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ilgarnms z eta Be aicon U3 There is a great future for many young men in the automobile business and there are a great many fields to enter. There is the salesman who sells the car. It is up to him to make sure you get what you want as far as color and style go. This is a high paying job, but the hours are endless. The mechanic must tell you what is wrong with your car. He keeps it running smoothly. This job requires a detailed knowledge of all makes of cars. Some mechanics specialize in one make of car or even in one special part like the transmission. Thus some garages have a transmission-man or a motor- tune-up man. These are just a few of the fields open in the automobile industry to the young men of today. Paul R. Curley THE FIVE HILLS OF HARVARD Strangers who see Harvard for the first time are impressed with the beauty'of its hills. Perhaps they do not realize the part that these hills have played in the history of the town. It was over these hills that the Indians followed their trails, keeping always on the high ground. Such trails became so worn and well marked that the white settlers naturally used them until they became the roads and highways of today. It was from such high points that the tribes sent their smoke messages over the countryside. The hills of Harvard are part of the Wataquadock chain which extends westward through Bolton and Berlin towards Worcester. Each hill had its own special interest and beauty. The most beautiful and most widely known is Makamacheckamuck now called Prospect Hill. Command- ing the Nashua Valley, what a part it must have played in the years long past! How many war parties assembled there and searched the far-off hills of Shirley and Lancaster for signs of the enemy, or perhaps watched the enemy gliding down the river unaware of the look-out on the heights above? At a later date Prospect Hill was to see the trial and failure of the experiment of Bronson Alcott and his associates at Fruitlands, now the site of the most interesting museums of our countryside. The shrill whistle of the locomotive in the valley and the boom of guns of Fort Devens have replaced the piercing war cry of the Indians. From the Pin Hill quarries came the slate used in great quantities in local cemeteries and buildings. Today the abandoned quarries on the bleak hill top are only a memorial of earlier days. Bare Hill, holding within the circle of its reach the pond known as Bare Hill Pond, provided a fine hunting and fishing ground for the Indians. It was originally called the Bare Hill because it was the custom of the Indians to set a fire around their villages in November: the fire swept through the woodlands and destroyed the underbrush leaving the hill bare. In that way the land was prepared for the rich dairy farms of Bare Hill - which later gave way to the famous Harvard peach and apple orchards of the present time. Page Twenty-two
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---V rg- ..- --..,. ,,.-...1Yv -vm- ----q..w.'- Y--. Bif om? ieiLcl B e acer. members of the city and town departments protect the citizens and their property. Sometimes the question is asked, Why should a policeman command respect? He tries faithfully to carry out his duties in serving his com- munity. He stands ready at a moment's notice to give his life in order to protect the citizen and his property. Therefore he should have the coop- eration and respect of all. Donald R. Crowther THE AUTOMOBILE The automobile industry has come a long way in the past sixty years, for in 1895 there were four automobiles in the United States and in 1949 there were 44,670,588 cars, buses, and trucks in the country. Today an automobile is just another convenience to us, but let us look back upon some of the trouble men had in putting the car, as it is called today, on the road. People did not like the automobile at first and made laws against it, some of which were that a man had to walk sixty yards in front of a car with a red flag to warn the people on horsebackg if a per- son on a horse put up his hand that signal meant that the car must stop. Another law declared that the speed limit was to be two miles an hour in the city and four miles an hour in the country. In the early days of the autom-obile, cars were very expensive because almost all the parts were hand made, but when Henry Ford developed his idea of the assembly line the price of the car was greatly reduced. The majority of the people could then afford a car. Painting the wooden bodies presented another problem because the paint would blister. Then the car bodies were put in heated sheds to dry. A new paint, which dried in a matter of hours was developed. Later metal bodies replaced the wooden ones. Today you see very few wooden ones. Ford wanted a poor man's car . With the aid of the assembly line he put a car on the road which was easy to repair and inexpensive to operate. By this time other makes, such as the Buick, Dodge, and Oldsmobile were appearing. Today we have many kinds from which to choose. The automobile today may be purchased at a cost of S1400 to S6000 depending on the buyer's tastes and pocket-book. There are many extras which may be purchased. Some are the radio, the clock, white-walled tires, seat covers, directional signals, and spotlights. Automatic transmissions such as the Dynafiow in the Buick, Hydra- matic in the Pontiac, and Powerglide in the Chevrolet make driving a pleasure. These automatic transmissions save wear on the tires and there is no clutch to burn out. There are many new motors almost all of which are the V-8 type, which develop great horse-power. These can be found in the Oldsmobile, Chrysler, and Studebaker. Page Twenty-one --1
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W- pw 1-- E UBrnm? i el.cl Be acaonn Nourse's History of Harvard tells us: Oak Hill is the highest point of land in Harvard, six hundred and thirty feet above the sea. On clear days the View eastward is bounded only by the ocean. This quotation explains both the location of the Harvard University Observatory and the fire tower which offers a view for many miles. The road following the crest of this hill may well have had its origin in the trail made by Indians traveling from their hunting grounds on Bare Hill to the plains of Littleton and to the trading posts of the Merrimac River. The Town Hill is a continuuation of Pin Hill. With its peaceful Com- mon surrounded by typical New England homes, it may have been chosen for the Town Center not only because it was the exact center of the town, but because it offered an unobstructed view over the valleys. The watch- ful eyes of the early settlers on their way to the Meeting House could easily see signs of approaching danger. Yes, the hills of Harvard can tell us many stories of bygone days. When we ourselves have become a part of the past, they will still be stand- ing, a sturdy reminder of a long and interesting history. M. Jean Ford THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL Baseball leagues started in the year 1900 when the club owners got together and decided to form two leagues, one to be called the National and the other to be called the American League. The American League was to be made up of teams from Boston, New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Washington. From 1900 to 1914 there was one ball club that could not be beaten, the Philadelphia Athletics. They had a million dollar infield which had to be broken up before there could be any competition between ball clubs. The New York Yankees had a fast moving ball club but could not compete with Philadelphia. From the year 1914 to 1918 there was a World War going on and baseball was not so popular since a good many ballplayers had gone to war. But the people did not lose sight of baseball, and after the war, interest in the sport grew rapidly. In January 1920, the Yankees bought a young ballplayer from Boston in a trade. He was to become one of the immortals of baseball. This was the start of the career of the well-known player, Babe Ruth. Now the Yankee ball team was made up of Ruth, Gehrig, Dickey, Lazzeri, Hoyt, Combs, Meusel, Shawky, and Huggins. The New York Yankees started out with high hopes in their batting line-up, nicknamed Murderers' Row . The line-up was as follows: Bill Dickey, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig. The pitchers of oppos- ing teams must pitch to the Babe, for if they walked him, they would face Page Twenty-three
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