Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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TilE GOLDEN - ROD “J6 Special Deliver ? ” He looked about with anxious eyes, To where the teacher stood, For teachers are most wond’rous wise ; That well he understood. Each pupil o’er his book was bent, He glanced up at the time, Five minutes now already spent— How quick the flight of time ! Again he scans the teacher’s face Then glances ’cross the aisle, ’Tis just about three feet of space, He sees the master’s smile. He wonders if the teacher knew, Or has he understood ? His face assumes an ashen hue. Oh ! if he only could Just toss that note to Harry James Who sits across the aisle. Why must he take so many pains His teacher to beguile ? Ah, ha ! a thought springs in his mind And now his terror’s fled. He does not wait a chance to find To pass that note ahead. But turning up his trouser leg About an inch or two He tucks it in so well that not A corner is in view. His foot creeps slowly ’cross the aisle, A moment of suspense ! And Harry’s shoestring then unties In innocent pretence. He stoops to the offending knot And grasps the note instead. The master innocent of the plot, Sedately walks ahead. And if there’s any boy who now “ Revealed ” his secret sees, Upon my knees I’ll humbly beg Sincere apologies. M. E. L. “ And still his tongue ran on : The more they tried to stop it The faster did it go, Until for common men there was no show.” C. C—11—ns, ’05. “ It is better to be little than not at all.” Craig, ’05. Quaint Epitaphs of Quaint Quinces Beneath this stone in a shady nook S—r—1 sits with a downward look. You can’t get him away, For he’ll sit there all day, Reading forever a Woll’ston “Brown” book. B—y—n beneath this stone so gray, Lies enshrouded to this day. Still he is talking With tongue ne’er balking, While friends wish he’d gone t’other way. Here lies the body of poor Miss W— s— Whose life was wholly devoid of rest. Sometimes ’twas ’04, ’05 us’lly more Who kept her thinking which she liked best. Here lies a young fellow named W-------n, Who ne’er came to school with his vest on. lie created a sensation And won the admiration Of the girl with the turkey-red waist on. Here lies the residue of pretty Miss II----. Before St. Peter would undo the latch He asked, “ Who is there ? ” She said “ Don’t dis-pair, But kindly just give me the loan of a match.” When Miss R-------lived she had a wonderful Lee, And gained through him the highest degree, For she was the lass Of the ‘05 class, Who graduated with an “ LL. D.” j v “ While chasing ads. I’ve worn out all my shoes, ’Till naught is left of me except the blues.” J—n k—ns, ’05. j In History II,—“To whom did Henry the Seventh marry his son Arthur ? ” S-----, confidently, “To Ferdinand and Isa- bella.” jt w The following acted as officials at the girls’ games. Mr. and Mrs. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Howlett, Miss Souther, our faithful girls’ manager, Miss Guild, Mr. Merry and Mr. Thompson. This meet showed that the Quincy High School girls made the most of their opportunities, limited though they are in the accommodations for athletics, and the vigor and pleasure which were evident in their sport proved them worthy of better things.

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T1IE GOLDEN - ROD V. M. C A. BUILDING OPENS No one attraction in a given community is of greater interest to the average High School fellow than the Young Men’s Christian Association, even in a city where High Schools have gymnasiums as a part of their plant the association gets a goodly proportion of the live fellows for the Athletics and Basket Ball. The reason for this is easy to find but can not be given here for lack of space. The Quincy Y. M. C. A. will soon open their new and handsome plant on Washington street. Whatever may be said of the wooden building; when the interior is inspected it challenges criticism both from point of artistic effect and arrangement. Quincy at last has a place for its young men equal in equipment to any city of its size and sur- passing the average. The gymnasium is larger, and more perfectly lighted and arranged than that of Brockton or even Cambridge. In fact the plan permits of everything required in a fully equipped athletic department. A pair of handsome bowling alleys have for two months attracted much attention. Locker and bath are modern and good style in every way. A lot in the rear of the building is large enough for practice of field athletics. Indoor athletic meets will therefore be a feature in Spring and Fall. Special gymnasium classes and other work for students are scheduled and classes are already in operation. A track team is being talked of to compete with other associations; all this under the direction of a trained Physical Director. In addition to the Physical Department and its equipment is the main building handsomely ap- pointed ; including reading and game room, fire place and social rooms. The Club feature and the social atmosphere of the place are two features hard to describe but which every fellow will feel upon entering. The Special Student ticket is within the reach of every fellow. Be sure and call and look over the building at your earliest opportunity.

