Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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XCHAHGES It is certainly very encouraging to have so many exchanges respond to the Golden Rods sent out each month. We are delighted to be able to print in this issue the following long list of papers in the order which they have been received since our March number:— The Brewster—Wolfeboro, N. H. The Clarion—West Hartford, Conn. The Pasco School News—Dade City, Fla. The P. . II. S. Flyer—Presque Isle, Me. The Mt. Hollis Outlook—Holliston, Mass. The P. A. Record—School of Practical Arts, Brookline, Mass. The High School Herald—Westfield, Mass. The Everett High Clarion—Everett, Mass. The Industrial School Magazine—Golden, Colorado. Lasell Leaves—Auburndale, Mass. The Jabberwock—Girl’s Latin School, Boston, Mass. The High School Record—Newburyport, Mass. The Gleaner—Pawtucket, R. I. The Record—St. Louis, Mo. The Mountaineer—Santa Anna, Texas. The Eltrurian Haverhill High School, Haver- hill, Mass. The Advance—Salem, Mass. The Peace-Pipe—Fairview, Akla. The Aroostookan—Mars Hill, Me. The Student—Providence, R. I. The Mirror—Waltham, Mass. The Latin School Register—Boston, Mass. The Blue and White—Franklin, Mass. The Brocktonia—Brockton, Mass. The Breccia—Portland, Me. The Distaff—Girl’s High School, Boston, Mass. The Tryout—Haverhill, Mass. The Echo—Winthrop, Mass. The White Mountain Zephyr—Gorham, N. H. The Reflector—Gloucester, Mass. The Vermont Pioneer—Randolph Center, Vermont. The Mercersburg Academy Literary Magazine —Mercersburg, Penn. The Tattler—Nashua, N. H. The Aegis—Beverly, Mass. The P. A. Record:—Congratulations on your first attempt at publishing a school paper. You have begun well by making your first issue an introduction to your school. Your cover design and the neat arrangement of material are very pleasing. With our wishes for the best of luck, we also hope to see the addition of exchange and alumni columns. The High School Record is one splendid magazine, which is worth the attention of all our exchange readers. The way in which the different classes have supported this, their paper, by giving a full page advertisement, is a good example for classes of all schools, running a paper, to follow. The Echo:—We are very glad to add you to our column. Your “Cream O’ Wit” de- partment is clever. The Advance:—You are doing well with advertisements, but an exchange column is a feature which you sadly lack. 18 The Student:—Why not increase your

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17 The Golden- Rod The committee went on record in favor of joining the new State High School Athletic Association. The editor of this column wishes to rectify a mistake concerning Miss Dorothy Edwards. She is not with the Granite Trust Company, but the Quincy Trust Company. Marie Buckley, To is a book-keeper for the Daniel Fitzgerald Granite Company. Frank O’Brien, T4 is working in the office of the Fore River Company, Quincy. Alice Billings, T4 is training at the Quincy Hospital. Cecelia Connors T4 is working in the office of Adams Market. Valeria Vaskis, T4 is training at the Quincy Hospital. This is a little note recently printed in a New York paper. “By the way, we hope you saw Peter Pan during the holidays, and, our hopes being realized, we know that the entrancingly gay “Nibs” is of the bright memories you carried away. Ruth Gordon scored a tremendous hit in this part at the Empire Theatre with Maude Adams in her well-known role of the adorable boy who never grew up. Miss Gordon was a sudent at Sargent’s Dramatic School last year, and the early part of the season was working in the “movies,” but “Nibs” is her first stage venture, and her many friends are indeed proud of her success.” This speaks pretty well for Ruth’s work. Dorothy Stevens, Alumni Editor. ON SPRING DULLNESS. When I consider how my night is spent Ere half my time in this sad room and wide, And that one thought which desperate seems to hide, In my brain useless, tho my soul more bent To serve therewith this Golden Rod and present My work on Spring, lest marks, returning, chide; Dost thou exact long writings, rest denied? I fondly ask: but Teacher, to prevent That murmur soon replies, Thou hast great need. So haste thee for thy rank is “Low,” who best Gain high re-nown, they serve thee best. My state Is known. Thoughts! at my bidding speed, And pass o’er pen and paper without rest! But I, alas, can only think and wait. Priscilla White, T7. When fields are melting in the sun, And when the streams in torrents run, When in his hole the March Hawblinks, And down and down the snow-drift sinks, I know, Whichever way the winds may blow, That spring has come. When the sun sends warmer rays, With shorter nights and longer days, And timid buds begin to show, From beneath the melting snow, I know, Whichever way the winds may blow, That spring has come. Emma J. Tucker, 1918.

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19 The Golden- Rod literary and exchange departments? The contents of your literary column are good, but some stories would make it more at- tractive. The Aroostookan:—In looking through this magazine, there is nothing confusing about the arrangement as in some papers, where one column directly follows another without hardly the space of a line between. Here we can see at a glance just what each section is about. The Reflector:—We do not quite agree with the criticism on exchange columns of your former editor, in as much as he suggests a detailed criticism of only one exchange in each issue. This is very well for the paper that is lucky or unlucky enough, which ever the case may be, to receive the comment. But when one realizes that most of our school papers are only issued from eight to ten times a year, it is quite impossible to give all a fair chance when there are between forty and sixty exchanges to be considered during the year. “Your cover design is neat, your paper good, and the print clear. The Editorials are well written, and your Literary Department is exceptionally good. Why not have a heading for it as for the other departments? School Life is well worked up, as are your Alumni Notes. You seem to have a small number of Exchanges. Your criticisms are to the point, yet we think you might say more about each paper. The heading of ‘Jokes’ is very clever, and the jokes themselves are really good. That is something we cannot say about all Joke Columns.”—The Aegis, Beverly, Mass. TRACK TEAM. PHOTO BY NERSES