Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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14 SOMERVILLE IIIGXI SCHOOL RADIATOR EXCHANGE NOTES Miriam Cook The usual pleasures which we have in reading (he comments of our exchange editors will be, to some extent, missed, owing to the increasing ex- pense of maintaining our paper. The editorial staff has found it necessary to economize, there- fore the exchange column has been reduced to twenty exchanges. The Radiator gladly acknowledges the receipt of the following exchanges: Enfield Echo, Enfield High School, Thompson- ville, Conn. Golden Rod, Quincy High School, Quincy, Mass. Grotonian, Groton School, Groton, Mass, (week- ly and monthly). Harrisonite, Fort Benjamin Harrison, 111. This exchange was sent by Arnold Murray, editor-in- chief of the Radiator staff, in 1915, now in his country’s service. High School Herald, Westfield High School, Westfield, Mass. Megaphone, Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass. Megaphone, Country Day School, Newton, Mass. Pasadena Chronicle, Pasadena High School, Pasadena, Calif. Pioneer, Frankford High School, Philadelphia. Polytechnic, Troy, N. Y. School Life, Melrose High School, Melrose, Mass. Translating in French—“PI tremblait des pieds a la tete.” He trembled from the foot of his head —Exchange. “Are you chewing gum?” “No’in.” “I suppose you are chewing vour tongue?” “Yes’m.” “Well, put it in the waste basket.”—Exchange. A Word from Home X There’s a fellow needs a letter, Will you write him just a line? It will make him feel much better To receive this friendly sign That we march in love beside him, Wheresoever he may roam, Share his life, whate’er betide him, As we think of him at home II He has borne his country’s burden, Sailed away to face the fight; Will you cheer him with this guerdon; You are with him day and night? Just sit down and write a letter, Full of vim, of news, and cheer, It will make him feel much better For your thinking of him here. III There are days when he feels badly In his dugout far away; Send him greetings, freely, gladly, Tidings from the U. S. A. Stand beside him thigh and shoulder, Send your spirit, with a might; It will make him fight the bolder, Just to read the lines you write. IV Just sit down and write a letter, Full of happiness and mirth, It will make some boy feel better As he burrows in the earth; Make his dugout one fine mansion, Make his night-watch bright as day, Sit right down and send good tidings To the boys who sailed away. —Megaphone, Dean Academy.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 13 The Stolen Horse By Marion G. Gladdis, ’21 ALTER, I want you to bring down this recipe to Mrs. Smith.” The speaker was an elderly woman. Walter was an orphan and lived with his aunt. He was fifteen years old and was very mischievous, but lie was as honest as he was mischievous. ‘‘All right.” •‘Be sure to come right back.” “Yes’m,” and Walter went whistling down the path. He delivered the recipe and started to go home. As he went down the steps he was startled to see a figure sneaking toward the barn. Determined to find out the meaning of it, he crouched down behind some bushes, where lie could watch with- out being seen. After becoming accustomed to the darkness, he could watch the actions of the man more clearly. Suddenly the man turned, and Walter was surprised to find it was Mr. White, a man who lived in the town. Mr. White very carefully opened a window of the barn, which, through the carlessness of one of the hired men, had not been locked. As soon as Mr. White disappeared from sight, Walter jumped up and ran to the barn; he looked in the window. He was just in time to see Mr. White untie a horse from one of the stalls. He unlocked the door and led the horse out. He rode away into the night and then Walter went home, lie didn’t tell Mr. Smith because Mr. White had been kind to him. The next day he read in the paper how a Mr. Jones had been blamed for taking the horse, be- cause one of the hired men said that lie had seen Mr. Jones around there. He also said that as Mr. Jones was poor a horse would be very useful for he could sell it and get a lot of money for it. Everyone seemed to believe this, and so Mr. Jones was to have a trial in court. Walter didn’t know what to do, he was getting sick from worrying about it. He didn’t want to tell on Mr. White, and yet he didn’t want Mr. Jones to be blamed. His aunt noticing how pale he looked, asked what the matter was. But he said, “Nothing,” and walked away. He decided to go for a walk. Unconsciously he walked by Mr. Jones’ house, and just as lie was going by lie saw the sheriff coming out of the house. Walter walked up to him and said, “When is the trial for Mr. Jones to be held?” The sheriff said, “Tomorrow after- noon at 2 o’clock.” “Thank you,” answered Wal- ter and walked on. lie decided to go to the trial. The next day at 2 o’clock everyone appeared at the court room ; even Mr. White was present. The lawyers had almost proved Mr. Jones guilty when Walter got up and said, “Oh, Mr. Harlem (that was the judge’s name), I know who stole that horse. It was Mr. White, for I saw him!” Mr. White paled when he heard this and looked! to see if he could get away, but means of