Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR Introductory Once more a new Radiator staff steps forward to introduce itself to the student body. In the sou- venir edition of last June the out-going; staff re- ferred to us as a band of worthy youths and promis- ing maids. It sounded well, we admit, and wc hope the former editor was more adapted to fore- seeing the mysterious future than wc are: but nevertheless it does not become us to accept any undeserved laurels. During our term of office we shall presumably do many things to call forth cen- sure. but may our faults be written as upon the sea- shore. and may each worthy act prove a wave to wash them away. Our schoolmates hardly appreciate the enormity of the task wc have to retain the high standard of former years. The maintenance of the Radiator's good name cannot be accomplished without the united and hearty support of both schools. We must have not only vour moral, but also your mate- rial. support; for no paper can exist with an empty treasury. Do you suppose that our treasurer is an honorary officer? He certainly is not! Do not depend upon your neighbor, but do your share towards aiding a worthy cause by giving us your subscription. Somerville High School has always stood at the front in football and baseball: the Somerville High School Radiator has long had the name of being a school paper of no little merit. Breathes there a student with soul so void of life that he could look with indifference on the decline of any undertaking of his alma mater? The yearly subscription of seventy-five cents will not im- poverish you, and you will get the full value of your money. Lest you forget, we remind von that the authorities at the St. Louis Exposition honored the Radiator as being one of the best school papers in the country. If some one had not been public- spirited, that honor would never have been de- served. Even Rome could not have been buiit without the necessary material, and the necessary material in this instance is not only the intellect of our student body, but also the almighty dollar, or, to be more definite, many of them. It is a fact not generally known that, out of the thousand students who make up our school body, barely one-third arc on our subscription list. Were it not for the .kind- ness of our advertisers, the publication of the Radiator would be an impossibility. . r. « . Zo tbe Class of 1906 Xinetecn-six.” if we may use the words of the prophet, “your days are numbered. Three years ago this fall we entered this High School as the largest Freshman class in the school history. Since then larger classes have entered, and we, diminished in numbers, have been obliged to give way to the youthful throng of wisdom-seekers fol- lowing in our wake. But as our numbers gradu- ally decreased, the class spirit correspondingly in- creased. and not once has 1906 been obliged to lower her colors to a rival. We have returned from the last long vacation in our High School career. Next summer will sec us scattered—wc know not where. We sec among the host of familiar faces many new ones, while many of the well-known schoolmates are missed, showing that another class has left us to go out to wrestle with the world. The class of 1905 will never again enter our walls as fellow-students, but only as welcome visitors. This awakens us to the fact that wc, too. shall soon look back with fond recollections of this institution, our alma mater; for the four years of our school life arc passing quicklv. too quickly for most of us. and arc now well on the wane. Many look upon this last year with outward indifference, but deep down in our hearts we know that we shall be sorry to leave when, eight months from now. we march across a brilliantly-lighted platform and receive our diplomas.

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V I 5 'JUl’ILKV ILLI. LATIN ENGLISH SCHOOLS VOL. XV. SOMBRVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, NOVEMBER, 1905. No. I The Radiator Is published by the Somerville I .a tin and Knglish High Schools on the last Thursday of every month during the school year, anil only important news matter can Ik- received after tire 10th of the month. Matter for Insertion may be left with any of the editorial Mart or mailed to the editor at the Knglisli High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign full name this is for reference only). Communications, according to their nature, slmuld lie addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor. Manuscript must be accompanied by necessary postage to insure its return. Terms, 75 Cents per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents SOMERVILLE JOURNAL PRINT editorial Staff fibitor ln«Cbief H. PARKER LOWELL. L.. '06 Bosociatc Ebitor IRMA R. CHRISTOPHER. E.. '06 Ercbattflc Ebitor C. EVELYN COUSENS. L., '06 Sporting Ebitor R. ARCHER BOWLBY. L.. '06 Blumni Ebitors HELEN E. SPINNEY. L.. '06 RUBY G. ALLEN. E.. '06 Statf Brttet ARTHUR C. COW. L.. '06 English School JAMES A. FLAHERTY. '06 WALTER H. MACINTOSH, '07 E. HARLEY MOORE. '03 FRANK PLIMPTON. '09 Eiioincoo fcanaflcr JOHN R. LAKIN. E.. '06 Bosiatant Kueincso Ibanaflcr JOHN DONOVAN. L.. '07 Sccottb Boaiotant .USiioincsa iSanatict ARTHUR L. THAYER. E.. '08 Cbirb Bsoiatant Kuainess flbanaflcr WALTER A SMITH. E.. '08 Bubitor GEORGE HOSMER. Faculty Class EMtors Crcaourcr ROSCOE M. WATERHOUSE. E.. '06 Xatin School GAER1EL FARRELL. JR., 06 HENRY G. DOYLE. '07 HAROLD L. ETHERIDGE. '08 EUGENE L. ERINE. '09

