Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 248 of the 1898 volume:

csn O gomewtlle� ®aaascl)«gett0 um 27 00 oo School committee, 1899 S HON. GEORGE O. PROCTOR Mayor, Chairman, ex-officio CHARLES A. GRIMMONS President of the Common Council, ex-officio S♦ Newton Cutler James F, Beard Frank H. Hardison .. .. Members .. .. WARD ONE George S. Poole WARD TWO Alvah B. Dearborn WARD THREE Quincy E. Dickerman Sanford Hanscom Fred W. Gilbert George W. W. Whiting WARD FOUR Martin W. Carr George A. Miles Mrs. H. B. H. Attwood Gordon A. South worth, Secretary and Superintendent Subcommittee Hatin Diflb School James F. Beard S. Newton Cutler Alvah B. Dearborn Frank H. Hardison George A. Miles Subcommittee English Ibiab Scbool Martin W. Carr George S. Poole Sanford Hanscom Quincy E. Dickerman Fred W. Gilbert TEACHERS Xatin Mlgb School GEORGE L. BAXTER, Head Master FRANK M. HAWES, Master CHARLES T. MURRAY, Sub-Master assistants SARAH W. FOX EUDORA MOREY Mrs. LENA GILBERT FLORENCE H. PAUL FRANCES W. KAAN R. ADELAIDE WITHAM English � igb School CHARLES T. C. WHITCOMB, Head Master WINFRED C. AKERS, Master HARRY L. JONES JOHN A. AVERY GEORGE J. PFEIFFER MERLE S. GETCHELL HOWARD W. POOR EVERETT W. TUTTLE, Sub-Masters Junior Sub-Masters assistants A. MARION MERRILL MARY P. HITCHCOCK MARY P. ANDERSON LUCY INGRAM ESTHER BAILEY CLARA A. JOHNSON A. LAURA BATT EDA L. NICHOLS MARY F. CARRICK SUSIE L. SANBORN LAURA A. DAVIS ETTA A. SEAVER M. JESSAMINE DIXON MARIA B. SMITH M. HELEN TEELE ©r er of Exercises ©VertUte. ‘ ‘ Rosamunde’ ’ Hadley’s Orchestra. Schubert 1. 5fn0ftt0. Excerpts from Cantata “Joan of Arc” a. Chorus (Peasants), “Gien.” A Shepherd Maid Has Passed. b. Chorus (The Choir), In the Cathedral. 2. prater Rev. Nathan K. Bishop 3. Singing Three-part Songs a. “Fret Not Thyself To-day” b. Cradle Song Girls’ Voices, A. R. Gaul Gaul Taubert 4. BDDress to ©raDuates Rev. George H. Lorimer, D. D., of Boston 5. Singing Ballade for Soli, Chorus, and Orchestra. “ Lelawala,” An Indian Legend of Niagara. Poem by George Anderson. Music by H. K. Hadley. Indian Motives from the Aboriginal. Solos by Miss Lottie Williams, of the English High. (Conducted by the Composer) 6. presentation of Diplomas Mayor George 0. Proctor 7. Singing Four-part Songs (d) My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose Garrett (b) Farewell to the Forest Mendelssohn ♦Accompanied by Hadley’s Orchestra, under the direction of S. Henry Hadley, teacher of music in the schools. Xatln THiob School (3ra0uates Elsie Gertrude Ashton Grace Nancy Blood Blanche Gertrude Bowtell Maude Ella Butters Anna Emma Callahan Grace Elizabeth Clough Helen Dearborn Mary Ellen Driscoll Edna Mary Friend Mabel Emilie Hall Ruth Moulton Harmon Mary Alice Kilmer Minnie Gertrude Kimpton Mary Winship Kingsley Lena Lea Lewis Charlotte Raymond Lowell Esther Laffay Abigail McCloskey Emma Georgina Medros Ethel Almira Moore Harriet Cleveland Moore Amy Faustina Phillips Edith Wilder Poole Elva Inez Shattuck Ethel Marion Tarbox Alice Ida Teele Luella Parker Winship Stephanie Josephine Zoeller Samuel Ellsworth Armstrong Albion Millett Boothby Arthur Warren Byam Dean Gray Edwards Frank Eugene Fitts, Jr. George Holland Garcelon Arthur Francis Gooding Torr Wagner Harmer George Laurence Harrington Robert Brine Harrington Wallace Eugene Hubbard Mark Robert Jouett, Jr. Charles Allen Keach Ralph Preble Keyes Frederick Mills Kilmer, Jr. Thomas Sawyer Knight Harry Warren Litchfield Christopher Muldoon, Jr. George Leon Peirce Roscoe Hunter Philbrick Harry Joseph Sanborn Isaac Franklin Story Stanley Hovey Tead Carleton Grieves White English ibigb School Graduates Emily Bates Anderson Edith Florence Baker Gertrude Frances Ball Anna Louise Beckwith Ruphena May Benner Jennie Elizabeth Brown Alice Mae Cavanagh Marion Helen Chase Marguerita Lewis Clarke Ellen Ada Dellea Mildred Arland Dolliver Lillian Mary Dudley Ada May Durell Ethel Conant Fairbanks Florence Marguerite Farrell Annie May Fleming Ella Gertrude Flynn Marguerite Foote Alice May Gilman Grace Iva Godfrey Lottie Edith Gordon Ada Gertrude Hartwell Myrtie Blanche Haskell Clyda Blanche Hazeltine Mary Magdalen Healey Marion Gertrude Hitchings Annie Rich Hopkins Ellen Louise Hunter Charlotte Florence Huntley Alice Mabel James Jennie May Landers Jennie Mabel Lindquist Lula Martin Alice Theodora Mason Jennie Grace Mason Elsie Viola McQuarrie Mary Estelle Morton Amelia Martina Norris Jennie Estella Perry Louise Amy Pitman Hattie Florence Ralph Myra Lavinia Roffe Mildred Silsbee Margaret Bertha Sprague Elsie Tufts Grace Lillian Tuttle Ethel Twycross Elizabeth Warren Waldron Mary Ida Wentworth Bertha Adelia Whipple Lottie Elizabeth Williams Annie May Witham Bnolisb IfoiQb School Graduates Francis Joseph Brine Martin Henry Cassidy Allen Granger Chapin Charles Francis Cuddy Alvah Webster Dodge Arthur Eugene Ellis Curtis Stowell Fairbanks Ernest Durell Foster George Stoddard Gerrish Leo Sprague Greenwood Joseph Roy Harris Arthur Vivian Howland James William Lacy Merrill Scott Lovering William Douglas Macrae Henry Eckert Mead Ernest Litchfield Nichols Walter Crane Nickerson John Joseph A. Nolan William Joseph O’Connor Arthur Lloyd Philbrick Carleton Cleveland Pipe Charles Roy Pipe George Joseph Pratt Guy Crosby Riddell Ralph Robinson Hubbard Vaughan Smith Russell Harold Spaulding Alton Lyford Stevens William Emery Taylor Harold Kenney Thomas Theodore Henry Tomfohrde Edward Lawrence Watson Ernest Weston Young t, ( IDolume 8 November ‘number I MA ' ■■--■-■■ ■■- wiii, k «••iWl STANDARD CLOTHING CO. Larges! Manufacturers � 1 Clothing in America. We sell direct to the consumer from 25 to 40 per cent, less than the regular retailers. 395 Washington Street, Boston. Mention Radiator. James c. Taylor Merchant Tailor. 297 Broadway, Winter Hill. 172 School Street Somerville, Mass. Particular attention given to Dyeing, Cleans- ing and Repairing Clothes. High School Trade Solicited. Perfect Satisfaction Guaranteed. Arthur G. Pearson, Ice Cream and Confectionery 304 Broadway, Winter Hill. WALTER HOLMES, Mgr. Ice Cream I)ept. AUGUSTUS THURGOOD i Fine Wall Papers Interior Decorations 136 Cornhill, . Boston 9 Telephone Boston 3930 Lady Embalmcr in Attendance. W. A. FRINK, Funeral Director. 17 Holland Street. W. Somerville. J. A. Durell, Stoves, Furnaces and Ranges Builders’ Hardware, Painters’ Supplies. Plumbing and Gas Fitting 309 Broadway, Winter Hill. Telephone 178-2 PERI MIN 1 1 SCHOOL. 180 TremontSt., Boston. Circular and Trial Week Free. West Somerville Fish Market. GEO. H. KEAY CO. Dealers in Fresh, Salt and Smoked Fish 24 Holland Street. West Somerville. W. H. BULLARD, Old Powder House Java Coffee. GILMAN SQUARE. TATjTT TD EDT DT G Retail Dealer in rnlLlr edeKLE mi kinder l';:L Boots, Shoes and Rubbers ■!££. 24 Union Square, Somerville. Fine Repairing a Specially. LATIN SCHOOL. THE High School Radiator. ENGLISH SCHOOL. Vol. VIII. Somerville, Massachusetts, November, 1898. No. 1 The Rai iatok Is published by the Somerville Latin and English High Schools on the third Wednesday of every month during the school year, and only Important news matter can he received after the U th of the month. Matter for Insertion may he left with any of the editorial staff or he mailed to the editor at the English High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign the full name and address (this Is for reference only). Communications should be addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor, according to their nature. Manuscript must be accompanied by the necessary postage to insure its return. TERMS. 75 CENTS PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES, lO CENTS. Entered at Boston Post Oflice as second class matter. SOMERVILLE CITIZEN PRESS. OFFICERS OF THE RADIATOR. EDITOR IN CHIEF. GUY C. RIDDELL, E. 11. S., ’W. ASSOCIATE EOITOR. LUELLA I . WIN SHIP, L. If. S., ’99. EXCHANGE EDITOR MARGUERITE FOOTE. E. 11. s., 'W. BUSINESS MANAGER. MARK R. JO LETT, Jk.. L. 11.8., ’tty. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER L. ARTHUR WALLON, E. 11. s., laoo. CLASS EDITORS. LATIN SCHOOL. TORR W. HARMER. 99. LIXWOOD E. SNOWMAN. 1900. ROBERT NICHOLS. 01. PIERCE P. MCGANN, 02. ENGLISH SCHOOL. H. FLORENCE RALPH. ’99. HERBERT M. HALE. 1900. CARLTON JONES, 01. MABEL E. MUTT, ’02. SPORTING EDITOR WALTER C. NICKERSON. E. H. S„ ’ll� . TREASURER. G. LEON PEIRCE. L. II. S., “M. ANEW Radiator year is here again� and with the hearty support and co- operation of the High School pupils it should be a year of growth and develop- ment. The paper enters upon its eighth year with high aims, as in previous years. It will do its best to strengthen school ties and school loyalty. Every student should feel a personal pride in the popularity and success of the paper. The Radiator is the representative of the Somerville High Schools. It car- ries our school life to every part of the city, and through the exchange bureau to the schools of other cities. Let it show to its friends and contemporaries the spirit of a wide-awake, progressive institution, as well fitted for the literary field as for the athletic. The successes of our football and base- 4 THE SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. ball teams have given us a name in ath- letics. Let us gain equal success in all the various lines of school work, espc- ially let us make our school paper as bright, lively and interesting a journal as can be found in the country. IT is with great satisfaction that we record the final action taken on the South End affair of Nov. i. The letter placed in the hands of the Associated Press was undoubtedly a proper docu- ment, and its publication was an act that should certainly lead to better rela- tions between the two schools inter- ested, and, in fact, throughout the Senior League. The matter was dis- cussed at the mass meeting in a per- fectly square way, and it is safe to say that the final step was one which re- ceived the sincere approval of every member of our schools. Somerville de- clared herself the supporter of clean athletics. This was no new stand, but it was a decided one, and coming from such an important member in the league race, its effect could not fail to be felt. THE columns of the Radiator are open to every pupil in the High Schools. The excellent articles con- tributed in previous years have plainly shown that we have plenty of literary talent. The staff is anxious to make the eighth volume of the paper a suc- cess in every branch, and suggestions toward this end will always be welcome. Read your school paper over in a criti- cal way as well as for what enjoyment you can get out of it, and if you see anything you don't approve, say so. It is your paper, and you certainly have a right to determine what kind of paper it shall be. SOMERVILLE may well feel proud of the artistic talent of her High Schools. The recent drawing of “Evan- geline and Gabriel,” by one of the me- chanical-drawing boys, is indeed a fine piece of work. It shows the spirit of a true artist, and one of whom we expect to hear good things in the future. This, however, is but one case among many. Every class abounds with some really clever artists. The attractive Radiator and football posters, together with a glance at the work exhibited in the studio and mechanical drawing rooms, fully sustain this statement. AT the meeting of the school commit- tee of Oct. 31. Fred G. Gctchcll, Bowdoin ’98, and Helen F. Tredick, Smith '97, were admitted to the faculty of the English High School as student teachers. The popularity of that branch of our course is shown by the long list of teachers now studying with us. Beside Mr. Getchell and Miss Tredick there are Miss Forbes, E. II. S. '97, Miss Newman, Miss Pierce, and Mr. Rich, from the Normal Art School; Miss Raymond from the Emerson College of Oratory; Miss Todd, Smith ‘98, and Miss Vincent, Rad- cliffc ’97. From Mr. Soutlnvorth's re- port we learn that there arc 885 scholars in the High Schools this year, while in 1S97 the roll held 875 names. WITH increased facilities and added experience, the firms found in our advertising columns this year stand ready to furnish Radiator readers with the best of goods and the most courte- ous attention. They are all reliable houses, and an inspection of what they have to offer will convince you that there is little need of looking far outside your own city for the very best trade. WE are glad to note the increase in the feminine attendance at football games this season. The presence of the fair sex has without question a telling effect upon the character and result of every game played. This is equally true of baseball games, and it is hoped that the young ladies will as warmly support baseball in its season. OWING to delay in the appointment of the Radiator staff, the current issue of the paper makes its appearance one week late. The next number will be published on the third Wednesday of December. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 Zbc Ipbiltppmes anb Imperialism. WILLIAM II. BURGESS, E. II. S., ’07. Man is his own star: and the soul that can Render an honest and perfect man Commands all life, all influence, all fate, Nothing to him falls early or too late: Our acts our angels are. for good or ill: Our fatal shadows, that walk by us still. The United States is on the threshold of an experience which the London Speaker terms: “Compulsory imperial- ism.” Whether or not we have wisely assumed duties towards alien races in the interests of humanity is a question, the decision of which belongs to no man or party of men, and which will not be decided until the generation which has won us these duties shall have passed away. In the interests of humanity we have undertaken a war with one of Europe’s foremost powers, and our armies have entered the mis-managed and down-trodden territories of Spain These interests demand that they shall stay there and help to their feet these oppressed of oppressed. In private life we will not raise a man from the gutter and then leave him to fall back, but we will aid him to safety. Yet what applies to the life of an indi- vidual equally applies to the life of a nation. It is needless for me to dwell on the geographical and commercial importance of the Philippines, for a glance at the geography is sufficient, and any up-to- date cyclopedia will furnish enough to satisfy even the most timorous. It suf- fices to say that these islands with their ten to fifteen millions are a foothold by which we can assert an influence com- mercially or otherwise in the Far East. To give them up would be to lose that influence which would make our Pa- cific coast the rival commercially of the East. To discount immediately Dewey’s great victory; it would throw them back into the hands of merciless Spain, who unable, as has been justly demon- strated, to govern them, would sell them to a European nation, which act unques- tionably would precipitate a European war. Not only in the interest of human- ity but in the interest of universal peace, as well as in our own personal interest, does the world demand that our protect- ing hand shall be over these islands. Let us turn and examine this anti-election cry of imperialism. Instead of being plain and common annexationists the ones who have advocated a policy of ex- pansion for commercial reasons only, have suddenly, for political effect, been termed imperialists. Now imperialism, according to Web- ster, is “the power or character of an em- pire.” Now where can there be found the man who would for an instant advo- cate the character of an empire, with its emperor, its princes, and the evils which history has shown are the necessary companions; but where can a man be found who would not advocate that this United States should have the power of an empire by which she could influence aright this world of ours? Previous to Dewey’s victory, we as a nation were a quantite negligeable. We took no part in any foreign controversy, the outcome of which might be detri- mental to our interests, and we main- tained an attitude of absolute indiffer- ence which to say the least was humili- ating. Now all has changed and our glorious country has been given its right as one of the foremost nations in the world, and is henceforth a power to be reckoned with and not to be ignored. Hut the opponents of this so-called im- perialism, in reality our new policy of expansion, say we are going to annex the Philippines with their millions of Malays, admit them as a state and have within the classic ana historic walls of Congress two senators and many representatives who, when business drags, will arouse our noble congressmen with a genuine Malay war-dance, with spears flying at our stout speaker who has taken refuge behind his desk, and the staid members fleeing for the safety of the few hairs which remain defiant against the tremen- dous brain-work. Such nonsense is too 6 SOMERYI LEE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. shallow for a moment's consideration. It might be well to call to mind the fact that these same persons were not stren- uously opposed to the annexation of Hawaii and omit at present to say one word detrimental to our protection of Porto Rico and Cuba. Our policy towards our conquered ter- ritories shall be the policy of England. Wherever the flag of England flies it teaches respect for the law. Where our institutions go thev teach respect for the individual man. To teach the first has been the mission of England and to teach the second has been to the glory of the United States. Our duty towards our new colonies is self evident. Com- bine the imperialism of England with reference to her colonies, and the mis- sion of our institutions, and form an im- perialism of our own. Make them self- governing under the moral and material support of our government and in that way they will help us by their protected markets and we will support them by the planting of the stars and stripes over their territory, a protection from this day never to be minimized by a single nation. An imperialism like this is to be encouraged and fostered, but any other kind tending towards an aristo- cratic love of power, grandeur and wealth is to be repulsed and stamped out of ex- istence even if we have to retreat to our present boundaries. There is perhaps no such thing as manifest destiny, but there certainly is an evident fitness in the happenings of events and a logical result of human «action. In regard to this last thought, it may be well to stop and think that in spite of all the dire reports concerning our acquisitions of the different lands, not one of them has turned out to be true. Our venerable senator from Massa- chusetts in a recent speech denouncing imperialism, or more correctly, the an- nexation, spent most of his time in showing that the case of Hawaii was as far different from the case of the Philip- pines “as the iast is from the west,” for he asserted that “Hawaii came to us Scc Radiator of February. 98, on “ Past Acquisitions Relative to Hawaii.” with the consent of her own govern- ment.” If we can believe at all the latest so-called reliable reports, we shall have to say that the majority of all classes of business men are heartily in favor of annexation. The natives op- posed are in favor of a protectorate, while the only factor in the opposition is Aquinaldo. His opposition, like Ouecn Lil's in Hawaii, is based on self- esteem and the unwillingness to sur- render the empty pomp of royal style in which he now regales himself. Yet the most potent argument which the opponents of expansion use is the fact that Washington in his farewell address cautioned this country against such a policy. George Washington was a great man, and far be it from any thought of mine to depreciate one iota of his grandeur, but no man can lay down a policy that will survive him and be applicable two hundred years from his date. Why, his own colleagues heeded him not, and before fifty years had passed, we had annexed all our new territories, with the exception of Alaska and Hawaii. Since the time when our country con- sisted of the sm«all eastern seaboard our policy has been that of expansion, not for power, but to give us the free mar- kets which are necessary to the «advance- ment and success of our industries. We must have markets or perish. We have at present a supply of goods, excluding bread-stuffs, which would last ten years without another thing be- ing made, and in view of the closing of the different European markets against our products through jealousy, we must, for our own salvation, have markets which shall be free to us and which can only be had by a controlling ownership. Our English cousins had to do it, and from an isolated group of islands they have become the ruling power in this world and the center of power. Trade has moved from the continent across the English Channel and taken up its abode in England. Watch this center of power and trade, and the most bigoted cannot help but seeing that the trend of events is such that at a not far distant day the United States of America, by SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 7 its institutions, its love for the right, and its trust in the God who rules the universe, shall have the first place among the nations of the world. Exchange Notes. The Greylock Echo has a decidedly artistic cover. Adams should be congratulated on again having a school paper. The stories and editorials in the Dis- taff are plentiful and interesting. The Jabbemvock still continues its high standard and shows what girls can do. More steel is now used in the manu- facture of pens than in war implements. —Ex. The Philomath has an instructive article on the late William Kwart Glad- stone. The Radiator extends a kindly greet- ing to its old friends and welcomes gladly its new ones. The Cherry and White is up to its usual good standard. Its class notes arc especially good. He stood on the bridge at midnight, Interrupting my sweet repose; For he was a tall mosquito, And the bridge was the bridge of my nose. —Ex The Guard and Tackle of Stockton, Cal., should represent an athletic school judging from its title. The L. and . S'. Review is a paper of which Cambridge may be proud. Its Current Events column is a creditable feature. Teacher : “ Spell needles.” “ Johnny : “ N-e-i-d-l-e-s. Teacher: “There’s no “i” in it. Johnny: “Then it’s no good.”—Ex. “ Oh, parson ! I wish I could carry my gold with me,” said a dying man to his pastor. “ It might melt,” was the consoling answer.—Ex. The Eastern High School, Washing- ton, has the honor of possessing a gen- uine Spanish flag, taken from the Court House of Manila by a former student of that school. Tearing up the sidewalk is not exactly a patriotic flag raising.—Ex. Many of our exchanges contain de- scriptions of the late war and camp-life. We wish the “Chauncy Hall Ab-, stract all possible success in its effort to raise the interest in its issue. The teacher was at the telephone. “ Yes, this is room—but I can’t hear you very well. Please wait a minute until I put my glasses on.” Our exchanges this fall have been very pleasant. Many former ones have been received and quite a number of new ones added to our list. Ypsilanti, Michigan, must abound in foot-ball coaches, for we read in the Chat — “The High School foot-ball team has a coach for every player.” “ Say, I’ve had a chance to go to work for a Chicago wholesale house. What would you do if you were in my shoes?” Friend (after a careful inspection) : “ I think I should black ’em.”—Ex. Truth is not by any means what peo- ple, as a general rule, like to consider it, nor is it what they, at all times, like to hear ; but it is what they have found to be a fact after the closest observance and most careful investigation. Truth is the very bond of society.—Ex. Professor (in English class) : “ I will read a sentence, and you may punctuate it properly: “ The beautiful girl for such was she was passing down the street.” Student: “ I think, Professor, that I would make a dash after the beautiful girl.” The Radiator is exceedingly glad to have received this fall the following : Iletald, Academy Weekly, Argus, Liter- ary Society Monthly, Cherry and White, yJigis, Philomath, Oak, Lily and Ivy, Enterprise, Phat nix, Junto, Chat, Guard and Tackle, Premier, Abstract, East erner, L. and H. S. Review, Distaff, Bulletin, Bangor Oracle, Jabberwock. 8 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. XLen TTurkeys. Respectfully Dedicated to II Geology. Years ago, how many I dare not state, for fear of arousing grave doubts in your minds as to my veracity, a prolonged gasp of dismay swept through our entire household—from grandfather to the hired man. Affairs came to a sudden standstill, and the confusion incident to the preparation of a Thanksgiving din- ner was succeeded by a solemn hush. “What shall we do?” gasped my mother, as we gathered to discuss the situation. “ There be some ’specially fine ducks in the flock jest now,” suggested our man, Ezekiel, in low tones; low, because he doubted whether we would even con- sider the idea of substituting these birds for our customary turkey. Grandmother began adjusting her spectacles. “ I Ien-e-ry ! ’’ she said—her usual manner of pronouncing my name when some important question was on her mind—“ who left the turkey-yard gate open ? ” The question was not unexpected on my part, and I had been trying to con- jure up some good excuse for my negli- gence, but at the awful question I meekly faltered, “ I—I guess I must have. “ I was purty sure of thet! ” she ex- claimed triumphantly. “ Who ever heerd of a Knutt havin' a Thanksgivin' without a turkey?” wailed Aunt Hannah, “an’ the Lord only knows where we’ll git one, for it’ll be nothin’ short of a mericl’ if we ever ketch sight of our flock agen.” Slowly but surely I had been edging away from father’s locality until satis- fied that I was beyond his immediate reach—a very judicious move tor one who knew his quick, fiery temper. Finally, the outburst came, but instead of the usual command to meet him in the woodshed, it was “ Henry, go to your room ! ” in stern, decisive tones. “ Get the horse-whip, Ezekiel!” came sharply to my ears as I stumbled up the narrow stairway to my humble attic room. I thought it was for my express benefit, but to my unspeakable relief, after ten long minutes I happened to look out of my small window and saw my father, Ezekiel and our dog tramp- ing through the tall grass in the direc- tion of the forest. That moment my aunt approached my door on the way to her room. “ Mercy on us ! ” she cried, stopping short; “ no turkeys and twelve guests expected ! An’ to think thet a Knutt has got to eat a Thanksgivin' dinner without turkey ! ” A few minutes later the clock struck two, and as the sharp, ringing strokes fell on my ears, the daring thought came to me of going on a turkey hunt of my own. Curiously, father had not taken his shot gun and I resolved to borrow it, thus being prepared for any game I might chance to meet. Stealthily I made my preparations for the trip, which necessarily must be un- known to the family. Squeezing through my narrow window, I found myself on the roof of the woodshed, from which I leaped, and made a grand rush for the edge of the wood, hoping to reach that haven of security unperceived. For- tune was with me for the time being, and I reached the sheltering bushes safely. Later, when I was deep in trouble, I heartily wished that the com- mand “ Come back” had pursued my flying footsteps. Having no settled plan of action, I was at first puzzled as to how I should conduct my search. Kneeling behind a thick clump of bushes and putting a turkey-call to my lips, I gave a vigorous blow, and waited, expectant, for a reply. None came, and three other seductive calls also produced no result. Finally, giving it up, I plunged into the depths of the forest. A good half- mile in was a great granite cliff, extend- ing back about 300 feet and running lengthwise for a quarter of a mile directly across my path. Rising per- pendicularly to a dizzy height it was an SOM ERVI LLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 9 imposing and sublime work of nature ; unconquered, it reared its stony head, for no man had been known to climb it. Rut a legend had it that years ago an Indian maid, to prove the courage and endurance of her sex, managed to reach the very top, where she was seen to wave her naked arms in triumph. A second later she disappeared from view, never more to be seen ; and from that day to this, no one had again attempted the perilous feat. For this spot I now made my way, keeping close watch the while for any chance shot. No sounds were heard save the rustle of the leaves above, and the snapping of the twigs beneath. Suddenly the silence was broken by the whirr of rapid wing-beats, and a brief vision of several partridges was allowed me. I stared blankly—long after the birds had passed out of sight and hearing. “ I didn’t want partridge, anyway,” I muttered, unconsciously repeating the story of the fox and the grapes. Finally, coming to the ledge, I started to follow its sinuous outline, meanwhile blowing on the turkey-call from time to time. “ Sh-h, what was that ? ” Again it came, the unmistakable cries of a flock of turkeys. Hardly daring to breathe, and trembling with excitement, my answering call scarcely quavered on the air. My surprise was great, therefore, when I received an answer so near that it seemed as though I had but extended my hand to touch them. As moments passed, the flock ap- peared to be coming nearer and nearer, and I dared not answer for fear they would perceive the deception. Bring- ing my rifle to bear in the crotch formed by two small limbs, for I was not sure whether the birds would turn out to be ours or a wild flock, I waited impatiently for the critical moment. A plain pat- tering of feet and the low cries of tur- keys came to my ears, and I was eagerly watching the bushes for their first ap- pearance, when the distant sound of a rifle broke on my hearing and all be- came silent. Five minutes slowly passed before I had the courage to sound my turkey- call, but receiving no answer to that or numerous others, I stepped forth. Where they had gone to was more than I could tell. In deep disappointment I wandered on, revolving in my mind the while the many strange parts of the in- cident—the nearness of the calls, the rifle shot and the succeeding silence. “Guess I’ll go home,” I muttered, angrily. Smash! Rang! How my head did tingle! And why shouldn’t it ? I had run plump against the cliff wall. Half stunned, I turned about to retreat from my position, when, to my confusion, the solid rock faced me. Soon the startling fact that I was entirely en- closed by the rock flashed upon me. Rapping my forehead with my knuckles to promote mental action, I cast my thoughts backward in order to see what had occurred in my forgetful moments. All that I could remember distinctly was of wandering and wandering and wandering, which knowledge did not, in an alarming degree, better my condi- tion. “Rut stop a moment,” I mur- mured thoughtfully; “didn’t I leap down from some huge stone or bowl- der ? ” It seemed to me that I could remember that fact, and, looking up, sure enough, there was the bowlder a good ten feet above me. “ How did I ever jump down here without noticing it ? ” I groaned. Well might I ask that question, for the sides of the rocky chamber were as smooth as glass and with a dull polish on their cracked granite surfaces. Vain were my attempts to climb out of that funnel-shaped hole. Again and again I slipped back. Resorting to the arti- fice of setting the gun on end against the wall, and then using that as a sort of step, I came to grief with a crash, tearing my hand terribly. In trying to save myself I caught hold of a slightly projecting stone knob. Frantically clutching this, I fell with a thud on the hard gravelly bottom of the hole, when suddenly, with a soft, gasping swish, a great bowlder gave way, nearly pinning me to the ground, and disclosing to view a roughly cut passageway, low, narrow and encrusted with the sediment of many years. IO THK SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. There being no other alternative, and despairing of getting out of the pit in the natural way, 1 immediately resolved to find whither the new-found tunnel led. Sinking down on my hands and knees and carefully thrusting my gun before me, I commenced crawling along the winding passage. Every moment lumps of dry clay showered down on me, and soon I was covered with the yellow soil. Progress was necessarily slow, and as again and again I turned a corner only to find another stretch of passageway, the feeling gradually took possession of me that I was but creeping into my own sepulchre. Having these feelings, and almost a prey to despair, I was illy pre- pared for the startling sights which were revealed to me, when I suddenly emerged into an immense and grotesquely pro- ortioned cavern. A vision of rare eauty was disclosed as though by en- chantment. From all points of the roof glittering stalactites hung pendant, aping, grotesque shapes, and forming, just at my right, a curtain so wondrously natural that I had to feel its moist folds before I could believe it was immovable. Immediately in the centre of this realm of wonders was a massive fluted stalag- mite, a good ten feet in diameter and reaching from floor to ceiling. Through this was an opening, and stepping be- neath the dripping sides, I suddenly found myself standing in the midst of a flood of light. It was a hollow column and extended to the outer air. An un- expected stubbing of my toe caused me to glance downward. Wonders upon wonders ! there was a perfect moccasin and numerous bones encrusted with crystals. The legend of the Indian maid came to my mind in an instant, the truth of which was proven bv these remains. Stepping out on the opposite side of the column, I cautiously made my way along, scarcely daring to tread lor fear of bringing down one of the magnificent stalactites on my ill-fated head. Wind- ing in and out among the queer forma- tions—now a crystal-encrusted basin of still water, then a representation of a tumbling cascade—I finally found my- self between the dripping sides of two great masses of crystals, the remains of fallen stalactites. At this spot the roof nearly met the floor, but cutting into it, not unlike an attic window projecting from the roof of a modern house, was a rough surfaced opening which ran obliquely upward. At the further end could be seen the light of day, glimmering dimly through the crevices formed by numerous stones and interwinding vines. It needed but a glance to assure me that my imprisonment was at an end. I turned about to give one last glance at the marvelous wonders. How my heart did jump! Was I dreaming? There, showing just above a stalagmite cup was the full, spreading disk of a turkey’s tail, its glossy colors showing in sharp contrast to the almost white aspect of the many formations. Slowly the attending body came into view, and following it in a sedate single file were the other nine of our runaway turkeys. I was beside myself with joy, and the birds themselves were seemingly not adverse to my sudden appearance in their midst, for with low cries they crowded about me pluming their feath- ers in gladness. “So far so good !” I exclaimed aloud, “but how about getting them out of here ?” Taking a ball of string from my pocket I tied each turkey's leg together and secured their wings. It was while doing this that I made a discovery that explained the mystery which I was puz- zling over when my head received such a blow. Since entering the cavern I had been sorely puzzled over a peculiar glow which filled the place. To be sure there was the light from the central column, but that was not enough to make visible the most remote objects. This was ac- counted for by an unexpected thinness in one of the walls, it being so trans- parent that the light easily made its way through. Putting two and two together, keeping in mind the strange thinness of the wall, I finally arrived at the conclu- sion that those mysterious turkey cries had come from our own flock, but that they had been on the inside and close to this spot. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Taking one of the birds in my arms, by no means a light burden, I com- menced my laborious climb to freedom. The bottom of the tunnel was covered with jagged rocks, while the passage way was so low that I had to hitch along on all fours. Most things have an end, however, and finally with a last effort I threw the accumulation of stones and clay from the outlet, tore away the vines and clambered forth. A long despairing whistle broke from my lips, the blood leapt in a sudden fiery flood to my head, and I found myself dizzily tottering on a narrow shelf, three quarters of the way up the face of the cliff. With pains-taking care I sat down, feeling as though there was less danger of toppling over in that position. The view certainly was magnificent ; the forest stretched away in all directions and just beyond the edge of the wood to the south, I saw my home. As I looked, two persons dashed out of the house and began dancing up and down. “They certainly arc hopping mad over something,” tnought 1, forgetting for the moment my perilous position. Scarely had I taken this general view of the striking scenes when a rock went hurtling by and upward, which, striking just above my position, fell back with a clatter on my resting place. Quickly drawing back into the tunnel I waited patiently for further events. I hoped, vet hardly dared expect, that the rock had been hurled by my father; who, seeing the turkey laying in view over the edge had risked the shot, hoping to procure a part of our Thanksgiving dinner. Nothing occurring, I cautiously stretched out and waved my hat over the edge of the shelf. The mute signal was answered by a shout, and crawling out I peered down. Sure enough, it was my father, who, upon seeing the very person he had left at home in dis- grace n t over three hours before, stared in astonishment. “I’ve found the turkeys, but I can’t get down!” I shouted. Just then Ezekiel came into view with our dog, and his amazement was so great that he 11 could nothing but gaze; mouth wide open and eyes nearly starting out of their sockets. “Let down some string, if you have it,” cried my father, “if not, unravel your stocking.” My supply of string had not yet given out, so I was soon lowering away ; the turkey tied to the end to serve as a weight. To our confusion the line lacked a good twenty feet of being within my father’s reach, but suddenly I bethought myself, and tearing loose the long stem ot a vine I fastened it to my end of the string ; soon my father grasped the dangling turkey. Taking a coil of rope from Ezekiel he tied an end to the line, and a moment later, I had the means of escape safely grasped in my hand. It was the work of an instant to fasten the rope to one of the many outjuttings just within the passage, and then I shouted, “The turkeys are in a cave and I can only get them one by one ; wait awhile!” I still remember the exhausting labor of rescuing those turkeys from their pe- culiar position, but finally, all perspira- tion, begrimed with dirt and nearly ex- hausted, I grasped the last run away gobbler. Reaching the ground my story was soon told, and amid many exclamations of surprise and wonder, we started homeward. The first person we met was my grandmother. “The Lord be thank'd,” she cried, “I sartinly thought that you had gone an’committed suicide.” Of course the entire story had to be retold, and I was forgiven by every- body, by my father for leaving the gate open, and by the women folks for scaring them almost to death by my stra.ige dis- appearance with father’s gun. “I thought we’d find them,” exclaimed my aunt, for once departing from her pessi- mistic manner of speaking, “for who ever heard of a Knutt havin’a Thanks- givin’ without turkey?” R. Robinson, S. K. II. S., ’99. END. 12 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. MISS AIARY F. GARRICK. Miss Carrick’s early life was passed at her birthplace, Nashville, Tenn. Later, coming to Boston, her High School education was received at the Roxbury High School. After completing the course in the Massachusetts Normal Art School, Miss Carrick was for some time supervisor of drawing in the High Schools of Natick and Chelsea. In June, ’98, she was elected to fill the vacancy in the department of Free Hand Drawing in the English High School, caused by Miss Davenport’s resignation. With increased facilities for excellent work, with its much-im- proved and enlarged studio, this ever- popular department, under Miss Car- rick’s charge, has before it a bright and most promising future. Mother (solemnly): “ Did you tell God that you were sorry for being a naughty girl?” Little Elsie: “Yes, I did, and he said, ‘ Dreat Stott, Elsie, zat’s nussin’. They’s lots far worser than you is.’ ”—Ex. It is interesting to note that school papers from all over the country give athletics an important place in their issues. MISS ETTA A. SEAVER. Miss Seaver was born in Davenport, Iowa, but early removed with her parents to New England, where her life has since been passed. She was pre- pared for college by Mr. Charles T. Murray of the Latin School, entered Smith College in ’88, receiving the de- gree ot B. A. in ’92. After teaching for four years in the Annis High School at North Easton, Miss Seaver was elected assistant in the English High School in the departments of English and History. Nothing but sickness should prevent every member of the two schools from attending Somerville’s game with the Training School on Thanksgiving Day. It is the final effort of the boys, and we owe it to the clean, sportsmanlike game they have put up, to support them with a large attendance. Come then, if you never came before. Systematic and well-timed cheering will be in order, so get into practice, and come prepared to see Somerville finish the league series successfully. The oldest iron vessel in the world is the Michigan, built in 1S44. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 3 LATIN NOTES vs� ,0 4 t 9 - - 'I 'P ±iA’ ■ U or J SR 9V — ’99. Seniors at last! Pourquoi ce pork-war. Muldoon is undoubtedly our crack bass. The question still is, “What shall our class motto be ?” Pupil: It is “sed est tante.” Teacher: Had you said “est tante?” How tastily and daintily the witches of Shakespeare express themselves ! Miss K. (translating): “I see who has gall (Gaul) Catiline feared and Head (fled).” We all rcgict the absence of Harris and extend our best wishes to him for success. Our football seng seems to come true as well in the Senior as in the Junior League. French pronunciations: La soeur (la sewer) Un deux trois Carter s ink (quatre cinq). Story in French: “Frank is an atten- tive boy.” Wiggin: “Charles is the head of his class.” Miss Blood must have been thinking of “Gabriel Grub” when she said “gob- lin” for “gobbler.” Lost ! ! ! A tear dropped by Thetis. Who are the dealers in Greek and Latin horses? We wonder ! ’99 has a slight (?) representation in football—Story, Fitts, Wiggin, Sanborn, Ayres, Armstrong and Pierce. The eyesight of the ancients must have been keener than ouis in that they could see an extinguished flame. A member of our class carries written on his brow the score of the English High game. One touchdown. Our officers are: President, Story; Vice-President, Miss Poole ; Secretary, Miss Kingsley ; Treasurer, P'itts. Agamemnon must have been an odd sight. The face of a dog, heart of a deer, body soaked in wine and clothed in shamelessness. How did Pallas in ancient times carry on that long conversation with Aeneas from a distant hilltop? Did he use a megaphone ? ’00 Sturtevant is “bracing up.” Phillips is our Physics oracle. Poor Miss Densmorc ! If the teacher would only let her whisper. Mr. Baxter says that our girls are the sickliest girls he ever saw. Purcell complains that our new elec- tric bell sounds like an ice-cream wagon. Why can’t the boys, too, enjoy the banquet in the laboratory Friday after- noons ? Teacher: “What was the end of Themistocles?” Doubtful Scholar: “I think he died.” Moore’s only consolation in his recent trouble with his knee was being univer- sally mistaken for a Santiago hero. At the second meeting of the class Miss Clarke was elected president; M SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Miss Stearns, secretary; Moore, vice- president ; Harts, treasurer; and Snow- man, editor. We ought to put Macdonald, Sturte- vant and Kimball on the Peace Com- mission. When the building shook with such a terrific crash the other day, we all thought Cushman had fallen down. Mr. Baxter thinks it verv strange that every boy who asks him for a pen- cil or block of paper has had only one. Doyle received a pretty compliment sometime ago. One of the teachers said that Smith was the shortest boy in the room. We learn from the “Anabasis that the Greeks sang while engaging in bat- tle. We extend consolations to their adversaries. And let the girls remember that al- though the schoolhouse may sometimes be used as a restaurant, it must never become a dance-hall. Our invincible class team has dis- banded. The captain was unable to get a Thanksgiving game, so the boys have gone out of training for the season. We know now that that notorious man in the “Anabasis” was really shot in the left wing. One of the class said, “And they do not receive the attack but fly.” Manager Doyle has been assigning parts for the class theatricals, reproduc- ing a portion of de Quincey’s “Flight of the Kalmucks.” The characters of Cushman and Sturtevant for skeletons and Brine for Zebec-Dorchi arc partic- ularly appropriate. 01 Where is our class artist this year ? Keep it up, boys, and you will admin- ister a dose to the “boys upstairs.” We are all very sorry to learn of the illness of Miss McClellan and Master Doyle. Master Brown as class president and Miss Thompson as class secretary were again elected this year. The influence of the supernatural in Coleridge’s “Ancient Mariner” is strongly felt by the Latin studeat, who had the dead bodies gather themselves together in a heap. One of our 1st Div. boys at 1.30 o’clock, “What comes next hour ? ” Dream on. The class of 1901 is well represented in the executive committee by Miss True and Master Smith. Somerville Latin High, 1901, in their first game defeated Cambridge High, 1902 and 1903, by the score of 12-0. Moth balls were known to the Romans, as one scholar says, they pre- served their feathered helmets by using them. ’02 “It is too bad he is so, Good.” Oh what could the football team do, Without the luck of naughty two ? “French is so much like a rubber ball ! ” What has become of the class pin committee ? Teacher: “Miss Dearborn, N. G. ? Miss D : “Yes, sir. Teacher, asking for a simile, “He is as strong as ? Miss Lion ?” “Uncle Pete.” An old negro named Pete was very much troubled about his sins. Perceiv- ing him one day with a downcast look, his master asked him the cause. “Oh, massa, I’m such a great sinner.” “But, Pete,” said his master, “you are foolish to take it so much to heart. You never see me troubled about my sins.” “I know de reasons, massa,” said Pete, “when you go out duck shooting, and kill one duck and wound anoder, don’t you run after the wounded duck ? ” “Yes, Pete,” and the master wondered what was coming next. “Well, massa, dat is de way wid me and you. De dcbil's got you shore ; but as he am not sure ob me, he jess chase dis chile all de time.” S. Edith Moses, S. L. S., ’02. SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 15 ENGLISH NOTES , w,e M ft A 4.- S jfX ’99 Room the Radiator ! Make this the best volume ever issued. Poor Clay was a pacifactory (pacifica- tor). Wonder how such “factories” were run. Strange how weak some of our foot- ball boys are when it comes to standing in recitation. A young lady of the Senior class re- cently informed her classmates that she thought a shell was not so hard as a cannon ball. S Heard in History A: Governor Houston of Texas wrote to Washington asking if he could be annexed to the United States.” Socrates must have needed the sym- pathy of his friends for we are told that he had a tyrant of a wife who frequently dampened his feelings with a pitcher of water. It is hard to realize that we have reached the fourth year of our High School course. Let us make this the most pleasant and most profitable year of the course. A certain young gentleman gave the following quotation recently: “Man for the field and women for the hearth, Man for the sword, for the needle she; Man with the head and woman with the heart; Man to command and woman to obey ; All else confusion.” We wonder if these are sentiments of that young man. Upon being asked the date of the next algebra recitation, the instructor re- plied, “That is a question involving arithmetic and therefore should not be brought up in an algebra recitation.” The girls of English C are growing uneasy owing to the frequency with which the boys give the quotations: “How weak a thing the heart of woman is,” or, “How hard it is for women to keep counsel.” The Seniors should congratulate themselves upon securing Channing’s new histories. It looks odd to see ac- counts of the late Spanish War between the covers of a regular history, waiting to be studied. ’00 How III Eng. B. do seem to enjoy the “Weird Seizures.” Sometimes the “y” in “bicycle” is too long. Ask Smith about this. Isn't it discouraging when a Senior pupil in typewriting writes, “The seats were piled ‘tear’ on ‘tear?’ ” Some turkeys are more vain than others, but on Thankgiving Day they are all dressed all dressed alike. Why wouldn’t it be a good plan to es- tablish a school fund to supply our low- voiced girls with megaphones ? Latest observations of a red corpuscle magnified 560 times declare it to be “just like a cross section or a foot-ball ” Our had recitals arc quite successful. Some of the participants are like the five foot boiler, with a seven foot whistle— i6 SOM HR VILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. every time the whistle blows the engine stops. So when they open their mouths their mental faculties cease to work. II, reciting : “Again we lost her, and again she rose, four of the two men were gone. Teacher: “How many were there left ?” Wanted : The name of the ingenious boy who wrote the history lesson on his cuff in shorthand and pasted the cuff in his note-book to save copying. It would be a good idea to have our class meetings bulletined a day before, to avoid the need of hurrying away for dinner, by making some previous ar- rangement. 01 White is the coming doctor. Next year we shall be juniors. The class-pins, although it took them a year to come into sight, are all right. The boys of 1901 are (n) aughty ones, but the boys of 1902 are (n) aughty two. The third eleven is rapidly progress- ing under the captaincy of W. Goode of 02. It is hoped that Sidney Cole will re- peat last year’s success in the lecture hall. Mr. Hadley: “Hark! Is it possible that I could have heard number two hundred ?” Russell Pipe, the assistant manager of the second football eleven, is our class president. Kinnigan: “What did Pat die of?” O'Brady : “Sure an’ his heart was un- aisy.” “His heart unaisy ? ” “Yis, the doctor sid it was heart-disaise.” One of the boys of the first year be- came so enthusiastic over the game with English High that he took for the subject of his daily theme, “Pipe’s Run.” Will somebody in Room 28 please look up Bradford’s pedigree ? He ap- pears strangely familiar with the Latin language, as several of the scholars will testify. White of Room 28 is an honor to our class. In Ethics he proved himself fully capable of twisting his mouth to the most difficult words which the Phil- ippine Islands could produce. It is to be proposed at our next class meeting that we send him to those remote islands as a missionary from the S. E. H. S. to make the natives familiar with the qualities of rubber and elastic. m I low intcrcsting“unknown” quantities are! Class organizations and class pins are next in order. What a pity it would be if “Collars and Cuffs’’ lost his curly wig. Advice from Cumming of Room 11 : “Put not your money in trust, but put your money in trust.” Oh yes, we know, dear upper classes, we are young, but we lead all entering classes thus far in numbers. The faculty and pupils of the English High School received with pleasure the visit, some three weeks ago, of Mr. Joshua 11. Davis, for many years superintendent of the Somerville Schools. Mr. Davis’ interest in the welfare of our schools is keen as ever, and his cordial and appro- priate remarks were full of inspiration and good-will. We would have him know that he is a very welcome visitor, and hope that he wiil honor us more frequently in the future. Prof. Percy E. Parsons who took his A. B. with a magnum cum laude at Har- vard last June has been chosen to take Prof. Wheeler’s place. He comes highly recommended by the faculty at Harvard and he is already proving that Harvard is right in its estimate of his ability.— (High School stegis, Bloomington, III.) Although Mr. Parsons was with us but a short time we heartily wish him suc- cess in his new position. •‘His Lordship and his Ladyship” Win courtesy and praise, But His Warship” is the title Most respected nowadays. —Ex. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 17 Latin High Gleanings. Mr. Baxter gave us a holiday on Fri- day, Oct. 28. Let us extend our hearty thanks to him. The Latin High wishes to thank Fitts, Gooding and Harmer for their attrac- tive posters advertising the games. We have a new gong, so there is no reason why we should be late from re- cess. That ought to please Muldoon. No more football songs can be sung during singing hour until we learn the words. What a disappointment to the boys! Some young ladies of the Junior class are following the custom of last year by giving weekly lunches in the laboratory every Friday after school. The Latin High girls turn out in goodly numbers at the foootball games. They all ought to come. After coming once ii is safe to say they wouldn’t miss a single game. Can’t we have more interest taken in the ’99 class meetings ? Sometimes not more than a third of the class attend them. We surely ought to be able to get more than half the class together without much trouble. The remarks given by Mr. Baxter on La Fayette Day were very much en- joyed, as will be remembered. Mr. Chas. Reach, '99, favored 11s with a vio- lin solo and Miss Minnie Kimpton, also of ’99, sang the Marseillaise in French, the school joining in on the chorus. S. E. H. S. Gleanings. Of the many branches of study in the school, one of the most enjoyable is Ge- ology. The class has taken numerous trips abroad and combined pleasure and profit with great success. Richard Wiley, one of our athletic young men who was with the 8th Regi- ment, Co. M., during the late war, re- cently paid the school a visit and passed a pleasant time with his friends. He returns from the campaign in rugged health and well able to take up any studies his wishes may dictate. It is pleasing to know that the system of instruction in our schools is so good that Miss Jennie S. Wood, who took a post graduate course last year, is now teaching at the high school in Pecaton- ica, 111. Fourth Elocution A has nearly fin- ished its part of the rhetorical work in the lecture hall. The class has done ex- ceedingly good work and amply repaid Miss Nichols for her efforts and lor the time taken in preparation. The English School unites with the Latin in earnestly wishing our boys suc- cess Thanksgiving morning. May they close a successful season with a glorious and decisive victory. They are to meet opponents worthy of their best efforts. Resolutions. Whereas, By death, our dear com- panion, Blanche Harmon, has been be- reaved of her beloved father ; and Whereas, The members of the S. and II. Club, have learned with great sorrow of her affliction, be it therefore Resolved, That they hereby tender their heartfelt sympathies to her in her trouble; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions be sent to Miss Harmon, and printed in the Hioh School Ra- diator. Per committee, E. C. Wheeler. E. W. Carter. II. K. Thomas. Somerville, Mass., Nov. 9, 1898. R. Pipe appears to be an able suc- cessor to “Metoxcn” Stone in respect to making goals from the field. It looks now as if it would be neces- sary to publish a championship number next month. If the eleven keeps up in its good work we are sure to land on top. 18 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Revised Constitution of the Somerville High Athletic Association. Article I.—Name. The name of this association shall be the Somerville High Athletic Association. Article II.—Object. The object of this association shall be to encourage manly sports and to promote a close re- lationship between the athletic teams and the schools. Article III.—Membership. i. All pupils and teachers of the Somerville High Schools shall be eligible to active membership in this association. 2. Graduates, past members and friends of the schools shall be eligible to honorary membership in this asso- ciation. 4. Persons as enumerated in Sections 1 and 2 of this article shall be eligible to life membership in this association. 5. Honorary and life members can- not hold office or vote at meetings, ex- cept as stated in Article III, Section 1, and Article VI, Section 2 of this consti- tution. Article IV.—Meetings. 1. The an- nual meeting of this association for the election of officers (with the exception of the football manager and assistant manager) and reports of officers shall be held on the third Wednesday of Sept- ember. The football manager shall be elected on the second Wednesday of January. 2. Special meetings shall be held at the call of the President, Executive Committee, or upon the written request of ten members. Article V.—Quorum. A quorum shall consist of twenty-one active mem- bers. Article VI.—Officers. 1. The officers of this association shall be a President Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer (a teacher), a manager and assistant manager of each athletic team, and an Executive Committee. 2. The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Managers of the various teams and the captain in -season of the football, polo, track and baseball teams (a teacher and a graduate repre- senting each school). Article VII.—Duties of Officers. 1. The President shall preside at all meet- ings of the association and Executive Committee. He shall appoint all sub- committees not otherwise provided for, and call meetings of the association and Executive Committee whenever so re- quested or when in his judgment he may deem it necessary. 2. The Vice-President shall, during the absence of the President, perform all the duties of the President as specified in Section r. 3. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of every meeting of the Asso- ciation and Executive Committee. He shall conduct all correspondence, except as may be in the hands of the managers, and shall have charge of and be respon- sible for all the books and papers of the Association, except those belonging to the Treasurer and his assistants. 4. The Treasurer shall have charge of all money belonging to the Associa- tion, shall pay all bills and shall submit a written report of his transactions at the annual meeting of the Association, or whenever called upon to do so by the President or the Executive Committee. 5. It shall be the duty of the Man- agers and the Assistant Managers to collect all moneys and with the approval of the Executive Committee to pur- chase all supplies and prepare a schedule of games. By virtue of their office they shall be Assistant Treasurers. 6. All schedules of games, awards of contracts and expenditures of money shall be submitted to the Executive Committee for ratification. They shall also have general supervision of all other matters relating to the Associa- tion, not otherwise provided for in the constitution, and shall have power to remove captains and managers by a three-fourths vote. 7. The Executive Committee shall hold at least one meeting each month during the school year. 8. The Executive Committee shall hold a special meeting at the request of three of its members. 9. A quorum of the Executive Com- mittee shall consist of five voting mem- bers, one of whom shall be a teacher. Article VIII. Elections. 1. The SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. «9 President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, graduate members of the Executive Committee and the Managers and Assistant Managers of the baseball, track and polo teams shall be elected by ballot at the annual September meeting from signed nominations posted at least four days previous to the meeting. The Manager and Assistant Manager of the football team shall be elected by ballot at the January meeting from signed nominations, similarly posted. The faculty members shall be chosen at the annual meeting by a committee of six, consisting of two seniors and one junior from each school. 2. Captains shall be elected by bal- lot within one week of the last game of the season by their respective teams. 3 The elections of Captains shall be confirmed by the Executive Com- mittee. 4. All vacancies occurring among the officers of the S. I I. A. A. except Captains shall be filled by the Execu- tive Committee. Article IX. Fees. 1. The member- ship dues of this Association shall be twenty-five cents, payable on or before the first of September. 2. The dues for honorary members shall be the same as for active members. Life members shall pay an admission fee of five dollars ($5 00) and shall be ex- empt from all dues thereafter. 3. Any member failing to pay his dues shall cease to be a member of the organization. Article X. Resignations. All resig- nations shall be made in writing to the secretary of the Executive Committee and shall be acted upon at the next meeting. Article XI. Suspension and Expul- sion. I. This association shall have power to punish any member by suspen- sion or expulsion for any failure to com- ply with the articles of this constitution or by-laws, or for any conduct that shall bring discredit upon the Association. 2. The vote for suspension or expul- sion shall be by ballot. A two-thirds vote of the members present at a meet- ing shall be necessary to suspend or ex- pel. Article XII. Reinstatement. Mem- bers after expulsion may be reinstated by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a meeting. Article XIII. Amendments. This constitution may be amended by a two- thirds vote of the members of the Asso- ciation present and voting, provided no- tice of the amendment shall have been posted on the bulletins four days before the meeting at which said amendment is considered. By-Laws. 1. This constitution and these by-laws shall be printed in the first number of every volume of the Radia- tor. 2. No member of the schools shall be allowed to play on any school team un- less he is a member of this Association and takes at least twelve periods of pre- pared work and is in good and regular standing. 3. Only members of the foot-ball, polo and base-ball teams who have played in a 'league game, and point win- ners in the New England Interscholas- tic Athletic Association, shall be al- lowed to wear an “S” and this shall be at the option of and provided by the Ex- ecutive Committee. 4. Each manager shall have the right of voting on matters brought before the Executive Committee which pertains to his particular team only. 5. Only members who have played in a league game shall be allowed to vote for captain. 6. No manager of a team shall be a player on the same team. Thanks to the courtesy of Mr. Benj. K. Freeman we offer our readers a cut of the old Concord Bridge as a frontis- piece. It was here that “the embat- tled larmers stood, and fir’d the shot heard round the world.” Mr. Free- man’s kindnesses of previous years are well known, and for these and the pres- ent favor, the Radiator offers sincere thanks. Our two representatives in Uncle Sam's army are home on furlough— McLean on 60 days and Wiley on 30. We hope to welcome both of them back to school at no very distant date. 20 SOM ERVI LIJC HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Somerville High has begun a year which, as far as athletics are concerned, bids fair to break all previous records. Conditions are this year extremely favorable. The Athletic Association has passed the experimental stage and is making itself more valuable every day. By the establishment of that body, athletics have been put upon a firm basis and finances are no longer a cause for anxiety. Another favorable condition is the en- thusiastic support we are receiving. The scholars realize that everybody in the school can contribute to the success of the teams by attending the games and cheering for the boys. Beside, faculty, school committee, citizens and graduates are doing all they can to en- courage athletics. This year we have on the teams a good many veterans. Cuddy, the Pipe brothers, Cushman, Pitts, Story, MacRae, Saunders and others can be depended upon to keep Somerville on top. Here’s wishing success to athletics The boys of the football team are making a great bid for the championship of the Senior League. They are put- ting in good, earnest work in practice and in games, and are being rewarded by a succession of victories. Keep it up! It is greatly to be hoped that the other interscholastic teams and the pub- lic as well will endorse the stand Somer- ville has taken in favor of clean, manly sport. To do so means the preservation of pure athletics. LEAGUE GAMES. SOMERVILLE 44. C. II. AND L. O. Oct. 14, Charles Itiver Park. Our football team gained admission to the Senior League by whitewashing Cambridge High and Latin, the tail- ender in last year’s senior race. School committee, faculty, pupils and friends all turned out. A close game was pre- dicted, but we found our opponents easy, for Cambridge succumbed to our team work. Cambridge took the wind; Somerville kicked off. After about nine minutes’ play R. Pipe made the first touchdown. No goal. Cambridge kicked off and, owing to fumbles, got to our 5-yd. line, but fumbled, Story picking up the ball and running the length of the field for a touchdown. Pipe kicked the goal. Line-bucking and end plays gave another touchdown in short order. Then C. Pipe in three plays carried the ball 80 yards, R. Pipe crossing the line on the next play. Jake and Boat Pipe each contributed a touchdown before time was called. The second half was much like the the first, save that at times Cambridge made quite a determined stand. We had the wind at our back and Pipe made some good punts. Cuddy at the open- SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 21 ing of the half made a tackle that saved a sure touchdown. We got the ball and Cuddy took it 35 yards and from there C. Pipe crossed the line. Here Ellis took Cushman’s placeat center. Story got the ball on a fumble and scooted down the field for another touchdown. Somerville tried a goal from the field but failed. Philbrick spoiled Mayhew’s try for a touchdown. R. Pipe scored the last points in the game. Our backs and Story showed up in fine shape. The Cambridge backs and her right guard bore the brunt of the battle for their side. Line up: SOM KKVIM.K. CAMBRIDGE Story, 1. 0...................r. e., Sullivan Hatch, 1. t.....................r. t., Adams White, 1. g...................r. g., Whalen Cushman, (Ellis) c.................c, Sucre Philbrick, r. g.................1. g., Karnes Kail, r. t....................1. t., Crawford Wiggin, r. e....................1. e., McGeer Fitts, q. b................... u. b., Parker Cuddy, 1. h. b................r. h. b., Locke C. Pipe, r. h. b..............1. h. b., Marean It. Pipe, f. b................1. h. b., May hew Score—Somerville44, Cambridge 0. Touchdowns —It. Pipe 3, Story 3, C. Pipe 2. Goals from touch- downs—It. Pipe, 4. Umpire—Kerrigan. Kcf- eree—Lamb. Linesmen—Hutchins and Cassidy. Time—20m. and 13m. halves. SOMERVIL LE II. HOPKINSON O. Oct. 28, South End Grounds. Somerville High began its career in the Senior League by giving Hopkinson a shut out. Hoppy was weakened by the loss of Shea and Nickerson, but she put up a stiff game. Again our superior team work and our enthusiastic rooters gave us the victory. Somerville kicked off to Hoppy's 20- yd line; Stillman punted b«ck. A run around the end and a fake kick gave us a good start. Then Somerville began bucking the line, with an occasional run around the end; these tactics kept the ball in floppy’s territory nearly all the time. After 1 loppy had made several fine stands and had punted out of danger,, Somerville pushed down the field and sent R. Pipe over the line. He kicked the goal; Somerville 6. In the second half R. Pipe retired and Cuddy came in. In this half the end circling of C. Pipe and Cuddy, together with our splendid interference, was pitted against Stillman’s punting. At last Somerville got the ball on floppy’s 25-yd line and C. Pipe made a great sprint around the end for a touchdown. We were not allowed to try for goal. After this there was no further scoring. Our backs gave a good account of themselves, Story tackled in great shape, and Fitts used his usual good judgment in running the team. For floppy, Stillman’s punts were the means of saving his team many points, while quarterback Wright also did fine work. Line up: SOM KKVIM.K HIGH. Story, 1. e Hatch, I. t White, 1. g HOPKINSON. e., Hartwell r. t.. Hinds r g., Roberts Philbrick, r. g .... Hall, r. t 1. t.. Stillman Wiggin, r. c 1. e., Emmons Fitts, q. b C. Pipe. h. h h. b., Lawson Sanborn, h. b -Cuddy, h. b. I:. Pipe. f. b Sanborn, f. b. Score—Somerville 11. Honkinson 0. Touch- downs—U. Pine, C. Pipe. Goal from touchdown— K. Pipe. Umpire—Sears. Referee—Atherton. Linesmen—Frothingham and Cassidy. Time—20- minute halves. SOMERVILLE 5. ENGLISH HIGH 0. Nov. I, South End Grounds. It took the fiercest kind of playing to down English High, but we did ’em to the tune of 5 to o. The teams were about evenly matched as to weight, but our boys had the grit and the football in them to win out. Our interference eclipsed that of our opponents, and proved the excellence of the coaching the boys are receiving. English High kicked off and Story brought the ball back to the 30-yd line. After a few tries at the line we tried the fake kick and pass, but Pipe was downed for a loss. E. H. S. took the ball on downs and carried it to our 10-yd line, but lost it there. Then came the play of the game. Capt. Pipe took the ball to try one of his sensational runs around the end. Story, Hatch and Fitts cleared the path; Boat sprinted around the end and after clever dodging left the English High boys be- hind. There was nobody between Pipe and a touchdown. Pray barely missed tackling from behind but Boat crossed 22 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. the line in safety after having run the length of the field. Immediately the Somerville bleachers burst out and yelled like Indians. R. Pipe missed the goal. For the rest of the half the ball went up and down the field, Story and Wiggin breaking up every attempt to get around them, and our team gaining on every punt. Al- though we banged away at their line it held pretty well. In the second half English High strained every nerve but our boys, though still sore from the game with Iloppy, and though some were pretty nearly done for, prevented their oppo- nents from scoring. Cuddy gained con- siderable ground, but we got no nearer than their 25-yd line. English High be- gan to make some good gains but it was too late. Barrington almost got clear of our team but Ball downed him in fine style. Play ended with the ball on our 30-yd line. C. Pipe and Cuddy gained lots of ground, while Story, Wiggin, Fitts and Ball did fine tackling. Pray, Barring- ton, Macksey, Harrison and Nichols did good work for English High. Line up: SOMKKVILLR. KXGLISH HIGH. Storey, 1. e..........................r. e., Nichols Hatch, 1. t......................r. t., Harrison White, I. g...........................r. g.,O’Brien Cushman, c...............................c. Pray Philbrick, r. g.......................1. g., Tracey Ball, t................1. t., Hallet (Kiley, Hoyt) Wiggin, r. e.....................1. e., Alexander Fitts, q. b...................................q. b., Smith Cuddy, 1. h. b..................r. h. b., Barrington C. Pipe, r. h. b......................1. h. b. Ball It. Pipe, f. b...................f. b., Macksey Score—Somerville o, K. H. S. 0. Touchdowns— C.Pipc. Cmpire—Lane. Iteferee—Cnmpboll. Lines- men—O'Brien and Cassidy. Time — 20-minute halves. SOMERVILLE, 27. BOSTON LATIN, O. Nov. 8, Tufts Oval. Somerville played all around Boston Latin and found it an easy matter to roll up a score of 27 points. A better game was looked for from Latin School, but they didn’t get into the play at all. Our goal was never in danger and we had the ball in our possession nearly all the time. The umpire and referee were given very little work to do. Latin School kicked off and we rushed the ball down the field to their 5-yd. line. Here we fumbled, but the ball rolled over the goal line and White fell on it. R. Pipe kicked the goal. In a few minutes R. Pipe was pushed over for another touchdown. Xo goal. For the rest of the half a good deal of punting was resorted to. Every time Somerville punted, Story or Wig- gin downed the Latin back in his tracks. When Boston Latin tried to punt our ends got through and blocked them nearly every time. Time was called, with Somerville pushing down the field for another touchdown. Som- erville 11. In the second half Somerville played a much swifter game. We fooled 'em with fake kicks, runs around the end and other ways we have. After about three minutes’ play, R. Pipe made a goal from the field from the 20-yd line. After Fitts had made a good run on the kickoff, Ball and White were sent through for big gains. This brought the ball to the 20-yd line, where an at- tempt at a goal from the field was un- successful. Soon after, Cuddy made a brilliant dash for a touchdown. Pipe kicked the goal. On the next kick-off, C. Pipe, by clever dodging, brought the ball back to center. On trick plays Cuddy made some long gains. From the 20-yd line R. Pipe made another goal from the field. Time was called just after this play. Beside the good work of our backs, Story, Wiggin and Ball played a clever game. R. Pipe surprised the crowd by his two goals from the field. For Bos- ton Latin, Rand, O’Neil and Nagle made a few good gains. The line up : SOMKKVILLR. BOSTON LATIN. Story, 1. e..........................r. e., Price Hatch, 1. t.................................r. t., (lately White, 1. g......................r. g., Parmeloe Cushman, c.................................c., I)e Long Philbrick, r. g......................1. g., Booth Ball, r. t..................................I. t., Nagle Jones, r. t. Wiggins, r. e....................1. e., Moulton Fitts, q. b.................................q. b., Hurley C. Pipe, r. h. b.................r. h. b.. Band Cuddy, 1. h. b.................. 1. h. b., O'Neil B. Pipe, f. b........................f. b., Wood Score, Somerville High, 27. Touchdowns, White. It. Pipe, Cuddy. Goals from touchdowns. C. Pipe, 2. Goals from field, B. Pipe, 2. Umpire, Arthur Saul, Newtowne club. Iteferee. Italpli Scars. New- ton A. A. Timer, P. T. Campbell. Time, 20-m. halves. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 2 3 COACH NEWELL. We owe the greater part of the suc- cess of our football team to Gerrish Newell, formerly end on the Harvard Varsity team, and at present captain of the crack Newtownes. He has gotten together a team that puts up a hard, clean, sandy game against every oppo- nent, and whose team work has no su- perior in the league Mr. Newell is right behind the boys in their race for the championship, and if they are left out in the cold it will be through no fault ot his. Coach Newell’s fine work has won for him the praise of all inter- ested in the welfare of Somerville High athletics. Three times three for Newell! SUMMARY, NOV. 10. Oct. 1. Worcester Academy, 6 21 Oct. 6. Tufts Second, 20 0 Oct. 14. tC. II. L, 44 0 Oct. 17. Tufts Varsity, O 0 Oct. 20. Stoneham A. A., 22 0 Oct. 24. Tufts Varsity, 0 0 Oct. 25. Tufts Varsity, 5 0 Oct. 28. •Hopkinson, 11 0 Nov. 1. English High, 5 0 Nov. 8. •Boston Latin, 27 0 ! Play-off. League Gaines. SECOND ELEVEN. The line up of the second eleven is : Ross and Armstrong ends; Yelland, Outhouse and Gage tackles; Darling and Ayres, guards ; Ellis, center ; Tyler, quarter ; Russell Pipe and Lewis (cap- tain), half-backs; and Stone, full-back. Reside giving the first eleven practice, they have played a 6—6 game with Medford, and have held down Waltham, a much heavier team, to ten points. They have games arranged with Malden, Melrose, Woburn 2nd, Brighton and other schools. NOTES. Butler is playing end for C. M. T. S. Look for a full acount of the Brook- line and C. M. T. S. games in the next issue. Cambridge High and Latin, whom we forced into the Junior League, has dis- banded. Saunders has come back for a post- graduate course. In the spring he will study baseball. Where is the person who is not going to see the Somerville-C. M. T. S. game Thanksgiving Day ? The new men this year have gotten into the game in great shape and are now playing like veterans. The following is a good order of exer- cises for all the scholars : (i) Join the Athletic Association, (2) go to all the games, (3) root. The Boston papers are speaking of Somerville as “prospective champions,” etc. Glad they’ve got into line at last. Give us a show, please. The football team is doing a large business in the white-washing line; to Nov. 10 Worcester Academy has been the only team to defeat us or to cross our goal-line. The work of Story and Peters in the recent Newton-Somerville Y. M. C. A. athletic meet should be a great encour- agement to the track team. Story dis- tinguished himself in the running high jump, shot-put, hop-skip-and-jump and running high kick. He won the latter event with a kick of 8 feet, 7 1-2 inches. Peters came in second in the shot-put. New Studio . . Broadway, cor. Mt, Vernon Street WILL HE OPENED Thanksgiving Day Do not miss the opportunity of being among the first patrons. ] LunCll ™DeWDrop Inn Richard J. 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GIL-7USHN SQUARE, Contents for December Editorials, 3 Scientific Topics of the Day, 5 The Midnight Game, 7 Track Athletics, IO The Star, 11 Cuba and Porto Rico, 11 The New Bell, 12 A Timely Suggestion, 12 A Word From Smith, 12 Calendar, «3 English High Gleanings, 13 Latin High Gleanings, 13 Newell and Smith, «4 Exchange Notes, '5 Camera Club Notes, «5 Latin School Notes, 16 English School Notes, IS Athletics, 20 MAYOR-ELECT GEORGE O. PROCTOR. Somerville THK LATIN SCHOOL. High School Radiator. ENGLISH SCHOOL. Vol. VIII. Somerville, Massachusetts, December, 1898. No 2 The Radiator is published by the Somerville Latin and English High Schools on the third Wednesday of every month during the school year, and only important news matter can be received after the li-th of the month. Matter for insertion may be left with any of the editorial staff or be mailed to the editor at the English High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign the full name and address (this Is for reference only). Communications should be addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor, according to their nature. Manuscript must be accompanied by the necessary postage to insure Its return. TERMS. 75 CENTS PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES. IO CENTS. Entered at Boston Post Office as second class matter. SOMERVILLE CITIZEN PRESS. OFFICERS OF THE RADIATOR. EDITOR IN CHIEF. GUY C. RIDDELL, E. U. S., MW. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. LUELLA I� . WINSHIP, L. II. S., ’9� . SPORTING EDITOR. WALTER C. NICKERSON, K. II. S., ’99. EXCHANGE EDITOR. MARGUERITE FOOTE, E. II. S., ’99. BUSINESS MANAGER. MARK R. JOUETT, Jr., L. II. S., ’99. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER. L. ARTHUR WALLON. E. II. S., 1900. CLASS EDITORS. LATIN SCHOOL. TORR w. H ARMER, ’99. LIN WOOD E. SNOWMAN. 1900. ROBERT NICHOLS, 01. PIERCE P. McGANN, 02. ENGLISH SCHOOL. H. FLORENCE RALPH. ‘99. HERBERT M. HALE, 1900. CARLTON JONES, 01. MABEL E. IIUTT. 02. TREASURER. G. LEON PEIRCE. L. II. S., ’99. FOR the last three years it has been the privilege of the Somerville High School Radiator to announce to the world of athletics that there is located in Somerville a champion foot- ball team. The great C. M. T. S. game of Nov. 24 decided that this year was to be no exception, and it is with pardona- ble pride that the Radiator again con- gratulates the city and schools of Som- erville, this time on securing the cham- pionship of the Senior League. For the seasons of ’95, ’96 and ’97 the magnifi- cent work of our football teams was re- warded by the championship of the Junior League. This year Somerville entered the Senior League and her first year in Senior company has been an un- paralleled success. Notwithstanding the most frantic efforts of the veterans in line for the cup to stop our progress, Somerville has closed the league season 4 SOM ER VILLIS HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. without giving her opponents the satis- faction of scoring a single point against the Red and Blue. The championship has been gained by hard, clean work, the best of coaching and management, and enthusiastic support. Never has a team worked together with greater har- mony all along the lines, and as a’ result, a new and higher standard of athletics has been set for future Somerville teams. May they take as a model the victorious eleven of 1898! LOOKING back over the football season there is one feature of the games that surely needs criticism. We refer to the cheering. To begin with, it was invariably too hurried, so hurried, in fact, that from the field a yell that should have been sharp, decisive and en- couraging was no more than an inarticu- late rumble. Our cheers were for the benefit of the players, and with this in view, surely should have been made in- telligible. Several stars in the Somer- ville constellation declare that nothing so helps a team along as spirited, system- atic cheering, given slowly and decis- ively. Let us take this as a hint for the baseball season. ONE cause for satisfaction over the result of the League race should be the character of the game put up by the Somerville boys. Under the most pro- voking circumstances they have invari- ably controlled themselves and played on every occasion a game entirely free from any unpleasant features. Oppo- nents ol the team cannot fail to ac- knowledge this characteristic of Somer- ville football. It is more than probable that the team of 1898 will be remem- bered in Interscholastic circles for some years, and if so we are pleased to think that it will be remembered as as gentle- manly and sportsmanlike an eleven as ever contended for the Senior cup. THE Radiator for December is pre- sented to its readers in the form of a combined Christmas and Champion- ship number. The staff invite more than a passing notice of the special cover. The design was chosen by com- petition, in which a large number of very creditable pieces of work were en- tered. The one most suited to the wants of the paper was from the pen of Joseph R. Harris, E. H. S. ’99. THE Christmas holidays arc now well in sight, and plans for the vacation are no doubt completed. This winter vacation is to many the most delightful of the year, coming as it does, in the midst of the year's work. If the time hangs heavily on your hands why not improve the opportunity to write some- thing for the Radiator? Such a season should surely be conducive to happy thoughts. OUR frontispiece this month is a cut of Mayor-elect George O. Proctor. In behalf of the pupils of the High Schools, the Radiator congratulates Mr. Proctor on his election to the high- est honors in the gift of the city. We trust that he will at once identify him- self with the best inteiests of our schools. THE generous interest manifested by the Rev. Peter MacQueen in giving his highly interesting lecture for the benefit of our school cannot be over-es- timated. Such practical examples of in- terest in education as those set by Mr. MacQueen and Mr. Poor, we would gladly see followed. IN the January number of the Radia- I tor will appear a picture of the cham- pions of the Senior Interscholastic League. At the date of the present writing no picture of the team has been taken, owing to the severe illness of a member. WITH the receptions so largely and enjoyably attended, and a compli- mentary lecture occasionally added to the regular class functions, the social side of our school life seems in no dan- ger of being neglected. