Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD. L(0(5kl$. Paul E. Foley, ’97. Geokge Lewis, ’98. Nathaniel A. Thayer, ’98 Caroline Brown, ’98. Florence Osborne, ’98. Helen T. Collins, ’98. Norma C. Lowe, ’99. Helen Sibley, ’99. Lemuel Pitts, Jr., ’99. The button fad is dead or dying. What was Pygmalion’s nickname? Patronize our generous adver- tisers. The class of 1900 is an unusually good one. Which will be the banner class in attendance next month? It is an excellent plan to pay your Golden-Rod subscription now. Latin ’98—Pupil (Translating Ileus luvenes.) Ah there, young men! English Teacher—“ The meaning of goatee ? ” Pupil 1900—“Little Goat.” Off hand speeches at the meetings of the Debating Society will soon be in order. On September 17th, the Q. H. S. pupils took part in the exercises at the hospital fete. A foot-ball eleven has been formed with Mr. Saunders ’97 as captain, and Mr. Porter as manager. Geology Teacher—44 What is the appearance of the Sand of Sahara? ” Pupil ’97—44 Full of bubbles.” Racks in the basement for bicycles, would be just the thing for pupils who ride to and from school. The class of 1900 has 211 pupils. Miss Lottie Peterson, ’9G, is tak- ing a business course at the Quincy High. Lessons in the German class are most interesting, and soon a reader will be used. The Debating Society was organ- ized, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1896, by the classes of ’97 and ’98. A large number of pupils are taking singing this year, and the singing will, of course, be up to the usual standard. Latin 1900—Sexti liberi sunt aegri” Pupil—44 The books of Sextus are sick (?) ” We extend a cordial welcome to our new teachers: Mr. Porter, Mr. Campbell, Miss Hayes, Miss Alex- ander, and Miss Kennedy. The certificate of Head-Master F. A. Tupper admits pupils to Bos- ton University or to any other Ameri- can college that allows admission by certificate. The newly elected officers of the class of ’98, are: President, Mr. Clair Baker; Vice President, Miss Bates; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Williams. Literature ’97—Give some facts about Lowell’s home life. Pupil—All his children but one died, when young, and she was a girl. The class of ’97, has elected a new corps of officers: President, Mr. Wilkins ; Vice President, Miss Thompson ; Secretary, Miss Curtin; Treasurer, Mr. McKenzie. Edited by

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THE GOLDEN-ROD. if they Stand in the way of Business Enterprises? Why? 2. —What can Young People who have no Money to Spend, do to make Quincy more At- tractive, and to prevent Dis- figurements? 3. —Why I came to the High School, and what 1 hope to get here. 4. —What the Grammar School did for me. 5. —The Model Teacher and the Model Pupil. 6. —An Original Story or Poem. 7. —“ Fads” Wise and Foolish. 8. —The Abigail Adams Cairn. PRIZE TRANSLATIONS. Virgil,—uEneid, Book VI, 485-540. Cicero,—Oration for Marcellus, Chapters III and IV. Caesar—Commentaries, Book VII, Chapters XII and XIII. Xenophon,—Anabasis, Book IV, Chapter 8, §22-§28 (inclusive.) French,—Class of 1897. 18971 “ Le Clos-Pommier” Chapter VII, page 74, as far as “Pacome fit si hienfi page 79. French,—Class of 18972. “ La Petite Fadette,” Chapter X, page 56 as far as Chapter XI, page 63. French,—Class of 1898. “ Le Roi Des Montaynesfi Chapter V. “ Les Gendarmes,” page 147 as far as “ Xa dessusfi page 152. GENERAL STATEMENT. 1. —The date of the Prize Speak- ing and announcement of essay and translation prizes will be Friday, 30 April, 1897. 2. —Essays and translations must be signed with an assumed name. 3. —Together with each transla- tion and essay there must be handed in a sealed envelope containing: (a) Both the assumed name and the real name of the pupil. (b) A statement to this effect: The essay or translation offered by------------ (pupil’s name) is my own unaided work. 4. —On the envelope write the assumed name of the pupil, and the year of the class. 5. —Use examination paper. Write on only one side of the paper. Neatness, spelling and penmanship, should be kept constantly in mind. Clear, vigorous and idiomatic Eng- lish is always acceptable to the judges. 6. —All essays and all translations must be handed to the Head Master, Mr. F. A. Tupper, on or before the first Monday of the Spring term. Let every one interested in the High School subscribe, for the Golden-Rod. Remember every sub- scription adds one to the list. The Golden-Rod is deserving of your heartiest support. Friendship, peculiar boon of heaven, The noble mind’s delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied. —Johnson. flow do you know that Hamlet had a bicycle? Because lie said, “Watch over my safety, while I sleep.”—Exchange. “What a sense of security in an old book which Time has criticised for us.’’ —Lowell.

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THE GOLDEN-ROD. fW$or k,l$. Annabella L. Troup, ’97. Frances A. IIayes, ’97. Louise M. Cook. ’97. Edited Grace L. Duroin, ’98. by Anne B. Chamberlin, ’98. Florence B. Thayer, ’99. Ethel Vogler, ’99. Grace Craig, ’99. Miss Greaney, 95, is at Boston University. Miss McGovern, ’95, is at Boston University. Miss Bose Coyle, ’96, is training at the Adams school. Miss Marion Pitts, ’96, is at the Denver Normal school. Miss C. E. Ilealy, ’96, is at the Bridgewater Normal school. Miss Florence Nourse, ’98, has left on account of ill health. Mr. Harold Wilder, ’96, is working in a wholesale grocery store, Boston. Mr. William Walsh, ’97, is now studying at Alleghany, Penn. Miss Mabel Winship, ’98, has left school to pursue a course in music. Mr. Anderson, ’96, and Mr. War- shaw, ’96, are students at Harvard. Mr. Saunders, ’97, has returned to school after a few weeks’ extra vaca- tion. Miss Butler, ’96, and Miss Garrity, ’96, have entered the Boston Normal school. Mr. Louis Chapman, formerly of ’96, is a student at the Boston Dental college. Miss Florence Stiggins, formerly of the class of ’97, is teaching school in Texas. Miss Beatrice Briggs entered Boston Normal Art at the opening of the fall term. Miss Edith Chapman, formerly of ’97, Q. H. S. recently made a short visit to Quincy friends. Miss Abbie Barnes and Mr. William Walsh are among the miss- ing ones in the class of ’97. Miss Bemis, ’95, Miss Leary, ’95, and Miss Vogler, ’95, are at the Bridgewater Normal school. Er minia Kolb, ’93, Eva Bassett, ’95, and Bessie Whittemore, ’99, spent their summer vacation at Onset. Miss Lena Fenton, ’99, officiated as bridemaid at her sister’s wedding on Beale street, Wollaston, Septem- ber 29. Miss Alice C. Pope and Miss Catherine C. Pope have passed the examinations for entrance to Bad- cliff e college. Head-Master F. A. Tupper read a poem before the Alumni of Arms Academy at Shelburne Falls, Massa- chusetts, 5 August, 1896. “ Mrs. Mary L. Wade, Quincy and Milton High School, Atlantic, Whitney Co., Mass.” Perhaps this address on a newspaper lately re- ceived will explain why letters and papers sometimes fail to reach their destination. We are pleased to welcome home again Dr. Joseph M. Sheahan, who lias returned from a five weeks’ visit to Paris. The steamer on which he returned, encountered a gale and the life-boats had to be lowered, but she soon righted herself and arrived in New York, safely, although a few days late.