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 5 TClc Iconic c will condescciul to step down momentarilv from our high position as Seniors, and extend the glad hand to the entering class of 19UJ). Fresh- men. in the four years you have before you. we wish you success and prosperity. We have but little time to remain with you, but we trust that, after the departure of the class of ’01». the school will still continue to exist as it did before we were a part of it. Nineteen nine is the last class we shall see enter the school, and so we put all sincerity into these few words of welcome, and once again wish the Freshmen good luck. ZTbanftdotvmo This, indeed, is a time when we. the present edir torial board, can offer up our sincere thanks After a hard struggle, we arc at last able to place the first number of the Radiator before the school. (hving to the heavy debt that has been incurred by former managements, we were unable to publish the usual October number; but we feel thankful that we shall not be obliged to repeat that omission this month. However, if at any time during the year we find our funds such that it would be inadvisable to at- tempt to publish the number, we shall wait until we can meet the expense of publication. Therefore, students, when you feel like blaming somebody, re- member it is you who are supporting the Radiator, and we are but your chosen represen- tatives. it » r, k H-lew TTcacbers The Latin School faculty has suffered a loss in the resignation of Miss Walker, who was married during the summer. But there is no loss without some gain, and we feel certain that the vacancy will be ably filled by Miss Cunningham. In the Eng- lish School Miss Marsh is welcomed back after a year’s absence. Soliloquy ,H3 Shameless Samuel As 1 take my well-worn quill between my thumb and index finger, I can hardly repress a shudder at thinking of the deep impression this treatise will make upon the minds of the readers of the Radiator. 1 have fond expectations that this mar- velous and phenomenal exhibition of verbal jiu- jitsu will make a decided sensation in the cultured society of this school. The members of the literary world have often been vainly exhorted to place a thoughtful essay before the eyes of our readers. Therefore, in a manner as unassuming as possible, 1 hereby respond to the call for volunteers. I am writing this for the especial benefit of the •class editors. It is a well-known fact that the class notes afford greater amusement to the students than any other department of the Radiator. It is therefore both fitting and proper that each editor should work conscientiously to make his column an unquestionable success. None would like better to speak on this vital subject, I dare say. than the present editor-in-chief; but, in giving the follow- ing suggestions, which 1 hope will be cheerfully re- ceived. I relieve the Radiator's pilot from any re- sponsibility concerning this point. The first and most important lesson to be learned by a class editor is to depend upon himself, and to remember, above all things, that the class has chosen him to take the charge and responsibility of his column, rather than to be an agency through which his classmates may pass in notes. Not that the writer would condemn the passing in of not« s by pupils; on the other hand, he would wish to encourage this beneficial custom. Hut it must be the class editor who assumes the whole responsi- bility in the matter. Again, it should be the class editor's duty to ex- clude all stale jokes and insignificant notes from his contributions. Events and humorous incidents should not be relied upon entirely as material to lengthen the column. Why not think up some harmless hit on some of the well-known characters of your class, instead of startling those who peruse the paper with mirth-producing renderings heard in German, history. etc.? This latter class of notes is all well enough in its place, but to have it in predominance over the rest of the column re- minds one too vividly of the quotations from the stock exchange. Those who read these lines may form the idea that the author thinks he knows it all. The author does not know it all, but has had a little experience in the line of class notes, and has merely written some suggestions he has been able to glean from his arduous duties. No one need feel obliged t ; comply with these suggestions, offered in a spirit of meekness and charity, but perhaps the imagina- tion of the class editors may be stimulated by read- ing over these hints that have so sorely taxed this over-worked brain to compile. I will now end this essay, but before I lay aside my pen. let me say but two words, which will be of far greater value to the class editors than all the volumes of logic in exist- ence. Be original.”