Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 25 With best wishes for the Quincy High School the coming year, I am Sincerely yours, ALICE SPRINGFIELD. Sec. to the Registrar. 1918 Louise Hodge has returned from South America where she had gone on a busi- ness trip with her father. Hale Waite is working in a Boston bank. Our little maid, Dorothy Empey, has gone and got married to Harry Johnson. Best wishes to them both. 1919 The Alumni Editor erroneously re- marked that Rita Prout went to Bur- dett’s and that Mildred Bishop was a student at Hitchcock’s. The truth is that they both go to Hickox. Don’t hesitate to note and correct all mistakes of this blundering editor. Hobart E. Prime is learning the en- graving business at the Suffolk Engrav- ing Company of Boston. Helen Alden is attending Miss Evans’ school in Boston. Edna Campbell, Alumni Editor. A PSALM OF SCHOOL Tell me not, in mournful numbers, School is but an empty dream! For the pupil’s dead that slumbers, And marks are not what they seem. School is real! School is earnest! And good marks are not its goal; It’s the hard things that thou learnest, Which make up your daily role. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to study that to-morrow Finds us wiser than to-day. In the school’s broad field of romance, In your dreamy hours of nod, Do not waste your empty moments But write for the “Golden Rod.” Trust no S. P.’s howe’er pleasant! Do your boneing all at night! Act, act in the living present! And continue with your fight! Lives of teachers all remind us We can make our marks sublime, And leaving Q. H. S. behind us, Leave honor on the sands of time; Math is long, and time is fleeting, And our pencils, full of lead, Still like muffled drums are beating With great rhythm on our head. Let us then be up and passing, With a heart for any fate; Still a-plugging, still a-massing, For a hundred as our rate. —M.L. Abele, ’21. Honor that perhaps another, Sailing o’er a flunking main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall get “E” again. Little drops of knowledge, Grains of common sense, Make a mighty difference When the tests commence. T. L. D., ’20. Mr. Harrington: “What is this part of the fern plant called?” Bright Pupil: “Pinnae.” Mr. Harrington: “No relation to you are they, Miss Pyyny?”

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24 THE GOLDEN-ROD Alumni Notes 1909 The engagement of Nettie Pote and Edward Lee Brooks has recently been announced. Miss Pote is employed by the United Fruit Company at Brockton and Mr. Brooks is working at the Boyl- ston National Bank, having served over- seas in the 82nd Division. 1914 Did you know that Miss Jones of the High School office is a graduate of Q. H. S.? Didn’t know we could produce such fine material, did you? Charles Mullen, one of Quincy’s best athletes, has further distinguished him- self at Tufts by winning the champion- ship title and the Crocker trophy in tennis. “Mul” is one of the most pop- ular men in the college, being secretary of his class and a member of the hono- rary societies of Ivy and Tower Cross. He is also a member of the Sigma Tau Alpha Fraternity. 1916 Elizabeth Sayward is working at Dr. Andrews’ office in Quincy. Arthur Crosby is attending courses at Boston University. 1917 Albert Baker, alias “Fish,” is slipping through Boston University. That famous athlete, Percy Jenkins, is at Staunton Military Academy, Vir- ginia. Conrad Keys is a student at Dart- mouth College. Jimmie Le Cain and Theodore Hig- gins, who played on the Alumni football team, are enrolled at Tufts College. Luther Bennett is working hard at Boston University. Thomas Maloney does his reciting at Boston College. The News Editor of the 1916-1917 Golden Rod, Hugh Nixon, is at Bowdoin College. There being no high school doctor, I suggest engaging Miss Priscilla White, who will soon finish her course at Tufts Medical College. Those Ewertz boys, Harold and Roy, are at M. I. T. John Cummings is the happy class- mate of Russell Johnson at M. I. T. Russell was Editor-in-chief of the 1916- 1917 Golden Rod but he has gained the courage to come back to Q. H. S. and address Miss Dawes’ fifth period En- glish class. We surely did enjoy and appreciate his inspiring speech and those of his colleagues, Henry Erickson and Hilton Marr. We suspect Marr of speaking merely to win a bet. However, it was most welcome, as is anything which excuses us from English C8. Henry Erickson delivered an interesting and splendid talk concerning his late experiences in France, going more into detail in the sixth period when he ex- plained to Miss Damon methods and courses at the French University he at- tended at Bordeaux. Lawrence Beaton, who enlisted in the Navy before his graduation, is at Dean Academy. Paul Richmond is a student at B. U. but just at present he is also one of those “plaguey” census takers. The following letter was received at the office from Boston University C. L. A.: December, 5 1919. My dear Mr. Collins: I am sure that you will be interested to learn of the honor which has been conferred upon one of your graduates by his classmates in the College of Liberal Arts. Mr. C. Heber Bailey is Business Man- ager of the Hub. The Hub is the Col- lege Annual, edited by the Juniors. It involves a great deal of work and places a great deal of responsibility upon Mr. Bailey.

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26 THE GOLDEN-ROD Athletics We may look back over our past foot- ball season with pride. Some fine play- ing has been exhibited and more than that, a real school spirit has been devel- oped. Some members of the Alumni who were watching one of the inter-class games remarked, “Enthusiasm like this was unknown when I went to High, it is worthy of a college.” And after all, isn’t that the purpose of school athletics? The more ardor and vigor we put into a sport, whether it be football, basketball, or hockey, the greater enjoyment we se- cure from it. Supported by such a fine spirit, our football team well upheld the honor of the Blue and Red. As we glance over the record of the football team, we find that in the eight games played with other High Schools we scored 84 points and our opponents scored 71 points. This is indeed a record to be proud of; and we congratulate the foot- ball squad for it. The boys who helped make our football season such a success were awarded Q’s or monograms at the reception tendered to them by the Junior and Senior classes, December thirteenth. The following boys were presented Q’s by Mr. Collins: Capt. Bennett, Mgr. C. Hokenson, L. Leavitt, D. Davis, I. Jackson, W. Curtis, J. Mullarkey, C. Young, I. Jenkins, F. Hannon, W. Robertson. J. Wentworth, T. Lindsay, A. Brogioli, W. Houlihan, L. Shaw, H. Fitton. G. Goodhue, and John Holden. The following were given monograms: F. McDonald, J. Wood- worth, L. Carter, J. Miller, F. Cook, R. Brown, H. Hokenson, G. Jones, and G. Gould. Gladys Jenkins, Virginia Fol- lett, and Dorothy Cole, who sold the greatest number of tickets for the games, were given Q’s, and Lois Wetmore, who was fourth, was given a monogram. Coach M i tchell, T eacher-Manager Green, Mr. Nissen, and Mr. Ball, of the faculty, were accorded three cheers for the splendid manner in which they guided the boys to a successful football season. QUINCY HIGH 0 — ALUMNI 3 On Thanksgiving morning the school team and the alumni team met at the Oval for their annual game. The field was in a very poor, wet condition, but the two football squads put up a strong fight. LeCain, the Tufts College quar- ter-back, playing for the Alumni, was the star player of the game. He kicked a field goal from the thirty-yard line, the only score made. The lineup: QUINCY HIGH C. Hokenson D. Bennett ALUMNI J. Mahoney l.e. Dugan, H. Erickson l.t. R. Johnson l.g. Holden, Miller, Houlihan C. Hedges c. Carter, Robertson E. Ruggles r.g. Vallee, Fitton P. Jenkins r.t. J. Wentworth W. Shyne r.e. Jenkins,Goodhue LeCain q.b. D. Davis R. Barrows l.h.b. Curtis Webster, Woodworth Smith r.h.b. J. Mullarkey f.b. I. Jackson SOPHOMORES 19 — FRESHMEN 0 November 25, 1919, the Sophomores eliminated the Freshmen from the school championship contest by defeating them 19 to 0. The Freshmen team, as a whole, was inferior to the Sophomore team in weight and strength. Nevertheless, the yearlings put up a game fight and made their opponents work hard for a victory. By defeating the Freshmen, the Sopho- mores will play the winner of the coming Junior-Senior game to determine the school championship. The lineup: