Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 9 Colonel French has spent altogether fif- teen months in Rome, taking these pictures. He has made three complete tours of the world. His collection of ten thousand slides is the largest of its kind in the world. He also has a collection of about thirteen thousand feet of motion picture films. Colonel French took all of the pictures for the slides himself, which makes his lectures doubly interesting. He is the only man in his profession who lectures to adults and to school children as well. All who have heard Colonel French will be glad to hear him again, because they know what an excellent and interesting speaker he is. Those who have never heard him have missed a great deal. All are invited to attend this entertain- ment. Tickets will be io cents and will be on sale later. Remember. Colonel French, High School Hall. 2 P.M., Wednesday, No- vember 3! The “Radiator” extends a hearty welcome to the new members of our faculty. We stand ready to help them in any possible way, and wish them all success. The fol- lowing is a list of the new teachers: Miss Elizabeth M. Welch (Stenography), Room 102. Miss Welch graduated from Somerville High School, and Chandler Nor- mal Shorthand School. She taught in the Howard High School, West Bridgewater. The last two years she has spent in the serv- ice of the government, part of that time being overseas. Miss Ruth L. Ranger (French, Mathe- matics), Room 228. Miss Ranger graduat- ed from Somerville High School and from Boston University. She has taught in Bethel, Vt., and in Wayland, Mass. Miss Ruth H. Merritt (Typewriting), Room 224. Miss Merritt graduated from the South Portland (Me.) High School and from the Nasson Institute, Springvale, Me. She has taught in Bath. Me. Miss Louise M. Saunders (French, Spanish), Room 214. Miss Saunders graduated from Somerville High School and from Tufts College. She has taught for a number of years in Braintree High School. Miss Ella W. Burnham (French), Room 322. Miss Burnham received her training in European schools. She has taught in Miss Doris Crcsto (French and Draw- Gloucester High School (Mass.), ing), Room 400. Miss Cresto graduated from Somerville High School, and Massa- chusetts Normal Art School. She comes to us directly from the art school.. Mr. Leander T. .DeCelles (Chemistry), Room 301. Mr. DeCelles graduated from Boston College Preparatory School and from Boston College. While in college he was very active along literary lines.. He was associate editor of the college paper, and he won the Bapst prize in debating. He has taught in New Haven, Vermont, and in Boston College. He entered the serv- ice in the aviation corps. After about eigh- teen months in the service he was released, and finished the year teaching in Roxbury High School. Mr. Wallace S. Hall (Physics, Chemis- try), Room 302. Mr. Hall graduated from Woburn High School and from Knox Col- lege (111.). He did post-graduate work at Harvard. He has taught in Oak Bluffs, Mass., Hanover, Mass., and in Woodstock, Conn. OMICRON PI SIGMA Psi Chapter of Omicron Pi Sigma Fra- ternity is entering into one of its most suc- cessful years. Never before has the out- look appeared more bright and promising. We are aiming to maintain the high stand- ard which our graduated brothers strove hard to acquire and hold. Sadly do we miss the familiar faces of our brothers of the class of nineteen hundred and nineteen. Many of them have entered higher institu- tions. To them we send our best wishes for success. Upon us who remain, falls the task of choosing those who are to enter into our circle. May we be able to do this with the clearest of foresight so that only those who will uphold the true principles of man- hood and fraternalism can enter. Co-operation with the school and faculty is our object. Second to this is the promot- ing of. the social side of school life. Social gatherings will be held several times during the year. Included in these is a dance which will be held November 26, the night before Thanksgiving at the Hienc- man House.

