Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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20 THE GOLDEN-ROD School News DEBATING SOCIETY On September 18, the Debating Society met in Room 8. The officers for the first half of the year are: President—Edward Shyne. Vice-President—-William Couch. Secretary—Edgar Lundin. Treasurer—William Jenness. Several applicants for membership were voted into the club. It was decided to form six teams to debate at the regular meetings. The dues for the coming year were reduced from ten to five cents a month. Owing to the exceedingly wealthy condition of the club, this reduction is possible. A very enlightening extemporan- eous debate on the Boston police question followed. The meeting adjourned at 8:45. A regular meeting of the Debating Society was held October 2nd in Room 8. A schedule of debates for the season was presented and approved. The question for the evening was: Resolved, that the United States Senate should accept the Peace Treaty. Eastman, Russell and Fitton presented the affirmative; Holden and Jenness the negative. The arguments were clearly put forth by both sides, but the decision was in favor of the negative, with Jenness as best speaker. The meeting adjourned at 9:25. At the October 16th meeting of the Debating Society, the President read a letter from the Cambridge Latin Debating Society challenging Quincy to a debate. It was decided to accept the challenge. Mr. Barr and Hoi teen were chosen to serve as the Quincy committee on arrangements. The question debated at this meeting was: Resolved, that the United States establish a Department of Aviation. Miller, Deane, and Shyne upheld the affirmative, with Holteen, Mendel, and Lundin as opponents. The decision favored the negative, with Lundin as best speaker. It was decided that all members wishing to play basket-ball after the meeting, may do so, providing they wear sneakers. The meeting adjourned at 9:15. A special meeting of the Society was held on November 20. The chairman an- nounced that arrangements had been made with the Cambridge Debating Society for a dual debate on November 24. The teams chosen were as follows: AFFIRMATIVE {at Cambridge)—Lundin, Deane, Shyne, Jenness {alternate), Lundin {rebuttal). NEGATIVE {at Quincy)—Holteen, Couch, Holden, Abele {alternate), Holteen {rebuttal). Fitton was chosen business manager of the debate. The meeting adjourned at 1:30. The joint debate between Quincy and Cambridge was held on November 24. The question under discussion was, Resolved that the United States should have a compulsory system of universal training, providing six months training for two years, beginning at 18, and thirty days training for three years. At Quincy, the speakers were:— AFFIRMATIVE—Goodwin, Lawrence, Rowe, Duchin {alternate), Goodwin {rebuttal). NEGATIVE—Holteen, Couch, Holden, Abele {alternate) Holteen {rebuttal). Quincy won the debate through arguments so well presented that there was no

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 10 '‘Don’t rub it in, please mother. It was my fault, I know.” Then proceeded a somewhat incoherent explanation to his hysterical mother. Finally, Bob left his mother sobbing and rushed up to his erstwhile guest’s room. It was empty, sure enough, but (he bed had been slept in and Catherine must have left the evening before as her room was untouched. Where— The doorbell shrilled and Bob rushed downstairs nearly knocking the sur- prised butler off his feet, and grabbed the letter. “Dearest Bob: You certainly deserved every bit of THE During the war interest was centered upon the building of the submarine and its work. Previous to the United States’ entry into the war, work was started at the Fore River upon a new type of sub- marine. The third and last of this series has just been completed. It is the lar- gest fighting submarine in the world, having a length of two hundred and ninety-seven feet over all. For use in warfare it has four torpedo tubes at the bow. Four Diesel oil-burning, internal combustion engines, each developing one thousand horsepower, furnish power to drive the boat on the surface, and two the scare you got. Ralph, the real Ralph, and I are on our honeymoon. You see I met him over a year ago while at school in Virginia and we have been secretly engaged ever since. Ralph missed his train to Washington and so came on here to the reception, not expecting to find an impostor here with his stolen car. It’s up to you to explain to the guests, Bob, and have that chauffeur arrested, if he hasn’t already gone. We’ve got the car. Love to mother and yourself, although you don’t deserve it. Your loving sister, Mrs. Ralph Lee.” —Marie Anderson, ’20. AA-3 huge electric motors serve to propel it under water. It differs from other sub- marines, having two hulls, an inner and an outer hull. This arrangement per- mits greater depth running, for, by filling the space between the hulls with water, on submerging, the submarine is enabled to withstand greater pressure from without, and is automatically pro- vided with ballast tanks. Some persons believe that the famous submarine, the Deutschland, is the lar- gest in the world, but it may be inter- esting to know that the AA3 is seven inches longer.—Joseph Messier, ’20. Miss Howes: (coaching the candidates for the “Glee Club”) “Now stand up straight, throw your weight on the balls of your feet, and be prepared for anything that come up.” History Teacher: “The Greeks aren’t very civilized now.” Bright Student: “No but they ‘shine’ when they get to the United States.” Miss FitzGerald: “Jenkins, if I was to ask you in German to go for a walk tonight, what would you say?” Jenkins: (after deeply considering, smiles and says) “Why, I should say ‘ja.’ ” We wonder who kissed Larry Leavitt on the neck. (Boyle’s Law?) Teacher: “Is the moon an economic good?” Pupil: (who should have been studying) “That depends on who the girl is.”

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 21 doubt as to the result. The one redeeming feature of the Cambridge team was Harry Goodwin, who was awarded “best speaker.” At Cambridge the debate was given by: AFFIRMATIVE—Lundin, Deane, Shyne, Jenness {alternate), Lungin {rebuttal). NEGATIVE—McLoughlin, Sievers, Johnson, Smith {alternate), McLoughlin {rebuttal). Here also the negative won the debate by a very close margin. The Cambridge team depended upon McLoughlin to win. He succeeded by a very well prepared speech and a wonderful delivery. The Debating Society cannot express its thanks and indebtedness to Mr. Barr for spending so much of his valuable time in preparing its members for the dual de- bate with Cambridge Latin. The club sincerely hopes that he realizes its deep ap- preciation of his work and realizes that it will not readily forget the sacrifices he must have made and the work he has undergone to have Quincy make a favorable showing against a much larger school, a school where debating is taken up as a sep- arate study. —William Deane. THALIA CLUB The Thalia Club convened for the first time this season on October 15th. Fifteen members of the Junior Class were admitted to the Club. With Miss Jenkins as chairman, the following officers were elected for the school year: President—Edna Campbell. Vice-President—Bertha Wight. Secretary—Gladys Jenkins. Treasurer—Marjorie Owens. Miss Campbell assumed the duties of her office at once by taking the chair. Interesting talks were given by Mr. Collins and Miss Howe on “How the Club could improve itself and the School.” The meeting adjourned after light refreshments had been served. On October 28, the Thalia Club met in the Hall to enjoy a Hallowe’en party. Thrilling ghost stories were well given by Miss Campbell. A fortune teller imported from Room 2, somehow resembling Miss Giles, opened the future to all present. Many exciting games were played throughout the afternoon. Refreshments in enormous quantities were consumed. A happy crowd left the building at five o’clock. GLEE CLUB Thirty of our best vocalists have again gathered under the direction of Miss Howes. With Miss Tuthill as pianist and Miss Howes as leader, the Club is fast reaching even higher standards than in previous years. ORCHESTRA Miss Howes has also formed the High School orchestra again. The members are: PIANO—Muriel O’Neill ’22. 1st VIOLINS—Floris Wilson ’20, Edwin Day ’21, Maurice Goldner ’21, Arthur Mendel ’21, Allan Mullen ’22, Gadalia Paris ’20, Ardella Richardson, ’20 Parker Whittam ’23.