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 Scientific topics of tbe S)a£. GEO ROE J. PFEIFFER. Present progress in the knowledge of nature is so rapid, so many professionals and amateurs are constantly adding to the general store, already vast, that it would be impossible, even if desirable, for any one to keep informed of all that is being achieved. As the busy readers of the Radiator would, without doubt, however, be glad to have their attention drawn to what might be interesting to them in such matters, and yet are not generally in a position to get easily at the records, we believe that occasional short reviews and discussions of articles selected from the many scientific jour- nals, and presented under the heading above, would be welcomed by them. The task of selecting is not wholly pleasant, as much that is sought and found and described by the seekers for knowledge is not only unattractive to the general reader, but offered in a very unappetizing way. It has to be scanned, only to be thrown aside. What do they who read for pleasure and improvement care, for example, about “The behavior of Phosphoric acid phenolesters in the animal body,” or “How Pentamethyldi- hydrochinolin is made from Indoles,” and what are its properties ? Such and similar occult matters we shall leave to the learned, and consider here only sub- jects that have a more evident value for the wise conduct and intelligent enjoy- ment of life. m One of the most entertaining maga- zines for lovers of nature is Appleton's Popular Science Monthly (Illustrated). Recent numbers contain numerous note- worthy articles; but one by Dr. Wm Lee Howard on “The Physiology of Strength and Endurance ” (June, 1898, pp. 187-191) deserves particular mention. We have, therefore, extracted a few paragraphs as a sample for those who might wish to know what it is like. “ The human body is a wonderful piece of mechanism, which not only re- news itself constantly,but whose strength and endurance and capacity for more work increase with increased use up to a point at which use becomes abuse. At what time and under what pressure this danger line is reached depends upon the individual.” . . . “ Nature has so well understood the proneness of man not to heed advice that she has placed the action of one muscle beyond his control. This mus- cle, the heart, though making contrac- tions at the rate of 72 times a minute, is able to continue its work without fatigue throughout the life of the indi- vidual. Each contraction of this muscle is followed by an interval of rest, during which the cells recuperate. Push con- tinually the heart-beats to a very rapid rate, and we approach the danger point at which the fatigue products cannot be replaced by fresh cells ; the intervals of rest are not sufficient. The same condi- tion exists in every muscle. It is in the extreme rapid exercise, such as sprinting and certain phases of bicycle racing, that we often see either immediate or ulti- mate collapse, followed by irremediable loss of health.” . . . “Like any other ponderous and intri- cate machine, the body requires time to get into harmonious working order. The brain, nerves, heart and skeletal muscles must be given some warning of the work they are expected collectively to perform. Ignorance of this fact hat broken down many a young man who aspired to honors on the cinder path. The necessity of getting all the parts of the body slowly into working order is well understood by trainers and jockeys on the race track, as is evidenced by the preliminary warming up they give their horses.” . . . “One of the many ‘clearing houses ' of the body by which the blood is cleared constantly of all its poison is the liver. The cells of this ‘clearing house arc del- icate little organs% and will not stand abuse. All habits having a tendency to cause dyspepsia — eating rapidly, eating indigestible foods, constant and intem- perate use of alcoholic beverages, or ex- 6 SOM HR V ILLIC HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. cessive use of tobacco — disturb the normal work of the liver.” . . . “ Let those who have entered into the false and foolish idea that ‘century runs' are an indication of prowess, remember the ultimate sad consequences liable to follow in a few years. These misguided individuals should understand that to be an athlete for the time being does not mean that they will be healthy.” . . . “Athletes are healthy not because they are athletes, but because healthy individuals are athletes.” Who does not remember admiringly the watchful and plucky little Mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi that fought the wicked old cobras, so valiantly as recorded for us in Rudyard Kipling’s Junglcbook ! It seems that on account of such vir- tues others of his tribe were taken some time ago to certain West Indian Islands in order to wage war against the cane-rats in the sugar-plantations. They did save the planters vast sums of money; but their descendants, forget- ting the honorable traditions of their race, soon set to killing with equal energy young pigs and lambs, and are committing now such acts of vandal- ism among crops of sweet potatoes and other vegetables, and plundering so ruthlessly the nests of many useful birds, that the British government will have soon to take steps for their exter- mination. The true character of this little marauder is impartially set forth with a portrait of him, by C. N. Willis in the Popular Science Monthly, Nov. 1898, page 86 and following. We have lately heard so much about the spreading of typhoid fever germs by flies, that the discovered connection between mosquitoes and malaria by Prof. B. Grassi (Nature, Nov. 10, 1898), is less surprising than it would other- wise be. The idea that insects may spread malaria by their sting is old, but confirming facts have hitherto been few. A careful simultaneous study of gnats and malaria has shown, however, that certain kinds of these insects are always absent where there is no malaria. Some arc quite harmless. Another kind, called in Italy “moschins,” is found in mala- rial districts, most abundantly where malaria is most prevalent, and there are authentic cases where bites have been followed by fever symptoms. One kind attacks only after sundown, a fact which explains the popular tradition that it is dangerous to fall asleep in cer- tain malarial regions just after the sun has set. It may prove possible, there- fore, to stamp out the disease by de- stroying the larvae of disease-spreading gnats, or at least to escape it by not living in regions where their presence has become known and is evidence of unhealthy conditions. A most fascinating problem is natur- ally the origin of diamonds ; but still it baffles all scientific seekers, notwith- standing, that diamonds have been known to consist solely of pure carbon ever since 1814, and that it has even been possible to make them artificially on a minute scale. The oldest and best known diamond mines in Brazil arc the Diamantina mines and some others near by, recently studied and described by Derby (Journal of Geology, 1898, VI, 121). In these lo- calities the gems occur loose in a re- markable kind of sandstone of which thin plates or rods may be somewhat bent without breaking, and also in clay. Now as the materials of both of these rocks were produced by the decay of others, then transported by running water and put down in layers where they now are, the presence of dia- monds in them only indicates that these probably came with the sand and clay mud from somewhere else; but it indi- cates nothing more of a definite nature, and so the mystery remains. “A Study of Snow Crystals” is the title of an exceedingly interesting paper in the Populat Science Monthly (Nov. 1898) by Messrs. Bentley Perkins, and it is richly illustrated by photo- graphic prints of magnified crystals. It will not fail to give an enjoyable half hour to all who would know more about those delicate little six-sided stars that are showered upon us from heaven every SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 7 winter, and to give a faint idea of the marvellous order which even down to the minutest things pervades our won- derful world. The authors describe how they obtain snow crystal photographs, how different kinds of storms produce differently shaped crystals, and much else that is pleasant to read. Those who ridicule the apparently crude weather-prophecies of farmers by the moon have perhaps never realized that the training of long experience in observing things that are vital to one’s existence may lead to quite as much re- liable practical knowledge of them as the more systematic methods of the scientist, who often seeks knowledge for its own sake only, and whose wits are therefore not sharpened by the compulsion of cir- cumstance to see its application to everyday affairs. This point is well shown by a note from Geo. J. Varney to the editor of the Popular Science Monthly (Correspon- dence Nov. 1898) which is worth being quoted. “Dear Sir:—Scientific investigations in meteorology have again and again de- clared they have not been able to dis- cover by accurate and long-continued ob- servation that the moon has any effect whatever upon terrestrial weather; yet the farmers have for unreckoncd years, undoubtingly ascribed certain kinds of weather, — changes especially — to the moon, and despite the dictum of the scien- tists they have persisted in their confi- dence in the pale orb as a weather breeder, and as a disposer, in a large degree, of the wet and dry features of the months. “Now comes Mr H. I I. Clayton, mete- orologist at the Blue Hill Meteorologi- cal Observatory and shows by diagrams and dates that the electrical condition of the atmosphere varies in close accord with the position of the moon in her orbit. “That electricity performs various offices in the atmosphere, notably among the particles of vapor, is well known; but just how and to what extent atmospheric phenomena result from electrical action has not yet been clearly demonstrated. However, we have now a scientific basis for the assumption that the moon has an influence on the weather.” “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field of earth, which the Lord hath blessed.” Thus poetically spoke the Patriarch Isaac. The modern man of science tells us prosaically that the odor of moist earth is due to bacterium, named Cladothrix odorifera. (Prom Na- ture, Nov. 17, 1898.) XTbe fllMbmobt (Same. LIXirOOD E. SXOIVMAX. This is a correct account of the events leading up to the midnight game, as I investigated them for the Atlanta “Chronicle.” The state government had prohibited football within its limits, laying summary restrictions upon “any person aiding or abetting that disgrace- ful disorder which is termed football.” So it was that while in any other state of the country everything was guards, tackles and touchdowns, and in all other schools Rugby was of more importance than Greece, Rome, or even Santiago, in Georgia all was rebellion, and in Maj. Talbot's Military Institute all was in- trigue, for in previous years the Insti- tute had been accustomed to play an annual game with Atlanta High School. In fact, these were real Andover-Exeter rivals. The Institute had not won a game in the three years, the last one, however, being a tie. But what could be done ? “Football,” as Willie Whitte- more said, “was a lost art in Georgia.” To Dick Satellite of the Institute belongs the honor of starting the scheme of the midnight game. Dick was a magnificent football player. I 8 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. dare not repeat some of the stories told of his prowess—how he could kickagoal from the centre of the field, how he was equal to Hudson, the Indian captain, or even our own “Metoxcn” Stone, in this respect—all this I cannot believe, but nobody denies that Dick was a great player. Dick had been roused to such a pitch by reading the daily football news, that he would risk his liberty for the chance of a cracked skin or broken head. In this condition he put the query: “Is it possible to play a game of football in Georgia?” If it was, Wil- lie Whittemore would tell him how to do it. Willie had an idea. On Thanks- giving Eve there was to be a grand Cot- ton Planters’ Ball in the city. On the same night the Institute should defeat Atlanta High on Reservation Oval. Atlanta High was willing, even eager for the game. Charley Aldrich was made captain and fullback of the pros- pective team, and raised the strongest eleven the school had ever seen; a heavy line and agile backs. Charley chartered a gymnasium and the boys were given all the indoor practice they could stand, and two nights of every week he took them out to Farmington for midnight practice on one of his father’s surburban estates. Charley was an irresistible line-bucker, but couldn’t kick a little bit, nor could anyone on the team. But what did it matter ? Kick- ing couldn’t be any element in the dark. The only way to do it, as Charley thought, was to hurl his whole eleven at the opposing guards and tackles until they were overwhelmed. Thus his team was trained. On the other hand the Institute’s style of play was far different. Dick Satellite was disappointed in his team. He was the only man who had ever played be- hind the line, and his specialty was rather goal-kicking than rushing. If there would only be a moon all would be well, if not, how was he to drop a goal from the field when it was impossible to see either ball or goal-posts. He con- sulted Willie Whittemore, who con- sulted a chemistry formula and pre- pared a certain phosphorescence which made the posts a fiery H and the ball a gleaming cat's eye. Dick’s rush line was only fair, but he developed an obsti- nate defense to meet Atlanta’s fierce at- tacks. His especial efforts, however, were to teach his team to handle a foot- ball. There must be no fluke. The fellows became so proficient that Dick claimed they could handle a greased lamp chimney in total darkness without breakage. Phis was their advantage. In real rough and tumble football the Atlanta boys were infinitely superior to the Institute’s eleven, but in this point they were weak, they could never re- sist the temptation to fumble at critical times. All strategic arrangements for the game were referred to a committee of one, Willie Whittemore of the Institute. The Institute was situated a few miles south of Atlanta,and the Reservation, as the campus was called, was about a quarter-mile from the school buildings. Here was to be played the midnight game. To make this possible, the fac- ulty, the freshmen, and other obnoxious individuals must be removed from the scene of action. They must all attend the Cotton Planters’ Ball. Willie scat- tered it abroad through over-credulous freshmen that there was to be trouble at the dance that evening. The seniors were going to attend in a body and— “What ?” the innocent would ask. Willie would always wink mysteriously. He kept the rumor circulating so skill- fully that it startled Maj. Talbot him- self. The major was so alarmed that he resolved to be present at the ball in per- son, with “Old Eagle Eyes” the sub- master, and those of the faculty who were not away for the holidays. Under the pretense of encouraging the social interests of the boys, he would try to re- strain any attempted disorder by his presence. Every day brought him fresh alarm. Something unusual was afoot. The leading athletic boys of the school were known to spend most of their time in the gymnasium, and some mornings they would come into class covered with scratches and scars. One day he called Dick to his office and queried,—“Satel- lite, you have been fighting ?” “2Co sir.” And as Dick had a habit of telling the truth, the principal, failing after shrewd SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 9 questioning to elicit any satisfactory in- formation, went on preparing to face a riot at the Cotton Planters’ Hall, never for a moment suspecting the dupe’s part he was enacting. The night before Thanksgiving was not cold and clear as we generally ex- pect, but warm and showery. Neverthe- less at ten p. m. when the favored spec- tators began to arrive, the weather was not very disagreeable and the Reserva- tion was in fairly good condition. I was sent to report the game for the At- lanta “Chronicle” and so was able to witness one of the strangest sights that has occurred since the deluge. There was no moon, but each of the two hun- dred spectators carried a torch. The centre or battle-ground was entirely dark, and beyond the line of flaming torches, amongst the Georgia palms all was shadow. It was fantastic and weird, almost ghostly. Willie Whittemore al- ways refers to this contest as “The Mid- night Game, A Study in Light and Shade.” At 11.30 the two teams came upon the field issuing from the lighted spots upon cither end of the gridiron. Going through their preliminary evolu- lutions they resembled black clouds im- pelled by the wind, first in one direction, then in another, now skyward, now low upon the ground. As the great clock upon the Institute’s chapel pealed twelve, the game was called. Each great shadow dissolved in- to eleven individual shadows and Dick Satellite kicked off. The ball described a beautiful curve like a revolving planet eliciting wild, weird yells from the torches. Charley Aldrich checked its course and by several fierce tackle plays advanced it to the centre of the field, where it was fumbled. Dick Satellite punted out of bounds 20 yds. from At- lanta’s goal. Atlanta again fumbled, and before the game had fairly begun, Dick sent the gleaming ball between the shining posts on a drop from the field. The Institute had scored on Atlanta High for the first time in three years. Then the game began in earnest. Charley Aldrich habitually played as many men behind the line as allowable on the offense, while Dick threw all his men into the rush-line save himself and little Willie Whittemore, and on the de- fense Willie alone played the back-field, while Atlanta kept three men there. During the first half Willie seemed to be rather ornamental than useful in his halfback’s position, for the Institute did not advance the ball an inch by rushing, but as soon as it was secured lost it on fumbles. Dick punted, one of his Hints neutralizing a half-dozen of At- anta’s hard rushes. How strange it all was! Strange inconsecutive num- bers would be heard, then a flash of something bright would be seen, and one black cloud would blend into another, mounting skyward, the referee’s whistle would shrilly sound, and the shadows would once more resolve into their component parts. Twice Charley Aldrich broke through the Institute’s shady line, only to be tackled by Willie Whittemore, and twice he escaped even him, putting two touchdowns to Atlan- ta’s credit. He failed to kick cither goal and the score stood 8—5. It rained the latter part of the first half, through the intermission, and dur- ing the rest of the game. The second half was ideal football. Every tackle was heralded by the splash of muddy water and the cries “Get off, I'm drown- ing ! ” by the muddy player. It was horribly disagreeable watching, but we felt well recompensed, for now came the sensational play of the game. Dick's style of play had been peculiar. Not once had he attempted to gain ground by rushing, and since the be- ginning of the game had made innumer- able tries for goals from the fields, miss- ing them on account of the weakness of his line. Now on a fake kick, Willie Whittemore took the ball and conceal- ing it as best he could, darted around Atlanta's unsuspecting right end. Dick, aided by a slim interference, ad- vanced five yards around left-end, where he was tackled. Rut Willie was sprint- ing down the gridiron. Two of Atlan- ta's three men in the backfield hastened to the supposed scene of action, leaving Charley Aldrich at his post. Before he suspected the trick, Willie had escaped him by the fraction ot a centimeter, and the Institute had scored a touch- down. Dick kicked the goal and the IO THE SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. game closed, the Institute—n ; Atlan- ta High—8; with the three years’ champions vanquished. Thus ended what I consider the most interesting contest in history, not even excepting the last Harvard Yal foot- ball game or the passage of arms at Ashby. The whole affair was a matter of principle. It was personal liberty struggling against fanatic oppression. It was a battle, not of steel and gun- powder, but of science and determina- tion. And the Institute’s victory proved the superiority of strategy over strength, of skill over brute force. We were a sorry looking set who left the field that morning. Our general aspect was characterized by Willie Whitte- more, who, as dripping and mud-bespat- tered he was borne from the field on the shoulders of his schoolmates, re- marked, “I may look like a drowned rat, but I’m not, fellows, straight, I’m not.” {Track Htblettcs. HERBERT U PURCELL, Mauagtr Track Team. The great successes of both the foot- ball and baseball teams the past two seasons have only served to make more noticeable the deplorable weakness of Somerville in track athletics. That Somerville is not capable of making her- self as well known and as greatly feared on the Cinder Path as on the Diamond and Gridiron is a proposition too ridicu- lous to be entertained. If our kickers and ball-tossers can outplay the neigh- boring schools, does it not stand to rea- son that our runners can throw cinders in their opponents’ faces just as easily ? It is a matter of ancient history that in 1895 Mills, ’96, made a brave but futile attempt to organize a track team. In the February of '95 Mills, ’96, and Proc- tor, ’96, competed in the indoor meet in Mechanics’ Building, but through lack of proper training were unsuccessful. At this time a large amount of enthusi- asm was aroused for track athletics. So great was the enthusiasm that the Radiator cautioned the boys not to forget that there was such a sport as baseball. As it was impossible to ob- tain a place to train,Mills was unable to enter a team in the June meet, which was very unfortunate, as there was plenty of good material in the school at that time. Among them were Taylor, ’98, Herbert, 95, and Cuddy, ’99. Mills alone entered the June meet and he won first place in the broad jump, cap- turing the first and only five points that ever came to Somerville. Mills’ jump was 20 ft,, 3 in., and he would have undoubtedly broken the second but for fear of having his handicap cut. The next winter Mills did not compete, and the only signs of activity were the brave attempts of R. Pipe, ’99, C. Pipe, ’99, and Burton, ’96, in the February meet. In ’97 no champion appeared to pull the red and blue from the deep mire in which it had fallen. In February of ’98 only otic successful competitor repre- sented Central Hill, but in the spring of the same year Cutter, ’98, won one point in the bicycle race and R. Pipe kindly set that wheel revolving which should only stop when Somerville rules the cinder path. If there is to be a track team the affair should be decided now, and not two weeks before the 27th of February. At the present time a pe- tition has been sent to the Board of Aldermen, requesting them to build a board track for the use of the team on Lincoln Park. If this petition is unsuccessful it is most probable that some arrangement may be made whereby the Athletic Association would share the expense with the city. It is also probable that some arrangement can be made with the Y. M. C. A allowing the Jumpers and Shot-Putters the use of their Gym- nasium for a certain number of days in the week. It is not the intention of the management to have the team com- pete in the School Meet only, but also in the B. A. A. Handicap Meet, and SOMKRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. possibly some others. This will give the men that experience which is of such vital importance, and will also make the season far more enjoyable in every way. We also should have a team race with some strong school, say “Hoppy,” or “English High,” and it would add greatly to our athletic tri- umphs to defeat a school where so much pride is taken in the track team. The selection of a trainer is probably the most serious consideration and although the manager has had many offers, the best is that of Mr. A. L. Sampson, a resident of this city, who is willing to do the work more for the good sport than the slight compensation which he demands. For various reasons it has also been decided to train the team in the evening. Of course the team will work at a de- cided disadvantage, but if the right sort of “stuff” comes out (and there is plenty of the “right sort” in Somer- ville) success is assured. Under the direction of Mr. Sampson, a few boys have come out once or twice a week through the fall and much talent was secured in many cases where it was least expected. The men are Cum- mings, '02, Phillips, ’00, Halman, ’01. Moore, ’oo, Taylor, 01, Xoble, 01, and Kimpton, 01. Cummings and Phillips have already shown themselves to be of that rare form which always makes winners. Kimpton is a “comer” in the high jump, and the other men showed up to quite an unexpected de- gree of excellence. Of the other avail- able material, Peters and Story, '99, have made reputations in V. M. C. A. Meets, which mark them as “finds.” The Pipes and Cuddy are too well known to need mention, while the football team should have some pretty fast men, and we hear that Ball and Hatch have no mean reputations. Dodge, ’99, has done some very creditable “timber tap- ing” and Gage, P. G., should make a fast man. Besides all these there is much unknown talent and only too often the unknown talent is the best. The time was never more ripe for starting a track team, and had we but a track the work could begin at any time. We must have a track and we will have a 11 track and when this is printed I firmly believe that the track will be well to- ward completion. The Star. Of all the twinkling stars that gleam In the jewelled skies at night. The King ot Barth and Heaven chose one Aglow wilh radiant light.— And bade it leave its lofty place. And go to show the way, And lead the waiting pilgrims where The holy Christ-child lay. But where among the stars to night That happy star doth dwell, Or what its name or what its rank, No mortal man can tell. Yet to have been that chosen star— That heaven-sent guide—should be Enough of holy joy to last Through all eternity. The King still speaks,—“Go thou, my child: My people wander far: Go, lead them to the holy Christ,— Be thou a Christmas Star.” Somerville, Mass. M. P. A. Cuba and Porto Rico. On Nov. 18 the Camera Club of the S. E. H. S. again gave an exhibition of what a club of spirit can do, and con- ducted a most successful stereopticon lecture in the English High Lecture Hall. Rev. Peter MacQueen, our well- known West Somerville clergyman, told the story of his experiences in Cuba and Porto Rico during the late Spanish war. The lecture, always a success where- ever given, was illustrated by the club's magnificent new stereopticon and proved most highly entertaining. The speaker introduced many stirring and witty references to the issues of the day and round after round of applause interrupted the address. The lecture was the first of a series the club have in mind,to extend through the winter months. A committee of six, of which Charles Shaw is chairman, are in charge—Messrs. Bell, Foster, Robinson, Riddell and our popular in- structor, Mr. Poor. This Camera Club is in every sense of the word a live in- stitution, and it should receive the best support the school can give. 12 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. G -The-flewBell: ppj In the Latin School. But now its voice is thin, As if it were a sin. To resound. And it seems so very queer, Very few the bell to hear. Can be found. Like the strolling scissors grinder. Giving such a mild reminder, Through the day ; Or the scprching cycle rider. Warning all to scatter wider From his way; Tis by electric force. From better grown to worse, In the school; We are summoned from recess, Straying minutes, more or less, ’Gainst the rule. Like the oft resounding cart, Chilling all the city's heart. With icecreams: Like the bell on straying cattle. With the same wcira distant rattle; Thus it seems. At the end of every hour, Ere Edison’s modern power. Was applied, The bell rang sharp and clear. Pulling stragglers by the ear. Far and wide. Perhaps it is not right For me to thus make light, As I do. But if you heard its endless clatter And its senseless batter, batter. So would you. L. E. S., Latin, 1900. A Timely Suggestion. A hint to the football team and our athletic friends generally: When Daniel Webster had given his famous 7th of March speech and returned to his home at Marshfield for a well earned rest, his neighbors and friends gathered around him with congratulations. One said, “Mr. Webster, we are proud of you”— but Mr. Webster had heard that many times before. Another said, “Mr. Web- ster, you are the smartest man in the country,” but even that high praise was not unknown to the great statesman. At last an old farmer slapped him on the back, after the manner of the old farmer, and said, “Daniel, you h’ain't done your best yet,” and Mr. Webster’s heart swelled high with pride and re- newed ambition. Members of the foot- ball team and pupils all remember that though the highest success in the League has been won forus and the name of Som- erville carried to that dazzling eminence where we could wish always to see it, first place, yet there are other fields to conquer and you haven’t “done your best” till the same degree of success is ours in other directions as well, and the dear “S. II. and S” is a synonym alike for championship work in athletics, in scholastic attainment, and in all that makes for the best citizenship. % A Word from Smith. The success of the football team this year has been owing largely to the pres- ence of three important elements. First, the faithful, enthusiastic and altogether satisfactory coaching of Mr. Gerrish Newell; second, the large attendance of spectators at the games and their evi- dent appreciation of the good work done by the team ; third, strict adherence to training on the part of the team, which last factor is a very important one. Owing to the good support received at the games, the Athletic Association has been able to fit out this year’s team as one of the best, if not the best, in the preparatory schools, and have a large balance to add to the baseball fund. I wish through the columns of the Radiator to thank most heartily all who contributed to our success. Hubbard V. Smith, Manager Football Team. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 13 Calendar. Nov. 17. Somerville High vs. Brookline High. iS. Camera Club Lecture by Mr. Mac- Queen. 23-27. Thanksgiving Recess. 24. Thanksgiving Day. Somerville High vs. Cambridge Manual Training. 25. No School, caused by heavy snow- storm. Dec. 5. Reception to the Football Champions by the Central Club. 7. Reception to Parents of Sophomores and Freshmen of the English High. 13. Lecture by Mr. Poor. 14. Reception to Parents of Seniors and Juniors of the English High. S. E. H. S. Gleanings. An excellent collection of minerals has been bought by the authorities for the use of the school. As a specimen of the diamond is lacking, any dona- tions in this line will be graciously received. There are two events in this school that are expectantly and eagerly awaited. These are, first, the issuing of our breezy monthly, “The Radiator;” and second, the fateful coming of the report cards, those awful heralds of tidings, good or ill, which open one’s eyes and cause them to see clearly. Casual observers, as well as art stu- dents, partake of a genuine treat when strolling through our studio and mechan- ical drawing room. The originality and excellence of the sketches and designs are such that it is safe to say that a compensation would be gladly given the artists by many leading firms. The English High unites with the Latin in congratulating our boys on their Thanksgiving Day victory. The splendid triumph is a fitting ending to the team’s long scries of successes on the gridiron. Now that the Champion- ship is won, the boys—our boys—can rest gracefully on their laurels and re- ceive the honor which is their due. Throughout the school year, the De- bating and Camera Clubs have asked for larger memberships. Both associa- tions are now reaping the benefits of their early efforts: the former having debates scheduled with both of the Cambridge high schools; while the lat- ter is in the midst of a series of pleasurable entertainments. It would be well, therefore, to think seriously of becoming a member of one or the other, or even both. Our two receptions passed off suc- cessfully with a combined attendance of nearly one thousand. The crowds of guests viewed with interest the various departments. The building presented an inviting appearance, being brilliantly lighted and having been tastefully dec- orated by a committee from the several classes. The most cordial and social spirit prevailed and all hope the “Recep- tion” is now an established feature of each year’s program. Latin High Gleanings. We have missed the singing hour on Thursdays very much since Mr. Hadley has been ill, and we are very glad to welcome him back again. Miss Bessie A. Roberts, Latin High School 1896, is assistant teacher in the Plymouth High School, having charge of the Business Department. What fear the storm of November 30th inspired in the hearts of the Latin scholars! Mr. Baxter was quite over- whelmed with requests for dismissal. The receptions to the parents, which were given by the English High classes, were very pleasant affairs. Can’t we have something of the sort in our school ? They are a new departure for Somerville and should become a custom. The pupils of the Latin High School have staying qualities. There is a net loss in membership from September to the close of the year of only one pupil For the school year 1897-98 from Sep- tember to June there was a net loss of only eight. We all appreciate the interest which Mr. Murray has taken in the success of our football team, and the poem which Mr. Hawes read at the Central Club re- ception to the boys shows that the games have been of interest to him as well. � 4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. GEKKIS1I NEWELL. Gerrish Newell, who has coached Somerville High this year, is a brother of the famous Newell of Harvard. Gerrish Newell entered Phillips Exeter in the fall of 1891, but after having com- pleted one term, left to manage his father’s farm in Great Barrington. He stayed at Great Barrington several years and then entered Harvard in the fall of 1894 His was the class of 1898. Mr. Newell played on the freshman football team in ’94. and the next spring ran on the Mott Haven team. The fall of '95 found him as end on the ’varsity football team. Here he won great dis- tinction by his brilliant playing, being considered, one of the best ends in the country at the time. The following spring he ran the mile on the Mott Haven team. After two years at Harvard Mr. New- ell was obliged to leave college and spend a year in New Hampshire. He then entered the employ of the Pitch- burg Railroad, with which he is now connected. For the past two seasons he has played end on the Newtownes’, one of the strongest teams in this vicin- ity. This fall he was captain of the team. Mr. Newell has always been known as a firm supporter of all branches of athletics, and as a true sportsman. HUBBARD VAUGHAN SMITH. Hubbard Vaughan Smith, manager of this year's football team, was graduated from the Morse Grammar School in 1895 and entered the Somerville English High School. He is well known throughout the high schools and city and has hosts of friends. Although he stands six feet, two in his stockings, he is known to all his friends as “ Shorty ” Smith of '99. He is treas- urer of the class of ’99, having been re- elected each year since its organization He has also been catcher of his class ball team. In athletics Mr. Smith has been a hard worker, and in recognition of that fact was this year made manager of the football team. His management of the team has left no room for complaint and proves that he is a hustler. Without doubt the team has never before been fitted out or handled in so efficient a manner. Let us hope that we may sec him as manager of the baseball team in the spring. W. C. N. When athletics are mentioned who doesn’t have a thrill of pride as he thinks that he belongs to the Somerville High Schools ? SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. '5 Exchange Notes. We suggest to our exchanges that rolling a paper detracts greatly from its appearance. The rich man becomes insolvent, the poor man dead broke.—Ex. The II. S. Student, Bridgeport, Conn., is one of our best exchanges. The class notes of the Racquet do not come up to its other departments. “Our Joker” in the II. S. Journal is the best column of its kind that we have seen. Glad to seethe Clarion from Arling- ton. Such near neighbors should be close friends. The Sagamore is a very finely con- ducted paper. Its literary departments are exceedingly interesting. The E. II Record contains an inter- esting story entitled “A Modern Judas,” a Tale of the Football Field, by one of its former editors. The Owlet, Winona, Minn., has a startling cover of dark green with silver design and lettering. We are always glad to welcome western friends. The frontispiece of the yligis is a pic- ture of the football team of that school. In it we learn that our friend Prof. Parsons has been coaching that team. The Holyoke High School has a Glee Club, a Banjo Club, a Dramatic Club, and a Literary Club. Surely that must be an enterprising and successful school. Uncle Sam has gained a great victory, but it is not surprising when we consider that he is as strong as Sampson, Schley as a fox, Miles Long, and has Merritt at the head of his forces. What more Dewey want ?—Ex. Do not lend your paper. Those who borrow should subscribe. The paper costs no more for them than it does for you. By lending your paper, you not only lose us several subscriptions, but let other pupils impose upon your good- will. If the paper is worth reading, it is worth paying for.—Ex. Will the Argus please tell us to what school their game with C. M. T. S. on Thanksgiving Day refers? We arc cu- rious to know, as Somerville played a game with C. M. T. S. (Cambridge Man- ual Training School) the same day. Camera Club Notes. The club regrets very much to have received the resignation of Mr. Nicker- son. Don’t you wish you could wear one of those pretty pins ? Just join the club and the privilege is yours. Mr. Bell, our popular vice-president, has moved to Falmouth, Mass. The club will miss him exceedingly as he was always actively interested in all club work. We want the young ladies especially— there being but four young lady mem- bers now. As usual, the dear girls are simply indispensable. The Camera Club Lectures are get- ting to be very popular. The free lec- ture given by Mr. Boor, under the aus- pices of the club, was very well attended, and greatly enjoyed by everyone. IN HIGH SPIRITS. i6 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. LATIN NOTES ' v.u 1 ’99. N. H.! ! 54-2=10. Fulgetis aere caterva—a brass band. Now the barbers reap their football crop. Boothby has uncpiestionably a jolly laugh. What an angelic character was Cat- iline’s ! A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Miss Lowell has discovered a new tree the grape palm. Now we are ready to sing our football song to Mr. Hadley. We hope Sanborn will soon recover from his illness. We miss him. Is the phrase “girls red as poppies” a simile or an hyperbole ? We are all sorry to lose Wiggin, who is now a member of English ’99. Unique translations: C’est fini it is our finish. Unepairc de gatits, a pair of teeth. The long desired (?) and long awaited Greek prose compositions have at last arrived. We have given up the Junior cup for the Senior cup but “fair exchange is no robbery.” Kilmer may be expected in any severe weather for he has a costume which de- fies any storm. The boys are so sorry to miss the sing- ing that they have lately had vocal prac- tice at recess. Mr. Super should be congratulated on the literary and scientific selections in his French reader. Note to Juniors:—Lycurgus had but one eye and this he lost in a street fight. See Oman’s page 64. The members of the ’99 geometry class thank Miss Fox forgiving up her spare hours in their interest. “While the games were being going on.” See section on double auxiliary in Armstrong’s “English Grammar.” Miss Fox:—What is “cuiY Miss Ashton:—I don’t see any “cui. Miss Fox:—Then “si (see) cui. The Romans evidently appreciated the powerful effect of alcoholic drinks; notice oblivisci (whiskey) to forget. Mr. Baxter:—Translate “accingitur,” Miss Kingsley. Miss Kingsley:—I wasn’t whispering. Stormy weather seems to increase Jouett’s appetite wonderfully. He can hardly refrain from eating during reci- tations. Aeneas’ shield, judging from what Virgil put upon it, would have been large enough to roof the new South Terminal station. It is hard to take from Cook his re- nown gained by discovering Oceanica, but these places were known in Homer’s time. Ask By am. Talent among the boys:—Keach, the violinist; Litchfield, the jockey; Story, the athlete; Muldoon, the singer and orator; Fitts, Gooding, Boothby and Hubbard, the actors. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 17 00 W. M. Smith is with us again, fully recovered. We are pleased to see Miss Mariner again after her long illness. Purcell is out of school temporarily, owing to his father’s sickness. We arc all proud of Cushman for his share in winning the championship. The Physics girls ought to buy Murphy a generous Christmas present. Moore, reciting Athenian history: “There were three or four Four Hun- dreds, and one Four Hundred and One.” The teachers tell us that we can’t pass our examinations unless we study hard. How did any one ever get to college ? Previous Physics classes have had the reputation of arguing. We are the one exception. We refer all doubtful questions to Phillips. “Well,” said little Smith, when ho found that his marks had been acci- dentally confused with those of his larger namesake, “there is one consola- tion, it was impossible to pull me down any.” Here is a word of encouragement for struggling Latin School boys. McLean, our representative in the army, whose blue coat and brass buttons we all envy, says that Greek and Latin or, in fact, anything else, is preferable to campaign- ing. ’01 Some of the boys must be reminded that each settee has four legs. It is hoped that there will be a large number of candidates for the polo team. The Queen of Sheba fooled Solomon with a red and blue paper chrysanthe- mum. Cyrus must have been very much sur- prised when he saw his ships encamped near his tent. The name of the club lately organized among the boys is the Phi Sigma Ben- nett holds the office of president and Wilkins that of secretary and treasurer combined. Nelson tells us that we are descended from the Chinese. A very pleasant sur- prise. Bennett thinks it unreasonable for Mr. Hawes to fear that we won’t have our lessons. One of our distinguished Latin schol- ars rode through the “Gate to Caesar” on a pony. The scholar that said that “men fol- low ships as sharks followed Caesar’s army” was a trifle mixed. What is the matter with the tenors ? They sing very well when thinking of old times, but at other times they fail. The German class is very far ad- vanced. Some of its members informed Miss Kaan that in “Dutchland” 4 cows have 20 feet, and that 10 5-f-15 =55. Miss Pomeroy’s story, “A Prima Donna’s Thanksgiving,’ won second prize in the Somerville Citizen contest. Would it not be a good idea for Miss Pomeroy to write a story for the Radi- ator ? ’02 French makes almost as much noise as a man. Tick ! tack ! too ! What a hulla-ba-loo! Tis the algebra class so hard at work Flourishing chalk with a spiteful quirk. Woe to the class in the other room. Tuning their work to the “crack o’ doon.v Tick ! tack ! too ! What a hulla-ba-loo! Good is able to topple a chair by his magic touch. Teacher : — “Mention some place on the map.” Pupil (with future prospects):—“The Elysian Fields.” Our class was surprised a few weeks ago by an explosion which made every- one jump. The surprise was still greater when we were told to write about it. It is not often that object teaching is carried into the High School. While we were being told the other day that a climax is a rhetorical ladder, a hole in our roof opened, and a lengthy ladder made its slow descent and several pairs of dangling feet followed. 8 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. ENGLI ISH NOTES UP K’ A ’99 And still it’s “the boys of red and blue who never know defeat!” Who are our “countrymans ? ” The bottom of Tomfohdre’s pocket is still unlocated. II Physiology C recently discovered that Watson hears with his mouth. Heard in English A : “ Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have lost at all.” The bo)sail declare that they were treated royally at the Central Club Reception. O’Connor has a poor opinion of him- self. “I have a man’s mind but a woman's might.” We extend a cordial welcome to Wig- gin, who has recently entered our school from the Latin High. Although smoking is prohibited dur- ing training, the football team would have been weak without their Pipes. Who was the instructor who adver- tised for some pupils to study with her till her class’s enthusiasm over athletics subsided ? In 50 years Turkey will absorb Greece. Russia will serve the former on a piece of China, because Austria is II ungary. Let ’99, the first class to take a four years’ course in this school, and the last class of the century, set a standard long to be remembered. The Seniors visited the polls on the last election day and through the kind- ness of Mr. Pitman received much val- uable information. It will not be many years before some members of the class will put this information into practice. All regret the severe injury which Cuddy received Thanksgiving Day and we are glad to welcome him back to school. He was missed here, as he would have been on the gridiron. While a certain young man was dil- igently searching for an answer to a question asked him, his instructor sug- gested raising the window curtain to give him some light on the subject. How well ’99 was represented on the football team ! When one realizes that 7 of the 11 leave school in June he be- gins to wonder where the team for next season will be found. Don’t be dis- couraged, lower class men, you have athletes in your classes also. History A is compiling a history of the United States, which will appear shortly. Nullification, the annexation of Texas and Reconstruction will be topics which have great enlargement. Many newly-discovered facts which are amazing will be brought to light. ’00 “As black as a cow.” How black is that, Master B. ? The Princess is quite a favorite, es- pecially among the boys. Why will the history pupils persist in saying “calvary” for “cavalry”? The pupil’s name is called for recita- tion, then “The air a solemn stillness SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 9 holds,” and presently a doubtful answer is heard from behind a solid masonry of teeth and lips, “I dunno.” Now that football is over Hatch is a shining star in bookkeeping. The editor has but a small portion of those 1900 Radiator subscriptions. We welcome to our ranks as a class- mate, Kimball, recently of the Latin School. Vous-avez si bien tire sur ma pauvre robe. Translation: “You have pulled so hard on my wool.” Miss L. (reciting on the exile of the Jews):—“They all died of starvation, and they never came back.” Have you heard the steampipes re- cently singing, “ Bobolink, bobolink, spink, spank, spink”? How thoughtful many of our pupils are. Every time they get up to recite they begin with “I think.” In future purchases of ribbons, will Miss H. please remember that the school colors are red and blue. A quotation from Evangeline:— “Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of Heaven, The little stars blossomed. . . .” Have you heard about the land where the sun never sets ? Ware wishes to get a position there as night watchman. Upper-class Man to Freshman:—“Are you a freshman?” Freshman:—“A-r-r-h, no; this is only my first year in the school.” Since the football season closed pupils no longer have to dislocate their necks to see around the head of a member of the team who may sit in front. “For this relief much thanks.” Heard in the library: New Pupil (in an undertone):—“Any fiction in the room?” Second Pupil (anxious to please):— “How would a history do?” ’01. Did you bring your parents to the re- ception? Russell must have gotten over his fright, for his hair no longer stands on end. Everyone go to the ’99 dance. Small Boy (wistfully): If I was only a football player. Moore is in truth “a Roman Adonis, breathing sweet perfume from his curly locks.” What makes some of the girls so musical? It must be because so many of them wear bands in their hair. Bradford (in history): “Mohammed decorated his horses with pine boughs.” Instructor: “When ?” Bradford: “About four days ago.” ’02. Hail ! the glorious Christmas morn- ing. The Christmas present first to arrive, our report card, is anxiously awaited. Hurrah for Capt. Ball of ’aughty-two ! With such a captain the next year’s team ought to be right in it. The transoms in Room 11 evidently prefer the angle of forty-five degrees, as it is hard to make them remain closed. The first and second years’ reception was a complete success. The biological laboratory and the art studio seemed of special interest. The resignation of Miss Mabel Mutt, our class editor, caused a vacancy which has been filled by the election of Martin Yelland to that office. The tailor's daughter took the barber's boy To be the partner of her life and joy What force the power of nature can control. For still the needle turneth toward the pole. Christmas was first celebrated in the year 98, but it was forty years later be- fore it was officially adopted as a Chris- tian festival; nor was it until about the fifth century that the day of its celebra- tion became permanently fixed on the twenty-fifth of December. Up to that time it had been irregularly observed at various times of the year—in December, in April and in May, but most frequently in January. 20 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. WALTER C. NICKERSON, Sporting Ediior. If you haven’t joined the Athletic As- sociation it’s not too late now. The football team has closed the most successful season on record. The air is full ot praise of their work. As to honor, Mayor Perry says, “there is enough to go all around.” Last year each class had a polo team, a league was formed of these teams and a series of games planned between the various classes. It was an excellent plan and should be carried out again this year. Football “duds” have been laid away and now skates, shin-guards and shinny- sticks are in demand. This year Somerville must win the championship in polo. We can do it if we get right down to the work. A track-team without a track to prac- tice on is like a ship without a sail. We want a track, we need a track, we must have a track. We hope that the peti- tion sent to the aldermen for a track on Lincoln Park will meet with favor. We have plenty of men in the schools who can do fine work in track events if there was only some place where they could train. Now, as Somerville wants to win some points in the next interscholastic meet, why not all get together and boom the track team ? Now is the time to begin a movement which shall perma- nently establish in our schools one of the best sports in existence. Let the local papers take up the cry and use their influence with the city fathers in favor of a track for S. H. S. FOOTBALL. SOMERVILLE, 21. BROOKLINE, O. November 17, Tufts Oval. Somerville kept up her good work by running up a score of 21 points against Brookline. The game was played in a drizzling rain, and the field was in a poor condition. Notwithstanding, about two hundred persons, including several of the faculty and a few girls, came out to the Oval and proved that their enthu- siasm was waterproof. The first half was nip and tuck throughout. Brookline kicked off to Cuddy, who brought the ball back io yds. We tried a fake kick, which re- sulted in a loss. Then Pipe punted way down the field and Story downed his man in good shape. Fitts got the ball on a fumble, but we were held on downs. Brookline then fumbled, Ball falling on the ball. Brookline gained 5 yds. on a trick play. Somerville got the ball and punted ; Brookline fumbled and Ball captured the pigskin. C. Pipe picked up a fumble and came near clear- ing the field, but was downed by Tobey, after having run 25 yds. The ball was Somerville’s in Brook SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 21 line’s territory, but the field was a veritable frog-pond. Cuddy, Philbrick and Ball made gains which brought the ball to Brookline’s 15-yd. line. With only three minutes to play R. Pipe tried a goal from the field, which attempt was unsuccessful, owing to the ball being wet and slippery. The ball struck a Brookline player and bounded back to where C. Pipe picked it up. On the next play R. Pipe made a goal from the field from the 20-yd. line. Time up. Somerville 5. In the second half, Pipe kicked off to Brookline. Soon Brookline tried to punt, but was blocked, the ball rolling back almost to her goal. Hatch snatched up the ball and carried it across the line for a touchdown. Pipe missed the goal. Hatch took the kick- off back almost to center, from where Pipe punted to Brookline’s 20-yd. line. Our ends nailed their man. Brookline, after making a good gain, tried to punt, but their back juggled the ball and Somerville got it. After a few good gains, C. Pipe went around the end for 30 yds. and a touchdown. Pipe kicked the goal. Brookline kicked off to Fitts. Pipe made a long punt. On the next line- up Brookline’s punt was blocked and Boat Pipe went around the end for another touchdown No goal. There was no further scoring, and for the few minutes left Brookline had the ball, but far back in their own territory. Our team put up a good exhibition in spite of the unfavorable conditions. 4For Brookline, Wilcox, P. Fox and Strickland excelled. The line up : SOMERVILLE. BROOKLINE. Story, 1. e......................r. ©., Strickland Hatch, 1. t.........................r. t., E. Fox White, 1. g.........................r. k., I . Fox Cushman, c.... .........................c., Crane l’hilbrick, r. g....................1. g.f Dexter Hail, r. t..........................1. t., Smith Wiggin, r. e.....................I. e.. Ainsworth Fitts, |. b........................n. b., Tobey Cuddy, I. b. b......................r h. b.. Hall C. Pipe, r. b. b........I. h. b., Wilcox (Wilbur) K. Pipe, f. b.......................f. b., Morse Score— Somerville 21, Brookline 0. Touchdowns- Hatch, C. Pipe, 2. Goal from the held—It. Pipe. Goal—It. Pipe. Umpire—Saul. Referee—Bouve. Linesmen—Cassidy and Baxter. Time—20 and 15- minute halves. R. Pipe's punting and his goal from the field did much to make our score what it was. CHAMPIONSHIP. SOMERVILLE 7. C. M. T. S., O. November 24, Charles River Park. Somerville defeated C. M. T. S. in the deciding game of the season, before nearly 7000 spectators, one of the largest crowds that ever witnessed an interscholastic contest. All Somer- ville was there, from Mayor Perry down. Both teams were out for the champion- ship ; both were as yet undefeated, both in shape for a hard game; and only one could win ! The game was one of the grandest ever seen on an interscholastic grid- iron ; the cheering reminded one of a great college contest. Manual Training, though she put up a stiff game, was fairly out-classed by Somerville. Our boys kept Cambridge on the defensive throughout the game ; forcing the play into our opponent's territory continually. Cambridge, contrary to expectation, put Doyle at right end, in place of But- ler, who was ineligible. Considerable uneasiness was felt on our side, when it was learned that Russell was out of the game, “owing to the demands of family persuasion but Pierce, who took his place, played a strong game. During the first half there was no scoring ; and neither side had much of an advantage, although Somerville got dangerously near a touchdown several times. The first half was mainly a punting contest, in which Pipe had the better of the argument. Pipe kicked off to Mott; Cambridge punted back. The ball changed hands continually, any advantage gained by one team being almost instantly offset by a spurt on the part of the other. Finally Cambridge tried a fake kick, but Marshall, seeing that he was sure to be tackled, passed the ball with “wild accuracy” back to Mott. The pigskin went over the latter’s bead and was only recovered by Cambridge on the latter’s 5-yd. line. Cambridge went behind the line to punt, but the ball struck the goal-posts and was captured by Somerville on Manual’s 25-yd line. Cambridge, however, got the ball and punted out of danger. We brought the ball right back and R. Pipe tried for a 22 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. goal from the field. It missed by only a few inches. After the next play San- born took Cuddy’s place. The latter had injured his shoulder early in the half, but had pluckily stayed in the game. Time up. During the halves a heavy shower fell, which made the field soft and slip- pery. Just as the teams emerged from their dressing rooms to renew the strug- gle, the shower settled down to a driz- zle that lasted throughout the game. Somerville went in to win and did win. Cambridge kicked off to Fitts, who took the ball back almost to center. From here we took the ball to the 30-yd. line, when Boat Pipe went through for 25 yds., but was tackled so fiercely that he dropped the ball. Cambridge got the ball and tried to punt from behind the line, but the ball was passed way by Marshall. Mott regained the pigskin and was bringing it back onto the grid- iron when Pierce downed him, only a yard behind the line. This scored a safety for Somerville and brought forth cheer after cheer from the Somerville supporters. While this safety had discouraged Manual, it had fired our boys with still greater determination. They went into the game with resistless force. After Cambridge’s free kick the ball went back and forth on punts, until finally, after Pipe had missed two goals from the field, we pushed the ball by steady gains to the 20-yd. line. Then came the touchdown that nailed the game for us. Story, who had been doing great work all through the game, was sent around the end. The interference and blocking off gave him an almost clear field, and he started diagonally across the field for a sure touchdown. He was tackled, but not until he had crossed the line. Then a mighty shout arose, such as is read about but seldom heard. The punt-out for a try at goal was blocked, but it mat- tered not. From that point to the end of the game Cambridge played mainly to keep 0111 score down, and in that endeavor was successful. Time was called in a few minutes. Somerville had won 7—o. Every 0ne of our team put up a great exhibition of football playing, our line- men taking care of their opponents in great shape, while Fitts and the backs were much faster than Cambridge could show. One of the greatest factors in the result was the excellent coaching the team has received this season. Coach Newell was assisted by “ Bert ” Waters of Har- vard in putting on the finishing touches, for the Cambridge game. Line up : SOMERVILLE HIGH CAMBUII GK MANUAL Story, 1. e..........................r. e., Doyle Hail, 1. t........................r. t., Marshall Pierce, 1. g.......................r. g., Dorsey Cushman, c.............................c., Fiske Philbrick, r. g..................1. g., Hastings Hatch, r. t.........................1. t., Harris Wiggin, r. e......................1. e., Cappelle Kitts, q. b.........................«i- b., Mott Cuddy, 1. h. b................r. h. b., Gallagher Sanborn, 1. h. b. C. Pipo, r. h. b...................1. h. b., Webb R. Pipe, f. b............................f. b., Watkins Score—Somerville High, 7; Cambridge Manual, 0. Touchdown—Story. Safety touchdown—Mott. Umpire — Swain, Harvard. Referee —Cranston, Harvard. Linesman—Pierce. Time—25m. halves. Attendance—7000. CAPTAIN PIPE. Carleton C. Pipe, captain of this year’s victorious football team, entered the Somerville English High School in the fall of 1895, having graduated from the Highland Grammar School. Before en- tering High School he had been captain of both the baseball and the football teams which played under the name of of the West Somervilles. From his first appearance at school he has been prominent in every form of athletics. In ’95 he played halfback on on the football team, and in the spring was catcher on the baseball team. In the fall of ’96 he was missed from the gridiron on account of a broken ankle received just before the opening of the season. lie played his old position on the ball team of ’97, and many wiil re- member how he played through the I lopkinson game with a broken finger. That fall he was back on the football team as halfback. Last spring he was behind the bat on the ball team and won the Hoppy game by his magnificent batting. This fall he was chosen captain of the team, and from his position of halfback has carried the team to the champion- ship of the Senior League, a goal which he has long wished to win. Beside football and baseball he has SOM ERVI L L1C HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 23 CARL ETON C. PIPE From the Boston Sunday Journal, being one of the many half-tone photographs printed each week In the Sunday Journal. been prominent in polo and in track events. Throughout his school life he has been earnest, enthusiastic and un- tiring in the work of raising athletics to the highest possible point. We hope to see him catcher again on the ball team next spring. THE CELEBRATION. In spite of the bad weather about 150 of the boys gathered on Central Hill on the evening of the C. M. T. S. game to celebrate the winning of the champion- ship. This year there was greater cause for rejoicing than on the three previous years, but the fellows were equal to the occasion. Headmasters Whitcomb and Baxter were visited and responded to the hearty cheers given them with words of commendation for the team. After stopping at Mr. Fitts’, the march for Davis Square was taken up. All the way down Highland Avenue cheers for the team, the players and the coach were frequent. When West Somerville was reached Mr. Pipe was called on for a speech. He responded, congratulat- ing the team on its success. Then a re- turn to Davis Square was made, where, after much cheering, etc., the boys dis- persed. Lack of space prevents the mention of several interesting and sig- nificant observances that contributed to the program of the evening. AT THE CENTRAL CLUB. That was a rousing reception that the Central Club gave the football team ! Every one there had a good time. Mr. J. Frank Wellington, president of the club, in a few hearty words welcomed the boys and then introduced Mayor Perry. Mayor Perry, after paying a glowing tribute to the boys of the team, showed them the great benefit they had derived from athletics and how the ex- perience they had obtained would stand them in good stead long after they left school. After Rep.-Elect Robert Luce, an alumnus, had spoken a few pleasant words for the team, Charles Fitts sang a song composed by Geo. Stephens for the occasion. It was a winner, sure enough ! Mr. Hawes then read some verses he had written. Gerish Newell, in earnest words, spoke of the harmony that existed in the team, of the interest the boys had shown in their work and of the splendid support of the faculty. Dr. Hanscom, who has followed the team all the season, was unable to be present. A band of minstrels was called on to entertain the company and they kept things humming. Downstairs a Dutch feed was given, which was heartily approved. At last the guests reluctantly left,after having spent a most enjoyable evening. 24 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. NOTES. Though football hath of halfbacks And of fullbacks not a few : With its bruised and mangled forms It hath its drawbacks, too. “Just seven points to none.” Rah ! rah! rah ! Central Club ! Hatch wasn’t so easy as C. M. T. S. expected. Too bad we didn’t get a chance to play St Paul's. Somerville has made three goals from the field ; Hoppy two. Watch the men from S. II. S. that enter college next fall. Here’s what some of the Boston dai- lies said about Somerville after the C. M. T. S. game : Somerville High is not grudged her handsome winning of the school cham- pionship. Her winning was clean cut, due to clear superiority, and so good is her title to the honors that she was not even once scored on by her rivals.— Record. The game was the finest seen around here for a long time, and in it the value of a kicking game was better demon- strated than ever before. The ability of Somerville to play this game was in a great measure responsible for the vic- tory.—Post. PERNIN M SHORTHAND SCHOOL. 180 TremontSt., Boston. Circular and Trial Week Free. The New Freeman Studio PHOTOGRAPHER Broadway, cor. Mt, Vernon Street Has every approved modern appliance for ob- taining the best results in photography and por- traiture. barge groups, landscapes, exteriors and interiors are specialties. Somerville High A. A. •loin Now by Kemllng 25 cent to M. S. GETCHELL, S. E. H. S. Skilton, Foote Co.’s . 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Contents for January u v Editorials, The Riots in Milan, The Annual Story, A Ruined Ideal, “English As She Is Wrote,” Scientific Topics of the Day, The Sword Fish and Sword Fishing, Belshazzar, Announcement, Calendar, Camera Club Notes, S. E. H. S. Gleanings, Latin High Gleanings, Latin Notes, English Notes, Athletic Notes, Exchange Notes, 3 5 S 9 11 12 «3 � 5 15 16 16 16 16 17 19 21 2 3 CHAMPIONS OF SENIOR INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE '98. Smith, (Manager) ’9!� . Phil brick, 99. Cushman, '00. Russell, '01. Story,’99. R. Pipe, ’99 Hall, 00. Cuddy,’9ft. C. Pipe, (Capt.)'99. Newell, (Coach). Hatch.’00. Jones, ’91. Wlggin, ’99. Peirce, '99. Sanborn, ’(� 9. Harts, ’00. Fitts, ’99. Somerville T H E LATIN SCHOOL. High School Radiator. ENGLISH SCHOOLi. Vol. VIII. Somerville, Massachusetts, January, 1899. No. 3. The Radiator Is published by the Somerville Latin and English High Schools on the third Wednesday of every month during the school year, and only important news matter can be received after the 10th of the month. Matter for insertion may be left with any of the editorial staff or be mailed to the editor at the English High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign the full name and address (this Is for reference only). Communications should be addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor, according to their nature. Manuscript must be accompanied by the necessary postage to insure its return. TERMS, 75 CENTS PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES. IO CENTS. Entered at Boston Post Oflice as second class matter. SOMERVILLE CITIZEN PRESS. OFFICERS OF THE RADIATOR. EDITOR IN CHIEF. GUY C. RIDDELL, E. II. S., ’99. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. LUELLA P. WINSUIP, L. II. S., '99. SPORTING EDITOR. WALTER C. NICKERSON, E. H.S., ’93. the United States would have entered upon and finished a war with Spain, a war which was to change the history of this country, he would have been much ridiculed. Yet that has happened. Things as unexpected and as unlooked for may come upon us in the next twelve months, but what shape they will take is an interesting matter for conjecture. Nearer home, the past year has witnessed the completion of the Hos- ton Subway and the new South Ternvnal THK Radiator hopes for all its sub- scribers and friends a year of great happiness in the newly arrived eighteen ninety-nine. We have all, doubtless, made some good resolutions. Whether we keep them or not is left for the future to show, and perhaps some have already been broken, but at least the good intention is there. This decade has been one of unusual progress and advancement. If one year ago any one had foretold that before January, 1899, EXCHANGE EDITOR. MARGUERITE FOOTE, E. H. S., ’99. BUSINESS MANAGER. MARK R. JOUETT, Jr., L. II. S., ’99. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER. L. ARTHUR WALLOX. E. II. S., 1900. CLASS EDITORS. LATIN SCHOOL. TORR W. H ARMER, ’99. LIX WOOD E. SNOWMAN. 1900. ROBERT NICHOLS, ’01. PIERCE P. McGANN, 02. ENGLISH SCHOOL. H. FLORENCE RALPH, ’99. HERBERT M. HALE, 1900. CARLTON JONES, 01. LOUIS H. YELLAND, ’02. TREASURER. G. LEON PEIRCE, L. II. S., ’99. 4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Station. In our own schools the year has been very pleasant and successful, our athletics have never been more so. Rut we, both as schools and as indi- viduals, have made mistakes. Let us hope that we may make fewer in the future and that this may be an even more successful one than the old year to which we said “good-bye” on Decem- ber 31. ' DURING the past season as never before, the citizens of Somerville have been aroused to a thorough inter- est in High School football. The en- thusiasm of the students has reached every part of the city, and business men who have hitherto regarded the game with indifference or distaste have been converted into enthusiastic devotees by the clever and sportsmanlike work of this year’s senior champions. A letter from “J. E. B.” in a local paper of No- vember 25 contained advice to the friends of the team worthy of consideration. The writer recommended some action on the part of Somerville as a city to show the victorious eleven that their efforts had not gone without appreciation. Not a bad idea! The gift of a track for the track team or a field for the baseball and football teams of the future, would surely receive the approval of a large majority of citizens. It is with pleasure that we record the action of a number of Somerville gentlemen who arc planning to present club and individual champion- ship cups to the members of the team of ’98. IT is about time that a vigorous cam- paign was instituted against the abso- lute lack of spirit evident throughout our High Schools. When an organiza- tion with 180 names on its membership roll announces one of the most impor- tant meetings of the year and but 21 members respond, something is the matter. The fact, too, that out of a school numbering nearly 1,000 pupils, this same organization—an organization formed solely for the benefit of the pupils and school—can induce but 180 of them to become members, is indeed a reflection upon the name of the Somer- ville High Schools. This same lack of interest on the part of students in mat- ters outside their own personal spheres is equally noticeable in the classes—in class meetings and class socials. Clubs and societies have to struggle to main- tain an existence. This is not the case in other schools. Why should it be in our own. It is not right. Students, one and all, think this over. AYOR PERRY’S withdrawal from the City Hall means the retire- ment of a firm friend of the Somerville High Schools. Their educational and athletic interests have never failed to secure his warmest support, and as he leaves the chief magistrate’s chair he may feel assured of taking with him the sincerest affection and respect of every pupil in the city. His addresses in our High Schools will long be remembered as models of brilliant eloquence, and whenever opportunity has offered Mayor Perry has shownthimself the staunch friend of education. The Radiator expresses the sentiment of every mem- ber of the High Schools in wishing him continued prosperity, health and happi- ness. FREQUENT inquiries have been heard as to the number and charac- ter of our exchanges, and many have expressed a desire to examine them. If it were possible, the Radiator would gladly put them on file in a place acces- sible to everyone. No such place is available however, and those wishing a glance at our contemporaries are re- ferred to the Exchange Editor. If you are interested in the paper of a certain school, inquire for it, and if not on our ex- change list we will gladly procure it for you. The exchanges have always been a source of pleasure and profit to the editors, and it is our desire to make them so to our readers as well. ALL reports agree in making 1898, for the United States, at least, the greatest year on record. It will go into American history as the date of a suc- cessful war, better exports, general boom in trade, and the union of North and South. In the annals of Somer- ville, 1898 will also stand for increased prosperity, and among other things it will signify “S. H. and L.’s” first win- ning of a Senior Championship. SOM ERVI LEE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 Ubc IRiots in fllMlan. ESTHER HAILEY. T is a comforting fact that the world never seems so small, and the dependence ofeachpartof it upon all the others so evident, as when one is miles away from home on “ the other side.” The news of the be- ginning of war between the United States and Spain had come speeding across the ocean to many an anxious American. It had been preceded by days of waiting and the news, although it seemed bad, at least relieved the long suspense. I stood in the Piazza di Spagna at Rome that April morning and read the war bulletin posted at the door of Piale’s bookstore. The little group of readers broke and shifted but never disappeared, for new comers constantly arrived to step into the places of those moving away. We were mostly Ameri- cans, and though we did not speak, we felt the common bond all the closer for the nation’s peril. Occasionally, how- ever, a stranger joined the group: a burly German, or a sturdy Englishman, or even an ecclesiastical student, with his shovel hat and long black cassock with the bright colored sash and facings which denoted his nationality. But for the most part the world, particularly the Italian world, “passed by on the other side.” Beyond the fact that the Spanish- American War meant big headlines and full columns in the newspapers, the rush- ing home of some American tourists and the staying at home of more, with a con- sequent falling off in the flow of gold from American into Italian pockets, what had the war in far-off Cuba to do with Italy ? One oi the first effects of the war was a rise in the price of wheat all over the world, followed almost immediately in many places by a rise in the price of bread. It was only a slight increase, but to the poor, struggling, tax-ridden Italians it meant much. The war begun in far-off Cuba had reached Italy. It is not my purpose to consider the fundamental cause of the riots in Italy. That question is still being argued with much heat on both sides of the Atlantic. Whether the riots simply voiced the des- perate demand of a starving people for food; whether they were an attack upon heavy taxation or upon compulsory mili- tary service; whether the poor peasants were only a tool in the hands of schem- ing Socialists, and the outbreaks only part of a deeply laid plot to overthrow the government; or whether underneath it all moved the guiding hand of the Church party,— who can say with cer- tainty ? The real cause seems more likely to be found in a combination of several or all of these. I shall confine myself to the safer ground of what I saw and heard during those threatening days. When I left Rome on May 3, there had been reports of the gathering of the poor people in several cities. They had marched to the council halls in some places, the women usually leading because they were less likely to be roughly dispersed than a mob of men alone, and had demanded bread and work. Their appeals were answered in every case, I believe, by a temporary removal of the tax on bread, which at once brought down the price. But the rioters were not ready to stop. We reached Milan on the sixth of May. We had come to see the Cathe- dral of course, and we strained our eyes to catch the first glimpse of its airy towers. Where can be found another such combination of perfect symmetry and strength with lightness and beauty? From my little balcony at the Hotel de France, I could look down the busy Corso Vittorio Emanuele to where the Cathedral reared its marble walls. We will not view it hastily, we agreed. We will study it often and long and let its wonderful beauty grow upon us. But 6 SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. fate, in the form of Italian rioters, willed otherwise. Friday afternoon we spent in visiting galleries, and came back when tired for a perfect rest in the dim interior of the Cathedral, where the dazzling sun sifts with a softened light through beautiful stained-glass, and re- veals wonderful carvings and massive col- umns and perfect arches; where the faint odor of incense drifts through the air, and the silence is broken by the low monoto- nous chant of the priests answered by the organ and the choir. The rioting began that night outside one of the city gates. Rut we did not read the daily paper, and the obliging head waiter, who was so eager to assist in our daily plans, knew better than to relate any scary news Saturday noon I was returning to the hotel alone after a visit to the Church of San Lorenzo. My way led through the Cathedral Square, but just as I was about to enter it I saw the people running away in all directions. I could see nothing to cause flight. The people stopped to tell each other the news in excited tones, and I wished for the hundredth time I could understand their language. A woman rushing by was struck by my unnatural calm and stopped to fire a volley of French at me, which was immediately followed by a relieved, “ Oh ! you are English ' and she dropped at once into her mother tongue and mine. She told me that she was about to order her lunch in a neighboring restaurant, when the proprietor told her she could not be served, and hurried her out into the street where the stones were already beginning to fly, while he and his wait- ers gave their undivided attention to put- ting up the big wooden shutters before the windows. And now, in the twinkling of an eye, the busy streets were transformed. Out came every shop keeper and up went the heavy shutters over windows and doors. Then about the little portals in the great door shutters the men clus- tered, ready to retreat and block this last opening at a moment’s notice. From the windows above, through half- closed blinds, women and children peered down anxiously. The teams rattled off and left the streets quiet, the trams stopped running, and the busy city settled down as for a siege. Since the Cathedral Square seemed dangerous, I made my way back to the hotel by a less direct route, and found on my arrival that we, too, were prepared for a siege, with hotel windows barred and only a little portal in the great door. Across the way our neighbor, having secured his windows, was taking down his arc light globes. “ What does it all mean ? ” I asked the clerk. “ Is it a bread riot ? ” “ Oh ! they have bread enough,” he replied. “It began last night when the soldiers went to summon some men who have been drafted for the army. The men refused to go, the crowd stoned the soldiers, and a soldier and two rioters were killed. The men have already served two years,” he explained, “ and many of them now are married, but this is an extra draft on account of riots in other places.” Thus it works. Peaceful citizens are called out in Milan to subdue their riot- ing fellow-countrymen in Turin, the call produces a riot, and soldiers must be drafted in Verona to calm Milan. There was nothing to do but to re- main quietly at home that afternoon. As all business was suspended, the streets began to fill with excited men, moving restlessly up and down, eager to see where the next blow would be struck. At every unusual sound there was a common impulse on the part of those within to rush to windows and doors First, with a rythmic tramp, came a company of infantry Again there was a louder clatter and a troop of cavalry marched by,and then, loudest of all, the artillery, dragging their can- nons to plant in the Cathedral Square. We had seen soldiers before — marvel- ously arrayed Scotch Highlanders and natty English soldiers, with their mirac- ulous little caps, which hang over one ear and never fall, and machine-like German soldiers, with their handsome, immaculate officers, veritable Apollos in shoulder-straps, even the Kaiser's own body-guard of six-footers, in gorgeous gold helmets and uniforms of white and red. Rut these, the first soldiers we had seen in action, were quite different. