Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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14 TIIK SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. ’99. Mr. Murray is evidently looking for trouble. And a certain man was shot in the right wing. A young lady of Division I. thinks that the square root of 9 is 2. Pupil translating : “And they spread their limbs out on the sand to dry. ’ The physics class extend their thanks to Kilmer for so kindly furnishing material with which to perform the ex- periment. The scholars of Division I. will please keep as quiet as possible, so as not to disturb Kilmer, who is of a very nervous temperament. This is the year when class meetings are in order. Harris has once more been elected president of the class, the position which he so efficiently filled last year. We hope that he will have the support of every member of the class. 00. Donkeys (Bray) bray! Where is our class team? Where did the girls go Friday morn- ing, Oct. 29? Moore wanted the broom to clean out his desk with. Hetherington followed his cooky across the room. We are all glad to see Murphy back after his long sickness. Who stole the basket of grapes from “The Heavenly Triplets?” We shall be glad to see MacDonald back after his recent illness. What is the attraction at the window in the boys’ dressing room about 8 15? Is it not time to call a class meeting and elect officers for the coming year? Frazar has not outgrown that age when children usually discard their dolls. Notice! Do not take the putty out of your desk or your fate will be similar to Rinn’s. Brine and Moore require two chairs apiece, the result is that the teacher has to stand up. Did the boys wear a “white” and a “brown” because the other was getting mended? Frazar was absent three days. He went courting. The others who tried it got into trouble. How the boys in Division III. delight in showing their cents! If it were only common sense the teachers wouldn't object. We are glad to see that our subscrip- tion list is larger than last year. That is right. We want to do our part to- wards supporting the paper. Our class is well represented on the two elevens, Cushman playing centre on the varsity in fine style, Atkinson, Kimball, Zoellerand Hetherington play- ing on the second eleven. Rinn would have played end if he had not had the misfortune to break his arm. Frazar has retired on account of an injured knee. Kimball is also on the injured list, having broken his finger in the Watertown game. ’01. Teacher : “Are your initials I. S. ? ” Pupil: “No sir, I. C.” Teacher: “I see.” Pupil: “Yes, sir.” Brown was elected class president on the first ballot. He received 55 votes, his nearest opponent 12. A member of the literature class, when asked to point out a “synecdoche,” got mixed and said that it was a town in New York. Everybody is glad that at last we have decided on a class-pin. But, then, “Everything comes to him who waits,” and we have a beauty after all. Bennett would probably have received the class editorship, but was disqualified by being already on the executive com- mittee. As it was, Smith received it on the third ballot. Doyle has been looking up his ances- try and found that he decended from the Egyptians. He said he thought the mummies in the museum might have been some relation of his. Now the High School has begun, I n comes the class of “naughty-one,” And with it comes, though all don’t know it. The famous Wilkins, Jr.. Poet. Wilkins is too modest to sign his name to the above.

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THE SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 3 ’98. Mr. Baxter: “Scott, how do you pro- nounce a-c-h-e.” Scott: “Akic. Mrs. G: “What is the difference be- tween mil and mille. Kidder: “Le.” How much the girls have to suffer because some of the boys have soprano voices. It is a positive sign that you have been rusticating if you pronounce horse as hoss (according to Mr. Baxter.) Knowing that the thermometer was up to 72 degrees didn’t keep us from being cold the other morning. Why did Mrs. Gilbert (as well as the class) smile so when she asked Miss Foster the word for wing in French. Miss Burke, translating: “Unc cas quette rouge!' A red cat.” Would not the Zoo be delighted with such a rarity. The German division duly appreciates the kindness in placing those circulars on the desk in Room 5 for its benefit (?) We all wish Jones, who is about to enter upon his career as a professor in all branches of history, every possible success. Many of us were nearly paralyzed when told to conjugate “avoir” nega- tively and interrogatively but how easy (?) it is now. Stephenson had better study geogra- phy a little more thoroughly ' before translating in this manner again, “La ville de Londres. The village of Lon- don.” One of the many peculiar transla- tions in French, “Notre version a trois petits chevaux.” (meaning voisin) “She was seated on the small burnt end ot a match.” Miss W. and Miss M. must have thought Fvander was part of the light- ing apparatus. They both rendered lIle os lustrabat lumine as “He lit his body with a light.” Miss O. Williams in Virgil : “ ‘Flor- entis aere catervas.’ The troops em- broidered with bronze.” Yet there were others who thought that right, weren’t there, Miss Tousey. A pupil explaining a sentence in English: “It means that they would kill all the prisoners.” Mr. Hawes: “What is that an example of” (meaning in rhetoric) Kidder: “Slaughter.” At a meeting of the class held during Sept., the following officers were elected: Pres., B. II. Pierce; Vice-Pres, Miss Capen ; Sec., Miss Leavitt; Treas., M. Sturtevant. The social committee con- sists of Miss Bray, chairman ; Miss Capen, Miss Leavitt, W. Stephenson and B. Pierce. The senior class held its first social of the season at Miss Bray’s, Wednesday evening, Nov. 3. A very good number of the class was present. Interesting games were indulged in ; Miss Putney and Miss Emily Bray favored the com- pany with piano selections. Refresh- ments consisting of ice cream and cake were served. The affair was a success, as all passed a delightful evening.

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THE SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 15 ’98 Seniors at last ! What is home and vinegar without a “mother ?” How is the orchestra progressing, “Miss Colburn?’' Scott adapted: What is a glover but a tailor working in a kid skin? Cate is very fond of turtles. He even carries them around in his pocket. A smile went around the class when Mr. P. asked us what we ate for break- fast. Quo ion from Woodstock: “He started ip and felt for his arms, which he found close beside him.” No wonder the football team is doing remarkable work when it has such an able manager as A. G. Crowley. Teacher: “Why is it that you can’t blow soap bubbles unless there is soap in the water?” Miss W.: “They wouldn’t be soap bubbles.” Teacher: “How do you know that the specimen which you saw really was a piece of a meteor which fell to the earth?” Miss B.: “It was labelled.” It is hoped that before the year is over, the Seniors at least will not say, “Two right triangles are equal, having a leg and hypothesis of one equal ‘re- spectfully’ to a leg and hypothesis of the other. At a class meeting the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Pres., Herbert E. Stone; Vice- pres., Miss Gertrude C. L. Yasque; Sec., Miss Gertrude M. Currier; Treas., Dun can Wemyss. We have all probably regarded Lieut. Peary as a very great and brave man, but to regard him in the light of a Samson had not occurred to us until the other day, we were told that he picked up a piece of a meteor and later discovered that it weighed 70 tons. About 20 young ladies of the senior division of the shorthand class have formed a club known as the Somerville Chandler Thinking Club. Its officers were elected as follows: Pres., M iss Spar- row; vicc-pres, Miss Fitzgerald; treas.. Miss Stevens; sec., Miss Drake. The club motto engraved in shorthand on their badges is, “Help for the Living.” This is the first club of its kind. It would be a good plan for the members of other divisions to form like associa- tions. 99. Are you ready for next week’s Ethics question-box? All ’99 class items will be gladly re- ceived at Room 32. There seems to be many pressing en- gagements for Nov. 27. Miss F. of Room 27 thinks we are having “great times on the flatiron! It is hoped that there are no sensitive people in the Junior class. If there are, well— The Junior class is to be congratu- lated on its many and enthusiastic class meetings. “Cusha, cusha, cusha, calling,”—what