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THE GOLDEN - ROD I lampton Institute In response to a request we have received an article from Miss Corinne Hayward, a former editor of the Golden Rod. Miss Hayward is now located at the Hampton Institute, Hampton Va. Her article gives a brief idea of the work being done in the South at the present time for the education of the Negroes and the Indians of our country. Miss Hayward as private secretary to the principal of the school has ample opportunity to become well acquainted with her subject.—[Ed.] It is a difficult problem to know what to tell you about Hampton in the space allotted to me for there are many things that must of necessity be left unsaid which might prove far more interesting to the readers of The Golden Rod than these few facts which I will endeavor to set before you. The school is pleasantly located on an inlet of Hampton Roads, Virginia, about three miles from Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe. The grounds contain over 88 acres and there are about 60 buildings, besides Shellbank’s Farm, from four to six miles away, where there are 600 acres with all the buildings necessary to a well equipped farm, and dormitories for the boys and girls who remain there with a few teachers. There are enrolled here over 700 negro and 100 Indian students whose ages vary from 15 to upwards of 20 years, besides 500 colored children from the neighborhood who attend the Whittier school of primary and low grammar grades. Hamp- ton's young people are instructed in academic studies and also in practical work at the Trade School, where courses in 15 different trades are given, students being allowed, as far so possible, to select those which are most congenial to their tastes. The girls are taught cooking, sewing, laundering and all practical household work. Much stress is laid upon agriculture for both boys and girls, the girls having gardens where they are taught the propagation of various plants, while the boys have the larger work about the farm where they see put into practice the principles learned in the class room. There is also a course in dairying. I cannot begin to tell you how intensely inter- esting it is to go through the Trade School and watch the boys at their work. In the carpenter shop you may find them making chairs, tables and other articles of furniture, or perhaps a house is being built or repaired somewhere on the grounds and they will be busy constructing doors, window- frames, etc. In another department they may be found at work upon harnesses or shoes. Thus it is in all the departments. The first year boys will be found, of course, occupied with the elementary exercises, while the second or third-year students have the finer woik to do, and if they are carpen. ters or masons or tinsmiths, they may be out at work upon a house or some building which it may be deemed necessary to build or repair. The advantages which Hampton is endeavoring to give these, our red and black brothers and sis- ters, are too numerous to mention; as a prominent man has said : “ If I paid §10,000 a year for it, I could not possibly give my own small boy any- where in or about New York city the advantages that the negro child freely enjoys at Hampton In- stitute.” . The school is wholly supported by gifts. It re- ceives its share from the government fund which is annually distributed among the agricultural and mechanical schools of the country and the board of the Indian students is also paid by the govern- ment, but the colored students pay their own board ($10 a month) and the academic and industrial tuition of both races ($70 and $30 per year for each student) is contributed by friends of the school. Over -$80,000 has to be raised each year and meetings are held in many of the North- ern cities and resorts, both winter and summer, in order to lighten this burden. Numbers of people contribute regularly, however, and some give year- ly scholarships. To each of the latter a student is assigned who writes to his or her benefactor, as the case may be, at least once a year and oftener if the latter wishes to keep up a more brisk corres- pondence. These letters generally prove so inter- esting that the “donors” ask that the same students be assigned throughout all the years they attend the school. This period varies with the intelligence of the pupil and the courses taken. A boy completes his trade in three years, during which time he attends night school. Numbers of the boys and girls work during the day and are credited with a certain amount, for work done, at the treasurer’s office. Many students pay for their board and personal expenses in this way, obtaining no help from home. Sometimes a stu- dent attends night school throughout his entire stay at the school, but naturally this takes longer than if he went into day school during the latter part of his course, which is ordinarily from four to six years in length. Every day, except Monday, which is the school holiday, the bugle sounds at ten minutes after