Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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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:

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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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THE GOLDEN-ROD 27 SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN Laing l.e. Heap, Richardson Jones l.t. Nelson McQuarrie l.g. Call McGovern c. Kenney Durgin r-g- Oatte Smith r.t. Crosscup Arvison r.e. Rolfe Hussey q.b. LaCroix Armstrong l.h.b. Coldeway Rankin r.h.b. Gynan Woodworth f.b. McLoud JUNIORS 6 — SENIORS 0 December 1. The Juniors defeated the Seniors in one of the most interest- ing and exciting games of the whole season. Class rivalry ran high; both Juniors and Seniors held each other in contempt and did not hesitate to show it. Cheering squads were in evidence during the game. The Junior cheering section was led by Larry Leavitt, who, unfortunately for the Juniors, was out of the game with a broken arm. Through- out the game the ball was very erratic, sometimes dangerously near the Senior goal and at other times threatening the Juniors’. In the first quarter Carter, a Senior, instead of making a punt, made a spectacular 35-yard run. The Juniors regained the ground lost; but then Mullarkey recovered a fumble and again headed the ball toward the Junior goal. The Seniors were not strong enough, however, to hold their ground, for at the close of the first half the ball was on the Senior five-yard line. In the last quarter matters took a bad turn for the Seniors. Bennett blocked a punt and gained thirty yards. Jenkins gained twenty more yards by a forward pass; and Went- worth settled the argument by making a twenty-five yard run for the touchdown. Crowell, Mullarkey, and Jackson for the Seniors, and Bennett, Davis, and Jenkins for the Juniors, played an ex- cellent game. The lineup: JUNIORS Eaton l.e. SENIORS Hokenson Bennett l.t. Crowell Hannon 1-g- Sheehan Robertson c. Carter Houlihan r-g- Shyne Wentworth r.t. Fit ton Vallee r.e. Young Davis q.b. Lindsay Jenkins l.h.b. Jackson Brogioli r.h.b. Mullarkey Shaw f.b. Curtis JUNIORS 12 SOPHOMORES 0 December G. The Juniors clinched the school championship title in football by defeating the Sophomores 12 to 0. The Juniors used their second team in the first half. By strong line plunging the Juniors advanced to their opponent’s five yard line, when the whistle blew for the end of the quarter. In the second quarter, the Sophomores gained forty- yards by forward-pass plays but outside of that the ball was held dangerously near the Sophomore goal. The regular Junior team came on the field in the second half and they easily outplayed the Sophs. Aerial attacks featured the second half. Robertson scored the first touchdown for the Juniors by a forward pass, and Jenkins increased the score by six in the same way. Barstow and Mc- Govern on the line, and Rankin and Armstrong in the backfield played well for the Sophomores. Jenkins, Davis, Bennett, and Wentworth, all veterans, featured for the Juniors. Quincy had the honor of having two of its best football players, Leavitt and Jackson, chosen by the Boston Globe for the all-star Greater Boston scholastic eleven. Donald Bennett was re-elected foot- ball captain for 1920. Prospects for a powerful team next season are brighter