Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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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.

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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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16 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR TVOTES OF THE ALVMNI CATTEBELL-OS Somerville High School Roll of Honor We give below the names of our graduates who have died in the service. They aVe, indeed, our honor men. The supreme gift lias been theirs. No finer expression of their spirit can be offered than that given in the words of one of them, Up- ton, written a few days before his death: “It has been hard to remain patient when we read of the brave French and English and Ital- ians on the various fronts, when we had heard first hand of the sacrifices of the people of their different countries, when we had felt the pinch of food in restaurants in England, France and Italy, when we had seen the train loads of wounded pass us, knowing from everything we had seen and heard how much even our little bit was needed. It has only been our grand ideal that has kept us in spirit, only the knowledge of the glorious cause to be served. Now we are happy for our chance is coming soon! “Those in the States may find it difficult to be- lieve. but be assured the task before us has be- come so all-absorbing, so gripping, so glorious a chance for service, we have come to feel that it is sacred! “So we rejoice in our chance and are happy and impatient as never before! Can you blame us?” Well has it been said of them: “Every such life as theirs lifts up our common earth a little way towards the heavenly world! The ideals which they in a measure realized, lessen the distance be- tween us and the stars; between the mortal and the immortal!” Graduates Who Have Died in the Service Robert A. Bowl by 1906 Wallace T. Crispin 1912 Clayton C. Ellis 1915-B Ernest A. Giroux 1915-B Douglas R. Locke 1912 Joseph G. Murphy 1915-B Harold L. Pinkham 1915-B William W. Thayer 1912 Charles H. Upton 1912 Ernest A. Ware 1905 Under Graduate Who Died in the Service John J. Falvey 1919-A 1918 Bernice C. Hamilton (18-B) has entered Jack- son College. Eleanor Hall is attending Bryant and Stratton Business College. Eleanor Libby (18-A) is with the Charles River Trust Company. Reina Hadley is a freshman at Wheaton. The Somerville High School is honored by one of its alumni, Dorothy Currie, who won the $250 scholarship for passing the best entrance ex- amination, and is now a freshman at Radeliffe College. “Bud” Young has enlisted in the S. A. T. C. at Boston College. Dorothy Pray is a freshman at Jackson College. William Moore, president of his class during his senior year, is in the S. A. T. C. at Tufts. Muriel Wardrobe is a student at Burdette Business College. Anna Fulton has entered Boston University. Mary Robson is employed by the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Boston; and is attend- ing night school at Bryant and Stratton Business College. Raymond Eldridge has enlisted in the S. A. T. C. at Tufts. ’17 Alice Padelford is a sophomore at Wheaton. David Hill has enlisted in the S. A. T. C. at Boston University. Beatrice Savage, secretary of her class during her senior year, is a freshman at Jackson College. 1917 Merle S. Hunt has enlisted in the United States aviation service and is stationed at Mineola, L. I. Francis B. Hamilton (17-B) has enlisted in the merchant marine. The engagement has been announced of Alice LeSueur (17-A) to C. Lawrence Poore of Somer- ville. Florence Parker is attending Burdette Busi- ness College. Pete Allen has enlisted in the S. A. T. C. at Tufts. Edna Marsh (17-A) is married to Clifford Gil- lette of Somerville.