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

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THE PIONEER. Vol. IX. No. U THE PIONEER. COMMENCEMENT NUMBER. EDITORS. Alma N. Damon. Marion Howes. Herman Hay. Assisted by the English Teachers. ADVERTISING AGENTS. Elsie Tuttle. Edward Parker. Ten cents a copy. For sale at the various news stands. Entered at the Post-office at Reading ' as second class matter. Printed by W. E. J. F. Twombly. CONTENTS. Editorials ....... 7 Graduation Program ..... 8 Social Ideals in 19 th century Literature 9 Mr. Butterfield’s Second Visit to New York. 12 The Boer War ...... 15 Orange Culture in Florida 16 Music in Milton. 17 Character Development in George Eliot’s, “Adam Bede,” “Silas Marner” and “The Mill on the Floss.’’ 18 Departure of Wit . 21 Alumni Notes ...... 25 Remarks on Courses of Study 26 Courses of Study. 27 Outline of English Work .... 29 Te cfcers and Pupils , , , , 30 Price 10 Cents. EDITORIALS. This year we wish to present to our readers a “Pioneer” which shall be of interest to all. During the past few years the paper has been chiefly a Commencement number consisting entirely of the graduation essays. This num¬ ber will contain work from all classes and we sincerely hope that it will be a success and be acceptable to its readers. THE CARE AND PRESERVATION OF TREES. The question concerning the care of our for¬ ests, trees, and lawn is widely discussed among women’s clubs, and societies are being formed to take action in the matter. Even the state au¬ thorities have considered the importance of carefully preserving nature and there is in Massachusetts a Forestry Association which is doing much practical work in this direction. By its laws forest and fire wardens are compelled to he appointed in every town. Also every means is tried by the state to exterminate the gypsy moth, so destructive to our trees. Nature has endowed Reading with a good share of forests and we are indebted to our an¬ cestors for our beautiful shade trees. They should be held almost sacred as relics of the past generations. How carelessly are they de¬ stroyed ! The work of the axe is hut a few minutes while the growth of the trees has been the process of centuries. It seems shameful that even their limbs and branches should be cut to allow telephone and electric wires to be strung through their tops, READING, JUNE, 1900.