Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 9 out bv using your brains and get it entirely right. Many times I have received letters with a sentence in the wrong paragraph; such cases as this bring one to a sudden jerk when he reads it. Keep these sentences which are usually related in thought in the same para- graph. You will find that a brief idea of geography will be of great use to you in the business world, especially in the shorthand line. We should know to which state the large cities belong, be- cause your employer is liable to make a mistake when dictating a letter; you should then be able to correct it without further trouble to the firm. We cannot afford to make mistakes in our typewriting work; we should also be careful that the work is not smutty. This matter is of great importance to both you and to the firm for whom you are working. If these few sug- gestions are followed, one should be pretty well along the road to success, if he couple with these things perseverance in all his work to gain success. Always greet the people who visit your office with a smile. People like to trade with a person who gives them a smile once in a while; and re- member, that a smile is not a grin. Even though there is a book-agent who enters the office, treat him kindly and if the employer wishes him to be put out. let him do it himself, it is not for you to interfere. A smile is nothing without the heart behind it. and it is worth nothing at all if the whole heart is not behind it. If you greet everyone who enters your office with a smile, you will not only be doing good toward yourself but also a good turn for your employer. I have now gone over my time and wish you one and all every success in the work which you are to undertake in a few short weeks, and every success in the business world. C. Y. Keohane, T2. Base Ball The first call for candidates for the base ball team was issued April 4th. About fifty men responded. Under the supervision of Coach Start’ a good team was built. The schedule as arranged by Mr Mansur was as follows April 24—Needham High at Needham. April 26—Weymouth High at Quincy. April 30—Cambridge Latin at Quincy. May 3—Abington High at Quincy. May 7—Newton High at Newton. May 10—Hingham High at Quincy. May 14—Boston Latin at Quincy. May 17—Brockton High at Quincy. May 21—South Boston High at Quincy. May 24—Brighton High at Quincy. May 27—Melrose High at Quincy. May 20—Thayer Academy at Braintree. May 31—Milton High at Milton. June 5—Boston Commerce at Quincy. June 8—Brockton High at Brockton. The scores of the games already played are Quincy 8—Needham 4. Quincy 2—Weymouth 1. Quincy 14—Cambridge 10. Quincy 5—Abington 2. Quincy 0—Newton 11. Quincy 10—Hingham 17. Quincy 4—Boston Latin 8. Quincy 1—Brockton 3. Quincy 5—South Boston 4. Quincy 11—Brighton 3. Quincy 7—Melrose 3.

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8 THE GOLDEN-ROD Annisley turned quickly to Valda. She paled slightly and tremblingly pointed to the police- men hurrying Ivan away. “Are you in any danger? he whispered to the girl. “No! We never inform against each other.” she said “and we are too well concealed to he found out by the detective force. Just the same. I’ve played my last game with a government. I shall leave the society.” Annisley caught her in his arms. Let’s start a little government of our own, dear,” he whispered, “and everything it does will be under your supervision and you shall rule as queen.” The wee word that meant so much would have been unheard to a third person but Annisley heard and his heart sang for joy. Now he says that Friday the 13th, is his luckiest day. Beatrice Costello, ’13. He Lecture given by Principal of the Malden High School at Shorthand Convention, May 1, 1912 Students, friends, and teachers: I wish first to express my kind appreciation of having the great pleasure of being before you this morning at the ninth annual convention of the Chandler Shorthand. In my mind there is nothing more inspiring than an audience of young people ready to go out for their life work. There is all the youthful enthusiasm of joy before you. Many of you as you will progress in your profession will come in contact with men of great affairs, men who are of great usefulness in the business world. In the case of one man whom I know, he first started out as a mere office boy, later lie went to a business college and received a position as a shorthand writer, then from that position as stenographer, he became secretary of the state of New York, and later lie was made postmaster general. I shall now bring back to your mind many facts which you have heard over and over again, although there is no copyright on what I shall say. I want to emphasize many of those things as they appear to the business man. First is the one that is of most importance, and that is spell- ing. Now absolute accuracy does not mean a standing of A or B. or 95 per cent, it means 100 per cent. I)o not be satisfied with one per cent less than 1(10. This is not the standing for spell- ing alone but for all other work you undertake. It does not mean to spell nine words out of eveery ten right, it means the entire ten. You must be able to spell all your words correctly in your typewriting, for if you take a position, and spell words wrong, that position is far above you. Always have a dictionary near at hand, and when you are doubtful, do not be ashamed to use it. Try not to have as many doubtful cases the sec- ond time you visit the dictionary as you had the first. 1. myself, think a good plan is to make a list of words which you have had to look up more than twice, and learn them so thoroughly that you will never as long as you live, find it necessa- ry to look them up. The next thing I would like to say to you is just as important, and that is on punctuation. Thousands of dollars have been lost in the Tinted States because of the misplacement of one comma. There is one. or I may say two marks of punctuation which all should know and they are the comma and the semicolon. We all know where a period is placed, and also where a ques- tion mark is placed, but we all do not know where the comma and the semicolon are placed. I have found it a very valuable exercise to take a page of a magazine, or a book, and go over that page noticing where and how the marks of punctua- tion are used. Another important thing is the use of the par- agraph. It is a matter of great importance to have a paragraph well arranged. The idea is not a guess to get it half right, but to work it

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10 THE GOLDEN-ROD Athletic Notes We wish to congratulate “the mud-stingers” of the baseball games, for subsiding. The base ball team, as well as the others, is practically a new one. “Reggie” Macdonald pitched fine ball the whole season. The schedule as arranged by Mr. Mansur, is, without doubt “the best ever.” Quincy certainly had a bad streak after that Abington game. Nash, of Newton may be well commended on the way he covers that first sack. Captain Bowles of Boston Latin, is “some t wirier.” R. Bates. Q. II. S.. TO. has found his “batting eye” on Bates College team. ■ “Chris” Brown, 1492. is some pitcher. Jack Paffman. Q. II. S., Tl. is playing on the Andover tennis team. We missed the little Groton trip this year. The Hingham-Quincy game was a wonderful sight. “Billy” Little figures out the base ball prob- lems by a little Algebra. That right field must look nice to the oppos- ing teams. The base ball team has decided to organize a musical club. With a few such tenore as Barry and Bloomquist accompanied by “Sam’s” har- monica a strong club should be built to compete in dual meets with some of the Greater Boston schools. As the base ball season is nearing an end. as well as all athletics, we look back upon the re- sults of the three major sports with much satis- faction. as compared with other years. Maurice Blackmur, Athletic Editor. Exchange Notes The “Jabberwock” (Boston) has an exceed- ingly fine exchange list. The “Artisan” (Boston) is a capital school paper. The “Grotonian” (Groton) is a very interest- ing paper. The stories published in the “Searchlight” (Walpole) are splendid, but the cover is rather characterless. The “Emblem” (Southington, Conn.) too, has good stories.