Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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V X 3 livVIv ISATIN ENGWSM SCHOOL» Vol. XVIII. Somerville, Massachusetts, October, 1908. No. 1 The Radiator I published by the Somerville Latin and English High Schools on the last Thursday of every month during the school year, and only important news matter can lie received after the 10th of the month. Matter for insertion r.ay l c left with any of the editorial staff or mailed to the editor at the English High School. In contributing, write onone side of the paper only and sign full name ( this is for reference only). Communications, according to their nature, should bo addressed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor. Manuscript must lie accompanied by necessary postage to insure its return. Terms, 75 Cents per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents SOMERVILLE JOURNAL PRINT Editorial Staff associate £Dltor VIVIAN BEERS. L.. '09 £Ditor= fn=Cblef ERNEST V . CHAPIN. E., ‘09 Business kanaser HOWARD A. MacLEAN. L.. '09 £xcbatige £bitor LORINNE R. WHITNEY. L.. 09 assistant Business fflanaoer STUART FOSTER. E„ ‘10 Sporting £0itor Second assistant Business dfcanager PERCY G. WHTMAN. E.. ‘09 J. ELIOT SLATER. L.. ‘09 alumni £bitors treasurer L. ELIZABETH CHICKERING. L.. ‘08 GEORGE M. HOSMER (Faculty) EDNA F. TEELE. E.. '09 Staff artist M. ESTHER SHAPLEIGH, E.. ‘10 Class lEbitors Xatln School ALLISON NEWTON. ‘09 HARRY H. GREENWOOD, ‘10 MELVIN J. MESSER. ‘11 FRANCIS J. MAHONEY, M2 JEitflUsb School LESTER C. GUSTIN. ‘09 ANDREW HANDLEY. ‘10 ARTHUR LEIGHTON. ‘1! OLIVER CHURCHILL, M2

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4 THE SOMERVILLE RADIATOR EDITORIALS An editorial in the last June issue referred to the new staff in a highly complimentary manner. We return cordial thanks for this and other courtesies received from the past management. Rut we do not yet feel the confidence in ourselves which they expressed for us. As we take up our work, we realize what a task is before us. A great deal is expected of the Radiator. It is exceedingly diffi- cult for us. with little or no experience, to uphold the previous high standard and at the same time please a set of intelligent, but critical and widely- differing. readers. We expect to meet many diffi- culties, and perhaps disappointments, but to over- come these successfully, and to maintain a paper that shall be, as it always has been, acceptable and pleasing to its supporters, is the earnest hope of the new staff. Our greatest aid will be from you, schoolmates. We must have your attention to our efforts, your indulgence for our mistakes, and your support, both literary and financial. Re- member, the welfare of the paper is not by any means wholly in our hands. The duty of the editor is merely to gather and collate the material fur- nished by the student body. The business man- agers should not be forced to meet the Radiator's financial needs by hunting ads” alone, but by a reasonable amount of yearly subscriptions and cash sales, as well. All can help with pecuniary sup- port. And those who are gifted with a ready pen should feel it their duty to contribute stories, poems, social reports, and class notes. If you will furnish the quantity, we will guarantee to select the right quality. K V» v Old friends of the Radiator may find it some- what changed under different administration. There will be slight rearrangements suggested by our predecessors’ experience or by our own ideas. Such will be made only because we strive to pre- sent the best paper possible. In editing contribu- tions, impartial fairness will be used. An article will stand on its own merits, aside from personal influences. So if the results are not satisfactory, (! ) not be t o quick in judgment. We invite thoughtful criticism, to show us the trend of our readers’ opinions and wishes, but not hasty con- demnation. r r r The Somerville High Schools extend you a hearty welcome. Freshmen, offering you many op- portunities of acquiring knowledge and of develop- ing mental, moral, and physical strength. You have now been here long enough to appreciate siune of the customs and advantages of the schools. You begin to realize that a person is good only for what he is worth. If you wish to make a name for yourself you must get right into the harness and work for it. You will meet fair play from teachers and schoolmates, but no favoritism ; but you will not find it very difficult to make and keep your place. We boast that our athletes play the clean- est. pluckiest kind of a game; that our scholastic distinctions are bestowed only on those who have proven by conscientious, steady application that they are deserving. Longfellow says: The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well.” You have four years before you to make either a success or a failure—failure if you start in with the idea of having a good time, suc- cess if you take high school as it is meant to be taken. Then the pleasure will offer itself. In this connection we wish to call your attention to the Letters to a Freshman,’’ beginning in this number. They are written by one who has had ex- perience in the subjects he discusses, and so knows how to make every point significant. Although you may think them a bit sermony. they are well worthy of your serious consideration.