Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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No. 1. Vo i,. v QUINCY, MASS., OCTOBER, 1895. Me $0lte-§0d WILL BE PUBLISHED MONTHLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR IN THE INTEREST OF THE QUINCY HIQH SGHOOL. Subscription Rates. For the year, 50 cents | Single Copies, 5 cents For sale at E B. Souther’s, (Quincy, and W. D. Ross’s, Wollaston. Address all communications to Rose Coyle, ’96, Louis N. Chapman, ’96, William C. Wales, ’98, BUSINESS EDITORS. Entered at the Quincy, (Mass.,) Post-Oftice as Second-Class Matter. f ditorikl. General { Jacob Wakshaw, ’96, Editors, l Beatrice H. Rothwell, '96. It was quite a coincidence that the senior class should have had the “Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes” for a lesson on the first anniversary of his death, for it was exactly one year ago on Monday, the 7th of October, that the last bright star of that brilliant New England galaxy was dimmed by death. The current of one’s thoughts flows in the same channel as those of the thousands of fellow-creatures who knew and loved “The Autocrat” through the me- dium of his works, and thus it was that with mingled sadness and lov- ing remembrance we recalled that singularly beautiful and beneficent life, for kindness, geniality and lively sympathy which tends to strengthen the “ brotherhood of man ” were predominant in him, and the world was “ better for his being.” R. This is the season when The Golden-Rod is in bloom, twining its golden stems around the hearts, and, likewise the pocket-books of all loyal students and well-wishers of the dear old High. Its management has been given over to the guidance of a new crew, who are hopefully looking forward to “ Point Surplus.” It has heretofore been rather diffi- cult to attain, struggling in a sea of debts, but it’s “ a bad sea that can’t be weathered.” Still, we need the aid of every person in Quincy, and we’re not at all bashful in asking for it. The expenditure of fifty cents will ruin no one, and you may be sure that such an investment is for a good cause. And the best way to make The Golden-Rod a success after subscribing, is to pay for it, as many forget to do. Then you will be sans reproche and nobody will be able to address you in somewhat the manner that the dentist addressed a debtor : “ Remember, sir, every time that your wife eats anything, that she does not eat with her teeth, nor with yours, but she eats with my teeth.” w. The Moslems implicitly believed that every man had two attendant angels—a good one and a bad one. Which of the two, think you, has made necessary the use of those

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THE GOLDEN-ROD. ominous little books containing the still more ominous little marks ? Does sensitive Dame Conscience prick you with her sharp needle guilt, or, have you wisely learned, under the guidance of the stern teacher Experience, to close your mouth very tightly in order to main- tain the proper rigidity ? Have you forgotten the puritanic maxim of your childhood to speak only when you’re spoken to by the “ powers that be ? ” I should not be following the golden rule to the letter if I meant these few remarks to be in a “ moralizing ” strain, for verily we are “ brothers of the flesh ” in whispering as in the other small sins of life. Perhaps you don’t call carrying on an animated conversation with your neighbor across the way sinning, but remember Pope says: “ And who but wishes to invert the laws of order, sins.” That being the case, the best thing that we can do, boys and girls, is to borrow the Moslem’s angels and let the good one rest on our right shoulder, that its righteous pleadings may check the assaults of the naughty little demon on the left. r. The new woman seems to be creating a great deal of discussion nowadays. Not a magazine or newspaper that does not have some- thing to say about her. She is cari- catured, condemned, and yet upheld. All the gossip about her reminds me of an article I read somewhere about the “ new woman.” It was entitled, “Is the New Woman a Woman? If Not, What Is She ? ” It went on to say that the writer had heard many opinions concerning this ques- tion. Some people contended that however she might disguise herself, she was a woman at heart. Those opposed to this opinion said, that if she was a really lady-like woman she would never do the numberless foolish acts that “ new women ” were committing; that in their opinion the woman who confessed that she was a “new woman” was not in reality a woman at all, but a reduced edition of that class of creatures known as the genus “ dude,” which forms a connecting link between man and woman. The writer rambled along for some space, and ended like the case of Mr. Shobb and Mr. Nobb, who fought a duel, and the result was unknown whether Nobb was shot or Shobb was not. w. Physiology ’97. Teacher—“Where is the alimentary canal ? ” Pupil—“ Back of the neck.” The Head-master of the Quincy High School and the editors of The Golden-Rod wish publicly to thank those enterprising and public-spirited citizens and non-residents who ad- vertise in the school paper. All the readers of The Golden-Rod are urged to patronize The Golden-Rod advertisers. Total number enrolled thus far at the High School since 3 September, 1895, 335, by far the largest number in the history of the Quincy High School, or of any other Quincy school of similar rank. Attendance for September, 98.2 per cent. ; cases of tardiness, 6; cases of truancy, 0; visitors, 13; average age, 15 years, 6 1-2 months,