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 7 They were dusty and dirty and weary ; some of them had been hurried from other cities, some had been in the con- flicts of the past night and this morning ; all had been ready for an instant call to action. Hut we admired them more than all their spick-and-span brothers we had seen before. We might be ever so sorry for the poor rioters, but there is an inborn love and respect for law and order which makes it hard to sym- pathize fully with this ungoverned, law- less band, without plan or leader, whose method of warfare is a blow in the dark, sudden destruction of property and flight Some of the bystanders cheered the soldiers as they passed, and we felt an answering thrill. A young woman in a balcony across the way shouted, “ Viva Italia! ” and we felt like shouting with her. Again there was a sudden tumult. It was only the advance guard of a small army of newsboys calling the extra edi- tion of the daily paper. They came tearing down the street, already hoarse with shouting, selling their papers at every few steps, and barely taking time to snatch their money and rush on. The next day we were again treated to this newspaper rush, but after that the newspaper office and its socialistic editor were summarily shut up. Another outcry. This time it was a loud-voiced orator, followed by a crowd of men and boys. We could not under- stand his words, but he carried his argu- ment in his hand—a cap containing some gruesome, bloody bits, at the sight of which the women shrank back in horror. He was evidently making an appeal for the dead owner’s family, for pieces of money were thrown into this horrible contribution box. Soon, how- ever, the soldiers began to parade the streets at regular intervals and the crowds were not allowed to collect. The streets became more cjuiet, and, led by the thought of waiting home letters, we ventured out to the banker’s. There seemed little danger, if one only avoided the crowds. The astonished bank por- ter led us in by a little side door, and the equally astonished clerks collected their scattered wits enough to give us some money and the letters sent in their care. That night there was more trouble at the city gates and more were killed and wounded The city was placed under martial law and posters all over the city gave notice of that fact, and called upon all good citizens to aid in keeping the peace by going regularly about their daily work. Another notice called for the delivery within twenty-four hours of all firearms. All the morning men might be seen on the streets carrying guns, carefully wrapped and tagged for later identification after the danger of their use by the rioters had passed. Again we ventured out and tried to get near the Cathedral, but every street leading to the square was blocked by lines of soldiers who gently but firmly refused us passage. We tried to console ourselves with the thought that our loss meant the safety of the great Cathedral, for the possession of this square, from which the principal streets radiate, sig- nified the control of the city, and even the Cathedral’s sacred beauty would ap- peal in vain to a frenzied mob. We visited the old refectory of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie to see Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Sup- per,” walking because no trams had run since Saturday, when the rioters threw some of them across the track for a street barricade. We passed on the Corso Venezia the scene of the hottest conflict Saturday, where the mob had entered the house of a city official and thrown most of his furniture into the street. I had seen broken glass before, but here it was literally pulverized. One had to look closely to see in the empty casements close to the wood the tiny fragments of the original pane. The metal work was dented and twisted, and even a little shrine of the Virgin on th’e adjacent street corner had not es- caped. The frame which had sheltered her was broken, and an ugly stone was still lodged at her very feet. The university students of Europe manage to have a share in every politi- cal disturbance. Sunday night three hundred students from the university at Pavia, many of them armed, arrived at Milan. They were refused admission at the city gates and withdrew to a monastery outside, where they were 8 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. given shelter. Monday a force was sent to demand their surrender. When this was refused an entrance was forced, and students and monks, as many as could be seized, were marched into Milan to prison. This was the signal for the most violent outbreak. The rioters rushed into houses along the way, and from roofs and upper windows threw down roof-tiles, stones, and anything which could serve as missiles. The sol- diers, of course, fired to defend them- selves. Finally, an advance line pre- ceded those guarding the prisoners and warned every person away from side- walk, door or window along the route. The orders were swift and sharp. One warning cry and a weapon pointed at your head and your curiosity gave way for the time to another feeling, and you dropped as suddenly as though the bul- let had already sped to its mark. That was an exciting day for the hotel guests. The clerk forgot his usual equanimity, chamber-maids and waiters mingled un- invited with guests at front windows, and the small “ Buttons ” deserted his elevator and fairly fell over himself in his frantic haste to get up stairs. This day, however, marked the crisis. Thirty thousand soldiers now held the city so securely guarded that not a rioter could move without detection. Many of the leading agitators were in custody, and the number of killed and wounded must have had a sobering ef- fect upon the most violently disposed. First reports placed the numbers at three hundred killed and five hundred wounded. The exact number of wounded must have been hard to ascertain, as it was safest to nurse wounds in seclusion, when arrests for active participation were common. Against that royal bul- wark, the trained and loyal army, the rioters spent their force in vain. For the army has always stood staunchly for United Italy and the King, his only safeguard in a land where foes from within are more to be dreaded than those from without. And so the army prevailed and the city gradually settled back into its busy, peaceful life. Riot- ing is an exciting, but not a paving bus- iness. The shop keepers and hotel pro- prietors saw with dismay frightened tourists fleeing over the border into Switzerland as fast as express trains would carry them, and the season spoiled at its very beginning, or just as the tide of travel was setting northward from Rome. So the shop keepers gladly took down their shutters and. cheerfully re- sumed business. When we left Milan on Wednesday, order prevailed everywhere. Rut the soldiers still stood in the Cathedral Square, though they blocked no streets, and the horses and the cannons were still there. The doors of the great Cathedral were still fast closed. Within there were no kneeling worshippers, no drifting incense, no sound of organ, nor voice of priest. From the topmost pin- nacle of the central tower the great, golden Virgin, as she had beheld the rioting and bloodshed, now looked down upon the beautiful city at peace. ube Hnnual 5tor . Sommer. They stood beneath a spreading tree, And talked as lovers should, And then to seal the compact, he Cut “Mabel” on the wood. Autumn. Now back to town they both have strayed, One day they chanced to meet; And then and there the self-same maid Cut “Charlie ” on the street. — Puck. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 9 H IRmneb llbeal. BY WllO it is. In the central part of New York State rests the little hamlet of West Emstead. It is shut out from the re- mainder of the world, by high ranges of hills rising on its eastern and western borders. Through the middle of the town flows the infant Susquehanna. Who would believe that this mere brook, con- trolled by a few farmers, could swell itself into a mighty river, which, in its wrath- ful moments, causes terror to thousands of people ? The first time I saw this village was from the seat of the mail boy’s cart. We had covered about ten miles from Berlin, where I had arrived from New York. I had fallen into one of those many restless naps, which had become the most prominent feature of my jour- ney, when I was aroused by the pant- ing of the horse. On looking up or rather down, I be- held one of the prettiest pictures God ever caused to be created. Here, ten miles from anywhere, existed, actually thrived, a town that grew in exactly the opposite ratio from what persons on the exterior would credit it. Here, in a rich valley, nursed and kept luxuriant by a small river, nestled fifty or more houses. By a strange coincidence every house was painted white, and, as the setting sun smiled on them from over the western hills, it lent the white of the dwellings and green of the grass a soft tone, which made the scene all the more beautiful. What reasons had I for breaking in on the tranquility of this town ? None other than those generally possessed by city folk who make short stays in the country during the summer months. The mail boy seemed to know all about me, for he pulled up before a neat, one-story cottage, and running a long fore finger in the direction of the door, yawned, “Thar’s the Hadley’s ware you’re goin’ ter b’ard.” Hardly had he finished when a young, buxom woman, scarcely twenty-five, came bounding through the door in my direction. She greeted me with a good smacking kiss, which dislocated my hat and took away my breath. When she had informed me, with minute care, of her relationship to my “dear friend, her brother Tom,” she propounded all man- ner of questions to me relating to my trip. Finally, realizing that my travelling companion had business elsewhere, she wound up with, “Poor child, you must be hungry,” then turning to a large loose jointed man standing in the door- way, she called out, “Fred! put that coffee pot on the front of the stove and cut some bread. Mind now that you don’t cut wedges!” Addressing me again, she continued, “Come in the house, Willie, and see my husband, Fred. I know he’s dying with curiosity to hear about the goings on down New York way.” And thus, with this introduc- tion, I entered on my stay at Emstead. Summer waned into fall, and fall still found me a resident of the country. Beside the isolation of the town I found that it possessed two other peculiarities. First, that with the exception of two couples, every one was under thirty years of age; secondly, they all had one religion. Seven-day Baptists they called themselves. With the going down of the sun Friday begins their Sunday, and with sunset Saturday be- gins their Monday ; but this mode of divine worship is not so queer after all. What difference docs it make whether a community set aside Sunday or Mon- day, Friday or Saturday, to make peace with God and man, so long as one day out of the seven is used for the purpose ? Although I had spent all my short life in the city, I had never encountered so many “goings on,” to quote Mrs. Hadley, as I did out here on this oasis. Rarely a night passed without its hay ride, candy pull, husking bee, lawn or donation party. Every one was in- vited to every thing, and every one, as a rule, accepted. Fred and his wife were leaders in amusement circles, and as such a thing as my being left alone nights was never thought of, I accom- IO Till-: SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. paniecl them in all their tours of pleasure. I found Fred Hadley to be a jolly good fellow, in fact, I found every one to be kind hearted and thoughtful. Charlie Hadley, Fred’s brother, was es- pecially so. How it pleased us children to see him coming down the road with his barrel stomached horse and wide seated Concord. We always suspended play, preparatory to holding up the merry outfit and demanding as toll a ride about town. It stands to reason that, as this good natured fellow was the only bachelor in town he must also figure prominently on the school committee, for few married country people look on schools other than as a place of refuge to send their children through the busy portion of the day. As chairman of the commit- tee, it became Charlie’s duty to engage an instructor from year to year. With the dropping of the first leaves in autumn, he hitched his horse into this obliging Concord and set out for Berlin. On his returns he had hereto- fore been accompanied by one of the masculine gender. Great was the sur- prise of the natives then, when they saw one of the fairer sex perched on the seat beside our superintendent. Miss May, the “new teacher,” and a recent graduate of Vassar, had been spending the summer with friends in Berlin. Hearing there was an opening at Emstead for a young teacher she immediately applied to the investigating board for the position. It was whis- pered about that, with her pretty face, rather than with her college diploma, she gained her desired point and came to be installed as mind developer in our one-room school house. That Miss May was pretty there was no denying; even the women admitted it, and when one woman will allow that another is good looking you may rest assured she is. The day after our educator’s arrival school opened. Although I was not obliged to attend I did so partly from curiosity and partly from thoughts of loneliness. Country schools are com- posed of two classes; one consists of the farm hands, who are sent to school and fed during the winter for what chores they may do mornings and nights; the other consists of the farmers’ sons and daughters. As a body the pupils take great liberties with the teacher, but Miss May, with her quiet, refined manners, routed all thoughts of rebellion in her scholars, and even the older ones took their lessons in the ele- ments of wood carving without a mur- mur. The bare fact of a woman’s being con- nected with school work in any form must, according to public belief, elimi- nate all sentimentality from her mind and convert her into as hard hearted a person as her predecessor, the old peda- gogue, is sometimes credited with having been. So when duties of the school board, or pretended duties, brought our friend Charlie into the presence of Miss May and her pupils daily, no thought was given as to the real motives of these calls. But when it was Miss May, and not her scholars who held up the Con- cord for toll, the knowing ones would wink at one another with a grin and say, “Looks a’ though Charly Hadley had some ’tentions in the line o’ matri- mony,” and then they would poke one another in the ribs and laugh as if it were the funniest thing that ever happened. Things were getting on famously and looked as if they were going to end like the novel, in a “happy marriage,” when a black cloud floated over the sky in the shape of a so-called exploring party. This party came from Philadelphia for the purpose of examining the source of the Susquehanna. After a stay of about a week they all returned to the gaiety of the city. All save a young fellow, Blaney by name, who was to re- main for “further research.” Blaney was one of the know-every- thing been-everywhere sort, whose re- search seemed to be more into human nature than geography, for he soon be- becamca steady, uninvited guest at our school. At first Miss May seemed dis- pleased at his calls, but when he finally got her interested in his polished con- versation, she began to look for him even- ings and receive him with smiles Poor Charlie, what a showing he made beside this suave fop; his faults, which had SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. gone unnoticed by Miss May, were brought out by the hundred when she compared him with Blaney. One Friday when Blaney had been car- rying on his “investigations’’ for about a month, Charlie came in as usual with Miss May’s salary. He was about to depart when Miss May interrupted him with, ‘I presume Mr. Hadley, as no other arrangements were made when I came here, that I may leave at any time without serving notice?” “I suppose you may, marm,” Charlie replied,when he had somewhat recovered from the confusion the question caused him. “Well, then,” continued Miss May, “if it’s all the same to you, I think I will let today be my last.” Charlie’s face was a picture. There combined with surprise and disappoint- ment the deepest sorrow and pain. Without again looking at our cold- hearted mistress, his mistress, he murmured, “All right, marm,” and passed with bowed head through the door. Next day all of us children went down to see Miss May off. What was my surprise and amazement on arriving at the postoffice to see that rascal Blaney 11 seated beside our late instructor in the mail boy’s cart. So this insipid dude had solved his problem at last and was in the act of carrying it off. Thoughts of Charlie’s desertion made me furious, and I walked off without even saying good-bye to the hypocrite. As I passed one of those prophetical I-told-you-so’s, I heard her say, “Charly Hadley might o’ known a city gal wouldn’t give a rap for a country jay like him.” On taking a short cut home I found the object of this remark stretched full length on a pile of leaves near the river, crying like a baby. Seeing him in such anguish made my own tears come and there we lay, both in tears, he because he lost his one desire ; I because he felt so bad over losing it. Finally, he looked up in my face and said, “Willie, I’d have given all I have if this here bloomin’ river had only begun its source further down the valley.” Then, after a fresh outburst, “It’s a hard world, ain’t it boy ? ” In this manner was the uniqueness of the village disturbed, the women taught to gossip about the men and the men taught to distrust the women. My ideal city was ruined. “ Emjlisb Es She Us Wrote.” “ K; ” S. L. S., '99. VERYONE has heard of the big catches of the American angler who fishes for the wondrously ingen- ious blunders of Europeans. I always believed these were “ fish stories ” until I myself found them in great abundance. In Switzerland these signs were most numerous, and it was there we began to collect them. One day we started out to visit a glacier, and arriving at the base, saw the following notice : — “ Party of glacier being executed in 20 minutes — very recommendable ” — Soon, enough people to form a “ party of glacier” arrived, and tied together with ropes and led by guides, climbed cautiously around the lofty ice-spires. We waited eagerly for their reappear- ance. Ten minutes, fifteen, half an- hour passed, but they did not return. We descended to the village with the firm conviction that the guides had lived up to their contract and the “ party of glacier’’ was really “ executed.” As we neared the village our atten- tion was attracted by a small roadside booth. On its counter were displayed some of those usually hideous daubs, known as “ mountain pictures.” A sign told us these were the “ Paintings of a Lame.” 12 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. They certainly did look decrepid. This deformed English manages to climb even to the mountain tops. We found this wise precaution in a hotel on the top of the Rigi: — “It is not allowed to wrap round the coverlets for going out to the top of the mountain.” This was otherwise in Mark Twain’s time. “ Wrapped round with coverlets” he and his confidential friend, Harris, thrice attempted to see the sunrise and failed. At the mouth of the famous St. Goth- ard Tunnel, the longest in the world, is situated a charming village, and here we discovered several gems, among them this: — “Mountain travellers are kindly requested to address themselves only to patented guides.” Instead of following the usual route of the tourist (through the tunnel to Italy) we went on foot over the pass. The top is a bleak tableland containing several lakes half frozen even in mid- summer, and a hotel. Even here we found the English language was not unknown, as the following testifies : “Beware of forgeries. Try my cigarettes so not to be de- ceived.” In Munich, on the very door of the Glyptotek, (which contains many of the finest Greek sculptures) this was posted: “This museum is open Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday. Exceptly can be opened on the other days.”. Who would have thought it in that cultured city! We discovered at our hotel in Dres- den a wonderful example of personifi- cation, as follows: “Any complaints about ser- vants or other matters, I kindly request to apply personally to me in order to see them promptly remedied.” And last and least, perhaps, we found this placard adorning a German railway carriage: “No passenger is allowed—to open arbitrary the exterior doors of the carriage.” Let who can, translate. Scientific topics of tbe 2 a Science in Education. i. One of the remarkable features of this century will no doubt be said by future historians to be the extraordinary growth of Science, or the exact and classified knowledge of nature, and, as one of its consequences, the revolution which the instruction in our schools is at present undergoing. The old set of studies has been recog- nized to be no longer an adequate pre- paration for the needs of modern life. Abridged and adapted for the Radiator from the reprint in Nature. (London, Dec. ist, 189S) of a recent admirable address by the great English geologist, Prof. Archibald Geikie. to the students of Mason University College. Bir- mingham. George J. Pfeiffer Everyone must know something about the numberless discoveries that enrich our civilization from day to day, as they affect our ideas and customs in a thou- sand ways. For example : Every clock in the world, and consequently each of the numerous human institutions that depend upon an exact division and rec- ord of time, is regulated ultimately by the careful observations of astronomers upon one vast world-clock, the starry heavens and our earth revolving in them once a day. It is such far-reaching use- fulness of the new knowledge that makes it indispensable, and has led to its intro- duction into our schools, and the found- ing of special institutions for training in its practical application. And yet this encroachment upon the SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 3 attention and time formerly given to the older learning, that is, the ancient lan- guages and literatures, and upon history, has led perhaps to an under-valuing of those studies. It must be admitted that training in science and scientific methods fails to supply those humaniz- ing influences that the older learning can so well impart. “For the moral stimulus which comes from an association with all that is noblest and best in the literature of the past; for the culture and taste that spring from prolonged contact with the highest models of literary expression; for the widening of our sympathies and the quickening of our imagination by the study of history, the teaching of science has no equivalents.” Re assured,” further says Prof. Geikie, “that in your future career, whatever it may be, you will find in literature a source of solace and refresh- ment, of strength and encouragement, such as no department of science can give you.” Cherish, therefore, the literary tastes you are acquiring; devote yourselves earnestly to the further culti- vation of them during such intervals of leisure, as you may be able to secure; and to that end study the great masters of style. Resides, there are over and above the pleasure of communion, by their works, with the best spirits that have lived, two reasons why we should seek such fellowship. In the first place they prevent or cure that awkward helplessness and narrow- ness of interests which you will often observe in strictly professional people— their inability, for instance, to talk any- thing but “shop”—by implanting in us a breadth and culture of mind which lift and keep us above the unavoidable drudgery of every business pursuit. The second reason is that, in no other way than by frequent contact with the best that has been produced in thought and literature can we hope to gain much knowledge and control of the noble tongue in which so great a part of our spiritual and social life finds expression. There were several striking defects in what we have called the older, or liter- ary method of education, and one of these was the neglect of the faculty of observation. For this no provision was made; and so, when natural sciences were first introduced into schools, they, too, were taught—at least mainly—in the old literary way, that is, by lectures and recitations from the books. be Swotrb dfisb anb Svvorb jftsbfng. WALTER C. DICKERS OX, E. II. S., '90. OST fishermen do not know the sword fish as the Xiphias gladius or realize that our present word “sword fish” i s derived from the Anglo Saxon swurd, sword, and fisc, fish. Anything else regarding that fish, however, they will kindly tell the inquisitive landsman. The following is based on a chat with an old salt, Isaac, by name. The fish takes its name from the fact that its upper jaw is prolonged into a long, pointed, sword-like weapon, at least one-third as long as its body. Sword fish vary in length from seven to twelve or fifteen feet, according to age, and weigh from sixty to three or four hundred pounds. Occasionally, fish weighing five or six hundred pounds are caught, but the average weight is not far from two hundred and twenty-five. Their color is bluish-black on the back, and white underneath. Sword fish appear on the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to New York, early in June, being then rather lean. They swim in schools, not close together, like other fish, but distributed over the surface of the water, no two being with- in several feet of each other. The fish «4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. roam back and forth in pursuit of their food, which consists ot smaller fishes of various kinds, chiefly mackerel, though cuttlefish in large numbers arc eaten. A sword fish will dart in among a school of smaller fishes, and, thrashing about, use his sword with good effect, killing and wounding the fish around him. The food is then swallowed whole, the sword fish having no teeth. A school of sword fish will often at- tack a whale, and, under the combined attack of his assailants, the whale is gen- erally worsted. Many times the fish makes vicious attacks on ships, doubtless mistaking them for a whale, but invaria- bly pays for his error by losing his sword. A sword has been known to penetrate copper sheathing, oak plank and timber to a depth of ten inches ; and in the British Museum can be found a block of wood, less than a foot square, which contains the ends of three broken swords. Sword fishing is an important branch of the fishing industry of New England. The season opens about July i, and con- tinues until the end of September. At the opening of the season, vessels of sixty or seventy tons, carrying a crew of nine or ten men, prepare for a cruise to George’s Bank—about two hundred forty miles from Boston— or to some other good fishing ground. The apparatus used is very simple. First, there is a harpoon for capturing the fish, which consists of along, wooden pole, from one end of which projects about a foot of iron rod. Over the end of the rod is slipped a little brass dart, to which is attached one end of a coil of quarter-inch manila rope. A number of water-tight kegs, on whose ends are painted the vessel’s name, complete the outfit. One of these kegs is made fast to the other end of the coil of rope and serves as a means of identification, as will be seen later. The vessel itself needs little prepara- tion for the cruise, save that a plentiful supply of ice be stowed away in the hold, and that a “pulpit” be rigged. The latter consists of a broad plank at one end of which are iron uprights, con- nected at the top by a semi-circular band. This is rigged to the bowsprit of the vessel, the end extending out over the water. One of the crew, crawling out to the “pulpit,” leans against the uprights, and, binding himself by a rope to the “pulpit,” stands ready to harpoon any sword fish that may appear. Arrived at the fishing grounds, one of the crew is sent to the foremast-head to keep a sharp lookout for fish, while an- other takes his place in the “pulpit,” har- poon in hand. As the sword fish swims near the surface his back fin is often out of water, making him readily visible to the harpooner or the lookout. If the water be smooth a fish can be detected several feet below the surface. Immediately after seeing a fish the vessel is brought as near as possible to him and the harpooner plunges the har- poon into its tough skin. The sharp dart penetrates deeply and seldom gets loose. Upon being struck, the fish makes off at full speed, the line attached to the dart paying out as he swims away. When the end of the rope is reached the keg that is made fast to it slips overboard, marking the approxi- mate location of the fish. The men leave the unfortunate to his struggles and search for other victims. Sooner or later, the sword fish be- . comes weakened from loss of blood and from his frantic struggles, and the men put out in a dory to tow him back to their vessel. They know which fish be- longs to them for their vessel’s name painted on the keg tells the story. It is not infrequent for a fish to attack the dory that is towing him and to make savage lunges at it with his sword. After a good catch the vessel sails away tor market with perhaps fifty or seventy-five fish stowed away on the ice in her hold. The price paid for the fish varies, according to the state of the mar- ket, from three to fifteen cents per pound. As the result of his being constantly chased for three months, the sword fish becomes so nervous that the fishermen cannot get near enough to catch him and so the season ends. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 15 Bel8ba33at AFTER THE GERMAN OF HEINRICH HEINE. GEORGE . . PFEIFFER. The midnight hour was coming on: In silent sleep lay Babylon. Only on high in the royal house Lights move, and the guests of the king carouse. Up there in the royal banque-thall Belshazzar is feasting his vassals all. Richly apparelled, line upon line. They drain the goblets of sparkling wine. They clamor and shout, and the goblets ring: Such tumult delights the stubborn king. His face is aflame, his hot cheeks shine, And a daring spirit awakes with the wine. It drives him on. and with insolent boasts He boldly blasphemes the Lord of hosts. His tongue runs wild, and in every pause His crew of companions roars applause. The king with a frown called one of his men: The slave ran out and came back again. He brought many vessels of gold with him, Robbed from the Lord’s house in Jerusalem. And the reckless king in his wanton whim Took a sanctified goblet lull to the brim. He drains it hurriedly, drains it dry, And cries with foamy lips, holding it high : • Jehovah ! Thy power I scorn and defy,— I am the king of Babylon,—1! ” But scarce had the frightful word been said, The king in his heart grew sore afraid. The shrieks of laughter suddenly fall. And deathlike silence fills the hall. And see ! see there! above them all ’Tis like a hand high up on the wall; And it writes, and writes along the white stone, Symbols of fire, and writes, and is gone. The king stood staring in his place With shaking knees and ghastly face. The vassal crew sat shuddering round. Sat very still, made not a sound. The wise men came, but none of them all Could understand those words on the wall. Belshazzar, however, in all his might Was slain by his vassals that very night. Announcement. A new literary department is proposed. The Radiator asks the co-operation of its readers in forming a “ Contributors’ Club.” The idea is this. A large num- ber of students must be in possession of interesting bits of travel, description, narrative, or humor, which could readily be put into sketches of three hundred words or under. Such short sketches would require but little time on the part of the writers, and if placed in a regular department would afford much pleasure and amusement. I f you have something too good to keep, write it up for the pa- per, and let others have the benefit of it. It matters not whether sketches arc based on imagination or experience. Such a department as is proposed is pre- eminently for short articles. The prin- cipal requirements for publication of sketches under such a head are brevity and clearness. We earnestly request voluntary contributions to this column from one and all, as it is impossible for the editors to know just where to look for such material. We are sure there is plenty of it somewhere among our “one thousand so rack your brains, and make “ The Contributors’ Club ’’ an es- tablished feature. “ Lives of great men all remind us. We can do the same as they ; And, departing, leave behind us All we cannot take away.” — Ex. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 16 Calendar. Dec. 14. Lecture to teachers by Mr. Fiske. 19. Meeting of Athletic Association. Dec. 23. i christmas Recess. Jan. 3. S Dec. 27. S. L. S. ’9S Reunion. Jan. 4. Election of Camera Club Officers. 6. S. E. II. S. ’99 reception and dance. Polo game with Melrose postponed. 9. Polo game. Somerville High vs. Cambridge High and Latin. 11. Meeting of'the Athletic Association. 12. Polo game. Somerville High vs. Newton. S. E. H. S. Gleanings. The ’99 class dance—were you there ? The music, decorations, frappe, and es- pecially, the gentler sex, should have acted on you in the same manner that a magnet acts upon pieces of iron. Those who have seen the football challenge cup have indeed been favored. The beauty of its form is seen with ‘hal fan eye” and well merits all the favor- able comments heard among the students. Already the students are becoming impatient to hear our new Glee Club. We trust they will not be disappointed in their anticipations, for each rehearsal is bringing the club nearer perfection. We are glad to learn that our super- intendent has recommended among other improvements an addition of 16 class rooms to the English School. We hope to see them completed by another school year. We have feminine bankers, feminine doctors, feminine lawyers, and wors , feminine speculators, but we dare say that at present there are few, if any, carpenters of that persuasion. The out- look for the future is encouraging, how- ever, for our excellent carpentry depart- ment is turning out skilled workmen of that advancing sex. Latin High Gleanings. The teachers of the Latin School have recently formed a club which meets monthly at Hotel Colson. They talk over school affairs and discuss improve- ments. We are interested in all im- provements, but trust that longer les- sons are not one of them. Miss Mary M. Kingsbury, who taught Latin in our school five years ago, after taking advanced work at Radcliffe be- came interested in College Settlements. In January, 189S, she became head worker at the New York settlement. She was recently married to Mr. Vladimir Grigorievitch Simkhovitch. During the holidays the class of ’98 held its first reunion in the school build- ing. An informal reception was held, followed by a literary program. Re- sponses to toasts were made by mem- bers of the class. A short business meeting was then held, in which Miss Woodman, B. H. Pierce and W. C. Stephenson were elected as members of a finance committee. Dancing and re- freshments followed. The affair was in charge of the officers : E. S. Lunt, pres- ident ; Miss Estelle Bray, vice president; Miss Marian L. Titus, secretary, and B. Raymond Gage, treasurer. The acting officers of the association were re-elected. Camera Club Notes. The club wishes to express, hereby, its gratitude to Miss Nichols for her kind interest and valuable aid in its work. The club is increasing its member- ship rapidly, but it seems that the girlsare a little bashful because there are so many boys in the club. Fears are groundless, for under Mr. Foster's jurisdiction, the latter are veritable little lambs. The Camera Club has started on its second year. New officers were elected on January 4; Ernest D. Foster is presi- dent, Miss Marguerite Foote, vice presi- dent, Ernest L. Nichols, treasurer, and Miss Ethel Twycross, secretary. The club has a program of active work for the coming six months which promises to be even more interesting than the last. About Feburary 2, the club will give a musical and literary entertainment, under the direction of Miss Nichols. The affair will need no other recommen- dation than the mention ot the director’s name. Tickets are now out. Those desiring, can secure them by application to Chas. A. Shaw, Room 21, E. H. S. Among the attractions are readings by Miss Nichols, violin solos by Mr. Pfeiffer, and bass solos by Mr. Avery. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 7 LATIN NOTES v y Mtf 7S = ? -S ’99. Sit—Sat—Sittcd. See Mr. Kilmer. At last all ’99 has pulled them down. “Ejected.” See Garcelon’s book, en- titled “School Collocjualisms.” The photograph committee consists of Miss Tarbox, Peirce and Fitts. “ Mirabile dictu The turtle slept on his perch, his head under his wing. Slips of the tongue : “The delay of dishes (ditches);” “Miss Spool (Miss Poole).” Our best wishes to our late class- mate, Wiggin, for success in his new position in the bank. “The main resounded.” We wonder if Miss Winship thinks the Maine was firing salutes at the Siege of Troy. The clock was evidently lamenting the approaching vacation ; for a few days before Christmas it had its hands and a handkerchief to its face. Talent among the girls: Miss But- ters, the poet ; Miss Tarbox, the elo- cutionist; Miss Kimpton, the singer; Miss Kilmer, the pianist; Miss H. C. Moore, the mathematician, and Miss Lewis, the peacemaker. Arrangements for the long-talked of ’99 dance have been put into the hands of a committee. The dance will proba- bly come off in February. All come and give your support. We haven’t had many such affairs in our high school course, so let’s make this a grand success, financially and socially. The committee are Jouett, chairman ; Story, Fitts, Peirce, Misses Poole, M. S. Moore, Medros and Winship. oo Infelix Dido! Poor old Dido. Wake up, Macdonald, and be expedi- tious ! Meyer is cultivating the “giant’s stride.” Fellows, beware of ponies. A pony caused the fall of Troy. It is one of our pleasures this month to welcome Miss Kingman after an ex- tended absence. Miss Kaan says Vinal will be disqual- ified for Harvard on account of his chi- rography. It is time Vinal heeded such a warning. We feel it necessary to frame an apol- ogy to our respected teachers. We are extremely sorry, but we can’t study every lesson the most. McLean will soon be breaking hearts among the Cuban belles. We wish him a pleasant voyage,interesting adventures, and above all, a safe and speedy return. Found—On Phillip’s coat along,dark hair. Owner please apply to Smith, Room A, and receive property. Satis- factory references demanded, no reward necessary. When does “permanent stretching” take place when a high collar is used in- stead of a spring balance ? In some cases in the class it has nearly approached the 5-inch mark. Kenniston: “Why is Brine like Caesar ?” Doyle: “Because he has Gaul ?” Kenniston: “No, when Brine Caesar girl, he is very apt to Caesar. If this jars you, go to the social.” 18 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. All taxes for the social will be received by Kenniston, collector of customs for the social committee. If paid in checks do not forget the necessary revenue stamp. Why wouldn’t it be a good idea to have our secretary read the class records from our earliest organization ? If sur- mises are correct, there would be noth- ing to read. Murphy is fond of telling that story of Virgil, where a kind friend interposes when Virgil is about to destroy his own works. Murphy would like to get hold of that fellow. Our social committee is found. With the usual punctuality of the class, as soon as our last snow began to melt, a sleigh ride was proposed. Before arrange- ments could be made, the January thaw set in, and sleigh rides were a thing of the past and the vague future. But we are going to have a class social. Let us redeem our reputation and succeed where other classes have succeeded. The affair will be held in this building on the evening of January 18. Let everyone be present and do his best for his own and others’ enjoyment. Just this little reminder, “Lest we forget!” Now a few final New Year’s admoni- tions : Remember the Maine. Join the Athletic Association. Be expeditious. ’01. A way to tell good future housekeep- ers—examine the girls’ desks. Grimshaw has left school, but there is some prospect of his coming back. The class wishes its new members, Spline and Boreing, a hearty welcome. “Flynn, you must overcome the femi- nine trait of always taking the last word.’’ Smith has left school. His absence is keenly felt by both teachers and scholars. The German Division seems to be the only one to survive the devastations of the grip. Sad experience teaches that no amount of lobbying changes report card marks. “Whose grandfather are you?” is a rather premature cpiestion to ask boys under 18. Are our frequent visitations from canines due to the fact that “all dogs know one another ? ’’ The annual dinner of the Phi Sigma Club was held at Young’s Hotel, Tues- day, January io. Mr. Hawes was the guest of the evening. This year’s polo team has organized with Halman as its captain and Nelson as manager. Boys, contribute more money and less advice toward its support. ’02 How French does enjoy playing with spiders! Miss N: “The Sophists taught the art of dissipation.” Much wanted; long waited for; the class pin has arrived at last. What you need these days is a Radi- ator in your pocket. Whiting, the “Cannon Ball” express. Pettingill, the “Cattle Train.” Poor Meade! What a sleepy effect Plato and Socrates have upon him. Whitman, the class artist, is hard at work on his masterpiece: “Two High- waymen.” If we work hard we may possibly learn to sing “Gloria in Excelsis” by the time we graduate. Division 3 enjoyed Monday’s and Tuesday’s algebra lessons immensely. Their part was to be “seen and not heard.” Miss Paul: “What word is derived from Due ? ” Nichols: “I don’t know.” Miss P: “Do you know, French.” French: “Nichols said what I was going to.” A Question of Names.— In the alge- bra class the other day the girls re- quested the teacher to tell them a “Good” “Story,” but this he would not “Grant.” They teased and coaxed so eloquently that he came “Nigh” being persuaded. So the girls said they would not ask hi’ “M’agan.” SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. � 9 ENGLISH NOTES ’99 Wanted ! Good voices for some mem- bers of the Glee Club. Something in the atmosphere has many in its grip(pe) at present. Why did our instructor leave spinach out of the list of green vegetables ? Cassidy is developing a beautiful liquid soprano tone in the upper (?) register. Have you begun to think whom we will have for class poet, class prophet,etc.? The class photograph committee con- sists of Miss Perry, Miss Roffe, Stevens, Shaw and Riddell. Physiology C thinks strongly of going to pasture in search of grass—the only perfect food. Some of the class leaders arc slow to take the hints given in music, that an oratorio is wanted. The Fates seem determined to decree stormy weather for the nights on which we hold our class dances. The Senior girls are planning to sing second soprano exclusively hereafter. The charming tenors arc the attraction. Miss Martha Vincent is now teaching in the Lenox High School, Lenox, Mass. We wish her all possible success in her new field. According to Watson, oysters, when affected with typhoid fever, go to bed. He has recently discovered one of these oyster beds. We are informed that eating mince pie and preparing a history lesson are an impossible combination. Which will you have ? Heard on every hand : “ Did you go to the class dance ?” “ What was your last report ? ” “ I lave you had the grippe ? ” The recitations of English C affect even the steam pipes. These sent forth dismal groans at the close of a certain member’s recitation. If you see some of the young men walking about in a deep thoughtful mood, don’t disturb them. They arc members of Div. C thinking of an outline. For some unexplained reason the qual- ity of gas in the chemical laboratory has not been up to the standard, of late. It is believed that water has got into the pipes. A member of the class recently be- came so absorbed in trying to solve the intricate geometric design on the Cam- era Club pin that he did not hear his name called. The members of a certain division were recently astonished to hear a young lady say “ I swear.” They soon discov- ered it was simply the beginning of a stanza which she was to recite. Cassidy is to be congratulated upon his work at a recent Senior recital. He was asked to repeat his selection but this request was not granted for it is thought that all will have the pleasure (?) of ap- pearing before the class twice this year. 20 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. The Senior Class held a very enjoy- able reception and dance at Guild Hall, on the evening of January 6. The hall was artistically decorated and presented a fine appearance. A reception preceded the dance, Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb and Mr. and Mrs. Akers receiving. The Boston Cadet Orchestra furnished music for dancing, which was enjoyed until midnight. The affair was in charge of a committee consisting of Messrs. Brine, C. Pipe, R. Pipe, Mead, Riddell and MacRae, and Misses Williams, Foote, Durell, Godfrey, and Ralph. Let us hope this is not the only dance the class will give during the season. It is our last year in the High School and we should improve opportunities. ’00. The sweetest child Who ever smiled Is “Willie” G— Room 33. —The Misses of Room 33. Eng. B is a rolling stone in the path of knowledge. It is full of girls. How much better will the first reports of the new year be than those of last term ? History Pupil: “Richard I. on being killed by an archer asked the man why he did it.” A thoughtful history pupil said he thought the Battle of Portia referred to a domestic quarrel. Pupil (reading): “I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew hand-organs, feelings and senses ?” (hands, organs, etc.) Teacher : “What will be the result of a difference of opinion in a legislative assembly ? ” Pupil : “A fight.” It seems that Grant is much mistaken as to the nationality of Alexander the Great. In recitation he began, “When Alexander came over .” Socrates must have been experienced in football playing for he willingly “kicked the bucket” for his punishment rather than pay money. The study of Physiology is a great source of information to the boys. They have recently learned that the tongue was fastened at the inner end. Previously it had been a general im- pression that those of the fairer sex were fastened in the centre and wagged at both ends. In stenography, study of half lengths— Teacher : “If a line were to be drawn through these characters, which ones would rest on the line ?” Bright Pupil: “Would, would, wouldn’t it ?” 01. Where is our leader ? When are we going to have a class supper? Mutt must be on a furlough. May be he is a deserter. White is writing poetry, but he doesn’t really mean anything. We are always ready to take the Juniors under our protection. The ’oi’s should get up a polo team and try conclusions with the Latin class. Russel looks like a soldier when he stands at the board with a pointer over his shoulder. The Class of ’01, combining with the Latin Class, will give a dance in about a month. Everybody come. All who are interested in science, and especially in physics work, should join the Physics Club. It is steadily grow- ing in membership and popularity. The Camera Club is open to all mem- bers of the school “ in good and regular standing,” upon payment of an initiation fee of ten cents. 1901 should be better represented in it. The boys of this class had their first military drill Thursday last. Let us hope that the movement will be a success. Able captains with good physiques will be chosen from each room. 02, Why not get class pins ? Come out for the track team every- body. The election of class officers took place Friday. Brace up, ’02 boys ! The ’99 football captain is one of our number ! “I Ialloo, Will, where do you live now?” Will: “Away up by the reservoir. If you’re around that way, drop in.” SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 2 I WALTER C. NICKERSON, Sporting Editor. The Boston Journal has picked an All-Interscholastic Eleven for ’98 which includes five Somerville men. Somer- ville's representatives are Story, Rus- sell, Ball, Fitts and C. Pipe. Cushman, also, received mention as being a good second choice for centre. It is an honor, not only to the men themselves, but also to Somerville, that practically one-half the All-Interscholastic Eleven is composed of members of our cham- pion football team. The team : Story, 1. c S. H. S. Harris, 1.1 ..C. M. T. S. Bussell, 1. g S. H. S. Fiske, c ..C. M. T. S. 1 . Fox, r. g B. H. S. Ball. r. t S. H. S. Clark, r. e Fitts, q. b S. H. S. C. Pipe, r. h. b S. H. S. Webb, 1. h. b . C. M. T. S. Stillman, f. b Hoppy MENTIONED. Dexter, 1. g B. II. S. C. Fox, r. t Harrison, r. t B. H. S. E. H. S. Commendable. The Sagamore, published by the Brookline High School, in speaking of the Somerville-Brookline game of Nov- ember 17, in which the latter was de- feated, says, “Somerville was plainly the better team.” We wish that such sportsman-like words in time of defeat were more frequent in the athletic world. Surely Somerville High appre- ciates any such spirit as The Sagamore has shown. The Track Team. This week the track team began act- ive training at the Cambridgeport “gym.” The men are under the super- vision of Mr. Sampson, who will do his best to develop a good team. Previous to the Interscholastic Meet, the men will be entered in several other impor- tant meets in this vicinity. All that is needed now to make a successful season is that a large number of candi- dates come out and train faithfully. Let everyone do his share towards get- ting out a winning team. Polo Team. The polo team this year consists of four of last year’s men : Capt. MacRae, Gunsenheiser, post-graduate in the Latin School, Cuddy and Jake Pipe, together with Story, who has been chosen for centre. They have played several prac- tice games with strong teams, and are now in fine condition. The first league game was played January 9, on Spy Pond with C. II. L., resulting in a victory for us. In the first half “Gun” and YV. Clarkson each made a goal; in the second half Story and “Gun” made a goal each, while C. 22 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. H. L., after a little wrangling, was given another tally. Somerville kept the play in their opponents’ territory most of the time and did good work, in view of the fact that they had not played before for over a week. Line up: SOMKKVILLK. C. H. L MacKao.............r....................F. Clarkson Gunsonheiser.......r....................W. Clarkson Story..............c................Mayhew It. Pipe..........h. b............Haworth Cuddy..............g................ Snow- Score: Somerville, 3; C. H. L., 2. Time, 15 minute halves. The Polo League this year consists of Somerville, C. H. L., C. M. T. S., Melrose, Newton and English High. After completing the polo schedule these teams may play hockey, a series of hockey games being scheduled for February. Russell Pipe is manager, and Frank Story, assistant manager of the polo team. Accounts of other polo games will appear in the next issue. S. H. S. A. A. An important and interesting meeting of the Athletic Association was held in the English High School January n, President Fitts presiding. After the routine business, Mr. Getchell made his treasurer’s report, which showed that as to membership and finance the Asso- ciation was in a prosperous condition. This completes the first year of the As- sociation, a year which has fully proved the worth of that body. On the vote for Manager and Assistant Manager of the ’99 football team, Franklin F. Phil- lips, Jr., and Carleton Jones were respec- tively elected. Mr. Whitcomb, after re- viewing the team’s successful season, on behalf of the schools, presented the Pos- ton School Challenge Cup to the team, through Captain Pipe. Captain Pipe re- sponded, attributing the success of the team mainly to the support of the faculty and to Mr. Newell. Mr. Hawes also spoke pleasantly of the season which has just closed. The cup, which was in 1888 offered to that school in the Senior League which should hold it most times in ten years, will remain with Somerville High until the close of the next football season. CHARLES CLINTON BALL. Charles Clinton Hall, English ’02, has been electui captain of the 99 foot- ball team Previous to entering the high school he played tackle and fullback on the West Somerville teams of ’94-’95, and also was sub catcher on the West Som- erville ball teams of the same years. Surely, Hall's consistent work at tackle the past autumn has proved him a player fully capable of leading Somer- ville’s “p'gskin chasers” in 1899. We wish Captain Hall all success. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 23 Base Ball Concert. The Baseball Club of 1899 opens the season with a concert and dance Febru- ary 10 in Odd Fellows Hall. This is the annual concert of the S. H. S. B. B. Club, and those who have attended pre- vious ones know what to expect in the line of entertainment. Dancing is an- nounced from 10 to 12 Let everyone attend and assure the boys of our firm support. Notes. The membership of the Athletic As- sociation is very nearly 200, yet there is room for more members. It is with satisfaction that we note the interest taken by the alumni in all that pertains to Somerville High athletics. All those desiring to purchase a pic- ture of the ’98 football team should ap- ply to Hubbard V. Smith, Room 29, E. H. S. We regret exceedingly that an account of the dinner tendered the football team through the courtesy of Mr. Fred Haley, one of our most enthusiastic supporters, must be deferred until the next issue. “Boys know well that games conduce not merely to the physical, but to moral health—that in the ball fields boys ac- quire virtues that no books can give them—control of temper, self- restraint, fairness, honor, envious ap- probation of another’s success, and all that give and take life which stands a man in such good stead when he goes forth into the world and without which indeed success is always maimed and partial.”—Charles Kingsley. Exchange Notes. Cambridge High and Latin has a pa- per to be proud of this month. The cover is excellent and the reading mat- ter corresponds. The Lawrence Bulletin is the only ex- change we receive which has a scientific column. Kent's Hill Breeze is one of our new exchanges and is a well conducted mag- azine. The “Sermon” on the text of “LittleJack Horner,” published in the November number, contains many bene- ficial truths hidden under a humorous surface. The “ War Alphabet ” in the Stone- ham Authentic, must have originated in a bright mind. Better paper for stock would immense- ly improve the . 5. Herald of Paulding. The cover of the Distaff for the holi- day n umber is most artistic. The colors, those of the senior class, are used with very good effect. The December Quill contains a good story entitled “The Newsboy’s Christ- mas.” An instructive article on “ Dickens’ Place as a Novelist ” can be found in the December Lever of Skowhegan. “ How do you know that Hamlet had a bicycle ? ” “ Because he said ‘ Watch my safety while I sleep.’ ”—Ex. “ What made you steal this gentle- man’s door mat? ” “ Sure, yer honor, it said ‘ Welcome ’ on it in letters long as yer arm.” If your lot seems a hard one go to work and spade it up and cultivate it un- til it is nice and mellow.—Ex. Junior boy (confused):—“I have an idea but I can’t express it.” “ Well, if you can’t express it, send it by freight, there’s no hurry about it . -Ex. The United States uses more coffee than any other country in the world. The Philippines produce very good coffee! —Ex. The S. E. H. S. Camera Club, of Som- erville, would like to hear that Worcester Academy had been successful in reviv- ing its Camera Club. “ All history repeats itself. A proverb claims, I've heard. But when in class I’m called upon It never says a word.”—Ex. German Professor (in his lecture on water): “ And then young gentlemen, do not forget if we had no water we could never learn to swim, and how many people would be drowned.”—Ex. ♦ «g Reserved for Class Photographers ♦ ♦ English and Latin Schools ’99 ♦ ♦ ♦ t I t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ “ KEEN KUTTERS ' Warranted Jack Knives, 35 cts. W. E. 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Editorials, 3 Camera Club Musicale, 5 Between Lines of the Jungle Hook, 5 Latin Notes, 16 Poem, From a Window, 7 Latin High Gleanings, 18 A Romantic Voyage, 8 English Notes, «9 Scientific Topics of the Day, 11 Athletic Notes, 21 The Contributors’ Club, 12 “With the Regulars at El Caney,” 22 Alumni Notes, 14 Auditors’ Notice, 22 Calendar, � 5 Exchanges, 23 S. E. M S. Gleanings, 15 THE ROMAN FORUM ator Somerville LATIN SCHOOL. ENGLISH SCHOOL. Vol. VIII. Somkrvim.i., Massachuski rs, I'kbkuakv, 1899 No. 4. The Hadiatok Is published by the Somerville Latin ami Knglish High Schools on the third Wednesday of every month during the school year, and only Important news matter can be received after the 10th of the month. Matter for insertion may be left with any of the editorial stall or be mailed to the editor at the English High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign the full name and address (this is for reference only). Communications should be addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor, according to their nature. Manuscript must be accompanied by the necessary postage to insure its return. TERMS. 75 CENTS PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES. IO CENTS. Entered at Boston Post Office as second class matter. SOMERVILLE CITIZEN PRESS. OFFICERS OF THE RADIATOR. EDITOR IN CHIEF. GUY C. RIDDELL, K. If. S., '99. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. LUELLA P. WINSHIP, L. II. S., ’99. SPORTING EDITOR. WALTER C. NICKERSON. k. 11. s., m EXCHANGE EDITOR. MARGUERITE FOOTE. K. H. S., ’99. BUSINESS MANAGER. MARK R. JO LETT, Jit., L. II. S., ’99. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER L. ARTHUR WALLOX. K. II. S., 1900. CLASS EDITORS. LATIN SCHOOL. TORR W. H ARMER. 99. LIN WOOD E. SNOWMAN, 1900. ROBERT NICHOLS, '01. PIERCE P. Me GANN, 02. ENGLISH SCHOOL. H. FLORENCE RALPH. 99. HERBERT M. HALE, 1900. CARLETON JONES, 01. LOUIS H. YELLAND, 02. TREASURER. G. LEON PEIRCE. L. II. S., 99. AMONG the additional school accom- modations discussed at the meeting of the school board January 30, the pro- posed addition to the English building of a capacious assembly hall and of two wings containing six class rooms each, is decidedly to the point. It is well within bounds to say that the necessary funds could not be used in a way that would more benefit the city in general than would this extensive addition to our High School equipment. The plans under consideration provide for an as- sembly hall capable of seating 1,500 per- sons, to be situated on the first floor between the wings. A much needed hall would be furnished the students, and as we understand the matter the city would have at its disposal a convenient place for municipal gatherings. As an addition of some sort is almost a neces- sity, we hope to see one carried through that will allow room for a large gymna- sium and drill room, accessible to both 4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. schools; for if ever a school earned a gymnasium, the Somerville High School has certainly done so. LET us hope that the advent of the military setting-up drill in the Eng- lish School is a long step toward what is so generally desired among the boys —the formation of companies and regi- ments, prize-drills, and all those de- lightful affairs which we associate with schools that make a point of regular military drill. The pupils of the Som- erville High Schools are indeed privi- leged, but every one of us regret the lack of military drill in our school life. Our neighbors, Boston Latin and Eng- lish High, come out once a year re- splendent in all the glory of brass but- tons and shoulderstraps, and nothing would so please the high school boys of Somerville as the introduction of mili- tary tactics and a chance to do the same. At any rate, the new order of exercises is much more attractive than the old, excellent though it was. THE cantata “Jean D’Arc” is to be presented to music lovers and friends of the English High School of Somer- ville sometime in April. Bor three years the school has patiently requested permission to give another cantata, and consent has at last been obtained of the authorities. The prospects are good for an even more pronounced success than that of 1895, for the work to be presented is stronger than Gaul’s beau- tiful “Holy City,” and Mr. Hadley is every bit as enthusiastic as when the preparations which ended in that signal musical triumph were begun. Let the students take hold with equal interest as did the chorus of ’95, and an artistic and financial success is assured. The proceeds will, as before, be devoted to decorating the English building, and as to the glory gained, let us hope, in the words of Mayor Perry, there will be “enough to go all around.” II ' an active alumni association is one of the signs of a healthy school, Somerville High would appear to be in good condition. Both associations have shown unmistakable signs of life lately, Latin, '98, held its first, and a most en- joyable, reunion during the holidays and the E. H. S. Association gave its members a delightful evening on Jan- uary 26, an account of which appears on another page. The first reunion of the latter association occurs February 17, and the affair promises to be a very pleasant event. The present Senior Class should attend in large numbers and thereby show our graduated friends that their interest in our class is ap- preciated. THE management ot the Radiator still await a response to the cards sent out early in the year to our alumni, inviting them to “Remember the Radia- tor.” Though it is becoming a trifle late for said response to be “prompt” we would kindly suggest it is still quite possible for it to be, as the alumni themselves usually are, “enthusiastic.” The mid-year has been reached and we might add in passing, that subscriptions for the remaining half-year will be gladly received. WE are glad to note the response to the announcement concerning “The Contributors’ Club,” in the January Radiator. The new department is very well filled this month, and we hope for even better results in succeeding issues. It is possible to make this a very valua- ble column, and we urge one and all to try a hand at writing short sketches. WE regret that delay in having a pict- ure taken, prevents us from pre- senting a cut of the S. H. S. Polo Team as frontispiece this month. Nothing but praise is heard of the boys, and we would gladly afford our readers an oppor- tunity of gazing on their smiling faces if it were possible. Look for it in our next issue, however. THE “Albion A. Perry School” is our latest tribute to the ex- mayor. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 Between the 2,tnes of the Jungle Booh. 11. A. WITH AM. HERE are few of us who cannot look back upon the days when we were very unconscious, won- der loving little egos and some big shadow looming up against the fire- light read to us bedtime stories of dogs and cats and foxes, who played and fought and talked like little humans, and in whom we felt a vital interest and companionship. Then as time went on we learned what “sour grapes” and “dogs in a manger” really meant, and we said to ourselves, “That was all child’s talk—a sugar coating for a moral les- son;” and we put away childish things, felt ourselves immensely superior to our old quadruped friends, and, doubtless, to the salutary lessons they had taught us. The animals of Aesop and Fontaine lived such persistently and obtrusively moral lives that then the theory of evo- lution failed to charm us. Now, in the grown-up years of some of us—thrice happy the child of today— has come Kipling; and we read and gravely doubt whether man should take his place at the top of the tree of development or humbly lodge lower down beneath the branch of the tiger, wolf or cobra. We find ourselves living in the manless jungle a life instinct with a charm not of earth, air or water, as we knew them before. We weep with the sorrows of these real Jungle People. We laugh at their jokes ; we arc pricked with the wit of their conversation and soothed by their soft crooning cradle songs. For the time we creep into their skins and lose our own identity ; we glide along in the coils of Kaa, the python, or trun- dle, bundle through the underbrush in the fur of Baloo, the brown bear, and think that kind of locomotion infinitely superior to the monotonous tramp-tramp of the man-animal or the trip-trip of his wife. And the greatest fun of all is to swing from branch to branch with the chattering Bandar-log, the monkeys, as they rush at a breathless rate through their mazy foliage trails up in the tree- tops. Wonderfully enough this juggler of the jungle is able to enlist our sympa- thies with each animal of the forest in turn. We read of brave little “Rikki- tikki-tavi” and his fight with the cobra and we hate the snake people. Then in the story of “Kaa’s Hunting” our hearts go out to the wise serpent and his cham- pionship of the man-cub, and we feel that, like Mowgli, we would be willing to sit in the chair made of his coils and talk confidentially with him, his head leaning caressingly on our shoulders and his great eyes blinking into ours as he tells of his thrilling adventures. It all depends upon the point of view and, as with humans, we sympathize with the man who is telling his side of the story. Mowgli, called by the Jungle People “Little Brother,” born of man but nour- ished and brought up by the Seeonee wolf-mother, is the link which binds us to the forest folk. From his babyhood he has learned the language of the birds, the beasts and fishes, the pass- words of the woods and waters, and leads us into their mysteries. Mowgli, human boy that he is by birth, and son of a headstrong man, at times looks down with contempt upon his animal companions, and their wise sayings go in one ear and out the other, “for a boy who spends his life eating and sleeping does not worry about anything until it actually stares him in the face.” Ikki, the porcupine, asks him once if he has dived that summer into the waters of the Bee-Rocks. “No,” answers Mowgli, “the foolish water is going all away and I do not wish to break my head.” “That is thy loss,” replies Ikki. “A small crack might let in some wisdom, ' and ducks quickly to prevent Mowgli 6 SOM HR VILLIS HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. from pulling out his nose bristles. Mowgli ponders upon this remark, and finally decides to learn what the Jungle people can teach him. Ever has he the advantage, for animal eye can never meet for long the human eye. Shere Khan, the great, lame tiger, drops his square frilled head before the tiny Mowgli and says, “Look at me, Man-Cub.” Mowgli stares at him stead- ily, and the terror of the jungle turns away uneasily. Shere Khan knows his master, and Mowgli his peculiar man- power. Xo one in the jungle is Mow- gli’s enemy after that. 1 lathi, the ele- phant who never does anything till the time comes, and that is the reason he lives so long — is Mowgli’s servant; Baloo is his school master; Chil, the kite, is his right hand man in fighting and hunting ; and the indulgent father and doting mother of the wolf-pack love and follow “Little Brother” so, that there is danger of his becoming a spoiled child. But he is saved by the all-wise les- sons of his teachers, lessons as good for nineteenth century humans in America as for Mowgli in the jungle. One says to him, “See more than you ever tell ; another adds, “Say little, but think many things.” In answer to his inqury they tell him that “Man’s money is the stuff that passes from hand to hand and never grows any warmer,” and he is admon- ished many times daily that “to hear, is one thing; to know, is another.’’ The Jackal is a living object lesson to him. “ When the Jackal owns he is gray, how black must the Jackal be,” says the Adjutant Crane, in a voice like a blunt saw going through a board. And the whole jungle sings : “In August was the Jackal born : The rains fell in September ; N ow, such a fearful flood as this,’ Says he, ‘I can’t remember .' ’ ” Mowgli hears and knows that they never wish to hear him boast again. They tell him of Kotuko, the dog, “who is more than sure that he knows more than there is to know,” and Mowgli sits still and thinks. He is taught that he cannot resent an insult from a per- son “with a beak a yard long and the power of driving it like a javelin,” and “to carry his manners with his knife and never leave that at home.” So, with wily persuasion and broad hints and pointed thrusts is he advised by the philosophers of the jungle “who have to do all their thinking through their noses.” Through long days and nights, when wonderful things never cease happening, he comes to believe that all things are one big miracle, and as the wise Baloo says, “When a man knows that he has something to go upon.” But the wisest of all lessons, and the hardest for the lawless man-cub to learn then, as now, is the code of the wolf- pack. “Now this is the Law of the Jungle, as old and as true as the sky, And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die : As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back,— For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. Many are the Laws of the Jungle; many and mighty are they. But the head anci the hoof of the Law, and the haunch and the hump is—Obey ! ” He learns, too, by heart, the words and the meaning of the jungle saying: These are the Four that are never content,that have never been filled since the Dews began— Jacala's mouth,and the glut of the Kite, and the hands of the Ape, and the eyes 01 Man.” Many strange and awful experiences must he go through until he understands fully what is honest Lear that is sung in “The Little Hunter’s Song.” Very softly down the glade runs a waiting, watching Shade, And the whisper spreads and widens far and near: And the sweat is on thy brow, for he passes even now— He is Fear. O Little Hunter, he is Fear.’’ There comes a night when Mowgli is wild with excitement over his hunt for the Dhole, the Red Dog. Hardly look- ing where he steps he trips over Kaa’s great coils where the python lay watch- ing a deer path near the river. “Kssha”! said Kaa angrily, “Is this jungle work, to tramp and stramp and undo a night’s hunting—when the game is moving so well, too?” “The fault was mine,” said Mowgli very meekly, for he had an axe to grind. SOM HR VI LUC HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 7 “Indeed, I was seeking thee, Flathead, but each time we meet thou art longer and broader by the length of my arm. There is none like thee in the jungle, wise, old, strong and most beautiful Kaa.” “Now, whither does this trail lead?” Kaa answers. “Not a moon since there was a Mauling with a knife threw stones at my head and called me tree-cat names because I lay asleep in the open. Now this same Mauling comes with soft, tickling words to this same Flathead, telling him that he is wise and strong and beautiful, and he is fool enough to believe him and make him a place to sit in thus”—and Mowgli stretches himself lazily in his coiled armchair. Rut he has learned that flattery is a transparent cover for a request, and that the jungle People are wise and bright enough to turn no grindstones for their neighbors. Years pass and Mowgli is seventeen ; a spring comes when he feels his animal strength departing and a strange unrest drives away his old content. He feels so miserable that he looks all over him- self to be sure that he has not trodden upon a thorn. The animals, half beside themselves with the joy of casting off their old winter coats at the Time of New Talk, are scampering here and there, and Mowgli feels strangely de- serted. At last, in sheer disgust he walks away, away through the jungle, over the meadows and marshes toward the glimmer of the Red I “ire in some cottager’s window. He remembers vaguely what Shere Khan had told him over and over again. “After the Sum- mer come the Rains, and after the Rains the Spring. Go back to thy people before thou art driven!” “Who will drive me?” questioned Mowgli. “Mowgli will drive Mowgli. Go back to thv people. Go to Man.” “When Mowgli drives Mowgli, I will go,” he had replied. And now that time has come; and he is knocking at the door of his old mother, who takes him in with a mingling of mother love for her boy and awe for the beautiful “godling of the woods,” who stands before her. The Jungle People do not give him up without sorrow. They come for him, but he cannot go back, although his heart cries out for them and their world. They must take their last fare- well. They understand better than he what has happened to him. Raloo says, “Little Frog, take thine own trail, make thy lair with thine own blood and pack and people, but when there is need of foot or tooth or eye or a word carried swiftly through the night, remember Little Master of the jungle, the jungle is thine at call.” “Hai-mai, my brothers,” cried Mow- gli, throwing up his arms with a sob. “I know not what I know”—and here Mowgli proves himself wise- “I would not go from you but I am drawn by both feet.” Ragheera licks his hands, saying, “Ragheera loved thee, remem- ber that. Good hunting on a new trail, Master of the jungle.” And the new jungle song for days is : Mangoes to Man ! Cry the challenge through the jungle! Me that was our Brother goes away. Hear, now, and judge, O ye People of the Jungle— Answer, who shall turn him—who shall stay? •‘Man goes to Man! lie is weeping in the jungle: He that was our Brother sorrows sore ! Man goes to Man ! (O we loved him in the jungle! To the Man—Trail where we may not follow more.” So, as the Jungle People instilled into Mowgli many a valuable lesson, may we read them and take them to ourselves, and of the teachings let us last of all forget. “But the jungle is large, and the cub, he is small, let him think and be still! ” From a Window. Far away on a snow clad hill A face looks out to the winter's chill. Tis almost night, and the clear, blue sky Brings higher thoughts to the wistful eye. Noble thoughts and aims entwine Till the soul itself through those eyes doth shine. The twilight darkens and deepens anon. Till sleep closes the eyes of the looker on. Morning comes, and busy day Blots out the'dreams, and they fade away. L. Gillette. 8 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. B IRomantic Dosage. ARTHUR L. rillLBUICK, E. 11. S., '00. URING the win- ter of last year my health had been sadly under- mined by close study and insuffi- cient exercise. I was taking a col- lege preparatory course at a well known prepara- tory school in Central Massa- chusetts, and had every convenience and luxury to aid me which my generous father’s wealth could furnish. But my ill health was not wholly caused by diligence at my books. I cared nothing for sports, except yacht- ing. I never had a desire to witness any game of skill or strength, much less to participate in one. Yachting was my only delight, and on my father’s large yacht, stretched out on a steamer chair, with a pile of magazines on each side, I have enjoyed many a happy hour. But, being so far from the seaboard, I could not enjoy this aristocratic amusement. Therefore, it is very probable I would have taken little exercise, even if I had had no studies. As I say, my health was completely shattered, and in June my father resolved to send me somewhere for the summer, where I would get my ‘lily hands dirty.” The vacation had extended two days when he (my father) told me he had secured a berth for me on a fishing schooner sailing from '1' wharf. He had had a talk with the captain, had seen the crew and had gone all over the schooner, and he ended the explanation with the ominous words, “Just the place for you ! ” I had passed T wharf a number of times in coming from the landing after yachting trips and had always thought it a vile place—fish and push-carts, loaf- ers and fish, fish and reckless sailors and more fish, was my idea of it. But, then, I thought, it will be quite romantic to go from T wharf on a smart fishing schooner. I secured an outfit tor $13—a high- price, I thought. I was miserly as re- gards money, although I had more than I could use. In fact, the prospective proceeds of the trip were no small fac- tor in my eagerness to get away. I went down to the ship and was intro- duced by my father to the captain, Jean Cuissans, a Frenchman, who could talk Marblehead English with anybody. He looked at my baggage and said, “Stuff it in th’ fo’csle.” I did as directed, and when I went back, my father was in- structing the captain to treat me as any one of the crew, make me work hard and bring me back safe. The captain promised, with many a “Ya, Ya.” My father bade me good-bye and I was one of the crew of the schooner, Oliver C. Taylor, Captain Jean Cuissans, J. H. Hammond Co., Boston, owners. Left to my own resources, I looked about. I thought I would never get used to the vile, fishy smell which clung to everything. A crate half filled with broken eggs, fragments of decayed fruit and some slimy seaweed floated in the dock, while dense smoke from a nearby steamer nearly made me sick. I went down into the stuffy forecastle for relief, but failed to find it. Such a box of a place! The ladder by which I de- scended was oily with fish-scales, and the long boxes or bunks fitted to the side of the ship looked more like coffins than resting places. But I resolved to have courage. I slapped my hands on to the slimy ladder, and trying to forget the fishy smell, I went on deck. Preparations were al- ready being made for our departure. At the captain’s word I coiled rope, moved tubs of line, helped to restow the dories and worked cheerfully. At this moment one of the crew went on the wharf, and cautiously taking a look up and down, he said, “All right! ” Three others jumped down quickly and rolled two casks out from a doorway SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 9 and deftly they went down into the cabin. I was curious to know what they contained, but beyond the words “Bunker Hill” on the end of one and the brand (XXXX) and a lithograph of a big manufactory on an end of the other, which I noticed as they were rolled quickly past me, nothing would reveal what they contained. The cap- tain said, “Everything is about aT right, ze merlasscs an’ all ze tings. Cast off.” And we started on what proved to be a wonderful voyage for me—a novice. Darkness had just settled down when the captain ordered me to the wheel, gave me the course and told me to “hold the ship on dat coorze an’ don’ cher wiggle a ha' point. Zee ! ” I said, “Certainly.” “Coorze its certain’y,” he growled, and he poked his treacherous face close to mine. I was somewhat frightened, but I took the wheel, and after a yaw or two I got the knack of the tiller, and my yachting experience enabled me to hold her quite steady. The captain and most of the crew then disappeared in the cabin. I had been at the wheel but an hour when I heard sounds which suggested revelry, great laughter and hoarse sing- ing, which finally developed into yells and other boisterous sounds. This con- tinued until past midnight. I must have been at the wheel eight hours by this time and I thought it about time to b relieved. I was half asleep two or three times from exhaustion. So I lashed the wheel and rushing into the cabin said it was about time for some- one to relieve me. But what a place that cabin was ! The smell of alcohol was stifling. Two of the crew were lying on the floor, sound asleep. An Englishman was swinging his pipe above his head, calling for “dree che’rs fer Kaysher Willum. Then it flashed across my mind. The crew all drunk ; molasses a French synonym for whiskey; myself practi- cally at the mercy of these beasts! The captain sat blinking at me for a half minute, than he made a dash for me, but I dodged, and he went in a heap under one of the bunks. He sat up, after alternately cursing and groan- ing, but he was too far gone to do any injury. “Take ze wheel, you young feller, and hold it until I say somethin’ more. Zee! ” I made a loud and eloquent appeal for relief. “Releef! Releef! ” exclaimed the Englishman. “YVc all feel so bloomin’ tired we ain’ goin’ to take no wcel.” And he collapsed into a heap. But what he said was true. None of them knew the difference between a binnacle and a logbook. I dragged myself on deck just in time. The ship was coming up into the wind. Another moment and her sails would have been a-flutter. I unlashed the wheel and eased her none top soon and recommenced the monotonous work of watching the compass and working the wheel accordingly. Light just appeared in the east when I lashed the wheel again and went into the cabin. All were in a drunken stupor, breathing and snoring with won- derful vigor. 