Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN ROD. Has any one seen burns, scalds or stained hands as a recommenda- tion for the pupils of the cooking class ? The Astronomy class say that the moon is full every month. Really that is not a very compli- mentary way to speak of beautiful Diana. First pupil—President Harrison is not re-elected. Preoccupied Latin student—No? —What part did he take in the Trojan war ? We are delighted to perceive that the young men of '94 are mu- sically inclined, but we beg of them not to practise on their in- struments in study hours. An Astronomy pupil made the statement that the Greeks found the length of the years by the mis- nomer. We were under the im- pression that they used the gno- mon. Some of the young men of the debating society promise to be Cal- houns and Websters. Some day we may be proud to point them out and say, “They were school- mates of ours.” The class of '93 lately had the good fortune to be invited by Mr. Curtis to look at the stars through his telescope. They saw the sat- ellites of Jupiter and other inter- esting phenomena. Visions of slain turkeys, plum puddings and dainties of all de- scriptions troubled our active brains last week, and caused us to be truly thankful for the mental rest we enjoyed afterwards. The third subject for debate was : “Resolved,That the franchise ought to be given to women.” The nega- tive side of the question won the debate. Arguments on both sides were spirited, interesting and amusing. Bellamy is outdone at last! The announcement of oneofour bright- est pupils that within two hundred years Niagara Falls will be no more fills us with dismay. It is more disastrous looking forward than “looking backward.” Latin ’96.—Ubi est equus rustici ? Pupil—The countryman is a horse. The vote cast Nov. 8 in the Quincy High School gave a decid- edly republican plurality. ode to j. c., ’93. Lives of great men all remind us We can awe all future time, And departing leave behind us Footprints in the ceiling lime. Geometry'95. Pupil—The three lines from the vertices to the mid- dle points of the opposite sides are called the meridians (medians) of a triangle. The janitor has done his best for our school yard, and it has a very tidy appearance; but we miss those crisp, rustling leaves which we enjoyed walking through. Physics—The pupil who was in- quiring about a frying pan (grid- iron) pendulum can receive added information, perhaps, at our cook- ing lecture Friday afternoon. The new clock in Room III. is a success. “By day its voice is low and light.” Strange it is, when one is in feverish anxiety over a somewhat neglected lesson and in a state of doubt as to ever being able to see into its mysteries, that clock will quote Longfellow ex- actly :— “Forever—Never! Never—Forever!” As our flag was not obtained in season for Columbus Day, we saw its colors unfurled to the breeze for the first time upon the day of our national election. The rousing strains of the “Star Spangled Ban- ner” greeted the first flutter of its silken folds. The hearty cheers for the flag we love showed the pride and patriotism of every heart. PRIZES FOR DECLAMATIONS, ESSAYS AND TRANSLATIONS. The prizes offered by Mr. Cor- thell are as follows: For declama- tion—First prize, the choice of any one of the three following sets:— American Statesmen, 20 volumes, $25.00 Complete works of Sir Walter Scott, 25 volumes, $25.00

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THE GOLDEN ROD. look so, when we were asked the result of our Hallowe’en charms. It is said that misery likes compa- ny. However that may be, we were certainly delighted to hear that three or four of our friends had met with results similar to our own, and we cheerfully agreed with one who said, “111 never waste my time with Hallowe’en charms again; there’s no truth in them, any way.” R. PERSONAL EDITED BY Jennie Griffin, Edith Eaton, Herbert A. Thompson. Miss Fanny Eady, ’96, has re- moved from town. Miss Prince, teacher of drawing, teaches in the schools at Lexing- ton, Mass. Miss Annie Eady, ’96,an editor on this staff, has resigned on account of her removal from town. She was a very able scholar, and will be missed both as a scholar and editor. Miss Eaton, ’96, has been elected to fill the vacancy. Among our visitors of the past month were Mr. S. J. Nowell of the Rockport, Maine, High School, Dr. Sheahan, and Supt. Lull. Vis- itors are always welcome, and a cordial invitation is extended to all who are interested in the school. We were sorry this month to lose Miss Gerrish, ’94. She was one of our Exchange editors on the Golden Rod, and as a scholar she has a most excellent record. By a vote of the editors the position made vacant by her removal has been filled by Miss Pope, ’95. MR. AND MRS. CORTHELL’S RECEP- TION TO SUPT. AND MRS. LULL. The reception tendered by Mr. and Mrs. Corthell to Supt. and Mrs. Lull deserves more than a passing notice. The school com- mittee was well represented, and the Quincy teachers were present almost without exception. Though the evening was stormy, the cer- tainty that there would be a Lull in the storm was sufficient to bring together about one hundred guests. When one has mentioned the host and the hostess, together with the guests, and has added the fact that Weber of Boston was caterer, there is surely no need of making the perfectly obvious remark that the occasion was an especially brilliant social success Mr. and Mrs. Corthell’s graceful hospitality will be long remembered by the Quincy teachers. LOCALS. EDITED BY Annie E. Burns, Daisy C. Bemis, Percy A. Hull. Holidays occur quite frequently of late. Who has died ? Masculine mem- bers of ’94 please explain. How on earth can one find the north, south, east, and west at the north pole? Some one speaks of the proces- sion of the equinoxes. Did it take place in the late presidential cam- paign ? The fourth class are to write a novel of twelve hundred words. We shall now be able to ascertain the future authors of America. The miscreants who wrote vul- gar and indecent language on the school building ought to be pun- ished to the fullest extent of the law. Some of the boys of ’94 curl their hair, bringing a curler to school for that purpose. It was n’t a success one morning, because there was no fire. One morning lately one ot the absentees was inquired for, and it was found that no classmate ever visited her. We think all the pu- pils should be interested in one another. The vacation of Thursday and Friday, which we much enjoyed, is, we find, to benefit us. The teachers who visited schools on Friday have returned to us with renewed enthusiasm after exchan- ging thoughts with other workers in the same profession.

