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

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20 THE PIONEER. that she is sure of that part, at least, as she has spent the whole of a half-hour on it. She re¬ cites very well for a time, but suddenly stops, confused, and says to herself: “Bother! what does come next? Does the king behead his sub¬ ject, or does the subject behead the king?” In the course of her recitation, she makes some rather astonishing statements ; and, if she had been telling facts, they would have been rather startling ones. The teacher tries to con¬ trol the muscles of her face, but she cannot help smiling. “Consider a moment, Miss Hutchins,” said she ; “ do you really mean that Queen Elizabeth reigned during the nineteenth century? You are only a little confused. How did you study your lesson yesterday?” “ Why,” said Ann Maria, “ I sat in the sit¬ ting-room and studied just two hours on this one lesson.” “ Were you alone?” asked the teacher. “ No, the children were playing games in the same room, and then Mrs. X. Y. Z. came in for a few minutes and of course I talked to her for a short time.” “ What had you been reading before you studied ?” “ Oh, I had a lovely library book and I was reading the most interesting part when I had to leave it to work on my lessons.” “ You need not tell me anything more, my dear Miss Hutchins, I see your trouble now. It is in your method. With your mind full of that story which you had been reading, you could not study your lessons as you should. I have found lately, some of your notes, scribblings, etc., on the school-room lloor, and so I know how yo 11 spend your time here. I advise you to change your ways, if you wish to succeed in life.” After this talk, Ann Maria felt verv much ashamed, as she knew that every word which the teacher had spoken was true. As she admired her teacher and respected her opinions she de¬ cided to try to do better, and to take for her ex¬ ample, Miss Bartlett, whose method was well known throughout the school. This pupil studied faithfully, and, though by no means a model, was attentive to her work. She very seldom forgot a thing when she had once learned it, and very often her friends would say to her, “ How is it, Eliza, that you remem¬ ber these details? We do not understand.” “It is very simple,” she would say, in her laughing, cheerful way; “ I just put my mind on the lesson and do the best that I can.” How to learn their lessons quickly, and yet to gain profit thereby, is a problem which is troub¬ ling many of our boys and girls, and I think that this is the solution of it. Let us only put our minds on our lessons and do the best that we can, being willing to spend a moderate amount of time on them, and we shall do more and bet¬ ter work in the coming year than we have done in the past. Mary H. Barr, ’99. Webster’s First Bunker Hill Oration, (impromptu.) Webster delivered his first Bunker Hill ora¬ tion at the dedication of Bunker Hill Monument, on Breeds Hill, Charlestown, June 17, 1825, fifty years after the battle wa3 fought. The composition is one of the masterpieces of the language, the diction being intensely Eng¬ lish. The subjects of the paragraphs are plainly set forth in topic sentences ; the thoughts follow one another smoothly and logically. The para¬ graphs are thus models of unity. Webster’s imagery is clear, strong and beauti¬ ful, and adds much to the finish of the composi¬ tion. His addresses to the “Veterans” and to Lafayette are perhaps the most beautiful in the oration. Webster alone was physically able to properly render his productions. If a simple reading of his -works is able to deeply stir one, what must have been the effect when he gave them with all his great power? A most vivid word picture is the one in which Webster contemplates the scene on board the ship of Columbus, the night before the Discov¬ erer sighted the New World. The part of the oration which treats of the erection of monuments is complete in itself. The oration should be read and re-read in every school in America, that the scholars may use it as a model of effective style. A. H. P., ’96.

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22 THE PIONEER. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. By G. C. Brown more. Rosebud. — If the gentleman continues to press his suit by gifts of onions and cabbages, I should discourage his attentions, as these expressions are no longer in vogue in the politest society. Tulips. — I consider that the young man was lacking in consideration for your feelings, in de¬ liberately turning the X-rays on your heart to see if he had melted it. If he does so again, tell him kindly but firmly that you can no longer be his friend. (2.) No. (3.) By all means. (4.) Thank you for your kind words. Lover of Moonlight. — The lines to which you refer as “ surpassingly beautiful ” are by myself, and read thus : “ The sun behind the clouds lias sunk, The moon shines o ' er the lea; The pensive gondolier has come To sing to j r ou and me. Blow, bagpipe, blow r ! set the wild lovers sparking. Blow, bagpipe! Answer doggie, barking, barking, barking.” For reference see Webster’s Unabridged. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Walter S. Parker, Chairman. Gilman L. Parker, Secretary. Horace G. Wadlin. Frank Parker. Edward F. Parker. Cyrus M. Barrows. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. Charles E. Ilussey. READING HIGH SCHOOL. Instructors. F. E. Whittemore, Principal. Dora M. Sibley. Helen E. Andrews. Christina M. Scott. Annie B. Parker, Drawing. Fred A. Archibald, Music. II. Grace Brown, Physical Training. Post-Graduate. Pratt, Mary L., Class of ’95. Senior Class. Burnham, Frank E. Hussey, Richard B. Kingman, Chester E. Pillsbury, Albert H. Barrows, Edith Beal, Lila II. Burgess, Florence E. Choate, Nellie B. Copeland Grace E. Dockendorff, Mabel G. Harris, Estella L. Isbell, Vera B. Mclntire, Florence E. Parker, Addie E. Parker, Helen A. Junior Class. Badger, Walter K. Chandler, Arthur H. Ellison, Elmer E. Parker, Roy E. Taylor, Edward S. Abbott, Grace J. Bancroft, Linnie J. Brown, Helen A. Chadbourne, Louise M. Clark, Elsie W. Dyer, Grace E. Houseman, Louise C. Kingman, Florence M. Ivrook, Nellie L. MacDonald, Carrie W. Parker, Florence B. Parker, Jennie B. Parker, Myra K. Pratt, Ethel N. SoriioMORE Class. Adams, J. Mead Alger, James A. Alger, John II. Carter, Albert A. Carter, Frank C. Carter, Robert A. Copeland, George O.