Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN ROD, PERSONAL. LOCALS. EDITED BY Jennie Griffin, Annie C. P. Eady, Herberi A. Thompson. Thomas Greany, ’95, is working in Boston. Pauline Wilkins, ’94, is at Thayer Academy. John Faircloth, ’95, is at Drake’s shoe factory. Arthur Curtis, ’93, is at Chauncey Hall, Boston. Harry Wason, ’95, now attends the Adams Academy. Fred Coombs works at Gurney’s grocery store, Atlantic. John Pray, ’95, is at Kilpatrick’s fruit store, Quincy Point. Walter Sampson is employed at Lathrop’s book store, Boston. Margaret O’Hara, ’95, has en- tered French’s Business college. Lizzie Roberts, ’95, is at Bryant and Stratton’s Commercial college. Marion I. Bailey, ’94, and Mari- on J. Gurney, ’94, are at Framing- ham Normal. Miss Sibylla A. Pfaffmann, one of our former teachers, is still studying at Harvard Annex. Mary Harkins, ’95, and Florence Gray, ’94, have entered Bryant and Stratton’s Commercial college. Miss Mitchell, ’94, took a part as one ot the Peek Sisters in an en- tertainment lately given at the Congregational church. Dr. Sheahan, Rev. Mr. Cotton, Supt. Lull, and others have visited the High School the past month. Visitors are always welcome. Irving W. Horne, our late princi- pal, has accepted the position of superintendent of Braintree public schools, and has our best wishes for success. Leila H. Sprague, ’94, has gone to Bridgewater Normal. She has always been faithful and persever- ing in her work and leaves an ex- cellent record. The first and last thing which is required of genius is the love of truth. EDITED BY Annie E. Burns, Daisy C. Bemis, Percy A. Hull. An increase of over sixty pupils ! Vacation over and another school year begun! A new plank walk is extended from the original walk to the boys’ entrance. Astronomy ’93 gives us the strange information that every per- son’s zenith is in the same place. Latin ’96. Pupil—Durus, dura, durum. Teacher—Not quite so much rum if you please. Latin ’95—“Minerva is a city.” Surely the goddess of wisdom should be implored to visit and scatter her blessings upon that be- nighted soul. Now we are to be initiated into the mysteries of cooking. It may not be so much of an affliction to don an apron and assist in the usual Saturday’s baking at home. Physics ’95. Teacher—What term is applied to anything that you can touch, taste or feel? Pupil—Energy. Teacher----How does energy taste ? Will the pupil of Latin ’95, who made the astonishing statement that “Caesar’s hair was generally bald,” kindly rise and explain? Confessing our dullness, we pray to have our anxiety relieved. The decided increase of pupils this year caused us to experience a gasping sensation and an intense longing for air and elbow-room, until the classes of ’93 and ’94 were allowed to go home after recitation, leaving the remainder to breathe freely. The interior of our school build- ing was in shining order upon our return from, the rest which vaca- tion afforded us. Finding it swept and garnished, may we endeavor to keep it so neat that the last state of the rooms shall not be worse than the first.

