Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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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.

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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.

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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