Quincy High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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TRAMP—TRAMP—TRAMP Over there it was:— Marching feet, Triumphantly conquering The enemy. Tramping feet, Eagerly charging The lines. Running feet, Victoriously going Over the top. Crawling feet, Slithering through No Man’s Land. Then it was:— Marching feet, Triumphantly back From the war. Tramping feet, Eagerly timed To the music. Running feet, Happily rushing To outstreched arms. Crawling feet, Dragging from The victorious parade. Now it is:— Marching feet, Bravely going On Hunger Marches. Tramping feet, Freezing and Nowhere to go. Running feet, Desperately stealing For little ones. Crawling feet, Hopelessly shuffling In Bread Lines. What is to come?— Marching feet, Triumphantly treking To work. Tramping feet, Swinging a full Lunch pail. Running feet, Eagerly rushing To wideflung arms. Crawling feet, Dragging from a Hard day’s work. Erna Koss.

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CADCASTS Joy L. Ncvens. The officers are: President, Margaret Higginboth- am; Secretary, Doris R. Dennison; and Chairman of the membership committee, Pearl Williams. Miss Ncvens, who has been affiliated with other poetic groups, has in- troduced novel methods for the study and writing of poetry. NEW HOOKS ARRIVE These include the following fiction group: Ayscough —“Firecracker Land”, Edna Fer- ber—“Cimarron”. Lawrence Mc- Kinley Could—“Cold”, Carveth Wells—“Adventure”, Tomlinson— “The Sky’s the Limit”. Don Class- man— 'Jump”, Why not be the first to read these books? MISS SLATTERY SPEAKS Miss Margaret Slattery, nation- ally famed lecturer, visited our school again on October 11. She was greeted very enthusiastically by the students. Contrary to the custom of other years, Miss Slat- tery included the boys of the school in her audience. It was necessary, owing to the enormous membership of the school, to have two assem- blies. There were several guests present, including Reverend and Mrs. Haskins, who are newcomers to the city. Miss Harrison, and Mr. Muir. This year, Miss Slattery’s in- spiring talk was on the subject of “The Youth of the World.” We were introduced, by means of word pictures, to boys and girls from various foreign countries includ- ing Russia, China, and India. By the. thrilling examples of their leadership in times of changing conditions and upheavals of ideas, we were inspired by Miss Slattery to do our share in shouldering a great part of the burden of our country in these trying years. Quincy High wishes to take this opportunity to thank Miss Slattery for her lectures which are so eagerly anticipated by all the faculty and students. STUDIO PRATTLE By Maker Minchell Flash—Quincy..... The sopho- mores of Quincy High School are certainly receiving a lot of atten- tion this year. The first day of school was called “Sophomore Day.” The object was to let the new :vnd ever-wclcome members of the school learn their way around without the assistance of the helpful (?) juniors and seniors. Hitherto, these novices have spent much of their time in search of fourth floor elevators to which their enlightening brothers and sisters have directed them. The next thoughtful act tendered them was the Sophomore-Parents Night. This will ever be in the minds of these children the memorable night when their distinguished elders were permitted to visit with their teachers, touching here and there throughout their conversa- tion on rather delicate subjects... The first social function of the year was the Hallowe’en Dance. The gym was artistically decor- ated in orange and black. Four hundred tickets were sold this year, fifty of which were for guests outside the school (as these sometimes come in handy) .... There were several new teachers added to the ranks this year: Miss Marr and Miss Carville, who are trying to straighten out in the minds of some of the students (?) the differences between periods and apostrophes; Miss Palmer, who together with her pupils delves in- to the recesses of books to find the answers to such facts as “When did Washington cross the Dela- ware? and Miss Reddy, who has undertaken to produce the next champion typist and bookkeeper .. The rings for the February seniors have arrived. They arc very at- tractive and arouse comment wherever they are worn. Due to j the activities of the Blue Eagle, however, when the second order was mailed, the prices had ad- vanced considerably (e’est dom- mage) ... Miss Florence Rizzi, a very familiar figure in the office, has been ill in the hospital. We sincerely hope that her recupera- tion is very rapid and that she will soon be back with us... At an as- sembly in the early fall, Mr. Col- lins made a statement which pro- voked much worry among indul- gent parents. In referring to the question as to where to put the juniors for chorus, he threatened to solve the problem by throwing these important people into the Town River (gracious!!). Some- thing apparently changed his mind, and the matter was settled l y placing the girls in the senior chorus and the boys in the sopho- more chorus .. The girl cheer leaders are back. My, what a relief after an assembly where some of the other sex tried to excite a little enthusiasm in the audience. At the first appearance of the girls, the school was somewhat animated, and between this atti- tude and the pep of the girl leaders, (after several attempts) a rousing cheer was yelled .. .The customary procedure of choosing the “Golden Rod” Staff by vote of the class members has been dis- continued. The competitive method has been adopted, whereby any- one my try out for membership by submitting material to be judged by the “Golden Rod” faculty ad- visers. It was through this process that the present staff was chosen. This concludes our broadcast for the present... This is Malter Minchell signing off and remind- ing you that not all people have railroad radios . °They whistle at every station.

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LUIS MARDEN ANNOUNCING Louis Paragallo Feb. ’32 Takes Us The Other Side of The Mike October 24, 1933. To the Alumni Editor: I appreciate greatly your request for a letter to the Alumni column of the “Golden Rod.” Like the legendary busman on holiday, I am glad to hear of a “radio issue” of the school magazine. Though I have done nothing that would make very good copy, I have found the three years that I have spent in radio work interesting. In radio you get practically all of the atmosphere of the stage and screen without the disadvantages of a wandering life. Therefore I would advise all of you who are greatly intrigued by visions of a stage career to try radio first. However, you will find both lines crowded, making it a matter of choice after all. The major part of my radio experience has been gathered in the studios of W L 0 E, an independent Boston station with main studios in the Hotel Bellevue on Beacon Hill. For some weeks I was connected with the Yankee Network key stations, WNAC and W A A B. Since the latter stations are also members of the Columbia Broadcasting System, it is quite interesting to note their method of tying up the three outlets: Columbia, Yankee, and the two locals—N A C and A A B. Thus a program may originate in New York and be picked up or “tapped” by either of the local stations; a local program may originate locally and be sent up and down New England over the Yankee tie-up; or it may be sent out only locally to the Boston area. Besides these combinations, quite often a program is sent “down the pipe”, which is radio cant for a show that is broadcast only over the other member stations of the network, and not through the key outlets, as is usually the rule. So you see, there would be a good deal of room for a mix-up in timing, were not the schedules scientifically and carefully made out. Obviously, the minute is too large a fraction of time to be used in dealing with such complications, and as a result, network programs are worked on the half- minute.