Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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20 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 1012 Seniors, we arc now on the last lap of our high school course. Let us make if the best of all by supporting the column and everything connected with the school, and cross the finish line in June with living colors. Followers of football at Somerville High will be glad to learn that the team may have the ser- vices of Albert I'. Smith this fall. He looks like the sensation of the season. He weighs 175 pounds, lifts 500 pounds with one hand, and has done HU) yards in eight seconds Hat. Coach Mahoney may use him in the backfield. but Smith plays all positions with equal dash and brilliancy. After watching Smith at practice one night we can safely state that he stands alone among the schoolboy players of this section. NOTICE.—Following the custom of the class of 1011, IN'. English I will give several well- known plays and operas during the coming year. These will be produced under the direction of the far and near famed impresarios, Cohen and Cohen, who will strive their utmost to make the coming season the most successful of their career. The tragedy. McElizabeth.” will be the first drama produced. Performances will be given every week day except Thursdav and Saturday in Room 34 E during October. The cast is as follows:— Duncanned, kink of Scotland......... V. York MacEliza-beth ) generals of hist .. R. Heflfernan Banko j army ...F. Mahoney McDuftt ) ( ..E. Woodman Lcnknocks - thanes of Scotland T. O’Donoghuc Ross ) ( ... L. Lamont Fleeaunts, son to Banko..........A. Richardson Lady MacEliza-beth.....................G. Hall Lady McDufft..............................Miss Chequer hirst Witch.................................T. Landers Second Witch..........................A. Smith Witch Hazel......................W. Whittaker Attendant ) Murderer -.............Cornelius P. Hanlon, Jr. Apparition ) Room 35 W desires male lodgers, there being only two there at present. Our class is well represented on the gridiron by York, Cohen, Parks, Pitman, Anderson, and George. Report cards coming! ! hirst Pupil: “Gee! look at the flowers in the liquor bottle.” Second Pupil: “That’s to keep them in good spirits.” Brine’s favorite expression: “Nothing to do till to-morrow.” 11—rvic: ‘ I am not as foolish as I look to be.” Byr—n: Why wasn't I born foolish instead of crazy?” PREVENTED ELOPEMENT. (By special correspondent). Last week ll—r—vrc. the scion of a prominent Somerville family, disappeared. He had been acting normally all the week. But from police in- vestigation it was learned that he had lost twenty cents. Whether or not this was the cause is not known. He was later found by a party of friends, being in the act of embracing and trying to per-

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 19 011c school management courses as various as the needs of the pupils dictate. Such a high school is known as a general or composite high school. Of this type now is the Somerville High School. It is proposed in this school to conduct the various courses which the needs of the high school pupils of Somerville require. In order that these courses may be well organized and thoroughly taught, there will be a head teacher in charge of each course, whose duty it will be to develop his course as efficiently as though he were in charge of it in a separate institution. Four courses have already been established by the school com- mittee. These arc the preparatory course, equivalent to the course formerly pursued in the Latin High School, an academic course, a com- mercial course, and a manual arts course. If ex- perience shows that other courses should be added to this list or substituted for any on it. such changes will be made. Every subject in every course will be developed in accordance with its importance in the course of which it is a part. In these ways the high school will seek to offer courses sufficiently differentiated to meet the needs of all the students and to give such instruc- tion in each of these courses as will best fit the student for the end he has in view. Our high school will have the benefit of cer- tain advantages which accrue to the general high school. Chief among these is the advantage which comes to the student through the possi- bility of sharing in all of the resources of the school. For example, students in the prepara- tory course may. under proper conditions, add to that course one n more subjects taken from some other course. Again, a student who has begun in one course and finds that lie has made a mis- take and ought to take some other course, can in a general school correct such mistake. In a way, the general high school, properly conducted, is to the student a place wherein he may find what life is to mean to him. Its variety of courses af- fords him an opportunity to so test himself that he may discover that for which he is best fitted. This thought should be uppermost in the minds of every pupil in our high school; especially prominent should it be in the minds of the mem- bers of the two lower classes. 