Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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i6 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR whispered: What was the score. Jackson? “Six to three. was the quiet reply, and a feeling of relief flushed into Judkins’ mind. His tackle did some good after all. even if he did hurt himself. “Go on. said Judkins, eagerly, tell us all about it. “Easy, my boy, easy, said Jackson. After you tackled that man the ball was on the twenty- cight-vard line, and far over to one side. There was only two minutes left to play. The crowds were wild, uncontrollable, after you made that tackle, till it was seen you had broken your shoulder, for that’s what you did. Then a dull hush—a tense, hallowed silence—settled over the field till you had been removed. Of course you know that there’s a penalty on the flying tackle? Yes, yes, was the feverish, impatient answer. “but go on. It was the only way to save the game at all. Well, the Randolph captain declined, abso- lutely refused to take the penalty.' By the way. I’ve got a letter here for you from him. He says----” “Never mind now, but go on. exclaimed Jud- kins. All right. Let’s sec—oh, yes, their captain de- clined the penalty, tried to crash through centre for distance, and the whistle blew. While the band played mournfully through the stands, the people filed solemnly out into the streets, a tribute to a man who turned the tide. Shake, he said, and the two shook hands in spite of the pain which ran through Judkins’ shoulder. H (Soot» draining School jfor JSo s J6 ? Charles 1b. ‘Clpton, '12 XE section of Boston has been used for over a century as a market dis- trict. Many men have been in the meat or produce business in this section all 'their lives, and have be- come wealthy. There is, on Black- stone street, a dealer in pork products who has earned since he has been in the business, probably for fifty years, nearly a million dollars. But the majority of the market men run little stands or stores where they earn a very good living. Saturday is the busiest day for most of these men, for it is on that day that hundreds of people arc looking for a Sunday dinner. All day the dis- trict presents a very busy appearance. In the morning the drays and wagons are lined up a; the various stalls and shops discharging the day’s sup- plies. In the afternoon and evening the wagons give place to the outfits of the pedlers, who self cvervthing imaginable, from sweaters at sixty-nine cents to onions at two cents a quart. A Jewish pedlcr told the writer that he doubled his money selling onions at the above figure. Quantities of meat arc sold. One firm a few weeks ago sold two tons of pork loins in an afternoon and even- ing. It is on Saturday that the boy plays a large part in the day’s business, flic work required of him is varied. Some boys are hired to do up bundles, working all day behind a counter. Others com- bine salesmanship with other work. The average working day is about sixteen hours. It is a pecu- liar fact that in nearly every stall or store one can see a Somerville boy, usually a High School stu- dent. The employers require, as in any business, that the boy should be honest. A short time ago a merchant who runs an outside stall where the money is carried in the salesman’s pockets was in need of some one to take the place of the man who had just left. He selected one of the boys from among several in his employ and gave him charge of the stall and change, which amounted at that time to about $50. He knew that he could trust the boy. Willingness to work is also necessary to estab- lish the ideal relation between employer and em- ployee. Honesty and willingness are good, but there is one other attribute, and that is alertness. The men have no use for a boy who, figuratively, [Continued on next page.)

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 15 for to-day, and tell Lane to come here for a minute.” $ This was the great day in Hanover, for Ran- dolph and Hanover were to battle for the cham- pionship of the state. For two weeks practice had been extra heavy, and the Hanover eleven had awakened and won every remaining game on the schedule so far. Judkins, at fullback, was the whole backfield. He had put new life into the eleven, and victory seemed a possibility at the least. At one o’clock the stands were filling, and at two they were a dense mass of dark color,—on one side the blue and gold of Hanover, on the other the crimson and gray of Randolph. As the teams streamed onto the field for prac- tice the cheers echoed along the stands. At 2.10 the officials drew aside the captains, and at 2.15 the ball was set in position in the centre of the field. Randolph was to kick off. and Hanover lined up to receive the kick. Immediately following the whistle the ball rose into the air and settled into the quarterback’s hands. He started swiftly up the field, but was thrown and downed before lie had gained much. Even at this early period Hanover realized that the game would be a fight to the finish. O11 the first attempt no ground was gained, but the second play was an end run, and netted fifteen yards. The next play was smothered, and a punt followed. I ut Randolph fared no better, and the period ended with the ball in the centre of the field. In the second period Randolph came to life, and on the first play her backs crashed through centre for ten. eight, six, seven yards, till, on the twenty- yard line. Hanover held like a stone wall. Ran- dolph tried a drop kick, and the ball sailed squarely between the two posts, and a huge three was chalked up for Randolph. Randolph kicked off again. Judkins got the ball, and carried it to the middle of the field by a mighty effort. Next a forward pass was tried, but it netted no gain. Judkins plunged into the line with the ball, and in a moment he appeared at the other side of a pile of players, and dashed down the field for twenty yards. Jackson and Jones, the two coaches, chuckled to sec what they expressed as “their find” crashing through centre. But here Randolph held like a stone wall for two downs. In the third down the team formed for a punt, but the ball shot sideways into the quarter’s