Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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6 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR ©ur IFlew XCeacbevs Xatin School Edith L. Hurd was born and educated in Som- erville. She graduated from the Forster Gram- mar School and the Latin High School, ftcr leaving High School, she entered Radcliffe Col- lege. Since that time Miss Hurd has taught Eng- lish. Latin. German, and mathematics at the Lit- tleton High School. Mount llermon Hoys'School, and Xewton Classical High School. At present she is teaching German. English, and Latin. Nancy I». Kimball, who is teaching French, his- tory. and geometry for us. was born in Man- chester. X. 11. There she received the first of her education, graduating from the Manchester High School in 1902. Then she entered Yassar Col- lege. and graduated in the class of 190(5. While at college. Miss Kimball was a member f the college glee club, and took an active part in dra- matics, being business manager of the senior play. She has taught in the grammar grades at Man- chester. X. H.. science at Chelsea High School. Massachusetts, and French and science at Y olfe Hall, a boarding school for girls, in Denver. Colo. Enolisb School Miss Esther Parmcnter was born in Clinton, la., and was graduated from the high school of that city, from the Salem .Normal School, class of IS9T. and from Wellesley College, class of 1903. Miss Parmcnter comes to the English depart- ment of the English High School from Westerly, R. I., where she has taught for the last four and one-half years. She succeeds Miss Winifred E. Howe, resigned. S. Thomas Hall, who is teaching mechanical drawing in the afternoon session of the English School, was born in Providence. R. I. After graduating from the public schools of Providence, he took a college preparatory course at Medford High School, and entered Tufts with the class of 1899. ()wing to ill health, he was not graduated until 1903, when he received the degree of P . S. in the electrical engineering course, and after graduat- ing spent some time in private manufacturing in- terests. Mr. Hall also did construction work for S. I’,. Church Co., and has taught in the State School at Shirley. Mass. Horace Taylor is assisting in the chemical and physical laboratories, taking the place of Mr. Tripp, who is now of the physics department. Mr. Taylor was born in P.rookline. Mass., was graduated from the Brookline High School in 1903. and from Harvard, class of 1907. He was graduated from the Harvard School of Arts and Sciences in 1908, and has taught in the Exeter High School and at Camp Ossipee. $51

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 5 much improved over those last year. Best of all, the pupils now breathe fresh air instead of the vitiated atmosphere of the crowded rooms in pre- vious years. Much of the over-crowding has been dispensed with, and the students are now in a position to do better work. Notwithstanding these changes, it is still evident that an addition to the English School is much needed in the fast-growing city of Somerville. r r . 'Hie Radiator staff extends a hearty welcome to the members of the class of 15)11. Freshmen, you will find the first year of high school both en- joyable and trying, and should take care to form habits which will make your work in high school successful. Above all. do not shirk your lessons because they seem easy, but “do a day’s work each day.’' We appreciate your feelings, as we distinctly re- member our own three years ago. r r r. The football season is now in full sway. Al- though it is too early to prophesy, we expect to have a team worthy of the school. We have been defeated, it is true, but by defeats come victories, so the followers of the team should not be down- cast. Mr. White, our new coach, is doing excel- lent work, also Captain Millmore and Manager Hamilton. By the way. don’t forget that Waltham game next month, also the Rindgegamc on Thanksgiving Dav morning. r ‘ . The members of the English School regret the resignations of Miss Winifred E. Howe and Erank A. Scott. Miss Howe has accepted’a posi- tion in the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts in New York City. Mr. Scott is now principal of the Belmont High School, being one more sub- master who has left us to become a head master elsewhere. r r r The R a in a to it expresses its pleasure at the re- turn of Miss Anna Pushee, head of the German department in the English School. Miss Pushee was granted a year’s leave of absence last year, and spent the time in study and in travel in Ger- many and other European countries. r r r If our readers find the class notes a little below the usual standard in quantity and quality this month, they must not treasure hard feelings to present to the class editors. The class elections were held so recently that many of the editors have been obliged to burn the midnight oil in order to produce their contributions. p I’he Latin School is glad to welcome Miss Kaan and Mr. Hawes safely home from a summer of travel through Germany, Switzerland. Italy, and I'rance. We regret the resignations of Miss Cliff and Mr. Dickinson, who were highly re-, spected by us all. On July (5 Miss Cliff became Mrs. Percival Way land White. Mr. Dickinson will continue his teaching in the Newton High School, where he was recently appointed coach of the football team. . The Radiato» presents this month as a frontis- piece the pictures of the new members of the fac- ulty in each school. We much regret that we arc unable to furnish the pictures of two of the five new instructors, but we extend a most hearty wel- come to all of them. •» ► Mr. Ilosmer’s report, which appears in this issue, shows that the Radiato» stands upon a sat- isfactory financial basis.