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THE GOLDEN ROD. clination, but by other circumstan- ces. Not long ago a man whose whole life has been one of study, and j 9 across whose brow white locks now stray, said to a young girl: “A year is a short space of time to one of your age. There are no white hairs in your head yet. Think not of the time that is passing, but of the knowledge you are gaining. Strive to obtain the best education you possibly can. You will never regret it. It a person fits himself for a high grade of work in life he will probably get it,—if for a low grade, he certainly will not get a high one.” These words apply to all pupils, and to those who are now in our High School and to all who may enter it in future let us say: Take the full course, using every moment to the best advantage. Do not let your education end with your school life, but strive to ac- quire some knowledge every day, by observation, by reading the daily newspapers and the best magazines, and by carefully studying good books, of which an almost inexhaust- ible supply is furnished by our pub- lic library. r. We open school this year with but one change in our corps of teachers. Mr. F. A. Tupper is the new principal. He is a graduate of the Roxbury Latin School, and of Harvard (1880). For the last five years he has been principal of the Arms Academy, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, and for the five years previous to his principalship at Shelburne Falls he was vice- principal of the New Brunswick, New Jersey, High School. e. An Athletic association has been organized in school this year for the first time, with the following officers: President, Joseph Calla- han ; vice-president, George Ewell; secretary, H erbert T hompson ; treasurer, John Estabrooks; exec- utive committee, Harry Winslow, Michael Daly, Charles Fostello; manager of foot-ball eleven, John Cashman. Let us say that it is the duty of every member to lend his influence for the furtherance of the association’s good. By so doing the physical standard of the school will be raised from the second rate position which it has for some time occupied to the position of impor- tance where it belongs. The conditions this year are more favorable than they have been for some years past, and we hope the opportunity will not be lost. E. The Grammar schools of Ouincy are much superior for schools of their grade to the High School, and the reasons are simply these : First, the High School building is entire- ly unfit for the purpose; second, a scholar takes the High School course with no definite end in view. After he has completed the four years’ course another year will be consumed in study before he can enter any of the colleges, and if he does not intend to pursue his studies further, he has not used his time to the best advantage on the half preparatory course which the school affords. Would it not be better to have three distinct courses, Classical, General and Business? In that way the needs of most of the pupils would be met, and the students would be stimula- ted to better work in order to ob- tain the great good which they de- sire in the end. e. The English division of ’96 will be transferred to the Adams School sometime in October. This step is greatly to be regretted, but is necessary on account of the poor ventilation of the High School building. We hope that, being sep- arated from the rest of the school, they will not lose their interest in school matters and that they will soon be able to rejoin us. They will be instructed by Miss Clara Thompson of Quincy. e. If those subscribers who do not wish to continue to take the Gold- en Rod would please inform us of the fact at the earliest opportunity, it would prevent considerable trou- ble later on. We hope, however, that few will do this, as we need all our old subscribers.

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THE GOLDEN ROD. The school year is now fairly under way. The number of boys in Latin ’96 is much larger than the number in Latin ’95. The principal characteristic of Saturn seems to be vanity, he possesses so many rings. Any one who has never seen a ‘Teal live lord” may gratify his curiosity by paying a visit to the High School. Apples hanging from boughs within a stone’s throw of the schoolyard are tempting, but we must bear in mind the old, old story of the apple. Teacher, questioning pupil---- Master----, what are the---? Pupil—Dunno. Teacher—What was my ques- tion ? Pupil—Dunno. At roll call. Teacher—Master Paradise. Some pupil—He’s left. Teacher—It seems to be a case of “Paradise Lost.” As yet Paradise has not been Regaified. On returning to school this year, we found some improvements, the interior of the building having been freshened by new paint. The fresh effect was increased by the new class, which numbers about one hundred pupils. When we came back to school, we found our picture of Whittier draped in black. Another of our great poets gone. Last year it was Lowell. May it be many years before we mourn for Holmes, the only surviving one of the celebra- ted eight. The interest our new principal takes in athletic sports has en- deared him to the heart of every boy in the Quincy High School. The excitement during a game of foot-ball extends to the feminine portion of the school, and it is only when the ball leaps a fence into a neighbor’s choice flower bed, that we are devoutly thankful our sex prohibits our joining in the rush. BIOGRAPHY OF A BUSINESS MAN. William Ray, born March 12, 18—, died December 2, 18—. Born in a small village near New York City, when small he was like the average boy; that is, when with boys he did as the best boys always do, but he always obeyed his parents. He went to the grammar school, from which he was graduated at the age of thirteen. William was considered by his teachers a studious boy. After being gradu- ated he borrowed books from the library to read, and when he went to work he bought them. These books were always on mercantile subjects. In after years when in the city, he went to a night school, and since he had studied at home he was placed in an advanced class. When he was fourteen he se- cured the position of office boy in the office of a commission mer- chant in New York City. In ful- filling his duties he was very clever, always careful to make the least noise possible. He met ev- erybody with a pleasant smile and when he made appointments he kept them to the minute. He was particularly neat, both in his dress and in his work. It is said that he was a great thinker, remembering everything; one seldom had to re- peat for him. The merchant observed these characteristics. After eleven years of hard work the young man was taken into the firm. Indeed, all the clerks thought him worthy of a more responsible position than that which he was holding, al- though he did not murmur, as he believed that his employers knew what he was worth and paid him for it. The trade of this house in- creased, and they established sev- eral branch houses during his term of management. In fact, the capi- tal invested was nearly doubled in ten years. He continued to work every day in the office for thirty years after this. Then he retired from active labor.