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8 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR EDITORIALS Vacation is over and vvc arc once more taking up our tasks in school, preparing ourselves for our life'work. The schools have opened at the regular time. No epi- demic of infantile paralysis is threatening the children of our country, and no pesti- lence holds the country in its jaws, devouring hundreds of thousands of our nation’s best. The cruel war, which for four long years held the world in a merciless grip, destroy- ing millions of brave, young lives, ruining hundreds of happy homes, and wiping out millions of dollars worth of property, is now a thing of the past. Germany, instead of fulfilling her boast of conquering the whole world, has met a most crushing de- feat. Yes, the war is over, but the world is by no means at peace. In Russia and Ger- many, Bolshevism rules with its bloody sceptre. In many of the other European countries the governments are constantly changing. The affairs of Japan and China are in upheaval. This world-wide feeling of unrest pervades even democratic United States and England. In the United States we are threatened with Bolshevism. A well-known editor has said that “Bolshe- vism is no longer a specter in the United States. Boston in chaos reveals its sinister substance.” And this condition of affairs, although vividly portrayed in Boston at the present time, has spread throughout the whole of our great country. What is it but Bolshevism without blodshed when a few thousand electric car operators are allowed to strike and tie up a city of hundreds of thousands, for entirely selfish ends? Sev- eral of the great cities of this country have been tied up in this way. Coal miners’ strikes; steel workers’ strikes; woolen work- ers’ strikes;—strikes of a hundred different kinds all add to the critical condition of the country. The great police strike in Bos- ton is treason. No doubt the men had grievances, but they had no right to strike. Using the words of His Excellency, the Governor of Massachusetts, “The men are deserters. This is not a strike. The men were public officials. The desertion of these men furnished the opportunity; the criminal element furnished the action. There is no right to strike against the pub- lic safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.” A cartoonist in a prominent newspaper rep- resents disorder, crime, and violence wel- coming the striking policemen as their ally. But the striking policemen in Boston are beginning to realize that they had to deal with a strong man when they came into conflict with Governor Coolidge. As they see the new police force being organized they will realize even more that they have committed an act which is more than mere child’s play, and they must realize that some other move would have been better than de- serting their posts in such a critical time as the present. With this great feeling of unrest pervad- ing our country, it is the duty of each one of us to work our hardest and to do all within our power to stamp out the awful be- ginnings of Bolshevism. Therefore, schoolmates, let us get together, study hard, and prove that we stand for true Americanism, not letting outside affairs turn us aside from our daily task. We arc glad to announce to the school that in spite of the high cost of publication, we hope to be able to return to our old style of coated paper, without advancing the price of subscription. Don’t fail to get a copy or two of the “Radiator” each month. The “Radiator” staff wish to thank the teachers and pupils who so willingly helped in our subscription campaign. On Wednesday, November 3, Colonel C. H. French will give one of his famous illus- trated lectures, for the benefit of the “Ra- diator.” In this lecture, entitled “Rome,” he will build Rome before your very eyes, in a most wonderful way. He pictures the city from its very beginning up to the pres- ent day.

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10 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 7VOTZS OF THE A LVMNI CATTPBEL.L-08 1919 Gertrude Barker, Louise Woods and Dor- othy Sawver are attending Boston Normal Art School. Ruth Caulfield is employed on the clerical staff of the Boston and Maine office. William Hayes is at Holy Cross College. Edgar Lyle and Oscar Ilockenson are freshmen at Dartmouth. Helen Sweet is at present assisting Mme. Lombard at her studio of music. John Avery is a midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Md. Mildred Scribner and Ethel Swineham- mer are employed by the Gillette Razor Company. Dorothy Loring is a freshman at Whea- ton College. George Keegan is a salesman for the Cole Motor Company. Charles Kolb is employed by the F. H. Thomas Company of Boston. Carleton Knox and Charles Kendall are attending Lowell Textile School. Jessie Moore is manager of the Dainty Waist Shop at Gloucester. Beulah Nowell is employed by the John Hancock Insurance Company. Norman Paasche is at Brown University. Francis Howland and Charles Easton arc at Boston University. 1918 Adelaide Furlong entered Forsythe Den- tal School, October 1, 1919. Dorothy Pray and Beatrice Savage arc sophomores at Jackson. Mildred Saunders is at the Quartermas- ter’s Depot, Medford, Mass. Raymon Eldridge is a sophomore at Tufts. Lillias Durning was married to Carlton Potter, September 17. 1917 Stella Crow is completing a course at Framingham Normal School. It is interesting to note that Harry Moore, president of the class of T7, is work- ing hard to complete a four years’ course in three years at Harvard. Arthur Gorham is with the E. R. Nash Company, wholesale leathc house. Harold Kolb has returned from service and will again take up his course at the Mu- seum of Fine Arts. 1916 Helen Haden is employed by the Ameri- can Glue Company. Ruth Armstrong is with the American Woolen Company. Charles, “Breezy,” Morse is a salesman for Libby, McNeil Libby. Howard Whitaker is a senior at Dart- mouth. 1915 Margaret Wiley is Vice-President of the Senior Class at Wheaton. John Brewer is a research chemist for the American Paper Company of Holyoke. John Chipman. returned last spring from the French service as 1st lieutenant, has finished a course At Harvard Summer School. Horace Ford, Tufts ’19, was with the Boston Braves this season and is now a chemist in the Hood Rubber Company. Roscoe Elliot, having served in the U. S. Navy, has re-entered Dartmouth this fall. 1914 Frank Lincoln, Tufts ’19, is employed by the Walworth Manufacturing Company as a mechanical engineer,