Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN ROD. morrow, and as this letter must go by the ship, I will close. Hoping soon to see you in our little colony at Plymouth, I am ever your loving cousin, Mary Chilton. IVA YSIDE SPRA YS. “As lavish of its golden light As sunshine’s self, this blossom is; Its starry chandeliers burn bright All day; and have you noted this— A perfect sun in every flower? Ten thousand fairy suns Raying from new disks hour by hour. As up the stalk the life-flash runs?” “Varlet” is the same word as “valet” and each is an offshoot of the feudal “vassal.” “Madame” is “my lady,” and “sir” has been ex- tracted from the Latin “senior” through the French. “Dandelion” is “dent de lion” (the lion’s tooth), and “vinegar” was once “vin aigre” (sour wine). “Biscuit” keeps alive the Latin “bis coctus” (twice cooked) and a verdict is simply a “verum dictum” (a true saying). The word “girl” is found in the Bible only twice—Joel iii.: 3, and Zachariah viii.: 5. Ceremonies are different in every country; but true politeness is everywhere the same. HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. Most sincere congratulations are tendered our noble foot-ball eleven. They have successfully escaped two defeats. Adams Academy had no eleven this year, and consequently could not play. Our eleven thus scored victory number one. De- feat number two was avoided by the subtle stratagem of not appear- ing at all. Of course Thayer Academy could not defeat our eleven it the eleven did not appear. Our invincible heroes are now rest- ing on their laurels. Why not challenge some other institution that has no eleven? It is proposed to present the eleven, or at any rate ten of them, with medals bear- ing this inscription :— “He who fights and runs away, May live to fight another day.” EXCHANGE. EDITED BY Cassie T hayer, Josephine V. Gerrish. We are glad that The Tripod has “an eye to the main chance.” We like the idea of Current Events in some of our exchanges. We think the contributed arti- cles are the best part of some of our exchanges. The Oak, Lily and Ivy contains a good article on the life of John Greenleaf Whittier. Free Russia contains some very interesting and instructive articles on Russian government. We like the picture of Duffy and Beauty in the September num- ber of Our Dumb Animals. We notice that some of our ex- changes appeared in holiday attire in honor of commencement. The August number of The Bugle gives minute descriptions of commencement and battalion drill. We are glad to welcome back several of our old exchanges. We hope they will all continue to visit us this year. The teacher asked, “And what is space?” The trembling student said “I cannot think at present, But I have it in my head.” —Ex. The phrase “not in it” is not as modern as many might suppose. It was first used in its present meaning by Euripides over two thousand years ago.—[Ex. The June numbers of The Ora- cle and the Rutland High School Notes are very interesting, since they contain the principal essays read by the graduating pupils. Gentleman in Restaurant-“Bring me a bottle of hock—Hic, haec, hoc.” Waiter—“Yessir.” Gentleman—(after twenty min- utes)—“Waiter, where is that hock?” Waiter—“Well, you see sir, you ordered it sir, and then you declined it sir. Ha, ha.” Gen- tleman dies.—[Exchange.

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