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

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3V4- ' vn « — f 1 5 30 a . I The PIONEER Spring Number This issue of the Pioneer is dedicated to the Juniors. May they all be Seniors. PIONEER BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Barbara Boardman ’31 ASST. EDITORS Katherine Spencer ’31 Ross Chapin ’32 BUSINESS MANAGER Bernard Bailey ’31 ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER Robert Stewart ’32 NEWS EDITOR Ina H. Bergquist ’31 PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Ina H. Bergquist ’31 EXCHANGE CRITIC Patricia Littlefield ’31 ATHLETIC EDITORS Girls’, Ruth Cheyne ’32 Boys’, Richard Merritt ’32 JOKE EDITOR Irvin Brogan ’31 ART EDITOR Mildred Davies- ’31 ASST. ART EDITOR Mary Sullivan ’31 POEM EDITOR Jean Marshall ’31 TYPISTS Ruth Pitman ’31 Shirley Southwick ’32 LITERARY EDITORS Harriet Howe ’31 Harriet Ellison ’31 Jeanne Else ’31 Raymond Nelson ’31 Dorothy Crosby ’32 Barbara Jewett ’32 Celia Kingsley ’32 Kenneth Latham ’32 FACULTY ADVISORS Elizabeth Batchelder Frances Greenhalgh Luke Halpin Hermon T. Wheeler Published by the Pupils of Reading High School 1930 dlntornafl ©eparttumeimt “And now ’tis time,” the Walrus said, to talk of many things. Of ships and shoes, and sealing-wax, of cabbages and kings.” It is the custom for the new Pioneer Board to become acquainted with the hard, hard fact that getting out a paper is not an easy task, in the year when READING PUBLIC LIBRARY READING, MASSACHUSETTS

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Don’t Wait For Something To Turn Up The way to get ahead is to have a regular system of saving, — to put by a fixed amount every month. That’s why people make such fine progress who have co-operative bank accounts. Our regular plan calls for $1.00 or more monthly. PLAN TO TAKE SHARES OF THE NEW MAY SERIES AND SAVE SYSTEMATICALLY READING CO-OPERATIVE BANK 195 Main Street Reading, Mass. S. R. STEMBRIDGE Kingman Richardson COMPANY Super Service Station Real Estate — Insurance Jet. High — Haven — Chute Sts. Reading Square Tel. 1080 CANDYLAND Reading Sq. Snappy cTimio. OF MUSIC Hom A Col!eg Regular colli science, teac College enjoys all women, with its« at the same time, to a BOSTON UNIVERST T Our :er St. :tor tught 0713-M

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PAGE TWO THE PIONEER the mighty Seniors, sadder, wiser edi¬ tors, look on our agonies with a pity¬ ing, tolerant smile and make our bur¬ dens lighter with a cheerfully helping hand. Read this magazine, the result of our efforts, with some forbearance If you like it, we are glad. If you don’t, we’ll try to make our first issue next year one you will like. Now then, let’s go. X X X X When you read this, the name of William Howard Taft will be to some only a name in history. To others it will be a beacon, leading onward to the position in the hearts of men that proclaims a man truly great. We dream of being a person like him, but did you ever hear the saying, “It’s all right to dream, so long as you get up and hustle when the alarm clock goes off”? It’s ringing now and it means hard work, grinding effort, disappoint¬ ments, failures, heartaches and the many other unpleasant things that al¬ ways accompany the obtaining of any worthwhile object. But the rewards are greater far than the hardships. The voices of acclaim will shout the praise sweetest to any ears—“There’s a man.” X X X X Shortened Periods Today What are your feelings when you hear that there is to be an assembly? “It depends,” you answer, “on what period we miss.” Too true. But what are your feel¬ ings when you are in assembly ? And how do you act? When you are reprimanded by one person or another for being noisy and discourteous, you feel that that person does not sympa¬ thize with your point of view. It is hard to sit still for a long period of time in none too comfortable chairs. It is harder when you can not hear or see. When the speaker says some¬ thing and you think up a witty remark, it takes more self-control than most of us possess to refrain from whispering it to our neighbor, that it may be prop¬ erly appreciated. It is always in as¬ sembly that you remember all the things you wanted to tell her that he said about her when she asked him why the girls were so crazy about him. But now let’s stop and consider the other side of the question. The per¬ son in charge knows that we can gain a great deal, if we will, from experi¬ enced men and women who are trying to set up guide posts for our wander¬ ing feet. And how about the speak¬ ers? They take an hour in their busy lives to come and talk to us. They have tried to prepare speeches that will interest us, that we may hear and understand their message. It must be terribly disheartening to see boys and girls old enough to exhibit self-control growing restless, whispering, squirm¬ ing and giggling. After all, we’ll have to listen to many people during our lives who will talk when we do not want to listen, of things we do not want to hear. After all, it is rarely that we cannot fi nd some little truth or help in every speech. It is there, and if we listen hard, and search carefully we must find it. You enjoyed the class speaking contests, didn’t you? And the pro¬ gram by the pupils from Caney Creek? There may be many others that did not interest you, but if you get into the habit of thinking that every as¬ sembly is an awful bore, and the best thing to do is close your eyes and ears and take a nap, you may lose the thought that was to be your knock of opportunity and your guiding star. At least, let’s give the speakers the benefit of the doubt, and every chance to prove that a minute of real worth can change a leaden hour to gold. B. J. B. THE ART OF DRAWING There is a study lying at the founda- tion to the children of the poor as tion of all constructive arts, which has well as of the rich in all systems of been made a branch of primary educa- public instruction. I refer to the study