Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN ROD. PERSONAL EDITED BY Jennie Griffin, Herbert Holmes. Mabel Oxford and Carrie Baker, 93, took part in the choruses of ‘‘Priscilla.’' Dr. Sheahan, ’65, will read Ra- cine’s Athalie with French II. once a week. They are to be en- vied. Helen Nutting, ’93, and Marcia Reed, ’94, have recently learned that some ivy does not agree with them. They now look natural. On Thursday, October 15, twen- ty-four schoolmates of Gertrude Hall, ’94, surprised her at her home in Newbury avenue, Atlan- tic. Miss Hall has been confined to the house for six weeks, and has just returned to school. DIRECTORY OF ’90. Dolly A. Baxter—Normal Cooking school, Boston. Grace G. Bigelow—At home. Lucy W. Brown—Bridgewater Nor- mal. Ida J. Cameron—Quincy Training class. Stella M. Crocker—At home. Bartholomew J. Crowley—Book- keeping, Boston. Mary A. Deasy—Shorthand writer, Boston. Augusta E. Dell—Quincy Training class. Henrietta J. Dell—Thayer Acade- my, Braintree. Alice Dunn—Quincy Training class. Henrietta E. Esson—Quincy Train- ing class. Elizabeth T. Gearin—At home. Charles C. Hill—Carpenter, West Quincy. Charles A. Hobart—Bookkeeper, Boston. Annie M. McCormick—Quincy Training class. Catherine C. McGovern—Quincy Training class. Charles W. Miller—Studying at home. Harry O. Parker—Technology col- lege, Boston. Carleton C. Perry—Architect, Bos- ton. Maude W. Perry—Music teacher, Newport. Charles K. Pierce—Taunton Iron Works, Boston. Maud E. Polsom—Bradford Acad- emy. John J. Reardon—E. H. Doble’s, Quincy. William L. Sullivan—Bbston col- lege. Lucy B. Tarbox—Quincy Training class. Florentine A. Walters—Bryant Stratton’s, Boston. Catherine E. Walters—Bridge- water Normal. Why should not Swin(e)burnian poetry be popular in Chicago ? Our base ball players claim that “Slide, brother, slide!” is the mas- culine of “Scoot, sister, scoot!” This is referred to English IV. English III. are hunting with Doctor Holmes after his Captain. They are glad to know that, in spite of his eighty-two years, the old man is as buoy-ant as ever. Eve was the first “sweet girl graduate.” Her essay dealt with “Fruits and their effects.” As Eve means “life-waker” it is safe to say that there was no sleeping in the audience. “The habit of doing one’s work well is not the whole of morality, but it is the heart and core of mor- ality.” “Franklin Pierce was the four- teenth president, and his initial let- ters stand for fourteenth president. There are fourteen letters in his name.” “The progress of the nineteenth century towards anarchy and so- cialism has been considerably re- tarded by the great bulwark of savings bank deposits.” “If love for country,for humanity, for individual rights, be implanted in the hearts of the school chil- dren, the writers of political mel- ancholy will have to choose some other field for their operations.”

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THE GOLDEN ROD, LOCALS. EDITED BY Pauline Wilkins, Walter Sampson. Advertisers, o ! Subscriptions, 360!! All debts provided for! !! We are the people ! !! Did ye never hear of the Golden Rod ? Now for more subscribers to pay more money, to buy more Golden Rods, to pay for more pictures, more busts, more of everything that will make our school home brighter, pleasanter, more home- like. Physiology II. informs us that the vital processes are circulation, digestion, and perspiration. Our superintendent and our Sci- ence teacher seem to be in great demand at conventions and insti- tutes this fall. All the teachers of Quincy are studying morals. We hope that it is not because the superintendent has discovered any great lack. Parents visits are so angelic, be cause so few and far between, that we gladly record the call of Mrs. George A. Bailey. Come again. The Fourth class make three di- visions of twenty-eight and one- third each. We are not sure about the one-third, but we know there are eighty-five in the class. All schools except the High had a holiday October 9, as the teach- ers attended the Norfolk County convention. Our day is promised us, and we are waiting patiently. We Hope and Pray a-Loud that a class that contains two Popes and only a Merr-ill will be Bett-er than any former class. Possibly its mascot will be a White Steer. Warnings have been sent to the parents of all scholars who failed the first month to reach the stan- dard in any two studies. It is hoped that the parents will look more carefully to the work at home. The class of ’91 presented the school with two busts, two flags, and two pictures. We hope each graduating class will do as well. History IV. suggests a new way of doing penance. They tell of Henry II. feasting and praying at the shrine of Thomas a Becket. Teachers in Geometry should be careful, as the latest authority tells us that nothing is solid, because spaces exist between the mole- cules. Latin IV. Teacher—What is the subject of the verb? Pupil—Where. Teacher—Did you ever see a where ? If the flower season