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

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Page Eight The Pioneer nior class is justified in feeling their contribution to the dramatics of the school equals its best traditions.” The senior girls voted to wear white smocks and skirts at Class Day. It has been said that all earthly things perish save art; the same may be said about literature. Its field is world wide, its influence elevating and its teachings as enduring as the ages. Subscribe for the Pioneer. | ATHLETICS jj il If Basketball. Although the Basketball team did not win the championship of the league this year, they are proud of the fact that their captain, Herbert MacLeod, holds the highest score in basket shooting in the league. The election of the captain and manager took place about two weeks after the last game of the season. They voted to re-elect Captain Herbert MacLeod and Manager Henry Moore to serve for the coming season. Spring Baseball. The spring baseball team got start, ed late, owing to the wet weather, it played the first game with Peabody on the home grounds and suffered a humiliating defeat. The score was 17-4. The second game was played with Stoneham at Stoneham and here also the Reading team was defeated by a score of 6-2. The third game was played at Arl¬ ington and, with the reliable “Jake Eisenhaure” on the mound, the team had great expectations, but errors by the high school handed Arlington the victory with a score of 5-1. The fourth game was played with Arlington at Reading and was lost by a score of 10-4. Sawyer’s home run clout was the feature of the game. Johnson High won from Reading 9-6 in a very loosely played game at Reading. The game was 6-5 in favor of Reading until the ninth. Inability on the part of the players to keep up has been a serious obsta¬ cle in the way of Mr. Howe to put the kind of team! Reading should have on the field. If the players do not keep up, and the same lineup cannot be kept in two successive games, great things cannot be expected of the team. We sincerely hope that the players will keep up in their studies and that the supporters of the team will be repaid by the turning of the tables by the middle of season. CHESLEY STEVENS. Academy Scholium, Philadelphia, Pa. Argus, Gardner, Mass. Blue and Gold, Malden, Mass. Blue and White, South Bethlehem, Pa. Carlisle Arrow, Carlisle, Pa. Choate News, Wallingford, Conn. Clarion, Arlington, Mass.

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The Pioneer Page Seven we have the balanced sentences and the five and six syllable words in the essays of those men who looked to Bacon or Taylor or Johnson as their patterns; and we have the lighter and easier trend in the most of the maga¬ zine essays of today. Essays, then, should be read, stud¬ ied and written as though they were printed representations of men’s minds. One should read an essay rather hasti¬ ly, using the text as though he himself were thinking or reasoning the con¬ tents. One should study an essay re¬ membering that he is reading the au¬ thor and not his essay only. And lastly, one should write an essay free¬ ly, informally, and confidentially; re¬ membering that a stiff essay is one of the least readable forms of litera¬ ture, while an easily-written essay is one of the most readable forms of literature. For then and only then, are essays what they are intended to be. The annual minstrel show was suc¬ cessfully given by members of the Girls’ Glee Club and Boys’ Glee Club with our already famous endmen, “Dot” Currell, Ruby Forbes, “Tom” Burns, “Ed” Quinlan, Bob MacKenna and Herbert . Esterberg, under the coaching of Mr. Howe. The High School orchestra played under the di¬ rection of Miss Young. The show was given for two nights and was a finan¬ cial success. The Girls’ Glee Club gave their an¬ nual concert Friday, May 19. The date came a little late this year. The pictures of the minstrel show have arrived and may be obtained at the office. A new department under Debating is printed in this issue. A luncheon was held, thru con¬ sent of Mr. Torre, at the Reading Spa on the evening before the Se¬ nior Play. Mary Robinson, Melvin Parsons, Chesley Stevens, Irma Mac- Davitt, Erric Turner, Harry Sawyer and Grace O’Kelly were present. (This is a memorable evening for the actors.) The luncheon was enjoyed and the actors adjourned to meet later at a long dreaded dress rehearsal. The Senior Play “She Stoops to Conquer,” was successfully given un¬ der the coaching of Miss Abbott and Miss Young. The cast was: Squire Hardcastle. .. Melvin Parsons Mrs. Hardcastle . Grace O’Kelly Tony Lumpkin . Harry Sawyer Sir Charles Marlowe Louis Whitchurch Kate Hardcastle . Mary Robinson Constance Neville ... Irma MacDavitt Young Marlowe.Erric Turner George Hastings .... Chesley Stevens Dolly.Janet Robinson Diggory ... Kenneth Dane Roger.Whitman Freeman Dick . Harold Turner Jeremy . Norman Butler Landlord of Three Pigeons, Joseph Murray Inn men, servants, etc., Harold Turn¬ er, Daniel Desmond, Norman But¬ ler, Harold Owen and John Burke. The assembly hall was filled to its utmost capacity. After the perform¬ ance a dance until twelve was en¬ joyed. The Chronicle said, “The Se-

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The Pioneer Page Nine Clarion, Everett, Mass. Clarion, Boston, Mass. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Colby Voice, New London, N. H. Debator, Wakefield, Mass. Dragon, Newport, R. I. Eltrurian, Haverhill, Mass. Houghton Star, Houghton, N. Y. Lebanon, Lebanon, Mass. Middlebury Campus, Middlebury, Ct. Mt. Hollis Outlook, Holliston, Mass. Narrator, Reading, Pa. News, East Orange, N. J. Oracle, Manchester, N. H. Picket, Shepherdstown, W. Va. Pinkerton Critic, Derry, N. H. Poor Richard, Hasbrouck Hts., N. J. Quill, Marion, Iowa. Record, Newburyport, Mass. Record, Worcester, Mass. Recorder, Winchester, Mass. Red and Black, Claremont, N. H. Shuttle, Boston, Mass. Tattler, Nashua, N. H. Tryout, Haverhill, Mass. University School News, Cleveland, Ohio. Wireless, Dedham, Mass. The Blue and Gold— Why not have more cuts? The Dragon —Your paper is fine. The Eutrurian —Thank you for your suggestion. The Houghton Star —We are glad to add you to our list of exchanges. Your last paper was a fine idea, having the faculty write one number. The Shuttle —We look forward to reading your paper. It is excellent. Shall be glad to have any suggestions to improve our paper. SOMEWHERE IN MEXICO. Somewhere in Mexico, trudging along the dusty country road many miles from any habitation, was a lit¬ tle brown man. He was clad in a cheap white cotton shirt and a pair of cheap white cotton trousers. These together with a peon hat constituted his entire wardrobe. Now and then, as he shuffled along, he stopped and examined with wrin¬ kled forehead a piece of somewhat crumpled yellow paper. It is cer¬ tain that he could not read, for he turned it one way and then another in his evident endeavor to find the top. But he did show that he knew its importance by the very persistence of his endeavors. Finally he threw away his cigarette and started along the road with a de¬ termined air. He was poor, you will say! Yes, as regards worldly goods, but he was rich in other things, for his heart was filled with the love of a little brown wife, who, he knew, was waiting for him with two little brown babies at the door of a tiny adobe hut, far ahead of him down the dusty road, and he was content. He removed his hat and wiped his forehead with the sleeve of his shirt. HILDA SYMONDS.