Arlington High School - Indian Yearbook (Arlington, MA)

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4 ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLARION. or a black-throated green. It is soft and very pretty; not so perfect a piece of art as the vesper sparrow ' s tune, — few l)ird-songs are. — hut taking, for its very oddity, and at the same time tender and sweet.” The hri lge pewee, commonly called the phoehe, is another earlv visitant, and inhabits the piggeries and barns early in s])ring. It si)ends its winters in the ex- treme South. Of the warbler familv. of which we have over thirty species in New England, the yellow-rump is the first to arrive, quickly followed by the pine-creeping, while the snow still lingers in sheltered localities. The former passes onward to the North, whereas the latter is a summer resident in Massachusetts, and hatches a brood by May 20. Next to tile black-poll, the yellow- rumps are the most numerous of the warblers which we have during the spring migrations, and its notes much resemble the delicate trill of the junco or black snowbird, as it is sometimes called. The warblers are certainlv verv inter- esting when one becomes able to identify each si ecies as it arrives, and they may he found in every locality, either wet or drv. The l)ird student counts the morn- ing in May as rare, when his early walk reveals no sign of their presence, as nearlv all sing in passing, and ap- pear simultaneouslv with the blossoms of the fruit trees and the swarms of little dies upon which they subsist. The little yellow warbler is perhaps the most familiar. It appears by May ist, as the apple-trees burst into bloom, al- though T have sometimes seen one as earlv as .April 19th. F)V Mav loth, the birds are with us in full force, filling our gardens and or- chards with song and merry-making. The orioles, bobolinks, flycatchers, thrushes, swallows and wrens are all in their old accustomed haunts and choos- ing mates for summer housekeeping. Bv the, last of the month, the belated ones, including the cuckoos from the .Amazon valley, the indigo bird from the hot uplands of Mexico fone of a family said to be without a rival in number and quality of songsters), the scarlet tanager from the West Indies and Brazil, the wood pewee, and many of the vireos, come straggling into place, and by June 1st, nine-tenths of our wood-denizens have arrived. The bluebird, robin, meadow-lark, cow bunting, bridge pewee and tbe blackbircls, if not already with us. will ar- rive within a few days, and by the next four weeks one can be fullv satisfied with a day’s diversion out of doors. Chester B. Hadley, Class of ’98. SONG OF THE X-RAY. Have you heard of “ X rays?” They are now all the craze ; True, science seems never to sleep. There is naught can be hid, Underneath any lid These curious raylets can peep. To produce the “X rays” Which are now all the craze, A vacuum tube you must own, And current must pass Through the heart of the glass. E’er glimpse of the “ X rays ” is shown. CA TERING For all sorts of occasions. Balls., Jleddl iO ' s, Receptions., Dinners., At Homes. Private Parties, Ladies ' Nights, Etc., Etc. Ice Cream, Erozen Pudding and Eancy Ices for private families a specialty. N. f. HARDY. Afass. Avenue, Arlington. couflT on.

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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.

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ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLARION And these queer little rays. Which are now all the craze, Can excite a sensitized plate, And picture each ill With infinite skill. That falls to humanity’s fate. These wonderful rays. Which are now all the craze. On the medical world will bear ; What before has been dark, By the means of their spark, A different aspect will wear. By the light from these rays. Which are now all the craze. The bones of the body are seen. And the organs inside ; A disease cannot hide. Its shadow falls full on the screen. If these wonderful rays Which are now all the craze. Can bring hidden latter to sight. With them we may find The true essence of li ui. The birth of a thought bring to light. Oh ! I dreamed of “X rays,” Which are now all the craze. And my dream was real as the day; Manufactured at school In accordance with rule, I used tliem in practical way. And these curious rays. Which are now all the craze, 1 applied to a teacher’s brain. Hoping thereby to see Her thoughts flowing free, A new slock of wisdom to gain. But the.se wonderful rays Seemed to dance in a maze ! A rainbow of thoughts came to view, So swiftly they passed, Not one could be grasped ; I mavelled at all that she knew. But soon these “ X rajs” Settled down from their maze. And pau.sed on the photograph glass. Very clearly one thought To my vision was brought : “ I hope all my pupils will pass.” Edith Gordon Walker, Class of ’96. O. J. DERBY, Jeweler - and - Optician, 0 pp. Medford street, - Arli igto i, Mass. Estabiished 1873. Promptness and Reliability, combined with Skillful Execu- our specialty. Oculist prescriptions filled, etc. Clocks ■ f and delivered free. AN ALLEGORY. Many hundreds of years ago, in a far- away country, across the sea, a gardener Iilanted the seeds of a forest. Very ten- derly he watched and cared for them, welcoming with joy each unfolding leaf and sprouting twig. But, while the treds were still very small and weak, he went to live with his ] ' ' ather in another Country. Sadly he took leave of the slender saplings, tell- ing them that one day he would come again; meanwhile they must remember him and love one another, and always grow straight toward the great blue sky, which arched so high above them. After he had gone, for many davs the trees were sad and lonely; hut they re- membered his last words, and said to one another, “We must be very industrious, and grow to he great trees, that the Gar- dener may be pleased with us when he returns.” No sooner had they gone to work, JV teu on your way to and frotn school, call at the Central Dry Goods Store for ribbons, notions, small wares, lininyys, tri mmings, and all kinds of dry goods. It is i i the Fina ice Block, Mass. A ' C. F. R. DANIELS, Perio d ic a Is, M aga z in es , C GAR.S ami TOBACCO. .‘Uso a co nplete line of Gents ' ' Fnrnishi tg Goods, Hats and Caps. Everythi ig lew. All the latest styles. S. Stickney d Co., Plunibing and Heating, Siva i ' s Block, Mass. .-h ' e. The most i nporta it thing about a prescription is what is left out. If yon have it put up at J Vh itte m ore ' s Ph a rni a cy, Mass. Ave., as you probably do, you get just what your doc- tor orders and nothing more. This deeply interests you.