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The Golden Rod. Vol. II. QUINCY, MASS., SEPTEMBER, 1892. No. 1 THE GOLDEN ROD Will be Published Monthly During the School Year in the interests of the QUINCY HIGH SCHOOL. SUBSCKIPTJOX RATES. For the Year, . 50cents | Single Copies, . 5 cents Foi sale at E B. Souther’s. Address all communications to SARAH C. M GOVERN or JOS. J. CALLAHAN, BUSINESS MANAGERS. Entered at the Quincy (Mass..) Post-Office as Second Class Matter. EDITORIAL. GENERAL EDITORS. Eva G. Reed, John W. Estabrooks. EAGERLY did we look for- ward to the long summer days when there should be no lessons and, consequently, no recitations. Those days came and have passed, and once more the busy hum of school life “is heard in the land.” The High School building is filled to overflowing, and we notice that, in spite of the lon j vacation, many of the pupils glance longingly towards the bright world outside the crowded school room. We trust, however, that every pupil has re- solved to make an earnest endeavor to improve all his opportunities for acquiring knowledge during the coming year. The board of editors of the Golden Rod for 1892-3 ex- tends a cordial greeting to the cit- izens of Quincy and to all other friends of our High School paper, hoping that as generous and loyal support may be received this year as was extended to the former board. R. “You have graduated from the High School, haven’t you ?” “Not yet. I have to go another year, because the course is now one of four years instead of three.” “Humph ! Four years—that's too much time to spend in a High School. A High School education isn't of any use, any way.” The person who made the last remark was one whose school life had ended with her graduation from a grammar school nearly thirty-five years ago. We wondered whether, in spite of her disapprov- al of spending four years in a High School, she had not often felt the need of a higher, broader education than that which she had received. A short time ago, in speaking of an interview with a well educated gen- tleman, she had remarked : “I tried to look very much interested, but I couldn’t understand half of his big words.” This serves as an illustra- tion of the discomfort an ignorant person must endure in the society of those who are well informed ; for in all probability the person of whom we are speaking lacked not only the power to understand the words, but also information con- cerning the topic about which the gentleman was conversing. One cannot spend too much time in obtaining an education, provid- ing he makes proper use of every moment ; for however extensive may be one’s amount of knowledge, he may still continue to learn until life is ended. Then, after all, how short a time is four years as com- pared with a lifetime of study! When the pupils were informed last year that our High School course in fu- ture was to cover four years, many were dissatisfied, especially those who had expected to be graduated in June; and at length the commit- tee decided that the senior class should be given diplomas, as that class had entered when the course covered only three years. We are glad to say, however, that the class has awakened to a sense of the ad- vantages of completing the full course, and all, with three excep- tions, have returned. It is only fair to state that those pupils who have not returned were prevented from doing so, not by their own in-
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