Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE GOLDEN-ROD 31 A—Fine Editions. B—Magazine File. C—Vertical File. D—Vertical File. E—Dictionary Stand. F—Fine Editions. G- -Newspaper Rack. H—War Memorial. I—Display Case. J—Card Catalogue. K—Book Truck. L—Librarian’s Desk. M Tables. 1— Encyclopedias. 2— Dictionaries and Bound Magazines. 3 Bound Magazines . 4 Special Reference Books. 5—Special Reference Books 100-200. 0—320-378. 7-380-400. 8 500-580. 9-590-030. 10— 040-770. 11— 780-808. 12— 808.5-820 13— 821. 14— 821.8. 15- 822-822.8. 10-824-909. 17— 910-917. 18— 918-940.9. 19— 942-970. 20— 973. 21— 973. 22— 973-990. 23— Biographies. 24— Biographies 920. 25— Fiction. 26— Short Stories. Size of Library 58 ft. x 22 ft SOME OF THE BEST NEW BOOKS Review by Class C4b “My Life With the Eskimos,” by Ste- fannson. Caribou, starvation, “Blond,, Eskimos, cracked ice, snow, cold, and many other exciting- adventures happen to the author. Mabelle Hanson, June ’30. “Around the World in 28 Days,” by Wells. Despite the fact that these two men lost 65 2 hours, they have this interesting tale of how they dashed around the world in 28 days, 14 hours, and 36 minutes, covering approximately 20,000 miles, at the average speed of 30 miles per hour. Dorothy Elliott, June ’30. “Sailing Across Europe,” by Farson. Live! Enjoy a thrilling journey in a yacht, which comes in contact with many stirring mishaps, from the crowded ca- nals of Rotterdam down the yellow stream of the Danube to the barbaric waters of the Black Sea. Ethel Johnson, June ’30. “The Little World ” by Benson. Travel through the revolutions of Cen- tral China, the jungles of India to so- phisticated Los Angeles. Share with Stella Benson her vivid personal experi- ences and comic incidents. Mary McCarthy, June ’30. “Lions in the Path,” by White. Here’s the latest! A specially designed Ford goes into the jungles of Africa to

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30 THE GOLDEN-ROD history, including accounts of countries from Algiers to Zanzibar. Then we crossed the floor to the opposite side where there were histories, non-travel books, bound magazines, and books classed as “special reference.” These books known as special reference were of much interest, for among them we found the dictionaries, encyclopedias, Who's Who, books of new religion, poetry, quotations, and history reference series. After viewing the special reference books we were shown the location of the Reader’s Guide, atlases, current period- icals, newspapers, and finally, the card catalog. After our visit we each spent another hour or two looking up the location of certain things for plans which we made. Now our division is recuperating and it has been said that we are up to par again. That great black cloud of un- certainty has given way to the clear sky of assuredness. Mary Went A-Librarying Mary Aulbach, J.’28 Mary went a-librarying, One bright day in December; And the things that arc to follow, Are the things she must remember. She studied Classification; And the librarian confided, That into ten main classes, All knowledge is divided. 000 is for General Works, And so on with the mystery, Until 900 at last is reached, And that you know is history- The author has a number, And I think you ought to know, It's the first letter of his surname With his numerals also. These numbers taken together, Have a name well known to all, 1 have often heard the Librarian Distinguish them by “call.” Fiction has no number, Biography is “B,” But why collections are 920, Is hard for me to see. Literary reference books Were called to my attention, But they arc far too numerous, For me to try to mention. The catalogue cards are ranged In alphabetical order, Giving author, subject, and title cards To aid the faithful plodder. The catalogue is an index To books on the library shelf, So take an interest in it, And find out for yourself. CAN YOU READ THIS? A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD Helen L. Duncan, J.’28 All aboard for our trip around the world on a magic carpet. How fast we go! Let us say good-bye to 917.3 before it goes out of sight. See! There is the mighty ocean below us. Land ho! If that isn’t 914.15 whose 398 we like to read, while ahead we see 914.2 which we know a great deal about from studying 942 and how famous it is for 820, 821, and 822. Look, there is 914.4 which ladies like best because of 646 and 790. Below us is 914.3 whose 400 we do now know while now we are passing toward the south, approaching 914.5 famous for 730. 750, and 780. Still farther south is 916 where there are plenty of specimens to study for the subjects 580, 590, and 598, but one is rather pestered by 595. We are heading toward 915.6 at which place 220 began. Now we fly northward over the large country 914.7 whose 320 is quite “out of order.” It is very cold in this place because we are near the 919.8. We float southeastward over another ocean and over 917.9, a possession of 917.3. We are at the end of our 910 and are at home again to the best country in the world.

