Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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. . . 54. ' | - - ‘ 0 f ■€-— €?• READING PUBLIC LIBRARY READING, MASSACHUSETTS ♦ ' . J ft %• V V vv t s ■ L . ' . • Reading. Mkss. Hpril, 1892. T 14 C i n £1 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PUPILS OF 4 THG HIGH SCHOOL. yOLUME 1. -— --——— » a ■• ' v v - - -— • NUMBER 3. ■ «TB, r ' € Sunrise (Poetr ) Editorial .... CONTENTS. • v ' r ' !£ : “ The Alhambra ” .... ... V jf • ' The Piece (Poetry). • f % t A Monday Visitor . . . .1 .“ . • ♦ • A Word of Ad vice (Poetry) J. A Visit to a Roman Camp . . . .• a .5 ..... 25 L ' ». . ■;. . . . 26 • • • • • 2.8 • ..... jS ■£; ■ ». . . . . . 30 I A Visit to the Seashore.32 V ’ « Mathematical Conner .33 Maxims in French. .... ' . . 34 Timely (Questions . . 34 Personals . . T ... . 34 . , v r oc«ii§ • • • • • • ■ » • • • • • • •

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The Pioneer. Vol. I. No. 3. READING, MASS., APRIL, 1892. Price, £ Cents. THE PIONEER. Issued on the 15th of every month during the School Year. Board of Editors : Editor-in-Chief., .Bernard Barrows, ’92. Chester Kingman, ’91. I.ucy Poore, ’94. Marion Prentiss. ’94. G. H. Clough, 92. Alice Eames, ’95. Grace Parker, ’92. H. L. Hill, ’93. Mabel Robinson, ’94. Business Manager . N. II. Hawes, ’92. Mailing Clerk ,. Walter Eaton, ’95. Five Cents per Copy. Advertising rates furnished on application. For sale at the various News Stands. Students are cordially invited to contribute to the columns of the Pioneer. Articles intended for publication, and all commu¬ nications relating to the Literary Department of the paper, should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief Articles must be written on only one side of the paper. All communications relating to subscriptions should be addressed to the Mailing Clerk. Entered at the Post-office at Reading as second-class mail matter. SUNRISE. The east is tinged with gray— The candles of the sky grow dim, As down below the earth’s dark rim The red moon sinks away. Through all the peaceful night Her quiet vigil She has kept, While wearied souls unconscious slept, But now her modest light Revives before the King Whose hosts, advancing silently, With blood-red banners hang the sky, And light effulgent bring. In royal panoply Of cloud, he comes; O Earth, arise! Wiih stately pace he mounts the skies And calls to industry. EDITORIAL. Although the ambition to acquire know¬ ledge is possessed by all, } et to spend too much time in study will make one dull, and convert what might be a man into a mere machine. It is not necessary for a person to pore over his books from morning until midnight, in order to become a good scholar. The good scholar seldom studies many hours a day. He knows how to use his time to the best advantage; when he takes up a book, he gives it his undivided attention ; he thinks over the topics suggested by the lesson, after the work has been laid aside. The lazy habit of dozing over an open book is one of the worst that can befall a pupil. It leads him to regard mental work the same as merely physical labor, worth so much an hour, regardless of the fact that the character of all mental work is determined by the degree of application given to it. We are pleased to observe among certain pu¬ pils, a praiseworthy effort to refrain from the use of all improper language, when not other¬ wise under the restraint of their teachers or others. It is a movement in the right direc¬ tion, and one in which no person need be ashamed to take part. A person is not edu¬ cated in the higher sense of the term, until among his many accomplishments he numbers