1 he resources of a large school are open to them while yet there is time for them to revise the selection of the studies which they wish to pursue. To discover himself is the supreme task of a high school stu- dent. Such in brief is the plan and such arc the pur- poses of the organization of the Somerville- High School. A few words should be said con- cerning the two-session plan, which is a phase of administration due to overcrowding, but is not otherwise a part of the general scheme of the school. Certain consequences follow the two- session plan. One of these is the early beginning of the morning session, which necessitates a still earlier departure from home. Herein will be found the necessity for putting into effect a daily routine of conduct from which a habit most useful in after life will be formed. Let this thought be the present compensation for a present un- pleasant necessity. Probably more important than this hardship is the consideration which the early start from home makes it necessary for the high school student to give to getting an early morning meal. A corresponding consideration is required of the afternoon class, who leave home at varying hours, thereby losing the opportunity for a mid-day meal at home at a regular time. High school students should not neglect the care which these two circumstances demand of them. Good health and a sound body are the first essentials, to success. The youth who is planning hopefully and with enthusiasm for a career of usefulness must not neglect during the days of his high: school life the simple rules which, being observed,, will insure to him an adequate physical prepara- tion. In the school year opening before us the key word is opportunity. There is opportunity for the students to take advantage of the re- sources of a large high school organization, op- portunity for them to grow through the exercise of the powers of self-control and self-development. There will be opportunity also for the school to improve its processes and to give more effi- cient services to all its students. For the best, use of these opportunities students and faculty enthusiastically unite. Charles S. Clark. — JEpsilon Epsilon The Epsilon Epsilon Club, now entering upon the third year of its existence, is still a very active organization. Meetings were resumed on Friday, September 2 .). The girls have planned for a very interesting and enjoyable year. During the summer the club held a day’s outing at Xahant. Two teachers of the school and sev- eral other friends accompanied the members. All spent a very pleasant day—one which will be the cause of happy memory to the girls in the future.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 21 suade a slender telegraph pole to elope with him. By much persuasion and help lie finally returned to his home in Somerville. Heard in the corridor:— •'Don't you think Mr. Ph—1—n’s moustache is most adorable?” In our next we will give a few suggestions for a clean shave which will probably be of benefit to many. Woodman (in Latin)—“And the lieutenant, hav- ing been killed by all kinds of deaths--” And then Richards tainted. Senior: “It's all hot air about the nuisance of having a Freshman quartered on you. Xow, 1 have such a cute little ---” And then the ad- vance guard struck him. H—nl—n’s favorite song, You’ll Do the Same Thing Over Again. And he does. Sic semper boneheadi. Where, oh. where are Mahoney’s curls? Has anyone noticed the puzzled expressions of those coming from IV. Geom. I? Don’t disturb them. They'll realize who they are in a short time. Mahoney is some tragedian, n’est-il pas? IV. English I did enjoy that. Frank. Have you heard R—ch—rds' new laugh? ’Tis like unto the babbling brook, rushing seaward through the forest, swishing and purling through the cool shadows. Or—like a chocolate ice cream soda, rich and smooth with a subdued sparkle. Twas a feminine hand that penned the above. Robert. Cameron is the political boss of Room 23 W. Rand is the ladies' man of Room 35. Too bad. you’re the only gentleman in the room. Howard. We should suggest that George join the De- bating Society. lie does so love to argue. Who are those few pupils wandering about so recklessly? Why. that is the astronomy class try- ing to find in what room they arc to go this period. Magurn is now known as The Boy Astrono- mer.” 'Phe only reason that Webb did not go out for the football team is that he wanted to give the other fellows a chance. Xelson looks real cute in his little football pants, but Seniors, you must not tease him about it. Whom we have in our class: A Man from Home. Molen. The Three Twins, Bennett, Brooks, and Butters. The Gamblers, Quimby and Riley. The Pink Lady, Etta Rowe. To be shot at sunrise, the author of this:— Once there was a little boy Whose name was William Snow, And everywhere that William wrent----- Is it not bc-a-utiful to be back at school? Yes, it is—not. All women have a bump of idle curiosity. Why so? osnuaa [., Lord thinks the past tense of climb is clum; maybe he thinks the past tense of rhyme is rum. Have you heard about McQuinn's heroic rescue of Miss Campbell from one of those green snakes in Room 38 W? M—r—11, on being asked the point of a story, replied that there was no point; it had two points. Smart Boy. Am 1 absent or not absent?” quotes M—rt—II. Teacher (in physics): ’AVhat is the decomposi- tion of forces?” Student: ”It's all rot.” The latest plays and their authors: Excuse Me. Br—ne : The Gamblers,” Bu—y. X—Is—n, Ou—mby; Why Smith Left Home,” Etta R---------: The Red Widow. Miss K—11—r: Forty-five Minutes from School, I I—r—u— It’s never too late to yodle. Solid geometry A class appears to be one of solid bone. In commercial law:— Teacher: Give me an illustration of real es- tate. M—r—11: This pencil. Teacher: Upon what theory?” M—r—11: Because it’s stationery. Those astronomy students—always star-gazing. Visitor— What makes that continual gurgling choke?” Pupil: Oh. that is a beginners’ French class.”