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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
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26 THE PIONEER. that of using at all times, only such language as will everywhere stamp him as a gentleman. We do not wish to insinuate that any pupils of this school are especially addicted to impro¬ prieties of speech in their social life, but we do wish to say, and every manly student who gives the subject a moment’s careful thought, will agree with us, that the use of that which certainly is not “polite Eng¬ lish” and in the unguarded moment may savor of vulgarism, is derogatory to their higher education and belittling to their man- hood. We should remember that we are known, not only by what we do, but by what we say, and that the language which we use in society will stamp us with the marks of the educated gentleman, or brand us as low and vulgar. A word to our contributors. We have had matter sent in a few times, written on both sides of the sheet. We believe it to be due to thoughtlessness, and therefore hope that a little more care will be taken to write on one side of the sheet only. M e have thus far refrained from the hack¬ neyed exhortation to subscribe to the school paper. Now, however, we desire to urge all to take as many copies of The Pioneer as their means permit, sending such copies as they do not need to friends who are inter¬ ested in the school. All graduates are cor¬ dially invited to subscribe, thus aiding the the paper, and obtaining a fair knowledge of the course of events in the High School. 1 he ground is clear of snow once more, and the approach of spring brings with it the need of active preparation for that sport pe¬ culiar to the season — baseball. There is no good reason why we should not have a team to represent us this year, as there is enough good material. We can certainly do w r ell,if all our forces are utilized. It remains to be seen, however, if any school enterprise can command the support of all the students. A few always wish to run or ruin all desirable projects. Once in a while they succeed; once in a while —they don’t. We hope and expect that this season, all factions will unite and work for our common interests. We wish to do now what we should have done in our first issue, namely, to urge upon the students the importance of patronizing those who advertise in the paper. At no cost to themselves, and often at an advan¬ tage, can our subscribers show that The Pio¬ neer is a good advertising medium, and by so doing, help the paper financially, as well as make the rough path of the business man¬ ager a little smoother when the next time he goes the round of the old advertisers to solicit the renewal of their advertisements. We cannot expect to retain their patronage, unless we give them some return. IRVING’S “ALHAMBRA.” These sketches and tales were mostly written in the old Moorish palace of the Alhambra in Granada. When Irving visited that place he was urged by a friend, who was accompanying him, to write a chronicle of their journey, and thus preserve some of the many legends and traditions of this noted stronghold of the Moors.
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