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The Golden o. in u c v froiufcM bog Rod. Vol. I. QUINCY, MASS., OCTOBER, 1891. No. 2. THE GOLDEN ROD Will be Published Monthly During the School Year in the interests of the QUINCY HIGH SCHOOL. S U BSCRIPTI ON KATES. For the Year, . 50 cents | Single Copies, . 5 cents Address all communications to A RTHUR V. CURTIS or S A RA HC.M cGOVERN, BUSINESS MANAGERS. EDITORIAL. GENERAL EDITORS. Eva G. Reed, Leila H. Sprague. OUR subscription list presents an encouraging appearance. Enrolled thereon are the names of many of the prominent men of this city,and the total number of subscri- bers is now over three hundred. One of the subscriptions deserves special mention. In this city, scarcely two months ago, a little stranger opened his bright blue eyes to behold for the first time the light of this world. When he was only four weeks old his name was entered as a subscriber of The Golden Rod, and thus his first con- nection with the literary world has been established. We hope that our little friend will continue to aid our paper throughout the com- ing years, and that if at some fu- ture day he should enter this school as a pupil, we may have the pleasure of seeing his name on the editorial staff, and of reading many interesting articles written by him. R. O We are not restricted to a writ- ten system of laws in our school, but if a code were prepared we should expect to find near the top of the sheet, “Cleanliness.” What a simple Anglo-Saxon word, yet what a broad meaning! We wish its importance might be impressed upon all our minds, but there are still some who are constantly be- ing reminded of the fact that stray papers, pencil whittlings, et cetera, are lying about their desks. If they cannot keep so small a por- tion of the room free from dirt, what will be the condition of the homes of which they may have charge at some future time? We do not know, but we hope that be- fore leaving this school they will outgrow this fault. However, it may be too late, for Pope says, “As the twig is bent, the tree ’s inclined.” What a true story the condition of a pupil’s desk tells. If a man were to enter our school with the intenion of employing a boy, probably the first Question he would ask would be, “Where i-s his desk ?” At first sight he would decide whether he wanted the boy or not. Let this be a warning to you, girls as well as boys, and do not lose positions of trust and honor just by your own careless- ness and thoughtlessness. How much might be said upon this sub- ject, it is so broad. But without further discussion let us strive to keep at least our schoolrooms neat and orderly, and go to the Bible for our motto, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” s. When does the nineteenth cen- tury end ? How many I can hear say, “What a question !” But do not be hasty; just consider the matter for a moment. A grammar school pupil who had just com- pleted the study of a certain Uni- ted States History would probably say: “Why, this century ends in 1899, because .Washington died on the last day of the week, in the last month of the last year of the eighteenth century, and the date of his death was Saturday, Decem- ber 14, 1799. But did he die in the last year of the century ? If you will please exercise your im- agination, we will suppose that in the first week of Adam’s life he
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THE GOLDEN ROD. wrote a letter to Eve. Here is the heading: “Garden of Eden, Jan- uary i, -----,”—but what is the year? Would he have written o years, or the year i ? Evidently no whole year had elapsed, no more than 1891 has elapsed, but still if we were writing a letter we should date it October, ’91. Imagine, then, that Adam dated his epistle January 1,1. Was not that year completed at the expiration of De- cember 31, and did not that cen- tury close with December 31 of the one hundredth year? It seems very obvious that the ninety-ninth year does not complete a period of one hundred. s. It was just the kind of a morn- ing to make one feel full of life and energy; the sun shone bright- ly and the air was clear and cold. The faces of most of the pupils of the --- school seemed to be in harmony with the morning, but those of a few young girls looked tired and discouraged, and their eyes had an uneasy, apprehensive expression, which the teacher translated, “Unlearned lessons ” Let us see what the reason of this was. On the previous evening an entertainment had been given for the benefit of the church to which these young girls belong, and each had performed some part in it. For several weeks they had been obliged to spend two or three of their evenings in rehearsals, and as a result they had not sufficient time to learn their lessons. Reci- tations began to be imperfect, and records which had been excellent fell lower each day. Anxious to remedy this, some robbed them- selves of sleep to gain time for study. One young lady retired at twelve o’clock on the night of the entertainment, and rose at three on the following morning, in order to learn her lessons. Think of it, only three hours of sleep, and those broken by troubled dreams of unlearned lessons. It is no wonder that the girls grew pale and tired. One complains of an aching head, and her mother im- mediately says: “You study too hard; school lessons ought not to be so long.” Of course the school must bear all the blame; no thought is given to the length of time spent in preparing for the en- tertainment. Another exclaims, C “O, I am so tired !” and her moth- er replies: “School life is too con- fining: you do not have time enough for exercise.” There again the burden of blame is laid upon innocent shoulders. Evidently something must be neglected to a certain extent, and the question is, which shall suffer, entertainments or education? It seems to us that, those young people who are wise will leave the work of entertain- ments until later years, and will devote themselves to the acquisi- tion of knowledge while they are permitted to enjoy the advantages offered by the schools of our land. We do not mean that they should wholly deprive themselves of the pleasure derived from entertain- ments and pleasant evening par- ties ; on the contrary, we think it necessary that they should have some recreation of that nature; but we simply believe that when there is a question between les- sons and an entertainment, the de- cision should be in favor of the les- sons. R. Our cabinet specimens are in- creasing slowly in numbers. We are indebted to May Gavin, ’94, for two bills (one fifty dollars, the other twenty),which were issued in the Revolutionary days. James White, ’94, has brought in a flower and seed from the cotton plant; also specimens of copper ore from Vermont. Two contributions from Florence Gray, ’94, are a piece of iron slag from Ohio, and a slough. “What is a slough?” Why, it is a complete suit of clothes which some snake has slipped out of and shed, possibly for a later style, s. The Golden Rod wishes to learn the names and whereabouts of the graduates of these classes : ’67, ’68, 70, '71, ’72, '73, and ’74. Can you help ?
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