Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN- ROD 22 , 1918 CLASS SONG DORIS TORrsLK rft—h r-;siU: t h tjL.9 ..[: a tA H ] 1 'TQ Quincy High School Alma Mater, To you now with praise we sing. For you’ve been our faithful mother True to us in everything. II Here with you we’ve made our friendships, Friendships loyal, fond, and true, Teach us ever in life’s pathway To be true to them and you. Chorus Quincy High School, Alma Mater, We now bid farewell to thee; Quincy High School, Alma Mater, Loyal may we ever be. Mary Waterman.

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THE GOLD EX-ROD 21 surprise that the young lady was still in the cabin, faintly smiling, probably at the plight of Smith. In spite of the fact that I had con- gratulated myself on making a hit with her she refused to see me the following after- noon ; but I hoped fortune would favor me. “Two nights later when we had nearly reached Norfolk. I heard the attention call followed by the familiar call letters, ‘K.Q.O.’ Adjusting my sending apparatus, and ac- knowledging the call, I got the following: “ ‘S.S. Ontario. “ ‘Jean S. Hankobey. 23-U3-5 15u20-16-15 19c5-23 lit9n 7-U-14-15 rf 15-1-11. E.B.R.’ 'T acknowledged the message and sent it to the captain for delivery. I then unwittingly began to examine the message and was just deciphering, ‘Watch out when the young lady I had not seen for two days entered. ‘What are you doing, Billie? Are you too busy to send a message for me?’ “ ‘O no, I'm not too busy.’ “After I had finished sending, she queried, ‘How do you like your job, Bill?’ “ ‘O it’s all right,’ and soon after this I was sitting on the arm of her chair. I suppose I must have lost my head for sure because I burst out with, T love you. I have loved you ever since I first saw you. If you will marry me I’ll make the best husband you ever had.’ I then slipped my arm around her and tried to kiss her, but she started to pull away from me. In the struggle, her sleeve was torn off and I was dumbfounded as I noticed the tat- too of a tiger on her arm. “Glancing up quickly, I saw that her wig had fallen off, leaving the outline of a man’s head. The next thing I knew I was stagger- ing back from a blow on the nose and I fell to the floor knowing I had made love to Smith, the criminal. “In a few minutes I rose unsteadily and finding Smith gone, I staggered to the deck. As my brain cleared. I could distinguish the police boat coming alongside to get the sup- posed Smith, the first fellow captured. I started on a run to the captain; suddenly my blood turned cold as I saw Smith creeping up on the captain with dagger in hand. I could not utter a sound, but just as Smith was about to spring, I pounced upon his back. He turned with a snarl, dropped his knife, and landed a blow on my chest which knocked me against the rail. “He then jumped overboard, both the cap- tain and I missing him as he did so. In a flash, I followed him, and a struggle began. After a couple of minutes, I began to weaken and Smith got a strangle hold on me, forcing me under the water. In the meantime the captain had yelled, ‘Man the lifeboat! Smith is escaping.’ Just as I lost consciousness we were pulled in. “Some time later I came to on deck. The captain was leaning over me, worry and grati- tude on his face. With deep earnestness, he thanked me for saving his life. Beside him was the man he had first arrested. He proved to be a real detective whose badge had been taken off by the real Smith as the coat lay on a chair. Needless to say, the captain apolo- gized. “To the starboard was seen the boat which had come in response to the messages of Smith, too late for his rescue; while Smith himself, the criminal, was safe in the hands of the police. “I afterward got five hundred of the thou- sand dollars of the reward, the captain get- ting the rest.” Edwin B. Ruggles, 1919. Why are theatre audiences always gloomy? Bumkies—Why are stars like false teeth? Because they are always in tiers (tears).— Hunkies—Because they come out at night. Ex. —Ex.

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THE GOLD EX-ROD 23 SCHOOL NEWS DEBATING SOCIETY Since the last issue of the Golden Rod the most important questions the Debating So- ciety have discussed have been: “Resolved, That a bachelor is happier than a married man; Resolved, That it is for the best inter- ests of the states of the United States to adopt the recent Prohibition Amendment passed bv Congress; Resolved, That the draft age should be lowered to eighteen; and Resolved, That the Philippine Islands should be given their independence within ten years.” The prohibition question was discussed on January 13. Lindsay and Shaw spoke in favor of the affirmative; Abele, Forsyth and Trumper, the negative. The interest of the club upon the question was manifested in the general discussion. The judges awarded the decision to the negative faction; and the per- sonal convictions were 18 in favor of the af- firmative of the question, with 5 on the oppo- site side. The following officers were then elected for the second half year: President, Nicholson; vice-president, Mc- Brayne; secretary, Dimmick; assistant secre- tary, George; treasurer, Curtin. Nominating committee: Blanchard, Sar- gent, Abele, O’Brien and Markham. Question committee: Weymouth, Ring and Carlson. Entertainment committee: Gesmer, George and Dimmick. Historical committee: McBrayne, Gesmer, and Weinhouse. Mem. committee: Mr. Barr. Forsyth, Ring. McBrayne and George. The meeting adjourned at 10 P.M. The draft question was considered on Feb- ruary 14, with the president in the chair. Ring, Shyne, and Dimmick upheld the af- firmative. On the negative were Earle, Mc- Brayne and Weinhouse. The judges finally cast their ballots in favor of the negative. Edward Taylor then gave a very excellent and interesting reading. All regular business being completed early, the greater part of the club went to the gym and enjoyed a game of basketball. On March 27 the question debated was “Re- solved. That the Philippine Islands should be given their independence within 10 years.” Weymouth and Banks defended the affirma- tive, with Henry Carlson defending the nega- tive. Carlson’s arguments were so convinc- ing that he was given the decision as well as the title of “best speaker,” despite the fact that he was the lone speaker on his side. The club members then gave their views on the advisability of having some form of entertain- ment with the coming public debate. Finally a committee made up of Ring, Dimmick and Markham was appointed by the chair to con- fer with the office on that topic. At this meet- ing, too, the Juniors in the club were urged to fill the existing Junior vacancies by persuad- ing some of their classmates to join the So- ciety before the vacancies should be filled by the many Seniors desiring admittance. An interscholastic debate was held in the hall on the evening of May 1, with a team from Revere High School. “Resolved, That the United States Department of Agriculture should fix the wholesale prices of foodstuffs in the United States” was the question de- bated. Quincy was represented by Laurence Curtin, captain, Aubrey Nicholson, Trescott Abele, with Eugene Shyne, as alternate. Quincy upheld the affirmative. The Revere speakers, taking the negative, were George F. Mitchell, captain, Mycr Widgerson, and John Doyle. In the rebuttal, Laurence Curtin spoke for Quincy, and George F. Mitchell for Revere. The debate was very interesting as well as hard fought. Two of the judges se- cured for the occasion failed to come, and Mr. Perkins of the Coddington School and Mr. Rice of Woodward substituted. Their decis-