Scituate High School - Chimes Yearbook (Scituate, MA)

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THE CHIMES 21 last few years, and also a copy of the first issue of the Po3t ever printed. At noon a buffet lunch was served to the delegates, and a special edition of the Transcript , showing pictures taken of the Conference earlier that morning, was distributed to all as a gift from Mr. O ' Brien. In the afternoon the lectures continued, with a talk by the editor of the Northeastern News , who explained the work of a school paper. Mr. William Cloney, sports editor of the Boston Herald , who writes mainly on high school sports, spoke on the make-up of a sports page. Following this there were several round-table discussions on the different aspects of school journalism, and the conference closed at about four- thirty o ' clock. COMMERCIAL AWARDS SHORTHAND AWARDS Those to receive certificates for shorthand ability this year are as follows: Senior Order of Gregg Artists: The shorthand is judged on the quality of the outlines. Alberta Cerilli, Jessie Drake, Madeline Duffey, Betty Kenney, George Mitchell, George Secor, Mary Steverman. Charlotte Turner, Helen Westerhoff. 60-WoRD Transcription: Dictation for five minutes at 60-words a min- ute with a minimum number of errors in transcript. Mary Hill, George Secor. 80-WoRD Transcription : Dictation for five minutes at 80- words a minute. Mary Steverman. 100-Word Transcription: Dictation for five minutes at 100-words a minute. Jessie Drake, Alberta Cerilli, Betty Franzen, Betty Kenney, Helen Manning, George Mitchell, Charlotte Turner, Madeline Duffey, Betty White, Helen Westerhoff. TYPEWRITING AWARDS The following received certificates in typing for their speed and ac- curacy :

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20 THE CHIMES We made a Fall Booklet, a Winter Sports Booklet, and just recently a little newspaper. The pupils who entered the semi-finals in the speaking contest were: Arthur Anderson, Barhara Billings, Jean Cole, Rose Marie Downie, Amalia Gillespie, Lois Heard, Virginia Heffernan, Russell Murphy, Betty Vickery, and Lyman Preston. Amalia Gillespie and Russell Murphy were chosen for the finals. In mathematics class, the seventh grade made mathematical diaries and booklets on circles and percentage. In geography class, we have made projects on certain products. We have also made projects on different countries. Some of the activities in girls ' gym were field hockey, basketball, and dancing. The boys ' gym classes have not been able to organize teams and play other schools, but we have had competition between the two divisions of the seventh grade. The seventh grade membership at present is sixty-three. During the year, John Stanton, David Parrott, Maurice Murray, and Mary McCormick left, and Dominick Bonomi entered. THE BOSTON PRESS CONFERENCE David Murphy, ' 39 On Saturday, January 14, the members of the Chimes staff attended the first annual Greater Boston Press Conference which was held under the sponsorship of Northeastern University for the representatives of the publications of all the secondary schools in the Eastern part of Massa- chusetts. At nine o ' clock in the morning over a thousand delegates gathered in the new University Hall to register and to see the various exhibits of the different school papers and magazines. From nine-thirty to twelve noon representatives of the leading Boston papers gave talks on the different aspects of the publishing of a newspaper. Mr. Lincoln O ' Brien, editor of the Boston Transcript , and also its publisher, gave a very interesting talk on a newspaper from the editor ' s point of view, explaining the dif- ference between editorial writing and writing the news as news. He also discussed the value to a paper of having an editorial policy and sticking to that policy. Mr. Charles Marchant, advertising manager of the Boston Post , ex- plained the mechanical side and actual printing of a paper, giving a de- tailed account of the different processes involved, from the time a paper matrix is made to the time the paper itself is ready to go on the street. He had with him several very interesting plates showing the dies for the front pages of the Post for some of the biggest news stories of the

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22 THE CHIMES JiMo: OriDEK OF Artistic Typists: Copying material accurately with an e en touch. First-year students Cora Bro vn, Pauline Gillis, Evelyn Patterson, Olive Patterson. Second-year students Alberta Cerilli, Madeline Duffey, Helen Manning, George Secor, Eve- lyn Smith, Charles Litchfield. Senior Order of Artistic Typists: Copying material accurately with some tabulation. Jessie Drake, Charlotte Turner. Competent Typist: Typing 30 words per minute for 10 minutes with not more than five errors. Alberta Cerilli, Barbara Curran, Charles Litchfield, George Secor, Mary Steverman, Helen Westerhoff, Pauline Gillis, Evelyn Patterson, Mary Peirce. Competent Typist: Typing 40 words per minute for 10 minutes with not more than five errors. Madeline Duffey, Mary Hill, George Mitchell, Evelyn Smith, Char- lotte Turner, Betty Kenney. Competent Typist: Typing 50 words per minute for 10 minutes with not more than five errors. Jessie Drake, Harold Graham. Modern Youngster: What are prayers. Mother? Mother: Prayers, darling, are little messages to God. Modern Youngster: Oh, and we send them at night to get the cheaper rate? ■3C- -SS- Doctor Harrigan : Are you sure you take your glass of hot water every morning? Miss Wade: (patient) I do, doctor, but the landlady calls it coffee. Joe: Shall we go to the movies? Suzy: We don ' t have to. Mother and father are going. Mr. Gillespie: Who will define a circle? Spear: A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle.