFICERS OF THE CLARION : EDITOR: JOHN G. BRACKETT. CLASS EDITORS: Charles G. Tufts, ’97. Harold T. Patterson, ’98. Helene L. Buhlert, ’99. Henry K. Turnrull, ’00. CONTENTS. Editorials ----- i ' File Return of the Birds - - - 3 Song of the X-Ray - - - - 4 An Allegory ----- ( The Lizard ----- Historic Boys - - - - - School Locals - - - - - Athletics ------ I Debating Club Notes - - - 14 Memoranda Alumnorum - - - 16 EDITORIAL The Arlington High School Clarion is the name which has been given to our new school paper, of which the present issue forms the opening number. The paper has been projected by several members of the Senior Class, who real- ized the benefit which such a ])eriodical would prove to the school. ' Phrongh their persevering endeavors, the desired end has been attained, and the Arlington High School Clarion can now take its ])lace among the various other school-pa- pers which arc issued in many of the towns and cities suburban to Boston. It is the earnest wish of the editors that the new (|uarterly shall be worthy of its name; that it shall sound the bugle- note which shall rouse in the pupils of the school, a spirit of honor and loyalty — of loyalty to their lessons and their teachers, — loyalty to one another, — loyalty to every institution connected with the school. We invite the attention of all male pu- pils of the school to the advantages to be obtained from joining the Debating Club. This association, which was or- ganized three years ago, has had a most jirosperous career. Its members have always embraced the privileges there of- fered with enthusiasm, and have made o

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i -V n n he I ' iip V I j ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLARION. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. Tin: RETURN OF THE P.IRDS. ] larch is a month of a dovibtfnl nature, and affords us a variety of weather. Seldom, until after the 20th, is a bird stu- dent likely to find many of his feathered friends aj:jain “at home, after their Southern sojourns. April and May are the prineijjal months of the year for the return of the birds. The first few days of the former invariably bring a few, at least, of our s])ring choristers. About twenty-five or thirty of the two hundred and seventy-five species of birds found in New England in June are resi- dent; that is, stay with us throughout the year. ( )f this number, forty or fifty are winter visitors, leaving about two hundred and twenty-five sj)ecies as s])ring birds, nearly half of which wing their flight to the North to breed. hirst of all, come the sociable, som- bre-clad sj arrows, whose songs are then heard continually from the brook-sides and marshes throughout the summer breeding season. They frequently abide through the winter in Massachusetts, but the majority appear in the latter part of h ' ebruary and in March. Hardly have they greeted us with the ])romises of the spring-tide, before the blackbirds, including the red-wing and the rusty, the bronzed grackle, cow l)unt- ing, meadow-lark, and the azure-coated bluebird arrive. These are followed by the s])arrow tribe, of which we have at least a dozen s])ecies in the Atlantic States. The lat- ter are classed under the general name of finches, having short, conical bills and tails more or less forked. Many of them migrate in flocks, freciuent- ing our garden borders and brush heaps for perhai s two weeks, and then continuing northward, to pass the sum- mer. They winter in the vicinity of Washington, D. C. The largest and handsomest of the tribe, as well as one of its sweetest song- sters, is the fox-colored sparrow, beauti- fully marked on the breast and sides with heavy dark-brown strijies. He ar- rives soon after the song sparrow, and his notes, at first mellow and sweet, but ending in a delicate trill, much resemble those of a thrush, as, in fact, does the bird itself. The smallest of the family is the chi])- per, whose bean in the bottle song is heard throughout the day in early s])ring. He more than makes up for his plain- ness by his sociability and bv ridding (jur trees of the destructive cankerworni. ( tccasionally we are visited by the white-crowned species, whose song is thus described by r radford Torrey: “The strain opens with smooth, sweet notes, almost e.xactly like the introduc- tory syllables of the ves]: er sparrow. Then the tone changes, and the remain- ing song is in something like the ])leas- ingly hoarse voice of a prairie warbler. RA IVSON ' S TESTED S EEDS ! There is a certain uncertaint) ' about some Seeds, but not about Ravvson ' s ; they are always certain to grow. We test them ourselves; we know their wortli, and can guarantee them second to none. Our farms in Arlington affm ' d us unsurpassed facilities not only for testing the germana- tion quality of the Seed, but of seeing them come to maturity. Our illustrated Catalogue for 1897 contains many new varieties of Seeds, also shows an ex ' cellent reproduction of Boston , [arket from a photograph. On application we will mail this Catalogue free. IV . IV. Raw son Co., 34 .South Market Street, fioston.