Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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tTbe (Solt en 1Ro£ PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE PUPILS OF QUINCY HIGH SCHOOL Vol. XXXVI No. 3 QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS April 1924 Literary Editor News Editor....... Alumni Editor.. Exchange Editor Athletic Editor... STAFF — CLASS OF JUNE 1924 Editor-in-Chief ELIOT WEIL --------Rutii Broadbent .......-Florence Martin ----------Bessie Thurber ----------Mildred Wiley Joke Editor. Art Editor.-------------- ........James McPhillips Business Manager Advertising Manager.— Circulation Manager.. ...Eric Sjostrom Ruth Kempton cnes McPhillips Betty Morgan .Jack Ainsleigh Faculty Advisers: Ruth Marion Giles. J. Marjorie Bailey, Ernest Upham Assistant Advertising Managers• Walter Cullman, Thomas Donlin, Ernest Vallee, Perley Payson Fifty cents the year Fifteen cents the copy RESPONSIBILITY Today our country stands stunned by the startling state of affairs revealed in the investigations at our national capital. A number of men holding responsible public positions are now the objects of suspicion and distrust. It is said chat government property has been sacrificed to private interests. But the material loss is fairly insignificant. The real tragedy is not the loss of dollars, but the loss of confidence in public officials. If the peo- ple lose faith in their government, the country will receive a blow from which it cannot recover in years. Whenever a public official misuses his office, the reasons, however diverse, can invariably be traced to a single source,— lack of responsibility. If he has a full realization of his obligations he will not break faith with those who trust him. Great oaks from little acorns grow. So, as we all know, it is for those who are now forming the ideals and principles by which they will govern themselves in years to come to profit by the mistakes of the older generation. A school is the best place in the world to develop responsibil- ity. In doing the smallest things, the student has in his grasp the power to weaken or strengthen his sense of duty. If every young American made it a point to strengthen that sense of duty, there would be no need of government investi- gations in the future. PROTECTION The fire drills in this school are few and far between. Undoubtedly the chief reason for this situation is that, owing to the short sessions, time can hardly be spared. Yet, considering the condition of our building, it seems that there should be at least four drills a year. Whether this is possible or not, it should be remembered that during a fire drill is the one time when there should be no talking. If any orders were to be given in a real fire, the failure of students to hear them might mean loss of life. We

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CONTENTS Editorials . . 9 Briefs . 10 The Story of Sui San Betty Morgan 11 Extracts from the Diary of a Cave-Man Elinor Strickland 15 The Hidden Manuscript Isadore Richmond 16 Be a Sport .... Nona West 18 “ Undiscovered Gold ” Florence Rauch 19 Dulce ..... Jean Hepburn 21 Caesar’s Last Battle Mabel Guilhop 22 The Chainge Buthe Bloos Walter Cullman 24 Ashes .... Leonora Colombo 25 “ Learning a Speech” Clarence Nickerson 26 Why the Man-in-the-Moon Winked Anna Palazzi 26 School News .... . . 28 Thalia Club Picture . . 29 Athletics .... . . 32 Spring .... Helen Laitine 36 A Passing Gondolier Leonora Colombo 36 A Cello .... Betty Morgan 36 Alumni .... . 37 Exchanges .... . 39 Jokes ..... ■ . :• I 40 Shirley—Two Years M. L. C. 44 A Sonnet .... Mildred Lawler 44 8

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10 THE GOLDEN-ROD are acquiring the habit of not talking in the corridors between classes. All that is necessary is to extend this practice to fire drill. “THE BEST CLASS” Another group of freshmen has come to the shelter of these venerable walls. Per- haps it will be the best class that has ever entered the school. We hope that its members feel that it will be, for only with such a spirit can it succeed. It must be admitted, however, that this class will have to work hard to improve on some of its predecessors. February, ’28, here's wishing you luck! Odds and Ends “Two women were washing dishes.” Anybody got some more work for Amos Leavitt to do: Dingwell at the Wollaston Men's Club supper: “Gosh! I feel like a prize guinea pig with this here tag on.” Sad, but true. Our second Demosthenes—Bill Kiiloh. The ranks of the Bachelors’ Club are thinning. The causes—Sjostrom, Fuller, and now Nickerson. Have you tuned in to the new station: Q. H. S. Lunchroom, I. Richman broad- casting sardine sandwich at 11.25 a. m. Our own little oil scandal—Xobili's coiffure. Gleanings from Freshman English Papers “Enoch was on the ship and he viis- slipted and broke his limb.” Another version gives: “Enoch was at sea. One day he fell from the mast to the ground and broke his limb.” “When the cats are away” is an inde- pendent claws. One Freshman tells us that “Mr. D s wife had died three years before, leaving him a bachelor”; while another, in a burst of imagination, writes: “I am putting this note in a bottle, which I shall throw over- board on a wager.”. Still another de- clares that “the pupils go from room to room for each subject, and they have a program card on which to go” The income from subscriptions covers only in part the cost of publishing the Goldex-Rod. Advertisements are its chief financial support. Remember to “Mention the Golden-Rod when patron- izing our advertisers.” The Golden-Rod is “published bv the pupils of Quincy High School.” The’staff will welcome any constructive criticism from other students. Don’t close this magazine without reading carefully “A Word to the Wise” in the Athletic section. We Wonder What Freshmen think they don’t know. W hat makes Vallee so happy. W hy Fuller can’t keep still. Why our Literary Editor looks so sad before the publication of the Golden- Rod. Why Mr. Jewell always gives home- work. Whv Nickerson is interested in French. Why— Dees Blomquist look down on us: Does Nickerson go around with such a dreamy look in his eyes: (It’s only re- cently.) Did certain girls always come to the basketball games: What Would Happen If— The Alhambra closed? Think how many Q. H. S. students would be left homeless. Ed. Fuller appeared with a hat on: There was a piano in the gym? We were all R-R-ROBOTS? (Ask Copley Theatre fans.) Ran Cook got mad? The new High School were finished? Art Dean grew any longer? A1 Broomsmith forgot to comb his hair? The ice cream or candy counter went out of business? Mr. Upham gave an E in U. S. His- tory ? The Freshmen got any smaller? Nobody talked in the corridors? Miss Armstrong stopped smiling? Vanity cases were abolished?