Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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•S31 186581 SOMERVILLE mr»' LATIN AND ENGLISH SCHOOLS Vol. XIII. Somerville, Massachusetts, October, 1903. No. 1. The Radiator i» published by the Somerville Latin and English High School» on the third Thursday of every month during the school year, and only imivortant news matter can In? received after the 10th of the month. Matter for insertion may be left with any of the editorial stafT or mailed to the editor at the Latin High School. In contributing, write on one side of the pajwr only and sign full name (this is for reference only). Communicat ions should Is addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange oditor, according to their nature. Manuscript must be accompanied by necessary jmstage to insure its return. Terms, 75 Cents per Year Single Copies, JO Cents SOMERVILLE JOURNAL PRINT EMtorial Staff SOitorsinsCbtcf C. SH HR WOOD associate EMtor KATHRYNE L. NOLAN, E. 04. Ercbaitflc Ebitor HELEN M. MARDEN, L. '04. Sporting fibttor GEORGE 15. COHEN, L. ’04. RICKER, L. '04. JGusiness dbanaflcr LAWRENCE MITCHELL. E. 04 assistant Business dbanaflcr THOMAS P. DURELL, L. 05. treasurer GERARD C. 15EAN, E. ’04. Staff artist EDWIN G. WEAVER, E. '05. Class lEbitors Xatin School WILLIAM L. PHILLIPS, ’04. ARTHUR T. SOULE, ’05. HERBERT S. SANBORN, ’06. RALPH B. DURELL, ’07. Enfllisb School WARREN B. FARNUM, 04 LEONARD W. LIBBEY, ’05. RICHARD KEYES, ’06. LUTHER I. SMITH, ’07. E3 . .19

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Pholo by Purdy. f ntersebolaatlc Btblctic league jBase JSall Championship Cup (To Ik- permanently held by the Somerville High Schools.) Note:—The Interscholastic Athletic League was organized at Kindgc Manual Training School, Cambridge. May 22,1! W, with the following olllcers, each representing a member of the organization. President, James W. Mack. Jit., Boston Knglish High School. 1st Vice-President, F. K. Walter, 2nd Vice-President, Arthur J. Cox, Dorchester High School. Kindge Manual Training School. Secretary, Herbert K. Stone, Treasurer, Thornton Jenkins, Somerville High School. Malden High School.

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6 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR the Radiator turns the mark and heels over on her first tack of another year’s work, those at the tiller feel with a mingled sense of trepiditv and responsibility that no small task is before them. The efficiency and originality of last year’s staff forces this conclusion upon them with great poig- nancy. Our congratulations are heartily given to the re- tiring staff. The June Radiator was an unparall- eled success. Was the standard raised too high for us to uphold? Not if we receive the co-operation of the student body and faculty. They are the pri- mary factors, and we earnestly solicit their aid. Remember that the Radiator is the organ of two large schools, which have turned out men and women prominent in intellectual, literary, and ath- letic affairs, and we may hazard the opinion that there arc still a few in embryo remaining. It is our earnest endeavor to publish a magazine of a high moral, literary, and artistic quality, worthy of the two large institutions it represents. In carrying out this resolution, we should have the earnest, loyal support of every fellow and girl from the class of 1904 to the class of 1907—for it is for them we work. k »» r THE NEW FOUNTAIN. 'I' II ROUGH the kindness of one of Somerville’s aesthetic citizens. Central Hill has at last taken a step back to the primeval state from which it has been so long estranged. There where the virgin forest swayed to the gentle and unsullied summer airs, where later a grim redoubt, with a new-born banner floating above it, repelled the invader, where finally Nature fled shrieking from an arc light on a pole—fled, in spite of the attempt at conciliation when the tulips they had planted in geometrical design stood out against the long green of the lawns.—in this spot there has now been reared a mass of Roxburv pudding stone, heaped in artistic, though rustic profusion, from the crevices of which countless jets of water burst forth into the sunlight. But a word from another point of view. We see a queer smile light the face of the Sophomore, as he wanders down to the fountain with the rest of us at recess to hark to the voice of Nature in the splashing waters. For a moment we are non- plussed. Then we realize he is a Sophomore, and a Sophomore’s idea of Nature is perverted. Some- how he sees an element of beauty lost to many of us in the presence of a—no. we won’t say it. for we may have mistaken that smile—still, we wonder— but we wouldn’t advise it. ¥• ¥■ ATHLETICS. J T is the intention of the staff to amplify the ath- letic department of the paper. Though we do not mean to criticise past staffs in their hand- ling of this department, we will say that, from ob- servation. we feel sure this department is one of the most prominent in the eyes of the Radiator readers, and it is to them we cater. It is the season of football—all other sports are relegated to the rear. Somerville, as usual, is at it with a will. Her hopes for honors in the game arc brighter than ever this year, but bear in mind, every one. that though Somerville has the finest inter- scholastic crowd of scrappers on the gridiron, they are practically useless without support. Time and time again have you seen the effect of a great ringing cheer. It is like a tonic to those staggering, dizzy, and breathless fellows, and it puts new fire and dash into the next onslaught, possibly for a touchdown. Every one takes pride in the athletic prowess of the schools, and this pride—for let us turn that little proverb, Pride gocth before destruction,” to our own use—stimulated and increased by a large at- tendance at the games, will stay the hand of de- struction for decades. K K K THE YACHT RACES. J7YERYONE, whether at the seashore, the moun- tains. or in the city, watched with patriotic in- terest the international yacht races off Sandy Hook last August. The English craftsman and seaman was matched against the American. We were all disappointed at