is passing, the season for autumn leaves is coming, and they will add very much to the appearance of our rooms. We expect the Fourth class will make a very bright Physics class next year. They are able even now to do so difficult examples as squaring three mentally. The school day is now divided into five recitation periods. We have therefore lost nearly one third of our former study-time in school hours, and must do more work at home. Physiology II. now know that the numer(o)us is next to the fun- ny bone; that it’s no use “crying over spilt milk,” because nearly nine tenths of it is water; that their wisdom (?) teeth have not come; that man perspires, but other animals sweat; that Physiol- ogy has two y’s and more “Why’s.” Physics III. are just finding out how long it would take them to fall from Bunker Hill monument. We hope that none of them will be obliged to experiment before they can thoroughly understand that it would take them nearly four sec- onds. They are also learning that a short pendulum will vibrate fast- er than a long one Surely there ought now to be no slow clocks in their homes, to cause tardiness at school.

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THE GOLDEN ROD. WHY DO THEY COME? IMAGINE yourself standing on a wharf at East Boston, wit- nessing the arrival of a foreign vessel. You see before you the great black hulk of an ocean steam- er entering the harbor. But now her machinery is motionless, her screw has taken its last turn, and she lies at her wharf. Let us board the ship. Before us stands a mot- ley crowd indeed. Here we find the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor, the educated and the ignorant,—in fact, nearly all the types and characteristics of man- kind are here displayed. If we stroll about the steamer examining each group and its dif- ferent quarters, we shall be well repaid. Here is the Englishman, the Scotchman, the Irishman, the German with his inseparable com- panion, his pipe; the Swede, and the Russian Jew, whose quarters can be easily distinguished by the ap- petizing odor of garlic, which per- vades the atmosphere, and “Why do they come ?” is our thought as we gaze at the multitude. To answer, it is necessary to examine the condition of affairs in the different European countries, for it is from Europe that most of this human freight is exported. Let us look first at Russia, that mighty empire which extends across two continents. We see an absolute monarchy where the word of the ruler is the law of the land. Is it then any wonder that so many are anxious to leave this land of abuses, this country where one’s life is continually hemmed in by government officials who are ever scheming to cheat the weak and the poor ? To establish a newspaper or to open a book-store one is obliged to petition the government for the right to do so, and then wait months, perhaps years, before the officials deign to grant this request. One cannot give an entertainment for the benefit of the poor even, without official permission, for the government fears that the money thus raised may be used for traitorous purposes. What is the result of an offence against such a government ? Siberia and all its terrors, too well known to be enu- merated. In Germany we find that much dreaded and omnipresent army system, which this empire is compelled to support in order to maintain the high position she now holds among the great powers of Europe. The reason for so much emigra- tion from Great Britain probably does not depend so much upon the form of government, which is not severe, as it does on the desire for private gain. Ireland, however, is in a far from peaceable state, and in some parts the country is in a deplorable condition. In that coun- try a tyrannical tenant system pre- vails, causing much misery and bloodshed among the poverty- stricken Irish peasants. Italy, although so small a terri- tory, has a dense population, there- fore the inhabitants are closely huddled together ; indeed, many of the poorer class of Naples are com- pelled to seek shelter in the caves of Vesuvius. In Spain, the end of Europe in many respects, a peculiar caste- system of very ancient origin is an important leading cause of the emigration from that country. Besides reasons of this nature are the low rates of passage, the shortness of the voyage, and the dishonest methods used by agents of these trans-Atlantic lines. Whither shall they go ? In America they find a government for the people, of the people, and by the people, a free country and the best educational advantages; they can build houses, live in peace and security ; they are safe from op- pressive and tyrannical measures, and are free to worship as they please. What glorious opportuni- ties does this country offer the am- bitious emigrant. He appears be- fore the moat of the United States, blows his bugle, and lo, the draw- bridge is up, the portcullis falls, and the gate is open unto him ! He enters, and on every hand is gladly