escape were cut off, and he was obliged to remain where he was. Walter got up and explained how he had seen Mr. White steal the horse and in so doing gained the good will of the community. Mr. White was then proved guilty being obliged to pay a heavy fine and also to pay for the horse for he had sold it. We are told “Man is fearfully and wonderfully made.” The favorite maxim of the Greeks was “Know thyself,” while the Romans placed the em- phasis on “Master thyself.” Here are a few facts from one of our exchanges relating to the human organism with which all should be familiar: Each ear has four bones. The body has about 500 muscles. The human skull contains thirty bones. The lower limbs contain thirty bones each. Each hair has two oil glands at its base. The globe of the eye is moved by six muscles. The wrist contains eight bones; the palms five; the fingers fourteen. The roots of the hair penetrate the skin about one-twelfth of an inch. Hair is very strong. A single hair will bear 1,150 grains. The enamel of the teeth contains over 05 per cent, calcareous matter. Straight hairs are nearly cylindrical; curly hairs are elliptical or flat. The weight of the average man is 140 pounds; of a woman, 115 pounds. The brain is supposed to contain ovef 200,000,- 000 cells, in which thought works out problems.— Exchange. “Well, my little man,” said the grocer kindly, do you want to buy candy today?” “You bet I do,” responded the urchin, “but T gotta buy soap.”—Exchange.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 15 The High School library holds a unique posi- tion in the school. It is to the whole school what the laboratory is to the science department, what the kitchen is to the cooking classes. Its position has been slow in becoming recognized, but is final- ly coming into its own. Somerville is one of the first cities in the state to establish a library with a librarian in charge who is to devote all her time to this work at the public library. There are three distinct types of High School libraries: First, the one in which the librarian is under full control of the school authorities; sec- ond, the one in which the librarian is under the control of both the school authorities and the pub- lic library, and divides her time between them; and third, the one in which the librarian devotes part of her time to the library, and part to teach- ing. The second is the arrangement adopted by Somerville. This brings the relations between the public library and the school particularly close. The High School library aims to have material that will be of interest and of use to every de- partment. every teacher and every student in the school. Besides the general reference books, the dictionaries, encyclopaedias, year books, etc., there is a large collection of special reference books particularly useful to students of those subjects, —community civics, commerce and industry, lan- guages. Then there are the special editions and books to help make the studies more attractive. “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” with Rockham’s fantastic illustrations, “As You Like It.” so dain- tily and delicately illustrated by Hugh Thomson, the King Arthur tales with their spirited pic- tures, are some examples. For pleasure reading there are books to appeal to all tastes,—stories of adventure, of travel, of college life, novels that have stood the test of time, stories of today. There are war books by the men at the front,—personal narratives of all phases of the war,—air service, tank service, prison life, life on the sea, life in a submarine,— every field of action, Vritten by men who have been through it. The more serious type of the war books is also represented—“The Glory of the Trenches,” “World War,” “Land of Deepening Shadows”—books that you read through with great thought. For oral themes, for work in current events, for debates, periodicals are most helpful. The “weeklies,” Outlook, Independent, Literary Di- gest. Scientific American and its supplement con- tain some very valuable material; the “month- lies,” which touch nearly every department in the school, include the American Builder, Ameri- can Forestry, American Cookery, American In- dustries, Bookman (which contain some excellent book reviews, good models for yours), Industrial Arts, National Geographic, Popular Mechanics, Review of Reviews. Stenographer, System, Travel, and World’s Work. This year a filing cabinet has been added in which will be stored clippings, pictures and other valuable materials so as to be made more avail- able. New bulletin boards have been put in and the material on these will be interesting and in- structive. The library is open from 8.15 to 2.30. and stu- dents may come at any time. It is for their con- venience especially and the librarian is there to help them find what they need. The public li- brary is more generous, not only in lending books, but in purchasing books. Any book desired for use in school work may be borrowed from there through the system of interchange now used. Books may be taken from the library at the close of school, some to be returned the next morning, some to be kept longer. A cordial invitation is extended to all students to visit the library and inspect it for themselves.