1 found only one keg open and almost half the contents was gone. I easily lifted that on deck and turned what remained out a scupper. I did likewise to the full keg, but it was hard work lifting a keg full of liquor out of that cabin. I finally accom- plished it and returned both the kegs to the cabin. All this time the schooner was alternately yawing and backing, filling away on the other tack and tack- ing again, the gaffs and booms tearing and ripping the rigging. “But what do 1 care! The boat isn't mine. Let the owners pay for it ! I thought. About noon, as 1 had just returned for the sixth time to ‘.lie wheel, the last time from the galley on a foraging ex- pedition, the captain staggered out of the cabin. He was quite sober. He noticed me industriously at work at the wheel and exclaimed, “Egseelent ! Su- perb! Grand! you haf stayt all this time? No bread? Noreleet? Egsee- lent! Magificent!” and he patted me on the shoulder, looked at the compass and went forward, smiling in wonderful good humor. During the next hour they all came IO SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. out of the cabin. Some were ugly, some were jolly and some had not re- covered their wits enough to be either one or the other. I got along pleasantly enough with the crew after that. They praised my faithfulness and wondered how five men could get away with such an amount of liquor. “Two kegs ! ” said one. “All gone in about 18 hours!” And they stared at each other, wondering at their capac- ity- Hut hard work came after this. Sein- ing, cleaning fish (a repulsive task), a monotonous round of gales, rain, fogs and now and then the whoop of a liner’s siren dragged on my spirits like a heavy weight. But finally we turned homeward. “Now for the division of the profits ! ” I thought. We had made a big catch and each ought to get a good lump of cash. The sea seemed never so beautitul as now. I thought this the most romantic part of the voyage. The ship was held steadily on her course and finally, early one morning, we came in by Boston Light to a fine breeze. Weslipped up to T Wharf, to which I eagerly helped make the schooner fast. I worked all that day and the next unloading fish and making the schooner as neat as possible. The catch had been weighed, and the third day we went into the office to receive our shares. A chipper young fellow read off the proceeds and then the amount which the schooner owed the owners for damage, which would come out of the crew’s share. A great part of this was for rigging which I had allowed the wind to rip and tear and was going to let the owners pay for. After all the men had received their shares, which were small enough, I thought, my name was called. I quickly stepped forward. “Fifty-five cents !” the clerk said, and as I mechanically put out my hand to receive it I experienced such sensations as I hope never to experience again. “Fifty-five cents for all that I have en- dured !” I soliloquized. I wandered aimlessly up the dock and through various streets thinking it all over. “I was faithful. I worked hard. The captain said I was‘all right’ and this is what I get for it. Fifty-five cents !” And the sound of that clerk's voice went ringing in my ears, “fifty-five cents, fifty- five cents, fifty-five cents.” I came to consciousness in front of a book store, and I stared in a foolish way, I am sure. I noticed fifty-cent copies of “The Christian” for sale and I went in and bought one; why, I know not —I suppose from a desire to do something. I glanced at the cover and the picture of erratic Glory Quayle, and the recollec- tion of zealous John Storm reminded me of other people beside myself who are disappointed not only once but often. I put the remaining five cents into the treasury of the Boston Elevated for a'ride to my home. I try to read now and then from the copy of “The Christian” which I bought that morning, but my mind wanders always to carousing seamen, disagree- able occupations, contrary weather and all the rest. And with the whoop of the siren there rings in my ears that clerk’s voice, “Fifty-five cents, fifty-five cents, fifty-five cents.” _ —T --— SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 11 Scientific topics of tbe S)a . Experiments in wireless telegraphy are about to be made under the direction of Signor Marconi between the South Foreland Lighthouse (near Dover, Eng- land), and the South Goodwin Lightship, points three miles apart. If the tests succeed the new system will be intro- duced there at once. According to police regulations, French theatres must have a fireproof curtain between stage and auditorium. Iron has been the material hitherto em- ployed. In so large a building as the Paris Grand Opera House, however, the use of iron on account of the weight causes much inconvenience. It is pro- posed, therefore, to construct a curtain of the much lighter metal, aluminum, which will be used in sheets one-tenth of an inch thick, about thirteen feet long and three and one-third feet wide. In Arlington a market gardener is said to be growing winter lettuce and cucumbers with the aid of electric light. I he idea came to him upon observing that some bushes on the north side of his house did not grow well during the summer until an electric arc light hap- pened to be so placed in front of his residence that it shone all night on the stunted shrubs. They soon began to bloom, and finally outdid the thriving bushes on the south side from ap- parently no other cause. For the grow- ing of winter vegetables the nightly electric illumination is supplied by seven arc lights hung over the glass houses. As a result, this market gardener says, he has frequently the Quincy Market to himself as far as lettuce and cucum- bers are concerned. Understanding by “Soul” the highest intellectual faculties, it is worth consid- erable trouble, thinks Dr. D. CL Brinton, to find out where these functions are lo- cated. Savages believe that it is in the liver or the heart; cynics suggest that it is in the stomach ; phrenologists place them in the front part of the brain ; but the most advanced physiologists are now inclined to teach that the posterior cere- bral lobes have the highest intellectual value. Dr. C. Clapham’s arguments to this effect are that man has the most highly developed posterior lobes, which is conspicuous in men of marked abil- ity, and in the highest races; that in idiots the lobes are imperfectly devel- oped, and that in chronic insanity these portions of the brain reveal frequent lesions or morbid conditions of their tex- ture. Numerous authorities agree upon these points. A Turkish physician has recently dis- covered that cut hair planted into the skin of bald scars would there take root and permanently grow. A micro- scopic examination of such skin before planting revealed no traces of former hairs or hair roots. An dree, the Swedish explorer, who hoped to cross the North Pole in a bal- loon, has not yet been heard from. Two expeditions sent by the Russian Geo- graphical Society to Siberia report find- ing no trace of him. Another expedi- tion being organized in Copenhagen is about to make a search in Eastern Greenland. Andree’s brother does not believe that the body has been found. On the night of the 15th-i 3th of August last, there was a great storm in northern Illinois. A gentleman noticed that for the 48 hours preceding he heard none of the numerous song-birds of the region sing. Further inquiry showed that this remarkable fact had been ob- served by many other persons. The brain of Prince Bismarck weighed no less than 1,807 grams, or 3.97 lbs. (1,000 grams equals 2.2 lbs. avdp). The average weight of the brain of a Caucas- ian is 1,350-1,400 grams or 2 97 3 08 lbs Barring errors, the brain of Prince Bis- marck is the heaviest known. G. J. P. 12 SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Ibc Contributors’ Club. Robert Nuck. Robert Nuck was truly a phenomenon; not that he was noticeably deformed, for he was tall and had broad shoulders sup- porting a head with eyes of dark brown and hair of similar hue, and a good manly face. But he had been noted from the earliest days of his infancy for the peculiar flexibility of his neck. Not- withstanding his manly appearance he was cowardly, fickle, light headed, im- practical and extravagant. He attended school, as does every other fortunate boy, but was dull and below the average in every branch ex- cept singing. In this he excelled all. The fact that he took private lessons in vocal music may account to some extent for this, but his true superiority lay in the formation of his throat. It was by- no means a natural throat, because he could not change the pitch of his voice unless through the agency ol his neck. Now it was by lengthening this that he could attain very high, clear notes, and by shortening it that he was able to utter lower tones. He contended against many difficulties, but warbling was the worst, for the only way one could warble with such a throat was to keep lengthening and shortening the neck and at the same time waving it from side to side so that the result was a vertical, wavy line. Nevertheless, by a great deal of practice, he attained great skill in singing and gained for himself a world wide fame, as he could with great volume and clearness sing all the notes of an ordinary piano. He was a great success, not alone through his voice, but through his at- tractive and easy stage appearance, which entirely captivated his audiences. He made several fortunes, but lost them all without doing any particular good to himself or any one else. As a spectator in a theatre or street parade he heard and saw all, for in the former he was never annoyed by big hats nor in the latter by the crowd, as he could adjust the elevation of his head to suit the situation. Noth withstanding that Nuck had a neck convenient for wearing a high collar, he never did, for the longer his neck the higher his voice, and the com- bination of a large, robust frame and ra woman’s tones would have been very curious, consequently he was limited to only a four and a quarter inch collar. He met his death in the 8oth year of his age trying to look over a twelve-foot fence on the other side of which men were blasting. Just as he succeeded a large rock knocked his head entirely off. This may seem strange, but is easily ex- plained by the fact that he had stretched his neck to such a length and the mus- cles were so weakened from old age that they offered no resistance. He now lies peacefully in two pieces under a grassy sod marked by a tablet with this inscription : ‘•Heare lyes buried ye body of Robert Nuck who after a wonderful life of song met his death in ye Soth ear of his age by osing his head on a solleni oc- casione” T. VV. H., L, ’99- A Yarn. “Waal,” said the village store proprie- tor, as he perched himself on the coun- ter and glanced at the group of citizens huddled around the stove, “I cat’late this ez ’baout ez cold a snap ez hez ever be’n seen in these parts.” A profound silence greeted this re- mark. At last the oldest inhabitant rose from his chair in the corner, hitched up his trousers, sat down again, turned to the speaker and said scorn- fully : “D’ye call this cold ? Don’t begin tu tech the col’ snap we hed fifty-two year ago—you r'member, Jim—the same win- ter Sam Jones’ ol’ boss bruk his leg an’ SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. died. Cold? Waal, I reck’n you’d a said so. OF Mis’ Watson, she bed a fever thet time, an’ when her cia'ter— she thet wuz Sally Smith.......tried tu make some gruel fcr her, it friz right on the stove while it wuz cookin’,” and the old man gave a triumphant glance around. “What d’the register say, Eph ? ” asked the storekeeper, with the air of a man, who, though defeated, is not yet fully convinced, “it wuz thirty-two b’low aout by our barn this mornin’.” “I bed one o’ them weather reg’sters,” replied Eph, “the city boarder we bed thet summer, he couldn’t pay his bill— real nice, pleasant spoken feller he wuz, tu—so I jest tuk a lot o’ truck he bed 'long with him an’ called it square, an’ one o’ the things wuz a ‘thermom’ter,’ he called it. Thirty-two b’low ! It wuz so cold then and the merc’ry went so low, it come clean aout the bottom o’ the machine, went plumb through the barn floor an’ when I went daown cellar tu see what bed become of it, it wuz diggin’ a hole in the dirt tu git daown further.” So saying, the oldest inhab- itant hitched up his trousers again and walked slowly toward the door. As it closed behind him the old men solemnly shook their heads and then lapsed into silence, broken only by Eph’s returning to say: “An’ I ken show ye the hole,” and then the door slammed and the sound of his cane grew fainter and fainter as he hobbled over the icy road. C. H. B. A Little Beggar. He was only a little curly-haired boy, standing in a doorway on Boylston street, asking for a “penny, please” from the passers by. But the face was one you would remember, and two or three days later I recognized it again in the face of a little girl, who, too, was asking for pennies in another part of the city. Stepping up to her I gave her one, and asked her if she had a little brother who stayed down on Boylston street through the day. She looked at me a moment, and then said, with the utmost gravity, “No, I ain’t got no brother.” Then a smile beginning to dimple round her mouth, “That kid you 13 saw was me. You see I didn't get much down there, so I thought I’d try being a girl for a change—it pays a good deal better.” Then dismissing me with a nod, she, or rather he, turned to the next passer-by, and I could hear the sweet voice as I walked away, “Won’t you please give a poor little girl a penny, sir ? ” W. T. A Street Scene. She starts for school On an icy day She s sure she won't slip. She feels very gay As she walks along, Singing a song. Skippity skip Trippity trip ! Up the street She happens to meet A stout old gentleman not as Meet As the gay little maid. “ Good morning, my dear! Quite slippery, I fear! Whoppoty whop.’ Floppoty flop ! Up they scramble, Cross as can be. The stout old man Forgets that he Is using strong language. So cross is he. Sputterty sputter! Stutterty stutter! On they go Through the snow— The sad little giri, Her hair out of curl. And the stout old man, His hat all a-jam. Huffety huff! Puffetv puff! G. G. Innocence. A handsome infant was calmly stand- ing on the car cushion and peacefully cooing at the scenery along the route. Its proud and equally handsome mother was evidently enjoying the unaccus- tomed peacefulness when the motorman stopped so suddenly at Maple street that the handsome youngster suddenly dis- covered that it hadn’t cried for nearly two blocks. Its yelling woke from peace- ful slumbers the red headed messenger boy in the corner and the severe looking •4 SOMKRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. bachelor across the aisle scowled over the top of his morning paper. The baby was evidently crying “for keeps” when a jolly old man with a long gray beard and kindly blue eyes landed down beside him. The old gentleman's kindly blue eyes had a magical effect, and the red-headed boy was again left to his own peaceful reflections. The long, gray beard, however, appeared to be the youngster’s chief delight, and reaching from his mother’s lap he frequently amused himself by pulling and jerking it, all the while emitting sundry “ohs” and “ahs” by way of expressing his delight. The red-headed boy wished to yell “Ma-a-a,” but he ciidn’t quite dare. When the car stopped again for more freight, among this new consignment was a beardless youth, one of those nervous kind of fellows with an amazing lack of self assurance. As he took his seat beside the baby’s mother he blushed visibly, when, looking up, he caught sight of the chewing gum girl with the bicycle suit. The baby also took an evident interest in this unfortunate young man, which served only to in- crease his uneasiness. First, he would turn his large, wondering blue eyes on the young man’s blushing face. Then he would regard his other neighbor’s rough visage with the same air of be- wilderment. Suddenly a happy thought struck the young hopeful, for, reaching over, he grasped the old man’s beard, and with one long, drawn-out “oh” he drew his hand through the length. Turning, he put his hand up to the young man’s face and touching it ex- claimed in a tone of the most intense bewilderment, “All gone! all gone!” The red headed boy laughed outright, the bicycle girl lost her chewing gum, even the stern visaged bachelor ralaxed, and the young man—fled. X., S. L. S. PAR FETCHED “What is the difference between a piece of paper with printed lines and a lazy dog ? ” “The paper is an ink lined plane, and an inclined plain is a slope up, and a slow pup is a lazy dog.” LUMNI NOTES. ’92. Herschel Wilder Lewis is a teacher in the Worcester Military Academy. ’94 Miss Blanche IIuse, Latin Div. ’94, and Radcliffe, ’98, is teaching in the South Berwick Academy, Me. 94. Francis Garland, who graduated from Harvard last June with high honors, is studying in the Harvard Law School. L. ’95 Miss Bessie D. Davis took part in a representation of the Greek play. “Antigone,' given at Radcliffe, January 12. E. '96. Miss Alice Howard Spauld- ing is among the Somerville High grad- uates at Tufts. She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Gamma Society, and a candidate for the degree of A. Ik E. ’96. Clarence Alphonso Cush- man is studying at Tufts for the de- grees of B. S. and Ph. B. He is leader of the Tufts College Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Club, which he has brought to a high degree of excellence. He is also a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, and prominent in athletics. L. ’97. Geo. M. Hosmer, by his work at Harvard during his Freshman year, won a position in the highest group of scholarship holders. He was invited to the reception given to Gov- ernor Roosevelt at Judge Lowell’s. E. 97. Harry Chester Turner, a candidate for the degree of Ph. B at Tufts, intends entering a medical school at the close of his college course. He is very prominent in college ath- letics, and a member of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. E. '97. We are pleased to note that Miss Mary W. Woodman has recovered from a very severe attack of rheumatic fever. Miss Lilia M. Alger, Latin, ’98, and Chas. A. French, Latin, ’97, have won scholarships at Boston University this year. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 15 Calendar. Camera Club Musicale. Jan. 13. 18. 19. 20. -5- 26. 27. 28. Feb. 2. 8. 9- Football champions banqueted at Young's Hotel. Latin 1 00 Social. Polo Game. Somerville High vs. Melrose High. Meeting of Physics Club. E. H. S. Debating Club. Subject: “The Nicaragua Canal.” E. H. S. Alumni Meeting. Lecture by Wm. Power Kenibbs. Latin '99 Social. Polo Game. Somerville High vs. English High. Camera Club Entertainment. No school ; caused by heavy snow storm. Baseball Concert. S. E. H. S. Gleanings. Our Physics Department has re- ceived an expensive Attvvood machine from Knotts, Boston, and the Senior class is now testing the rate of falling bodies by means of electricity. The Senior class finishes its work in American history at the close of this term. For the remainder of the year the time will be devoted to the study of civil government. Bv invitation of Principal Beede of the Melrose High School and formerly sub-master in this institution, Head Master Whitcomb gave an address to the Melrose High School Faculty on the afternoon of January 24. The ad- dress was of great interest and received with much favor. Our Debating Club has suddenly sprung into activity, although with a small membership. Three debates have been held on the following questions : 1. Resolved, That the Philippines should be annexed to the United States. 2. Resolved, That the United States should construct and operate the Nic- aragua Canal. 3. Resolved, That all international disputes should be settled by arbitration. The affirmative sides won in each case. The Camera Club fully realized its object, and will, in the near future, pre- sent a magnificent modern stercopticon to the English High School. This club, since its formation by Mr. Poor in 1897, has made a record for itself, and for over a year has combined pleasure and profit m a laudable undertaking. On the evening of February 2, the energetic officers of the Camera Club added another success to the list of en- tertainments and lectures which have been given by the club, with the com- mendable object in view of presenting a stereopticon to the English High School. The entertainment took the form of a musicale and recital, the tal- ent being taken entirely from the teach- ers and students of the school. Pres. Ernest D. Foster opened the evening’s program with a few well- chosen remarks, in which he expressed the club’s thanks to the teachers and students who had so earnestly co-oper- ated with the officers in presenting the affair. The program which followed, was of unusual excellence and interest, the artists generously responding to hearty and repeated encores. Miss Eda L. Nichols captivated an audience, which taxed to the utmost the limits of the hall, with a number of pleasing selections, her charming pres- entation of “A Plantation Melody” being especially well received. Mr. Avery’s brilliant rendering of the “Wary Trout,” and Mr. Pfeiffer’s finely executed “La Menetrier” were thor- oughly enjoyed by those present. Miss Lottie Williams played with great brilliancy and feeling Chaminade’s 3d Prelude for piano, and the mandolin and banjo solos of Francis J. Brine and Curtis S. Fairbanks were admirably rendered, both soloists receiving an ova- tion. Wm. J. Stephens, cornetist, gave a very creditable rendering of Ra- meaux’ “The Palms,” and a sextet of Senior young ladies sang Wigand’s “Meadow Song,” with excellent effect. A very artistically arranged platform and an interesting collection of photo- graphs, illustrating club work, added much to the general attractiveness of the affair. Everyone pronounced the occasion a decided success. The sterc- opticon committee, of which Chas. A. Shaw is chairman, deserve great credit for the able manner in which they managed the affair. No one questions a man’s standing when he is in a street car. i6 SOMKRYI I.I.K HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. ’99 Pent ctre il pent etre. Purdy—Purdy—Purdy. “A sophist—one who talks through his hat.” All hail a good and refreshing vacation. Muldoon thinks a dead man is neuter. I low’s that ? Miss Kimpton thinks Virgil’s Eneid is a “fairy tale.” Armstrong translating: “I need at least 30 years.” Ayres, in meditation, plays all the popular airs on a lead pencil. Teacher : “Where is your work ?” Pupil : “On the side-board.” The social left what is called a “moreish” taste in our mouths. Pete Harrington in French : “I have the honor of informing you that I was killed.” Passwords—In Greek, “Thus he spake. In French—“Muldoon’s is wrong.” Dogs and swine speak French. One says “ ous ! vous ! vous ! ” The other, “oui! oui! oui! ” Ayres, expert decipherist. Oflice Latin High, Room A, at the rear. Hours from 8.30 to 1.30. Je si is ce que je suis ct je ne suis pas cc (jttc je sit is, car si j't tats ce que je suis, je tic serais pas ce que je suis. Teacher : “What does ‘ renfermes ’ mean ? ” Pupil (innocently) : “Shut up.” Never before our social was the in- terior of the building so attractively decorated {grace a not re comete). All those who desire to know the length of the string attached to Mul- doon’s hat arc referred to Miss Fox. Burke says in his speech on “Concilia- tion,” after speaking about four hours, “I feel my mind greatly disburdened.” Kilmer must think everyone in the Greek division near sighted ; at least, his blackboard work would lead one to this conclusion. Forty-five out of a class of fifty-two were present. A pretty good showing for a social, but the other seven must be sure to attend the reception. Who does not join in the general belief that up to a fortnight ago Gun- senheiser had the largest head of hair ever seen on a human being. Translations: “Knightly Nestor the geranium.” “Briseis, the swift sailing ship.” “The Zeus—degenerated kings.” “Oeuf frais”—the frail egg. The phrase “grievous infatuation” seemed to interrupt any further passage through the vocal organs of Keyes. Thus he spake and sat. If polo is derived from “polus” one would think it was a game played by the Latin celestials. Jupiter, rush ; Mer- cury, rush; Apollo, halfback; Vulcan, guard ; and Mars, centre. Miss Fox, Mr. Baxter and Mr. Hawes and all but a few of the class were present to spend a most enjoyable eve- ning at our first social of 1899. The SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 17 lower hall and Miss Morey’s room were tastefully decorated and the program offered was most entertaining, being a piano solo, Miss Teele; reading, Miss Mabel Moore; violin solo, Mr. Reach ; vocal solo, Miss Kimpton, and two read- ings by Miss Medros. Mr. Baxter and Mr. Hawes spoke, refreshments were served and the remainder of the even- ing was spent in dancing. oo Our social was a complete success. Harts ought to be in his element just now. The fates are very unkind to Rinn in Latin. Did you go to the Grand Opera or to the Baseball Concert ? The class has voted to make Phillips a Ph. D. (Doctor of Physics.) The only trouble with our school is an irrepressible craving for the musical. We ought to send McLean a Radia- tor. It would be a good advertisement. Miss Morey said that “Diable!” was untranslatable. Vinal thinks otherwise. Perhaps that “upright tiara” men- tioned in the Anabases was merely a “tall hat.” To ask our girls not to speak to one another in class is an unspeakable re- quest. Why does Brine so studiously forget to take his reference books into the his- tory class? Sturtevant very kindly excused Mr. Murray for disturbing his nap in the physics recitation. According to Miss Count way it was one of the principles of Klearchus to “avoid his friends.” Perhaps he was in debt. The ethics recitations are very inter- esting. Among the subjects we have studied are mineralogy, phrenology and orthography. Kenniston has discovered a lost art. He can write a dead language, but whether it is Egyptian or Sanskrit is a matter of debate. It is the age of electricity. All other things are gradually going out of date. Among these is the horse. Let us take a lesson from this. We have horseless carriages, let us have horseless transla- tions. Let us be entirely automobile. On the 18th of last month the class held its first social. Nearly all the past and present members of the class were present. After a musical and literary entertainment, consisting of musical parts by Miss Walker, Miss Thomas, and Mr. Murphy, and readings by Mr. Hawes, with a few closing remarks by Mr. Baxter, dancing was enjoyed in the hall. The music was furnished by Miss Hodgkins and Mr. Murphy. A pleasing collation was served. It was a very enjoyable affair, and every one was smiling from the very beginning until Mr. Baxter interrupted the Virginia reel at i i.io. The only objectionable feature during the whole evening was a rendering of the popular songs by the male chorus. It was that sort of music which is best en- joyed at a distance. YVc certainly owe many thanks to our social committee for their admirable ar- rangements showing not only interested effort but also ability. It is reported that certain events dur- ing the evening were responsible for the spotting of Sturtevant’s eye. Kennis- ton has nothing to say. Some of the boys appeared ill the next day. It was probably from the effects of the cake. The girls must be more careful in the future. Even those who cannot dance, unite in exclaiming, “Let’s have another.” 01. Stackpole thinks Orgetorix had nerve to try to get Gaul. It is too bad that a cage cannot be provided for our baseball enthusiasts. Halman’s proverb is: “He that sitteth on a tack shall gather his goods and de- part.” Miss Stower’s sad bereavement of an eye has caused much sorrow among the scholars. Do not forget the dance on February 24. It will be the social event of the school year. 18 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Miss Thompson and Miss Pearson must be pleased with their portraits in Room 4. Division 1 has a unique way of lctter- ing geometrical figures, such as A P A, A P E. ’Tis a pity that Brown will not pro- duce his new four-act drama, for there are many fine moments in it. At last we have a parson among us, and all those who are desirous of spirit- ual encouragement may apply to Haartz for tracts. Miss McGann has a new “Orange Lotion” for the teeth which lias called forth hearty recommendations from a number of the girls. Bennett’s fierce encounter with the girl who carries red pepper in her pocket is vividly described in his own poem, “The Highwayman.” 02. WHY IS IT? Why is it “French is like a rubber bail?” Why is it he is no good at all ? Why is it Story growls like a bear? Why is it Nichols has so much hair? Why is it Proctor is as slow as a snail ? Why is it Whitman as an artist does fail ? On this great mystery I’ll throw a light ray. One truth is this—they were born that way. Miss R : “I wan't laughing.” Whitney, the “flying library.” Heard in the hall. Miss R : “I don’t know anything.” We are very sorry to hear that Pet- tcngill has left school. Miss Lord : “The Greeks ate soup with their fingers.” 'Phis is an improve- ment upon eating it with a fork. When are we going to elect class officers? It would be a good plan to move our class to Philadelphia. We’re slow ! x= Names of class officers. —4= Different officers. ‘r ' x=—4. We hope the class will solve the problem before June. B. should put his voice in a bread pan with some yeast, then set it on a Radiator and see if he can get it to rise when at school. Latin High Gleanings. At last the Latin School has a course in drawing! The Sophomore French class has to draw illustrations of the stories they read. Some of these draw- ings are remarkably well done. During the past month there have been two very successful class socials in the school building. The first one was held by the Juniors January 18. Miss Morey’s room was tastily fitted out and the lemonade was refreshing. The pro- gram, composed of home talent, was very enjoyable. Cream and cake were served toward the end of the evening. Two Greek societies have lately sprung up among us. Some two months ago ten boys of 1901 started the Phi Sigma, and the Sigma Pi Omega has been recently formed by eight of the Junior girls. We are wondering if these societies are to die out with the present members, or if, like college fra- ternities, a privileged few will be initi- ated each year. February 15 the two upper classes will give a reception to their pa- rents in the school building. All the teachers are invited to attend and a good opportunity will be given for the pa- rents and teachers to make each other’s acquaintance. The committees of the two classes are laying themselves out to make it a great affair, and are putting in some hard work. It is the duty of the members of the classes to give their support by coming and bringing their parents, and all are promised a good time. The Senior social was perhaps a trifle more elaborate. Both the hall and Miss Morey’s room were artistically deco- rated by the well chosen committee. The school colors were to be seen on every side and were very effective. Frappee was constantly in demand. The entertainment was furnished by members of the class and was very pleasing. Mr. Baxter’s short address was particularly enjoyed. Nearly all entered into the spirit of the Virginia reel which followed, and after a dainty collation was served, dancing and games were participated in until a late hour. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 19 ENGLISH NOTES '99. Where is the Interclass Ice Polo League? For information on questioning, ques- tion Miss Mason. Hoorn the cantata! It is not too early to advertise it by talking. The Seniors are becoming proficient in the “School for Soldiers.” Watson seems inspired with some of Joan of Arc’s courage in music. All that the inhabitants of the Philip- pines raise in the summer is umbrellas. Debates arc occurring in rapid suc- cession. You are invited to attend, also to join the club. We arc told that Robinson has bought a new alarm clock that he may reach school in season. If the geometry class think they have some complex figures let them try crys- tal forms in geology. Ellis recently informed the class that he didn't know anything. However, he proved the opposite. One of our young men has been told not to be inquisitive, because curiosity ?s a female accomplishment. “When our men arrived in Cuba the rainy season was on them,” so we were told by one of our young men. The ease with which some people get into trouble and that with which others get out is really surprising. Nickerson says that the war depart- ment is to be congratulated upon the management of the recent war. Purdy has been chosen as class pho- tographer. Now we hear on every hand “Will you exchange pictures with me?” Since the study of crystal forms has been taken up in geology the class have seen lines at all angles and in all direc- tions. Perhaps it has not occurred to some members of the class that it is against the law to carry knives or razors over three inches long. The longed-for cantata score has ar- rived. The only trouble now is that the hands of the clock move too quickly during the music period. Many interesting and valuable facts were made known by the extempora- neous speakers of our class. It was too bad that the senators could not have been present. Photograph tickets can be secured from any one of the picture com- mitttee. Remember Purdy is our class photographer, and it is our duty to stand by him. One of the Seniors recently appeared in the Chemical Labratory dressed in a swallow-tail coat. (We refer to the calamity which befell Ellis’ coat and the effect of it.) As the school has a track team it is not too early to consider the question of having a block of seats at the Inter- scholastic meet in March. Support this team as you support others. The boys need encouragement here as well as on the gridiron or diamond. Would eggs over which alcohol has been poured be as wholesome as boiled 20 SOM ICR VILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 00 How much is a heavy sum of money, Miss H-----? Something unpleasant—the dreaded red D’s on our report cards. Frequently heard at the lunch coun- ter: “Buy me a piece of pie ?” We are desirous to have Clark repeat his selection, “lest we forget” it. Still lost, strayed or stolen! The voices of the girls of English B. Grieves says that the ministers of Elizabeth greatly misundertook her. Doyle (nervily) during physiology: “Where is the oil factory” (olcfactory). “As a result of the One Hundred Years’ war, the barons were thrown out of England.” Who was the fellow who forgot him- self and took down a singing book on go- ing into the hall for gymnastics. It might be profitable to purchase some of Dr. Johnson's Educators in or- der to save the ends of the pencils from destruction. How cramped the quarters are in the boys’ dressing room on the third floor. As the boys put on their coats, one finds himself blinded by arms, coatsleevesand scarfs. Why not have the Lecture Hall ? The Physics Club held its first meet- ing of the year, on January 20, at the home of Miss Laura Peavey, of West Somerville. About fifteen members were present and all report a most enjoyable evening. A short business meeting was followed by an excellent musical pro- gram, after which refreshments were served. Before breaking up, the com- pany sat for a flash light picture. The grouping was decidedly artistic, and striking results were obtained. 01 Boys, when is our sleigh ride com- ing off? Every one buy a book and help along the cantata. Quotation from Irving: “The char- acter that succeeds best among wits is that of a silent listener.” Some of us follow it well in our history work. Sidney Cole must be a warm friend of Eugene P'ield's. Skating has ended, so we must now strive for better marks. When we sing the cantata do we hear the voices of class spirits? Why are not more from our class represented in the track team? White of Room 28 will take up his- tory again after the examinations are over. It is Mr. Avery’s intention to make multi-millionaires of the scholars of II geometry D. The ’01 class is well represented in both the Camera and the Debating Clubs. Let it be more so. Everybody attend the S. H. and L , 1901 dance given at Eberle Hall, Fri- day night, February 24. Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb and Mr. and Mrs. Baxter are to receive. Come everyone and en- joy yourselves. '02 We long for our next report cards. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are, Up above the rest so far. Like a star in Algebra. —Fisher. Class notes gratefully received at Room 15. Some of the clocks have three hands —an hour hand, a minute hand and “a little behind hand.” Won’t some genius invent suspender buttons which won’t come off when you take the setting up drill ? If you want good High School en- joyment join the Camera Club. The '02 class is very poorly represented in it. The officers of class ’02 were elected January 30. The results were as fol- lows: President, Delano Loring; vice president, Percy Underhill; secretary, Bessie Crocker; treasurer, Louise Messer. Hoax : “If the driver of an ice wagon weighs two hundred pounds, what does the man on the back of the wagon weigh ? ” Joax • “All right, give it up.” Hoax: “Ice.” SOMKRVILUC HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 21 The season of 98-’99 is without ques- tion proving an extremely favorable one for Somerville High School Athletics. The latest feather in our cap is our cred- itable showing in the Polo League. Polo is a sport that is rapidly growing in popularity, and the Somerville team is to be congratulated on winning from a field of worthy opponents. Track athletics and the baseball season are still before us, and everything points to success in these lines. Championship or no championship, we can get a great deal out of both sports, and with the right kind of encouragement and sup- port, teams should be produced, which, following the lead of the football and polo teams, will be a credit to the schools and city. one who will be able to keep his head on all occasions. The outfield must be a sure catch, and a good batter and base runner. With practically the same infield and battery, the old players will be able to steady the younger and inexperienced men. One of our strongest points in former years has been the heavy bat- ting of S. H. teams. To this we shall devote much time, as I believe batting wins a game and fielding saves it. As soon as arrangements can be made in- door practice will be commenced. The promising men are Cassidy, Cummings, Fitts, Peters, Goldthwaite. Rail, Nelson, Nickerson, Russell Pipe, Ham, Rov Pipe, Pierce, Noble, Smith, Jones and F. Brine. Cuas. Cuddy, Capt. Baseball Outlook. After a brilliant and successful sea- son of football and polo, we naturally look forward to our prospects for a suc- cessful baseball team. The old men left for the ’99 team are McRae, Pipe, Story and Cuddy, all of ’99, and Saun- ders, special. Nothing need be said of these players, as their records are well known. In the loss of Brookhouse, a position is vacated which will be hard to fill, but with coaching and development, Saunders should make a first class pitcher. The position of short will be the hardest to fill, as it requires a per- son of quickness and judgment, and Track Team. Training School will also be our op- ponents at the School Meet in March. Henry K. Mead, English, ’99, has been ejected manager of the Track Team. A good crowd should go over to the Cam Bridgeport “Gvm,J and root for Somerville in the first team race with C. M. T. S. Too much should not be expected of the boys in the B. A. A. Meet, as it will be the first race for most of them and they will have to compete with the fast- est men in the country. It is only run for experience. 22 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. “Kimp's” great work on the Cam- bridgeport Members’ games was very gratifying. He deserved to win first, and his pretty, clean-cut style of jump- ing made him quite a favorite with the spectators. Those wishing tickets for the School Meet in March should make early ap- plication to either Mead or Purcell or any member of the team. The earliest applicants will get the best seats. Tickets will probably be 50 cents. We shall probably have a fast relay team this winter and it would be some- thing worth doing to defeat our great football rival of last fall. I I. W. P. Polo Team. McRae deserves a medal for bringing out Somerville’s first championship polo team. Nelson, L. ’00, should have a sure thing for goal next year. In four games Somerville has won 26 points against her opponents’ 3. Story has turned out a second Mark Lynam. McRae and Gunsenheiser arc con- sidered the best pair of rushers in the Intcrscholastic League. C. R. P. Baseball Concert. Odd Fellows Hall was solidly filled last Thursday night with the friends of the Somerville High School Baseball Team. The annual concert and dance of our ball club brought the school out in full force, and the entertainment was in every way up to the high standard of previous years. 'Phis is saying much, but those who were present will say that the Tufts College Mandolin and Glee Clubs were never better than this year. A bright, interesting and well received program was followed by danc- ing, which, in spite of the large crowd thronging the floor, was enjoyed until a late hour. The affair went off very suc- cessfully, and should assure the baseball team ot the school’s support in the com- ing season on the diamond. It was a most auspicious opening, and Messrs. Cushman and Reynolds realized a neat little sum with which to start a cham- pionship ball team. Circumstances have prevented the printing of matter prepared for this issue by the regular editor of the athletic department. “With the Regulars at El Caney.” Ex-Corp. Wm. Power Kenibbs of Co. E, 7th Regular Infantry, entertained the members and friends of the English High School Alumni Association on the evening of January 26 with a thrilling descriptive lecture, his subject being “With the Regulars at El Caney.” It was a modest, eloquent story of personal experience, and a glowing tribute to the heroic work of the regu- lars who took part in “the battle that set Cuba free. The lecture was il- lustrated with a number of excellent stereopticon views taken on the field by the Rev. Peter MacOueen. Corp. Kenibb’s experiences in the Santiago campaign were little short of marvelous. He appears to have been made the mark of some carefully placed Spanish sharp-shooter, and his escapes al- most prove him bullet-proof. Six differ- ent wounds were received the same day, one of them made by a Mauser bullet pass- ing completely through his head, suffi- cient, apparently, to have caused the death of any ordinary man. The association should feel well pleased with the success of its first meet- ing for 1899. A course of three lectures is planned, for the months of March and April, which will be open to the school. In giving this course the Alumni Asso- ciation is living up to the clause in its constitution, which declares that its aim shall be to promote the general welfare of the school. Auditors' Notice. This is to certify that we have exam- ined, and declare approved, the books of R. H. Brooks, treasurer of the S. H. S. Radiator, and Wm. F. Cutter, business manager of the S. H. S. Radiator, Vol. VII. Alton L. Stevens, ) A Edith W. Poole, j Aud,tors- Somerville, Feb. 1, 1899. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 23 Exchanges. If there is any special school with which you would like to exchange papers please let the exchange editor know. There is one feature common to all the schools east, west, north and south, and that is the humorous and ridiculous answers on examination papers. Our old friend C. M. T. S. is no longer, but the Rindge Manual Training School takes its place. We wish the old school under the new name all possible success. The Boston Traveller for one evening the last of January published a short piece on the Radiator. The world is discovering that such a paper is to be found in literature. If one wants a paper containing all departments, editorials, poetry, class notes or personals, stories, jokes, etc., in excellent proportion, read the Student from Bridgeport, Conn. They must be a very sober set or else very lacking in authors at Worcester Academy, for no stories ever appear in the otherwise well balanced Weekly. Perhaps as much interest is felt in reading a sketch of childhood reminis- cences as in almost any literature, but such a sketch is seldom seen. The Dis- taff ior January contains a well written article of this kind. The Cambridge H. and L. Review pub- lishes the two stories taking first and second prizes in a contest offered by that paper. Both are commendable. The December Beech Grove Oracle is the best number of that paper which we have received this year. INCANDESCENT GAS BURNERS Complete with Shade and Chimney $1.00. Mantles 20 and 25 cents. W. E. PLUMER CO.’S, 52 Union Square. H. W. Covell . . . Sanitary Plumbing and Gas Fitting 140 Perkins Street, - East Somerville Orders promptly attended to All Work done in first-class manner at Reasonable Prices. The I Iolyoke Herald shows the results of a lively, wide awake school this month as always. Under the editorials of the Cherry and White is placed an outline square. If a cross is placed in this, the subscriber knows his fee is due. Truly, this is not a bad idea! For the first time this year, we have received the Beacon from Thompson’s Island. We hope to find it on our desk the rest of the year. A young Benedict says: “Man leads woman to the altar, and here his leader- ship ends.” “ There are many ways to Rome.” quoth he, Though 1 can’t help but confess That Roman lessons are soonest reached By means of the pony express.”—hx. Thin boarder: I don’t see how you manage to fare so well at this boarding house. I have industriously courted the landlady and all her daughters, but I'm half starved. Fat boarder: I court the cook.—-Ex. Oh, if only I knew Greek. A cinch would lessons be. For English, Latin, French and Dutch. They are all Greek to me.—Ex. FOR MEN ONLY . xg— puaq jaq uo puejs oj peq aqs ji ‘Avoqaiuos jaii p.aqs A auq 9 •peoj Xpeajje s aqs luaod siqj, ‘SuiqtitJJ M 01 SJU9D U9J J93hA II 9AV 0 J •A oqs e jo puiq Xue sja.o aqs jj ‘A oqXue jno puy n.oqs jaq noX inq •.wouq 01 jou jqSno aqs utqjauios s4)| ‘uuiuoav e sau-iOAv SuiqiXue sta.iaqi jj Mother: “Roy, stop using such dread- ful language.” Roy: “Well, mother, Shakespeare uses it.” Mother : “Then don’t play with him ; he’s no fit companion for you.” Ex. CRANE'S Throat and Lung Balsam Will Cure Your Cough and Cold Chas. H. Crane, Perk,,aXFrankUn Join the Athletic Association. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. TRIUMPH OF excellence. J. E. PURDY GO. CLASS ’99 PHOT0GRAPMERS Somerville Latin and English High Schools. The following endorsements of our work by prominent and well known people justifies our claim that we are making the best picture made in Boston today. • I think 1 have had none better than the large por- trait photographs which you have made. I have recom- mended a great many people who have written me for my photograph to get that, as the best one I know of.” Hon. .John 1 . Long, Secretary of the Navy. ‘‘I have received the photographs recently taken for me, and they seem to be very skillfully done.” Hon. Geo. F. IIoak, U. S. Senator. “I can say with full confidence that the photographs are quite superior to any others that have been taken of me at anv period of mv life. Such, also, is the opinion of my family. Hox. GKO. S. BOUTWELL, Ex-Gov. of Massachusetts. The pictures you have taken of me have pleased un- friends more than any others, and they are especially treasured at my home particularly on account of the pleasant expression which I do not always secure in a sitting. I am very grateful to you for your painstaking and to a good frieiiu.for guiding me to you.” Oliver Otis Howard MaJ. Gen. U. S. Army (retired.) ‘I am glad to certify that 1 am familiar with the work of Messrs. .1. l . Purdy A Co. They have been the pho- tographers for several of the senior classes of Tufts College. They have also done a good deal of work for members of mv family and myself. I have always found them patient, conscientious and painstaking, and I regard them as masters in their art. So far as I have seen it, all of tln ir work is eminently satisfactory. K. If. Cafes, I). I). President Tufts College. “My friends advise me that the photographs which you have recently taken are the beat 1 have ever had. and they are undoubtedly the best judges, though my opinion coincides with theirs. I need not assure you that while you are doing such superior work I shall not think of going elsewhere for my photographs.” Hon. Gko. Fred Williams. If I am able to do anything to advance the sale of your admirable work, restassumi I shall do so.” Rev. Gko. C. Lokimkk, l . D.. Pastor Trcmont Temple. Our quota of School Contracts being filled, we shall not sign any more for 1899. The Class Rate may be obtained by anyone securing a Class Card from the Photo Committee. STUDIO, • 146 TREMONT ST. North Packing and Provision Co. Bryant «ae UNDERTAKER J70 School Street Telephone 123-2 Henry D. Padelford APOTHECARY Cor. Pearl and Marshall Streets Winter Hill, Somerville. PADELFORD'S ALMOND LOTION. Home Made Candies dt Always Fresh. At Popular Prices. Original Varieties Added Continually. A large line of Chocolates 20c. to 60c. per lb. Home Bakery—Fine Home Made Bread. A nice line of Cakes, Cookies, etc. All goods made on the premises. Ice Cream always on hand. Parties Supplied. Orders delivered. Miller's Candy Kitchen Gilman Square, Opp. Winter Hill Station. A. Needleman, . Tailor 14 Franklin 8treet, E. Somerville. Ladies’ and Gent’s Garments made to Order. Also first-class Repairing, Cleaning and Dyeing. School Supplies, Stationery, Toys, Confectionery, Games, Magazines, Papers, Books, etc...... L. M. LIBBEY, 6 Holland St., Davis Sq. The Radiator on Sale. 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TAYLOR Merchant Tailor. 297 Broadway, Winter Hill. 172 School Street Somerville, Mass. Particular attention given to Dyeing, Cleans- ing ami Repairing Clothes. High School Trade Solicited. Perfect Satisfaction Guaranteed. The New Freeman Studio PHOTOGRAPHER Broadway, cor. Mt, Vernon Street Has every approved modern appliance for ob- taining the best results in photography and por- traiture. Large groups, landscapes, exteriors and interiors are specialties._,_ ••••••••••••••••••••••••«••••A I AUGUSTUS THURGOOD j j Fine Wall Papers j Interior Decorations ; 36 Cornhill, . Boston j • Telephone Boston 3930 • Lady Embalmer in Attendance. Compliments of a Friend W. A. FRINK, Funeral Director. of the RADIATOR. School Water Colors In Boxes and Tubes Mathematical . Instruments . . and . . Artists' . Materials Manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland Co. (Incorporated) 82 and 84 Washington St., Boston. 17 Holland Street. W. Somerville. W. J. EMERSON 148 Perkins Street East Somerville. Dealer in Fine Boot� . Shoes and Rubbers. First-class Repairing................ We Shoe the Kdltor and Sporting Editor . The Thomas Long Co. 77 Summer Street, Boston Jewelers and Silversmiths Makers of Class Pins and Seasonable Novelties. Skilton, Foote Sc Co.’s ■ Btmker - Hill Pickles - CHOW-CHOW, KETCHUP, HORSE RADISH Salad Dressing and Table Sauce are THE REST. 1( 4 Walnut Street, Somerville. We are to make the engravings for ike Radiator and if Hie quality of them attracts you we shall lie pleased to correspond with you or send a representa- tive to call upon you. SUITOLK ENGRAVING CO., (275 Washington st. BOS ION. Contents for March. Editorials, 3 Latin High Gleanings, 5 Sunrise on Lake Chapala, 5 Latin Notes, 16 Battle of Bunker Hill Monument, 7 English Notes, 18 Poem, A Tale of Woe, 10 Athletics, 20 The Contributors’ Club, 11 Practical Shorthand, 22 Science, 13 Alumni Reception, 22 Alumni Notes, 4 Exchanges, 22 Poem, No More, 14 New Music, 23 Calendar, 15 Exchange Wit, 23 H. H. S. Gleanings, 15 Advertisements, 24 CHAMPIONS OF NEW ENGLAND INTER-SCHOLASTIC POLO LEAGUE. R. Pipe. Cuddy. MacRae, Capt. Story. Russell Pipe, Manager. MacRae, Capt. Gunsenhiser. Somerville ator 1' H K LATIN SCHOOL. ENGLISH SCHOOL. VOL. VIII. SOMKKVILLK, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH, 1899. No. 5. The Uaimatou is published l� y the Somerville Latin and English High Schools on the third Wednesday of every month during; the school year, and only important news matter can he received after the 10th of the month. Matter for insertion may be left with any of the editorial staff or be mailed to the editor at the English High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign the full name and address (this Is for reference only). Communications should be addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor, according to their nature. Manuscript must be accompanied by the necessary postage to insure Its return. TERMS. 75 CENTS PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES. IO CENTS. SOMERVILLE CITIZEN PRESS. STAFF OF THE RADIATOR. EDITOR IN CHIEF. GUY C. RIDDELL, e. 11. s., ’99. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. LUELLA P. WINSHIP, L. H. s.,m SPORTING EDITOR. WALTER C. NICKERSON, K. II. S., ’99. EXCHANGE EDITOR. MARGUERITE FOOTE. K. H. S., ’99. BUSINESS MANAGER. MARK R. JOUETT, Jr., L. H. S., ’99. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER. L. ARTHUR WALLOX. K. II. S., 1900. TREASURER. G. LEON PEIRCE. L. H. S., ’99. CLASS EDITORS. LATIN SCHOOL. TORR W. H ARMER, ’99. LINWOOD E. SNOWMAN, 1900. ROBERT NICHOLS, oi. PIERCE P. McGANN, 02. ENGLISH SCHOOL. H. FLORENCE RALPH. ’99. HERBERT M. HALE, 1900. CARLETON ONES, 01. LOUIS H. YELLAND, 02. THE Radiator is a paper without a a home. No one knows just where to look when an interview with any of the staff officers is desired. After eight years of successful publication, it would seem that a paper should have an office of some kind. The editors want a sanctum — a room where they can read proof and meet one another more con- veniently ; a place where staff meetings can be held, the Radiators kept on file, mail matter received and our exchanges made more accessible to the members of l lie schools. Such a room would be of the greatest benefit and value to the editors and business managers; such rooms are to be found in numbers of schools all over the country where school papers exist. The staff respect- fully entreat the city fathers to think this over, as plans for the extensive ad- ditions to the English Building arc be - ing made. If at the present time ;i room suitably located and adapted for a Radiator office cannot be found in our two school buildings, with all their conveniences, is it not possible that such a room could be provided for in the im 4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. provements soon to be made? The staff would gladly do its part in fitting up the room attractively, and we are sure that a cosey Red and Blue Sanc- tum, adorned with brilliant Radiator posters and school trophies, and pro- vided with school journals from all parts of the United States, would be an inter- esting addition to our High School at- tractions. ATHLETIC interest is now centered in the track team. The big School Meet of March iS is sure to bring with it many surprises, and as Somerville teams have always had a curious habit of doing the unexpected we may look for something of the kind among our own representatives. Let us not expect too much of the boys, however, for they have clever and expe- rienced men to compete againstin every event. The annual Indoor School Meet of the B. A. A. brings out every cracka- jack in the Interscholastic League, and the swiftest kind of a pace is the result. In many of the events first place is prac- tically clinched, but a great deal of honor goes with second or third, and Somer- ville may be depended upon to give a good account of herself in any case. The supreme effort will be the return team race with C. M. T. S., and in Capt. Purcell's words, “Training School will either be defeated or run as she never ran before.” The whole meet promises to be an unusually lively affair and the Somerville block of seats should be filled to overflowing with a delegation deter- mined to yell and cheer, and thereby spur the boys on to victory. THE support received by the track team from students and Athletic Association alike during the past season has not been of the gilt-edged order ; but the sport is here to stay, and it is hoped that in years to come “S. H. and L.” will be as widely known for her cinder- path athletes as for her football and base- ball stars. WE gratefully recognize the friendly spirit in which the Somerville Journal has frequently reviewed our col- umns during the past few months, but lest a note which appeared in that es- teemed paper on March 3, referring to our February number, should prove misleading, we would say that the Radi- ator, following its custom of appearing on the third Wednesday of the month, was issued over two weeks before the Journal of March 3 was published. BEFORE another Radiator is out, the cantata “Jean D’Arc” will have been presented by the English High School. Let us hope with even greater success than that attending the presen- tation of the “Holy City,” in 1895. The numerous choruses are exceedingly beautiful, and we predict that all Somer- ville will soon be humming “On, On, On r TWO by two, the Seniors are now marching off in search of class pic- tures. Strange to say, the invariable custom is to approach the photographer in pairs. Perhaps the old adage, “Mis- ery loves company” will apply. The smiling results so far obtained are in great demand, in fact, we doubt if the exchange craze was ever more general than among the ’99 graduates. THE new electric car routes proposed by the Boston Elevated will mean a great deal to High School pupils. Med- ford, Arlington, and Somerville will be more closely brought together, and as a larger number of cars must be run, car service to and from the school buildings will be greatly improved, on both sides of the hill. No excuse for being late hereafter. THE English speaking world hails with delight the recovery of Rud- yard Kipling. Despite his personal eccentricities, he is a writer whose charming originality has found him a place deep in the hearts of literary Americans, and the first toast of the day at present is, “May he live long and prosper.” WE hear that C. M. T. S. has a stu- dent band. If the report is true, Somerville will have to put extra vim into the cheering on the 18th. SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 Sunrise on Xahe Cbapala. GEORGE PARKER WIN SHIP, S. II. S., ’SO. The railway station at Ocatlan is like the stations at some forty other stopping places on the Guadalajara branch of the Mexican Central Railway. The passing traveller, dozing the hours away, nods assent to the friendly trainman who tells him that masts can be seen beside the square church towers which rise above the flat-roofed village, half a mile away. This, with the knowledge that there is a big blue blot on the rail- way map hereabouts, is all that he secs of lovely Lake Chapala, Mexico’s in- land sea, which stretches away for forty miles or more to the east and south, even in times of serious drought, and twice as far towards the west, after rounding the nearby hills. When the rains have fallen freely, Chapala spreads out over the level valley until it is nearly 130 miles in length, with a width varying from twenty to sixty miles. For two days, Don Agustin and I travelled together, northward from Mex- ico City and westward to Guadalajara. At the end of the journey, we found ourselves at the same hotel, in the most charming city of all Mexico. Thus it came about that, while we were waiting for breakfast next morning, he looked me over slowly and critically, saying, as he finished the examination, that he was going into the country on a very hard trip, not knowing just where or how, nor when he would return. If I chose to go along, I might. Within an hour, we were on the train, headed back to Ocatlan. A little steamer, so they say, wanders about on Lake Chapala, looking for trade, but no one in Ocatlan had the least idea when it would reappear at this landing, the only one by which it con- nects with the railway. So we ordered a mozo or boy to engage us passage in some more reliable conveyance across the lake. To the surprise of all, he re- turned shortly with the report that a boat would leave that very night for our destination. At early dusk, we rolled up our matapes or mattresses of coarse matting, and walked down to the river side, where our craft was waiting for the off-shore wind before slipping down to the lake. The long flat-bot- tomed canoa or freight boat, ten or twelve feet wide, closely resembled the familiar pictures of the native craft on the Egyptian Nile. For half its length, from the stern, it was covered by a sharp-pitched roof, along which was ly- ing the long boom which carries the great lanteen sail. The queer craft and its easily explored recesses soon lost their novelty as the mosquitoes gathered strength and courage from the darkness. In self defense, Don Agustin and I spread our matapes, rolled ourselves up in our zarapes or blankets, and went to sleep. Three hours later—it may have been 10 o’clock—I awoke. The full moon shone through a crack in the grass- thatched root above me, drowning the light of the flickering candle in its lan- tern of nail-pierced tin. The tall reeds along the river bank were slipping by, and the water was gurgling and swash- ing against the boards at my head. Looking forward between the heavy cross beams, I could sec the crew—two tall, well-built figures, with their white cotton trousers rolled up to their thighs, and bare-armed in their unbuttoned blouses—moving rapidly back and for- wards with the long poles by which they were pushing us down the thick flow- ing river and out through the marshy reed beds into the open lake. The full-toned calls from the boats be- fore and behind us grew less distinct as we separated at the river’s mouth. The sail was unfurled, the crew rolled their zarapes about them, and dropped to sleep on the platform at the bow. The surroundings were novel, and I soon found myself wide awake once more. I got up to look about. Climbing to the roof, I found a seat on the ridge pole, 0 SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. leaning back into the belly of the sail, where I could watch the lake and the moon and the captain dozing on the heavy beam of the tiller. On every side the mountains came down and shut us in, each outline sharp and bright in the moonshine, which put a gloss on the water everywhere, except where the shad- ows of the hills lay in perfect silhouette against the glistening surface. I dozed again, and awoke as the first light glow began to dull the brilliant blue of the night sky. Then a bit of a red tinge, far to the north, gave color to the contrast against the dark sierras rug- ged outlines. Greens and purples, vio- lets, grays, and all the reds followed, tinting the sky from north to south and all over the east, where a thin line of cloud shut down upon a mass of fiery brilliancy which flamed below it with an intensity which grew more dazzling at one point and then at another in its seem- ing effort to find the spot through which it might break into the dawning daylight. There was a momentary fading, and the moonlight’s gleam carried my eye back and up to the great white ball which looked not at all disturbed by this her- aldic fuss and flutter going on beneath. I glanced around again, and was blinded by the full light of the sun, magnificent in the rich golden majesty of its halo, which spread out over the water beneath and into the sky above, announcing to all the world above and below that the white goddess whom I had deified but a moment before was, after all, only a hanger-on at the table of the true giver of pagan life and light. After a week in the mountains, we rode down once more to the shores of mile-high Lake Chapala. As evening drew on, we succeeded in chartering for the return passage a smaller boat than the canoa in which we had crossed be- fore,—a narrow, flat-bottomed craft about twenty-five feet long, with the same style of large lanteen sail. As we left the shore, the night came clear and cool, with the distinct darkness which frames the stars so sharply, and through which the flickering lights on far-away freight boats and on the further shores tell their several stories so plainly. The darker mountains were outlined as sharp- ly as before against the richer blue of the sky, but their bases sank into the water so smoothly that the outlying point where we passed within a stone’s throw of the shore was scarcely distinguish- able from the further headland, a score of miles away. The steady wind drove the water in dancing waves against our stern, and as I watched them chase each other farther and farther away, I felt myself lazily drifting into dreamland along the current of the upper Charles. A quick exchange of warning and ad- vice from the lookout to the helmsman and back again, woke me. As I started up, the boat pushed her way into a blind opening in the thick-grown, marshy shore. A hundred reed birds, disturbed by our coming, each aroused his neigh- bor, and before the craft was fairly aground on the muddy bottom, there was a moan and a cry from the whirring, clashing, fluttering wings as the fright- ened birds rose, hovered a second on the horizon line, and sank out of sight again. We heard the scraping buzz of feet and wings as they hesitated between settling to rest and watching for some new sur- prise, when a revolver shot set chaos loose again. The noise of a moment before re-echoed tenfold louder, and nothing was distinguishable except a vast tumultuous roar, from thousands of wings, which resounded far beyond ear- shot in every direction, save over the water behind us, where the quietness which had charmed us through the night became distinctly stiller by its contrast. Long before quiet had been restored, we had pushed the boat out into open water, and for the next halt hour we felt our way along the shore, trying each little opening in search of the ways which, at last, led us through a devious passage into the river, and so on, up to the three-hundred-year-old bridge at Ocatlan, just as the earliest heralds of the coming sun began to play at hide and seek behind the tall church towers. Twenty-eight hours later I was drinking my morning chocolate on the north- bound Pullman. The conductor stopped for a chat, and as he told me of all that had happened in the world of the news- papers, of politics and of social gossip, I wished that I was watching the sun rise on Lake Chapala. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. XCbe Battle of Bunker Ibtll Monument. LIX iroOD KR VIX SXO WMA X. jT NT E were sitting in ■” the Union Station, Carrie Arms and I. I was waiting for a north-bound train and Carrie— well, Carrie’s des- tination was uncer- tain, for she was a woman journalist. In fact, she styled herself war cor- respondent of the Chelsea Woman's Rights. Carrie was commenting on general masculine worthlessness. I was defending my sex, and not being able to sustain the argument, resorted to personalities. I remarked that there was still one profession where woman kept her proper sphere and that was jour- nalism. In literature they might suc- ceed, if the flowery novels by such authors as “The Duchess” were liter- ature, but in journalism—never. “Why! ” I said, “did you ever hear of a real woman reporter?” “Now I don't wish to boast at all,” she replied, “but you are entirely mis- taken. Let me tell you about the great ‘scoop’ the Woman's Rights made a little while ago.” So, after stopping to observe the bristling hat of a prepossess- ing passerby, Carrie launched into the following story: “Until the last of April, in the year 1898, during the first stages of the late war, historic Charlestown stood in all the pride and glory of its past. None of the fighting Spanish admirals had yet conceived the audacity to deprive her of these two attractions—her navy yard and her monument. She was congratu- lating herself on the promise of a new dry dock. She was the last home of ‘Old Ironsides,’ and the stately Wabash, with two little monitors, lay at anchor in the river. One would have thought that at least Charlestown was entirely safe in the hour of national unrest. “But we are never safe. Danger lurks in most unheard-of forms. Little beginnings cause far-reaching results. A match will kindle a furnace fire; a spark will ignite a forest. Before the war I was only philanthropic advocate of the Rights. One day I was at the navy yard interviewing the com- mandant’s wife in behalf of Associated Charities. The commandant had just received a telegram which caused him considerable disturbance. As I was pass- ing out I picked up on the stairs a yel- low document. At my leisure I scanned it through, which was only my duty. It read thus: “ ‘ Reliable information. Spy in vicin- ity. Must be captured for political reasons. Work independent of police. U. S. N. Secret Service. ’ “The Rights published it next morn- ing as a semi-official. No doubt it was rather high handed to expose a State secret, but the telegram ought to have been sent in cipher. Well, the excite- ment caused by this announcement can hardly be imagined by one who has not really lived through stirring scenes and war times. Some idea of it may be ob- tained by observing a crowd on News- paper Row the night of a presidential election, or a close baseball finish. It was universally known that Senor Polo had agents in the larger American cities, but the thought that one of these gen- tlemen had strayed to Charlestown and was actually at work in the vicinity was enough to excite the calmest individual. Besides, the newspapers filled lengthy columns with flaring nonsense, describ- ing fancied and probable dangers. Some went so far as to state that nothing was planned short of an actual invasion, with the Mystic or Charles as base of supplies. To myself this was of es- pecial interest, for on the day after we published the telegram our editor said to me, ‘Carrie, you have earned promo- tion. You arc removed from the de- partment of philanthropy to be war cor- respondent of the Womans Righfs. This spy excitement will be your par- ticular duty. Do it well.’ “The attention of all Charlestown was concentrated on the navy yard. There, 8 SOM ICR VILLI ; HIGI SCHOOL RADIATOR. it was thought, the spy would strike his first blow. Consequently my position was at the commandant’s headquarters. From here I observed all the acts in the startling drama of the next few weeks. But the first blow, contrary to all ex- pectations, was aimed not at Charles- town but at Somerville. One morning every cannon of the four-gun battery on Central Hill, overlooking the Mystic, was found spiked. This was merely di- version and recreation for the spy. The real blows then followed in rapid succes- sion. “First, some one made an attempt to destroy Warren Bridge. Then all the fear, excitement and fury of the people burst forth. Disorder reigned supreme. The commandant was forced to put the town under martial law. Every en- trance from outside cities was guarded. The spy would be shut in Charlestown if he was already there. If he had escaped, care was taken that he should not re- turn. The streets were patrolled by marines and a large force of naval reserve was called out and stationed at the navy yard with several companies of the Ninth Massachusetts. The two little monitors anchored off the town ready to demonstrate the authority of the com- mandant with bombardment if neces- sary. Representatives of the naval secret service were commissioned to ferret out the spy. The days of sen- tries, curfews and garrisons had come again. Charlestown was the scene of marching men, glittering arms and rough challenges. “No sooner had all these precautions been taken than we felt the third blow. Despite sentries some one with a steel saw had cut nearly through seven of the iron posts on all sides of Sullivan square. The eighth was severed entirely. Im- mediately the whole eight fell with a crash sending sparks and destruction in all directions. Connection with the northern suburbs was at an end. “But the most startling event was yet to occur. It was the last night of April. Everyone in the town was aroused by a terrific explosion at the navy yard. Fire- works and debris were displayed against the starry horizon for a moment, then all was quiet. What remained of ‘Old Ironsides,' the pride of the American navy, lay under seven fathoms of water, a victim to Cuba Libre and dynamite. “This was too much. The angry pop- ulace stormed with the fury of a Parisian mob. They were angry at the com- mandant because he could not prevent such outrages. They became clamorous. They cried, ‘Down with the military!’ They advanced on the navy yard. The guard promptly turned out, and all dis- persed sullenly from the streets. But this was not without effect on the com- mandant. His position was almost un- tenable. His duties were two-fold—to check an aroused populace, and to capture the spy. Deep lines of care and respon- sibility appeared in his face, as, day after day, the people became more clamorous, and he read the report of the secret ser- vice, always, ‘Nothing definite learned.’ “The commandant’s little son was go- ing to bed. He did not like to go a bit, but mamma insisted firmly. As he looked out of the window at the big, round moon, to make his nightly prom- ise to go to bed willingly if mamma would only procure it for him to play with, he cried, ‘Oh, how funny ! there’s the moon and right under it is a little moon.’ Mamma looked, but it was only a light in the monument. “The next morning I interviewed the commandant. He was so worn with re- sponsibility that he was an easy mark. I asked him all sorts of impudent ques- tions, and, moreover, got replies. Finally he related as an amusing incident the ex- perience of Bobby with the monument. I had found a clue, but I did not betray myself, and after desultory questioning, closed the interview. I told him that since the secret service had failed the journalists should be given a chance. I asked him for a squad of men to meet me in Monument square at 7 o’clock that evening, and promised him to either capture the spy, or find his hiding place. He smilingly acquiesced and I departed rejoicing. Why did I rejoice ? Had I surmised the spy's retreat ? Certainly. What more natural than that such a student of the black art should choose a most unheard-of place for his headquar- ters. Where was it ? The monument of course. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 9 •‘I was met at the square that evening by Lieutenant Lynde and half a com- pany of infantry, equipped with a dozen or more lanterns. The lieutenant and I held a council of war. The outcome was this. With the greater part of the com- pany, he was to surround the monument and keep off the fast gathering crowd. He detailed Corporal Green and ten men to me. With these I would conduct in- vestigations. We advanced on the tower. The crowd surged around,interested, ag- itated, and the least bit frightened— most of them were men. I ordered Corporal Green to force an entrance. He grumblingly obeyed, and the mob became threatening. We were ominously warned not to violate the monument, but our little band faced them stolidly with loaded muskets and fixed bayonets. Meanwhile Green had broken down the door of the keeper’s building, the guard house, as it were. The keeper could not be found, but down through the gloomy passage came a ghostly cry somewhat resembling the fruit peddler’s ‘bananas here !’ I remarked to the corporal that it was Spanish, but I also remarked that instead of the red feather he wore in his hat, he was beginning to show the white feather. He was turning pale and cast- ing furtive glances inward through the impenetrable darkness. “But with a few words I roused his pride, and sent him with seven men to re- connoitre. They started with all the ag- gressive bearing of the American soldier, but I could easil}' sec that they did not relish their task. They had been gone it seemed to me, sitting in the half dark guard house, all of half an hour, when I heard a frightful explosion. The monu- ment shook, and eight of the most scared men it has ever been my fortune to see, came half running, half tumbling, down the staircase, with their lanterns extin- guished, and wild fear in their eyes. I coldly queried of the corporal : And what may be the meaning of this, sir ? Whereupon the poor fellow told me how their lanterns had suddenly gone out, how their footing seemed to give way beneath them, and how the interior of the monument had become a minia- ture sky with moons, planets, constella- tions, meteors, and all sorts of shooting stars. “Pooh ! I replied, firecrackers and sky rockets ! Now light your lanterns and start again. No more nonsense. Bestir yourself. “But the corporal refused to obey and I called Lieutenant Lynde. He came in with Sergeant Close, the veteran. He threatened and stormed with no effect. Then he sent Sergeant Close back to command the outposts, and se- lecting two of the least superstitious of his men, entered the monument. The most painful part of the suspense was over and I had begun to hope for the best when another explosion occurred with the same general results as the first. But this time the men came rushing down without their leader. Lieutenant Lynde did not appear. The men knew nothing about him. They had supposed that he was with them. I ordered them back to investigate, but they also had been seized with panic and were beyond control. But I could not desert Lieutenant Lynde. I snatched a lantern, and stepped from the guard house into the gloomy passage. “Must. I go alone ? I asked. “But Corporal Green would not send me into danger, nor would he desert his commander. He sent the panic stricken men to the outposts, consulted with Sergeant Close, and picked half a dozen fresh men to accompany us. We mounted slowly and carefully upward step by step. The only evidence of the first explosion was the powder stain on the walls. The flooring was all intact. Half-way up the ascent lay the lieuten- ant bleeding and unconscious, having fallen a flight of stairs. The corporal gave him all the medical assistance in his power, and he returned to conscious- ness, muttering ‘Every fiftieth stair.’ As soon as he could speak, he told of a treacherous trap-door, which spouted forth flames and destruction, and which, by his theory would be arranged on the fiftieth stair from this. “I sent two men down with the lieu- tenant, and started upward to accom plish my original purpose, to find the Spanish spy. Here was my plan. My IO SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. men were to remain where they were. I would ascend alone and try to spring the trap. If I survived, I would then [ead them to the summit; if not, I made them promise to advance alone. “It was dreadfully trying to the nerves, groping blindly up those winding stairs. What if I should miss my count and actually step on the treacherous one! Forty-seven — Forty-eight — Forty-nine —I paused here some time, renewing my courage. At last I began to probe around desperately with the musket I had borrowed from Corporal Green. Crash ! I saw the trap door fly up. It seemed to spout everything fiery. My lantern went out. I should have fallen, but just then the men came rushing up the stairs. The corporal made me swal- low something from a bottle of cologne which he carried in his hip pocket. I felt better. Then, although I investi- gated for some time with the aid of the lanterns, I failed to discover on the next stair any marks of the late eruption. “Hastily calculating, I reasoned that in all probability there would be no other trap set for us. Again we started with our lanterns pointed overhead. Within thirty feet of the summit we were baffled again. Here was a yawn- ing gap. The stairs had been removed for five or six feet. Above was a parti- tion of solid plank. Here was the spy’s retreat, but where was the spy? We proceeded to reconnoitre. In the parti- tion overhead was a small trap-door. Probably this was the place of exit. The means must be a rope ladder. Then we looked at the gap. First nothing appeared but dust and darkness, then we saw in a remote corner eight little copper wires passing into the room beyond. With these our spy had oper- ated his defense from headquarters. Some of these very lines might be con- nected with another trap to blow us up. Put now that he had found that his enemy was only human and not super- natural, Corporal Green was bravery itself. Leaning into space, his comrades holding him by the legs, at the immi- nent risk of death by electricity, he severed the wires, one after another, with nothing but a finger-nail file. “The battle was over. Nothing re- mained but a seige. My presence was needed elsewhere, so leaving the cor- poral in charge, I went down to the guard house. I found the lieutenant about to start after us. I told him what had happened to the third expe- dition. He immediately dispatched a messenger for the commandant to come in person with reinforcements. It was now only half-past nine. I hurried to the Rights office. There, with pow- der-stained face, dirty hands and shak- ing nerves, I wrote out my story. The morning edition appeared with the whole first page and parts of several others covered with a description of the battle. We had secured a grand ‘scoop.’ ” “But the spy, Carrie, the spy?” “Oh, I was just going to tell you”— Just then a portly woman bustled by, the president of the Chelsea Rainy Daisies. Carrie adjusted her hat and jumped up. “I’m so sorry,” she said, “but I have to interview her on ‘How Imperialism Affects Woman Suffrage,’ I’ll finish the story some other time. Good-bye.” With that she hurried off. leaving me astounded and the least bit curious. I have been looking for Carrie ever since. When I find her I will write the rest of the story, but until then, I shall study the interior of the monument which, by the way, shows no signs of the recent battle. A Tale of Woe. I stood on the ferry at mignight As she left the Bast Boston shore, And sighed, as the clock tolled the hour, “ Why didn’t I leave before? ” The moon shone on sleeping Charlestown As I entered Sullivan Square, And the watchman muttered, “All cars have gone. You must walk to Davis Square. The moonlight was fast fading As I unlocked my door, And the clock within on the staircase Was tolling the hour of four. At school the principal questioned “ Your excuse for being late, And ordered me home with a letter When I told him 1 guessed ’twas fate. But again I am on the ferry. On the Boston side at seven, And papa's warning is fresh in my cars — “ I f you are not at home at eleven ! ! ! (?) ” C. B. L., S. E. H. S., 1900. