Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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24 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 1920-A Editor, Winthrop H. Root. Assistant Editor, Miss Margaret McGill. ? ■ We are very sorry to announce that Miss Hitchcock has left our class and the High School. She is now in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and is doing very well in the High School there. We are also very sorry to say that Miss Marden has left our class also. She is in Brookline, Mass. This has been a great loss to our class. Cord has changed his course from the College to the General. In this way, also, we have lost a very popular class member. We have also lost Price, one of our members. He has changed into a Junior class. We are sure he will succeed in this class as he had already done in ours. The four room representatives for 1920-A are as follows: 309 Miss McGill. 310 Miss Doris Campbell. 328 Vernon York. 1 15 Miss Vivian Hunter. This month’s column is not very large, partly because it is the first issue of the Radiator after the summer vacation, and partly because the room representatives are not used to their work and had no time to prepare. Do not let the column remain as small as this. Let us help the representatives, and do not let them do all the work. Is this your motto? Veni! Vidi! Victus sum! 1920-B Editor, James Murray. Heard in 1l-A Geom. A. Mr. Tuttle: “Those of you at the blackboard listen to what I’m saying with one ear and work with the other.” The following was contributed to the Class Editor: Was It You? Someone started the whole day wrong— Was it you? Someone robbed the day of its song— Was it you? Early this morning someone frowned; Someone sulked until others scowled, And soon harsh words were passed around— Was it you? Someone started the day aright— Was it you? Someone made it happy and bright— Was it you? Early this morning, we are told, Someone smiled, and all through the day This smile encouraged young and old— Was it you? Notice. Important. Free information on any subject. Apply to Leon Moores, otherwise known as “Moses,” Room 105, Seat 35. The lunch check stall is as popular as the World Series 'Picket office.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 23 1919-B Editor, Franklin F. Doten. Assistant Editor, Madeline Kelley. 1919-B is off with a flying start, having Treat, Riordan, Stevens and Paasche playing on the regular football team. Keep it up! We also have Avery, Baldwin, Calkin, and Hopkins in the squad. Many of our members heard the call for war service by farming. Those sent officially from the school were: Edward Sharky, Lawrence Rus- sell, Herbert Treat, Roger Estey, William Bald- win, Arthur Hurd, Arthur Rourke, and Edward Cook. Others who went independently are: Charles Kolb, William Hammond, Norman Ham- mond, Albert Murray, Frank Calkins, and Allan Kingston. We have lost, but not forgotten, our former class-mate, Perry Underhill. He has entered Tabor Academy on Cape Cod. We have several representatives in the orches- tra, but more are wanted. Those now playing are: Earl Myers, Doris Keddy, Harry Pearlman, Maynard Calkins, and Ted Fisher. The purpose of the class notes has been changed this year in an endeavor to eliminate use- less material in the form of class jokes. This year the columns will be devoted mostly to news items, there was quite a swell.” The boys of the class, as a whole, spent their vacation in a useful manner as is proved by the following list of occupations they were in besides farming: Maynard Calkin, Bell-hop, Jaffrey, N. H. Morris Wood, Office-boy, Boston. William Du Brau, Usher, Olympia Theatre. Carleton Knox, chauffeur. George Keegan, Waiter, Kineo, Me. Franklin Doten, Waiter, Lake Winnepesaukee. Raymond Brinig, Ai Machinist. Hona Cohen, Machinist, East Boston. Melvin Cohen, Clerk and Bell-hop, Casco Camps, Me. Wellman Daniels, Exchange Trust, Boston. Arthur Carvili, Gentleman (?) of Leisure. Harpswell, Me. Edwin Powell, Cowboy (?), Watertown. Rooms 209 and 2 10 are to have a short en- tertainment in the Girls’ Gymnasium the last part of October. By the number of nomination papers passed about in our class, it is evident that the teller for 1919-B was busy. Boys! Graduation leaves open four positions on the debating team and two positions as al- ternates. You have the opportunity. Prolit by it! The Glee Clubs have reorganized with bright prospects. Help them and yourselves by joining early. The East Building is keeping up to its former standard by not sending one note in for this issue. Where are your representatives? Elect them over again, and wake them up! A—y (Translating) : ‘‘The joyous men plough- ing the seas with their bronzed beaks.” Mr. Wil—s: “If they were Romans I imagine

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 25 HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA The High School Orchestra held a very suc- cessful first rehearsal this year on September 20. A grand beginning for this year's work. The or- chestra is looking forward to an enjoyable and successful year. The orchestra consists of violins, cornets, tarn pana, bells, drums, trombones, clarinets, oboe, flutes, ’cellos, French horn, basson, and piano. The officers are as follows: Leader, Sooren Elmassian; secretary, Vivian Hunter; manager, Anthony Matarese; librarian, Ralph Baxter, and treasurer, Maynard Calkins. The orchestra furnished the music at the Teachers’ Association Meeting and Dance on October 9. GIRLS’ DEBATING SOCIETY The Girls’ Debating Society has, since its or- ganization, been one of the most successful branches of School activity. Two years ago this society, with those of the Newton and Brookline High Schools, formed the Interscholastic Triangu- lar Debating League. As a member of this as- sociation, the record of the Somerville Teams has been an enviable one, and it is the ambition of all its members that the shield may be won back for Somerville this year. The Trials, which will be held in November, are open to all the girls of the school, and it is hoped that sufficient material will be presented to insure the success which is becoming proverbial in all organizations of the Somerville High School. The Society is deeply appreciative of the earn- est help and co-operation of the members of the Faculty, who have so untiringly lent their support to the teams each year, and wishes to express its realization that without this generous assist- ance, the results of which it is so justly proud, could not have been obtained. The officers of the Debating Society are: Reina Hadley, ’18-B, President; Margaret Hailwood, ’18-B, Vice-President; Anna Fulton, ’18-B, Sec- retary and Treasurer. Sixty girls were enrolled as members at the first meeting of the season. THE BOYS’ GLEE CLUB The Boys’ Glee Club met on September 18 in the assembly hall. The boys work with a will which promises good results for the year if the same spirit continues. Although the attendance was large for the first meeting, our membership ought to be larger. We should have a club of thirty members at least. We have a rival club this year with which to compete. They are not afraid of work, and are full of enthusiasm. Come out, boys, and sing to uphold our honor! ALPHA THETA PI The Alpha Theta Pi Sorority is looking for- ward to a very successful year, with the re- turn of our sister, Miss Hunt, and with the help of our other faculty sisters, Miss Sprague and Miss Raymond, we intend to do great work. The first dance of the season was on Tuesday evening, October 9. It was a great success and was enjoyed by many. The society intends to do Red Cross work this winter and thus help to “do their bit” in the sorority’s name.