Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD Base Ball With (his edition of the “Golden Rod” base- ball is with ns. The prospects of a good team are the best in years. In Galvin the team has not only a good ball player, blit an able leader and with the school back of him. he should make a good showing. For the various positions there are back from last year’s team the following: ss., R. Bates; field, Galvin; p.. S. Bates; l.c., Moorhouse; field. Howe; 2b., Murphy. There are also a number of second string men who will make a strong bid for the various positions. Those who are trying for the pitching staff are as follows: S.. Bates, Rice, Brooks, Chap- man. Welch and Poland. For the position of catcher, Moorhouse, Tabb, Barry and Chapman are candidates. Quincy High School has not supported a base- ball team the way it should, and for lack of school backing many good teams have been spoiled. This year with everything in its favor the team will undoubtedly make a good showing if it can only have the support of the school. School spirit. Turn out to the games and cheer. But, make sure it’s cheering and not a private game behind the back-stop or sod sling- ing back of first base. Get together and cheer. Let the team know you’re there. Let them know you’re sure they’ll win. Also, when the score cards come around, if you happen to have a dime, buy one. A team needs financial support as much as anything else. Mr. Ilolbrook has arranged a schedule in which there are a number of home games. Now these cost money. Show your appreciation by turning out well to the games and by financial support. Quincy High in the last two years has gone several notches higher in the ranking among the schools in and about Boston. It’s up to us to keep there. This is a good chance. Show them you can do it. , R. II. M. ’09. Base Ball Schedule April 19 Graduates at Quincy.. April 27 Bridgewater Normal at Bridge- water. April 30 Abington at Quincy. May 4 Everett at Quincy. May 7 Open. May 11 Brockton at Quincy. May 14 Open. May 19 Brockton at Brockton. May 21 Milton at Milton. May 26 Melrose at Quincy. May 28 Dedham at Dedham. June 1 Rockland at Quincy. June 4 Plymouth at Quincy. June 7 Medford at Quincy. June 11 Open. June 15 Dedham at Quincy.

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THE GOLDEN-ROD rne c .s s Athletic Notes Training for Health and Efficiency Sir James Paget once said, “I should like to see a personal ambition for renown in health as keen as that for bravery or for beauty, or for success in athletic games and field sports.” We are fast approaching this ideal of Sir Paget’s, because all over our country we are teaching our young the value of health and how to secure it. Already there is a pretty good general knowledge of the great truth of the inter-dependence of mind and body, and of the fact that a really healthy mind can- not exist in an unhealthy body, and that physi- cal education is the basis for all intellectual training. A knowledge of all that pertains to per- that which will make the body a ready servant of the will. To this end an intimate knowledge of all that pertains to personal hygiene is absolutely necessary. Judicious use of exercise is one part of this, the care of our teeth and nose and skin is important, and diet, rest and recrea- sonal hygiene will soon become the landmark of men and women of culture. Intemperance in mental and physical matters wiM become as much the mark of a weakling as is intemperance in eating and drinking. Any avoidable inter- ference with health and efficiency will become a sign of inferiority and incompetence. To be well balanced, to be efficient we must first train our bodies and then our minds. We must avoid as much onesided bodily training as we are trying to avoid onesided mental train- ing. We must look upon physical training as upon all other education, namely as a means towards an end. The end of all education must be efficiency, mental, moral and physical. If we look upon physical education in this way we must emphasize all exercises which will stimulate harmonious bodily development and tion become vital factors. If we want to become efficient members of society we must know our individual strength as well as our limitations, and we must guard against overdoing as well as underdoing. Above all we must ever guard and fortify our health. Ernst Hermann.

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THE GOLDEN-ROD be a human being and pulling and dragging he got him into the house and closed the door •on the storm without. Soon the Indian, for on •closer inspection John had found it to be one, came around with the aid of hot drinks and blankets and told them the story of his flight through the storm and of his fall within a few feet of the cabin. Thus by the inquisitive- ness of “Boy” was the chief found and res- cued. As the Indian continued to make his home with the Deans, they soon became fast friends. But the following spring had carried off the boy’s mother and then it was that John Dean decided to come east to the Alleghanies with “Boy” and the “Chief.” For two years they had lived in the region of the Smoky Moun- tains, hunting and fishing until one day the Indian scraping away the ground to prepare a place for a trap, unearthed a yellow gleam. Hastily gathering a few handfuls of the earth and marking the location, he went and showed his find to John Dean. They visited the place together and finding a quantity of the yellow grains all around, they made plans for wash- ing it out and collecting it. In a few days they had all the rude implements of a placer miner and set to work. Daily they turned out a few ounces, the Indian working one day and Dean, the other. The one who was not mining would hunt or fish, keeping the camp supplied with food. The precious metal was kept in a canvas bag and hidden in a hollow oak near “No Man’s Creek” about a mile from the camp. The secret was well kept and at the opening of our story, the boy, who was now a lad of six years, had a tidy sum held in trust for him by the Indian and old John Dean. But one day while the camp was deserted, two prospectors came across it. That they saw all they wanted to see and enough to convince them there was gold near, was evident from their actions. They disappeared silently, care- fully covering up their tracks. That night the three comrades were gathered about the fire and their talk turned to the cold. Old Man Dean had a presentiment of coming evil and decided to take the “Boy” and show him the hiding place of the hoard, next day. Suddenly there appeared before them two strangers, dressed in government khaki and carrying surveyors’ instruments. They asked Dean if they might stay with him over night, a request speedily granted. Throwing down their packs they piled their tools and instru- ments inside the cabin. When they returned to the fire, pipes were produced while they told the old man their plans. Before they turned in for the night, it was decided that the Indian should guide them up the side of “Old Baldy” the next day and Dean was left with the “Boy” to carry out his plans free from hindrance. Early the next morning two rough looking men rose from the ground, where they had passed the night, and shaking off the sleep langour, they made their way towards the camp. There they lay in hiding, just outside of the clearing, until first the Indian and the sur- veyors. then John Dean and the “Boy” had gone from the camp. Then crossing the clean- ing they took up the trail of the boy and his father. The Indian by his knowledge of the coun- try was able to get the government men to their destination without loss of time. They set up their instruments while the chief sat nearby smoking and watching. Before setting to work they took a look at the scene spread out before them. To the east and west, moun- tains, valleys, covered with a mass of green, met their eye. They looked through the glass and things became plainer to them. All the while the Indian sat watching, the light in his eyes only revealing the excitement he was re- pressing. The men noting his eager glauces beckoned for him to look. As his eye swept the great expanse of land comprising moun- tains, rivers and valleys awakening to the first touch of spring, his stolidity vanished. Ilis eyes shone an dhis body trembled. Surely this must be some great medicine, he thought. Sud- denly as he looked, his face changed. What