Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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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

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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. “The Old Horse.” Alfred wrote his first verses on a slate. At the age of five years we read of his playing in the rectory garden, toss- ing his arms in the breeze and shouting, “I hear a voice speaking in the wind ’ He was also in the habit of running down to the sea-coast to obtain inspiration from the sea. The boys gained their early edu- cation at South grammar school, and while in their teens published “Poems by Two Brothers.” From South to Cambridge the way was made easy by their elder brother, Frederic. Alfred took a prize for a poem at the university, but left it without the distinction of an academic degree. It was said that Tennyson would never support himself by his pen, but when Emerson asked Carlyle for a description of the poet, he gave it thus: “He is one of the finest looking men in the world. Has an abundance of rough dusky- dark hair; bright, hazel eyes; deli- cate, but aquiline face, o? a brown complexion like that of an Indian. He wears very loose clothes, smokes tobacco, and has a musical and metallic voice fit for loud laughter or wailing.” The relations between Tenny- son and America were very cor- dial, and were strengthened by his friendship for Longfellow. In 1883 he went to Denmark, and on his return home he was prevailed upon to accept a peerage and took the title of Baron Tenny- son. He was the first commoner raised to the House of Lords for literary eminence alone. He was very retiring, shrinking from pub- lic gaze, and enjoying contempla- tion in seclusion. Among his family and friends he was greatly beloved, and was never known to do an unjust or ungenerous act. He bore poverty and neglect with patience, and his wealth and title without vanity. He died at Akhvorth, London, October 6, 1892; was buried at Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey, England, and was greatly mourned by all. —J. P. McGovern, 94 OUR COOKING LESSONS AMONG the many pleasant pastimes of our school life there is one which is especially in- teresting to the young ladies and to a few of the young gentlemen also. This is our cooking class. Every Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, about one hundred schol- ars arrange themselves in the large room of the Quincy High School building, which has been appropriated for our use, to listen to lectures, and also to watch the proceedings of our cooking teacher, by which we hope to become quite skilled in the art of cooking. These lessons are certainly very useful as well as pleasant, as I know many of us, and I hope all, desire to become good housekeep- ers sometime in the future ; and one of the greatest requisites to be- coming a good housekeeper is to be a good cook. The first two lessons were large- ly attended, but I am sorry to say, many of those who were at the first two lessons did not put in an appearance at the third, but we are still a goodly number. I must also say a word in regard to our teacher. We are certainly blessed with a very amiable one, as I know that the constant buzz of conversation which is audible all over the room, must bother her a great deal when she is trying to talk ; nevertheless she still wears the same smiling countenance, and never censures us except when it becomes absolutely necessary. She is also very kind in answering all our questions, no matter how ridiculous they may seem. The first lesson I did not attend, so I am not able to state what occurred, but at our second we learned to make what is called a “Brown Betty Pudding.” Of course we girls, wishing to show all we had learned, donned large aprons the next morning (which was Sat- urday) and marched into the kitch- en to make an attempt at pudding making. After I got through, my mother, glancing around at tne many