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32 THE GOLDEN-ROD hunt lions. Just think! 87 of these African house cats are killed. And most of the credit goes to “Lizzy. '‘Smoky,” by James. Ride with Smoky from a range colt to the best trained horse in the state. Watch him become the most vicious mankiller of the West, known as “the Cougar. Isadore Gotlieb, June ’30. “The Cowboy and His Interpreters” by Branch. Cowboys! Rustlers! Wild Round- ups! Fights! Branding! Roping and Riding!! The first cowboys, their yarns, their songs, their lives on a ranch. The book is full of thrilling adventures! “Cow Country” by James. Eight thrilling stories of wild horses, city slickers, and old time cowboys. “The Flight of the Firecrcst, by Ger- bault. Interested in sailing? Here is the story of a young man who craves adven- ture so crosses the Atlantic in a thirty- nine foot sailboat, enjoying life on the ■bounding waves” yet meeting more than his amount of trials. William Hali.oran, June '30. LIBRARY NOTES The custom of a reading hour the fifth or sixth period on Fridays has been revived. Those who have a free period at that time may attend by obtaining library permits before the period. Pupils from classes M8, HS, and Eh have read two one-act plays. “Spreading the News was read on February 24th by Jean Balfour, Mary Joyce, Winifred Turner, Donald Ross, Joseph Osbourne, Thomas Pine, Benjamin Kurtzman, Rob- ert MacGregor, Clifton Giles, and Ar- thur Trubiano. On March 0th Minnie Luciani, Jean Balfour, Donald Smith, Al- fred Carlson, and Richard Spear read “The Maid of France. Five Senior classes, C8a, N8a, E8b, E8c, and E8d, have received five periods of library instruction recently. One of these included a trip to the Thomas Crane Library where Mr. Hill, the librarian, gave his time to show the re- sources and explain the arrangement of the city library. These classes made some very creditable floor plans of both libraries. One of the school library made by Ferrer Giarusso has been reproduced in this issue. The Sophomores spent a class period in the school library soon after entering in February. The arrangement of the library was explained to them and, under the direction of members of the above Senior classes, they did practical prob- lems. The picture in this issue shows one of these classes at work. The fol- lowing Seniors helped give this instruc- tion— Kathleen Anderson, Mary Aul- bach, Mary Balentine, Kathleen Bryan, Rachel Closson, Helen Duncan, Elsie Eagles, Anna Eckl, Ruth Hager, Char- lotte Hall, Mary Infascelli, Elizabeth Lawrence, Lucy McGrath, Lillian Matt- son, Ida Musetti, Robina Purdon, Maria Risku, Katherine Ryan, Ina Walls, Mary Welsh, and Lois Wright. The library staff for this half year con- sists of Esther Anderson. Mae Anderson, Mary Aulbach, Kathleen Brvan, Alma Burgess, Arthur Cossabom, Genieve Dan- kert, Helen Duncan, Anna Eckl, Wini- fred Erickson, Ruth Hager, Theodora Hay, Betty Hughes, Violet Johnson, Laura McPhee, Lorraine McPherson, Lillian Mattson, Gretchen Meier, Doris Shalit, Doris Shultz, and Dorothy Thom- as. This material has been collected and prepared under the supervision of Miss Edith Coulman and Miss Sally F. Dawes.