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

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Page Nineteen The Pioneer water went all over Mike an Skinny. They’ve been madder than hornets ever since. I kinder guess I’d better stop, cause I just heard Ma say supper was most ready. Hope you had as good a vaca¬ tion as I did. Your cousin, JIMMIE. Different Ways of Addressing the Teacher Freshie—“Please, ma’am, I didn’t understand what you said.” Soph.—“I didn’t quite understand.” Junior—“What d’you say?” Senior—“Huh?” —Ex. Probably our future “white hope” may be found among the fair sex ac¬ cording to the demonstration given on the girl’s side of the lunch-room a few weeks ago. What might have been a serious conflict between E. F-y and V. Br-gh-m was averted by the coolness of our sub j master, who. like ex-President Roosevelt, was the dove of peace. In the French class: Teacher—“What is the word for yes in French?” T—“Oui.” Teacher—“How is it spelled?” T—(intently thinking) “0-U-” Teacher—“0-U-what?” T—(looking vacantly into space) “O-U-kid.” —Ex. French III. “L’angelus! Deja!” “The angels! Already!” ATHLETICS Basketball Season 1911-1912. The basketball quintet representing Reading High for the season of 1911- 12 has so far made a very brilliant record. The credit for this must be given to the boys, who worked hard and well and have overcome all ob’ stacles under Captain Hartshorn and Coach Carroll, who has always kept them keyed up to the highest pitch of enthusiasm Dec. 2 the first game was played wdth the Wakefield Independents at Reading, and resulted in a victory for Reading. The following Thursday Reading High went to Melrose and played Melrose High at the Y. M. C. A. gym. in a fast game, and as at end of the game the score was a tie, the captains decided to leave it as it was, and wait for the return game. On Saturday, Dec. 9, Reading again defeated Wakefield in a rough game. Friday, Dec. 15, Winchester jour¬ neyed to Reading to try their luck here, but were defeated in a fast and interesting game. On Friday, Dec. 22, the Alumni played the High School, and defeated them, 21-14. The boys worked hard, but the grads proved too much for them. After the Christmas holidays the boys, with two of the regulars out, de¬ feated the Alumni, 11-7, on Jan. 6. Since the game at Melrose the boys looked forward to the return game here, but R. H. S. was defeated, 21-18. Saturday, Jan. 13, Reading defeated Allen School at Newton, 20-11. At Milton, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, m

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The Pioneer Page Eighteen JIMMIE’S VACATION Deer Cousin Fred, You’d oughter been here last week. Me an Tubby Biggs had a dandy time. There wasn’t no school all the week, an Tubby an me both got new skates for Christmas, an maybe we didn’t have some fun skating on Oak Pond. You Temember Lizzie Smith, don’t you, that tow-headed gurl what lives side of Tubby? Well, she’s just crazy over him, an he just hates her. The first day we went skating, she come tagging along with me an Tub¬ by, and we tried lots of ways to get rid of her. Finally Tubby, he went an hid behind a tree, and left me with Lizzie. Lizzie started crying, an gee, she most drownded me! I told her if she’d sit down on the old wall side of the pond, an wait, Fd go an find Tubby for her. Then I went off, an Tubby an me met on the next corner, sneaked round to the other end of the pond, an skated till most dark. I s’pose Lizzie stayed there most all the afternoon. The next day I was going over to Tubby’s house, an ali of a sudden, Lizzie’s big broth¬ er Bill come out an grabbed me by the neck. Gee, maybe he didn’t shake me! I thought Fd have to pick up my teeth one at a time an take them home in my pocket! Then he punched me, an kicked me. Bimeby he let go of me, an went off. I went home, an went in the back door, an up the back stairs, an went to bed. Perhaps I didn’t ache all over! Pret¬ ty soon Ma come up, an I told her I got mixed up in a hockey game. 1 felt kinder guilty, cause she don’t like to have me lie to her, but I knew if I told her the truth, she’d tell Pa, an he’d lick me for fighting, an 1 thought bimeby after I got over be¬ ing so lame, Fd tell him, an he could lick me if he wanted to. Oh, say, Fred, we had a regular circus last Wed. night. You know that tent Fve got out in my yard, an the one Mike Doane’s got right next to it. Wed. night you know how warm it was for this time of year, so Ma said me an Tubby could sleep out in my tent, if we took an old feather-bed an some blankets. Mike Doane found out we was going to be out there, so he an Skinny Taylor slept in his tent. About midnight there was an awful noise under my bed. Sounded as if somebody was groaning something awful, an Tubby an me was most scared to death. It kept up for about half an hour, an then stopped. I didn’t dare look un¬ der the bed, an course Tubby was lots scareder than I was. Pretty soon the groaning started again, an I just told Tubby I was going to find out what it was, so when it stopped again I looked under the bed. There wasn’t nothing there, so I kinder had a clue about what it might be. I went out ar.ound the back of the tent, an pretty soon I found out what it was. Say. you’d never guess! That Mike Doane had taken a piece of garden hose an put it across be¬ tween the tents, and he an Skinny had been hollering into one end, an the sound come out of the other end, under my bed. I sneaked out, an went in the house an got a big pail of cold water, an Tubby an me poured the water in the end of the hose, an then blew in it as hard as we could, an the

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The Pioneer Page Twenty Reading defeated the strong Milton team, 17-12, in a fast and well-played game. The playing of Gibbons and MacLeod was the feature. Saturday, Jan. 20, Lynn Classical played here, and Reading easily de¬ feated them, 60-16. Stembridge and MacLeod starred. At this time individual stars can not be chosen, as all the boys are playing well, and with credit to the school. ROMEO MICH ELINI, ’12, Sporting Editor. CLASS ALPHABET, CLASS ’12 A is for Abbott, who from North Reading hails, B is for Buck, who in school never fails. C stands for Currell, who plays bas¬ ketball, D is for Doris who is not very tall. E is for Eisenhaure, black hair has she, F stands for Foster, our vice-presi¬ dent, he. G is for Gage, the “J. G. T.” star, H is for Helen, who comes on the car. I stands for Isaac ot very wide fame, J stands for Jeanette, you know her last name. K is for Kinsman, a decided blonde, L stand for Laurie, of whom every¬ one is fond. M is for Morrison, whom we some¬ times hear sneeze, N is for Nelson, he gets reports off (?) with ease. O is for the owl who once perched in a tree, P stands for Patrick, a business man¬ ager, he. Q is for Quinlan, who lives not very near, II stands for Raymond, who came from Revere. S stands for Stevens, Marion and Frank, T is for Turner, she plays many a prank. IJ stands for Us, a great class are we, V stands for Victory, which we all like to see. W is for Warren, our Junior class grind, X is a quantity in Math, hard to find. Y is for Young, who cheers for our team, Z stands for zealous, which all of us seem. MILDRED AKERLEY, T3. Carrie is an excellent housekeeper; in fact, she is always Dustin. Will Ruby B. Mansfield ten years hence? M. M-ntg-m-ry, walking backwards, ran into an electric light. “Oh, ex¬ cuse me!” she exclaimed sweetly. At last 1912 has entirely outgrown its childhood! W. Cail has appeared in long trousers. C. J-n-s, T2, firmly believes he has a perfect right to talk to himself if he wants to. French II B. “Certaines fleurs sont sauvages, certaines autres sont cultivees.” Miss P-w-rs—“Certain flowers are wild, certain others are civilized.”