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 11 Xtbc Contributors’ Club. Exercise on the Wheel. All men who take exercise are optimists.— R. R. Philbrick, who lives on Morrison street, has struggled into his bicycle cos- tume and mounted his wheel for a con- stitutional to Fresh Pend. He rides along Morrison to Elm street. Stevens, who lives on Francesca street, has made similar preparations for a spin to Fresh Pond. He rides to Elm and coasts down it, passing Morrison on the way. On this morning both start at the same time and at equal speed so that we can easily calculate that they meet at the corner of Elm and Morrison. Then the following takes place : Stevens (as he stops). “ Why, hello, Phil brick ! ” Philbrick (as he jumps off). “Hello, Stevens.” Stevens. “ Great day, isn’t it ? ” Philbrick. “Yes, it is; just right for this kind of exercise.” Stevens. “ Great! Why, I couldn’t live without my daily spin on my wheel.” Philbrick. “ Neither could I. It has made a new man of me ; it’s better than sailoring every day in the week and is more enjoyable. By the way, I see you have a new wheel.” Stevens. “ Yes, traded off the ‘ Nep- tune'that I bought two days ago for this ‘Son of Mercury.’ One of the bolts on this machine is nickel plated, and it wasn’t on the other. Makes a great improvement, I think. In fact, I’m going to take a photo of it this after- noon to surprise my friends.” Philbrick. “Yes, it is an improve- ment, and then you kept the other wheel as long as you ought. I never keep mine more than two days.” Stevens. “Nor I. It saves me the task of rubbing the wheel, for I never swap unless the other is clean. But in these days you could easily get a new and improved one every twelve hours, there arc so many new inventions in the market.” Philbrick. “ You’re right there. Be- tween you and me, I don’t spend more than an hour at my lessons a day. All my time is taken up looking for the latest thing in wheels. It’s great for the health.” Stevens. “I should say so. In fact, I have been strongly contemplating giv- ing up school altogether, and just spend- ing my time looking for new bikes. A fellow ought to, if he wants to keep up to date. I see you have another since yesterday.” Philbrick. “ Oh, yes. This is the fourth I have obtained since then. Got an improvement every time. What are you geared ? ” Stevens. “Three hundred and sixty- five— one year, you know. What's yours ? ” Philbrick. “Oh, four-eleven-forty-four, but I think I’ll try ten ten double-ten fortyfive fifteen next time ; they say it’s great on a climb.” Stevens. “ You don’t say so. By the way, what kind of clips have you got ? Mine are the ‘ Stick and Be Killed ‘ make.” Philbrick. “Don’t know what kind mine are. They’re too large for me, but are one-eighth inch wider than my last pair, so I swapped. Great bargain, wasn’t it ? ” They converse for a couple of hours or more about sprockets, reversible handle bars, cork grips, double and sin- gle tires, oil cans, pant clasps, electric and gas lanterns, cranks, saddles and pumps, to say nothing of many other things whose names are familiar to a bicyclist’s vocabulary, after which, they mount their wheels and go home, each congratulating himself on his improved feeling, due to the excellent exercise. R. R., ’99. Uncle Jem. “Gosh ! ” ejaculated the storekeeper, and he dumped an armful of wood into the wood box and stood blowing upon his fingers, holding them out to the fire. 12 SOM ER VI LI. K HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Then he turned to the loungers about the stove and said : “D'ye know thet new min’ster re- minds me sum’at of ol’ Uncle Jem Pratt. ’Taint cuz he looks so awful much like him, but, I dunno, he’s got thet same kinder good-hearted way with him thet Uncle Jem use ter hev. Mighty good man Jem wuz, best min’ster ’roun’ here by a long shot.” The oldest inhabitant leaned back in his chairand laughed his shrill, cackling, old laugh. “Jem warn’t alluz so thunder- in’ good,” he said, “he sowed his wil’ oats when he wuz a boy an’ he’d a come putty nigh a-reapin’ of ’em, tew, ef it hedn’t ben fer me an’ Deakin Smith.” Then noting the interested faces of his hearers, he continued, “You r’member, arter his father died, Jem lived up on the ol’ Si Baker place fer a spell. I should most a-thought he’d a-been lone- sum up there alone, but he didn’t seem tu care an’ he’d cum daown tu the vil- lage an’ then go way back again, every evenin’. Jem hed alluz ben a wil' sort of a chap an’ hed a good many faults, but his worse one wuz swearin’. He hed the finest vocab’lary o’ swear words ye ever heerd and he could keep it up two hours stiddy without repeatin’ himself. “Waal, one day, Deakin Smith he come tu me an' he sez, ‘Eph,’ sez he, 4Jem Pratt hedn’t ought tu be allowed tu swear so, it’s a disgrace tu the taown.’ “You’re right, Deakin, says I, but what air we a-goin’ tu du ’bout it ? “Waal, he hed a plan an’ we both went daown tu Parson Strong’s an’ he sed as how he did’nt min’ a little decep- tion cuz we might be able tu snatch a bran’ from the burnin’. So we agreed tu hide in Jem’s garret an’ every time he swore tu scare him so he’d learn it wuz ’bout time tu quit. So the Deakin he borrowed thet ol’ cannon ball of Eben Small’s thet his gran’sir, thet fought tu Bunker Hill, give him, an’ we both hid up in his garret. “Waal, 'long 'baout 6 o’clock, Jem came in, an’ the fust thing he done wuz tu swear cuz the fire hed gone aout. Ez soon cz he sed them wicked words the Deakin he rolled thet cannon ball ’cross the garret floor tu me (I wuz settin’ at one end an’ he at t’other). It made an awful racket an’ Jem went aout door tu see whether the thunder storm wuz cornin’ from the south or the west. Waal, every time he swore arter that, we rolled thet thing back an’ forth an’ at last Jem noticed thet there wasn’t no thunder ’ccpt when he swore, an’ he began tu git a leetle cautious. So he went for ten hull minutes without swear- in’ once, but at last he stooped daown behind’ the stove tu git a chunk o’ wood an’ when he got up he hit his head on the stovepipe. Then he ripped aout the awfulcst string o’ cuss words you ever heerd an’ I threw thet cannon ball jest ez high in the air ez I could an’ it cum daown on the floor, ker smash ! Lord ! you’d oughter hev felt the house shake. Thet wuz tu much fer Jem an‘ he grabbed his hat an’ ran tight as he cud go daown tu Parson Strong’s, where the parson wuz a-waitin’ tu tell him it wuz all a warnin’ from the Almighty. Waal, Jem left taown fer a while arter thet an’ the next thing I heerd from him he wuz a-preachin’ up Ellsworth way.” The old man sat softly chuckling to himself. At last the store keeper said : “Waal, boys, I guess we’ll shut up shop,” and one by one, the old men trooped out. C. H. B., L., 1901. Ye Ancient Hen. [With due apologies to S. T. Coleridge.] The labor fought, the hen was caught; O merrily did she die; Without a squirm, without a kick. Without the slightest cry. The heart came out from out the left. Out of the chick came he ; And he was hot and in the pot Went down to cooked be. All in a hot and copper pot The boiling hen at noon. Right up above the fire did cook No bigger than a loon. A maid who chanced be passing by Put cheese into the pot; To send the pungent flavor through. She stirred it up a lot. Father and mother and lazy Tom, Aroused by sister Jess, Ran quickly to the cooking room And saw and smelt the mess. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 13 Father, the quickest one to act. Snatched his goat's eating tin, And quickly emptying the pot. Poured all its contents in. Now dad was clearing out some rock, All which was everlasting ; And in an old tomato tin The men had kept their blasting. An old deaf goat on our estate. Without both sight and smell, Found on this same day a can Me thought he knew quite well. Then sitting down on his hind legs And thinking of the can. He groaned and mumbled off a lot And finally began : — “ I fear thee, old tomato can, I fear thy funny feel, For thou art light and thin and round As is a feathered teal. “ But disregarding all my fears And longing for a bite, Now, sitting down upon this rock, I guess I’ll dine-a-mite.” He ate the tin and all right down; He ate all with a dash ; But running, after dinner, He fell—there was a crash ! Poor goat! ’stead eating as he thought From out his daily pan, Had eaten dynamite, and ail In a tomato can. The goat and hen have met their ends And so my story’s dash. And if you want to read some more, Don't read such silly trash. T. W. II., ’99. In Regard to Matrimony. The director of a matrimonial agency says the young girls ask only, “Who is he ? ” the young widows, “What is his position ?” the old widows, “Where is he ? ” That Michigan man, who recently married at the age ot no, is a living example of the fact that one never gets too old to learn. It isn’t likely that Solomon succeeded in convincing all his wives that a word to the wise is sufficient. The poet (insinuatingly) — “Don’t you think we would make a good couplet ? ” She (coyly)—“I’m not averse.” Science. A new planet was discovered on the 13th of August, 1898, by Dr. G. Witt, in Merlin, upon examination of some pho- tographic negatives of the heavens. The large planets are (going outward from the sun): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Nep- tune. Between Mars and Jupiter lies a ring of many small planets or asteroids, the first of which was discovered by Pi- azzi in Sicily on the first day of this century. Nearly 500 have become known since. The new planet which has been named Eros, though a small one, does not be- long to the latter group. It must prob- ably be considered the first to become known of a special class of planets ; for, although it revolves around the sun like the others, its path lies between the orbit of Earth and that of Mars. Its year or time of revolution around the sun is 643.1 days. After the orbit of Eros had been de- termined from the first observations of Dr. Witt, it was looked for and found by Mrs. Fleming in the great collection of celestial negatives in the Harvard Uni- versity observatory, as a tiny speck on a plate made on the 5th of June, 1896. Since then it has been traced with ease on other plates as far back as 1893. The calculation of its orbit showed that in October, 1893, it was a star of only 10th magnitude, but that in January, 1894, it had, by rapid approach, in- creased in brilliancy to 7th magnitude, and could then have been seen with a pocket telescope. By April, 1894, it had dwindled to 10th magnitude, owing to increased distance from the Earth. As favorable a position as in January, 1894, will not recur until January, 1924, although it may be seen with a tele- scope as a star of 8—9 magnitude, al- ready in December, 1900. Eros will ever remain invisible to the naked eye, but its discovery is neverthe- less of great interest and importance, especially to astronomers, because, next to the Moon, it is nearer to Earth than any other star, and may prove useful in future work. g. j. p. •4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. JUMNI NOTES. E. ’97. Miss Mon- ica Glassbon Pipe is a member of the Soph- omore class at Tufts. She is a candidate for the degree of Ph. R, and a member of the Alpha Delta Sigma So- ciety. E. ’97. Norwood K. Silshee can he found at Room 1032, Exchange Building, Boston. He has a position in a real estate office there. E. ’97. Miss Bertha Louise Wright is now at Tufts. She is a candidate for the degree of Ph. B., and a member ol the Alpha Kappa Gamma Society. E. ’97. Wm. H. Burgess has been on a business trip in Connecticut and Rhode Island during the past month. 1 2. ’98. The Misses Smith, Walker, Cummins, Belcher and Davis are taking the two years’ course at the Salem Nor- mal School; and the Misses Vascjue and Blackwell the same course at the Boston Normal School. E. ’96 Miss Nina Cummings is studying at the Munich University, Germany. She is one of eight women students in the university. L. ’95. Miss Mary A. Lamont was chairman of the general committee to make arrangements for the “Klatsch Collegium,” March 3, at Boston Univer- sity. Miss Ada Cole assisted at the Senior table, and Miss Elizabeth Coats, L., ’97, at the Freshman table. L. ’95. Charles Lavers is a student at Boston University Law School. L. ’95. George H. Riker will grad- uate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in June. His course is chemical engineering. L. ’95. George F. Ashley is a mem- ber of the class of 1900, Massachuetts Institute of Technology. L. ’95 I 'red E. Brown is now con- nected with the New England Telephone Company. L. 97. Mr. Cortland Nichols is slowly recovering and hopes to resume his studies at Harvard next fall. L. ’97. Miss Frances Leavitt is home from college quite ill. L. ’98. Miss Ruth Capen has been chosen vice-president of the Freshman class at Tufts and Miss Marian Titus, secretary. Charles Ernest Burton, captain of our ’96 baseball team, and now a prom- inent figure in athletics at Tufts, is studying for a B. S. degree in electrical engineering. He is one of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. No More. The last streak ol daylight is dead in the west And night comes apace, with the stars on her breast; 'Tis mournfully weary, this chilling heart pain. To remember the gold light that gleams not again. Ye may dream that the morrow will bring back the light That will flush with rich beauty the valley and height; But, alas! though the sunlight sleeps soft o'er the plain, Can it bring to the dead heart life’s roses again ? Will it bring back the fragrance of life’s early May, Its sun-sprinkled blossoms and buds, bright and gay ? Will the meadows stretch onward in green beauty dressed. And the river go singing with leaves on its breast ? Can the heart be as happy, as thrilling and true, As the time when in youth the skies were all blue ? Will the butterfly e'er be so lovely again As she was when ye chased her away o'er the plain ? Ah, no: e'en the river that rolled by thy door, Is now not as wide nor as bright as of yore, And the rock where ye stood, a corsair in your your pride, Seems not to your manhood so high nor so wide. Alas! thy spring mornings can ne’er be so blue, And thy friends of Life's autumn seem not half as true As they did away youthward, when earth was so fair, Before silver threads crossed the gold of thy hair. Marion H. Chase, E. H. S., ’99. SOMKRVILLI : HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. •5 Calendar. Feb. 13. No school; snow storm. 14. No school; snow storm. 15. Reception to parents of Seniors and Juniors of Latin Hi h. 17. K. H. S. Alumni Reunion and Dance. 22. Holiday. 24. 1901 Reception and Dance. Mar 2(S } March Recess. Feb. 27. Indoor Meet, Cambridgeport Gym- nasium. March 7. No School. 8. E. H. S. Debating Society. Sub- ject, “International Arbitration.” E. H. S. Gleanings. The teachers and pupils of this school unite in congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Kverett W. Tuttle on the recent birth of a son. Future years will no doubt witness an excellent assistant in the manual training department. On the afternoon of February 22 Head Master Charles T. C. Whitcomb gave an interesting address before the members of the Somerville Teachers’ Association in which he emphasized the importance of character building, for good citizenship, in the public schools. The subject, “Ethics of School Life,” was one of great importance and in- terest to every live student. Perhaps the most radical and bene- ficial of the recent changes that have occurred in this school is that with re- spect to the Mediaeval and English His- tory topics and references. P'ormerly every student was obliged to write them from dictation, thus making a very pro- saic and tiresome task. Now, through the energy and interest of Merle S. Getchell, of the History department, the school possesses a set of printed books containing ail the topics and references of Mediaeval History, while each student receives a set of papers comprising the topics and references of English History. These papers are the nucleus of a topic and reference book on English History, and it is ex- pected that they will soon be in the pub- lisher's hands. Mr. Getchell also has a printed paper on topics of the day, with magazine references, which are con- tained in no history. Latin High Gleanings. The year 1902 will be the 50th anni- versary of the founding of the Somer- ville High School. Of course we shall observe the semi-centennial. In spite of the heavy storm February 13, more than 30 came to school and re- cited Greek, Latin, and Physics. Mr. Baxter was much pleased by such a good showing, one of the largest that ever came on a stormy day. On the 14th, five or six came, and Mr. Baxter was here, of course, but thought it hardly worth while to have a recitation. February 21, exercises appropriate to Washington’s Birthday were held in both Mr. Hawes’and Mr. Baxter’s rooms. Mr. Baxter read a sketch of the life of Washington and Charles Keach rendered a violin solo which was much appreciated. Miss Tarbox read selections from Wash- ington's “Farewell Address,” and the ex- ercises closed with the “Star Spangled Banner, Miss Kimpton singing the solo and the school joining in the chorus. A Greek “frat, the Sigma Delta Chapter, has been formed among the'99 boysentering college in the fall. The Sigma Delta expects to give a dance the last of this month or the first of next. The annual banquet will be held at the Touraine in June. The charter mem- bers are Albion M. Boothby, Frank E. Fitts, Jr., I Frank Story, Mark R Jou- ett, Jr., Arthur W. Cushman, and Arthur F. Gooding. A very pleasant evening was passed by all who attended the reception ten- dered by the two upper classes to their parents. The gentlemen of the faculty with Miss Fox, Miss Witham and Miss Kaan received in the hall on the second floor. Red and blue were to be seen on every side. Each one introduced his own parents, who, after meeting and convers- ing with all the teachers, were ushered downstairs, where an excellent orchestra was in evidence and frappe was served. The reception was from 8 to 9.30, after which the young people danced until 11. She—“Be to] my faults a little blind.” He—“I’ll be a blind if you’ll keep your mouth a little shutter.” —Ex. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR i5 ’99. Comment Diablc= ah. Booth by and Story, “the legal sprouts.” Jouett thought “poule” was masculine. How strange. What a good opinion Mr. Hadley has of our chief door-keeper! Is this a general sentiment Desor- mais je serai tres diligent ( )? Would that we had a college entrance examination in Algebra like our last test. What is so pleasing to Jouett in line 39 of Book Three of the Iliad? How we all envy the classes of the future who may have a Saturday session. Gunsenheiser's color and vigor fade with the disappearance of winter and ice. Muldoon must be studying elocution. The expression he puts into his trans- lations is very artistic. Edwards requests future committees on sociables to confine the waxing of the floors to the dance hall. D'Artagnan evidently did not have ready made suits, for at one time he put 40 “pistols” into his pocket. March 24 is the date settled upon for the class dance. Guild hall has been secured and all must reserve that night. It is hard, after studying multiplica- tion for at least ten years, to learn that 2x7=15, that is. qjiinze jouts=2 weeks. A man has an empty barrel which weighs four pounds. When he fills it, it weighs three pounds. What does he fill it with? Ans. Holes. This year will break all previous rec- ords as far as the number of days on which the five-five has rung. Where is one who objects? Why should agerundive have a longer name than a gerund? Because it has more to do; that is, it has to agree with the word it is used with, and so it has to be stronger. It is rather late to speak of the Senior- Junior Social, but the pleasant evening has not been forgotten, so delightfully was it spent. Were any two upper classes ever so congenial? Slang defined: In the swim—fish. On the pig—bristles. Something charming—a snake. Something striking—a pugilist. Hard luck—a horse shoe. Dressed to kill—a butcher. In the neck—the throat. One Night three Moors found Pala- mon and Arcite in a Pool of Blood Pierced with three cannon balls, and, after a series of Fits, conveyed them by the narrow Gauge road to a Low ell on the main Hall of the White palace of Theseus to sell. He agreed to Buy’em, although at first he refused to do it (Jouett). He then invited his Friends to a feast. (To be continued). 00. Purcell has developed the track team wonderfully. The class might have turned out better at the reception. The teachers advise Miss Densmore to study sometime, just to see how it SOM ERVI LLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 17 seems. We can say from experience that it isn’t any fun. Sturtevant is 1900 8 “strong man.” It is time Purcell awoke from his lit- erary inactivity. Save all your sympathies for the Har- vard Geometry class. After Hobson’s brilliant example. Brine has determined to enter the navy, Vinal (translating French) — “Mon- sieur Parte, chambermaid of the palace.” May the Greek Club as an organiza- tion prove as charming as its individual members. According to the latest authority con- cave and convex mean to “bulge in” and “bulge out.” Moore finds some peculiar names among the Thirty Tyrants—Aristurtle, Chrouw and Fido. Mr. Baxter says Sturtevant can't ex- pect to cover all his mouth with his hand. Poor Sturtevant! A hint to the authorities.—If lessons are so poor the Monday after vacation, why not begin on Tuesday? This space reserved for unprintable opinions of the weather. This is our favorite program : ist hour—Study. 2nd hour—Rest, ist recess—Music. 3rd hour — Recitation — something easy—Ethics preferred. 4th hour—Recreation. 2nd recess—Dinner. 5th hour—Study—if not too tired, ot he r w i se—R est. MUSIC HATH POWER TO CHARM, ETC. Between two deadly fires stands the patient middle class, While through resounding ventilators such trightful discords pass. The Freshmen now are singing “Under the Linden Tree,” The Sophomores with voices strong chant old “Doxology;” And while these torturing discords with every note arise, We patiently, dejectedly, philosophically, sing “Paradise.” 01 The person who appropriated Miss Woodman’s bottle of honey may not have got an elephant on his hands, but he got something sticky on his fingers. Great things are expected of Currier and his violin. Flynn is so bright that he has to be looked at through smoked glass. Have you secured your seat for the boys’ play ? The good ones are going fast, so call early. Graham apologizes for the shortness of his poems by saying he can’t get them printed at anything under adver- tising rates. Mr. Hadley remarked that he thought he must be over the boilers ; and it was Hannibal who said, “Carthage, I see thy fate.” In point of beauty the cup recently presented to the girls by the boys is no mean rival for the baseball cup, or, in fact, any other cup. It is silver outside, gold inside, and between—? Alas! The day has come and gone when an eight-legged war horse of Room 3, being unable to withstand the onslaughts against his person, collapses Alas! Three prides had a fall, (so chronicles the poet). The Washington’s Birthday exercises gave opportunity for the coming lights to shine. All the performers won new laurels for themselves and the class. The program was: Selection, quartet— Miss Mello, Miss Hansom, Wilkins and Nichols; reading, Miss Carter; piano solo, Miss Kinsman; banjo solo, Miss Barrow; reading, Miss Thompson ; solo, Miss Mello ; violin solo, Currier; selec tion, quartet; class, “America.” ’02. How Goode delights in scanning Genesis ! Miss C.—“They built the windows to keep out the light.” Teacher—“What is the bird’s door? ” Miss M—“His mouth.” We all miss the morning sing since Miss Trueman has left. According to Whiting, women and children are reckoned as things. The peculiarities of our class are very numerous, according to one of our teachers. Whiting has suddenly changed to a Miss of that name, according to black- board authority. IS SOM ER VILLI-: HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. ENGLISH NOTES v Wp Si W • . U $ T r) O' ■ C 75) ’99 I low was your report card ? Only four months more of school. Did you have a pleasant vacation ? “Every man who lives is bound to die.” Soon some of our dignified Seniors will become Freshmen. We can assure Miss Sprague that there is plenty of tin in the United States. English C have the happy faculty of reaching the end of the lesson before they begin. The following is a translation of French : “He asked if the wounded man were dangerous.” “Talk about ‘political rings’ ” said the town hall bell as it rang to summon citizens to town meeting. The odist, poet, historian, orator and musician “wish to be inspired.” They can “hire a big brass band.” We were recently told in History class that cotton seed oil was “invented.” Also that migrations began to go to a certain place. We congratulate the class of 1901 upon beginning their class socials so early in their High School course. May other classes follow their good example of promptness. The Senior class have elected the fol- lowing to have charge of the ivy exer- cises : Orator. Brine; poet, Miss Gil- lette; odist, Miss Chase; musician, Miss Williams ; ivy planters, Chapin, Whit- comb and Fairbanks. The prophet is Miss Morton and the historian Phil- brick. “Those are nothing to the ‘pulls’ that I see,” said the sleigh. This aroused the thief in the lockup, who could not “stir himself,” although he had stolen five dozen spoons. The snow plough said, “I am in this ‘push.’ ” The class editor receives notes from very few members of the class. If all would take as much interest in making the paper a success as they do in read- ing it, we might have a paper still more interesting. The drama which is to be given by the Gander Club is well under way. The characters are : Bre’r Rabbit, Rob- inson ; Bre r Fox, Stevens; Tar Baby, Philbrick ; Uncle Remus, Chapin ; Brier Patch, Nichols. The performance will be given February 30, 1900. And now the serenity of ’99 is dis- turbed by startling rumors of a secret society. It is said that ten of the most dignified and reverenced Seniors have consolidated, and with one or two gradu- ates formed a society known as the “Tangs.” As far as can be learned they arecarrying out to the letter their motto, “Enjoy yourselves.” Puck threw Judge out of the court into the World. This was an insult to the Truth of New York Life. The Sun thereupon roasted Puck and gave his head a London Punch. Puck ran against the Post with Dispatch. After a Record was made of it Times were better, although Puck didn’t care a SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 19 French Fig (aro) tor the whole Chroni- cle and shut himself up in a Globe. The Radiator preserved its usual coolness during the Discussion. ’00 In English—“Lamb, you may recite on Bacon.” Finally, peace is restored in the dress- ing room on the third floor. Remember this column is open to all. Notes will be attended to at Room 32. Lombard—“The Pilgrims embarked in the ship Puritan and landed at Marblehead.” A certain pupil when asked to spell ratio spelled ration. He must have gone without his breakfast. Instructor—“Stone, why do you grunt along on the same tone?” Stone—“Can’t help it, all notes look alike to me.” Smith is very thankful that Washing- ton had a birthday, for he can, for one day at least, relieve his mind from school duties. Hill’s selection on “Tom Sawyer’s Whitewashing” was very well given. Some would like to know how wide a line of drippings there was under the fence when the job was done. ’01. Keep up your courage. Another va- cation in May. Bradford in English “All aristocrats look alike to me.” Have you heard the latest song? If not, apply to Russell for it. We all regret the absence of Percy Goldthwait from our number. Heard in Room 15.—“Will, I am sing- ingin the cantata with the upper classes.” Although White of English E bravely endeavors to swallow his words, he sel- dom succeeds. Many familiar faces were seen on Fri- day last in the Castle Square Theatre, the owners of which were members of our class. Our class has again proved its ability. The dance was a great success. The combination of Latin and English worked admirably. The hall was finely decorated, and when filled with 75 gaily dressed couples the effect was very pleasing. The evening was in every way an enjoyable one. 02 The class sleigh ride is coming—prob- ably in 1901. Perhaps they are collecting yards of interesting notes which they will read at our next meeting. Everybody go to the school meet and cheer for Somerville. Our class officers have been rather quiet for some reason. Charge of the Terrors. Damsels to right of them, Beauties to left of them, Honors ahead of them, Perils ahead No thought of warlike strife, Right into social life— Into the four hundred. Dash the Rough Riders. Cow-punchers, some of them. Blue stockings, more of them. Born heroes, all of them, Teddy in front: Not theirs to be denied. Victors whate’er betide. Swelldom’s e’erlasting pride, O, the Rough Riders ! — Ex. T wisted. ’Tis midnight, and the setting sun Is rising in the wide, wide west, The rapid rivers slowly run, The frog is in his downy nest. The festive goat and sportive cow. Hilarious hop from bough to bough. — Ex. Weary Walker—“I seen the new moon over my left shoulder.” Break O’Day—“That settles it. I’ll bet the very next time you asks fer work you’ll git it.”—Ex. 20 SOMKRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. When plans are made for the proposed addition to the English School we hope it will be remembered that the pupils of that school have no place in which to store their bicycles should they ride to school. If provision is made for a bicvcle room a long felt want will be filled, and a large number of students made glad. Could not even temporary ar- rangements be made for the coming spring ? Track Athletics. The Interscholastic Indoor Meet will be held Saturday, March 18, in Me- chanics Building, Huntington avenue. Our track team will be represented, and while it is not expected that the boys will capture all the points it is certain that some of their number will win out and that all will make a creditable show- ing. A large delegation from Somer- ville should be present to create enthu- siasm and to encourage the team. The track team needs support as much as any athletic body. During the past few weeks several of the men have competed in the various meets in and around Boston, gaining much experience and making a good showing against the college and club runners who were their opponents. At the B. A. A. Meet Eaton qualified in the 600 yards, but was distanced in the final heat. . Phillipps qualified in the 30 yards at the Roxbury Meet. Somerville was also represented in the Newton High School Meet. A team race with C M. 1'. S.. was run at the meet of the Cambridgeport Gym- nasium Association, February 27, result- ing in a defeat for Somerville. Eaton ran first for Somerville, gaining a slight advantage over his man. Noble followed but was passed by his opponent, and although he tried to close the gap was unsuccessful. Cummings who ran next also fell behind somewhat. Cuddy, our last man, made a game attempt to win back the lost ground but it was im- possible to overtake the Cambridge run- ner. Mott, Capelle, Webb and Watkins ran for C. M. T. S. Several S. H. S. men were entered in the other events of the evening. Another team race with C. M. T. S. is arranged to take place at the Indoor Meet. Here is a chance to wipe out the defeat of February 27. The following arc the events in the Intcrscholastic Meet, all of which are scratch: 40-yard dash ; 45-yard low hur- dle; 300-yard, 600-yard, 1,000-yard, and mile runs; running high jump; pole vault ; shot put, and a team race, (Worcester Academy vs. Worcester High School). Other special team races are being arranged. Particulars concerning the Indoor Meet will be in the next issue. SOMERVI LEE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 21 A Second Team. Somerville High ought to have a first class second team in baseball this spring. The advantages of such a team would be many. Beside giving the “Varsity” oc- casional practice, the second would be able at any time to furnish capable sub- stitutes for the regular team. Then also good material would be developed for succeeding years, with the result that the captain of the regular team would at the opening of the season know exactly where to look for experienced men to fill the vacant positions. The trouble with second teams in the past seems to have been first a lack of men and second a lack of interest on the part of those men who did come out for a second team. The lack of men was no doubt owing to the fact that candidates failing to make the regular team did not join the second team but gave up playing for the time. The next season found them no better players and they doubtless failed again to make the first team. The lack of interest may be ascribed to the fact that the value of a second team was un- derestimated. All this should not be in a school of our numbers, capable of producing a second team able to defeat many a high school nine in the State. A wideawake second team in each branch of sport in the school would be of great benefit. A Wonderful Jump. Followers of athletic sports have been startled, says the Salem Special, by the wonderful, broad jumping performances of W. J. M, Newburn. He now holds the best known record at 24 feet 6 3-4 inches, and also cleared over 24 feet in public six times last summer, thus leading even the best broad jumpers by over a foot. He starts at a point 150 feet back of the take-off and gradually acquiring momentum literally sails through the air, landing an incredibly long distance from the take-off. New- burn is also a fast sprinter in the 100 yards, taking in that race, when running his swiftest, strides ranging from 10 feet 3 inches to 10 feet 5 inches. He is the longest striding athlete known since ath- letic sport has been chronicled. New- burn stands 6 feet 6 inches in height and weighs 208 pounds. He indulges in ath- letics solely for health and will doubtless come to America the coming summer. Notes. For pictures of the polo team apply to Russell Pipe, manager. Cushman will manage the baseball team in the spring, and Reynolds will be assistant manager. The polo team has been awarded the championship, Somerville winning the C. M. T. S. game by forfeit. “All time and money spent in training the body pays a larger interest than any other investment.”—Gladstone. Just observe the military bearing of the boys from the English School! The “setting-up” exercises are responsible. The members of the track team have on sale a block of excellent scats for the School Meet, at 75 cents. Those who stay away will regret it. Buy your tickets at once. YVe believe that our cut of the polo team is as fine a piece of work as has ever appeared in a school paper. An excellent picture of an exceptionally strong team. Henry I) Jouett, English ’96, has re- cently been elected captain of the Tech- nology football team for next fall. He has played halfback two years on the Tech team. He is a member of Delta Tail Delta fraternity, to which W. L. Stevens, English, ’96, also belongs. March 18 will find Cuddy, Story, and Eaton, in the forties; Phillips, Cummings and Gage, in the 300; Noble, Roy Pipe and Kimpton, in the 600; Ball or Taylor in the 1,000; Purcell or Greenwood in the mile; Story and Kimpton in the high jump; Peters, Hatch, and Russell in the shot-put and Yelland in the pole- vault. The team for the team race will be picked from the following men: Carleton Pipe, Story, Eaton, Cummings, Purcell and Cuddy. If the men win against the strong field they are sure to meet, they should be congratulated. 22 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Practical Shorthand. A recent query in one of our large Boston dailies is the following : “Do the public schools qualify pupils for short- hand positions ? ” The following par- tial list of Somerville High students now acceptably filling positions which require a thorough and practical knowl- edge of shorthand speaks volumes for the excellence of our High School shorthand course. The names are those of ’96, '97 and ’98 graduates, pupils of Miss Smith, instructor in charge of de- partment of stenography and typewrit- ing : GIRLS. Mabel Brown, Cobb. Bates Yerxa, Boston. Olive E. Brown, Life Ins. Co., Somerville. Avis L. Clement, Commission Merchant, Bos- ton. Mabel V. Coney, Chamber of Commerce, Bos- ton. Louise E. Dickinson, Boston. Laura M. Eastman, Boston. Claribelle Eddy, Boston. Alice Forbes, School of Mechanic Arts, Bos- ton. Frances Gallagher. Equitable Building, Bos- ton. Delia Keating, Insurance News, Boston. Ida Lyman. Alberta R. Morgan, Attorneys, Boston. Alice Norton, Youth’s Companion, Boston. Mattie R. Orton, Institute of Technology, Bos- ton. Beaula E. Porper, Cyrus Carpenter Co., Bos- ton. Anna L. Pennock, Vive Camera Co., Boston. Ethel Richardson, Equitable Bldg., Boston. Florence Russell, Boston. Nellie E. Stone, Law Office, Boston. Harriet B. Wisdom, Macmillan Pub. Co.. Bos- ton. Florence Young. Bertha M. Brett, Boston. Christine V. Buckley, Boston. Ruby Currier, Teachers’ Exchange, Boston. Annie C. Clifford, Grosvenor Co., Boston. Gertrude Dugan, Charlestown. Helen Flynn. Boston. Lizzie E. Marshall, Mass. Bldg., State St., Bos- ton. Minnie E. Price, Clark, Ward Co., Boston. Etta F. Pratt, 113 Devonshire St., Boston. Marion White. BOYS. George Countway, 34 Broad St., Boston. Philip Moran, Charles E. Hall Co., Boston. Robert Cary, Macullar Parker, Boston. Lewis Pennock, Wool Firm, Boston. Walter Higgins. Fitchburg R. R., Boston. Herbert E. Stone. Second National Bank. Bos- ton. Alumni Reception. Those who attended the reunion of the E. H. S. Alumni Association Feb- ruary 17 were rewarded with a most en- joyable evening. Pres. Wm. H. Bur- gess set the ball rolling with a few cor- dial remarks, in which he introduced a gentleman from the Philippines in a pro- found treatise on the history of the Alumni Association. This genial gen- tleman, secured directly and at great expense from the Philippine Islands, proved decidedly the hit of the evening. His discourse was full of much valuable enlightenment on the subject of the United States in general. An excellent musical and literary pro- gram was followed by dancing, which was enjoyed until midnight. The enter- tainers were : Sam Walter Foss, reader; Chas. A. Kcach, violinist; Miss Francis Wilson, soprano soloist; William M. Walker, baritone soloist ; and Lyman Brackett, accompanist. Mayor Proctor and Mrs. Proctor, Superintendent South worth and Mrs. South worth, Rep. F. E. Eitts and Mrs. Fitts; and Principal Whitcomb and Mrs. Whitcomb were the patrons and patronesses. The affair was one of the most successful social events of the season. Exchanges. Another month’s mail has accumu- lated, and we find in it many of our old friends and several strangers whom we welcome to our list of friends. The “Sketches” in the Sagamore are a pleasing feature. Bearing on the recent birthday of one of our greatest liberators, Lincoln, comes “The Early Life of Lincoln,” in the Beech Grove Oracle. The Cherry and White is making a feature of continued stories. Notice friends! The staff of the Philomath possesses a curious member —an exchange editor—who reads R-A- D-I-A-T-O-R, Journal, and therefore at- tributes the article “Philippines and Im- perialism” contributed to our November issue, to the Somerville High School Journal. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 23 From “The School Days of Dewey” in the Recorder we infer that our hon- ored admiral was as full of pranks as the average boy. One of our new exchanges, The Toc- sin, has all departments well balanced, except the exchange. How much better it would be if some of our esteemed friends would not in- sert a long list of the papers they re- ceive in their exchange columns. An interesting and instructive article on Robert Louis Stevenson, also a pic- ture of that author, may be found in the February Greylock Echo. Photographs of their respective foot- ball teams appear in great numbers in our exchanges of the last two months. Almost every school has a team of which she is not ashamed. New Music. We have received from the publishers, Oliver Ditson Co., the following new music: “One Sweet Smile,” an attractive waltz song and chorus by Theo Metz, author of “A Hot Time.” Price 50 cents. “Surrender,” love song for high voice, in G. Addison F. Andrews. Price 40 cents. “Rock-a-Bye, Dolly,” lullaby for medium voice. Helen Preston. Price 40 cents. “When the Twilight Settles Down,” babyhood song. Lillian T. Sheldon. Price 40 cents. “The Dream Tree,” medium voice. INCANDESCENT GAS BURNERS Complete with Shade and Chimney SI.00. Mantles ‘20 and 25 cents. W. E. PLUMER CO.’S, 52 Union Square. Reserved for the Makers of Sigma Delta Pins. Florence Buckingham Joyce. Price 40 cents. “A Stein Song,” a spirited and stirring melody for bass voice, in B Flat. Frederick Bullard. Price 40 cents. Exchange Wit. “ I just took a very pleasant trip.” “ Where ? ” “ I tripped and fell into a young lady's lap.” Wildly—“ What shall I write a com- position on ?” Calm reply—“ Paper.” The man was consoling a friend who had been condemned to death in the electric chair. “Shocking ! shocking! ” he exclaimed. “Well ' said his friend, philosophi- cally, “ I always did like currants.” “George!” she screamed. “My neck!” “What’s the matter?” “There's a pillicatter—” “A what?” “A tapekiller!” “What in the world do you mean?” “Oh, dear!” she moaned, as she clutched him frantically, “a kitterpaller! You know, George, a pattcrkiller!” “Oh!” said George, with evident relief, and he proceeded to brush the future butterfly away. Teacher—“Express in a few words this sentence: ‘Mr. and Mrs. Flood drove up to the door of the house and stopped. Mr. Flood threw down the reins and helped his wife to alight. Then they entered the house.’” Smart Boy—“The rains descended and the Floods came.” h. E. BROWK, ‘20 Summer Street, Somerville, Agent for Hampden Creamery Catering for Societies, Balls, Parties and Churches. HAMPDEN ICE CREAM. Telephone Connection. SOMHRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. triumph of excellence. d. E. PURDY CO. «i GLASS ’99 PHOTOGRAPHERS � Somerville Latin and English High Schools. The following endorsements of our work by prominent and well known people justifies our claim that we are ,mak g the best picture made in Boston today. “I think I have had none better than the large por- trait photographs which you have made. I have recom- mended a great many people who have written me for my photograph to get that, as the best one I know of.” Hon. John i . Long, Secretary of the Navy. “I have received the photographs recently taken for me, and they seem to be very skillfully done.” Hon. Geo. F. Hoar, U. S. Senator. “I can say with full confidence that the photographs are quite superior to any others that have been taken of me at any period of mv life. Such, also, is the opinion of my family.” Hon. geo. s. Routwell, Kx-Gov. of .Massachusetts. “The pictures you have taken of me have pleased my friends more than any others, and they are especially treasured at my home particularly on account of the pleasant expression which I do not always secure in a sitting. I am very grateful to you for your painstaking ami to a good frlcndafor guiding me to you.” Oliver Otis Howard, .Maj. Gen. U. S. Army (retired.) “I am glad to certify that I am familiar with the work of Messrs. J. E. Purdy Co. They have been the pho- tographers for several of the senior classes of Tufts College. They have also done a good deal of work for members of my family and myself. I have always found them patient, conscientious and painstaking, and I regal'd them as masters In their art. So far as I have seen it, all of their work Is eminently satisfactory.” K. If. Capex, d.’d. President Tufts College. “My friends advise me that the photographs which you have recently taken are the best I have ever had, and they are undoubtedly the best judges, though ray opinion coincides with theirs. I need not assure vou that while you arc doing such superior work 1 shall not think of going elsewhere for ray photographs.” Hon. Geo. Fred Williams. “If I am able to do anything to advance the sale of your admirable work, rest assured I shall do so.” Rev. Geo. C. I.okimer, i . d., 1'astor Trcmont Temple. Our quota of School Contracts being filled, we shall not sign any more for 1899. The Class Rate may be obtained by anyone securing a Class Card from the Photo Committee. STUDIO, • 146 TREMONT ST. North Packing and Provision Co, Bryant dt UNDERTAKER J70 School Street Telephone 123-2 Henry D. Padelford APOTHECARY Cor. Pearl an«l Marxlinll Street Winter Ili.I, Somerville. PADELFORD’S ALMOND LOTION. Home Made Candies dt Always Fresh. At Popular Prices. Original Varieties Added Continually. A large line of Chocolates 20c. to 60c. per lb. Home Bakery—Fine Home Made Bread. A nice line of Cakes, Cookies, etc. All goods made on the premises. Ice Cream always on hand. Parties Supplied. Orders delivered. Miller's Candy Kitchen Gilman Square, Opp. Winter Hill Station. A. Needle man, . Tailor l-i Franklin Street, E. Somerville. Ladies’ and Gent’s Garments made to Order. Also first-class Repairing, Cleaning and Dyeing. School Supplies, Stationery, Toys, Confectionery, Games, Magazines, Papers, Books, etc.............. L. M, LIBBEY, 6 Holland St„ Davis Sq, The Radiator on Sale. Have You Seen Woodbury the Shoeman? KING ARTHUR FLOUR, BEST GROCERIES, NEW CANNED GOODS. MEATS OUR SPECIALTY. H. W. BURGESS, 2S and 30 Webster St., - East Somerville. FRED HALEY Real Estate, Mortgages, Insurance Room 86, 27 State Street Telephone, 2363 Boston Boston, Mass. Richard J. Wills PHARMACIST 406 Medford Street Hansons S Bakers and Caterers STORES: 3 Bonair Street, 218 Pearl Street, 153 Perkins Street. 314 Broadway. Orders for Weddings and Receptions a Specialty. . . . Francis M. Wilson Js t UNDERTAKER Telephone 144-3 03 Cross Street Dana W. Bennett Co. INSURANCE 82 Water Street, Boston. Telephone Boston 1755. L. Herbert Huntley Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Blitter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, Vegetables and Provisions. 8 Ulackatouc Market and 84 Itlackfttonc Market. Telephone Haymarket 788 Boston. Glines Co s Express «, FOLK TRIPS DAILY. Furniture and Plano Moving. Barge and Carriage Service, Boston Offices: 15 Merchants Row, 67 Franklin Street, 139 Kingston Street. Somerville Office: 38 Perkins Street. Residence: 21 Auburn Ave., E. Somerville. Telephone Charlestown 351-3 Always Reliable dt Partridge’s Athletic Supplies Foot Ball, Base Ball, Tennis, Polo and Gymnasium Goods. We have special facilities for Club and School Outfittings. Mail Orders given prompt attention. Horace Partridge Co. 55 and 57 Hanover Street, Boston. Wellington-Wild Coal Co. S Anthracite G0AL Bituminous Successors to Horatio Wellington Co. and B. F. Wild Co. Branch Yards and Offices: 226 Main Street, Charlestown. 511 Main Street, Charlestown. Union Square, Somerville. Gilman Square, Somerville. Wharves: Craigie’s Bridge, E. Cambridge. 149 Medford Street and 34 Warren Avenue, Charlestown District, Boston. General Office: 7 CENTRAL STREET, BOSTON. IDolume 8 HputI ■fllumbeu 6. Ls. E. BROWN, 20 Summer Street, Somerville, Agent for Hampden Creamery Catering: for Societies, Balls, Parties and Churches. HAMPDEN ICE CREAM. Telephone Connection. JAMES C. TAYLOR Merchant Tailor. 297 Broadway, Winter Hill. 172 School Street Somerville, Mass. Particular attention given to Dyeing. Cleans- ing and Repairing Clothes. High School Trade Solicited. Perfect Satisfaction Guaranteed. Compliments of a Friend The New Freeman Studio Broadway, cor. Mt, Vernon Street Has every approved modern appliance for ob- taining the best results in photography and por- traiture. Large groups, landscapes, exteriors and interiors are specialties._ _ _ ___ j AUGUSTIS THURGOOD j Fine Wall Papers Interior Decorations 136 Cornhill, . Boston • Telephone Boston 3930 Lady Embalmer in Attendance. W. A. FRINK, Funeral Director. of the 17 Holland Street. W. Somerville. RADIATOR. 5 School Water Colors | In Boxes and Tubes Mathematical . Instruments . . and . • Artists' . Materials Manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland Co. (Incorporated) 82 and 84 Washington St., Boston, i '•a' ' � ' � '� '� '� '� '� '� � ' £ W. J. EMERSON 148 Perkins Street Ka� t Somerville. Dealer In Fine Boot� , Shoe� and Rubber� . Flr� t-cla� � Repairing................. We Shoe the Kdltor and Sporting Fdltor . The Thomas Long Co. 77 Summer Street, Boston Jewelers and Silversmiths Maker� of Class Fins and Seasonable Novelties. Skilton, Foote Co.’s Blinker ■ Hill ■ Pickles CHOW-CHOW, KETCHUP, HORSE RADISH Salad Dressing and Table Sauce are THK BUST. I«4 Walnut Street, Somerville. We fire to mate the engravings lor the Pndiator and it the qualitg ot them attracts i)ou we shall he pleased to corres|)ond with gou or send a representa- tive to call upon gou. SUFFOLK ENGRAVING CO., 275 Washington st.) BOSTON. Contents for April. Editorials, “ What’s In a Name ? ” Spanish Camp, Phi Sigma. “ Nothing But a Story,” The Contributors’ Club, Photographic Contest, 3 5 7 9 10 13 14 K. II S Gleanings, Latin High Gleanings, Latin Notes, Exchanges, English Notes. Athletics, i5 i5 16 18 19 21 Calendar, «5 Advertisements, 23 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM. r h h Somerville High School Radiator. LATIN SCHOOL. ENGLISH SCHOOL. Vol. VIII. Somerville, Massachusetts, April, 1899. No. 6. The Radiator Is published by the Somerville Latin I and English High Schools on the third Wednesday of every month during the school year, and only Important news matter can be received after the 10th or the month. Matter for Insertion may be left with any of the editorial start or be mailed to the editor at the English High School. In contributing, write on one side of Che paper only and sign the full name and address (this is for reference only). Communications should be addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor, according to their nature. Manuscript must be accompanied by the necessary postage to Insure its return. TERMS, 75 CENTS PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES, lO CENTS. SOMERVILLE CITIZEN PRESS. STAFF OF THE RADIATOR. EDITOR IN CHIEF. GUY C. RIDDELL, E. II. S., '99. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. LUELLA P. WINSHIP, l. H. s„ ’a . SPORTING EDITOR. WALTER C. NICKERSON, E. II. S., '99. TWO years ago the name of Joan of Arc was on every tongue. The re- vival of interest in the French martyr was of unusual strength and duration. Magazines and journals abounded with biographies and sketches, prominent lecturers and men of letters did her tribute, and after-dinner speak- ers found in her a welcome and cx- haustless topic. It would seem that in- terest in her has by no means yet abated in Somerville. The masterly dramatic interpretation of this character by Miss Kda L. Xichols in Steinert EXCHANGE EDITOR. MARGUERITE FOOTE, E. II. S., 99. BUSINESS MANAGER. MARK R. JOUETT, Jr., L. II. S., ’9� . ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER. L. ARTHUR WALLON, E. II. S., I!K)0. TREASURER. G. LEON PEIRCE. L. II. S., ’911. CLASS EDITORS. LATIN SCHOOL. TORR W. H ARMER, ’99. LINWOOD E. SNOWMAN, 1900. ROBERT NICHOLS, ’01. PIERCE P. McGANN, ’02. ENGLISH SCHOOL. H. FLORENCE RALPH, ’99. HERBERT M. HALE, 1900. CARLETON JONES, ’01. LOUIS H. YELLAND, ’02. Hall some two weeks ago, and the mag- nificent cantata, “Joan of Arc ’ in preparation at the English School to be given in Music Hall April 25, are signs of appreciative interest in a truly remarkable character. Mr. Stephen Townsend, who was heard to such ad- vantage with Miss Nichols in Steinert Hall, is to appear in “Joan of Arc’’ as “Robert De Beaudricourt.” Miss Ruby C. Cutter,a Somerville High School grad- uate who is taking her place among American prima donnas, is to impersonate “Joan,” and Mr. J. C. Bartlett, the well 4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. known singer and composer, appears as “Philip.” The chorus is large and strong, and enthusiastically welcomes the change from the regular music course. The cantata cannot fail to serve a double purpose, for in addition to pro- viding decorations for the English building, the stirring, patriotic music is sure to benefit those who are privileged to study it. The necessity of present- ing the affair in a Boston music hall should be another argument for the erection of a large assembly hall in our own city. FEW returning regiments have re- ceived a warmer welcome than the 5th and 8th Massachusetts. Somerville and Stoneham unite in doing honor to the men who did their best to get at the Spaniards, but who through no fault of their own, are obliged to return without that privilege. These gallant soldier boys are every bit as deserving of praise as the more fortunate heroes of Santiago and El Caney, and the warm ovation they receive in Somerville is but a just tribute to their courage. Two Somer- ville High men are with the returned 8th, Wiley and MacLean, and we hope that the immediate future will see them again in the ranks of S. H. and L. THERE was once a time when a Somerville High School Orchestra was contributing to the fame of the Red and Blue. That was in '96; in the three years since, the subject has been given but little attention. The reason for this we cannot see. There are plenty of good musicians in the two schools, and when an enterprising, enthusiastic leader appears he will find an excellent field at his command, for seldom have schools shown greater interest in other branches of musical matters than S. H. and L Our respected neighbor, Brook- line High, glories in a successful orches- tra, and we hope that it will not be many years before Somerville will fol- low a good example. WATERTOWN is also interested in cantatas. Mr. Hadley added another to his already long list of musi- cal successes by the excellent rendering of the cantata, “The Holy City,” by the pupils of the Watertown High School a short time ago. Two Somerville pupils, Miss Williams and Miss Ralph, were present as soloists. TH E stirring days of the Revolution brought the good old town of Som- erville no little fame and distinction, but it is the closing year of the 19th century that raises it to the proud position of possessing two Boards of Trade. We have in every sense of the word a modern city,but especially so in regard to Boards of Trade. New York has one,— Somerville has two. A bright future ought to be assured with two such or- ganizations in our midst, each gener- ously vying with the other for opportu- nities to advance the welfare of the city. SIGNIFICANT movements are tak- ing place in the Police Department. The number of blue-coats has been raised to 50. If this has any bearing on the High School question, it is doubtless with re- gard to our prospective baseball cham- pionship. When that turns up in the shape of the inevitable, and as the third championship of the season of ’98-’99, the sight of one of Somerville’s finest may have a soothing effect on some of our young enthusiasts. THE June edition of the Radiator, as a catalogue and souvenir num- ber, will be a very expensive publication. It is intended to publish as good a paper in that month as will appear from any High School in the United States, and our success depends largely upon our support by the schools. To make such a number possible, a sale of 600 copies must be assured by the 15th of May. Subscription papers will soon be placed in the hands of every room teacher. Sign for one or more copies. T11 E kindness of the Historical Society in extending to the High Schools an invitation to their lecture of April 13 is gratefully appreciated. Rev. C. A. Staples of Lexington proved a most entertaining speaker on a timely sub- ject, “The Battle of Lexington.” SOMERVI LEE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 XWHbat's in a IRame. T was a beau- tiful day; birds singing gayly the sun shin- ing brightly, all nature was charming. The most prosaic mind was fain to repeat, What is so rare as a day in June? Then if ever come perfect days.” Harvard College was at its best. The sombre walls of the buildings were al- most entirely covered with ivy and woodbine, and twining in and out among the leaves was bunting. Flags floated from the tops of the dormitories ; Japanese lanterns hung gayly from the trees; while dainty spreads here and there, and groups of prettily dressed ladies mingling with the cap-and-gowned graduates completed a picture rich in loveliness and harmony. Among those to graduate at this Com- mencement were Harold Stearns, son of a wealthy and philanthropic Bostonian, Richard Curtis and Henry Forbes, two of Harold’s most intimate friends. The young men were entertaining Mrs. Alli- son, Harold’s aunt, his sister Mabel and two of her college friends, Elsie Wil- liams and Georgianna Ferguson. Georg- ian na, a bright and lively Holyoke girl, was called “George” by all her college friends. She had a cheerful disposition and was loved by all who knew her. Harold at first sight was charmed with her, and as he took her on a tour of in- spection about the grounds he enjoyed her vivacious conversation of her home and college life. “And do you know anyone at Hol- yoke?” she asked at length. “No; not personally, but- through my sister’s letters home I know a good many by name. One in particular. Oh, by the way, he must be aj relative of yours — your brother, perhaps— George Ferguson.” Georgianna started, glanced inquir- ingly at Harold, and taking in the situ- ation at a glance replied, “No, not my brother. Oh, no; a relative of a third or fourth cousin of mine.” “Oh, I see,” says Harold. “Then you will not mind my asking you what you think of him. By Mabel’s letters I should say she saw a good deal of him, and I feel sometimes that this friend- ship might deepen into something stronger. Why, all her letters are of ‘dear George doing this’ and ‘dear George doing that’ and going here and there with ‘dear George.’ What kind of a fellow is he, anyway ?’’ “The Ferguson family are well known and highly esteemed at Holyoke. They live quite near the college and George is very popular among the girls. If there are any scrapes, who knows all about them? George. If there are concerts, dances, sleighing parties or musicales, and the girls are going, George must go, too. Yes, indeed, although George is perhaps girlish, which is due I suppose partly to being an only child and partly to so much intercourse with the college girls, yet they think that there is no one quite so lively and jolly as George.” “But say, you don’t think he cares anything for Mabel? If so, I must tell Henry his case is hopeless. He has- loved Mabel nearly all his life and thought Mabel cared for him, but ever since she has written so much about this Ferguson fellow I have noticed a change in Henry. He isn’t the same old fellow he used to be.” “Really, I ought to say nothing about this, Mr. Stearns, but since you ask me I will tell you frankly, I think—” They were interrupted by someone saying, “Ah, Stearns, so you stole a march on us, did you ? But we’ve found you and as it is five we had better be strolling in the direction of the spread,” and the party wended their way toward the tent. Georgianna, securing a seat by Mabel, related to her the con- versation which had just taken place. “And oh, Mabel, you will keep up the joke, won’t you? Just for a little while. Only Elsie, your aunt and you need know the true state of things. And such letters as I will write you ! 6 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. You will keep it up, won’t you, dear?” And Mabel promised. At night Elsie and Georgianna re- turned to Holyoke, Richard Curtis to his home in Lawrence and the rest to Boston. PART II. It was December; the ground was covered with snow and the air was filled with the jingling of sleigh bells, as the horses dashed along Common- wealth avenue. In one of the beautiful houses before an open grate were seated our two young friends, Elsie Williams and Mabel Stearns. Mr. and Mrs. Williams having gone to Florida for the latter’s health, Elsie was spend- ing the winter with Mabel. “Elsie, to tell the truth, I think we have carried the joke almost too far. Why, last evening at dinner I overhead Miss'Bryant say to Henry that she sup- posed the engagement was to be an- nounced later in the evening. ‘Who’s engagement ? ’ asked Henry, with a start. ‘Why, Mabel’s with Mr. Ferguson.’ She said that Harold had told her I had made the acquaintance of Mr. Ferguson at college and we were close friends. Poor Henry hardly spoke the rest of the evening. Probably the company were much disappointed when it was found the engagement was not an- nounced. “Well, I declare,” said Elsie, bursting into a gale of laughter. “Poor George taken for your most devoted admirer. If only she were here to enjoy these ludicrous situations. And even her letters are full of love and any amount of nonsense.” A servant entered, an- nouncing callers, and Pauline and Mabel went down stairs. After they had gone Harold entered, and, flinging himself into a chair, drew out a letter, saying, “There, my dear sister, I've got it at last. And a hard time I had of it, too. You said I might read all your letters from ‘dear George’ if I ever got the chance. Well, I have, and now here goes : Holyoke, December 13, 189— (Good writing.) Mv Darling Mabel,— (Humph! he needn’t have put it so strong). You cannot imagine, dear, how glad I was to get your last letter. You don’t know how your poor George has been pining for a word of or from you and for weeks I have been living solely upon your photograph (Whew! Living on her photograph, is he! Poor fellow, how thin he must be. I prefer more substantial food) which is never out of my sight, and I look into those sweet eyes of yours, finding in them such love and trust! (Is this what love is like ! Deliver me. Henry, you’re lost.) I cannot thank you enough for your kind invitation to visit you, (Hello! what’s that ?) and as I am not very busy now I will accept with pleasure. (Pleasure ! For whom ?) So in a few weeks’ time I shall see my loved one. Yours in life and death, George. “Well, he’s got it bad. Poor Henry ! It’s all up with him. Who’s coming now ? Hello, Henry ; old boy, how goes it ?” “Hal, old fellow, I can’t stand it any longer. I’m going away to try to forget it all. If this Ferguson fellow loves Mabel and she loves him,why I’m not go- ing to stand in their way. I’m going to Europe and try to forget everything in the past, but what’s the use, I can’t,” and Henry buried his face in his hands. “Don’t take on so, old boy. Perhaps everything will come out all right. Who knows ?” “Of course everything will come out all right—for her and everybody else ex- cept me. Well, I’m off next week. Write to me when you feel like it, and goodbye, Hal, don’t forget your old chum, and he was off. “You Ferguson, you,” muttered Harold as Henry left, “You wait until you get here and if I don’t make things warm for you, I lose my guess,” and tear- ing the letter into pieces he flung them into the fire. It was Friday; the day for George Ferguson to arrive. The guest cham- ber had been fitted up for a gentleman’s convenience by Mabel and Elsie to keep up the joke and all was in readiness for the reception of the guest. Mabel had driven to the station to meet her friend. The family, including Mrs. Allison, SOM HR VILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Klsie, Richard and Harold, were assem- bled in the library to welcome the guest. 1 Iarold, with his back to the door, was pretending to be busily engaged with a photograph album, when the door opened and he heard Mabel say “Here they are. Let me introduce to you my dear friend Georg-ianna Ferguson of Holyoke.” “Wh-at ?” and Harold sprang to his feet. “Who ? Georgiantia Ferguson ? Where is George ?” “Let me explain,” said Georgianna, turning to Harold after the greetings. “Your misapprehensions originated from our conversation last Class Day. Do you remember it?” Harold wondered if he would ever forget it! “I have always been called “George” and when you asked me all about ‘that Ferguson fellow’ I thought it would be such”fun to play a joke on you and so Mabel and I have kept it up. So you see I am Georgiatnia Ferguson, and not the sup- posed George.” Thus the affair was explained, Henry deferred his trip to Europe, and a few months later, our happy young people received cards reading thus—Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Ferguson request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Georgianna Louise to Mr. Harold Kenneth Stearns of Boston. H Spanish Camp in Bmertca. L. It. on A XT, E. II. S., 1000. On the morning of July 3, 1898, Admiral Cervera’s fleet of destroyers and armored cruisers was destroyed off Santiago by the American Blockading Squadron under Sampson and Schley, and so completely was it destroyed that not one of the five Spanish vessels sur- vived the conflict. By heroic work our sailors saved nearly 1,700 of the 2,000 and more who formed the crews of the sunken ships. These surviving unfor- tunates were sent north as prisoners of war on the auxiliary cruisers, St. Louis and Harvard. July 10 the St. Louis steamed into the harbor of Portsmouth, N. H., and cast anchor less than 300 yards from the berth taken by the ill-starred Maine on her last visit there. The St. Louis brought about 700 prisoners, including Cervera and his son, Lieut. Angel Cer- vera, and Captains Moren and Eulate. The common sailors were landed on the 12th. Meanwhile a stockade was being pre- pared for the prisoners on Seavey's, or, as it was formerly called, Trefethen’s Island, one of the three islands owned by the government. This one is the largest of the three, and on it are the water works, rifle range and Marine Hospital of the Navy Yard. Seavey’s Island overlooks the harbor, and on its lowermost point the stockade was built —a heavy, high fence of boards, enclos- ing two sides of a square. The other two sides were not fenced, being pro- tected by the deep, swift Piscataqua, and he would be a strong swimmer who could breast its whirling tides. Outside the wooden fence was another of inter- laced barbed wire. Small sentry boxes and platforms overlooked the stockade, and each had always a watchful tenant. From a little hill nearby the many muz- zles of a Gatling-gun, guarded con- stantly by two marines, threatened any thoughts of disorder or riot in the prison camp below. Within the camp were cook houses, about ten wooden barracks, and later a roofed pavilion, where the Spaniards lounged and talked. The Harvard arrived July 15 with i,ooS prisoners. Next day they were carried ashore on the barges Durham and Kit- tcry under a strong guard of marines. Some were unable to walk, and all the sick and wounded were carried at once to a temporary wooden hospital. Hun- dreds of people watched the sight from boats and steamers. Nearly all the offi- cers were taken on the departing trans- ports to Annapolis. The Spaniards, when first landed, had 8 SOM ERVI L L1C HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. nothing to wear but what our sailors had given them, and consequently pre- sented a queer spectacle in their ill- fitting garments. They soon improved in appearance, however, as the govern- ment issued a suit of blue and one of white to each man. Most of them were short, swarthy men, bearded, and stout of limb. Nearly all were young, for after all the older men were taken to be slaughtered in Cuba they were taken from their sunny native hills and “pressed” to man the fleets. Yankees may be “pigs,” but then their maligners must be something far worse, for not one of them had the faintest ideas of common decency. This, and the sudden change from Palm to Pine brought on ills which resulted in a death rate of two a day. Put this rate decreased under the influence of American cleanliness and order until there was hardly one death in a week. At first it was a thing of everyday oc- currence to hear the solemn, quavering, bugle notes of “taps” and the “three rounds blank” that mark a military funeral. “Another Spaniard gone” was the only comment of those who hap- pened to hear. In connection with that I overheard a short conversation between the town wit and a half-deaf old man whom the Yard officials had sometimes hired to prepare graves for dead prisoners. The two were bending over some gaping seams in the bottom of an old wherry that they were trying to make tight. “Say, Den, any o’ them Spaniards you planted over there sprouted yet?” The old man chuckled. Then, instead of his usual answer to a question,“Wh-a-a-t?” he said slowly, “H’m; thought o’ gittin’ you ter weed ’em, if the crop’s good.” The wit was never known to weed even his own garden in his life. The guard at the camp was ridicu- lously small when compared with the number of prisoners until the arrival of the “Resolute” with the marines, who fought so bravely at Guantanamo. When the ship arrived, it was imme- diately surrrounded by a mosquito fleet of small boats filled with summer visi- tors from the hotels. Prom these boats apples, cigars and newspapers were thrown up to the happy fellows crowd- ing the deck, and so glad were they to get anything at all from shore, that the donors were rewarded by a scattering shower of buttons, cartridges, sea shells from Cuba, pieces of Spanish money and things of like interest to serve as souvenirs. I was fortunate enough to secure half a capful of these curios, and had quite a number of buttons, but now few are left. I see the rest, though, sometimes. They now exist only as hat pins. What a comedown for buttons that once, perhaps, adorned the breast of a swaggering Spanish Regular! I must pass over the visit of Admiral Cervera to the stockade in a few words. The admiral is an old man of medium height, with kindly grey eyes and a white beard. Not much like the gory Spaniard of Weyler type. Cervera came to the yard from Portsmouth in an open carriage with Commodore Remey, then the yard commander, and quite often he raised his hat to parties of sightseers, who cheered him and photo- graphed him on the way. Visitors were not allowed inside the stockade except by special pass, but, having “a friend at court” in person of a young medical student, who was spending his vacation as apothecary at that place, I had the privilege of seeing a good deal of the Spaniards. Then- sports amused me most. Dozens of them would spend hours fishing from the rocks on the harbor side, and more practiced stilt-walking. Others lounged about the pavilion and played unending games of cards. On the principle that Satan finds work for idle hands to do, the men were not forbidden their amusements. The greatest of these were mock bull fights, as curious a spectacle as is often seen. Everything was arranged as in a real contest, and the spectators seemed as much excited. The part of the bull was taken by two men, who kept one behind the other, with their backs bent. Over them a large dark blanket was thrown, and the first man carried on his shoulders a wooden device, made to represent a bull’s head and horns, so the whole formed a very good representation of the real animal. The contest took place in an open space before the pa- vilion, and there were the matadores and SOMKRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 9 toreadores, decked in all the finery they could muster. They carried wooden spears and darts, and the counterfeit bull would rush at them as fiercely as though he really felt the barbs sticking into the blanket. Sometimes the man who formed the hind legs of the bull would tread on the heels of his leader and the whole combination would come to the ground. At such moments the bull was declared to be “down,” and the fighters would rush in to finish him. So the game went on, and the gazing Spaniards would laugh and cheer like children. It was the most interesting sight to be seen in the camp, to me, but there were many more worthy of de- scription. For two months Seavey’s Island re- sounded with a babel of Castilian tongues by day and by night, with the hour-calls ot sentries. Then, one still, hot, September afternoon a huge steamer, the City of Rome, stole into the harbor and saluted the forts. Next morning the camp was deserted, and the transport departed for Spain, bear- ing all the prisoners except one poor fellow, who was too ill to be moved, and who died in a few hours, after see- ing his comrades depart for home and liberty. Mary E. Morton, E. II. S., ’99.” The Phi Sigma Play. If, as Bacon says, “he is the wisest man who is most susceptible of altera- tion,” the Phi Sigma Club of the class of 1901, S. L. S., has certainly scored a point in knowledge. In the play of “Our Boys” presented by them at the Unitarian Hall on Friday, March 17, the members proved themselves to an individual capable of that intelligent alteration, which means something more than a good make-up and a few bor- rowed speeches, and which is demanded for a faithful representation of a list of characters which professionals for 20 years have not deemed unworthy their best efforts. The play has been staged many times, but we need not hes- itate to say that it could seldom boast more assurance and spirit—points which are oftencst lacking in an amateur per- formance. Every part in a cast of ten was so well sustained that the play moved smoothly from beginning to end ; interest in the action did not once flag, and a monologue from the man-servant was as attractive as the serio-comic situ- ations of the lovers. Each character created for himself a distinctive atmos- phere which nothing could have per- fected but a natural aptness for the part combined with hard study and conscien- tious drill. The stage prompter was conspicuous by his absence. The cast was as follows: Sir Geoffry Champneys, a country magnate, William L. Mercer, Jr. Talbot Champneys, his son, J. Frank Flynn Perkyn Middlewick, a retired butterman, S. Harry Wilkins. Jr. Charles Middlewick, his son. Robert W. Bennett Kempster, Sir Geoffry’s man servant, John C. Haartz Coddles,. Middlewick’s butler, Alexander Graham Violet Melrose, an heiress, Chester Holbrook Brown Mary Melrose, her poor cousin. C. Ashton R. Sanborn Clarissa Champneys, Sir Geoffry's sister, Charles A. Stackpole Belinda, a lodging house slave, Alexander Graham A good artistic contrast was preserved between the parts of the ceremonious English gentleman and the retired but- terman, brought into an unwelcome ac- quaintance through the friendship of their sons. The sons, having most dif- ficult because most conventional parts, carried out well their own characters, at the same time keeping a careful regard for the exact proportion between their acquired and inherited characteristics. Each was himself; each was the son of his father. The balance of relation be- tween these four parts was one of the best points of the acting. The parts of the girl cousins and the aunt, elicited constant amusement and applause. If any criticism could be made upon the low comedian parts it would be the word of the master critic : “Let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them.” The proceeds of the evening were de- voted to the Home for the Aged. Those who saw the play cannot help feeling that a result more important than money will come from the training such as this sort of entertainment gives to those who carry it through successfully. IO SOMKRVILLK MICH SCHOOL RADIATOR. IFlotbing but a Story. RUTH TUFTS, E. II. S., 1000. It was the cold, grey twilight of a February afternoon. The waterproofed pedestrians slopped through the slushy puddles of the wet streets heedless of the fine, chilly sleet that had begun to fall. On the seventh floor of a large dark building the cheery, open fire seemed to the art students gathered about it a de- lightful contrast to the weather outside. The life class had been dismissed, and youths with artistically long hair were gathering their traps together, buttoning their overcoats high in their necks and with hat brims drawn low over their faces preparing to face the weather out- side. Professor Blanchard, the little draw- ing master, with big, pleading eyes, glanced over at the group of girls about the fire with, “You’ll excuse me, young ladies, but I must meet an appointment. Stay as long as you like, for it’s rough weather outside.” “Yes, oh yes!” “We will, Professor!” and the rustle of skirts drawing nearer the fire announced their intention of be- coming as “nice and cozy” as possible. The firelight flickered over the stools and tables scattered about, over the big curtained skylight overhead, and over the great screens behind which the models had gathered to don more suitable, if not more artistic, cos- tumes for the walk home. Its rays glinted over old bits of armour, stately antique urns, and all that bewitching and confusing jumble which makes a studio delightful. “I wonder how long it will rain?” lazily drawled a voice from the depths of a big chair entirely covered with girls. No one volunteered to solve the prob- lem, and silence ensued. “I wonder who that model was. She did beautifully for Hebe, didn’t she?” came a voice on the opposite side of the hearth. “Splendid! ’ “Stunning!” “Superb lines of throat and neck!” Another silence. “She reminded me,” began a musical voice near the center of the circle, “of someone — someone, I think that I knew a while ago. She had just such magnificent brown eyes!” “Oh, who was it?” “Tell us about her. There’s sure to be some story con- nected with it.” “Tell away, Helen, we’ll listen.” This last from a sweet, persuasive, little body nestling on a cricket at her feet. And settling herself back in a Sleepy Hollow chair, with half a dozen girls perching about its arms and the curly head belonging to the person on the cricket resting on her knee, Helen Red- mond gazed through a bright mass of live coals into the past of a few years before and began: “It was more than eight years ago that I first met Mildred Leighton. I was in my first year at the Art School, feeling very green and shy to be a Fresh- man once more, when I had so recently been graduated from High School with pomp and importance. It was my first day,and I was timidly ascending the long flight of steps, with my easel and box of pencils nervously clutched under one arm, when a flying figure swept past me calling out, TMl be there in a jiffy!’ I turned, and, waiting at the bottom of the flight with a half smile dimpling round her lips at my startled air, a cap set on the back of her fly-away dark hair, boy fashion, and her hands in the pockets of a neat little tailor made jacket, stood a girl, with all the gayety which 19 summers and a gay, red, liberty scarf could give her. As her companion joined her they quickly vanished behind the great stone buildings crowding upon either side of our school, and I again turned toward the fateful door. “After that I saw no more of the girl with the liberty scarf for some time, and concluded she must be an ‘upper-class man,’ as I didn’t see her in any of my classes. Then, one depress- ing afternoon, when the shadows had begun to lengthen the dark corners under the eaves, I was sitting discon- solately at my easel, practically alone, but for a group of boys in a far-off SOMKRVILLL HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. corner, for I had determined to get that outline if I had to stay until dark. I had had a weary day; the sketch was bad ; and I had about decided that art was too long and time too fleeting, when there was a rustle of skirts up the stairs, and my girl of the liberty scarf entered, bringing a flood of brightness with her. ‘“Didn't I lend you my charcoal, Carrie? Oh, excuse me, I—.’ Then seeing, as she passed, a smutchy, tear- ful streak on my half-finished sketch, she exclaimed, ‘Why, you poor dear, what is the matter,’ and dropped down at my side with her arms about me. The comfort was too much, and I broke down. “Well, when we began to gather up my things in the fast-gathering dark- ness, we were firm friends. “No; we didn’t become chums, al- though we understood each other as no one else did, for I had a rival in the shape ot a curly-haired classmate of hers, whose great, honest, grey eyes won even my jealous heart. The two were a second David and Jonathan in their faithful friendship. It was a sensible, not a sentimental affection, in which ‘darlings’ and locked arms were out of place. The nearest approach to senti- ment was the pet name with which Mildred had dubbed her chum, namely, ‘Theo.’ “ ‘The inseparables,’ as the students called them, well deserved their name. In the studio they were always on neighboring stools. If it was painting, Mildred was sure to get the best light, and Theo would immediately encamp beside her ; brushes and paint-tubes were common property. If it was a day with models, Theo’s all artistic eye was sure to pick out the best position for both, and, being on a higher plane of friendship than sentimental schoolgirls, neither scorned the other’s criticisms. Water-color exhibitions, art museums, lectures on the old masters, all were in- complete unless Mildred and Theo were present. “In the long, lazy days of summer, with easel and lunch basket, they would speed away on a breezy electric to the cool country, leaving the hot bustle and 11 rumble of the great city far behind. Such were golden days, and they would act like children on a holiday. After a brisk tramp along white dusty roads, where the foliage by the wayside seemed to have fainted into a whitish grey from the heat, and their footsteps startled the whirring locust to a safe spot, they would strike off through a cool, damp lane, overarched with elms and bordered with flaming sumach. “There, comfortably ensconced in the gnarled root-seats of a wide spreading oak, they would listlessly gaze over the country, pretending to choose a sketch. After the lunch was eaten, to get it out of the way, as a duty, Mildred would suggest unstrapping the easel for work. With a groan, Theo would comply, but after half-hearted, fruitless attempts the sketching materials would be tossed aside, and, lying full length in the grass, with the branches rustling overhead, and the bright soft clouds lying lazily along the blue-hilled horizon, the two would give themselves up to day dreams and fancies, bright visions of the future, in which they would be artists together, and after long studies abroad would come back with master-pieces exhibited in the Salon. All too soon the long, red rays of the setting sun would recall them to the consciousness of the prosaic dampness of the ground, and the work of the hot, brick-paved tomorrow. “Thus were spent the last two years of their Art School life, and the day of graduation was too surely drawing near. It came, and after a long day with con- fused memories of easels and walls cov- ered with exhibitions of their work, rustling, stylish dresses, lorgnettes, crit- icisms, congratulations, and good wishes, the two friends found themselves away from the brightly-lighted reception room, in a little window-recess. The fresh, night air came fluttering the curtains, and cooling their cheeks, flushed with heat and success, for never had two class- mates been more popular. “ ‘Now let the crowd go,’ said Mil- dred, ‘I’m tired of all the talk and noise.’ “ ‘Mildred, there never have been closer friends than we, yet it makes me feel rather solemn and queer to think of what I 2 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. comes next. No more school, no lectures, no long walks and rides every day we like; you will be at home, and I, working still. I’m to have a studio in the Artists’ Building, portraits my specialty, if any- one will try me.’ “ ‘Oh,what fun, I wish I could, too, but I’ll drop in on you some day, see if I don’t! As for the rest of it, never mind, Theo, we’re not parted forever.’ “And so within the silent alcove, with the ripple of well-bred chatter sifting through the curtains, these two prom- ised eternal friendship and remem- brance. “As many another schoolday friend- ship has passed, so these two, without intent, passed gradually out of each other’s life. “Mildred Leighton became the belle of the season’s debutantes, and her after- noons-and evenings were rilled with calls, teas, drives, theatre parties, receptions, and balls. She grew more beautiful, but lost her girlish freshness. People said she missed her art studies, for she could spend no more time on them than occa- sionally painting for a charity fair, or attending a fashionable exhibit. “Theo, in the neighboring city, was wrapped in the chosen work, seeing few but patrons, and hardly grasping time for study in art museums and exhibi- tions. Mildred heard her schoolmate’s name spoken of in connection with suc- cessful pictures in the galleries, and learned that it was quite the fad in the fashionable circle to have portraits by this rising young artist, whose very face, with its perfect oval, and deep grey, dreamy eyes, took the fancy of the ladies who sat for miniatures, as well as their husbands and brothers, who came to view the unfinished work. “The two old school friends were thus in as different spheres of social life as though they had been on two planets, and the meetings were fewer and fewer. At an exhibition, Theo would see a gracious smile from under a plumed pic- ture hat, and responding with a pre- occupied nod, the dreamy, great eyes would return to the study of the be- loved production, and thoughts of the stylish, stately Four Hundred thronging around would fade. “Occasionally at the houses of mutual friends, or in the gayly attired throng of a dance, the two would meet and talk over the old school days which seemed now so far away. “This continued for a year. One afternoon as Mildred Leighton was carelessly glancing through her mail, and pulling on her gloves at the same time, while waiting for her carriage, she noticed the familiar handwriting, hastily opened the square envelope and read the note within. There was a wedding in- vitation enclosed also. “For a moment she seemed dazed, but as the maid announced the carriage at the door, she mechanically stepped with- in and ordered the coachman to ‘drive, drive anywhere, but only keep on driv- ing.’ The door shut with a sharp click and a hand within drew the curtains down. The coachman was half asleep on his box when the carriage again drew up before the house and its mis- tress alighted. “But the chill air had done its work, and her life for days was despaired of. The doctors seemed to have won, but she failed to grow strong again. They said she had no constitution. She be- came weaker and weaker, and one sum- mer's day she fell asleep. That note had killed her.” The low, impassioned voice ceased, and in the following silence the last live coal dropped with a hopeless thud into the bed of ashes in the grate. But it broke the spell, and.the-girlish tones rose high in exclamation and espostulation at the ending, for “how could a girl’s marriage break her dearest friend’s heart! ” “ ‘A girl’s marriage.’ oh ! ” replied Helen Redmond dreamily, “I thought you knew he was a man. Theodore Strong (she called him Theo) married a girl whose portrait he had painted.” SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 13 Contributors' Club- Scenes from Fairy Life. After THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. When birds had returned to their nests at close of day and crickets took up the song, when the shadows of dusk began to loom up fearfully, then it was that the fairies gayly trooped from their hiding places in the flower cups, under the fern leaves, in the mountain clefts and assembled together under the moon- light, making merry on the green. They were a happy little people, with Oberon and Titania as their king and queen. On this particular evening it was an occasion of great rejoicing, for a tedious war had just been brought to a close. A small division of the fairies had re- belled against Oberon, and long and fierce combats followed. A most alarm- ing feature of the war was the fact that the rebels had secured as allies the reer- mice, and these immense creatures sail- ing down on the king’s army crushed many a hapless fairy. Happily, a neigh- boring owl, kindly disposed toward Obe- ron, undertook, with his family, to dis- patch the reer-mice, and then the king’s soldiers, with terrible weapons of thorn pikes and wasp stings had put to route the rebels, of whom those who survived the defeat were immediately shut up in acorn prisons and closely guarded. And those who were heard commiserat- ing the fate of these unfortunates were obliged to pay ten violets extra a year to the king. This, I repeat, was an occas- ion of great joy. The king and queen were seated on a mushroom throne in the centre of a ring of tulips. At the right were the king’s followers; at the left the queen’s at- tendants. The ocean fairies, who dwelt in the shells of the sea, brought tributes of coral and pearl. The fairies from wood- lands and mossy glades offered glitter- ing gems of shining dew. The king ordered elves to dew the magic circles, and the fairies proceeded to dance. The merry making was un- interrupted save at intervals by the com- plaint of the owls or the hoarse croaks of frogs in the marshes nearby. Once they were startled by the ap- pearance of a field mouse, who, having heard the sounds of revelling from her snug little home, had come to watch the frolic, and in her interest had crept nearer and nearer until she had come up close to a fairy. The latter, on seeing such a monster, screamed in terror. The poor little field mouse apologized and hastily ran off. After the dance, elves came in laden with honey bags and a feast began, to be interrupted by Puck, who, arriving in their midst astride a dragon fly, an- nounced that day was breaking. Just at that moment high and clear above them rose the notes of a meadow lark. The fairies with footsteps light began to dis- perse, with the happy thought that peace was at last come. They little knew that another trouble, not an in- ternal conflict, but a quarrel between Oberon and Titania, was to arise. How- ever, as this has been so ably told you by Shakespeare, I will not attempt to re- view it. The gleeful voices of the departing fairies grew fainter and fainter, and when the sun rose the play ground of the tiny folks was deserted. Only the circles of brighter green in the grass marked the place where they had danced. L. M. M., E., '00. Our New Neighbors. “Oh, my dear,” exclaimed Mr. Spar- row to his feathered spouse one morning after returning from his search for the family breakfast and gossip with the neighbors. “What do you think that hor- rid Mayor has done? Our neighbors tell me that he has ordered our beautiful race to be cither killed or driven out of the city where we were born, bred and have raised our young. There, now, don’t faint. I know it is dreadful. Here 14 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. is a particularly fine worm,—you will feel better with something on your stomach.” “Oh, husband, what shall we do ?” “I don’t know, my dear. Those very men to whom we sang the other morning and whose gardens we kept free from worms will come and try to kill us and tear down our houses.” “How can they be so cruel ? Is there no place of safety to which we can fly?” “I don’t know. Let me think. Ah ! I have it! You know that day when I came home so late ? Well, I was out to Somerville, and while there I noticed several buildings on a large hill, two of which were High Schools, filled with jolly boys and girls. They had such merry faces that I am sure they would not drive us away and we could live in the trees around the schools. Come, my dear, we will dress the children in their best and start at once.” G. H. A , E., ’oi. “Ode” to Spring. We are all rejoiced to see spring again. We recognize its unfailing signs. The same old mud again appears in which we lost our rubbers last year and as “history repeats itself” we lose them again this year. The umbrella fiend renews his nefarious work, borrow- ing the property of his friends to keep off the “April showers,” which ruin our Easter bonnets and take the stiffen- ing out of the crinoline in our new Easter gowns. The same old spring chicken appears in the butcher shop window. The young street urchins obstruct our pas- sage on the sidewalk with the last year's “snappers, crockeries and glassies.” The obnoxious toy balloon again squeaks its iittle squeak, torturing our ears. The hurdy-gurdy grinds the same old tune, with the same old wheeze and the same old “Dago.” Thus our old friends, one by one, take their accustomed places. M. E. B., L., ’99. Motto for Uncle Sam—“Where there's a will there’s Hawaii.”—Ex. Prize Photographic Contest. Join the Camera Club and enter their prize photographic contest. You have a chance of securing one of the two $5 cash prizes which are offered. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. Competitors must be members of the Camera Club. 2. All dues must be fully paid up to the present time and promptly paid for each month during the contest. 3. All views contributed must have been taken between April 1, 1899, and the 10th of the June following. 4. Each picture must be mounted and upon the back must be given the name and class of the artist, and, it pos- sible, the subject of the picture. 5. No view will be returned, but all will become the property of the Camera Club. 6. As many pictures as desired may be entered at any time during the con- test. 7. All subjects are allowed. 8. Every view must be handed or mailed to one of the “Committee on Ex- hibits” on or before June 12, 1899. CLASSES. Two classes, advanced amateurs and beginners. A statement of which class is represented must appear on the back of each mount. PRIZES. Two $5 cash prizes. The money to be given to the person in each class, who, judged from all points, contributes the best picture. GRAND EX HI BIT I ON—WIN N ERS. An exhibit of all the views contributed will take place on June 15 in the Lecture Hall of the English High School. Signed: Ralph Robinson, Chairman, Herbert Hale, Asst. Chairman, Carleton Foster, Committee on Exhibits. The seacoast line of the globe is com- puted to be about 136,000 miles.—Ex. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 Calendar. Mar. 17. “Our Boys, ’ given by the Phi Sigma. 18. B. A. A. Indoor Athletic Meet at Mechanics’ Hall. 22. E. H. S. Debating Society. Subject, “Restriction of Immigration.” 24. S. L. S. ’99 Reception and Dance. April 3. Latin ’97 Reunion. 4. Practice Ball Game with Tufts. 5. Reception to Senior Science and Ger man Students by Dr. Pfeiffer. 14. E. H. S. Debating Society. Subject, “Trusts.” Quarterly election of officers. E. H. S. Gleanings. Mr. Frank H. Beede, one of our popu- lar instructors in 1895, and now princi- pal of the Melrose High School, spent the morning of April 7 in pleasantly re- newing old acquaintances among the teachers and pupils of our school. Old friends are always welcome. Perhaps the greatest problem of the cantata has been the one concerning the individual selection of, and the dis- tribution of the tickets. The cantata committee has proven itself a very able body, in the way it has disposed of the difficulty. No one has anything but commendation to offer for the sys- tem finally carried into effect. This is indeed a fortunate school ! Not only have we champion teams in athletics, but we have the higher dis- tinction of numbering, among our in- structors, one who has made a most suc- cessful appearance before a critical and cultivated Boston audience. On the night of April 4, Miss Eda Lulette Nichols repeated her success of last season in a recital given in Steinert Hall, in aid of the kindergarten of Ben Adhem House. For more than an hour Miss Nichols held the closest at- tention of her large audience as she pre- sented her arrangement of the wonder- ful story of Jeanne d’Arc. The members of the school and espec- ially the patrons of our “Basement Cafe” unite in congratulating Mr. Sellon on his recovery from a dangerous illness. The school welcomes his return with the greatest satisfaction, and with three words of advice: “Beware of tramps.” Possibly there are a few who have not heard of Mr. Sellon’s adventure with the hungry tramp. One day about a month ago, a tramp presented himself to Mr. Sellon and asked for something to eat. He was fed with the understand- ing that he do some work about the school to earn it. After eating, he retired to the bulkhead at the rear of the building to smoke. Mr. Sellon went away, and, after the school had been dis- missed, returned to find tramp, rations and a brand new overcoat missing. Latin High Gleanings. We look forward with much pleasant anticipation to the cantata, “Jeanne d’Arc” which our friends of the English High are planning to give to the public. Mr. F. M. Hawes of the Latin School, who conducted a party of students to Europe last summer, is planning to go again this coming season. To make his number complete, he would like two or three more young men. The party will consist of not more than ten. Rates will be reasonable. For information, address 257 School street. It is hoped no one failed to examine the collection of original drawings by prominent artists on exhibition in the studio recently. The collection, valued at §500, was loaned by the courtesy of the Art Department of the Youth’s Companion Co. Among the artists represented were Alice Barber Stephens, C. Carleton and Wm. Hamilton Gibson. At the reunion of the class of '97, Latin, which was held April 3, at Hotel Colson, the proposition of organizing a Latin High School Alumni Association was discussed. Some favored reviving the old High School Alumni Associa- tion, which held its last meeting in 1892, rather than forming a separate associa- ation. We are watching with much in- terest the result of the discussion, for an Alumni Association is desired by the present members of the Latin High. The Senior Dance was a decided suc- cess, socially and financially. The hall was prettily decorated with the school colors and flags, and frappe was served by a caterer. Condit’s Or- chestra furnished music from 8 to 12. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter and Mr. and Mrs. Hawes received from 8 to 8.30. Forty couples were present. F. E. Fitts, Jr., was floor director; Story, Gooding, Boothby, Jewett and Pierce were aids. i6 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. i LATIN NOTI ES [1 1 ’99. A warrior brave climbs up a tree. For eggs and nests to spoil: The birds fly to another spot And start anew their toil. He sees a nest in a dit’f’rent tree; He climbs with ,heart all cruel; And there he sees the selfsame birds Who sing out “April Fool.,r All ’99 joins in wishing success to this year's baseball team. How perplexing it is to have Algebra Keys, Door Keys and Keyes. Of course we all went to the class re- ception and the athletic meet. Hecate, pronounced He-cat, is doubt- less the origin of the association of witches and cats. Speaking of foresight, here is a good example, “Milton in 1660 wrote an epi- taph on Hobson. Window=wind f- ow (e). Certainly the harmonious noise of a window of Room A is owing to the wind. Never should a member of ’99 forget the third person singular and plural of the present subjunctive of “mourir. Quil meute. (Kilmer.) Teacher—“Where are you reading, Miss Pool? Miss P.—“I don’t know. Probably Milton was the oldest man of modern times. He was born in 1608 and visited Florence in 1838. See Sprague’s “Milton’s Paradise Lost, Page 32. Photographs are fast being exchanged among the members of the class, and soon we shall have only these to remind us of the many happy days we spent at High School. Are glasses contagious ? This seems certainly to be so in the case of Pierce, Muldoon and Philbrick. Trotless translations — “He enter- tained the houses. “Taking hold of the ship’s stern when his hands were cut off, he fell. “And he led in mar- riage a mortal man. “He strod through the wide army.’’ “A warm smile.” He has Butter(s), Teal and Deer born from all parts of his empire. Pop- ular Airs of various Keys on Harmoni- cas accompany the banquet. On pre- senting each dish the servant bows. This Bow tells the Story. It shows the training of his slaves. So, in not very Good English, is described the feast. ’00. We will soon bid good-by to “’99. Where is our Social Committee? Rinn is becoming the class musician. Where was Murphy when the 5th came in ? Vinal has our best wishes for a speedy recovery. Cushman’s countenance wears a fine layer of tan. Meyer was determined to determine the dew-point. Kenniston’s St. Patrick’s Day neck- tie was a stunner. We all welcome the bold McLean, our gallant soldier boy. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 17 Sturtevant is thinking seriously of “pulling them down.” Division I’s historical “rogues’ gal- lery”—Moore, Miss Densmore and Stur- tevant. Purcell has recently undergone a severe tonsorial operation. Murphy would star in Greek if he would only enunciate distinctly. If you are tempted to gyrate over the settees—remember Moore’s fate. Our Physics teacher says that equi- librium is obtained by a “couple” with an “arm” between them. Urn ! Mr. Murray (making arrangements for experiments to be taken at home). All those who have silver mugs—hands up ! If Aeneas had been more of a naviga- tor we should have had less Virgil. These ancients never were considerate. English Teacher — “Who was the Duchess of Ormond ? ” Bacon.—“Er—the wife of the Duke of Ormond.” A good case of evolution. Ordinary “schooners” become “calorimeters” when used in the physical laboratory for scientific purposes. Much valuable information may be collected in the History classes. Thus we hear that the cost of the first Punic War was nearly $1,000,and that Pompey had a fieet of over 100,000 ships. As the close of the year is fast ap- proaching we would ask the class to give more attention to our school publica- tion. We would like to remind them that our class has been poorly repre- sented in the Radiator’s columns. Remember that next year much of the paper’s success depends upon us. ’01. The class is glad to see Miss J. Pear- son back again. Nelson is a promising candidate for the baseball team. If you didn’t go to the boys’ play, be sure you come when they repeat it. Is it because we are a dull class that Graham’s clever stories invariably fall flat? Some little things are capable of mak- ing considerable noise. Skuse is a strik- ing example. “The women wept with flowing tears.” Such decorated translations generally end in a flunk. Sanborn becomes our Good Samaritan when we get stranded in difficult pas- sages of Greek and Latin. Wilkins has been elected to fill the place vacated by Smith on the executive staff of the Radiator. He will be an able substitute. '02. Funk is a coming journalist. Boothby acts somewhat like a Fresh- man. At any rate Hainan keeps good com- pany during geometry. According to Mr. Hadley the latest swelling is the neck. Teacher in Latin class—“Read Art. 333 out of your Collars.” How troubled Shephard appears when a hair ribbon is mentioned ! Leavitt is such a humane creature; it so distresses him to see his fellow- beings suffer. No, Haartz isn’t idle, he is merely waiting for an inspiration from the poetical Muse. Kendall, keep your ponderous frame off the umbrella rack. It wasn’t made to hold children. We extend our congratulations to our Sophomore friends on the success of their recent play. Teacher—“What causes that odor from burning leaves ?” Smart pupil—“Fire.” It is too bad that French’s appetite has become so enormous that he can- not satisfy it in two recesses. “Cyrus gave the golden horse a golden halter, a golden necklace, and golden amulets.” Lucky horse. Whiting, our “Flying Library,” has taken the “P'lying Yankee” to Cuba, where he is enjoying himself among the palm leaves. “Eureka! Eureka! The Missing Link! ” is Boreing’s cry. Has he i8 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. button-holed you yet with his unsolved mathematical propositions? Bacon considers that oysters must not be omitted in a category of the luxuries of Roman Empire life. It is also stated that the Thirty at Athens were so tyrannical as to forbid a man to die without their express con- sent. A Story of Songs. “Sweet Marie,” a “Plain Little Irish Girl,” was “Bred in Old Kentucky” “Down on the Farm.” One day while “Coming through the Rye” “With her Golden Hair Hanging Down Her Back” she met “Ben Bolt,” “A Popular Man Around Town,” who said, “Where are You Going My Pretty Maid ?” She an- swered, “The Cows are in the Corn” and “Just to be Obliging,” he went along to help her. It was “The Same Old, Sweet Story,” “The Sweetest Story ever Told” — “They P'ell in Love ’ “Every Evening at the Setting of the Sun,” he went “To the Old Home” to “Whisper Love.” One day while “Sitting at the Cottage Door ” he gazed in “ Those Lovelit, Sparkling Eyes,” and said, “My Little Queen,” “Love is Ours Today,” “Will You Ever Be True?” “I am Called Home” but will return in “One Year” and “When I Return” “What Will Your Answer Be?” “That Sweet Yes I Longed to Hear?” She raised “Those Pretty Eyes of Blue” and said “That One Sweet Word.” So “Ben Bolt” went “To the Old P'olks at Home.” Years passed and “Sweet Marie” “With Heart Bowed Down” waited in vain for her lover. She said to herself, “Love’s Sweet Dream is O’er.” But “A Letter Came at Last,” saying, “I am Sailing Home to Thee,” “The Girl I Promised to Wed.” “O ! Only to See Thee Again” “My Dearest One.” At last he came and then she said, you must “Break the News to Mother” about “The Wedding Day.” It was “Twenty Years Ago” and “Out in Society To-day ” they talk of the grand wedding that took place in “The Church Across the Way.”—Ex. Exchanges. We learn through our exchanges that the near approach of graduation is im- pressing itself on other minds than our own, and in most cases the general cry is “Oh, woe is the day !” Why is it, we sometimes wonder, that school and school life is never so dear as just before we bid it farewell ? We suppose the answer is “Blessings brighten as they take their flight.” Among our new exchanges is the ex- cellent Bugle Notes from the West Texas Military Academy. “Certainly,we should be pleased to,” is our answer to the “Please Exchange” of the Chelsea Beacon. “The Snow-flakes Message” is the prettiest bit of poetry we have read for many a day. Cherry and White, you are to be congratulated on your talent. With this number of the Argus comes to us a photograph of its staff. We are always glad to see our friends. Rest assured, J. H. W., ’02, of the Premier, that it was only because an audience was not present that your suc- cess in producing “The Natural Thea- tre” was not vigorously applauded. Let us hope that the model taken for the “Song of the School Girl” in the Beach Grove Oracle is an exception and not an example of school girls in general. 11 ere is a novel idea. The class of ’99 of the Wesleyan Seminary and Female College are to have a class ring. The stone chosen is a carbuncle. A letter in the Keene H. S. Enter- prise from an alumnus shows that the graduates of that school still bear it a great deal of good will. An interested Alumni can do a great amount toward raising the standard of a school. Our friend, the Recorder, of Winches- ter, evidently does not comprehend a joke when it sees one. Dear friend, why did ou spoil the witticism headed “For Ien Only,” by inverting the title ? Next time, don’t do so. “Should Capital Punishment be Abolished ?” provides a subject for many essays among our friends. One of the best articles appeared in the March num- ber of the Lawrence Bulletin. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 19 ENGLISH NOl rrs . . V v -v. ( V V 'At Qj) I ’99 Now for baseball! Two hundred knights were to fight a duel (?) Ask Ellis who was looked upon as a tryant. How long would it take to say, “Hemi- demi-semi-quivers ?” The Physics class is somewhat in the “dark” on the subject of “light.” The division in chemistry is engaged in making artificial flavoring extracts. A class social is on the way. See if it cannot be boomed and made a success. Mr. Hadley says that the Cantata is the event of our lives previous to marriage. Call at the second floor at 10.25 t0 see the Seniors “pick up pencils with their teeth.” “These graves (marks in French) are so frequent that it is necessary to know how to use them.” The moon must be afraid of the as- tronomy division for she is keeping out of sight continually. What a blood curdling remark from gentle Miss Norris, “I thought I was to be the first murderer.” The design on the cover of the Super- intendent of Schools Annual Report was made by Miss Chase, of our class. Teacher — “Read the conversation only.” Shaw—“Why so soon disheartened.” Only two more months of school. That means only two more numbers of the Radiator. May they be the best ever issued. Overwhelm the editors with contributions. One of the teachers recently dis- covered that Senior boys were bashful. This is a surprise. We didn’t know it. Athei C. Bell, one of our former class- mates has been recently elected presi- dent of the American C'amera Club Ex- change. Once more we are before the eyes of the musical world. This time it is hand in hand with Joan of Arc on the stage of Music Hall. The friends of “Dick” Wiley are glad to welcome him home. Perhaps he will be able to give the boys a few “points” in their military drill. Little has been heard recently of that newly organized society called the “Tangs.” Are they still living up to their motto—“Enjoy yourselves.” After the Cantata—baseball. After baseball—the soiree. After the soiree—graduation. After graduation ---- Fill out this space and hand your answer to the class prophet. Dr. and Mrs. Pfeiffer very pleasantly entertained the members ot the Senior English Chemistry, and Biology classes at their beautiful home in Arlington on April 5. A cordial, social spirit prevailed and with delightful music and a dainty collation, a very pleasant afternoon was passed. m Will Miss Blake tell us who Lady “Grane Jay” (Jane Grey) was? 20 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. The class in Rev. Algebra needs an alarm clock to wake them up. Hatch, at the end of second period— “Please may I goto the library? Poor George Eliot—“She lived just outside of the village on a farm house.” According to Chandler, a “lady” com- manded a Persian ship at the Battle of Salamis. Miss W. in History, abbreviating Toleration Act and Mutiny Act—“Muti- lation Act.” On a fourni des aliments an cuisiner “They have furnished the cook with some liniment.” In Elocution—“We were 20 days out from Boston and the schooner had proved herself an excellent steamboat.” Instructor—“This work is so simple that there is no word to express it.” Voice from the back seat—“A ‘cinch.’ ” Let everybody go to the class play entitled “Don’t Judge by Appearances. Remember, Thursday evening, April 20, at Unitarian Hall. Definition in Stenography. Compli- ment—A fashionable untruth. Example of convulsive laughter— Grieves in physiology. ’01 Did you see the 8th when it arrived? We are glad to welcome Reynolds back again. Heard in History F. “Wasn’t there a Guy, king of Jerusalem?” Ilunkins, who is called a hustler, is also quite good in gymnastics. If you want to become renowned join the Camera and Debating Clubs. Cole’s motto is, “If you haven’t got your lesson remain away from school.” Heard in History D. “The North- men did not kill their prisoners, but only tortured them to death.” Moore would make a good man in the 1,000-yard run. You ought to see him run for the train in the morning. History teacher—“Where was the camp of the Turanians located?” Student—“On the corner of Tremont and Boylston streets, Boston. Hurrah for the Cantata! Our school is about to strengthen her already high musical reputation. One more good mark for Somerville. '02 At last the class pins are coming. Our first class meeting was well at- tended. Let equal success attend our future meetings. Now that the first year class is going to be in the Cantata we will show the other three classes how we can sell tickets and help the cause along. An English country squire who wished to make an entry at an agricul- tural exhibition wrote thus to the secre- tary, “Please put me down on your list of cattle for a calf.” WANTED. A barber to shave the face of the earth. A bar for the bed of the ocean and another for the cradle of the deep. A dentist to work on the jaws of death. A few seeds from the flower of speech. Clippings. “The new dentist is very handsome and fascinating. Have you seen him yet ? ” “No, but I’m just aching to do so.”— R ox bury Gazette. Clara—“What shall I sing for you. Jack ? ” Jack—“Have you a song with a re- frain ? ” Clara—“Yes.” Jack—“Well, then, please refrain.” “Witness,” said the attorney, “was it this man’s habit to talk to himself when alone?” “Jest at this time,” was the answer, “I don’t recolleck ever bein’ with him when he was alone.” “Does goat’s milk make good butter ? ” “It does if it takes after the goat.”— Judge. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 21 WALTER C. NICKERSON, Sporting Editor. The Athletic Association has given every member of the ‘98 football team who played in a league game a sweater and an “S.” Track Athletics. Probably the greatest athletic meet ever held by the N. K. I. A. A. took place Saturday, March 18, in Mechanics Hall, over 40 of the leading schools in the State sending representatives. The events were all closely contested, and it is no wonder that several records were broken and others equaled. Worcester Academy captured the silver shield, scoring a total of 36 1-2 points, their nearest rival being Worcester High with 12 points, while no other school was able to score more than five points. Many schools had to content themselves with goose eggs; among these was S. I I S. Although our track team took no points, all things considered it made a very creditable showing. It must be remembered that this is our first year in track athletics, and although our men had trained faithfully, we were not able to successfully compete with our ex- perienced rivals. It seems safe to pre- dict that greater improvement will be shown at the outdoor meet, and that having already made a good start Somer- ville will before many years be as great a factor in track athletics as she has been this year in other sports. The return team race between S. H. S. and C. M. T. S. was for blood, and although we lost we gave Training School as hard a job as she cared to tackle. The first three Somerville men led all the way round, with Cambridge close behind. Cuddy and Watkins fought out the last three laps, Watkins winning on the home stretch. Our team consisted of Story, Eaton, F. Cum- mings and Cuddy; C. M. T. S. was represented by YVebb, Mott, Cappelle and Watkins. The team has been coached during its training by Mr. A. F. Sampson, who has made himself very popular with the men and who has accomplished much in developing the material he had to work with. At the business meeting of the New England Interscholastic Athletic Asso- ciation recently the election of officers resulted as follows: President, H. E. Pray, English High; vice president, A. F. Duffy, Worcester Academy; secretary, E. R. Dow, Cambridge Manual; treas- urer, A. Perry, Worcester High School; executive committee, L. O. Maas, Chauncy-Hall; H. J. Greene, Brookline High; II. W. Purcell, Somerville High; L. O’Toole, graduate committee. We were pleased to note the large number of Somerville people at the SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. meet, and hope interest in track ath- letics will be maintained. An open handicap meet, under the auspices of the track team, has been planned to take place Saturday, May 20, at Combination Park. Beside the many other features promised, an effort will be made to secure a one-mile match race between Alex McDonald and Dick Grant. Keep the event in mind. Baseball. Captain Cuddy announces the follow- ing schedule for this season : April 22, Harvard, 02, Cambridge. April 24. Harvard College, Tufts. May 1, Haverhill, Haverhill. May 3. Dean Academy, Franklin. ♦May 4, Brookline, South End. ♦May 10, C. H. and L., Tufts. “May 12, Boston Latin, Tufts. May 13, Newburyport High, Newburyport. ♦May 19. Hopkinson, South End. May 27, Salem High, Salem. ♦May 30, English High, Tufts. ♦ League games. Be sure to go to all the games you can, especially the league ones, and do your share toward supporting the nine. Let the cheering this year be even better than usual. The services of Robertson, for three years a member of the Brown ’Varsity nine, have been secured as coach of the ball team. Notes. We wish all success to Pitcher Saun- ders and his trusty “wing.” Pictures of the track team are on sale and may be procured of Manager Mead. Perhaps by next next year Somerville High may see fit to enter the ranks of the interscholastic oarsmen by support- ing a crew. “How is your son getting on at school ? ” “He’s all right in his studies, but he hasn't made a baseball record yet.”—Ex. It has recently been discovered that some of our scholars are so lost in their studies that they do not even know the name of the captain of the ball team ! Football in Ireland may be said to consist of three parts—Rugbein, Asso- ciation and Gaelic. The rule of play in these organizations has been defined as follows : In Rugby you kick the ball; in Association you kick the man if you cannot kick the ball, and in Gaelic, you kick the ball if you cannot kick the man. Cynthia—“Here’s another letter from Hiram at college. He wants $20 more to buy more school books.” Reuben—“Great Dumplins ! That boy’ll put a mortgage on the farm yit. What books does he want now ? ” Cynthia—“Here’s the list: ‘Gilligan on Tackling,’ ‘Short Rules for Bucking the Centre,’ ‘The History of the Game,’ ‘Lessons in Punting,’ ‘The Signal Sys- tem’ and ‘First Aid to the Injured.’ ” What will be the future of high school athletic teams if the boys who enter the Freshman class each fall are as small and feeble as the majority now are ? Boys of 4 feet 7 inches may be miniature encyclopedias, but they can’t play football, polo, etc. Unless the boys in their “cramming” are given time to grow, the high schools of the future may be reduced to playing each other match games of marbles, to top- spinning contests, hoop-rolling and put- ting the B. B. shot, instead of the sports now in vogue. Messrs. Horace Partridge Co., who have furnished our athletic supplies for the past 2 or 3 years, have just changed their location to 84 and 86 Franklin street, Boston, where they can have a larger area and increased facilities for accommodating their rapidly increasing trade. This house handles nothing but reliable good and their guarantee is as good as gold. In their dealings with our Athletic Association they have al- ways been most trustworthy and courte- ous and we wish them all success in their new venture. He who knows not, and knows not he knows not—he is a Freshman. Shun him. He who knows not, and knows he knows not—he is a Sophomore. I Ionor him. He who knows, and knows not he knows—he is a Junior. Pity him. He who knows and knows he knows— he is a Senior. Reverence him. —Ex. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 23 WANTED AX Al STENOGRAPHER wanted in a banking house to earn $30 weekly, as G. F. Ncwhall docs after only months’ study at PRUNIN' SHORTHAND SCHOOL, 1-S0Trcmont St., Boston; it paid him, will It pay yon to Study at the Pernin School. INCANDESCENT GAS BURNERS Complete with Shade and Chimney $1.00. Mantles 20 and 23 cents. W. E. PLUMER CO.’S, 52 Union Square. This Space is Reserved for a judicious adver- tiser whose advertise- ment will appear in the May number. UNION TEACHERS’ AGENCIES OF AMERICA. REV. L. D. BASS. D. D.. Manager. Pittsburg, Pa., Toronto, Can., New Or- leans, La., New York, N. Y., Wash- ington, D. C., San Francisco, Cal., Chicago, 111., St. Louis, Mo., Denver, Colo. There are thousands of positions to be filled soon for next term. We had over 8,000 vacan- cies last season. Unsurpassed facilities for placing teachers in any part of the United States or Canada. ’ We make special effort to secure posi- tions for young teachers. Address all applications to Pittsburg, Pa., or Washington, D. C. Henry D. Padelford APOTHECARY Cor. Pearl and Marshall Streets Winter Hill, Somerville. PADELFORD’S ALMOND LOTION. Home Made Candies «£ Always Fresh. At Popular Prices. Original Varieties Added Continually. A large line of Chocolates 20c. to 60c. per lb Home Bakery—Fine Home Made Bread. A nice line of Cakes, Cookies, etc. All goods made on the premises. Ice Cream always on hand. Parties Supplied. Orders delivered. Miller’s Candy Kitchen Gilman Square, Opp. Winter Hill Station. A. SHUMAN tSc CO., SHUMAN CORNER. YOUNG MEN'S CLOTHIERS OUTFITTERS. School, Semi-Dress, Evening Dress, Bicycle, Golf and Outing Habiliments, Furnishings, Hats, Shoes. WASHINGTON AND SUMMER STREETS,. BOSTON. SOM ICR VILLI ; HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. TRIUMPH of excellence. J. E. PURDY CO. GLASS ’99 PHOTOGRAPHERS s Somerville Latin and English High Schools. The following endorsements of our work by prominent and well known people justifies our claim that we are making the best picture made in Boston today. ••I think 1 have had none better than the large por- trait photographs which you have made. I have recom- mended a great many people who have written me for my photograph to get that, as the best one I know of.” Hon..John 1). Long. Secretary of the Navy. ‘•I have received tlic photographs recently taken for me, and they seem to be very skillfully done.” Hon. Geo. F. Hoak, U. S. Senator. “I can say with full confidence that the photographs are quite superior to any others that have been taken of me at anv period of mv life. Such, also, is the opinion of mv faintly.” Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell, Ex-Gov. of Massachusetts. ‘‘The pictures you have taken of me have pleased my friends more titan any others, and they are especially treasured at my home particularly on account of the pleasant expression which I do not always secure in a sitting. I am very grateful to you for your painstaking and to a good friend for guiding me to you.” Oliver Otis Howard, Maj. Gen. U. S. Army (retired.) ‘‘I am glad to certify that I am familiar with the work of Messrs. .J. e.. Purdy Co. They have been the pho- tographers for several of the senior classes of Tufts College; They have also done a good deal of work for members of my family and myself. I have always found them patient, conscientious and painstaking, and 1 regard them as masters in their art. So far as I have seen It, all of their work is eminently satisfactory.” E. If. Capex, 1). i . 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As large manufacturers, we can offer The Latest Fabrics Perfectly Tailored, at prices guaranteed the lowest in Boston. Spring: Top Coats, $4.98 to $20.00. Spring: Sack Suits, $3.98 to $18.00. Many styles for selection. Examination solicited. SPITZ BROS. MURK, 67 and 69 Summer St. One minute from Washington St. Four minutes from New Southern Station, A. Needleman, . Tailor 14 Franklin Slreet, K. Somerville. Ladies’ and Gent’s Garments made to Order. Also first-class Repairing, Cleaning and Dyeing. School Supplies, Stationery, Toys, Confectionery, Games, Magazines, Papers, Books, etc......... L. M. LIBBEY, 6 Holland St., Davis Sq, The Radiator on Sale. Lunch :l1)cw DroP, Have You Seen Woodbury the Shoeman? KING ARTHUR FLOUR, BEST GROCERIES, NEW CANNED GOODS. MEATS OUR SPECIALTY. H. W. BURGESS, 28 and 30 Webster St., - East Somerville. FRED HALEY Real Estate, Mortgages, Insurance Room 86, 27 State Street Telephone, 2363 Boston Boston, Mass. Richard J. 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Skilton, Foote Co.’s Btinkgr - Hill - Pickles = CHOW-CHOW, KETCHUP, HORSE RADISH Salad Dressing ami Table Sauce are THE REST. 104 Walnut Street, Somerville. We are to make the engravings for the Radiator and if the qualify of them attracts you we shall he pleased to correspond with you or send a representa- tive to call upon you. SUFFOLK ENGRAVING CO., (275 Washington st. AOS TON. Contents for May. Editorials, 3 “ Caramba’s Coup,” 5 “ Hermit’s Cell, 8 Science, 8 Joseph White, M. D., 9 “Voices of Liberty, io “ Don’t Judge By Appearances, 11 Resolutions, ii The Contributors’ Club, 12 Calendar, 14 E. H. S. Gleanings, 14 Latin High Gleanings, 14 Latin Notes, 15 English Notes, 17 “Joan of Arc, 19 Athletics, 20 Exchanges, 22 Witticisms, 22 THE CHARIOT RACE, FROM BEN HUR. THE Somerville High School Radiator. o LATIN SCHOOL. Vol. VIII. Somerville, Massachusetts, May, 1899. ENGLISH SCHOOL. No. 7. The Radiator Is published by the Somerville Latin and English High Schools on the third Wednesday of every month during the school year, and only Important news matter can he received after the 10th Of the month. Matter for insertion may he left with any of the editorial staff or be mailed to the editor at the English High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign the full name and address (this is for reference only). Communications should be addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor, according to their nature. Manuscript must be accompanied by the necessary postage to insure its return. TERMS. 75 CENTS PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES. IO CENTS. SOMERVILLE CITIZEN PRESS. STAFF OF THE RADIATOR. EDITOR IN CHIEF. GUY C. RIDDELL, E. II. S., ’95). ASSOCIATE EDITOR. LUELLA P. WINSHIP, L. II. S., ’99. SPORTING EDITOR. WALTER C. NICKERSON, E. II. S., '99. THE walls of the English High School Huilding will soon bear witness to the beneficial results of school cantatas. To the Somerville English High School, a Gaul’s cantata will always mean, among other things, substantial benefit. As the choice of pictures and busts made by the committee in charge of the “Holy City” proceeds was all that could be de- sired, we believe that the “Joan of Arc” fund will be used to equal advantage, and when new and beautiful pictures make their appearance, every student should remember with gratitude the two EXCHANGE EDITOR. MARCUER1TE FOOTE, K. II. S., ’99. BUSINESS MANAGER. MARK R. JOUETT, Jr., L. II. S., ’99. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER. L. ARTHUR WALLON, K. II. 8., 1900. TREASURER. G. LEON PEIRCE, L. II. S., ’99. CLASS EDITORS. LATIN SCHOOL. TORR W. HARMER, ’99. LIN WOOD E. SNOWMAN. 1900. ROBERT NICHOLS, ’01. PIERCE P. McGANN, '02. ENGLISH SCHOOL. H. FLORENCE RALPH, ’99. HERBERT M. HALE, 1900. CARLETON JONES, 01. LOUIS H. YELLAND, ’02. men who have spared neither time nor effort to make “Joan of Arc” a musical and financial success of the highest order —Mr. Hadley and Mr. Whitcomb. En- thusiasm, energy and hard work have gained new laurels for men and school. THE throngs that have visited Princi- pal Whitcomb’s office during the past month must have been favorably impressed with the neatness and beauty of the cosy little room. In spite of the bustle and excitement of the time, 4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. everything was in ship-shape order, and student handiwork from every depart- ment has adorned the walls on all sides. Bas-reliefs, wood-carvings, and water- colors arc always present to make the place very attractive, but of late the visitor’s interest has centred in the “Joan of Arc” posters. The artists of the school promptly rallied to the support of the cantata, and posters galore, brilliant and striking in coloring and design, found their way to the Principal’s office as soon as the event was announced. And a very taking appearance they made. DEWEY DAY was the hottest first of May ever recorded in Boston and vicinity. It found the High School rounds in holiday array. Central Hill was a pleasing sight. The Latin and English lawns were,in the pink of con- dition—greenish-pink. Tulips of every hue had just opened, the Latin trees were in full bloom, and the well-kept grounds about the two school buildings admirably set off the first floral display of the season in Somerville. HIGH SCHOOL students will no doubt look back on the social sea- son of ’gS-’gg with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction. Successful and enjoyabie receptions, dances and dramas have been offered by all but two classes—the Freshman classes of both schools have not yet been heard from. Latin, 1901, and English, 1900, have inaugurated what we hope will become a permanent custom—the “drama and dance.” In both cases flattering suc- cess has attended the excellent theatri- cal work presented, and the movement seems well started. DID you ever stop to think of the men and women of note that Somerville citizens can justly refer to with pride? Seldom can one city point to a more prominent group of widely known contemporary writers than Bar- bara Galpin, Mae D. Frazar, Peter Mac- Queen and Sam Walter Foss—writers of literary talent, such that their works are regularly seen in the national mag- azines of the day. Sam Walter Foss is to contribute the leading article in the June Radiator—an announcement which the paper makes with no little satisfaction. THE outcome of S. H. L.’s venture in track athletics looks decidedly favorable. May 20, at Combination Park, the Track Team is to demonstrate its activity and enterprise by holding an open handicap meet, offering a very attractive program of track events ar- ranged between schools of the Senior and Junior Interscholastic Leagues. It is the first affair of its kind ever offered by a Somerville Track Team, and the importance of a successful opening should bring the two schools out in full force. The Radiator sincerely wishes the team the best success. IN “Caramba’s Coup,” the Radiator offers its readers an exceptionally bright story by a very clever writer. Those who read with interest “The Battle of Bunker Hill Monument” in the March number will read with no little pleasure its amusing sequel, “Car- amba’s Coup.” The two stories taken together are an unusually good piece of work. Productions from Snowman’s pen have a certain bright originality about them that at once secures the reader's interest and sympathy. THE clever story “What’s in a Name,” which appeared in last month’s Radiator was written by Miss Mary E. Morton. An unfortunate misprint placed Miss Morton’s name after “A Spanish Camp in America.” The latter article was written by L. R. Grant. THE annual parade of the Boston School Cadets occurred on May 12. How long will it be before Somerville will be able to make a similar statement? We are ready whenever the authorities are. STUDENTS, former editors, gradu- ates and teachers,— contributions! SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 Cavamba’s Coup. US WOOD Ell VIS SNOWMAN. The moonlight was streaming on Cen- tral Hill. The more sedate portion of Somerville was quietly reposing, the other part gleefully rejoicing in the curfew law’s defeat. With this latter class was I. Aimlessly strolling over the grassy plots and concrete walks, I fancied that I felt in some degree as Longfellow did when he wrote, “I Stood on the Bridge at Midnight,” for, doubtless, I was as much standing on a bridge as Long- fellow had been. It was nearly midnight and from the neighboring stations came the chaotic chorus of firebells heralding some distant conflagration. Within, all my mind was chaos, for I was still thinking of the strange monument tale that Carrie Arms had told me. Long, long ago had I heard it, but since then I had known no peace. I had been madly curious, and had hunted for Carrie almost fanatically, but, owing to the here, there and everywhere style of her duties, had never found her. Now, as I was trying to recall her address, I observed a familiar figure wending in and out among the cannons. In a moment, as the moon emerged from behind a cloud, I recognized the Alpine hat of Carrie Arms, the journalist. Vowing she should not escape me, I rushed forward and remarked, “Good evening, Carrie.” Her greeting was effusive. “My dear boy, I’m awfully glad to see you. It’s been a long while, but what is worry- ing you ? You’re in a trance. Have you flunked in your exams., or are you trying to write a love story ? ” “O Carrie, Carrie, you must know the truth. Tis you, slippery thing, that caused all this dreamy trancing. Since I first heard from your much-interview- ing lips the story of that fateful strug- gle, that battle uncompleted, since then my mind has been in equilibrium un- stable, my spirit puzzled sorely and my sanity in doubt.” “Keep still,” said Carrie, “and I’ll tell you everything.” I strove to lead her to a seat on the long row overlooking the Mystic. “No you don’t,” she said, and observing her predilection for turning her back on Highland avenue, I rightly concluded that she was “piping” the Colson. When finally seated, she asked, “Now where did I leave off.” “Corporal somebody had just mani- cured something.” “O yes; Corporal Green had just filed the electric wires. Well, I went to the office.” “So you remarked. But after that ? ” “There with powder-stained face, dirty hands—” I was getting desperate. Would such torture never end ? “I’ve heard all this before,” I cried, “Carrie, will you or will you not finish the story ? ” “Can you or can you not be patient ? ” Patient! Was I not patient under the circumstances? Had not my only de- sire for months been to hear her nar- rative ? And she was delaying! It was maddening! A man must some- times be a martyr to his art. Thus I suffered in getting this story to write. But at length came my reward. Carrie began in silvery tones : “When Lieutenant Lynde arrived at the summit, things began to rush. That fellow is a hustler. Private Smith, the fattest man in the regiment, braced himself on hands and knees on the last stair. Upon his broad shoulders climbed the lieutenant. Standing on this firm foundation he burst open the trap door and climbed into the little apartment. They say he swore roundly, then called, “Come up here, Green ! ” Corporal Green obeyed. He found the lieutenant pacing the floor and knocking things about, but he saw no one else. Charlestown’s terror was “out of sight.” ‘This is great ! ’ cried Lynde, ‘we’re sold again ! If I ever get hold of that villain ! Hut look about you, corporal. I’m too disgusted. I’m oft my base.’ “The corporal was not ‘off his base.’ 6 SOM ICR VILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. He looked around calmly and deliber- ately, examining the whole strange apart- ment. The first thing that met his eye was a powerful storage battery, occupy- ing one side of the room and connecting with a perfect hen-fence of wires. This was the weapon that had kept us from the summit two long hours. On the oppo- site side was a large pile of provisions. Under one window was a small mahog- any box, pigeon-holed and containing papers, resting on a large chest piled with all sorts of clothing and disguises. Under the other window reposed a couch. In front of this was a little table littered with papers and writing material. All these details of the spy’s office Green took in at a glance. But draped artisti- cally over the couch was a large Spanish flag. Lieutenant Lynde first discovered this, and fiercely rushed to tear it off, shutting the trap door, upsetting the table, scattering the papers and spilling the ink. Bound and gagged under the couch lay the legal custodian of Bunker Hill monument, wrapped over and again in the folds of a large army blanket. While the corporal arranged and exam- ined the papers, the lieutenant freed and cross-examined the prisoner. After summary persuasions, he confessed, that, affected by an irresistible bribe, he had allowed a half dozen men some weeks ago to reconstruct the monument ac- cord in gjto their fancy, promising to ask no questions, tell no lies, and keep him- self in the guard house. Today he had ascended, anxious to secure an install- ment of his ill-gotten gains. Here, he said, was the result. ‘But where is the imp?’ shouted Lynde. ‘As I laid under the sofa, it seemed to me that he was trying to shin out the window.’ “What! ” said Green. “The lieutenant rushed to the aper- ture and threw up the sash. Firmly attached to a hook in the solid rock was a rope. He grasped it. It was dangling. He jumped to the trap door. It would not open. He was locked in the spy’s retreat and the spy was — he knew not where. “Meanwhile the crowd outside was in constant convulsion. It was all Sergeant Close and his little band of experts could do to preserve any sort of order. But the lieutenant had scarcely disap- peared in the dark column, when a sol- emn hush fell upon the restless multi- tude. A light again shone in the monument window. Suddenly a swish was heard; a light rope falling almost endlessly brought up with a snap a yard or so from the ground. Then from out the gleaming space came a dark figure. It slid down against the gray, stony background. Then, hand over hand, nearer and nearer, came a corporal’s uniform, monotonously jerking itself one by one, down the whole 240 f ct. “’Tis Green,’thought Close, observing the uniform, and advancing to the foot of the rope. Then the adventurous climber lightly dropped to the ground. Without the slightest hesitation he snatched two papers from his breast, one a note, which he thrust into Close’s hands; the other a yellow offi- cial-looking document, which he waved above his head. ‘Make way! To the commandant!’ he called in a voice, which, if not Green’s natural tone, seemed to differ from it only in a certain huskiness, as well it might. ‘To the commandant!’ he called again, and dashed down the hill. “Without a sign of suspicion the ser- geant opened his note. An almost il- legible scrawl called for instant rein- forcement with all his troop. He led them to the summit prepared for any- thing, leaving one man to watch de- velopments at the base. “Lieutenant Lynde was imprisoned in the top of Bunker Hill Monument. He raved and stormed, being to a certain degree excitable, and again sweeping the papers from the table violently pounded the door. Corporal Green is the coolest man in Company X in such a case. He took the table from his superior and carefully re-arranged the papers. Then he examined the iron trap door, and going to the battery turned on and off sundry switches, but to no avail. ‘Sit down,’ he said, suiting the action to the word. Mr. Lynde sat down. ‘What next?’ SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 7 he asked. ‘Only wait. If the cuss has gone out of the window, Close’ll catch him when he gets down and will see what’s up. Anyway, my squad will soon get ner- vous and knock in that scuttle. I guess there’s a big magnet under it connected with this battery somehow. Perhaps I didn’t cut all the wires. See what you can make out of these letters.’ “Most of the documents were written in Spanish, but there were several sta- tistical lists in English characters. Various drawings were found—a com- plete chart of Poston Harbor, a large map of the suburbs and plan of the Navy Yard and Watertown Arsenal. Afterwards, from the Spanish writings, we learned that the operator in the re- cent battle was Carlos Caramba, a young Castilian, noted as an electrician, diplo- mat and everything clever. He headed a band of six, located in the New Eng- land States. He was perfecting a plan to land troops at Nantasket and to over- run Massachusetts. After the first preparations he had been working alone. Some of his men were suspected to be at Newport, others at Portland. “The lieutenant was beginning to re- gain his ordinary calm when a crowbar was heard crushing against the door. It yielded and Sergeant Close squeezed his stout form through the narrow opening. He smiled at Lieutenant Lynde, winked at the prisoner, but when he spied Green he whistled. ‘Who brought your message, lieu- tenant ?’ he asked. ‘What message ?’ ‘Who was the crazy fellow you sent down the rope ?’ ‘Didn’t send anybody, but I suppose ’twas me that persuaded old Yellow- Hide?’ ‘You mean the spy?’ ‘Who else ?’ ‘Well, he had on a militia uniform, and when he got down he sprinted over the hill with a paper, yelling, “To the commandant!’ ‘Mars!’ cried Lynde, ‘he’s escaped. Green, you’re in command here. Take care of that old scapegrace. Close, fol- low me.’ He practically fell through the scuttle with the sergeant a close second. Land- ing in the midst of his men, the lieu tenant shouted, “Out of here, you lub' bers ! He’s loose!” Nor was this all. The next morning, nailed to the tall white staff right here on Central Hill, was the variegated em- blem of Spain, slapping to and fro in the sharp spring breeze and horrifying all true Somervillians. This was the last public act of Charlie Caramba on this side of the water. He completely dis- appeared leaving only a glorious record behind him. As no more disturbances occurred, Charlestown was relieved of martial law in a few days, and within a week, throughout the whole suburban district, nothing but a memory remained of the stirring deeds that had for the time rendered Charlestown the Ameri- can Paris.” “Incredible!” I gasped, moving for the first time in some minutes. “It is strange,” said Carrie, “you would not think that the peaceful looking mon- ument had ever been the scene of such fire-breathing events. You would not think that the tall pole gleaming through the trees once held a Spanish flag. You would not think that these cannon were once tampered with by a foreign in- vader.” “No,” I confessed, “I would not.” “But this has set me thinking. Why should these guns have been touched ? Why should the flag have been hoisted on Central HillJ? I reasoned that there must be another hiding place in Somer- ville and right here. Tonight I came to investigate. I noticed the iron tablet behind us marked T'rench Redoubt.’ Here she began to whisper “and if you press the bolt in the upper left hand corner it will yield, the plate will open outwards, and disclose”— Under spell of this last whisper, I ad- vanced and nervously pushed the bolt in the upper left hand corner. Firm and serene as the iron guns around it stood the suspected tablet. And then as I ob- served a knowing wink on the moon’s face, and glanced at Carrie’s smiling countenance, the recollection gradually overspread my mind that this was the evening of April i. But I did not smile. I curtly said good night. Carrie leisurely strolled off toward the Colson, and I angrily strode home. 8 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. TLbc Hncborite’s Cell—Chester. FI! A XK M. HAWKS, L., 'OS. O holy man of Cod, whose prayer Was raised so long, so long ago, What was the cry of your despair. What the sad burden of your woe ? Here stands the narrow house of stone. The casement and the window sill Whereon you leaned, and, all alone. (lazed on the river flowing still! You heard the millstone's busy hum, The miller's laugh, so loud and free; And oft in sweetest strains would come A maiden's song across the the Dee. And barges, oared by men of brawn, Moved ever seaward merrily. At evening dim, at early dawn, It was a blithesome sight to see. And as your flickering taper’s beam Was seen by some poor wayworn wight, He hurried up his flagging team And blessed the holy hermit’s light; And crossed himself, good faith, as he, And eke the miller, and the lass, And all the toilers by the Dee, Were joining in some sacred mass. It is usually agreed among naturalists to estimate roughly the distance of a thunderstorm by the time which elapses between seeing a flash of lightning and hearing the thunder which accompanies it, three seconds corresponding to 5-8 of a mile. Generally the noise of thunder cannot be heard further off than 12 1-2 to 15 1-2 miles; but, according to one trustworthy observation made last year in Europe by the seashore, 120 seconds elapsed between lightning and thunder, corresponding to a distance of nearly 69 miles. The ringed planet Saturn is now known to have at least nine moons, the ninth having recently been found re- corded on some photographic plates made in the Harvard Observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona, where the air is ex- ceedingly clear. This moon is very small, gives little light and is apparently Sad anchorite, was all your woe For men, regardless of their si n, Or some remorseful canker slow, Consuming your dark heart within? Whose heavy burden did you share ? Whose sorrows lighten, griefs assuage ? Alas! was yours the common prayer. The selfish prayer of fool and sage ? The simple-hearted, when you died, Believed a saint had passed from earth. The millwheels stopped, the maiden cried, And water-men forgot their mirth. The day was sad enough, no doubt. But with the next bright burst of sun, The busy boats shot in and out. And life, it seemed, had just begun. The rooks that in the tree tops sat As if in black funereal state, Flew off in communistic chat Regardless of the general fate. But round this tenement of stone The ivy twined, as if it said : “ I claim the ruin for my own, And keep the memory of the dead !” far from the planet, as it circles around it only once in about 17 months. The French Chamber of Deputies has decided to consider the advisability of adopting a decimal system for measuring time and circumference, and a neutral, universal meridian in the region of Behr- ing Sea. Since January 1st of this year, the trans-continental mail service from New York to San Francisco) requires only four days. The amount of salt carried by wind blowing landward from the open sea was determined not long ago at a lighthouse situated about 35 miles from the coast of France. It was found to be 0.022 gram per cubic meter. G. J. P. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 9 Joseph White, flft. ID. CHESTER . BROWN, S. L. S, '01. It was evening. The setting sun, breaking through rifts in the clouds, flooded the valley with a golden light. The shadows at the base of the moun- tains crept higher and higher, silently stretching out their fingers and grasp- ing peak after peak until only the highest were left, rosy in the last rays of the sun. The oldest inhabitant sat in the south door of his barn. A swarm of mosqui- toes danced about the old man's head, always keeping out of reach of the smoke-rings that rose from his pipe. The smoke followed his thoughts, now rising quickly in dense blue clouds as some deed of glory or some brave adven- ture in the war of 1812 was brought to mind, and now curling slowly upward as he recalled some love affair, many years ago, or perhaps looked ahead into the future. A man came up the road, stooping and scuffling along awkwardly, for a farmer is a poor walker. The oldest inhabitant took the pipe from his mouth. “Haow air ye, Bill ?” he said shortly. “Hello, Eph.” He stood before the great barn door, shifting from one foot to the other and looking about uneasily. “Set daown, set daown, can’t ye ?” said the old man, motioning to a soap box that stood in a vacant stall. “No, I dunno’s I will,” answered the other at the same time drawing the box and sitting down cautiously as if he feared it might break, “don’t b’lieve I ought tew. jest ben daown tew th’doc- tor’s. Smith, he warnt in an' I hcd tew go clean daown tew t’other one,—Gerty, she’s got the mumps cr sumthin’—I dun no.” “Sho! ye don’t say.” “Yes, face all swelled up, looks like a screech-aowel. What’s the use of two doctors. Seems ’ough one on ’em wuz alluz aout an’ aliuz the neares’ one, tew.” Eph chuckled, “Don’t r’member Joe White thet wuz a doctorin’ ’raound here a spell, do ye, Billy? Guess thet wuz ’fore your time or else when you wuz a leetle shaver. What you said r’min’s me— What ails ye, Bill ? What you a- wrigglin’ raound so, fer ? Ain’t settin’ on a tack ner nothin’, be ye? Can’t ye keep still ?” “Waal, Eph, ye see, I dunno but I’d better be goin’ long. Gerty might want me, ye know, an’—” “Lordermighty! ef th’s one thing thet makes me everlastin’ly tired, it’s th’ way folks sneak ’raound an’ try an’ git me tew tell ’em sumthin' an’ then, jest as I git started, sumone alluz wants ’em. I begun tew tell ye ’baout Joe White an’ I’m a-goin’ tew do it. D’ye spose I talk fer the fun on’t. Naow set daown, darn ye, an’ don’t ye move till I git through.” “As I wuz a-sayin’, when Joe cum here, there wuz a doctor daown tew th’ lower village, but folks didn’t hev no confidence in him, sumhow, an’ so when Joe cum an’ set up a nice shop in fust class style, people begun tew think the taown wuz pretty lucky tew git him. Waal, Joe, he had a sign made with “aout” painted on it in big white letters an’ when he warnt in he’d hang it aout over his front door so’s tew let folks know.” “Waal, one day Joe he wuz a-hevin’ sum cleanin’ done, an’ th' woman that wuz doin’ it,—ol’ Mis’ Gates 1 b’lieve it wuz—she faound thet sign on th’ floor 0’ Joe’s front room an’ jest set it up in th’ winder, so’s tew be aout 0’ the way when she wuz a-sweepin’, an when she got through, she pulled daown th’ cur- tain (Joe alluz hed his curtains pulled daown, maybe tew keep th’ room cool er maybe tew keep folks from lookin' in, I dunno), an’ then she went home.” “Waal, arter thet, folks use ter cum tew Joe’s an’ when they sec thet sign they’d drive right ’long daown tew t’other doctor’s. So it went erlong fer a couple 0’ weeks an’ Joe he wuz a-won- derin’ an’ a-wonderin’ what wuz th’ matter an’ durin’ the third an’ fourth weeks he’d set an’ cuss erbaout the vil- lage bein’ so blamed healthy thet an IO SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. hones’ man couldn't earn his livin’. Ye see, he didn’t git no chance tew see th’ sign a-stickin’ up in the winder, cuz he didn’t darst tew leave fer fear sum one would cum, an' o’ course he couldn't see it from inside, cuz he alluz hed them curtains pulled daown. “Waal, at the end o' th’ third month, Joe he wuz pretty nigh beat aout and discouraged like, so one day he went daown tew t’other doctor’s tew see haow he wuz a-managin’ tew live. When he got daown there, he see thet man’s yard jest chuck full o’ people waitin’ tew see him. Joe shook his head an’ started up home agin. Jest as he wuz a-goin’ in the gate, he looked up at the front win- der an’ there wuz thet sign a-starin' him in the face. He give an awful yell an’ tore intew the haouse. He grabbed thet sign an’ a axe an’ started fer th’ wood- shed an’ there wuz wicked words an’ pieces o’ thet sign flyin’ 'raound for th’ next half haour.” “Arter thet Joe tried tew start up bus’ness agin but folks were tired of a doctor thet wuz aout stiddy for three months, so he hed tew quit.” “An’ naow, Billy, I dunno but you’d better run erlong. Gerty wants yer like’s not.” Voices of Liberty. HARRIET C. MOORE. Tiny balls of clover sweetness, Nodding gently to and fro, With the soft, caressing breezes. As they slowly come and go, Tell, in nature's soothing muteness, Of the peace God doth bestow. From above we hear the murm ring Of the leaflets’ glad refrain, In their modest blitheness dancing As the breezes swell and wane; Listen to the song they’re chanting, “We God’s liberty proclaim ! ’’ Hark, the birds’ sweet notes are ringing. “Praise to God, our land is free ! Ever shall our trust be clinging To the refuge found in Thee. Land and honor we are singing. God hath triumphed gloriously ! ” Thus all nature’s realm is teeming, As the days glide swiftly by. With the types of glorious meaning— Types for which our heroes die— These the emblems God is sending From His blessed home on high. Look above ! Another emblem Of our nation’s freedom waves. Fondly kissed by sunset golden. Shrouded in its peaceful rays. Floating on the winds of heaven To the robins’ merry lays. Brightest Hag of nation’s glory. Which man’s hand—God’s tool—hath wrought. Oft we’ve listened to the story. How thy merit has been bought; Oftentimes thy folds were gory, When for liberty men fought. Fought and died ! what hosts are sleeping In the distant graves unknown ? Still their mem’ry we are keeping As each peaceful year has down. While the fruit of peace we’re reaping From their seeds of valor sown. Wave, oh wave, thou glorious emblem : Bear our song o’er land and sea; Waft our praises up to heaven To the God who makes us free : Grateful songs of praise be given, God hath triumphed gloriously ! Sonnet. The first faint streaks oif. dawn creep up the sky, The brightening morn gleams crimson through the gray. Behold ! the sun in splendor casts his ray Along the tops of yonder tow’ring hills. Whose lofty summits through the trembling haze Were blue with mist, yet ere yon thrush could fly I rom off the bough on which he sat. the blaze Of sunrise filled the air. and countless thrills Of life burst fuli upon the startled ear. The lark flew sunward, and the whispering trees Gave answer to its flood of joyous song. Awakening Zephyr drooped her head to hear; Then, rising, laughed for pleasure, while the breeze Her shout in echoing cadence bore along. C. Ashton R. Sanborn, S. L. S., ’oi. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. “Don't Judge By Appearances. The innovation of prefacing the cus- tomary Junior class reception and dance with a drama proved most satisfactory to the delighted audience which fully tested the seating capacity of Unitarian Hall on the evening of Thursday, April 20. A graceful speech of welcome by Class President L. Arthur VVallon was followed by selections by the Boston Cadet Orchestra, after which Miss M. Louise Poan rendered in a pleasing man- ner Kipling’s “Wee Willie Winkle.” Commendable judgment was shown in the selection of the play presented, it being simple, unpretentious and well within the power of amateurs—the one- act farce, “Don’t Judge by Ap- pearances.” Following is the cast: Colonel Pepper, Mr. Weaver Mr. Frank Topham, Mr. Arthur Wallon John Plump (a servant), Mr. Ralph Hosmer Angeline I nieces to Miss Laura Marceau Diana 1 Col. Pepper, Miss Effie Carter All that effective stage setting, appro- priate costumes and excellent makeup could lend to the aid of the young artists was theirs. To this they added a masterly conception of each part, and a thorough familiarity and sympathy with each situation, only to be gained by the most careful study and drill. Perhaps the most noticeable feature was the symplicity and naturalness of the acting of each member of the cast, the entire absence of anything like attitudes taken for effect, tricks of voice or gesture to gain applause, thereby at- tracting undue attention to a given part and disturbing the balance of the whole, a fault too often in evidence in the work of the amateur actor. One was reminded of the title of the play in attempting to recognize Mr. Weaver in the makeup of the irascible old Englishman. Never once in the entire play did his grasp on the character weaken. Equally commendable was the vi- vacity and abandon of Miss Carter’s work, and graceful indeed was the picture she presented in hunting suit of green with its Prince Charlie hat. The somewhat difficult role of “straight” young lover was admirably sustained by Mr. Wallon, while Miss Marceau displayed decided versatility in her part, being graceful and pic- turesque as the poetic, dreamy, senti- 11 mental maiden, a veritable Lydia Lan- guish at the first and acting fully up to the requirements of the more powerful part to which the character deepens toward the close, ending almost a virago. Mr. Hosmer, in his extremely clever presentation of the clownish servant, provoked unstinted laughter. Through- out the play the movement was rapid and the plot in every instance clearly brought out. From the moment the curtain rose disclosing the pretty drawing room scene, till it fell, the intent faces of the audience said, “The play’s the thing,” and their generous applause added, “And the players are worthy.” In the attention to fine appointments and correctness of detail there was con- stant evidence of the cultured hand of Miss Nichols, instructor of elocution, whose advice the committee were fortu- nate in having. Head Master Whitcomb, with Mrs. Whitcomb, received informally at the close of the play, after which dancing was enjoyed under the direction of Harry A. Stone, with Howard S. Giles and Philip Hill, aids. The committee having in charge this eminently successful affair were Miss Ruth Tufts, chairman, L. Arthur Wal- lon, Ward S. Pierce, Herbert M. Hale, Miss Edna E. Winship and Miss Ida M. Middlemas. John Richard Ambrose. Whereas, our Heavenly Father in His infinite love and tenderness has withdrawn from our midst our highly esteemed and respected associate, John Richard Ambrose, and, Whereas, in his death the Somerville English High School Alumni Associa- tion feels it has lost an active member in sympathy with our endeavors, be it Resolved that we do express to the family of our beloved associate our great sorrow at their loss and do assure them of our heartfelt sympathy. Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family and that they be also engrossed upon the books of the association. For the Alumni Association, Bknj. R. Davis, Cor. Secy. W.m. II. Burgess, Pres. Somerville, Mass., May 6, 1899 12 SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Contributors' Club. The Pasaphone. Let us look back to 1600. We find ourselves in a small alley in Rome be- fore a little wooden house. We open the door and enter a dingy room littered with parchments. In a corner stands a cheap table and stool. Let us take the liberty to glance at some of the manu- scripts. The writing is very small and of course in Italian. Here is one per- taining to Cicero and here we see the names of Caesar and Demosthenes. What does it mean? We depart and re- turn in several hours. A young man in peasant garb now sits on the stool scan- ning one of the papers. We enter, yet he does not move, so deeply is he ab- sorbed. As we approach he looks up and then we behold a pair of clear, blue, intelligent eyes and a wonderful face. We are at once moved with pleasure and wonder. We converse with him and ad- mire his easy and attractive mode of speaking. The conversation drifts to writings, and we learn that he is a strug- gling historian. Now he speaks of great authors and the ancients in general. He is extremely well versed; his con- versation pleasing and interesting; his manner easy and attractive. We for- get the room and the world; we hear only him. We learn the wish of his life— to have heard the ancient orators. After a most pleasant talk we bid him good day and find ourselves again in the little alley, apparently in a different world, or at least in a different age from that of a few minutes before. We forget the man and see nothing of him for many years. Then we meet him again, well dressed, less haggard, but with the same remarkable face, which one could never forget. He does not recognize us, but we take the liberty to introduce ourselves. He is the same attractive man with the same delightful way of speaking. He invites us to din- ner and we accept We find ourselves in a magnificently furnished house and receive a most hearty welcome. We dine and all is most delightful. He tells us the story of his life. He was born a poor peasant and had educated himself. He came to Rome an orphan when very young, with a great love for literature, and had worked his way up the ladder of life by his own talent. His great regret was that he could not have heard the ancient speak- ers. Through his writings he accumu- lated enough money to make some ex- periments towards carrying out his belief. He thought that the words of every- one remained in space forever, but were too faint to be detected by the human ear. He then devoted himself to mak- ing a machine delicate enough to catch sounds spoken years before. His first attempt reproduced noises in the imme- diate vicinity, but all was confused. Owing to the roaring of oceans and cata- racts his more delicate cylinders pro- duced only a great roar. His next at- tempt was to make rolls of different ma- terials to catch certain sounds and reject others and most wonderful to say he succeeded. Thus he was able to cast aside the roaring, and then came the great light in his experiments ; he heard distinctly one day the words “veni, vidi' —then all was a jumble. He then knew that this record was delicate enough to catch utterances of the fifties before Christ. He had heard Crcsar. He then made a roll adapted to reproducing tones of this sort only and thus heard Caesar speak continuous sentences. In the same manner he secured several of Cicero’s and Demosthenes’ orations. He was happy, as the ambition of his life was accomplished. His invention had brought him money and fame but the secret of the machine he retained. Thus he speaks, and then we hear Cicero in his oration for Archias, De- mosthenes on the Crown, and Caesar. We return to our respective places and here we sit in the nineteenth century returned from the time of the Pilgrims after hear- ing the wonderful but now unknown Pasaphone. T. W. H., L., ’99. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 13 Excelsior! [Longfellow revised.] The shades of night were falling fast. As through a Vermont village passed A youth who bore mid ice and snow A mattress of, instead of tow, Excelsior! His brow was sad. his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath ; And like a silver clarion rung His praises of the bed he swung, Excelsior! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; And this did strengthen his resolve To hurry home with mattress of Excelsior! “ Cross not the brook,” a faint voice cried, • The ice is thin upon that side ! ” So, heeding what the passer said, He turned aside with on his head Excelsior! But there before the tired boy A hill, that made his task no joy, Brought tears into his bright blue eye. While he trudged on. still holding high Excelsior! Alas ! the journey, steep and long. Soon made the toiler cease his song, And curse the stars and curse the night Because his burden was not light Excelsior! At break of day a sound was heard Much like the cry of some strange bird Which passers-by—a curious set— Traced to a heap of very wet Excelsior! And there, indeed, when all unrolled, Was found the lad. who quickly told How he was going home by night With baby’s new bed, made of tight Excelsior! So glad were they he was alive They did all that they could contrive ; But what had kept him from the storm Was that bed of thick and warm Excelsior! L. H. B., L., ’93. Professor Distractus. Professor Distractus, a man of about 60 years, had made up his mind to go to the carnival as Mephistopheles, that sly, evil-thinking and doing creature we see on the deviled ham tins : for Profes- sor Distractus was a cynic in a mild stage. From the property room of the theatre he procured the necessary gay red costume. He was at first quite in doubt how to be made up, but the friends he met at the Chess Club ad- vised him to go to the best hair dresser in town, state his desires and be made in face, at least, a complete Mephisto- pheles. Herr Professor Distractus followed their advice and a young man took him in charge. Now the Professor, as be- fitted his age. was bald, and he was, therefore, first adorned with a great, black wig, a saucy wig, one that really seemed to wink at you. Quite a change in his appearance already! His eye- brows, by judicious use of burnt cork, were arched like heavy circumflex ac- cents. Then a mustache was added, rather small, of vivid, glossy black, and turned up evilly at the ends. An in- solent-looking, black goatee completed the metamorphosis of our learned friend, the Professor Distractus, into his High- ness, Prince Diabolus. Distractus looked in the glass and saw, not himself, but the devil incarnate. Wrapped in thought, he left the shop and soon forgot all present changes in his appearance. A short distance away he saw his associate of the university, the rosy and rotund Professor Genialis, an intimate friend of his. Professor Dis- tractus, never once thinking of the changes of an hour, soon caught up with his colleague and then slapped him on the back and said, “Well, how are you to- day, Sir Professor?” The other Profes- sor stared, as well he might and mutter- ing, “Insolent fellow,” hurried away. Finally, after several adventures of like nature, the bewildered professor lost his hat and was obliged to buy another. He entered the shop, and, after choosing the hat he wished, put it on his wig and said to clerk, “Charge it to me.” “The name, please, for I do not know you.” “Professor Distractus.” “No, you are a swindler. Professor Distractus has an entirely different face.” “But I tell again,” exclaimed the excited professor, “I am indeed Profes- sor Distractus of the University.” “The Devil you are!” said the clerk, at length, exasperated. “You are right ’ replied the now calm Professor, “the devil I am, but I had entirely forgotten it.” From the German by “w ,” s. L. s. M SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Calendar. April 14. Baseball; Exeter vs. S. H. L. 19. Harvard College vs. S. H. L. 20. Drama and Dance by E. H. S., 1900. 22. Harvard, 02 vs. S. H. L. 25. English High Cantata, “Joan of Arc,” Music Hall. May' I! M� r Recess. April 29. Mr. Baxter's Reception to S. L. S., Class ’99. 