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THE GOLDEN ROD. Complete works of Nathaniel Haw- thorne, 13 volumes, 525.00 Second prize:— Complete works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 13 volumes. $i9-5° Complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 11 volumes, 51925 Any 20 volumes of James Fenimore Cooper’s works, 520.00 Third prize:— Complete works of James Russell Lowell, 11 volumes, $16.25 Complete works of Henry Thoreau, 10 volumes, $15 °° Any ten of Charles Dickens’ works, $15.00 Fourth prize:— Complete works of John G. Whit- tier, 7 volumes, $10.50 Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, $10.00 Complete works of Maturin M. Bal- lou, 6 volumes, $9 00 Complete works of Henry W. Long- . fellow, 6 volumes, $9 00 For the five next best orations will be given the choice of any book listed at $150 in the cata- logue of Houghton, Mifflin, Co. The prizes for French and Latin translations given by Dr. J. M. Sheahan are these: First, any books in Houghton, Mifflin Co’s catalogue not exceeding ten dollars. Second, the same conditions, not to exceed seven dollars. Third, the same, not to exceed four dol- lars. The following are the subjects for prize essays:— 1. The Interdependence of All the Nations of the Earth. 2. The Function of the United States Is World Wide. 3. The World Is My Home. 4. Tobacco, Cotton, Slavery. 5. Motives and Incentives. 6. Native Flora of Quincy. 7 Our Debt to Carbon. 8. Our Debt to Astronomers. 9. Man’s Moral Obligation of Developing Himself Physically. 10. Massachusetts’ Proud Posi- tion in Literature. 11. Massachusetts’ Preeminence in the Sisterhood of States. 12. Educated Man Must Study History. 13. Benefits of a High School Education. 14. The Ideal American Citi- zen. 15. The Last Decade of the Fifteenth Century. 16. “America is Another Word for Opportunity.”—Emerson. 17. The Future of Electricity. 18. Housekeeping in 1950. 19. Massachusetts’ Field: Its Geological and Historical Associa- tions. 20. The Brains, Time, and Mon- ey Expended on the World’s Fair Are Well Spent. 21. Three Days in the Life of a Quincy Boy (or Girl). (Time, 1775-1785. 22. Columbus Monument. 23. Qualities of Columbus That Make a Successful Man. 24. Columbus; A Monologue. 25. A President’s Term of Of- fice Should Be Six Years and No Reelection. The prizes for essays are the same as for the French and Latin translations. N. B.—Must be written in the first person. Date of monologue, Oct. 2, 1892. TENNYSON. A LFRED TENNYSON, the last, if not the greatest of England’s poets, was born in Som- erby, a village of Lincolnshire, En- gland, in 1809. His father was a clergyman with a line of ancestry reaching back to the Plantagenets. He had seven sons and five daugh- ters ; three of his sons were poets, but one was much more talented than the other two. Dr. Tennyson, the father of these poets, had great physical strength, and also great mental gifts. He was a poet, painter, architect, musician, and mathematician. The poet’s mother was a very religious woman and verv sensitive. The poet acquired his education in small part from school, but the pranks and games of his brothers and his every-day surroundings all helped to develop the great nature born in him. His beautiful home and his father would make the wildest love books and find beauty in the sea, the wind, and the ocean. The children wrote continued stor- ries, which were read at the dinner table, one of which was entitled