Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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i 86580 ir'J' THE RADIATOR SOMERVILLE LATIN AND HIGH SCHOOLS j£u ft ■ ■ SV p r ATO‘ VOL. XI. Somerville, Massachusetts, October, 1901. No. 1. The Radiator is published by the Somerville Latin and English High Schools on the third Thursday 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 mailed to the editor at the Latin High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign full name (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 necessary postage to insure its return. Terms, 75 Cents per Year Single Copies, JO Cents EXCHANGE EDITOR. ALICE B. BERRY, L. II. S.. 1902. BUSINESS .TANAflER. H. DELANO LORING, K. II. S.. 1902. ASSISTANT BUSINESS HANAOER, CHARLES E. NICHOLS. L II. S., 1903. • TREASURER. F. KEELER RICE, E. H. S., 1902. SOMERVILLE JOURNAL PRINT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, LAURENCE T. CAIN, I,. II. S-. 1902. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. FLORENCE L. BE MIS, E. II. S., 1902. SPORTING EDITOR. EDWARD S. FRENCH, I.. It. 8., 1902. STAFF ARTIST. PERCY H. UNDERHILL, E. H. S., 1902. Cl.ASS EDITORS. LATIN SCHOOL. HERBERT E. FLEISCHNER, 1902. DUDLEY B. MARSHALL, 1903. RICHARD D. BELL, 1904. ENGLISH SCHOOL. RALPH D. CLEVERLY, 1902. JAMES A. McCOY, 1903. GIRARD C. BEAN, 1904. TI'ACHKRS and students, greeting: With this first issue of the Radiator, vc embark on our literary career. We have noticed in the past years the steady improvement of our High School paper, each succeeding year seeing the standard of literary excellence gradually advancing, until now the Radiator is recognized as one of the leading High School publications in the country. It will he our earnest endeavor during the com- ing year to attain and. if possible, to surpass the high standard reached by our predecessors. We know that the financial management of the paper is in good hands, and we shall have no trouble on that score; but what of the literary possibilities? As is well known, the greater part of our writers have been graduated with last year's class, and this year we are under the disadvantage of having to discover new ones. So, ye of literary aspirations, here is your opportunity. You have a chance to make your reputation. Will you accept it? P. p, P. P. JT is fitting, in the columns of this patriotic High School paper, that we say a word regarding our martyred president. William McKinley. Wc will pass over the tragic and painful circumstances that -i m FEC

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m HELEN E. HARDING. GEORGE M. HOSMER. EMMA C. PRICHARD. BERTHA P. CHASE. JONATHAN LEONARD. GRACE C. PRATT. ELLA D. GRAY. MABEL C. BOWMAN.

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4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR led to such an untimely end. The newspapers have already too thoroughly reviewed these details. William McKinley’s name will go down to pos- terity as that of one of our greatest presidents. He deservedly ranks with Washington and Lincoln. How well we recall the great crises in political affairs through which our noble president carried us so triumphantly. But it is not of his great qualities as a statesman we would speak; it is of his qualities as a man. His whole public career was marked by kindness, consideration, and courtesy, and not a tinge of scandal ever rested on his fair name. In fact, he was the ideal of an upright American gentleman. In his last moments he acted with the same calm trust in God's will that had characterized his life throughout. When the realization of death came upon him, with grand Christian fortitude, which did not shrink from the hardest ordeal, he turned toward the grief-stricken group about him, and murmured softly, Good-by, all. good-by. It is God’s way. His will be done.” And thus died William McKinley, the twenty- fourth president of the United States, shot down in the summer of his greatness, in this enlightened century, and in this land, the seat of freedom and the haven of the oppressed. It is terrible to know that one worthless traitor can so shock the whole world, and plunge our beloved country into uni- versal mourning. The assassin will soon pay the penalty of his crime, and then the last scene of this terrible tragedy will have been enacted, but the memory remains and the realization that no public official is safe from the murderous hand of these so-called anarchists. This is the third president we have lost: this is the third time our country has been disgraced by the most atrocious of crimes. Let us pray God it will be the last. K K S we advance in our literary work, and manu- script begins to accumulate, we can appreciate how very inconvenient it has been for our prede- cessors to have been lacking in that requisite for good business-like work,—an office. We know this subject has been agitated and harped upon many times in the past, but as the poet says,— “Though old the thought and oft expressed, Tis his at last who says it best.” Thus do we try our fortune with the rest, and make one final appeal. We do not ask for tele- phone or telegraph connections, nor do we demand a carpeted door or a roll-top desk. All we desire is a small room containing the necessary office re- quirements, where, apart from the bustle and noise of the world, we may quietly peruse the verses of a would-be Shakespearean poet, or study the essays of some second Carlyle. We know that many of our contemporary high school papers have offices; hence we ask. Is not the Radiator worthy of one? r. pLRUAPS the chief essential to a football team’s success is the enthusiasm shown by its sup- porters. Every team will be cheered and cheered again when some great play has been made, and the supporters of that team will become wild with jov. But the other team, the losers, do they get cheered? Perhaps sometimes, but it is the exception. Its rooters sit glum and silent, while the poor lx»ys on the gridiron, cast down by their losses, and with no cheers to rouse their spirits, keep gradually losing ground. ()ccasionally a faint cheer is heard, but it dies out quickly. Now a team is far more in need of sympathy and enthusiasm when the tide of conflict is turning against it. So, in the coming football games, cheer at all times. Do not confine your enthusiasm and encouragement to victory; make it all the more heartv in defeat. It will put new life into the boys, and spur them on to greater effort. K K 'J'HE football season has again opened, and never with such bright prospects for the champion- ship. With our sturdy Graham and our redoubta- ble Jones we have a team that is hard to beat. We hope the patronage of the games will be as large as, if not larger than, in former years, for good finances are one of the chief ends to a team’s suc- cess. Girls, especially, show your loyalty by turn- ing out in force to every game, for if you come —, but there are some things that need no explana- tion. r QUR leading article this month, entitled Awheel in Scotland, is from the pen of George M. Ilosmer. Last summer Mr. I-Iosmer, with a party of friends, made an extended bicycle tour abroad, visiting France, Belgium, Switzerland, England, and Scotland, and cycling in all nearly 1,700 miles. The reminiscences he gives us of the last-named country are most enjoyable. K K K X 'J'HE Radiator especially desires contributions from the Freshmen. There are many subjects on which our young friends can write. For in- stance, we might suggest that some enterprising ] oet write a poem oti Love” (limited to twenty- five verses), or some other, not poetically inclined, try an essay on The Proper Way to Manage a High School.” Either subject we feel sure would prove most interesting and instructive.