29. Groton School vs. S. H. L. May 3. Dean Academy vs. S. H. L. 6. Natick High vs. S. H. L. 10. First League Game: C. H. L. vs. S. H. L. 12. Second League Game; Boston Latin vs. S. H. L. E. H. S. Gleanings. Superintendent South worth’s kindly letter to the “Joan of Arc” chorus on behalf of the school committee showed a thorough appreciation of the spirit in which the cantata was given. Our thanks to the genial superintendent. We again take occasion through this column to congratulate one of our teach- ers, this time upon the birth of a daugh- ter. Mr. John A. Avery recently had the pleasure of announcing to his many friends that Miss Ruth Lincoln Avery is at present to reside at 68 Colum- bus avenue, Somerville. Considerable enterprise is being shown in the modelling department in a line somewhat out of the ordinary course of work. Many of the students are moulding models of Dewey’s head, (three cheers and a tiger!) from which plaster casts are to be made. Critical inspection of this work is invited, and is well worth your while. The fickle goddess of Fortune in her flight has lightly touched one of our for- mer student teachers. Mr. Frederick G. Getchell was elected head master of the Chatham High School some time in April, which position he is now ably filling. Mr. Harry F. Sears, also for- merly a student teacher here, is now im- parting education in the Salem High School, holding the position of sub- master, in charge of the old Normal Building. Of the many familiar faces seen among the visitors to this school during the last few weeks one of the most wel- come was that of Miss Carrie A. Marsh. She has been recuperating at the pleas- ant Massachusetts town of Amherst, but even the pleasures of a quiet, health gaining sojourn in the country could not deter her from returning home to hear our cantata, “Joan of Arc.” Latin High Gleanings. And now we see six Senior girls wear- ing pins with the Greek letters, “ Phi Alpha.” So the Latin School contains four societies, all of this year’s growth. A goodly number for one year. The cantata was all and more than was hoped and we claim one small share of the triumph, for in the ranks of the Symphony Orchestra was seen one of the Latin ’99 boys. On the evening of April 29, Mr. Bax- ter received the Senior class at his pleas- ant home on Warren avenue. After a cordial reception the class was agreeably entertained and somewhat amused by looking at the pictures of students, some of whom are now our teachers, who have graduated under Mr. Baxter. After refreshments had been fully enjoyed, Miss H. C. Moore read the class poem, and Chas. Keach rendered a violin solo. Miss Kingsley read the class history which she had written in conjunction with Stanley Tead. The teachers and some of the class members were hit rather hard but the victims took it in good part and laughed with the rest. As Miss Dearborn stepped forward to read the class prophecies she was greeted with a burst of applause and for the next 15 minutes the rooms resounded with laughter. The prophecies were written by Albion Boothby and Miss Dearborn and the class has good cause to congratulate itself upon its selection. Mr. Story, the ciass president, next presented Mr. Baxter with the class gift, makingan ap- propriate speech, dwelling on the grati- tude and affection of the class for one who has been a friend as well as a teacher for four years. The evening closed de- lightfully by singing college songs about the piano while Mr. Jouett played. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 ’99. I low we all enjoy the French dicta- tion. It comes so easy to us. Who does not perspire at the very thought of Friday, June 30, 1899? Two new translations have been re- cently introduced in the French class: Paraieu—hurrah ; Ma foi—oh my! A unique translation : Un leger froncement de sourcils dn viousquetaire —a slight frown of the mustache. There isn’t much difference, Arm- strong, between “fulisade” and “fusil- lade ; ” only a slight slip of the tongue. Literature is indeed very old, for Jupi- ter possessed satires but a very short time after the creation of the world. See Edwards. Less than two months more and then —college, for we hope everyone will be able to go and will go to some higher place of learning. It is hoped that all have sat for their pictures, as it will not only insure a speedy delivery but will also accommo- date the photographer. Now that we all have returned from a pleasant vacation, let us make the last two months of our high school life the happiest we have yet experienced. Milton was not only a poet but an athlete. His last contest was with Sampson and, although he was victor, nevertheless he received fatal injuries for, “three years after finishing Samp- son,” he died. The evening of April 29 was very pleasantly spent at Mr. Baxter’s home. After a refreshing collation, Miss II. C. Moore read an original class poem worthy of much praise. Then the class history, written by Miss Kingsley and Stanley Tead, was read. It was very clever and amusing. Lastly, Miss Dear- born read the class prophecies, written by herself and Boothby, which elicited great applause. m Examinations dread, to Doyle the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, we fain would have him sing. Hut since this column he refused to fill. With vain regrets we must take up the quill. French E. now has two members. Rinn has left school for employment. Purcell recited in Greek the other day. Brine thinks that Andre must be polarized. O girls, how could you leave the Physics class! W. J. Smith was at school four whole days last week. Vinal is back again, hale, hearty and plugging for the exams. Two of our girls have now blossomed into full-fledged young ladies. Phillips, next year’s football manager, is developing into a track expert. Miss Harmer has contracted the dan- gerous habit of eating sulphuric acid. i6 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Sturtevant has grown an inch on the thought that he will be a Senior next year. Murphy came up to school the other day to take the study hours, a special course. Miss Clark possesses much of that quality which is termed “sticktoit- iveness.” With Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings we may as well stay at school all the time. Macdonald is still a gentle reminder that we might well make our class motto, “Re expeditious.” Like Vice-President Hobart, Vice- President Moore is convalescent of his recent illness, which was a severe cold. As Doyle says, everything is examin- ations now up to the Latin School. Great Harvard holds us in a mighty vice. Samson Kenniston, our long-haired expert, says he fears not the dread exams. He is already looking for honors. Purcell’s athletics have lost for him his literary enthusiasm. This is every- where regarded as a great blow to lit- erature. It might be interesting to state that from the last accounts, Atkinson, who left us at the end of last year, was grow- ing stout. It was a sad joke on the lazy fellow who secured a pony only to find that the valuable pages had been extracted by another lazy fellow. It is a very interesting game the girls play on the grass recesses, but whether it resembles more, baseball or football, has never been determined. If the usual custom is followed this year, we shall soon be represented in this column as Seniors. As we ap- proach the close of the Junior year, we would say that the class might support its editor better. Through the whole term, with two exceptions only, we have received no contributions whatever. The value and interest of this depart- ment would be greatly increased if the class would only write out their many brilliant thoughts and pass them to the editor, instead of indiscreetly chat- tering them in class to the annoyance of the teachers. 01. Mr. Murray’s “children” should learn to apply the golden rule. “ What is all that noise, Bennett ? ” Bennett: “ Wilkins’s pants.” It is regretted that Miss Vinton and Miss Pearson have left school. The Patriots’ Day exercises consisted of singing by a quartet, and a solo by Miss Mello. It is doubtful whether the Germans would have had the same results with some of the “unsightly” cab horses that we see. A second performance of “Our Boys” was given in Unitarian Hall on May 4 for the benefit of the Highland Cadets. The performance was a very creditable one. At the suggestion of Mr. Hawes, 16 of the boys of the class had a very enjoyable trip to Readville and Blue Hill. While there a ball game was played by the 1st Division vs. 2nd Divis- sion. The former won in a walk. 02 Clear the fact to me does seem That we who have the champion team In footbalj, shall be much to blame If we in baseball don’t win fame. Whiting has returned from a delight- ful trip through the northern part of Cuba. Miss Grove—“While being stabbed Crcsar drew his handkerchief over his face.” One of our teachers has rather a poor opinion of the class when he says: “He thought we would like to go down below.” A very pleasing program was fur- nished by the class the 18th of April, in commemoration of Patriots' Day. Mr. Murray delivered a speech on the heroes of that day. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. «7 ENGLISH NOTES L 99. “Gracious, Miss Handy!” Where is the Soiree Committee ? We all feel like mourning the loss of “Lelawala.” “A telegraph pole with 31 wires— spinal column.” Philbrick’s combination cap is a won- der. Call and see it. Cassidy has revealed his recent dis- covery that hens have teeth. Gerrish tells us that upon his death William the Conqueror became king. A new phraseology: “They were talking of the ancestors of themselves.” We learn in Physio. C that neuralgia is not very far from “toothache in your ear.” Mead believes in brevity. “Auntie” is decidedly preferable to “my mother's sister.” It is a pleasure on some of the warm days to have a cool schoolroom to sit in. (?) Will the committee appointed in our Sophomore year to select a class motto please report ? Let the Seniors get in line and lead the way to the ball games. The team needs good support. A number of the class want the soiree after graduation. There are good arguments pro and con. Several of the young men recently took examinations for West Point. Per- haps the military drill has aroused their interest. Miss Silsbee describes a hansom as a vehicle that is “open in front and the driver sits on top.” We have had our last High School vacation. Can you realize it? Now pre- pare for graduation. The new school report shows this class to be the first to have the privilege of four years at E. H. S. Thomas predicts that in a short time “military men and graceful maidens” will be walking about our halls. We feel pleased with the success of our cantata. It certainly was an event in our lives long to be remembered. Where did Young ever get the idea that “The Prison Commissioners have charge of the State Normal Schools ?” We are the last class to have “18” at the beginning of our year’s numerals. Let us leave a fitting memento of our stay. It is hard to tell the story of a book, but refrain from “going back to the flood and telling interesting circum- stances.” With '99’s large representation in athletics it is anxiously asked what will happen when we leave school. Let us make the most of what time we still have, and one and all attend every per- formance of our classmates on the ath- letic field. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. iS ’00. Is the glee club still alive? Some say that their marks were easily read (red). Smith’s latest rhyme: Thirty days has June Vacation’s coming very soon. “Six weeks more of school,” says Howard, “multiply by three and you get 18 History lessons.” A good bit of information : “Socrates after being put in prison, died and that was the end of him.” Soon we may be able to write in the class notes the time honored phrase “Seniors at last.” Perhaps! Lamb is developing into a fatalist. He recently advertised to conduct parties around the world—and else- where. We learn in history that even the Romans were alive to the fact that you could “kind of run the government with money.” The drama and dance was a grand success in every way. May it inspire the class to have more socials, and what is more, may everybody go. Now that everybody has supported the cantata and made it a grand success, let them support the Radiator in the June issue. Our class can well afford to feel a still greater responsibility for its sales. 01. Ask Pell to read his latest poem. How charming it is to sing with the Freshmen! Now join the Camera Club. Ladies’ night is ahead. How many times did you puncture your tire during vacation ? Isn’t it too bad that magnets do not attract quarters. Hatch walked up to school last week. No serious results reported. II English E had a hot discussion in regard to the fatalist question. A sure sign of warm weather:—The dropping of the physical exercises. Miss Keeler was asked if she was sick the other day. She was not smiling. Kidder, translating Goethe, “Do you know the land where the lemons bloom ?” Moore gets up in time to catch the train without running. Good work, Moore. Why is it that the boys wear such warm stockings during the summer months ? Cole has decided to give boxing les- sons. Free to everyone. Report at his cellar. We have a clock that never varies the whole year round. Take warning scholars. Ill and II Latin (i) have recently discovered that Caesar’s forte was prose cutting (prosecuting). Bradford—“That is all the far I know.” Instructor—“What!” Bradford—“That is all the distance I learnt.” Bradford, the incorrigible fatalist of II English E, would even welcome pneu- monia, as it would relieve him of studying. Teacher—“Why are you whispering:. Miss K-----” Miss K —“She was so sober that I thought something was the matter.” The steam pipes of Room 17 have an annoying way of rattling, and are often the cause of great disturbance to pupils studying. Can they not be fixed ? Any information regarding the pupil who wrote a theme on “Why I Like Geometry” will be gratefully received by Noble of Room 17. He is very curious to learn who the prodigy is. Everyone should attend Somerville’s First Annual Meet and support track athletics in our school. Crack athletes from all the schools and colleges around Boston are entered, and fast running will be seen. There is a rumor afloat that 1901 has a coming winner on the cinder path. Watch for him at the Meet. 02. Don’t forget the athletic meet on the 20th. The Boston School Cadets are all SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 19 right, but do you suppose they equal us in the military drill? Richardson always seems very tired. He must work too hard in school. We are all glad to see Hodges at school again after his long sickness. We see on the board of Room 15: “Lowell’s Life due Friday.” Rather startling! Pose drawing is an interesting subject, especially when one is sketching another who is ignorant of the fact. Did you notice when the report cards were given out how slowly a large num- ber of the pupils drew their cards from the envelope? Now that we areto have no more clay modelling this year you will notice the new spirit which most of the boys give evidence of while at work carving. “Joan of Arc. The stalwart bronze figure of Bee- thoven, which for many years has tow- ered over Music Hall stage, seldom be- held a larger chorus of musicians at his feet than upon the night of April 25, when 500 enthusiastic singers from the Somerville English High School gave a rendering of Gaul’s Cantata, “Joan of Arc,” which in finish, expression and power approached perfection. From the opening call of Joan's guiding “voices” to the last strains of the grand final chorus, an audience of 2,500 people gave the closest attention to a magnifi- cent interpretation of the work, reward- ing every effort of the chorus and solo- ists with long and hearty applause. The dramatic character of the story was sustained by three of Boston’s best soloists—Miss Ruby C. Cutter, soprano; Mr. Stephen Townsend, baritone; and Mr. J. C. Bartlett, tenor—and without exception the principal characters were all that could be desired. Previous to the cantata, a number of special selections by the soloists of the evening added much to the program. Thirty members of the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra contributed to the musical excellence of the occasion. Viewed in the light of all that goes to make good chorus singing—expression, warmth, and response to the conductor— the Boston press declare that Music Hall has seldom seen the equal of “Joan of Arc’s” presentation by S. E. H. S., under the direction of Mr. S. Henry Hadley. “There was not a hitch in the whole entertainment.”—Boston Journal. “A splendid performance was greeted with the heartiest enthusiasm.”—Globe. “No city in the country has ever pre- sented on so professional a scale, so elaborate a musical program by a single school to so large an audience.”—Somer- ville Journal. “The pre-eminence of Somerville High School is not alone on the diamond and gridiron.”—Somerville Citizen. “It was essentially a ni ht for Somer- ville people to be proud Of.”—Herald. “In public competition held before in Boston the pupils of the Somerville schools have proven their efficiency, if not superiority, in music, and their sing- ing of “Joan of Arc” could not be re- garded as otherwise than highly satis- factory.”— Transcript. Bill Nye's Cow for Sale. When Bill Nye wanted to sell his cow, he got up the following notice and had it published in the home paper : “Owingto my ill health, I will sell at my residence in township 19, range 18, according to government survey, one plush raspberry cow, aged eight years. She is a good milker and is not afraid of cars or anything else. She is of un- daunted courage and gives milk fre- quently. To a man who does not fear death in any form she would be a great boon. She is very much attached to her present home by means of a stay chain, but she will te sold to any one who will agree to treat her right. She is one-fourth short horn and three- fourths hyena. I will also throw in a double-barrel shot gun which goes with her. In May she usually goes away for a week or two and returns with a tall red calf with wabbly legs. Her name is Rose. I would rather sell her to a non-resident.”—Ex. Isn’t it curious that a pig must be killed before it can be cured.—Ex. 20 SOM ERVI L I. K HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. WALTER C. NICKERSON, Sporting Editor. Arthur Kidder, formerly of the Latin school, is playing third base for “I loppy” this year. The heading for this department, as you may have guessed by the initials under it, was designed by C. R. Pipe. Newburyport, 16-3; Boston Univer- sity, 10-5; and Groton, 15-3, were all easy victories for Somerville. Our ball tossers went down before Exeter again this year, in a game that abounded in hits. We scored 13 runs but Exeter went us one better. Keep the following league games in mind : May 19—Hopkinson, South End; May 23—Brookline, South End ; May 30— English High, Tufts Oval. On Patriot’s Day, the ball team by making a strong finish, defeated Har- vard “College,” 10-9, thus repeating their success of last year when the “Col- lege” boys were downed 10-6. Somerville won its game with the Harvard Freshmen, 6-5. Some of the other interscholastic ball teams have not been as successful in their games with the Freshmen. The ball team took a trip to Franklin May 3, and were defeated by Dean Academy, 10-6. Although Somerville played a good fielding game they lost through inability to hit Foster, Dean’s pitcher. The Interscholastic Tennis Champion- ship has recently been decided at Jarvis Field, Cambridge, the honors falling, as last year, to Beak Wright of Hopkinson. It has frequently been asked, “Why doesn’t S. H. S. send representatives to these contests ? ” We surely ought to. Tufts Oval is in fine condition this spring, and the fence has been mended, (alas for the small boys!) It is said that a large sum of money is soon to be spent for further improvement of the Oval, and that a running track will be built. We hope that the attempt to have the electric lines extended from Winter Hill out past Powder House Square will be successful. Such a line would make Tufts Oval more easy of access to the S. H. S. rooters in the eastern part of our city. Track Athletics. The S. H. S. track team will hold its first annual outdoor meet at Combina- tion Park, Saturday, May 20. The ad- mission will be 25 cents; seats in the grand stand extra. An extremely inter- esting meet is promised, and the events are sure to be hotly contested as some very clever men are entered. Beside the usual field and track events, special team races are being arranged. It is announced that a match race at two miles has been arranged between McDonald, winner of last year’s Mara- thon Race, and Dick Grant who finished SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 21 second in this year’s Marathon. This event will no doubt be the feature of the meet and should prove a great drawing card. Everybody come ! ! The outdoor meet of the New Eng- land Interscholastic Athletic Associa- tion will be held at Worcester this year, as usual. A large number of scholars should plan to accompany our track team and root for Somerville. The meet will take place some time during the first weeks in June. C. H. L., 9 ; Somerville, 4. May 10, Tufts Oval. We couldn’t hit W. Clarkson often enough; were a bit unsteady in the fifth and lost. That’s the story in brief. Carr opened up for Cambridge by tak- ing his base on balls and stealing second; F. Clarkson fanned, Gallagher forced Carr at third and W. Clarkson flied out. MacRae, Cuddy and “Boat” Pipe went out in order. In the second McGirr and Stephens fouled out to “Boat” Pipe, Sullivan singled and Murphy went out Saunders to Cuddy. For Somerville, Saunders, Wiley and Brine each hit to W. Clarkson and were easy outs at first. Both sides scored in the third. With one out, a base on balls, a stolen base, an error and a hit gave C. H. and L. two runs. McGirr and W. Clarkson ended the inning by dying at first. In our half Story got a hit, took second and third. Ball fanned and Jones died at first, Story scored on the play, however. MacRae hit for two bases, but was caught off second. C. H. and L., 2; Somerville, i. C. H. and L. saw no runs in the fourth. Cuddy walked and stole second, but “Boat” ripe and Saunders flied out and Wiley hit the wind. In the fifth, Cambridge piled up five runs and got a lead that could not be overcome. A poor throw, a bunt and a hit gave the first tally. YV. Clarkson hit to left, scoring F. Clarkson. McGirr walked, filling the bases. Stevens walked, forcing a run. The next man up hit to Story, forcing a runner at the plate. An attempt at a double play failed; meantime Cambridge made another tally. Murphy walked. The next man died at first, though a run came in on the play. Carr fouled out, retiring his side. In our half Brine struck out. Story was out at first, and J. Pipe, who was put in at right field, also fanned. Neither side scored in the sixth. Cambridge took two more in the seventh. Sullivan reached first and Murphy hit safely, Gilman scoring them with a two bagger. A double play and a strike out then retired the side. It was one, two, three for Somerville. Score 9-i. With one out in the eighth, YV. Clarkson was hit, and then got second and third. McGirr rapped out what looked like a safe hit towards second but MacRae jumped for it and brought it down one handed. Twas a great catch and the star play of the game. YV. Clarkson was way off third at the time and was easily thrown out. Brine got first, and then second, finally scoring on Story’s hit. J. Pipe sacrificed Story to third, but Jones and MacRae went out. C. 11, and L. did not score in the ninth. The Somerville rooters yelled their best in our half of the ninth but we could get but two runs. Cuddy walked,“Boat” Pipe hit safely and Cuddy scored. “Boat” went to second and then to third, being sacri- ficed in by Saunders. Wiley and Brine both struck out, ending the game. Summary:— SOMERVII.LK. A.It. B.H. P.O. A. K. MacHae 2b.......... 4 1 3 3 0 Cuddy lb........... 2 0 10 0 1 C. Pipe, c......... 4 1 0 0 1 Saunders, p ....... 3 0 0 5 0 Wiley, 1. f........ 4 0 2 0 () Brine, s........... 3 0 2 2 2 Story, 3b.......... 3 2 3 4 0 Ball, r. f......... 1 0 0 o 0 R. Pipe, r...... .. 2 0 0 0 0 Jones, c.f......... 3 0 1 0 1 Totals.......... 29 4 27 14 5 CAMBRIDGE. A.B. B.H. P.O. A. K. Carr, s. s......... 3 0 2 2 0 F. Clarkson, c.f...5 1 0 0 0 Gallagher, 3.b..... 4 3 0 2 0 W. Clarkson, p..... 4 1 0 5 0 McGirr, c.......... 3 0 9 0 0 Stephens, l.f...... 3 0 2 0 0 Sullivan, l.b ..... 5 3 10 0 o Murphy, 2.b.........4 1 3 1 1 Gilman, r. f.. .....4 1 1 0 0 Totals........ 35 10 27 10 1 Innings.................. 12345G789 Cambridge.......... 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 0—9 Somerville......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2—4 Two-base hits—Gallagher, Sullivan, Gilman, Mac- Rae. Stolen bases—Carr, W. Clarkson, Cuddy, C. Pipe. First base on balls—Carr 2, McGirr. Stephens, Murphy, Cuddy 2. First base on errors—Cambridge High and Latin 5. Left on bases—Cambridge High and Latin 8. Somerville 2. Struck out— F. Clarkson 2, McGirr, Cuddy,C. Pine, Wiley 2, Brine 2, Ball, R. Pipe. Double plays—MacRae to Story, MacRae to Story. Hit by pitched ball—Walter Clarkson, Brine. Time—2h. 10m. Umpire—Weeden. Attendance— 500. 22 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Exchanges. From many of our exchanges we find that they have changed hands, and the blunt of the management has passed to the class of 1900. Such a change at this time of year must certainly be beneficial in at least one way, for it gives the retiring staff an opportunity to lend their assistance and experience to the new officers. Still, the majority of Senior classes feel a pleasure in car- rying through to the end the paper which represents their school. The sentiment which always pervades one of our best exchanges, the Premier of Fall River, is expressed in the follow- ing sentence taken from an editorial on the baseball team : “But while they are striving for the championship, we wish to impress upon them the fact that there is another record well worth trying for, to be known and deserve to be known as gentlemanly players.” Let every school echo this sentiment. The Beech Grove Oracle brings to our notice the fact that heroes may be found in times of peace as well as in times of war. City fires are constantly causing deeds of heroism, and many are the cases, in accidents, where railroad engineers have shown themselves as great heroes as Dewey, Sampson and Hobson. We wish to second the senti- ment expressed here. The May Aegis is entirely gotten out by the girls and is a grand success. Al- though the staff was cut down one- half, the paper is out on time “for the first time this year,” and four pages of advertisements are added to the usual number. Another proof of what girls can do. Our heartiest congratulations to the young ladies of the staff. “A Heroine,” in the Dedham Bulletin, holds the reader’s interest to the end; but when one stops to think, it might have been taken from life, for do we not hear every day of some young “hero- ine,” who has pluckily captured a mid- night intruder? The story well de- serves the second prize. All the stories in the New Haven Radiator are well written, “Jack Somers, Freshman,” especially so. We would like to whisper softly to that paper, though, that “We don’t want to buy your drygoods,” etc., has been old in this region for five months and surely it doesn’t take that time to get to Connecticut. The Keene Enterprise has taken up the idea of bringing to light former school days and gives us “The Keene High School of Twenty-five Years Ago.” Many interesting points are found in this as in other school reviews. We are not forgotten by our distant friends, and our possessions are more in- teresting to them than to us, often. For instance, the Bangor Oracle pub- lishes quite a lengthy article on “The Boston Subway.” “More Than One Way,” in the Ypsi- lanti Chat, is an interesting and amus- ing account of the experiences of a society young man with hypnotism. The Phoenix comes to us with a new cover. It is very neat and attractive and in our opinion adds much to the paper. “The Most Valuable War Specimen” is a unique title for the story which it heads in the C. H. and L. Review. It would be time well spent for every one to read “Our New Battleship ‘Maine’” in the Holyoke Herald. Witty Words. A yacht can stand on a tack without saying naughty words. A man can’t.— Ex. Teacher—“Did you get to that point ?” (referring to the lesson.) Freshman (who has just sat on a pin) —“Yes’m, and a little farther.”—Ex. A rooster was recently arrested for using “fowl” language on the Sabbath. —Ex. Teacher — Give an example of the word “contagious.” Pupil—Street cars are not contagious ? they are awfully hard to catch.—Ex. Fat Citizen—“You are a pretty small chap to be running an elevator, ain't you, Bub?” The Small Chap—“Yes, I guess I be. They hired me because the rope broke with the heavier boys.” And the fat citizen walked.—Ex. SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 23 UNION TEACHERS’ AGENCIES WANTED AN AI STENOGRAPHER wanted 111 a hanking house to earn $.'50 weekly, as G. F. Ncwhall locs after only 8 months’ study at PBRNJN SHORTHAND SCHOOL, 180 Tremont St., Boston; it paid him, will It pay you to study at the I’ernln School. INCANDESCENT GAS BURNERS Complete with Shade and Chimney $1.00. Mantles 20 and 25 cents. W. E. PLUMER CO.’S, 52 Union Square. 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Skilton, Foote Co.’s BBnk?r Hill Pickles CHOW-CHOW, KETCHUP. HORSE RADISH Salad Dressing and Table Sauce are THE BEST. 104 Walnut Street, Somervillo. [three graduation addresses With Plentiful Words of Advice, the hundreds of Students Receive Their Diplomas— Drs. Lorimer and Burr and Professor Adams Principal Speakers. More than over this year the last week of June has been a ■•commencement week'' for the Somerville school , with gradua- tion exercises, addresses, or receptions of one kind or another every day from Sun- , day to Thursday. Chief among the exer- cises were the commencement sermon Sun- day. tho high school soiree Monday, and I the graduation exercises Tuesday evening, and the graduation exercises of the gram- mar schools Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The numbers of graduates from the dif- ferent schools were as follows: I-atin high, I SI; English high. 137; Bell. 41� : Po|h 31; Knapp. 34: Forster. 02; Glims. l'res- I cott. 37: Kdgerly. 40; Morse, 40; Highland. 4S; Hodgkins. 30; Carr. 40; total. 0 7. HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES- | Ke . I� r. Lorimer ami Mayor Proctor | Make the Addresses. The graduation exercises of the two high schools attracted the usual large audience, I which filled the First Methodist church t | overflowing. Tho musical programme, under the direction of S. Henry Hadley, was carried out as announced in hist week's Journal, and received merited com- mendation from the parents and friend present. In point of quality. U probably [ excelled that at any high school exhibition In the state, so thoroughly have the pupils | been trained during the hist few years. One of the great selections of the evening was the ballade. Lelnwnln, an Indian legend of Niagara, the words of which were written by George Anderson, and the music by Henry K. Hadley. The solos were sweetly sung by Miss Lottie E. Williams, of the English high school. The whole was a magnificent rendering, and was a well- applauded triumph for the schools and tho composer, who also was the conductor of tho piece. Rev. N. K. Bishop offered the opening | I prayer, and Rev. George H. Lorimer. D. D.. f | dress. For fifty minutes the speaker held tho at- tention of his audience, as he uttered his eloquent words. Following the thought of Cornelia, he mild: These young people are | our wealth. And yet they arc not only our wealth: they themselves have come Into a remarkable possession. No class In the century just closing. lie I said, ha had such a glorious heritage, so ample resources or noble opportunities. Then, with pointed words, he told of the manifold heritage of the youth of the schools,—the heritage of American litera- ture gi owing richer and more sacred with each succeeding year; the material re- sources of the country, which. In this re- j speet. has scarcely begun to be developed; the heritage of American liberty, which, apart from education, and law, and order, may destroy, but. with enlightenment and true manhood and womanhood, can be our greatest blessing, next to religion; also the heritage In the victories of the country, in war and In peace, and in all generations from Washington to Logun, and Captain Philip, and Dewey, our great admiral, and Miles, the caring for the humblest ■ oldier In the ranks. In closing Dr. Lorimer said: Your birth- Iright will never make you great, strong, manly, or womanly. These qualities must lie attained by consecrated effort, which that birthright symbolises. Strengthen your conscience, and in every movement kou make you will be governed by the sense [)f right.” The diplomas were presented by Mayor IScorge O. Proctor, who preceded the be- towal by a short address. Ho expressed he public appreciation of the good work of he students of the two schools, and said • hoped they would appreciate the oppor- lunltics which had been so abundantly and onerously given them. You little realize.” he said, what this fvent means to those of you whoso school ays end to-day. You cannot fully appro- late it until oxperlenc© In after years rings to your mind the memory of these jlepartcd days, and the older you grow the ore Important will seem this period of k-our lives, the closing of the happy school [lays, the pleasant associations of school |ife, tho changing from free, careless, Joy- us youth to real manhood and woman- hood. the commencement of cares, trials, nd responsibilities. Heretofore you have had some one to |tell you what to do. some one to lean upon; now you must begin to stand alone. Doubtless you hove often thought that | your task was severe, your lesson hard, and may have looked forward with pleasure to the time when you could feel free from school cares, school labors, but your burdens and responsibilities have not commenced yet. You will discover this fact soon enough. I will not mar your pleasure by trying to draw a picture of struggle and disappointments. May you never experience them.” Applause was generously given to many of the graduates as they stepped forward to receive their diplomas, particularly to the members of the athletic teams. The mayor was assisted by Messrs. Baxter and Whitcomb In the distribution of the di- plomas. • GRADUATES’ SOIREE. ICIa� c« of 'IW. Somerville High Schools, Hold a Pleasant Social at Eberle Hall. The annual soiree of the graduating classes of the Somerville English high and Latin high schools, which Is tho last social gathering of the members previous to tho graduating exercises, took place Monday evening at Eberle hall. Besides the classes of '99, many past graduates of theso schools accepted invitations, and the delightful fea- tures of the reunion were enjoyed by some 200 young people. Tho hall was very neatly decorated with potted plants and flowers, and the walls were draped with flags and the school colors, blue and red. The young ladles were In summer costumes. The dancing was preceded by a reception to Mr. and Mrs. George L. Baxter and Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. C. Whitcomb. Thq party received In a corner of the hall, which ! had been converted Into u reception bower by palms and potted plants and the stars and stripes. The reception lasted from S to ! . The dancing order bore on its cover the Idas mottoes. Conquer by persever- ance was that of the English high, and Consilium in provldando. diligentia In j agendo (wisdom In planning, diligence In pursuing) was that of the Latin school. The floor was In charge of Mark R. Jouett. Jr., and the following aids: Frank E. Fitts. Jr.. I. Frank Story, Francis J. Brine, Henry E. Mead. Arthur L. l’hllbrlek. Albion M. Boothby. Arthur F. Gooding, and William D. Macrae. The committee of arrangementscomprLsed 1 Miss Edith Poole. Mis� Stephanie Zoeller, | Miss Florence Ralph. Miss Kittle Waldron. I Frank E. Fitts, Jr.. I. Frank Story. Fran- I els J. Brine, Mark R. Jouett. Jr.. Henry E. Mend, nnd Arthur L. Phllbrlck. I ' others smaller numbers. Friends of Lieutenant George I. Canfield, one of the most popular otlleers of the Massachusetts volunteers, have put him among the high ones by increasing his vote from 30 to 23T� . Dr. Charles P. Maguire's friends have also given him a lift from 20 to 115. and Philip J. McGrath 10 to 70. The new names In the list this week I o ie— Hillman. The marriage'of Fred A. Doule. of Soml erville, and Miss Dora B. Hillman, of Ban! gor, Me., took place Monday evening at thl home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dow on Main ! street. Bangor. Rev. E. F. Pember of th-j I'niversalist church officiating. Mr. am| Mrs. Doule will reside In Somerville. FIFTH REGIMENT VETERANS. Reunion of the Roys hi Blue of th -iCivi| War at Woburn. i Some 200 members of the Fifth regimenti association of Massachusetts attendsd t: J reunion at Woburn Tuesday, the Somervil:! I companies of the one hundred days, thrcl months, and nine months regiments o.' t | I civil war being represented by Lleutenan I Joseph J. Giles. Charles E. Davis, Fran I Wallburg, Edwin Turner, Frank G. Wll I liams. Joseph Winslow. Edwin C. Bcnnct| ! Augustus Poor, and Henry Grandy. At the annual election Joseph J. Giles wo j chosen vice-president and Charles E. Davl treasurer. A banquet was served in til I armory of the Woburn company, at whirl stirring speeches were made by many | the veterans and others. The- assoclatlo| voted to return to the old assessment fifty cents per year. -------------------- FATAL GRADE CROSSING ACCIDKN'I The grade crossing claimed another vl l tlm In Somerville last Saturday. John Stratros, a Greek fruit pedler, being k!.lle| at the Me-dford-streel crossing of the Fitch burg railroad. The gates were down, bu the man. after waiting for a freight trail to pass, attempted to cross the tracks, anl stepped out from behind the freight dll reetlv in front of an express. He was ln| stantly killed. He lived at 1S9 Endicotl street. Boston, and leaves a wife and llv| children In Greece. season took place Wednesday evening at the residence of Byron L. French. •! Thurs- ton street, wlu-n his only daughter. Ethel Caddie, was married to Dr. Hurry Bishop | Osgood. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Orville Coats, of the East Somerville Bap- tist church, at S o’clock, in the presence of about seventy-five of their Immediate rela- tives and Intimate friends. In the parlor, which was tastefully decorated with cut llowcrs. The bride was very becomingly «ownedI in white Chilton over white taffeta silk.I with a duchesse lace yoke, an heirloom ofl the bride’s family, and wore a tulle veil.I decorated with lilies of the valley, and! fastened with a pearl brooch, a gift of the| groom, and carried bride roses. The maid of honor. Mrs. Mabello Schuyler I Bradt. of New York, was attired In pink I organdie, over pink silk, which was deco- rated with forget-me-nots, and carried a I large bunch of forget-me-nots. Miss M a belle C. Junvrln. of Lexington, brides- maid. was gowned in pink Swiss over pink silk, and Miss Grace EUse Judkins, of Lex- I ington. the other bridesmaid, wore pink I mulle over pink silk muslin, and each car- | rled a bunch of pink sweet peas. Dr. James H. Daley, of Milton, was best I man. and George A. Bennett, of Medford. I Dr. Fred H. Piper, of Lexington, and I Elmer L. French, of Chelsea, were thc| ushers. The ceremony was followed by a recep-| tlon. In which the bridal party was assisted! In receiving by Edward H. Osgood and! wife, and the bride’s father and brother. I Byron P. French. Miss EUse Phelan acted I as pianist throughout the evening. Dill, ofl Melrose, served the collation. A very large! number of wedding presents were received. I On their return from their wedding trip to I New York they will reside on Massachu-1 setts avenue In Lexington. C u r r lei— MaoKeen. The marriage, of Miss Ella Edith Mac-1 Keen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Mac-f Keen, of -127 Main street, Charlestown, and Frank Warren Currier, son of Phineas P.| Currier, of 19 Madison street, this city, wasj solemnized at 7.30 o’clock Tuesday evening at the home of the bride’s parents. Revj C. H. Pope, pastor of the First Parish Con-J gregational church of Charlestown, oflll elated. The parlors were decorated witll potted palms, ferns, white roses. an | daisies. The bride wore a white brocaded silk, outl en tralne, and trimmed with point de VenlstJ lace; the chiffon veil was fastened with pearl ornament, the gift of the groom, and she carried bride roses. The brldesmalcl was Miss Bessie MacBrlne. of Charlestown! She was gowned In white organdie ovcif deep orange silk, and carried a bouquet ol marguerites. S. W. Knowlton. of Soutll Framingham, a cousin of the groom, waf best man. The ushers were Phineas P| Currier. Jr., and Oscar A. Scott, of thl! city. Albert H. Bangs, of Cambridge. an | Wilfred Tufts. Stewart Cameron. an«| Harry Leach, of Charlestown. The ceremony was followed by a largely I attended reception, the bridal party bclnjl assisted In receiving by Mrs. MacKeon an | Mrs. Phineas P. Currier. The wedding trlij will Include a visit to Portland. Bangor, ancl New York. On their return they will ref side at 77 Orris street. Auburndale. Lamb—Dike. A pretty June wedding was solemniz'd the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Dike Ball street. Orange, Wednesday afterno il at 1.30 o’clock, when their only daughteil Sadie Isabel, was united In marriage tf William Edward Lamb, of Somervillif The house was artistically decorated wlt| laurel and choice flowers. The bride wore a white organdie, trlmme| with white lace and ribbon, and carried bouquet of bride roses. Mrs. F. M. Chene played the wedding march. As the bride and groom entered the recei| tlon room, four young ladies, dressed white, preceded and ushered them to tl| floral arch, while the little brldesma strewed their path with roses. The eeij mony was performed by Rev. L. A. Frd man. of the Baptist church. A rcccpti followed from 2 to 3 o'clock, and ma young people called to pay their honors the happy couple. The bride was remet bered with many choice and valuable gf On returning from the wedding tour. and Mrs. Lamb will reside at 94 Prospi street. Orange. Grant—Pratt. George Clifford Grant, of Somerville, Miss Nellie May Pratt, of Melrose, we united in marriage last week Tuesday evel lng at the residence of the bride’s fath | F. A. Pratt, of Melrose. Miss Addle L | Pratt, sister of the bride, was maid honor, and Myron W. Grant, of Somervill brother of the groom, was best man. ushers were Miss Louise Pratt, Miss Elva Fellows, and William Martin. The bride was gowned in white silk ail mousseline de sole, cut on tralne, and cal ried bride’s roses. The maid of honor w! daintily attired In wnlte muslin. Il| flowers were white pinks. The ceremony was performed by Re| Thomas Sims. D. D.. of Melrose, at 7.1 o’clock, the bridal party standing beneal an arch of roses and foliage. A recept! [ was held from 8.30 to 10. and a fine colli tlon was served. Many beautiful gifts wo| received. Mr. and Mrs. Grant will reside at 9 Pinc| ney street. East Somerville. Gould—N oyes. Contents for June. Editorials, 3 The High Schools and the Library, 5 11 is Last Quarter, 7 Class Poem, English, '99, 11 Deidrovich Gotha, 11 Contributors’ Club, 13 Quotations, 16 Societies and Clubs, 18 Graduating Class, Latin ’99, 20 Graduating Class, English ’99, 21 Class Organizations, 22 Calendar, 23 E. II. S. Gleanings, 23 Latin High Gleanings, 23 Latin Class Notes, 24 English Class Notes, 25 Biscball Picture, 26 Athletics, 27 Exchanges, 30 Catalogues, 3� Advertisements, 37 RADIATOR STAFF. 1898-1899. Somerville J'HE High School Radiator. LATIN SCHOOL. ENGLISH SCHOOL. Vol. VIII. Somerville, Massachusetts, June, 1899. No. 8. The Radiator Is published l y the Somerville Latin and English High Schools on the third Wednesday of every month during the school year, and only important news matter can be received after the 1« th of the month. Matter for insertion may he left with any of the editorial statf or he mailed to the editor at the English High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign the full name and address (this is for reference only). Communications should be addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor, according to their nature. Manuscript must be accompanied by the necessary postage to Insure its return. TERMS. 75 CENTS PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES. IO CENTS. SOMERVILLE CITIZEN PRESS. STAFF OF THE RADIATOR. EDITOR IN CHIEF. GUY C. RIDDELL, E. H. S., 99. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. LUELLA P. WINS HIP, I.. II. S., ’9'. . SPORTING EDITOR. WALTER C. NICKERSON, K. H. $., ’99. EXCHANGE EDITOR. MARGUERITE FOOTE, E. II. S., ’99. BUSINESS MANAGER. MARK R. JOUETT, Jr., L. II. S., ’99. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER L. ARTHUR WALLON, E. II. S., 1900. TREASURER. G. LEON PEIRCE, Is. II. S., ’99. CLASS EDITORS. LATIN SCHOOL. TORR W. HARMER, ’99. LIN WOOD E. SNOWMAN. «900, ROBERT NICHOLS, 01. PIERCE P. Me GANN, 02. ENGLISH SCHOOL. H. FLORENCE RALPH, ’99. HERBERT M. HALE, 1900. CARLETON JONES, 01. LOUIS H. YELLAND, 02. AS another school year draws to a close, and plans for vacation, business or college-life are once more the topic on the hill, the Radiator again lifts its voice in behalf of the schools, for the last time under the present manage- ment. As a parting hint to the city fathers, the paper speaks of the absence of bicycle accommodation at the Eng- lish building, and of the common need and desirability of a good-sized gymna- sium. For itself, it laments the lack of a Radiator office. We do not mention this in a complaining or reproachful spirit, but because we believe there is a remedy possible in the near future. An addition to the English building is the heartfelt desire of every High School student, and when it puts in an appear- ance, let us hope that none of the needed improvements will be missing — drill room, bicycle room, Radiator office, gymnasium and assembly hall. THERE is one feature of journalism that papers large and small indulge in at regular intervals. Every publica- tion does a little puffing on its own ac- count once in a while. This is perhaps the peculiar privilege of the press, and the Radiator does not intend to he at all backward in this branch of the art. 4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. We therefore remark that in casting a glance back over the last eight months we feel a certain sense of pride in the Radiator of Vol. VIII. The business management of the paper has been such that it has been possible to make a regu- lar increase in size of four pages. The paper for the past year has been a 24-page monthly, and as previous vol- umes have had a 20-page standard, we now feel justified in distributing a few pats on the back, so to speak. A new and expensive feature to which we take the liberty of calling attention has been a large number of special covers, aver- aging one every other month, and the eighth volume closes with the largest Radiator yet published—40 pages. May our school and paper continue to prosper through years to come, and may the glorious Red and Line ever mean all that is best in athletics, art and citi- zenship. THE United States exhibit in the Ed- ucational Department of the Paris Exposition of 1900 promises to be among the foremost in this great international display, anti the State of Massachusetts has been paid the compliment of being chosen to prepare an exhibit which will represent our country at large. It is to be typical of the best educational work in America, and among the cities called upon to contribute features is one of wide renown in educational work—our own city of Somerville. Those who at- tend the Parisian World’s Fair will doubtless see S. II. and L. well repre- sented in picture and story. In addition to department work of all kinds, photo- graphs have been secured of both build- ings, with our 900 students upon the lawns. What a thrill it will give an S. 11, and L. man to see these home pictures in far off Paris, for we venture to say that from the long list of Somerville High School graduates there will be many a sight-seer at the Paris Exposition. I T is the desire of the faculty of each 1 school that the Senior Class Prophe- cies do not appear in print. Realizing, however, that members of the graduat- ing classes would doubtless welcome something of the sort by which to re- member more vividly companions and events of their last year at S. II. and L, the Radiator offers on a following page a number of quotations designed to perpetuate the memory of ’99. If any one whose name is suggested on this page feels that his memory is per- petuated too strongly and that “blood alone will give proper satisfaction,” we wish to state that an arrangement has been made with the Football Champions of the Senior Interscholastic League by which a hearing will be provided such persons as desire it. The team will give each applicant the closest indi- vidual attention, and we might add for the benefit of all interested that a satis- factory conviction of one’s error is guar- anteed. WE wish to earnestly thank a number of students outside the staff whose interest and support has so largely con- tributed to the success of the Radiator during the past year. We are indebted to Geo. II. Garcelon, Joseph R. Harris, and C. R. Pipe for a number of excellent drawings, to Ralph Robinson for regu- lar contributions to the English Gleaning Column, and to a host of friends who have contributed excellent poster work. May the new staff meet with support as encouraging. FOR the first time in the history of the paper, the Radiator can peace- fully rest through the summer vacation, with the knowledge that with the open- ing of a new school year its career will be actively and promptly continued. An able staff has already been elected for Vol. IX, as follows: Linwood E. Snow- man, L, ’00, editor-in-chief; Ruth Tufts, E., 00, associate editor; F. F. Phillips, Jr. L ,’00, sporting editor; Herbert Ilale, E., ’00, business manager; John C. I Iaartz, I -.,’00, assistant business manager and Leslie R. Grant, E., ’00, treasurer. THE current number of the Radiator will be sent as part of Somerville's exhibit in the Educational Department of the Paris Exposition of 1900. The staff has spared neither time nor effort in endeavoring to make it a paper which may worthily represent American school journalism. SOMKRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Ubc Ifotcjb Schools an0 tbe Xtbravy. SAM WALTER FOSS. .IE ideal school, if it ever comes, will have its own library in its own building. But, if we cannot live in a world that i s j u s t right, we should be as conten- ted as possible with a world that is ap- proximately right. And when schools like the Somerville High Schools have a library in an adjoining building, it is existing under as happy a condition of affairs as our present stale of evolu- tion will permit. Such a condition, it is hoped, has been beneficial to the schools, as it has certainly been stimulative to the library. Let us hope to be even better neighbors in the future. The library is a school whose scholars never “grow up.” It has no graduating exercises, for nobody ever graduates. No student ever exhausts its curriculum, for it makes additions to its curriculum that exceed the speed of the most ex- peditious student. A good library, like Lord Bacon, takes all knowledge for its province; and not until a student comes to know everything will he outgrow the public library. So when a student graduates from the High School he is but just beginning his course in the public library ; and if ever, in his subsequent career, there comes a time when he ceases to care for b™ks he may know that a mental atrophy is creeping over him; and that an intellectual paralysis has seized upon him. But although it is the business of the library to serve the whole public, one of its most important functions is to serve the schools. They are both coordinate branches ot education. If there are any supplementary books that the schools need it is the business of the library to procure those books—not as a favor, and not grudgingly, but as a part of its regular routine and as a matter of course. The library and the schools are one machine, and if they do not work in harmony, it is as if the driving wheels should refuse to revolve when the engineer opens the throttle. That the library may be even more useful than ever to the teachers and pupils of the High Schools is its earnest desire. Not only in relation to the schools, but to all its constituency, the first duty of a public library is to be public. Many libraries are not public in the fullest sense.of the term, and the Somerville Library is no exception to this rule. The public should have abso- lutely free access to the books it has paid for. People should have absolute freedom to go to the book, handle it, examine it, and read it, and not be obliged, as at present, to make then- choice by means of a catalogue. It is very evident, under the present system, borrowers do not get satisfactory books, do not get the books they want, and often get books utterly foreign to their purpose. Picking out books bv title is like our efforts on summer evenings in reaching into the. dark after mosquitoes —the misses are more than the hits. The public should not be compelled to fumble for its books in the dark. But, of course, with our present room, it would be an impossibility to admit the public to our shelves, and the present system must, from necessity, continue. But it can be mitigated to a certain ex- tent, as far as students and earnest in- vestigators are concerned. Any teacher or pupil of the High Schools desirous of making special investigations will be readily granted access to the stacks at certain times and under certain condi- tions. They will be gladly shown where the books bearing on their special themes are, and every aid within the power of the library will be granted them. If the library could always know be- forehand when any especial theme was to be under consideration at the schools, it would take especial pains to gather together all its books bearing upon the theme in question ; and if it should find that it was not well equipped, it would purchase new books along these lines in 6 SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. sufficient quantities to supply the de- mand. Here is' a chance lor closer co- operation between the library and the schools than has hitherto existed. In such an event it might be possible to place all such books in convenient access to all who wished to consult them. When the projected additions are made to our present building, perhaps some room can be reserved for the purpose of placing such books in view, and giving the pupils interested access to them. It is hoped that this closer co-operation may be realized. The library already furnishes a special card to teachers by which six books can be taken out at a time. Such a card is furnished to teachers because it is pre- sumed that the average teacher desires more books than the average man. Rut the books in the public library belong to the people who want them, and if at any- time any pupil should need an extra number of books to assist him or her on subjects connected with school work it will be easy to secure special permission to obtain such books. It is better for a book to be “out” than to be “in;” and any person desirous of taking many books out of the library will find himselt a persona grata at that institution. Tinder necessary restrictions it is its desire to give people books who want books, and to give them as many books as they want. When two people walk together along the same highway their mutual converse should be mutually helpful. The public library and the high schools are walking together along the same thoroughfare. The library is always glad to learn that it has helped the schools; and no doubt the schools will be equally glad to learn that they have helped the library. And such is actually the case in a very marked degree. The students of the high schools have always been enthusi- astic users of the library. This enthu- siasm, like most enthusiasms, has cer- tainly been good for them and has con- tagiously spread its influence over the library itself. The demands made upon the library by the acute and trained young minds of this body of students have kept it up to a higher ideal, and com- pelled it to a constant strengthening of its resources. The library, like an indi- vidual, is never any worse for keeping good company. To many advice is not palatable and outside suggestions are as bitter olives. Rut to a public library advice is as the breath of its nostrils. A good library should be an unlimited tank for receiv- ing advice. Let everyone connect his individual pipe with it and pour in his tributary stream of suggestion. The library in the past has owed very much of its symmetrical growth to the sug- gestions of the high school teachers and pupils. A librarian should court sug- gestions from people of all tastes, and thus round out his own limitations with the wholeness of the whole public. Per- haps this wholeness of the whole public finds its best epitome in the pupils of a high school. Their plastic minds are sen- sitive to all impressions and have not yet been hardened into the unimpression- able adamant of conservatism and con- ventionality. In this respect, at least, the wisdom of youth is always superior to the wisdom of age. No institution is fully abreast of its times unless it keeps step to the march of its young contem- poraries. Our fathers dwelt somewhat too monotonously upon the wisdom of age. Rut a wise man believes in the wisdom of youth also. Libraries, like men, are apt to drift into conservatism and the hard, fast ruts of old routine. Rut it is a matter of congratulation to our library that it is brought into daily- contact with so many bright young minds whom the cares of life have not yet whipped into the conformity of mo- notonous and imitative lives. Such con- tact is a good thing for the library— and it wants more of it. It is with no little pleasure that we place the following upon record : auditors’ notice. This is to certify that the under- signed have examined the accounts of C. T. C. Whitcomb, treasurer of the “Joan of Arc” committee, and find them correct, with a balance of 5609.33 in the treasury. Signed : Winifred C. Akers, Herbert M. Hale, Guv C. Riddell, Francis J. Rrine. Arthur L. Philbrick. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 7 Ibis Hast Quarter. . ir. PURCELL, S. L. s., 1900. T was one of those very warm nights in early June and the brilliantly lighted bar of the hotel was with m a n y 0___r a of men. There were young men, old men, mid- dle aged men, uivii in all the many walks of life, but mostly young men, tall, straight, open-faced, refined looking fel- lows easily recognizable as college stu- dents. At one of the numerous little tables about the room, Teddy Edwards, a bright, sharp looking young fellow, wearing a long-visored, red, skull cap, bearing two crossed oars, above which a small white “H” rested complacently, sat tipped back in his chair and medi- tatively watched the ever changing scene. “Hey, Ted, old man, glad to see you, what’ll it be,” shouted a tall, dashing looking chap who shook his hand effusively. “Hello, Dicky Davis, mighty glad to see you. Where is Thompson and the rest of our crowd ?” “Here, Bud,” yelled Dicky at some one across the room and three young fellows arrayed in immaculately white straw tiles with broad, crimson bands, soon pushed their way through the crowd. After joyous greetings all around, Bud Thompson first broke the silence with, “Look here, Billy Fresh- man, quit tipping that table, or you’ll spill my ice water. Gee ! but it’s hot! Smoke’s thick enough to slice. Say, Ted, how’s the betting ? “Even money, far as I’ve seen,” was the reply. “Come, fellows,” yelled Dicky Davis, “let’s hit 'er up for old Harvard. Now, boys, all up, three long 1 Iarvards’ and three times three for old I Iarvard. One —Two—Three,” and the “Rah—Rah— Rah, Rah—Rah—Rah,—Rah — Rah— Rah — Harvard” rang out above the reigning pandemonium. The sound had barely ceased when the famous “Reck- Kek- Kek, the war- cry of Old Eli, rang out in response, only to be drowned by the noise of the Qua- ker boys, led by a sturdy son of old Penn in a red and blue cap. Even a small band of Syracuse men managed to be heard in the racket, when a blue-jerseyed chap, sporting a large white Y, jumped upon a table shouting at the top of his voice, “Even money on Old Eli! Even money on Harry Williams!” “Betting tonight, Ted ?” said Bud as he and two others quickly rose. “Not very much, but here, place this forme on Billy Corliss,” was Ted’s reply, as he tossed Bud a bill. “Say, Teddy,” said Dicky Davis, who remained, “what arc the prospects any- way ?” “Well,” was the rejoinder, “I’ve fig- ured it pretty close, but the only way I can see, it is first for the Quakers; Yale will push us pretty hard for second, but we’ll win even without that quarter-mile, but say, old man, about half the gang will have to hoof it back to Cambridge if Billy Corliss gets trimmed.” “Well, he won’t get trimmed.' “I hope not, for a.better nor a gamer boy than Billy never wore crimson, but I know he’ll win, though I hear his foot is a bit shy.” “I think,” replied Dick, “that his foot will come around all right, but although Harry Williams can’t live up to the fake stories sent out from New Haven, two seconds slower will make Billy run the race of his life.” “Say Dicky,” said Teddy, “I’ve roomed with Billy Corliss for two years, and if you only Knew what he has at stake you’d say he’d win, too, or die in the attempt. No fellow ever trained harder or more conscientiously, and that’s saying a great deal for a serious minded chap like Billy. I tell you, Dicky, that Billy Corliss’whole future depends upon the result of this race. It’s some- thing far more important than an inter- collegiate championship and I’d gladly see him lose if I wasn’t afraid he'd do something desperate.” SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 8 “Is that so, Teddy Edwards? ex- claimed Dicky. “In confidence, old man, I really would like to hear about that. I’ve thought Hilly acted deucedly queer right along. “Well, replied Teddy, “it’s like this. Do you remember that charming bru- nette I introduced you to last winter in New York? Don't you know, at Miss Ilamman's musicale?” “Yes, oh yes, Miss Houghton, wasn’t it?” ‘.‘Yes; Miss Grace Houghton. Well, you see I also introduced Hilly Corliss to Miss Houghton, and, as cruel fate would have it, he immediately had the hard luck to fall head over heels in love. I can’t make him think it was hard luck though. Wish I could. Miss Hough- ton, however, was in love with Harry Williams and practically engaged to him. Hilly didn't know this at the time, and if lie had it wouldn't have made much difference, as this being his first attack, he took it with all the serious- ness of his serious minded nature, and could not or would not see that he was being played with, so to speak. When he learned that Harry Williams was also in the game he went nearly crazy. Hilly was pretty sore on Harry, anyway, because their meetings on the cinder path have always been rather damaging to Hilly’s reputation. “It seemed to sort of wake Hilly up, for it brought a proposal a trifle sooner than even Grace Houghton had bar- gained for. She was quite accustomed to such affairs, but Hilly was so hor- ribly earnest about it that even she did not have the heart to positively say no, but told him that she would accept him if he would win the inter- collegiate quarter, which, of course, was nothing more than challenging him -to trim Harry Williams. Of course, she well knew the athletic abilities of each, and she could not see how Hilly, or any one else, for that matter, had even a ten-to-one chance against Harry. Hut Hilly’s mind was in such a state that he would gladly grasp at any straw, and I uever saw a fellow so determined in all my life. lie’s trained like an Indian, and the way he’s come up is nothing short of marvelous; and say, Dickv Davis, I'll bet Grace Houghton doesn't sleep a wink tonight.” “Hilly Corliss must win and will win, said Dicky solemnly. “Well,” said Ted, “here comes the gang. How is it, Hud?” “All up,” was the reply, “but say, fel- lows, it's deuced late. Let's get to bed.” “All right, and the five marched up stairs, with the strains of a Quaker col- lege song curiously mingleu with ti e roar of the Princeton tiger, in the dis- tance. Of all the unmercifully hot days that seem to characterize the Mott Haven games, this was the hottest and most unmerciful. Hut the cruelty of Old Sol seemed only to increase the super- abundant college enthusiasm that was already running rampant. Even heat, however, may have its advantages, as the old saw “Hot days break records will attest. The enormous grandstands were packed, and the many ladies present lent a color and variety to the scene that was beautiful beyond description. The hundred had just been won by a Quaker flyer, and the men were winding up the long lanes. The Pennsylvania section was crazy with delight, so crazy, in fact, that the regular systematic cheering had given place to one long- drawn-out howl. The Crimson “hope” had just pushed a son of Eli out of sec- ond place and the Harvard section was effectually impressing upon the world at large the effect of Cambridge air upon the lungs, much to the dismay of the blue clad contingent from New 11 a veil. The loud voice of the Clerk of Course yelling, “Last call for the four- forty,” seemed to convey to everybody a realization of the fact that the contest of a lifetime was coming. The well built, lightly clad runners in their many colored costumes came slowly trotting across the field and were already “warm- ing up before coming to the scratch. Yale, as usual, first broke the silence by giving a hearty, whole souled cheer for Harry Williams. The echoes had not died away when Teddy Edwards, who led for Harvard, jumped with a “Now, everybody, three long Harvards and SOMKRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 9 three times three for Hilly Corliss,” and they were given with hearty good will. “Say, Dick,” said Teddy to his friend beside him, “I wish it was all over. I wonder how Hilly feels now?” “Nervous, probably. Look, Ted, there’s Miss Houghton over in the Vale stand.” “Yes, I see her; looks a bit pale. Here comes Harry Williams, and he looks the pink of condition.” The crowd began to cheer vocifer- ously, as a tall, beautifully proportioned young fellow came slowly trotting up the track and took his place at the mark. His easy, perfect action made many an old timer’s eye brighter, as it brought back recollections of bygone days. A yellow and black striped jersey from Nashua held the pole and next came Marry Williams. As he stood there, his long, dark, healthily tanned arms and legs, in striking contrast to his short, snow white trousers and his blue shirt bearing a magnificent white “Y,” he reminded one of an Indian arrow or an artist’s model. The outside man in the same line was Hilly Corliss. Not quite so tall but every bit as well made as his blue clad rival, he looked the very picture of health, as he stood waiting in his spot- less, white suit, wearing a broad, crim- son band diagonally across his body. His appearance, moreover, except for slight nervousness, was eminently sat- isfactory to the eyes of his many very critical observers. Harry Williams was experiencing that never-to-be-forgotten sensation that al- ways precedes the starter’s whistle. He was running for an intercollegiate championship; his winning or losing might cause either the crimson or blue to be triumphant, and if he lost it meant the losing of a hard-earned repu- tation. He realized all these facts and as he glanced at the blue banked stand and recognized the striking face of Grace Houghton, he thought how grand it would be to win under such eyes. Again he glanced sideways at his crim- son rival, the man whom he knew would make him run the race of his life. But he never lost his bull-dog grit, and he was determined either to break the tape first or go back to training quarters like a Spartan warrior. Meanwhile poor Hilly Corliss was in torment. He noticed, with a nervous feeling, the handsome form of his worthy rival, but still he did not fear him, for he had determined that he must win and would win. It meant so much to him ; his very life seemed to depend on it, for Grace Houghton’s handsome face was ever before him. It gave him great courage to glance at the hopeful faces of his very many friends in the 1 larvard section and the cheerful countenance of Teddy Kdwards appeared to act as an especial balm. He was dying to see Miss Houghton. He knew her to be in the Yale stand, but he did not have the courage to stare into the enemy’s camp. Once he stole a bare glance and observed a girl dressed all in blue. Could that be she ? But he could not muster sufficient courage for another glance. Suddenly he discovered him- self to be trembling and his face grew heated, as he wondered if the thousands of staring eyes had observed his un- easiness, when he quickly muttered “Thank God,” as the starter’s whistle burst out shrilly on the hushed air. Immediately he became firm and the last advice of his old trainer, “Run him off his feet from the gun,” kept ringing in his ears, as the clear, firm voice of the starter rang out, “On your marks,”— “Set”—“Bang,” and before he realized it, almost before he heard the shot, he was speeding down the stretch at a fast hundred clip and had snatched the pole. As he rounded the turn he felt some one coming up on him and it needed no glance to tell him that it was Marry Williams. In his ears a ringing seemed to say, “Run him off his feet,” and as they turned into the back stretch he lengthened even a bit more as the crunch, crunch of the enders behind him became more audible. He and Harry Williams appeared to be all alone, and he heard no sound from the howl- ing mob of 15,000, who had risen simul- taneously in their excitement. He could feel Harry crawling up still more, but the pole on the upper turn gave him a slight advantage and as they IO SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. rounded into the stretch to begin the terrible fight for the tape, he was al- ready on Queer street. His opponent came up a little more, but could not quite catch him. and at the hundred there was barely an inch of daylight between them. lie felt Harry come up still more, and at the seventy-five, they were running even, but he gritted his teeth and dug in with the determination of an ox. Then he saw nothing but a long, an interminably long distance away, a broad crimson band and at the other side of that band was Grace Houghton’s beautiful face, imploring him to save her. He realized that he positively must reach her before some- one else; who, he did not know. So, with a terrible determination, he bravely struggled and struggled against nature and at last he had reached it and was just going to break it, when, horrors, somebody had stolen the tape and Grace Houghton was not there. Be- yond that he remembered nothing. Now it was Yale's chance and the man- ner in which she accepted it undoubt- edly scared the mosquitoes on the fat- off Jersey coast. Harvard was not un- sportsmanlike and cheered as loudly as the victors, for as one crimson follower said, “It was a good, game race, won at the tape by a bare inch, by an extra wiggle. “Oh, I hope he isn’t hurt,” exclaimed a pretty girl in a crimson waist, as two attendants carried Billy, who was com- pletely “gone,” away from the scene of action. Harry Williams, with his arms around the necks of willing college mates, was borne across the field to training quarters, and he felt well re- paid for his present discomfiture as he recognized his own name and that of his opponent in the chaotic howling of the crowd. An hour later Billy Corliss lay softly crying on the hard massage table, while two rubbers worked industriously on his tired muscles. His bosom friend, Teddy Edwards, stood at his head, vainly whis- pering words of comfort: “It was a grand race, a grand, game race. Billy, lost by an inch. Hark! old man, hear them yelling for you outside!” “It's not the race, Teddy. It’s not the race; but I've lost her,” moaned Billy. “Yes, I know, old man, I know,” re- plied Teddy. Just then Harry Williams, leaning on the arm of a trainer, came up and said, in his strong, manly voice, “Come, Billy Corliss, let’s be friends.” Billy shook the proffered hand warm- ly, but exclaimed rather bitterly : “It was a great race and you’ve won her fairly and squarely.” “Won who ? ” replied Harry. “Why, she was to be mine if I won, but you’ve won and won her squarely,” moaned Billy, his grief asserting itself. “Why the man’s crazy, what is he talking about, anyway, what does he mean ? ” “He means,” replied Teddy Edwards, “that Miss Grace Houghton promised to be his wife if he should win that quarter.” “Oh, my God,” exclaimed Harry Wil- liams, as he sank into the arms of the waiting trainer. Harry Williams thought that a girl who would risk all his future happiness on the miserable chances of the race track could never succeed in making his life one of complete happiness, and he is at present employed in the law office of a wealthy Chicago uncle. Miss Grace Houghton is one of the leaders in the most exclusive society at the Capitol and she presides charmingly over the magnificent mansion of a wealthy western senator. • • Billy Corliss changed his name and went cow-punching in the great West. For a few years he favored Teddy Ed- wards, at very irregular intervals, with news of his whereabouts. Suddenly, he seemed to drop out of existence and the only clew to his end was furnished by the following item in a New York paper: “Special Dispatch—Dawson City : A drunken miner, named White, while attempting to hold up a store last week, shot and killed an unknown man who attempted his capture. The man had no money and nothing of interest except a photo, bound next his heart, of a famous leader of Washington society, when she was the belle of New York’s ‘400.’ The miner, White, was lynched.” SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 11 Class poem, English, ’09. LILLI AX GILLETTE. E. II. '00. With the glory of the spring-time, When all nature longs to tell Of the joy within her heart, Comes the whisper of farewell. “Are we ready, Alma Mater?” An«l each heart must answer “yes.” Four long years you’ve loved and watched us Now to God you leave the rest. With a silent benediction Start we out upon our way : Though dark night should e’en close o’er us, There must always come the day. As yon fresh green Ivy planted, Stretching forth its tiny hand, Strives to grasp a firm foundation. Clinging Sy each little strand. Thousands struggling at the bottom Flourish 'neath the warm sun’s ray. When a blast from yon dark storm-cloud Tears the tender shoots away. But the strong stems, firm and steady, Bending not with breeze or blast, Climbing, climbing, onward, upward, Scale the lofty height at last. And a wreath of golden blossoms (Fortune’s gift to those who win) Crowns the efforts of the Ivy Adorning the life within. The soft tendrils blowing idly In the south wind or the west, Revel in their conscious beauty, In their emerald leaflets dressed. Though the world is full of sunshine, Though the swallows pipe and croon. The trembling leaves turn brown and sere For it is not always June. Even like the climbing ivy We are on life’s journey bound ; Working side by side, and wondering Who shall wear the victor’s crown. Though we may not all wear garlands, Nature’s emblem of renown, Yet, when autumn, stealing softly. Turns the leaves both sere and brown, Alma Mater, when the shadows Deepen o’er our last long sleep, Though a wreath of white and silver Be the only harvest reaped. May you say that we have ever Been the noblest, truest, best, Walking in the paths of honor And to God have left the rest. IDefovovtcb 5otba. 1EAXXRTTE A. DA irsO.V, E. . S., '01. night was calm, and a cool breeze blew the range of over low-lying the east, the one hills to One by summer stars kindled their beacon-lights in the dark blue sky, not long since bathed in the royal purpleand gold of sunset. The moon rose, pale and beautiful; it peeped over the hills, and its beams glided down the gentle slope, and fell upon a squad of soldiers gathered in the valley. They were Cossacks—all picked men —and the light of the campfires, flicker- ing over their faces, showed enough to tell a stranger that they were Russia’s bravest. But the light of the moon as it fell hours later upon their sleeping faces, silvered a glistening something- on many a scarred cheek, and betrayed the burden of each one’s thought as he had flung himself upon the sod to rest. Many a head had involuntarily turned toward the west, whence they had ridden in the morning. All was peaceful. Now and then the stillness of the sum- mer night was broken by the cries of the sentries, growing faint in the night, as the word was passed quickly along the line. But others than the sentries were alert, for the division commander paced thoughtfully to and fro by the campfire. 12 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Often he paused beside some sleeping soldier; gazed upon his features, and wondered if he would be sleeping an- other sleep on the morrow. For his scouts had been unable to discover the position of the enemy, although two of them had been shot while scouring the hills and valleys. However, the enemy was supposed to be at a safe distance, and no fear was felt for that night. As the hours succeeded each other, the sentries’ cries sounded less sharply upon the air, and the commander, ceas- ing his march, seated himself by the campfire. Occasionally he fixed his gaze upon the indistinct line of the hill- range, or strained them to distinguish the slow moving form of some guards- man. Suddenly, upon the quiet midnight air, there rang a shout of warning, and in a moment each soldier was standing in place, musket in hand. Upon the eastern hill-line a single horseman ap- peared. He paused a moment, as if to view the surroundings, but then rose in the stirrups and spurred his stallion. Straight down the hillside he dashed, and bent low upon his horse’s neck as the sentries’ bullets sung about his head. On, on he came. He drove directly down into camp. The commander ad- vanced and then started with a cry of amazement and joy, for the firelight shone upon the face of the scout who had not returned with the others. The Cossacks crowded about the stallion and his rider, crying wildly, “News! News!” And the horseman said not a word, but bent his head in reply. He saluted the commander, and then tear- ing open his cassock, drew forth a paper. The commander seized it, and uttered an exclamation, half of pity—half of surprise, “Why, boy, there’s blood on’t —your life blood ! ” The scout turned and he gazed toward the east, where the skv was fast paling. His face was deathly in the moonlight. Drops of blood trickled from his side and fell upon his hand, as he grasped the bridle. He lifted his eyes again to the hills, and then, wheeling his horse, he galloped away to the east. “Return ! Return!” the grateful soldiers cried. It was in vain, for he heeded them not. Further and further he rode, until he reached the crest of the hill. Again he paused, and turning in the saddle, saluted the commander. Then he plunged forward and vanished. Deidrovich Gotha was only a boy, but he saved the life of many a Cossack by that terrible midnight ride, for the dis- patch read, “The enemy lie across the hills to the east ; they fall upon the encampment at day break.” Thus the boy brought the message. The next day the battle was fought, but the Russian commander saw not a Cossack in the sleep of death—for they were victors, not vanquished. Some days later, under a Hag of truce, the Cos- sacks met the enemy. The commander stepped forward with outstretched hand, for he was as kind as he was brave. The opposing commander took the hand say- ing, “Sir, I understand you did not lose a man in the battle at Kieren and I con- gratulate you upon the victory. I be- lieve some scout saved the battle.” “Yes,” replied the Cossack, “that scout was a mere boy,—Deidrovich Gotha.” “Deidrovich Gotha!” the other cried, and his face paled. He stepped back from the Cossack and a murmur of tear and awe ran through the ranks of the vanquished. Their general recovering himself turned towards the lines of Cossacks. “Sir,” said he solemnly, “you won not by the bravery of any man, but by the will of the Father Almighty, for two nights before the battle, Deidrovich Gotha was shot through the heart.” We are in receipt of resolutions of sympathy for Miss Elsie Tufts, ’99, and Miss Ruth Tufts, 1900, from the Senior and Junior classes, respectively, of the English School. Space does not permit the printing in full of the resolutions, but the Radiator joins most sincerely in the expression of sympathy. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. '3 Contributor's Club. Peter Steele. Steele who T. W. II., S. L. S., '99. 