Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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S 31 vu SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR Vol. XXI. Somerville, Boston. Massachusetts, October, 1911. No. 1 134299 The Somerville Hum School Radiator Is published by the High School on the third Thursday of every month during the school year, and only important news matter can be received after the 5th of the month. Matter for insertion n ay be left with any of the editorial staff or mailed to the editor at the High SchooL In contributing, write on one side of the paper only and sign full name. Communications, according to their nature, should be mailed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor. Manuscript must be accompanied by necessary postage to insure its return. Terms, 75 Cents per Year Entered as second class mail matter at Boston P. O. Single Copies, 10 Cents SOMERVILLE JOURNAL PRINT le ttorial Staff associate Editor GLADYS E. TEELE. ’12 EditorsfnsCbief FRANCIS J. MAHONEY, 12 Business fcanaoer HOWARD M. SHAFFER. 12 Exchange Editor GWENDOLYN N. NELSON, 12 assistant Business fcanaoer WALTER B. WILEY, 33 Sporting Editor ROBERT G. RICHARDS. M2 Second assistant Business flbanaoet HAROLD M. JONES. 12 alumni editors (Treasurer HAZEL H. PEARSON, M2 GEORGE M. HOSMER (Faculty) ELLA E. SULLIVAN. M2 Statf artist MARION HALL, M2

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JOHN A. AVERY Head Master, Somerville High School

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4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR The members of the Radiator staff of 11)11- 1912 make their official editorial debut with min- gled feelings of pleasure and misgiving. Because of the high standard set by our predecessors, we feel that, in assuming the burdens of the previous staff, we must each and all do our very best. An editorial in the June issue referred to the new staff in a highly complimentary way. We thank the past management for this and other courtesies received. But we do not yet feel the confidence in ourselves which they have expressed in us. Realizing as we do how very much is expected of the Radiator, it is our strong desire and it will be our earnest effort to produce a paper which will please and interest a set of intelligent but critical and widely different readers, and which may also be of some literary value. Our greatest assistance will be received from you, schoolmates. It is essential that we have your attention to our efforts, your indulgence for our mistakes, and your support, both literary and financial. The purpose of the Radiator is to cul- tivate a high literary spirit among the students and to exercise them in critical and creative com- position. Let it not be mistakenly thought that the Radiator lives solely or even largely for the amusement or anxiety of the members of the staff, or that theirs is anything like a monopolistic spirit. The Radiator is an ever-open door of opportu- nity through which the students may transmit the results of their literary efforts. We trust, then, that the students will favorably accept this solici- tation, and we sincerely hope that they will be im- bued with a more active spirit, which will result in frequent contributions representative of a large number of students. The spirit in which this editorial is written is one of spur rather than of complaint. v k v, V, ■Unites Me Stant) It would seem that it is not necessary to say a great deal on the subject of the new plan of con- ducting the Somerville High School. School has already been in operation over a month, and everything seems to be settled and thoroughly or- ganized. This fact, together with the clear and interesting exposition by Mr. Clark in this month's “Letter Box.” leaves almost nothing to be said. However, this point cannot be too strongly brought out: That neither of the schools has swallowed up the other, but that both go to make up a third and entirely new organization. Some of us may have had opinions at variance with those of the framers of the new plan, but surely we shall agree that the change was made in an aim for the better. Several important ad- vantages have already presented themselves. It remains only for the pupils to realize that the suc- cess of the plan from their standpoint depends upon themselves. Let each contribute his share to the process of development, and to make the surroundings pleasant. Mr. Avery struck the keynote when in the Seniors first period he said: “Loyalty, loyalty to the school.” Loyalty, then, let it be,—loyalty to the NEW SCHOOL.