hands, and he swiftly relayed it to the left end, who dashed oyer a broken field for a touchdown just as the whistle blew. As the third period opened, a dull look seemed to cover the players. Randolph had put in a new man. while Hanover’s line remained unchanged. On the kickotf Randolph was downed, and failed to gain. A punt followed, but neither team seemed snappy, and a series of punts were ex- changed. Then Hanover braced up. and Jud- kins squirmed and plunged through centre for thirty yards, landing on the eighteen-yard line. The stands rose as one man, and the cheering drowned the hoarse voice of the quarterback. “Judkins! Judkins! Judkins!!!” This cheer rose above a confused yelling, and echoed in a thunder- ing vollv across the field. Judkins tried again, but he could not gain, and the quarter walked back for a drop kick. The signals were repeated, and the ball shot back. The quarter caught it and let it fall: at the same moment it touched the earth he kicked. The ball started up toward the posts when----- Smack! The ball smote a Randolph man full on the up- stretched hands. The strong Hanover line had failed to hold, and a husky guard had smothered the kick. It struck the earth and bounced back- wards. The Randolph halfback sprang through the line, scooped the ball up. and plunged down the field. The stands drew one long breath, and stopped. There was 110 one between him and the goal line, and he was the fastest man on the team. As the men saw the ball being taken down the field, they sped after. But frojn among them one form was prominent. It was Judkins! And Judkins was the fastest man on Hanover. It would be a fight to the finish. The men were already at the middle of the field, and Judkins had gained five yards. He was sprinting hard, and his legs seemed to move automatically. At the forty-yard line Judkins was five yards behind, and he did not seem to be gaining an inch. Suddenly his jaw tightened, he clenched his fist, gave a last sprint, and dove into the air at the fleeing runner’s feet. He caught one foot in his nerveless fingers, twisted it viciously, and was conscious of a’heavy thud, and then another, after which all was blank. It was several weeks before Judkins was him- self again, and when he was. he opened his eyes to see cots all around him. He gasped in agony, for his left shoulder seemed like a burning tire. He heard a familiar voice beside him. and his first thought was how the game came out, and he

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 17 Hfcvantages anb EHsabvantages of TKHorkmg ©lie’s HtHaylXbrougb College B “1Ra ? 5 . By? ter HJi college student whose expenses are paid for him by his father, and W V) ’S at l lc sanie t me diligent in his studies and serious minded, may 'Jj naturally wonder how his less fortu- nate classmate can devote half his time to money-making work and still get the best results from his college course. The time so spent seems to him merely a loss. hat he fails to understand is the greater eagerness with which his classmate uses such time as he does have for his college work, and the greater value which the whole course assumes in his eyes. The man who has planted, hoed, dug. washed, and baked his own potato has a far differ- ent attitude toward it from that of the man who merely says to the waiter: Oh. French-fried, I guess. On the other hand, it can be argued that the work that the college vou-th of to-day docs in four years could be done in a much shorter period— perhaps one year—of such work as the student will do when he gets out of college: and that when, to obtain this holiday, the boy must earn his pas- sage. he is paying too hign a price. Hut it will be generally agreed that if a college education itself pays, it pays a young man to work his way. Again it may be contended that a college train- ing acquired by the man who earns his way is of less value than it would otherwise be because the advantages of athletic training, of social inter- course. and of fraternal societies are less available, and because college friendships and personal popularity must be sacrificed. I believe, however, that a careful study of col- lege life will not sustain this. The college com- munity is essentially democratic, and men are not rated by their classmates on a financial basis. W e often find the poorest men in college the most popular, the best students, and prominent in ath- letics. The tendency to become lazy, vicious, and lux- ury-loving is lessened when every hour is needed in legitimate work. Good hard work is always wholesome, always moral, always stimulating, and in America always respected. The man who has to work his way through college may already have had all he needs physically and morally for his col- lege course: but more will not hurt him. nor as a sell ilar greatly hinder him, nor socially stand in the way of his having a reasonably good time. More important still is whr.t he gets out of the work itself. Me is beginning already to do in col- lege the very tiling for which the college is sup- posed to fit him: namely, to earn his own living. It gives him an idea of the value of money and the hardness with which it is won : a knowledge of values—where to buy and when ; what is necessary and wise: and what can be dispensed with and dis- regarded. These are qualities that he will need when lie gets out of college and all through life. It is a gain that he can lay the foundation for them while he is in college. Xor is all the work he may do a theft of time from his studies. Tutoring another is the surest way of perfecting one's own knowledge. News- paper correspondence may help the formation of a good English style as much as the classroom daily theme. ------------------------------ B Gooh craintmi School for Bo s [Continued from previous pace .] sleeps at his work. The qualities named above make a splendid combination which produces re- sults both for the boy and for his firm. Under such conditions, where a boy is often placed on his own responsibility for sometimes a whole afternoon, he cannot help deriving some benefit from his work. As a result of such a training fifty-two days in the year, the boy has made himself better fitted for any work he mav undertake.