1' the head of a pleasant valley is the little vil- lage of Crineston with its two-score of neat white houses nestled about a large brick factory. Its lit tie population has more than this edifice to boast of, for in their midst was born Peter moved all the scientific world of his day. He was several inches over six feet in height and tipped the scales at the 300 mark. He was em- ployed by the firm known as the Crine ston Hair Invigorating Company as a travelling agent. The powers of the in- vigorator manufactured here were in- deed wonderful, but the name, Steele, did not become famous through this fact, —but through his personal experiences. All the villagers had noticed that Steele left his foot-prints wherever he walked, whether it was on stone or wood or earth, but they attributed this curious reality to his great weight. On one of his many trips he was in- vited to visit a certain establishment where tacks and nails were manufac- tured. He accepted the invitation and was conducted over the enormous plant. Finally he entered the ware-house where the products of the firm layabout the floor in great heaps. Hardly had he crossed the threshold when he was •covered with nails and tacks of every size and description from head to foot and still more kept flying and adhering to him. The weight became intolerable and he sank to the floor, a heap of nails. The manager was not only much aston- ished but indeed provoked to have such a great quantity of nails mixed in a pile. With greatest difficulty and patience were they removed, for, as fast as they were taken off they would fly on again unless conveyed to a considerable dis- tance. This instance was published in all newspapers and thus came into the ‘hands of scientific men. They claimed that Mother Earth had attraction for all matter,—but Steele was especially attracted by her. Thus they accounted for the foot prints, and they finally stated that he must undergo the most aston- ishing operation of being demagnetized. As for Steele, he was willing enough, for he was already over-run with bills for repairing and demagnetizing clocks near which he had been. The operation was performed in the open air but scarcely had the physicians completed their desired object when they saw the yet unconscious body of Steele fall oft the earth into space. Again the newspapers appeared with special editions and large headings stat- ing the various incidents of the wonder- ful case and among other things how Steele, through his great interest in the invigorator, had desired to have a bottle in each hand during the operation so that if he did not survive, he might die with the product he loved so much. Many, many years passed and the name of Steele was almost forgotten, when one day the startling news was spread abroad that a man of huge frame had fallen to earth, apparently from the clouds, at a short distance from Crine- ston. The body was lifeless, but on his person was found a manuscript in the form of a diary which identified him as Steele, a native of Crineston. The paper began : “Seven days and seven nights did I fall and when I landed little life was left in me. I came to in a bunch of hideous savages who had neither eyebrows, eyelashes nor hair. The paper then told how he had intro- duced the invigorator and began artis- tically eyelashing and eyebrowing the inhabitants of the land until his supply was exhausted. Several notes were made of three-mile suspension bridges, perfect sub marine boats and practical air ships. Again the world was agitated and again the press was active. The inhabi- tants of Crineston buried their wonder with much ceremony and erected above his grave a beautiful monument with the simple inscription : “MAGNETIZED STEELE. 14 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. The Passing: of the Umbrella. HELEN DEARBORN, S. L. S., ’99. “I heard you remark this morning that you intended to get a new umbrella right away, and if I caught your words correctly, you said something to the effect that you had carried that horrid old thing as long as you proposed to. Yes! I suppose my days are numbered, but before I am finally consigned to the ash heap, I want to make a sort of fare- well address—in fact, a valedictory. “Let me see—it is about three years since you and I formed our partnership, and while I don’t want to bring up un- necessarily unpleasant remembrances, I am bound to say that you were not obliged to open your purse-strings to any great extent when you purchased me. “I never took any great pride in my ancestry and were I a horse or a dog I should never be mistaken fora thorough- bred. I was simply a plain, every-day, low-priced umbrella and all things con- sidered, I think my duties have been well done and you have no reason for complaint. “My usual resting place when not in actual service has been the hall closet and I will admit that had you been a little more particular in selecting my associates, and properly leaving us in our own places, no fault could have been found upon that score. I never had any trouble with the mackintoshes as they always seemed to be wrapped up in themselves and attended strictly to their own affairs. The bonnets are all right in their simple way and help to brighten up the place, but as they never take any part in the meetings of our Debating Club, sonic members have called them ‘insipid’ and ‘stuck up.’ The canes have always been my best friends and while at this time I will not intrude my personal love affairs, I will confess to a very warm attachment for the cane with a buck-horn handle. Whenever I come in from a nor’easter, cold and damp, with every bone in my body aching, longing to be spread out in some warm place, but finding myself, in spite of all I can say, shut up and thrown into the closet without a thought on your part, it is really comforting to have some one say an encouraging word and no matter how late it is I always find my friend awake and full of sym- pathy. “As for the rubbers they are anything but agreeable companions. Nothing ever suits them, they are always out of sorts, and it’s no unusual thing to hear them grumble all night long. They never agree with any of us in our dis- cussions on the topics of the day. Of course we expect them to hold some- what elastic views, generally, but their opinions on social questions are simply shocking. Their conceit, too, is very offensive and ever since that English- man called on you and those rubbers heard him refer to his own foot wear as ‘goloshes,’ there has been no living in peace with them. “Some incidents in my life will never be forgotten, although I think of them with little satisfaction. Of course you remember that affair at the brickyard and how for weeks you were looked upon as a heroine for your bravery in rescu- ing the little cripple from drowning when he had fallen into the abandoned and filled-up clay pit and was sinking for the last time? You remember the gratitude of the mother, the Widow Brown, as she pressed little Benny to her heart and called down blessings from heaven upon you for the safety of him who was all she had in the world to love? Now that the matter is brought to your attention don't you think I am entitled to a little credit? You know there wasn’t a stick or rope in sight, and didn't you suddenly remember that 1 was at hand, and, leaning far over the edge of the pit, hook me into the jacket of the drowning boy and draw him safely up the bank? Oh, you had forgotten that, had you? Perhaps, too, you don’t remember how you treated me after- wards when every one was sounding your praises, when the Vox Populi came out with thrilling headlines about the ‘Thrilling Rescue from a Watery Grave!’ “A Woman’s Wonderful Presence of Mind !” and when the meeting was held in the East Church vestry to pass resolutions, giving you the credit for the entire matter? “I didn’t complain at being deposited beside a lot of other umbrellas (some of them very shabby ones) in the entryway SOMERVTLLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 15 ot the vestry, although there are more cheerful places in the world, but to have you go away when the meeting was over and leave me there to be taken home by Deacon Muntzer (by mistake, of course) I consider downright neglect. No one will ever know what I suffered before I returned to you. The deacon had, or claimed to have, rheumatism, and whatever the weather might be— rain or shine—I was his constant com- panion, and at times he leaned on me so heavily that it seemed as if I should snap. The conversation I was obliged to listen to was certainly not elevating to the mind even of an umbrella. The deacon didn’t seem to have any busi- ness of his own, and so took great inter- est in that of other people. To tell the exact truth, the deacon was a gossip, and if there is one thing I abominate more than another it is a man gossip. His jokes, too, (and I have heard him tell the same one half a dozen times a day) were simply painful. “You may be sure that in spite of your neglect I was thankful when that experience was over and I was returned with the usual excuse of having been taken by mistake. I have heard that excuse so often that sometimes I think the words of the Psalmist, ‘All men are liars,’ must have had some connection with lost umbrellas. “I hope you will pardon me for refer- ring to the football match we attended together, and my suffering not from your neglect, but from your ill temper. It was not my fault that you decorated yourself and me with the colors of the losing side, or that you made yourself ridiculous when you saw a squirming mass of heads, arms, feet, sweaters, Jer- seys, mouth protectors, ear coverings and shin guards, by cheering and screaming in' the usual feminine way, only to find that you had shouted for the wrong side. When the game was finally over and your favorites had lost, was there any need of tearing off our colors and banging my head against every stone on the way home? It cost you your weekly allowance to repair me after that experience, and I haven’t been the same umbrella since, either. “But I won't bring up any more un- pleasant things. Knough has been said to convince anyone that my complaints are not wholly unfounded. If my future resting place is to be the public dump, and broken crockery and old tomato cans my companions, I shall go with resignation. I expect no tears upon my departure and am not looking for the in- scription ‘Requiescat in Pace,’ but per- haps in the years to come you may some time find yourself without a protector from the elements and realize that there are worse things in the world than a cheap umbrella.” Answers to Our Correspondents. KDITKI BY W. C. N. Note—Our readers are requested to send in their queries at least two weeks previous to the date of issue. Owing to our large correspondence, answers cannot be sent by mail. Innocence—To take wrinkles out of ribbon dip it into naptha and hang over the fire to dry. It will not need ironing. B. Careful—The best way to mend broken chinaware is not to break it. Bachelor—A good way to prevent dandruff is to be bald-headed. Young Mother—Do not name your son for the Secretary of War; call him “Edward Atkinson--------” Lena—No, Lena, stout persons do not look well in figured challies, you had better purchase mousseline de soie. A Jersey Girl—You ask what can be done with a spoiled lobster salad. Trim it with moire velours and use it as a door mat. Young Housekeeper—You are right, flatirons are the only articles that can be placed on the range without danger from boiling over or burning dry. S. Xorah Wakem—To keep the mouth closed during sleep put a clothes-pin on your nose and a porous plaster over your mouth. N. B.—Do not lorget to breathe through the holes in the plaster. Mrs. E. Z.—The sample you send would be much more effective if made up into a sun-bonnet, trimmed with a band of fur and bunches of violets, than if used for a tea gown as you suggest. A Farmer—We know of no florist who sells “electric-light plants.” i6 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. “Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”—Diploma. “The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation.”—Phi Alpha .Society. “Trifles light as air.”—C-shm-n and P- -re-. “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”—Classes of '99. “Then we talked—oh, how we talked ! ”—Debating Club. “How long, () Lord, how long! ”—Sm-th, E., '99. “Was there ever such a man with such a How of eloquence?”— . S-l-n, E., '99. I start as from some dreadful dream And often ask myself if yet awake.”—Gr- -me—d, E., '99. “I think it rather consists of eating and drinking. —The Tangs. “As good as a play.”—Phi Sigma 'Theatricals. “I come no more to make you laugh.”—IV-ts-n, E., '99. “A sea of upturned faces.”—Freshmen. “Blest hour!—it was a luxury.”—Study Period. “Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.”—K-lm-r, L.. '99. “Since I saw you last there is a change upon you.”—Sn-wm-n, L., '00. “Seldom he smiles.”—£- -chf- -Id, L., 'gg. “The choice and master spirits ofathe age.”—II. (• L., '99. “There’s a gude time coming.”—Soiree. “As merry as the day is long.”— II-- th-y. L., '99. “The very pink of perfection.”-ll-s, E., '99. “One vast, substantial smile.”—Mr. JI-dl-y. “1 dote on his very absence.”—C-ddy, E., 'gg. “Intolerable; not to be endured.”—Conciliation of America. “We have heard the chimes?at midnight.”—Preparing for Tech. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. “Friends. Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears. —F. . . lir-n-. E.. '99. “Of no practical value, but great in theatrical performances.’ — Class 1000, K. “He was the mildest mannered man That ever scuttled ship, or cut a throat.”—R-y-s, L.,'99. “Those two hated with a hate Found only on the stage. —Misses I)■ -rb-rn and Fr- -ml, L . '09• “Go where glory waits thee ! ’— F-st-r, E., '90. “A lion among ladies. —I-u-t-t. L., ‘99. They will give the devil his due.”—Sigma Delta. “Are they not passing fair? ’—Sigma Pi Omega. “And he was so modest, too.”—D-dg-, E.. '99. “So extraordinarily earnest and pretty.”— Pr-tt. E.. '99. “What's the newest grief ? Each minute teems a new one. —In Chem. Lab. “I am not without suspicion that I have an undeveloped faculty of music within me.”—M-ld. -n, L., ‘99. Tho lost to sight, to memory dear.”— IF- ?- ?, L., '99. “A thing devised by the enemy.”—Hist, of English Literature. “Up to the times, clever fellows.”—S. II. it L.'s Football Champions. “Beautiful as sweet! And young as beautiful! and soft as young! And gay as soft! and innocent as gay ! ” —C-88-dy, E., '99. “With an eye on precious treasure.”—Mr. G-tch-U. “Stretched metre of an antique song.”—“Sumer, Somer, Somervilla.' etc. “A happy accident.”—“A” in Deportment. “Speech was given to man to conceal his thoughts.”—J i Elocution. “If you can look into the seeds of time. And say which grain will grow and which will not Speak then.”—Class Prophets, '99. “Is this the great poet whose work so contents us? ”—L. G-ll-lt-, E.. '99. “O ?vlirth and Innocence!”—Sk-w, E , '99. “It will discourse most eloquent music. —Reach's Violin. “He is a tremendous fellow.”—II-rmr, L., '99. “I don't see it.”—Bicycle Boom in E. II. S. “And what we say to all. we say to you, ‘Go in and win. —S. II. it L.. '99. “To our taults a .little blind To our virtues very kind. —Our Instructors. “Your heart's desires be with you. — .S II. a- L.. '99. 18 SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. ILattn School Societies. W aipba. 99- Stephanie J. Zoeller Edith W. Poole Luella P. Winship Emma G. Medros Helen Dearborn Edna M. Friend oo. M. Belle Preston Lillian J. Stearns Lucy Kingman Gussie Countway Bertha E. Keyes Mary S. Harmer Sbifftna JjJt ©meja. Bertha E. Keyes Mary S. Harmer Maud Kathan Blanch H. Hooper Bertha Bray Aunita Kales Helen A. Hodgkins Bessie Densmore tgma Dclta. Arthur W. Cushman Albion M. Booth by IV!ark R. Jouett, Jr. I. Frank Story Frank E. Fitts, Jr. Arthur F. Gooding Robert W. Bennett. President. S. Henry Williams, Jr.. Sec. and Trcas. J. Frank Flynn Robert Nichols Alexander Graham Chester H. Brown C. Ashton R. Sanborn Charles A. Stack pole John Carl Haartz William L. Mercer, Jr. Mr. Frank M. Hawes, Honorary Member. S). S'. Athletic Association. Frank E. Fitts, Jr., President Francis J. Brine, Vice President I.. Arthur Wallon, Secretary Merle S. Getchell, Treasurer Object. “Artici.k II.—The object of this Association shall be to encourage manly sports and to promote a close relationship between the athletic teams and the schools.” Active Meml «n«hi|) 209. Three Harvard '05 Grads Looking Forward to 50th Reunion All Next Week Here’s another Somerville High school graduation story. This one, however, instead of following the traditional theme by attempting to look at the life the seniors are stepping Into, looks back into the Hvjes of three seniors. .......................£ IL Robert Nichols, Cyrus SaVt-ijf— )rn and John J. A. Nolan were res) born and John J. A. Nolan WerCTfresearch and writings on Greece, seniors 50 years ago and chose N Italy and Egypt as their first step into the future, Not bad for three -0ld enrollment at Harvard Univer- Grads7” fiity. As a result, debates on the 1 •' merits of Mantisse, the perma- nence of current revival of vocal groups, and the possible superior- ity of Greco-Roman culture over both will mingle with memories of college hi-jinks and the spar- kle of champagne at Harvard’s Dunster House all next week. The three, the only remaining members of their SHS class who entered the Cambridge univer- sity upon graduation, are ex- pected to register next Monday for the week-long activities planned for the 50th anniversary reunion of the Crimson’s class of 1905. Nolan, the only one still liv- ing in Somerville, resides at 13 Linden ave. Sanborn now lives in Cambridge and Nichols in Winchester. Over the past 50 years all have managed to com- bine a continued and active in- terest in the fine arts with their practical living. “Bob” Nichols was tenor solo- ist at the Church of the Advent in Boston for over 30 years; a member of the old Boston Quin- tet of 1907 and later a member of the popular Knickerbocker Quartet for over ten years. On taking his second step after graduating from Harvard, he joined the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. and had been with them 40 years when he re- tired in 1948. John Nolan, an active member of the Somerville Historical So- ciety where he had long contin- ued “studying”, has successfully mingled art with his varied ca- reer. Long in the employ of the federal government, he has worked for the Topographical Department, with Geodetic (ti- dal) survey groups, and as en- gineer draftsman in the Boston Naval Shipyard before and dur- ing World War 2. But Nolan alscTfound Timefor less practical drawing and a group of his sketches and draw- ings will be found among those on exhibit at Dunster House dur- ing the reunion. Sanborn, who retired in 1952, J found his life’s work on the staff j of the Museum of Fine Arts, Bos- j ton. His career has embraced ex- tensive periods of archeological I V-M - ■ ¥ Sfe® f; Ka rj «Hfc ■ C$T£Pfflb m,. ?t? „'jtvi« C� i.. ! A'. V - ; V '.J '; ' ■ , t o ■ .' I wl • 3 i OF BV .� F p®� 51 GSi' noN • A' St. at Sen. rtillp Ave. JgftA IKE iDW j n f I ft frtt| t 1M! WlrceX ta MMl ; ?£ AO TCP ■Kdtvay SUM nr. VHNG w«a mo 4-mio ' m n . ' SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 23 Calendar. May 18. Phi Alpha Initiation. 19. Second League Game: Hopkinson vs. S. H. L. 20. First Annual Meet of So Track Team, Combination 22. Third League Game: Brookline . S. H. L. 29. Memorial Day Exercises. 30. Fourth League Game: Boston Eng- lish vs. S. II. L. June 3. Fifth League Game (postponed from May 12;: Boston Latin vs. S. H. L. 9. Mr. Whitcomb’s Reception to S. E. H. S., ’99. 16. S. E. H. s. Ivy Exercises. 17. Exhibition Game with Boston Latin School. 24. Baseball Game Between Faculty and Senior Class. 26. Soiree, ’99. 27. Graduation. E. H. S. Gleanings. The motto of the graduating class is ■“Conquer by Perseverance.” Ivy exercises were held by the Sen- ior Class of the English High School on June 16. All conditions were favorable, and the occasion was very successful. A signal triumph for our chemistry department has been achieved by Mr. Ralph O. Brooks, ’98. who has success- fully passed the examinations for the degree of IT S. at the Rhode Island State College. Mr. Brooks has been invited to remain at the College as in- structor, at the same time studying for the degree of A. M. “An event which will live in the mem- ory of’99” was the verdict on all sides at our head master’s reception to the Sen- iors at Hotel Colson on June 9 After a cordial reception, a few selections were sung by all from our old school com- panion “The Kuterpean,” with Mr. Hadley presiding at the piano. Mr. Avery favored the gathering with excel- lent renderings of two bass solos and Francis Brine with a pleasing mandolin solo. As Mr. Whitcomb was in the act of introducing Historian Philbrick, the president of the class stepped forward, and in a few well chosen words pre- sented the class gift, the “Outward Bound” edition of Kipling’s works. Mr. Whitcomb's reply was short, to the point and full of genuine feeling. The class history—a model of conciseness and wit—was read by the author, Arthur L. Philbrick. After a pleasing monologue recitation by Miss Eda L. Nichols, re- freshments were served. This interest- ing number was followed by perhaps the event of the evening, the class prophe- cies. Miss Morton’s sharp arrows of prophecy were received with mirth, pleasure and blushes. Dr. Pfeiffer gave a violin solo from Faust with ex- cellent effect, and Miss Lottie Williams sang with her customary grace. The round of pleasures ended with a short dance, music for which was furnished by some of the students. Latin High Gleanings. Our victor; n the 17th, in tne second game with Boston Latin School, was to the tune of 15 to 7. The address to the Senior class will be given by Dr. George Lorimer of the Tremont Temple Baptist Church. Mr. Hawes has been chosen to read the poem at the reunion of the Tufts Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa on June 20. In the recent strength tests held by the College Gymnastic Association, Carl G. Herbert, Latin, ’96, scored as the strongest college man in the country. The first formal initiation of the Phi Alpha Society of the S. L. S. was held May 18 in East Somerville, at the home of one of the Senior members. Six girls of the S. L. S., 1900. were the victims. The result of the initiation was fortunatelv disastrous to no one and one and all pronounced it a great success. It certainly will not soon be forgotten. Students who arc graduating, or those who intend to take up shorthand, we would especially call your attention to the “Rewards of Merit” offered by the Pernin Shorthand School, Boston. They offer three trips: One to Paris, one to Niagara Falls, and another to Washing- ton, with all expenses paid. If inter- ested, we would advise you to write to them for particulars. Address Pernin Shorthand School, 241 'Fremont street, Boston. 24 SOM ICR VILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Xatin School Botes. 1899. Class motto: “Consilium in providendo, diligentia in agendo. Keep off the grass ! Roothby does not agree with Ovid when he says, “Nos duo turba sumus.” Rob I larrington lately made a calcula- tion of the exact number of seconds of school remaining. The daily deduction is enormous. Mul doon—Druggist. Cough drops, headache powders, pills, etc., a specialty. We were all amused by White’s trained dragon flies several days ago. The hand-over-hand and somersault tricks were very clever. Mr. II. II. Leavitt of the Rroadway Cong’l Church on Sycamore street has been chosen to preach the baccalaureate sermon, J une 25. Armstrong is studying French so hard now that he gets mixed in his Eng- glish. “The trinuple fantatacism” (the triple fanaticism). Two physical phenomena have re- cently been discovered in French class : “The moon rose in the west.”—Ki! mer. “The break of day was just breaking.” —Fitts. 1900. There is just a week more of school by Vinal’s unique calendar, so Farewell ye house upon the hill! Farewell ye campus green ! Farewell ye much-used books—until Vacation’s o'er-farewell! If we could only take it as philosophi- cally as Mr. Raxter! Rut next year we also shall be too dignified to mind the inclemencies of the weather. We—as Sturtevant says .—shall be Seniors. Kenniston has sworn not to have his hair cut until he has passed all the exams. Rrine is trying to make it customary for the Seniors to wear silk hats or some other such badge of their exalted rank. O what is so hot as a day in June. Consumed by solar conflagration. When Earth feels like a tire balloon In pyrotechnic celebration ? Murphy (reading Virgil at sight)— “The goats, throwing stones from the highest crags------” Miss Kaan claims that the exertion of fanning one’s self fanatically more than balances the effect of the breeze thereby created. Evidently the girls don’t think so. 1901. Mercer and Sanborn are now known as the “Inseparables.” What a metallic sound Ryan gives to DeRracy’s name. Although Miss Sears said that Caisar had no faculties whatever, some of us think that he knew how to write diffi- cult Latin. Signed applications for membership to Phi Sigma Club will be received by the secretary, S. Henry Wilkins, Jr., on or before Thursday, June 22. Miss S.—“Is her husband living ? ” Miss C.—“No.” Miss S.—“Is he dead ?” The Latin, 1901, defeated Latin, 1902, in three games by the scores of 14-13, 23-14 and 23-15. 1902. Even in the reign of Appius Claudius “summer villas” existed. At the picnic given by the Grammar Schools of Somerville last Saturday at Franklin Park the S. II. S. Freshmen came out victorious in their game with the strong Rell School nine, the score being 20 to 11. The Freshmen had been defeated in their previous game with them on May 24, and a hard game was expected by the Freshmen class team. Captain Yorke pitched a good game and was strongly supported by all his men. The other notable features of the game were the batting of Rell and Yorke, the latter knocking a home run with two men on bases. SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 27 WALTER C. NICKERSON, Sporting Editor. S. H. S. A. A. Annual Track Games. MAY 20, COMICIXATIOX I’AKK. Our annual games were marked by good performances in nearly every «vent. Star men were entered from Harvard, Boston College and many other schools and clubs in the vicinity. The threatening weather seriously af- fected the attendance, but did not in- terfere with the games themselves. Two Somerville High School men, Story and Peters, won points in their events. Story captured first place in the 100 yards, running from the 8 yard mark and winning over Quinlan of Har- vard and Neil Scanlan of Boston College. The 220 was a fast race but Story, with 12 yards, took the third prize. “Bob” Peters, who had the limit (8 1-2 feet) over Kllis of Harvard in the shot- put took first place, with Pray of K. H. S. (8 feet) a close second. The 440 and 880 also brought out some fast men. Trott of Medford added another to his list of victories by winning the mile. Dick Grant led Ronald McDonald a pretty race in their two mile match run and won by a sprint on the home stretch in 10 min. 8 2-5 sec. The potato race, broad jump and high jump were all closely contested and proved to be in- teresting events. Those members of the S. II. S. track team who ran showed considerable improvement in form. Somerville, 10; Hopkinson, 7. MAY I'.� , SOUTH KND. Though for some years the greatest ambition of Pitcher Stillman of Hoppy has been to defeat Somerville in base- ball he was foiled again this year. Although Stillman pitched a good game his support was rather ragged at times. Somerville’s work showed marked im- provement all along the line. Cuddy went in at short, Brine going to right and Saunders and R. Pipe alternating at first and in the box. Both C. Pipe and Clarke caught in fine style. Somerville batted first. Neither side scored in the first inning. P'or Somer- ville, in the second, Saunders got first, stole second and went to third on Wiley’s hit. Wiley purloined second. Brine hit to right, Saunders scoring, and Wiley going to third. Brine was thrown out at second ; Story and R. Pipe went out. P'or Hoppy Stillman singled, Turner went out on a fly ; J. Wright took his base, Stillman going to second and scoring on Sheldon’s hit to right. Next two out. In the third Hoppy took four runs on three hits and two passes to first. In our half we could get but two tallies. Somerville went out in order in the fourth, while Hoppy scored once on a poor throw and Turner’s three-bagger. I loppy 6; S. H. S. 3. Somerville took 28 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. a run in the fifth and Hoppy one in the sixth. For the rest of the game Hoppy drew blanks. No runs for Somerville in the seventh. In the eighth we spurted and took three runs, tying the score. In the ninth, we clinched the game by getting another bunch of three runs, thus winning by a Tod Sloan finish. The summary : 80MBRYILLK HIGH. Macltae, 2 A.it. .... 4 B.H. O P.O. 1 A. 2 K. 0 Cuddy, s 4 2 2 1 1 C. Pipe, «• Saundets, 1 p.. 5 0 8 0 0 ... 5 0 r� 0 0 Wiley, 1 3 4 0 1 Brine, r .... 4 1 0 t) 0 Story, 3 .... 4 0 1 2 1 It. Pipe, p. 1 4 0 2 0 Jones, c.f 4 1 4 0 0 Totals 7 27 5 4 HOPKINSOX. A.B. B.H. P.O. A. K- It. C. Wright, s... 3 1 5 3 McGuire, 2 ... 0 0 3 1 0 Clarke,c 0 11 3 3 Stillman, p ... 4 2 0 0 2 Turner. 1 ... 4 1 8 O I I. C. Wright, c.f.. .. 4 1 2 0 1 Sheldon, r 1 1 0 1 Kidder, 3 1 1 0 0 Alden,1 ... 4 1 0 0 0 Totals .. 41 10 27 9 11 Innings .. 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 Somerville High.. .. 0 1 2 O 1 0 0 3 3 -10 Hopkinson .. O 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 7 Two-base hit—B. C. Wright. Tliree-ba.se bit— Turner. Stolen bases— B. C. Wright, I. C. Wright. Sheldon, Kidder, Macltae, Cuddy, Saunders, Wiley, Brine 2, Jones 3. First base on balls—B. C. Wright, Stillman, Turner, I. C. Wright, Alden, Maeliae, Cuddy. Struck out—By Stillman 12, by Saunders 8, by R. Pipe 1. Passed balls—Clarke 2, C. Pipe. Hit by pitched ball—Kidder, Brine. Time—2b. 20m. Umpire—Weeden. Attendance—300. Somerville, 8 ; Brookline, 0. MAY 22, SOUTH KNO. It took just 98 minutes to apply a coat of whitewash to Brookline. Brookline had chances to score in only two innings and could make but four hits off R. Pipe. C. Pipe captured several difficult foul flies. Brookline opened the game, but went out in short order. MacRae got a pass, Cuddy bunted safely and “Mac ” went to third. C. Pipe lifted the first ball pitched to him over the left field fence for a homer. The next three went out in order. After Brookline had drawn another blank, Somerville took two more tallies. With one out R. Pipe took his base and went to third on Jones’ single. MacRae singled, scoring R. Pipe and Jones. A double play re- tired the side. Somerville 5. Neither side scored in the third. Brookline came near scoring in the fourth. With one out, a poor throw and two gifts filled the bases, but nothing came of it. In the sixth with a man on first Brookline hit a hot grounder through the infield, but Jones captured the sphere and lined the ball to the plate, nailing his man. Brookline made no further addition to the program of the afternoon. In our half of the sixth Saunders singled and stole second. Story and Brine went out on fly balls. Wiley singled, scoring Saunders. R. Pipe died at first. Somerville 6. In the seventh Jones reached first, but was injured, Saunders running for him. “Sindy” purloined second. Cuddy hit to short and Saunders was run down be- tween second and third. C. Pipe hit to the same place and Cuddy narrowly escaped Saunder’s fate. Saunders then scored Pipe and Cuddy with a hit. Story expired at first. From this point on it was one, two, three for both sides. The summary: A.l). Mcltae, 2.............3 Cuddy, s..............4 C. Pint , c...........4 Saunders, 1...........4 Story, 3 .............4 Brine, r..............4 Wiley, 1..............4 It. Pipe.p............3 Jones, 0. f...........3 Totals..............33 SOM KKVILLK. B.H. 1 1 1 3 0 0 12 1 1 •� 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 K 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 BKOOKLIXK. A. B. B. 1. Wilcox, p...........4 2 Lancey, 1...........3 0 Quigley, c..........4 0 Skelton. 3..........4 0 James, s............4 0 Adams, 1............3 1 Nesbit, c. f........2 0 Marshall, 2.........4 0 Hennes’y, 3.........4 1 Totals.............32 12 3 3 0 24 A 1 1 0 6 6 0 0 19 .1 3 3 4 K. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 7 8 9 Innings....... Somerville High.....3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 —8 Runs made—Macltae, Cuddy 2, C. Pipe 2, Saunders, It. Pipe, Jones. Home run—C. Pipe. Stolen bases—Macltae,Cuddy, Saunders, Wiley, It. Pipe, Jones, James 2. First base on balls—Lancey, Adams, Nesbitt 2, Wilcox, Macltae, It. Pipe. Struck out—Quigley, Lancey, Wilcox. Double plays—Ski 1 ton. Lancey and Quigley: James, Mar- shall and Lancey. Time—1 h.28m. Umpires— Weeden and Pendleton. Attendance—200. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 29 Somerville, 14; E. H. S., 7. MAY 30, TUFTS OVAL. Somerville’s superior hitting and field- ing carried the day for the red and blue. E. II. S. filled the bases in the first, but couldn’t score. In our half, with the bases full, Brine was given a pass, forc- ing in a run. English High was blanked in the second; Somerville took four runs on a combination of errors, stolen bases, a sacrifice hit and a muffled third strike. In the third with a man on sec- ond, an error gave E. II. S. their first tally. Somerville drew blanks in the third and fourth ; while English High crossed the rubber once in the latter inning. Somerville, 5; E. II. S., 2. After E. II. S. had gone out in order in the fifth, Wiley singled, stole second and went to third. Jones reached first in safety ; and R. Pipe scored two runs with a hit past second, though he him- self was put out. MacRae died at first. Cuddy got a life, stole second and scored on a wild throw to catch C. Pipe. Neither side scored in the sixth. E. II. S. gave us a scare by rolling up five runs in the seventh. With the bases full a hit past second brought in three runs. The next man up got a hit but was caught between first and and sec- ond, though a man scored meanwhile. With two out another hit brought in their fifth tally. In our half of the seventh we went our friends one better as to runs. R. Pipe died at first; MacRae hit safely, stole second, and went to third on a poor throw. Cuddy walked and stole second ; MacRae scored on a wild throw. C. Pipe scored Cuddy, and reached home himself on hits by Saun- ders and Story. Brine scored the two lat- ter with a hit to center. Somerville, 14; E. II. S., 7. Neither side had even a chance to score during the rest of the game. Summary: SOMRRVILLK HIGH. R. B.H. P.O. A. K. McRae, 2.............2 14 4 0 Cu«l ly, s...........2 1 0 3 0 C. Pipe, c...........3 3 3 2 0 Saunders, 1..........2 2 10 0 0 Story, 3.............1 3 4 2 2 Brine, r.............1 1 0 1 0 Wiley, 1.............1 1 5 0 0 Jones, c. f..........2 3 1 0 l R. Pipe, p...........0 2 0 3 0 Totals...........14 17 'll 15 3 ENGLISH HIGH. R. B.H. P.O. A. K. Howard, 2,1...........2 2 10 1 0 MacCorey, 1...........1 2 0 0 0 B'r’gt'n, c, 2 ......1 1 2 1 0 Stevenson, s..........0 0 0 0 0 Murphy, s.............0 0 0 4 2 Dolan, 1, p........ .1 1 1 0 1 Alexander, 3.........0 14 11 Snow, p, c............0 0 1 2 2 Packard, c. f..... .1 2 0 0 1 O’Reilly, r...........1 1 0 0 0 Totals............7 10 24 12 7 Innings.............1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 1� Somerville High.......1 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0—14 English High.........0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0—7 Two-base hits—Story, Howard, Dolan. Stolen bases—McRae, Cuddy 3, C. Pipe, Brine. Wiley, Jones 2, Barrington 3, Dolan. First base on balls’ Howard, Barrington, Dolan 2, Snow, Brine, Cinldy. Hit by pitched hall—Barrington, O'Reilly, Cuddy. Passed ball—Barrington. Wild pitch—Snow. Struck out—Murphy. Barrington, C. Pipe. Double plays—McRae and Saunders, Cuddy, McRae and Saunders. Umpire—Weeden. Time—2h. Atten- dance—800 Boston Latin, 18; S. H. S., II. JUNE 3, TUFTS OVAL. Boston Latin won the game in the fourth and sixth innings. Although we hit as hard as B. L. S. our hits came at less opportune times, and our errors were made at critical points. R. Pipu, Saunders and Cuddy all took a hand in the twirling. In the fourth inning, with the bases full and the score 2- i for B. L. S, Jones muffled a fly and our opponents scored three runs. Three successive singles then netted as many more runs� . In our half Story made the circuit on errors, and Jones, after hitting safely, was scored by R. Pipe. B. L. S . 8; Somerville, 3. C. Pipe opened our half of the fifth by walking. He stole second and scored on Saunaer's hit and Story’s out. In the sixth with the bases full and two out, two hits in succession netted B. L. S. four runs. Theside could then have been retired, but an infield fly was dropped and still another run came in. Two more hits resulted in as many runs, while a passed ball let in the eighth tally for this disastrous inning. The thirteenth hatter broke the spell by fly- ing out. Each side scored twice in the seventh. B. L. S., 18; Somerville, 8. Somerville made a game attempt to win out but the odds were too heavy. B. L. S. was flanked in the eighth and ninth. In our half of the eighth Cuddy reached first, purloined second, 30 SOM ERVI LI, K HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. went to third, and scored on C. Pipe’s out. In the ninth Brine was hit, stole second and scored on the shortstop’s error off Wiley. Wiley stole second and scored on Jones’ out. MacRae played a star game at second and Brine cracked out a pretty three-bagger. Pierce for the visitors captured six flies without an error. Summary : BOSTON LATIN. K. 1� . l’.O. A. K. McGrath, c 3 4 3 3 McDermott, .. 1 3 2 1 3 Donovan, 1 2 7 1 0 Kelly, m • t) 3 0 ft Began, p ... 0 0 0 0 0 Leahy, p 0 1 0 1 3 1 Muldoon, s ... :? 3 1 4 1 Piper, r 3 1 ft 0 Pierce, 1 • 0 6 ft 0 Totals .. 18 16 27 12 ft SOMKKVILLK HIGH. K. IB. I'.O. A. K. MacBae, 2 ... 1 4 4 4 0 Cuddy, s, p 2 1 ft 0 C. Pipe, c ... 1 2 4 0 ft Saunders, 1, p, s — .. 0 1 6 3 1 Nelson, 3 0 0 ft 0 Story, : 0 2 0 2 1 Brine, r • 1 1 0 0 Wiley, 1 0 1 9 1 Jones, m ... 1 2 ft 1 B. Pipe, p, 1 .. 0 1 8 5 1 Totals .. 11 15 27 16 5 Innings 3 4 5 6 7 8 ft Boston Latin ... 0 •) 0 6 O 8 2 0 0- -18 Somerville High... ... 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 2- -11 Two-base hits—Minton, Muhloon. Three-base hits—Brine. Sacrifice hits -Began. Minton. Stolen bases—McGrath, McDermott, Kelly, McPhee, Cuddy, C. Pipe (2), Saunders, Brine, Wiley (2). First base on halls—Donovan, Kelly (2), Minton, Cuddy (2), C. Pipe. Struck out—Piper. Double play—Muhloon, McDermott and Donovan. Passed ball—C. Pipe. Hit by pitched ball—Pierce, Muldoon, Brine. Time—2h., :X in. Umpire—Wee- den. Attendance—200. Grieves and Ham, subs. Chester Harts, L., oo, is captain and Pote, a former S. 11. S. and Harvard catcher is the coach. June 3, Boston K. II. S. second was de- feated 12—2 ; and June 7 the team lost to Melrose 9—18. Worcester Academy, Andover and Worcester High captured practically all the points at the outdoor meet held in Worcester the 10th. S. II. S. was rep- resented by Purcell, Eaton and Gar- celon. Attention. The English and Latin Seniors play the Faculty a game of ball at Tufts Oval, Friday, June 23, for the benefit of the Athletic Association. All out to see the most exciting event of the year! ! League Standing. C. H. and L., WON 5 LOST 0 S. H. S., 3 2 I loppy, 3 2 Boston Latin, 3 2 Brookline, 1 4 English High, 0 5 p. c. 1000 600 600 600 200 000 Scores for the Season. April 15, Exeter, 13—14 April lft, Harvard “College, 10— ft April 22, Harvard ’02, 6— 5 April 26, Newburvport, J6— 3 April 26, Boston University, 10— 5 April 25), Groton, ’ 15— 3 May 3, Dean Academy, 6—10 May 6, Natick, 1—8 May 13, Newbury port, 18— 4 May 10, “C. H. and L., 4— ft May 1ft, “Hopkinson, 10— 7 May 22, “Brookline, 8— 0 fylay 25, Tufts Second, 6—7 May 27, Salem High, 25— 3 May 30, “English High, 14—7 June 3, “Boston Latin, ll—18 “League Games. MacRae, Wiley, Story and C. Pipe have been picked for the All-Interschol- astic team. W. D. Eaton of the track team won the 100-yard dash at the games con- nected with Malden's 250th anniver- sary, May 22. Room 29 won the baseball champion- ship of the Senior class in the English School over Room 21 by the close (?) score of 32—S. The second team is made up as fol- lows : Lewis c., Logan p., Bryan ih, Harts 2b, Fisher s. s., Stone 3b, Farnum 1. f., Russell Pipe c. f., Hyde r. f. ; Exchanges. Our correspondence with other schools by the representative papers has come to a close for this year. To many mem- bers of the different staffs it has closed forever. The staff of the Radiator can truly say that for this we are sorry. We have enjoyed exceedingly hearing from and becoming acquainted with our com- panions in all parts of the country. It will always seem as though we were ac- quainted in the different schools with whom we have held intercourse. May the coming staffs always encounter as pleasant friendships. SOM ICR VI LUC HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 3i Latin High School. HEAD MASTER. Gkorgr L. Baxter, A. M. 27 Warren Ave. MASTER. Frank M. Hawks, A. M. 257 School Si. SUB-MASTER. Charles F. Murray, A. M. 28 Franklin Si. FIRST ASSISTANT. Sarah W. Fox, !10 Irving St., Cambridge. ASSISTANTS. Francks W. Kaan, 12 Pleasant Ave. Endoka Morky, 01 Hememvay St., Boston. Mrs. Lena Gilbert, 51 Elmwood St. Florence H. Paul, A. B. 120 Summer St. It. Adelaide Witham, A. B. 04 Vinal Ave. Joseph Young, Janitor, 121 Highland Ave. SENIOR CLASS. Ashton, Elsie G.......... Blood, Grace N........... Bowteli, Blanche G....... Butters, Maude E......... Callahan. Anna E......... Clough. Grace E.......... Dearborn, Helen.......... Driscoll, Mary K......... Friend, Edna'M........... Hall, Mabel E............ Harmon, Ruth M Kilmer, Mary A........... Kimpton, Minnie G........ Kingsley, Mary V...... Lauds, Lena L............ Lowell, Charlotte It..... McCloskey, K. I.alley A... Medros, Emma G........... Moore, Ethel A........... Moore, HarrietC.......... Moore, Mabel I........... Phillips, Amy F.......... Poole, Edith W........... shattuek. Elva I......... Tarhox. Ethel M.......... Teele, Alice I........... Winship, Luella P........ Zoellcr, Stephanie .1.... Armstrong, Samuel K...... Booth by, Albion M Byam, Arthur W........... ........17 Bonner Ave. ............7 George St. ............7 Parker st. ..............Porter St. ............22 Pearl St. ........14 Sargent Ave. ....Hotel Wood bridge. ...........241 Pearl st. ............5 Irving Si. ...........:• Yea .ie St. ............114 Curtis St. .........420 Broadwav. ............3 I'nion st. ...128 Professor's Row. ........4s Kidder Ave. .........52 Madison St. ............38 Bow st. ..............V� Flint st. .........37 Madison st. ........Holden, Mass. .........12 Curtis Ave. .......loss Broadway. ......4«; Mt. Vernon St. ......2fi Warren Ave. ...........30 Austin st ............33 Curtis st' ..........74 Perkins st .........2fi Gibbons St) .........91 Summer st- ..........14 Maple Ave- ...........22 School St- Edwards, Dean G............. Fitts, Frank E., Jr......... Garcelon, George II......... Gooding, Arthur F........... Harmer, Torr W.............. Harrington, Robert B........ Harrington. George I........ Hubbard, Wallace E.......... Jottett, Mark R.. Jr........ Reach, Charles A............ Keyes. Ralph P.............. Kilmer, Frederick M.,Jr..... Knight, Thomas S............ I.itch Held, Harry W........ Muldoon, Christopher J., Jr... Peirce, G. Leon............. Pldibrlck, Roseoc II........ Sanborn, Harry J............ Store, I. Frank............. Toad, Stanley II............ White, Carleton G........... Wlggln, Charles S........... ---23 Fountain Ave. ....17 Pleasant Ave. .......0 William St. ....24 Pleasant Ave. .......IS Adams st. ........47 Cedar st. ........47 Cedar St. ......50 Stone Ave. ......37 heater St. ....22 Sargent Ave. .....In Thurston St. .....420 Broadway. ......Tufts College .....181 Broadway. ....ss Concord Ave. .......19 Laurel st. .....’ 0 Morrison St. .... 9 Hamlet st. .....238 Summer -� t. .....s Ahlersev St. .........30 Bow st. . ...13 Highland A e. SPECIAL PUPILS Ayres, Harold W.....................32 Summit Ave. Curtis. George B.......................S3 Irving st. Mead, Eugene A.........................22 Grove S'. POST GRADUATES. Gage, B. Raymond.................38 Dartmouth st. GiiU'Cnhlser. Muses A............. 104 North st. Tead, Donald G....................s Aldersey st. JUNIOR CLASS. Bowers, Bertha L............ Bow ker. Ella W............. Bray, Bertha A.............. Carr, Addle P............... Clark, Georgian� M.......... Coiintw� }, Gussie s......... Densmore, Elizabeth......... Drouet, Ada................. Eaton, Florence A........... Elston, Mabel E............. Fa lea, a unit� n........... Glldden, Anna E............. Harmer, Mary s.............. Hodgkins. Helen A Hooper, Blanche il.......... Kathan. Maude Keeler, Alice M............. Kennard, Agne� F............ Key es, Bin tha E .......... Kingman. Lucy s............. Maddox, Susie L............. Marshall, Jessie P.......... McAllister, FI -fence I..... Mulliken. Gertrude A........ Osborne, Marv F............. Page, Annie L............... Plalsted, Helen F........... Preston, M. Belle........... Small, Grace A.............. Staples, Bertha............. Stearns, Lillian J.......... Thomas, Francos B........... Tuke.v, Eva V............... Walker, Florence II......... ....... 17 Prescott st. ....2 Hillside Ave. .US Professor’s Row. .......33 Laurel St. .....Everett Ave. ....28 Robinson St. .......44 Porter st. ......’.3 Columbus Ave. ...........till Vinal Avc. ...........21 Greene st. ........1U Monmouth st. ...........so Broadway. ............is Adams st. ..........188 Central st. ....124 Professor’s Row. ...........27 Cherry st. ..........128 CentrsI st. .........14 Arlington S'. .........49 Thurston st. ......401 Highland Ave. ............7 Knapp St. ...........46 Chester st. .............Wallace St. ............0 Bolton st. ............07 Boston St. ...........FA Albion St. ...........40 Vinal Ave. ...........51 Jaqties St. .....24SA Highland Ave. ......10 Tenney Court. ......399 Highland Ave. .............7 Jasper st. ............25 Boston St. ..........26 Wallace st. Bacon, Lester M.......................125 Orchard st. Bennett, Francis A..................248 Medford st. Bray, Compton D..................98 Professor’s Row. Brine, Elmer L. A.....................40 Houghton St. Cushman, Arthur W................21 Prospect Hill Ave. Doyle, A. Temple......................20 Fosket Ave. Dovle, Louis C........................29 Berkeley St. Fafnum, Clarence S...........................58 Otis st. Harts, Chester 1..........................12 Maple St. Hills, Aubrey A........................... 20 Tufts St. Kaula, F. Edward......................38 Ith-lidalc Ave. Keniston, Ralph II....................16 Berkelev St. ‘Kimball, Ernest It...................33 Warren Ave. McDonald, William T...................43 Greenville st. McLean, John A........................84 Franklin St. Meyer, llaroid A......................110 Perkins st. Moore, Fred A................................10 Grant s-. Murphv, Cornelius A.......................69 Jnquos si. Phillips, Franklin F., .Jr............211 Holland � . Purcell, Herbert W..............654 Somerville Ave. 32 SOMKRVILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Rlnn, Frank I ....... Smitn, Walter .1 Smith, William M...... .Snowman, Linwood K Sturtevant, Wilder I, Vlnal, Eugene R....... . i7 Wesley l'ark. .31'. Broadway. — 142 Lowell St. ....3.’ sewall st. iS Columbus Ave. .355 Med font St. SOPHOMORE CLASS. Albee, Bessie M......... Barrows, M. Carey....... Bennett, Hazel.......... Boltnev, Theresa K...... Browe, Florence 1....... By am, Mercy I’......... Callahan, Lucy F........ Carpenter, J. Grace..... Carter. Kthelyn K....... Carter, Ollve’l......... Carty, K. A. F.......... Chipman, Martha T....... Crlpps, K. Katharine.... Farrell, Gertrude S..... Ford, Margaret E. G..... Gibbs, Ethel M.......... Gilchrist, Grace M...... Hall, Carrie A.......... Ilanscom, Olive B....... Henderson, Albetta I.... Kendall, Marcella F..... Kinsman, Nathalie E..... Lewis, Eva.............. Lyon, Alice F........... McCoy, Florence L.. .... McGa'nn, Helen L........ McLcllan, E. Marion..... Mellow, Isabell M....... Munroe, Carrie J........ Noyes, Elsie A.......... Pearson, Alice M........ Pearson, M. .Jeannette.... Perry, Mary A........... Piper, Mary S........... Pitman, Bertha A........ Pomeroy, Sarah Gertrude Raymond, Marion DeB... Sears, Alice W.......... Sears, Lucy 1).......... Stowers, Sadie G........ Thompson, Inn G......... True, Helen E........... Velio, Lillian C........ Vinton, Gertrude F...... Whitaker, Surah B....... Williams, Rosamond C____ Wilson, Stella A........ Woodman. Sarah M ....... Woo Iward, Beatrice..... ...........32 Madison St. .............63 Gilman st. —...........41 Putnam St. .......... 7 Hancock St. ............It3 Central St. .............7 Melvin St. ..............32 Pearl St. ..............3 Centre St. ..........st Pleasant Ave. ............22 Porter st. ...........SSt Gilman St. .............166 North St. ...........24 Alderney St. ........s Grandview Ave. ...........13 Shirman St. ......453 Somerville Ave. ............70 Cralgle St. .............3St Quincy st. .......... 20 Madison St. ---47 Chestnut St., Boston. ........... 55 Oxford st. ............. 2Ja iucsSt. ............20 William St. ...........3512 Broadwav. ..............02 Main St. ............45 Putnam St. .........35 Wtnsor Road. ......77 Jennie Lind Ave. ............ 70 Myrtle St. ..........13SanWrn Ave. ............70 Wallaee St. ...........03 PrCseott St. ...........05i Marshall st. ....... 71 Sveamore St. .........77 Columbus Ave. ..............4S Flint St. ............«o Crocker St. .........25 Dartmouth St. .........25 Dartmouth St. ..........338 Medford st. ........202 School St. ...........140 Holland St. ..... ....330 Summer St. ...............157 Elm St. .......03 Evergreen Ave. .........23 Riciniale Ave. .............00 Albion St. ............01 Putman St. ..........$ Oakland Ave. Arnold, Edward O........... Bennett, Robert W.......... Borcling. J. Randall....... Brown, Chester II.......... Colpitt, Edwin R........... Cuirlcr. Walter E......... Doyle, Ernest R............ Eaton, William D........... Fisher, William E.......... Flynn, J. Frank............ Funckc, Frank A............ Graham, Alexander.......... Grimshaw, Albert II........ Haartz, Joint ;........... Hainan, William J.......... Hepburn, Johnston......... Kendall, Harry G.......... Kimpton. Arthur R......... Leavitt, Horace II.. Jr... Lounsburv, Frederick B..... Mercer, William L., Jr..... Milner, John G............. Nelson, Earl M............. Nichols, Robert............ Robertson, Walter E....... Ryan, William A............ Sanborn, C. Ashton R....... Shearer, G. Grant.......... •Skuse, George W.......... .........50 School St. ..........41 Putnam St. ........lost Summer St. .........15 Day St. ......... 15 Quincy. St. .........38 Putnam St. ........20 Berkeley St. .........45A Tufts St. ........20 Hancock St. .......1 Tremont Place. .........2110 Beacon St. ........20 Bonner Ave. ... —315 Washington St. .........21 Wallace St. ......363 Beacon St. .....220 Somerville Ave. ..........44 Cedar St. ...........3 Union St. .........30 Adams St. .....SS6 Highland Ave. .........342 Broadway. ......32 Highland Ave. ..........33 Cherry st. ..........20 Lorlng St. —223A Somerville Ave. ...........6 Spring St. .....105 Highland Ave. .........33 Belmont St. —555A Somerville Ave. Smith. Ralph M.......... Spline, Robert E........ Staekpole, Charles A — Temple, Ralph I......... Wilkins, Samuel IL, Jr.. ....OO Gorham St, .255 Highland Ave. ....i. Preston St. ---lo No. Wyatt st. .....lit Dover st FRESHMAN CLASS. Baldwin, Florence M... Baldwin,Lillian H...... Barker. Helen A........ Batchelder, Mary E..... Bickford, Ruth M....... Blair, Christina F..... Brackett. Rita F....... Brown, Bertha E........ Browne, Mary I......... Burt, Florence A....... Connor, Julia T........ Copithornc, Sarah G — i amroll, Emma M....... Daniels. Marion........ Dearborn, Nellie G..... Eldrldge, Natalie M.... Frazier. Julia A....... Garland, Mary B........ Gilman, Grace B........ Grant. Gertrude M...... Grimes, Marv E......... Grove, Kstella W....... Hoyt, Edith I.......... Hull, Cora L........... Jones. Ethelvn L....... Jouetl, Blanche I...... LcGro, Grace 1......... Lincoln, Mildred F..... Lord, Gertrude K....... .Marshall, Lulu A...... Merrill, Esther W...... Moses, Sarah E......... Mulllkcn, Edith F...... Nason, Margaret M ... Nyc. Laila C........... Paine, Blanche I....... Paon, Frances.......... Perkins, Octavia M .. Phelan, Virginia C..... Rtlph, Marlon E Rand, Alice C.......... Richards, Jessie....... Richards, Ruth......... Saun iers, Louise M.... Shearer, Jessie K...... Smith, Lillian N....... Starkey, Helen M....... Sturtevant, Ethel P.... Sullivart, Elizabeth E... Trueman, Winifred M.. Ward, Katharine........ Wilkins, Alice G....... Ycliand, Harriet I..... _____113 Highland Ave. ....113 Highland Ave. .......433 Broadwav. ........40 Prescott St. .....83 Partridge Ave, .....17 Willow Ave. .........16 Greene st. ... 14 Grandview Ave. .....13 Winslow Ave. .....21 Appleton St. .........25 Church St. ......... 31 School st. .........ln7 Belmont St. .....1 3 Concord Ave. .........s Hlll'ide Park .........47 Beach St. .....23 Winslow Ave. .......15 7 Beacon St. .........44 Chester St. ......... 37 Lowell St. ........53 Madison St. .........t-3 Avon St. .....75 Mt. V vnon St. ........22 Bolton St. .........51 Cherry st. .........37 Chester St. .........lo7 Belmont St. ........14 Heath St. .....55 Sprlnvtlcld St. .........II William st. .....27 B Summer St. .........7 Cambria st. .........6 Bolton st. .....2U Spiinglicld St. .....12 sartwell Ave. ..... 21 Concord Ave. .........16 West St . . ..73 Partridge Ave. .........1 Glover Circle .....233 Highland Ave 226 Highland Ave. .........55A Lowch St. ...........44 Dav St. .........16 Summer St. .........33 Belmont St. .No.3, The Richmond ...........Ml Elm St. .....73 Columbus Ave. .....67 Con cor 1 Ave. .........145 Summer St. .....It Kastman Place .......Ill Dover St. ............5 High St. Butters, Harold A...... Cain, Laurence......... Connolly, Peter F...... Currier, Frank E....... Davis, Dalton II....... Flelsehner, Chester « . Flclschner, Herbert E — French, Edward S....... Good, R. Henry......... Hepburn, James J., Jr... MacQuarrie, Gardner S... McGann, Pierce P....... Merrill, Carle J....... Mead, Reuben W......... Moses, Guy P........... Nichols, John R........ O’Leary, A. Leonard.... Pettlngetl, Roger V.... Proctor, Clarence D.... Saunders. Alfred J..... Shepard, Charles F Storv, Joseph M........ Tarliox, Fred E........ Wentworth, Everett G... Wldtlng, James G....... Whitman, Arthur D...... Yorke, Elbert I........ ........19 Church St. .......112 Broadway ........16 Bonalr St. ........38 Putnam st. ............75 Pearl St. .........32 Wallace st. ........32 Wallace St. ........GO Adams St. .....30 Bra stow Ave. ...226 Somerville Ave. ........31 Bolton St. ........45 Putnam st. ..... 27B Summer st. .........22 Grove St. .........7 Cambria st. .....6 Westwood Road ........47 Vlnal Ave. ............311 Bow St. .........54 Spring St. ........16 Summer St. ........62 Vlnal Ave. .........238 Summer St. ........30 Autsiu St. ............22 Flint St. .....61 Mt. Vernon St. .....242 Highland Ave. .........40 School St. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 33 English High School. HEAD MASTER: Charlks T. C. Whitcomk, A. M. 12 Highland Ave. master: Winfrkd C. Akkrs, A. B. 24 Crocker Si. sub-masters: Mrrlk S. Gktchkll, A. M. 147 Sycamore St. Evkrktt W. Tuttlk, Hotel Colson. John A. Avkry, A. 15. 08 Columbus Ave. Gkorgk J. Pfkikfkr, Ph. D. 80 Bartlett Ave., Arlington. junior sub-masters: Harry L. Jonks, 157 Highland Ave. Howard W. Poor, A. B. 34 Bow St. HEAD ASSISTANT: A. Marion Mkrkill, 82 Highland Ave. assistants: Mary P. Andkrson, B. S. 4 Grand View Ave. Esthkr Baii.ky, A. B. 1172 Mass. Ave., Arlington. 82 Highland Ave. A. Laura Batt, B. S. M. Jkssamink Dixon, Mary P. Hitchcock, Lucy Ingram, Eda L. Nichols, O. B. Maria B. Smith, 122 Orchard St. 39 Cedar St. 4 Grand View Ave. 54 Vinal Ave. 14 Spring Hill Terrace. M. Helkn Tf.ki.k, A. B. 23 Central St., Arlington. Susie L. Sanborn, Ph. B. 5 Hancock St., Boston. Laura A. Davis, The Caldwell, Arlington Clara A. Johnson, A. B. 177 Central St. Mary F. Carrick, 27 Belvidere St., Boston. Etta A. Skavkr, A. B. 80 Vinal Ave. STUDENT TEACHERS : Frkdf.kic (i. Gktchkll, A. B. 22 Dartmouth St. Harry E. Rich, 8 Auburn Ave, Bkssik L. Forrks, 92 Orchard St. Lilian Nkwman, 1 Hill St., Newburyport. Norma Pikrck, 124 St. Botolph St., Boston. Bertha A. Raymond, O. B. 13 Wesley Park. Alice A. Todd, B. L. 82 Munroe St. Helkn F. Trkdick, A. B. Alpine St., Malden. H. B. Skllon, Janitor, 9 Stickney Ave. SENIOR CLASS. Anderson, Emily 15....................is Farragul Ave. Baker. Edith K................................ Da$ St. Ball, Gertrude F......................taw Broadway. Beckwith, Anna 1......................1:5 Brastow Ave. Benner, Ruphena M......................2i High st. Brown, .Jennie E......................:{ Thorndike st. Brown, Nellie E.......................in William St. Cuvnnagh, Alice M.....................7 Olive Square. chase, Marlon II .....................25 Florence St. Clarke, Marguerlta I.............ItiO Highland Ave. I lellea, Ellen A........................ .ati His st. Dennett, Marlon G........................It; Mystic st. Dolllver, Mildred A...................176 Summer St. Dudley, Lillian M......... ...........17 Clurcmon st. Duredl, Ada M ........................4 Snow Terrace Fairbanks, Ethel (........ ...........It! Greenville st. Farrell, Florence 'I.....................22 Linden st. Fleming. Annie M......................is Delaware st. Flynn, Ella G....................74 Partridge Foote, Marguerite..................... 1:5s Sycamore St. Gillette, Lillian L...................... .357 Klin St. Gilman, Alice '1......................... 224 Kim St. Glazier, Ethel II................41 Francesca Ave. Godfrey, Grace I.........................s Putnam St. Gordon, Lottie E.........................in Locke St. Handy, Florence B.....................It; Lincoln st. Hartwell, A. Gertrude....................:«t Elm st Haskell, Mvrtle B........................6 Pearl St. Ha eltlue, Clyda 15...................1215 Orchard St. Healey, Mary M........................27 Belmont St. Hitching , Marion G...................72 Broadway. Hopkins, Annie It..........................nr lint st. Hunter, Ellen 1.......................34 Newbury St. lluntley, Charlotte h....................I Pearl St. •James, Alice M......................... 17'.� Albion st. •James, Anna M........................17'.l A Inion st. Landers, Jennie M......................48 school si. Umlguist, Jennie M.......................4!i Bush st. Martin, Lula N....... 50 . Walnut SI. Mason, Alice T........................«5! Meacham st. Mason, Jennie 11.........................23 Brook St. McQuarrie, ELlc V........................:5I Bolton st. Morton, Mary E...........................53 Hall Ave. Norris, A. Martina.......................24 Knapp St. Perry, Jennie K..........................145 Cross St. Pitman, Louise A......................21 Pinckney St. Ralph, II. Florence...................32 Bartlett st K die, Myra L.........................253 Medford St. Silsbee, .Jessie M.......................I:'. Avon St. Sprague, Margaret B...............501 Washington st. Sullivan, Elisabeth F....................7 Elston st. Swansey, Katherine J 10’ Prospect st. Tufts, Elsie.............................37 Heath st. Tuttle, Grace L.......................26lj Vinal Ave. Twy cross, Ethel......................... 36 Elm st. Waldron, Elisabeth W.....................21 Heath St. Waters, Lena A........................37 Meacham st. Wentworth, M. Ida...............22 Prospect Hill Ave. Whipple, Bertha A ......................87 Thurston st. Williams, Lottie E lo Oakland Ave. Wltham, Annie M..........................15 Austin st. Brine, Francis J..................134 Highland Ave. Cassidy, Martin II....................72 Meacham St. Chapiii, Allen G......................41 Walnut St. Cuddy, Charles F......................is Bow St. Place. Dodge, Alvali W.......................219 Summer St. Ellis, Arthur E..........................1« Dav St. Fairbanks, Curtis s...................40 Greenville St. Foster, Ernest D......................22 Broadwav. Gcrrlsh, George S........................7 Greene St. Greenwood, Leo 1......................14 Bow st. Place. Harris, Joseph B......................13S Walnut St. Howland, Arthur V..................13 shawmul Place. Lacy, James W............................«3 Cherry st. Lovering. Merrill S......................s� ; Myrtle st. Macrae, William 1 ...............286 Highland Ave. Mead. Henry E............................40 Elm st. Nichols, Ernest L........................ss Glen st. Nickerson, Walter C 30 Franklin st. Nolan, John J. A......................15 Linden Ave. O’Connor, William J......................30 Avon st. Philhrick. Arthur 1...................50 Morrison St. Pipe, Carleton C......................75 Wallace SI. Pipe. Charles It......................75 Wallace SI. Pratt, George J.......................41 Frost Ave. Riddell, Guy C...........251 Central St., Auhurndale. Robinson, Ralph.......................11 Greene st. Shaw, Charles A.......................22 Billlngham st. Smith, Hubbard V.........................45 Cedar st. Spaulding. Russell H..................57 Chandler S Stevens, Alton L 7 Francesca Ave. 34 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. Taylor, William K....................'21 Auburn Avc. Thomas, Harold K................223 Highland Ave. Tomfohrde. Theodore 11...............329 Broadway. Watson, Edward 1.................22 Chuuncey Ave. Whitcomb, Ralph I................53 Raymond Ave. Young, Ernest W .....................4S Berkeley St. POST-GRADUATES. Carr, Helen 1� .......................74 Cralgle st. Clark, Florence s. B.................lft Beach St. FitzGerald, Helen A..................5S Myrtle St. French, Alice I’.....................3« Tennyson st. Hathaway, Eva E......................21 Arthur St. Hardison , Matie 1...................192 Central st. Hawes. Leigh.........................«7 Gilman st. Mitchell, Florence K.................24 Thorpe 1M. Pitman, Ethel B..........................48 Elm st. StentHord, .Jennie L.................2ft8 Medford st. Studlev, Bertha W.................53 Francesca Ave. Wisdom, Bessie L.....................S4 Avon st. Saunders, Ernest.....................16 Summer st. JUNIOR CLASS. Adams, Lillian C..... Angel I, Perlc I..... Bailey, Vesta L Barnes, Minnie E. It.... Bearsc, Hattie N..... Beckwith, Frances L... Blake. Etta F........ Bovnton, Benia F .... Brown. Alvanora R ... Brown, Mary A........ Carr, Louise......... Carter, Elbe W....... Chaffee, Beulah C.... Chase. Jennie B. 11.. Clay. Ethel M ....... Cutter. Grace E...... Davis, Alice M....... Davis, Julia Q....... Dav. Abide L. ....... De’uvlr, Emma........ Dickinson. H. Mabel... Doherty, Elizabeth X... Dunlon, Lulu M....... Ewing, Jennie L...... Fales, Helen I....... Fuller. MalHSl L..... Gale, Evelyn T....... Goldthwait, Berenice F Grant. Nellie E ..... Guild, Ethel M....... Hamilton, Gertrude S . Hanna, Marguerite C... Ilardy, Florence G... Harris, Ada E........ llatchard, Aurelia B... Havden, Edith 11..... Hobbs, Caioline J.... Hopkins, Lillian M... Howe. Frances L...... Iluestls, Annie S.... Joyce, Anna F;....... Kelley, Evic F....... Kendall, Rebecca A — Kenny, Ellen B....... King, Florence G..... King, Grace I........ Kitchen, M. Olive.... Lamb, Annie L........ Lamb, Elizabeth...... Lambert, Ethel H..... Locke, Helen M....... Lord, Katherine G. F.. Macdonald, Ethel I--- Manning, C. Alice.... Marceau, Laura M..... Mavhew, E. Marjorie.. MkUllemas, Ida M..... Newcomb, Grace F----- Newell, Grace........ Newsom, Linda M...... Nichols. Mildred A... Nickerson, Harriet II... O’Brien, Amy F....... Olnev, Ruth L........ Patch. Florence E.... ....14 Sargent Avc. ....6 Stlcknev Avc. ........306R Elm St. ....12 Beacon Place. ........43 Cutter St. ......•’ Webster St. ...809 Washington St. ........49 School St. ......99 Summer St. .....129 Central St. .........59 Bow St. .......Oft Central St. ........109 Pearl St. ......20 Preston St. ..12 Kensington Ave. .....31 Cutter Ave. .....48 Webster St. — 13 Mt. Vernon St. ......13 Hamlet St. ....59 Concord Ave. ....22 Conwcll Ave. .........56 Trull St. .........4 Oliver St. .....45 Auburn Ave. — 31 Winslow Ave. ....2S6A Summer St. ....10 Brastow Ave. ......S3 Wallace St. .....35 Florence St. .. .325 Washington St. .....14 Edmunds St. .........151 Elm st. .....49 Montrose St. —33 Mt. Vernon st. .......25 Quincy St. .........79 Cross St. .....29 3 Broadway. ......5ft Craigle St. ......62 Temple St. .......SO Beacon St. .......28 Quincy St. ....47B Franklin St. .....338 Broadway. ......51 M unroe St. ........107 Cross St. .9 Prospect Hill Ave. .......09 Walnut St. — 31 St. James Avc. ---31 St. James Ave. .......22 Hamlet St. 11 Prospect Hill Ave. ....63 Columbus Ave. ........41 Sewall St. .........32 Lake St. .......8 Madison St. .....2 Thurston St. ....412 Highland Avc. ......87 Marshall St. ........60 Oliver St. ....71 Sycamore St. ........26 Lorlng St. ......334 Ilroadwav. .....7ft Prospect St. —11 Campliell Park. ........35 Irving St. Peavev, Laura E....................21 Westminster St. Perry. Mabel L....................34ft Highland Ave Phipps, Laura E......................7'. Vinal Ave. Piccott, Blanche L..............50 Jcnnv Lind Ave. Pratt, Maud H..........................Lowell St. Prescott, Mildred T..................197 Summer St. Pnshee, Beryl........................... 43 Chester St. Reed, Georglc E ......................32 Chandler St. Remington, Lena M..................... 1 Harvard St. Richardson, Electa M.......................u Morgan St. Rowell, Bertha E..................... m Oxford st. Ryan, Florence......................................142 Broadwav. Sanborn, Florence G.................n Oakland Ave. Sanborn, N. Leslie.......................; High St. Shaw, Lena M...........................n Jasper St. 1 aylor, Cora A....................49 Dartmouth St. Thomas, Grace II.......................3s Banks St. Tuft-, Ruth............................37 Heath St. aldron, Helen M....................21 Heath St. Wheeler. Ethel C.........................55 Cross St. White. Mabel E ....................14 Montgomerv st. Winshlp, Edna E.......................74 Perkins St. Bos worth, Wm., Jr.....................90 Porter St. Chandler, Willard I� ...................45 Jaques st. Clarke, Geo. G......................31 Berkelev st. Covenev. Edward I...................73 Marshall St. Doyle, Edgar W .....................-29 Berkelev St. Farrell. Philip J...................109 Llnwood St. Giles, Howard s.....................24 Webster St. Grant, Leslie R................... ft Pleasant Ave. Grieves, Wm. W................. 57 Dartmouth St. Hale. Herbert M........................73 Park St. Hamblin, Frank S ...................3ft Walnut St. Hanson, Fred S., Jr.................15 Benedict st. Hatch, Geo. W.......................jo Wheatland St. Hill, A. Philip.....................155 Sycamore St. Hosmer, Ralph H.....................51 Mt. Vernon St. Howard. Seth C. C......................89 Cedar St. Kimball. Ernest R...................33 Warren Ave. Lamb, Thomas........................33 Putnam Ave. Lewis, Clifford B...................48 Kidder Ave. Logan, Win. J..........................27 Alpine St. Lombard, Lewis....................62 Evergreen Ave. Maynard, Ervllle H..................73 Central St. Merrill, Chas. F................47 Falrmount Avc. Pcrrv, Ralph F......................33 Gilman St. Peters. Robert I................In Wigglcsworth St. Pierce, Ward 1.........................117 Pearl St. Rogers. Austin W................23 Gilman Terrace. Smith, Leslie E. A..................23 Benedict st. Stone, Harrv A....................7 Wellington Ave. Tinkham, Hurry 1....................45 Temple St. Walker, Edgar F........................27 Cutter St. Wallon, L. Arthur...................133 Sycamore St. Ware, Samuel L .....................51 Dartmouth St. Weaver, Geo. M......................139 Central st. Zink, Herman A.........................6 Hanson St. SOPHOMORE CLASS. Adams, Carrie E......... Allen, Leslie G......... Anderson, Jessie E...... Arbogast, Edith L....... Bacon, Gertrude T....... Barber, Florence M...... Bisbee, Ella M.......... Bragg, Fannie E......... Burgess, Mary L......... Busfel, Rena V......... Cameron. Attacara....... Colgate, Mabel S........ Cosgrove, Marv E. I..... Crisp, Bertlia M........ Dawson, Jeannette A. ... Dcllea, Catherine F..... Dlx, Lulu M............. Doris, Isabel S......... Draper, Lottie M........ Duren, Alice E.......... Easton. Mabel........... Farrell, Annie S........ Fraser, Graec V......... Freeman, Mattie N....... Frost, Marion A......... Gardner, Gertrude J..... Gardner, Mabel I........ Goodrich, Grace G....... Healey, Esther E.... Henderson, Alberta I. Hicks, Laura M...... Higgins, Ruby R..... .......29 Pre-ton St. .....48 Menchain St. ... 42 Francesca Ave. .... 47 Berkeley St. ....19 Pembroke St. .....36 Marshall St. .....28 Sycamore St. ........7 All-ton St. .....359 Broadwav. .......225 Pearl St. .. .30 Campbell Park. .........92 Glen St. ..........5 Ash Ave. ....16 New ( loss St. .......7ft Albion St. ..........26 Otis St. ........ 38 Ames St. .....44 Berkeley St. .....23 Chester St. ....43 Moiilrosc st. .....24 Kingston St. .......27 Austin St. .......16 Porter St. ......176 Walnut St. ......41 Beacon st. .......8 Hudson St .......8 Hudson St. .....1ft Glbbens St. ......27 Belmont St. ........ 4 Quinev St. ..... 38 Bartlett St. .......21 Waldo St. SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 5 Hillson, Ida 20 Stlekney Ave. Hopkins, Bertha C 145 Cross St. Hughes, Marv E. Hyde, Ethel A 46 Glen St. IDA Hancock . t. 224R Medford St. Keefe, Mary C Keeler, Florence G Kelley. Ethel M 52 Cedar St. 12SCentral St. 10 Mossland St. 174 Walnut St. Lahrcc |ue, Corinne E.... Lacy, Josephine A '15 Elston St. 63 Cherry St. Loth, Ulrica C 7 Vinal Ave. Maddlson, Clara o McCoy, Isabel F 189School St. 110Central St. Morison, Grace E Mosher, Florence L Morse, Maud M O’Connell, Lizzie R 62 Albion St. —67 Partridge Ave. 39 Chester st. 35 Limvood St. Porter, Edna E 184 Pearl St. Powers, Josephine M . 61 Cherry St. Red fern, Lillie M William st. lteed, D. Mav Rich, Bertha 1 Rodgers, Marv C Royal, Bertha M . 15A Wlgglcsworth St. Boyce’, Blanche C Scott, Edna F Shaw, Blanche E Shea, Gertrude L Shedd, Emilv o 153 Lowell St. 80 Highland Ave. 18 Everett Ave. 20A Cypress St. 16 Chester Place. Staev, Florence E 18 Edmund's st. Stevens, Leila' M Stevenson, Elizabeth J... Ill A Walnut St. 78 Oak St. Tracy, Lulu P Trociiu, Alice F.. 9 Josephine Ave. 33 Madison St. Wakellcld, Alice M Welch, Helena F Wellington, Florence A. WestgatC, Bessie M White, Persis K Whitman, Bertha M 3oGlen St. ..34 Charnwood Road. 19 Everett St. 20 Appleton St. Allen, George H Ames. Harvey L Armington, Clarence B.. Bell, Edward J Blanchard, Perlcy G.. Bovnton, Harvey 1 52 Pearl St. 226 Elm St. 255 Highland Ave. 10 Ames St. Buzzcll, James H Carson, Jason M Caseau, Victor A Cole, Sydney J Cummings, John J Foster, Carlton R Glazier, Louis L Gohring, Lee H Goldthwalt, Ralph P Hall, A. Arden Ham, Herbert J. Hardy, George W Hatch, Harry C 9 Hall St. 57 Joy St. 360 Summer St. 10 BUHngham st. 49 Montrose St. 53 Meacham St. Hutchinson, Lester II... Hutt, George A Jaynes, John M Jones, Carleton P Jones, Harric P Kidder, James VV...... Lewis, James E........ Lewis, Myron 1'....... Llseomb, George E... Lord, Israel 1 ....... Lynch, Cliaries E..... Merchant, Arthur C... Mavnard, Erville II... McCarthy, Fred C...... Moore, Fredcrle K — Nason, Fred R ........ Noble, Albert F....... Norton, George R . .. Olsen, Rangvald....... I’arker, Earle I ..... Fateh, G. Willard..... Plgon, Albert L_______ Pipe, Russel.......... Raymond, John M... Reynolds, Ralph F_____ Roberts, Samuel 15. Russell, Charles R____ Sanborn, Walter 15____ Seott, I’erley Me.D___ Shaw, Fred E.......... Simmons, Oliver W. . Stack, Milford........ Stocker, August E — Stephens, William Tavlor, Irving........ Tvler. I’arker R...... W aid, George G ...... Whitaker, Cheater L White, Marry E.. Wllev, Richard S .......41 Franklin St. .........11 Rush St. .......72 Marshall St. .........182 Pearl St. .....OS Columbus Ave. .........9 Cedar Ave. ......... 2 Adrian St. 19 Spring Hill Terrace. ..........142 Holland St. .............V� Flint St. ............-V) Flint St. ....... 141 Central St. .....'21 Mountain Ave. .......1102 Broadway. . ....«-9 Chandler St. .......86 Wallace St. .......75 Wallace St. .......87 Ja iucs St. ...28 Pleasant Ave. .....250 Highland Ave. .......1828 Broadway. ..........17 Benedict St. .......41 Marshall St. .....18 Everett Ave. .........7 Franklin St. .....829A Summer st. .......05 Newbury St. .....II Francesca Ave. ..........41 Beach St. ...... 21 Atherton St. .......4n Montrose st. .....149 Sycamore St. .......17 Nashua St. ............01 Oak St. FRESHMAN CLASS. Adams, Com............ Alfonce, Martha I..... Andersen, V. C. M..... Austin, Edith 1’...... Backus, Florence E.... Baird, Anna M......... Baker, Hattie M....... Baldwin. Elizabeth T... Ball. Nellie.......... Bartlett. Florence B.. Bemls, Florence L .... Bcngston. Elln « ..... Benson, Hilda E....... Black, Florence L..... Boynton, Charlotte E— Boynton, J. Slav...... Braxton, Cora L....... Bryant, Grace I ...... Burke. Emily R ....... Cambridge, Ethel G.... Carter, Eola B........ Christie, Janet C..... Clapham, Ada V........ Coleman, Alice M...... Commins, Alice M...... Covencv, Annie M...... Craig, Jeanette F..... Craig, Mabel G........ Crocker, Elizabeth C--- Crooks, Elizabeth G... Crowell. Edna G....... Cutler, Beula I)...... Daggett, Isabelle S------ Daniels, W. Blanche... Darling, Florence B... Delay, Ellen J........ Derfus, Martha S...... Dodge, Mabel I)....... Donahue, Nellie L..... Doris, Isabelle S..... Dupont, Violet 7...... Durell, Mabelle M..... Dwyer, Mary T......... Everett, Hannah M..... Fetch, Mary P......... Fenderson, Ida M...... Fitch, Cora S......... Fitzimmons, Margaret L Flaherty, Julia M..... Franke, Dorothy M..... Frve, Helen E..’...... Gallant, Lillian M.... GHberth, A. Blanche---- Gillie, Louisa S...... Grant, I vail......... .........86 Clark St. • ••324 Washington St. ...273 Highland Ave. .....51 .Morrison st. — 24Campbell Park. 322 Beacon St. .. .. 46 Mystic Ave. ... — 23 Warwick St. .....122 Holland St. ....... 131 Elm st. .......21 Virginia St. .......30 Gibbens St. .......67 Park St. ... 16 Wesley Park. .. .313 Washington St. .......10 Ames St. ............88 Glen St. .......24 Gibbens St. .......157 Albion St. ........61 Avon St. .......13 Prescott St. ....... 59 Boston St. .......H Bigelow St. ...........6 otis St. .......24 Hanson St. ..... 73 Marshall St. — 97 Washington St. .........75 Oak St. ...53 Winslow Ave. .......16 Prescott St. .....85 Benton Ave. ........13 Moore St. ...52 Hubbard Ave. .......10 Bigelow st. ..... 158 Central St. .........32 Line St. .. .335 Washington St. .....2 . Elmwood St. ........322 Lowell St. .....44 Berkeley St. ..... 9 Whipple St. .......309 Broadway. .....68 Newbury St. ........10 Albion St. .......10Giles Park. .........48 Trull St. ........12 Lincoln St. .......24 Belmont st. ........12 Charles St. .......69 Prospect St. ........16 Franklin St. .....15 Concord Ave. .....58 Concord Ave. ... 14A Norwood Ave. ...20 Pleasant Ave. SOMERYILLK HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR. 36 Greene, Edith M......... Griiliths, Gertrude..... Haggcrtv, Mary S........ Hall.' Blanelie X....... ilallett, Gertrude M.... Hauscom, Aline 1........ Harrison, Ruby L........ Healey, Mary S'......... 11 only, Nellie 1 ...... Holman, Blanch I........ Horton, Irene A......... Hughes, Laura........... Him. Mabel K............ Jackson, Mary J......... Joscelyn, Charlotte..... Kane,'Ida M............. Kretehniar, Emily L..... Lamont, Grace K ........ Joinders, Lizzie B...... Lawrence, Eliza V....... Lawrence. Marguerite — Ltnncll, Clara K........ Loth, Natalie L......... Luscomb, Eleanor G...... Maconiber, Clarissa..... Maddox, Elizabeth....... Mason, Bessie F......... McCarthy, Gertrude F---- McConnell, Henrietta.... McFadden, Isabelle G.... Merrill, Mildred A...... Messer, Louise E........ Miller, Edith B......... Mooney, Mary K.......... Morley, Edna F.......... Morris, Ethel B......... Moulton, J. Clare....... Murray, Nellie............. Nicholson, Florence M — Olln, Grace K........... Olnev, Persia C......... Osborne, Harriet A...... Plgott, Nellie A........ Pitts, Mabel............ Porter, Grace A......... Pote. M a be Ile F...... Pratt, Ella O........... Rand, Ida 1............. Reading, Lillian M...... Rice, Beulah L.......... Rice, Lottie L.......... Rideout, Jessie G....... Robbins, Edna G......... Russell, Lotta I........ Salsman, Sadie B........ Sanborn, Eva M.......... Sharkey, Mary A......... Shaw, Sarah A........... Shea, Josephine C....... Sillies, Maud B......... Smith, Laura M.......... Smith, Mary I........... Spicer, Estelle C....... Stanlford, Jessie B..... Stapleton, Minnie T..... Stentlford, MinnieC..... Stewart, Octavia A...... Stodder, Ida M.......... Todd, Ella N............ Tomfohrdc, Adelaide B... Tribble, Adele II....... Trustenitzer, Annie M___ Unham, Zula M........... Weeks, Jessie L......... White, Ruby G. ......... Whitney, Lena II........ Wile, Mabel v........... Wing, Grace M........... Winn, Edith B........... Wltham, Emma............ Wood, Clarlbel L........ Wright, Georgianna S.... ..........til Day St. .........96 Albion St. ...........52 Main St. —10 W igglcsworth St. ......811 Tennyson St. ....... 1 WeOster St. ......55 Wheatland St. .......87 Belmont St. .........11 Dlmick St. .........: 0 Cutter St. .... 28 Everett Ave. ...........4«; Glen St. ....21 Falrmount Ave. ........38 Prescott St. .....7s Raymond Ave. .....88 Chauncev Ave. ........24 Gorham St. ......13 Comvell Ave. .........48 School St. ......6 Cameron Ave. ..........01 Hall Ave. .........33 Bonair St. .........7 Vinal Ave. ........15 Allston St. .......02 Prescott St. .......193 Broadway. ......61 Mcacham St. .........51 Gilman St. ..........21 Howe St. ......27 Berkeley St. .........26 Hamlet St. ...... .27 Franklin St. ..........13 Flint St. ...........21 Otis St. .........36 Ames St. ........17 Morton St. .........20 Albion St. ........100 Gilman St. ....368 Highland Ave. ......50 Concord Ave. ....11 Campbell Park. .........67 Boston St. ...... 500 Broadway. .......100 Bartlett St. ........10 Arthur St. .........23 Howe St. —10 Wellington Ave. .........24 Austin St. ..... 120 Medford St. ..........4 Austin St. ......0 Linden Circle. .........68 Derby St. ........28 Maple Ave. ......58 Sycamore St. .......20 Ashland St. .........1 Hamlet St. ___ 17 Gordonla Road. .........11 Jasper St. .. .793 Somerville Ave. .....53 Dartmouth St. .......4 Wyatt Place. ..........306 Elm St. ....37 Mt. Pleasant St. .........Ill Cedar St. ......33 Berkeley St. ......208 Me. I ford St. ......36 Sargent Ave. ...........4 Cross St. ........20 Bartlett St. .....11 Wheatland St. ......50 Chandler St. ........17 Cedar Ave. .........12 Dover St. ........54 Paulina St. .. 14 Montgomery Ave. .......184 Broadway. .........101 Pearl st. .......230 Broadway. ......4i)Tennvson St. ........143 Afbion St. ,........25 Banks St. .......li Gilman St. Armstrong. Arthur 1. Backus, John A..... Bacon, Wallace..... Ball, Charles C.... Ball, James C...... Bates, Barrie M.... .. .01 Summer St. 24 Campbell Park. ..10 Pembroke St. —122 Holland St. ...122 Holland St. ...11A Putnam St. Bryan, Joseph A............ Butterworth, Chester W..... Clement, George............ Cleverly, Ralph D.......... Colcord, Chester F......... Coman, William E........... Connor, Guy W.............. Cuddy. George L ........... Cummings, Walter S......... i laley, William J., Jr.... Darling, George I!......... Davis, George M............ DeWIck, Harry E............ Eberts, Robert J........... Ells. Harry R.............. Fairbanks, Albert II....... Farnum, Royal B............ Fisher, Edgar G............ Foskett, Clifford.......... Foskett, Clinton 1......... Biddings, Willis T......... Goode, William N .......... Graccy, Frank M............ Grover, George R........... Haley. Elisha R............ Harris. Gorham W........... Hodges, Burgess G.......... Holland, Henry T........... Holmes, Percy J............ Hubbard, Willis A.......... Hughes, Albert E........... Hunt, Guy H................ Hyde, Joseph W............. Johnston, Julian A......... Kennedy, Walter J.......... Krueger, Arthur C.......... Lamont, Harold B........... Lawson, John L............. Loan, John J............... Loring, II. Delano......... Mackintosh, Albert A. R.... Maguire. Frederick G. ..... Mason, George E............ Mossnuin, Berkley W........ Mulloncy, J. Francis....... Murray,'William A.......... Nason, Ralph............... Nolan, II. Stuart.......... O’Connell. Thomas 11....... Odiorne, Howard E.......... iuthouse. Dale J......... Palmer, Edward G........... Peterson, A. Chester....... Phillips, Leslie B......... Potter, James A............ Prichard, Reuben P......... Proctor, G. Waldo.......... Rice, Fisher K............. Richardson, Clifford T..... Robbins, Hollis I.......... Ross, Frank W.............. Russ, Charles A............ Ryder, Mllhurv II.......... Savage, John II............ Scott, Richard H........... Shedd, Ray E............... Small, Ernest B............ Smith, Ferdinand B......... Smith, George Jr........... Southworth, Chester D ..... Stevens, Arthur E.......... Stewart, Arthur M.......... stlcknev, Walter C......... Stone, Clarence G.......... Stone, Everett G........... Studlcy, G. Frank.......... Sturtevant, George H....... Thornton, Fred G........... Trefren, Owen L............ Tufts, Bowen............... Wallstrom, Fritz........... Wilber, Joseph F........... Wild. Paul R............... Wtngerskv, Eliot I......... Wright, Kdwln A............ Yeaton, Frank G............ Yclland, Louis............. Zettorman, Axel F.......... Cummings, Francis S........ 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Suffolk Engraving Co., Boston 234 Congress Street. 275 Washington Street SOMKRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 39 THOS. W. SHAW, M- D„ Prescription Druggist. A FULL LINE OF PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ALSO FA XL Y AND TOILET ARTICLES AL WA YS IN STOCK. A Registered Druggist In Attendance at All Hours. PRESCRIPTION WORK A SPECIALTY. Prices the Lowest Consistent with the Quality of Goods Sold. Corner School and Summer Streets. Reception and Soiree Classes of '99 Somerville Latin and English High Schools, Eberle Hall, June 26, 1899. Reception at 8 o'clock. ‘Dancing at 8.p. Custer s Orches- tra. Tickets may be obtained from the Committee members of either School. B. GOLDBERG, TIDercbant bailor Cleaning:, Dyeing, Pressing and Repairing neatly done at low prices, (.««lies’Garments «specialty. 218 Pearl Street, East Somerville, Mass. INCANDESCENT GAS BURNERS Complete with Shade and Chimney S1.00. Mantles 20 and -• cents. W.E. PLUMER CO.’S, 52 Union Square. JAMES C. 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