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SOvfERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 7 H Cbcmtcal IDiecovcrv Cecil ID. SSarlow, IE.. HO EVMAX locked up the laboratory with a growl of discontent. “Seems as if it was always time to change periods when something worth do- ing turns up. he said. He crossed the card to the building where his next recitation was to be held, and as he did so he met young Harris. Harris was a youngster with a strong aversion to legitimate work, but it was said that he would cheerfully work twice as long on some device to conceal dates or formulae in his sleeve as it would have taken him to learn the dales or formulae: this, however, has nothing to do with the story, but is merely a sidelight on Harris’ character. ‘1 saw Weyman. said Harris, let's take the key to the ‘lab a moment, will you? I left my civics notebook in there. Wevman was particularly friendly with the pro- fessor of chemistry, and was consequently allowed to keep a key to the laboratorv. that he might enter at times when it was not in use. eyman thought nothing of the request, and handed the key to the eager Harris, with the injunction to re- turn it before the next recitation. That night Wevman dreamed of the pale ame- thvst liquid of unknown composition that he had left in the laboratory, and next morning he could hardlv wait until the first two recitations passed that he might show his discovery to the professor. Mr. Gray. he said to that gentleman a few hours later. I think I have a new salt of cereum that I should like to show you. Professor Gray, who was particularly interested in cereum, looked up from his work. and. seeing who the speaker was. arose and accompanied Wevman to the latter's locker. The class noted with interest the two hurrying down the room, as the professor seldom commenced his tour of in- spection so early in the period. Ah. Weyman! jibed one of the boys under his breath. Who got caught keeping candy in his locker? Now, will you do it again? Wevman paid no attention to the railleries of the class, but proceeded at once to open his locker, lie reached in for his test tube rack with the air of a conjurer about to perform a difficult feat, lie selected from the array of shiny tubes one that was smaller than the rest and tightly stoppered. He held it to the light: it was abso- lutely empty. Please, sir. stammered Wevman. I left the solution in there last night. I’m. said the professor, where is it now? And then, as a suspicion crossed his mind. You are not joking, are you. Wevman? Oh. no. sir! protested Weyman. Perhaps it might have—er—vaporized. hopefully ad- vanced Wevman. vainly casting round in his mind for an explanation. Yes. yes, quite so. it might, said Mr. Gray. Rut. sir. ventured young Hyde, who always failed in chemist rv. from the next bench, wouldn’t all that solution vaporizing blow off the stopper? “Yes, so it would, so it would: very good, Hyde, very good. and Hyde, being a wise youth, promptly subsided before he should say some- thing ludicrous. Well. said Mr. Gray. I can't spend any more time on this affair. You will have to find the solution yourself. I he class believed it was a joke on Weyman’s part, and treated.it as such. ou're a hero. Weyman! shouted one. “If you hadn't been wasting his time at your desk, he would have been over at my bench telling me how much I don't know about chemist rv. eyman. however, didn't pay much attention to them—in fact, he wasn't really listening, he was thinking of something far more serious. He knew that he had left a solution in that vial; he knew he had left the vial stoppered tightly: there was but one conclusion possible, namely, the solu- tion had vaporized and the gas escaped: but how had it escaped.' I hat was tlie question. A fain! excitement suffused Weyman: he had discovered a gas whose rate of diffusion was so high that it passed even through glass! Was it possible? It was possible theoretically, but—Weyman was too bewildered to think any more. Weyman had no chance to investigate the next