Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD. better, for the evil spirit had de- parted from him,” Once when the army of the Phil- istines la}r encamped opposite that of the Israelites preparing for a de- cisive battle, one of the Philistines, named Goliath, a man of gigantic size, came forth, marched up and down, and scornfully challenged any man among the Israelites to contend with him in single combat and thus decide the contest. This action he repeated for forty days, when at last Saul promised to give his daughter in marriage to the one who would accept the challenge. So, David went forth, fought with the giant, and killed him by simply putting a stone into his sling, and striking the giant on the forehead. lie then cut off Goliath’s head, at sight of which the whole army of the Phil- istines fled in dismay. Wouldn’t you think that Saul ought to have been most grateful to David for this noble deed? But no. He requited it by the blackest ingratitude and was very envious of the fame David had acquired. Indeed so jealous was he, that he sought on every occasion to put him to death. But David in- stead of hating Saul in return, pitied him, taking every chance that offered of returning good for evil. We hear sometimes associated to- gether the names “ David and Jon- athan. Although Saul hated David most bitterly, Jonathan, his son, loved David as a brother, and they swore perpetual friendship. Finally, Saul was killed, with his two sons, in the famous battle of Gilboe. David when he heard of it, was deeply grieved and ordered the man who brought the news to be put to death, because he had said that he killed Saul hoping to please David. After Saul’s death David was proclaimed King by all. He chose for his royal residence the Castle of Sion in Jerusalem, and around this stronghold he built a city which he called the City of David.— Julia F. Ford. ’98. THE QUINCY HOSPITAL SONG. Tune,—“Our Public School.” The noblest use of skill and power Is found in easing Sorrow’s hour, And grand it is to spend man’s wealth In caring for the People’s health. So, mother City of us all, Dear Quincy, we have heard thy call, And to thy festival we throng With gifts of sympathetic song. chorus . Bring choicest gifts, none are too costly, To ease the ministry of pain, And with each gift bring something better, The love without which gifts are vain. And with each gift bring something better, The love without which gifts are vain. All may not share in wealth and state, The poor are ever at the gate; All may not win fair fortune’s smile, She is not kindly all the while. But even the unfortunate Must share the sadder gifts of fate, The orphan and the stranger too, Must bear their pain as well as you. chorus: Who knows the day when fell disease May rob our hearts of olden ease ? When sleep and death, those brothers twain, Shall struggle feverishly with pain ? The fate of others ours may be, No one is safe from woe’s decree, Then let the gracious work be ours To brighten suffering’s lot with flowers. Frederic Allison Tupper. The ’98’s have received their class pins.

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THE GOLDEN-ROD. these glowing beauties, from the latter part of July until late in the fall. About eighty species grow in the United States, over forty of which are common in New England. But the different kinds are so much alike that many people cannot tell them apart. This species is very common, blossoming from August till some time late in the fall. It grows about three or four feet high, with rough, lance-shaped three-veined leaves, and with numberless heads of bright yellow flowers in a one-sided, spread- ing cluster. And now we may see this glowing flower “Bearing still the sweet impress Of unfettered loveliness In the field and by the wall, Binding, clasping, crowning all.” The golden rod is one of Whittier’s favorites. In “ The King’s Missive,” he writes of the “Royal plumes of goldenrod.” and again in his “ Prelude to Among the Hills,” he says that “Along the road, like the flowers of gold That tawny Incas for their gardens wrought Heavy with sunshine droops the golden- rod.” When he takes his “ Last Walk in Autumn,” he sees the whitening ornaments of the dying year, and among them “Trembles on its arid stalk The hoar plume of the goldenrod.” We read that some have claimed that it would heal wounds, and on account of this we have the botani- cal name, coming from a Latin word meaning to make whole. “When the flowers of summer days Droop and wither, one by one. Reaching up through bush and brier, Sumptuous brow and heart of fire, Flaunting high its wind-rocked plume, Brave with wealth of native bloom,— Goldenrod! ” From the Boston Transcript. DAVID, THE POET-KING. Before the kingly days of the kingdom of Israel, the people were governed by judges, the principal ones of whom were Gideon, Jephtha, Samson, Eli, and Samuel. When Samuel had become very old, the government devolved upon his two sons who, since they administered justice unfairly, and took bribes for their decisions, were not liked by the people. Thus it was that they began to clamor for a king to rule over them as other nations had, and so Saul was anointed first king of Israel. But on account of sin, his reign was not long, and Samuel, while he was mourning over Saul’s folly, was commanded to go to Bethlehem where he should find David, one of the seven sons of Jesse tending his father’s flocks, and him Samuel with the horn of of oil, anointed as king, the suc- cessor of Saul. After this Saul was seized by an evil spirit which only the sound of music could soothe. David being recommended to him as an excellent player on the harp, came and played before him, and so charmed Saul, that he made him his armor bearer. “ So, whensoever the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, David took his harp and played with his hand and Saul was refreshed and was

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THE GOLDEN-ROD. THE CAPTIVE JEW IN BABYLON “ I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be bond- men, and I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you upright. And ye shall chase your enemies and they shall fall before you and by the sword.” Nevertheless, the Jews, who were Semites; during the period of their true devotion to God, suffered many hardships ; their belief met with op- position on almost all sides. On the south they were constantly attacked by the Egyptians and Ethiopians. The former were a Hametic race, of striking appearance, and speaking a purely Hametic tongue. The Ethiopians were a much coarser kind of Egyptian, their civilization having suffered deterioration in being handed down from generation to generation. On the east they had military dealings with the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians. The Jews were divided into many sects and parties among which the most familiar are the Pharisees, a purely religious party who affected great sanctity and who were very proud of the ancient Hebrew race. They were exclusive and very highly educated. A class which was uni- versally despised was that known as the Publicans. The people who com- posed this class were the tax collec- tors. The Sanhedrin, a council of the Jewish church and people, was a Theocratic oligarchy. It consisted of seventy-two elders (twenty-four priests, scribes, and elders) who were appointed by Moses to relieve him of the administration of justice. It was also an administrative council in general. The Samaritans were a mixed people, derived from the colonists whom the King of Assyria had sent to inhabit the land of Samaria, after carrying the Israelites captives. There were among them forms of national idolatry, and after the captivity of Judah they sought an alliance with the returned Jews. Before the captivity Hoshea, son of Elah, reigned in Samaria for eight years (B. C. 730) and he did that which the kings before him had re- frained from doing, and which was displeasing to the Lord. The King of Assyria became his enemy and beseiged Samaria for a space of three years. In the ninth year he took Samaria and carried the Israelites into Assyria. Here they disobeyed God’s laws : they set up images and served their own gods, and made Jeroboam king. Into the country from which they had been led cap- tives, the King of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava and Hamath, and these also served their own gods and worshipped idols. Having erred they received their due punishment as saith the scripture, “If ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary to me, I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you and your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.” To them their penalty was great, and after being led captive they were most penitent, for they tell us in Psalm cxxxvii: “By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea we wept, when we remembered Zion. “ We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.”