Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 11 OOOOQOOOGQQQQQOOQO O P 0 P Q PQQ C QOQPQOQJ?QQQ J)Q9QQP0QQQQQ0Q0P Q Q Q 9 0gQ LIBRARY DEPARTMENT r nnnnrT nr5ir?nnnr ’?nr?nnnnnnnnnnnnr nrT5t s “Would you care to visit our library?” I asked a friend to whom I was showing our school building last year. I was fairly taken off my feet by her enthusiastic replay, and right then I discovered she was a so- called “book-worm,” and loved books better than anything else. I told her she could make herself at home and that she could find books of all kinds to entertain her. room, the beautiful pictures of the Holy Grail, by Edwin Abbey, the neat rows of books, orderly tables, and last, but far from least, the flowers in the vases about the room. It did look very charming, and best of all it happened at the particular time to be filled with boys and girls reading, which showed the pupils found it attractive, too. My friend said she was surprised to find so many different kinds of books, for instance, she found books on special shelves, labeled: W' xceading. riome Economics. Vocations. Literature. Biography. Drama. Commerce and Industry. Community Civics. Reference Books. With my friend’s experience in mind I went to the library at the opening of school in September. Of course ill of us regret very much the loss of our ist year’s libra- rian, Miss Kneil, but Miss Miller gave me such a kind greeting it helped to make Miss Kneil's absence less noticeable. Miss Miller assisted Miss Kneil last year and so knows the ways of the school, and best of al is ready to help all boys and girls who come to her for advice about books and reading. After my talk with Miss Miller I wan- dered over to the periodical rack. “My! I see you have a good number of periodicals, Miss Miller.” “Yes, we have many very good maga- zines.” “Now, really and truly Miss Miller, do you think the scholars get much help from these magazines? That is, enough so that it pays to have them?” “Why, I should say most decidedly yes! Now in the study of science, the National and the Travel are very great helps, and in current events any pupil who has any am- bition can improve his work greatly by reading any of these five.” At this point she picked out the Independent, Literary Digest, Review of Reviews, World’s Work, and the Outlook. Then she continued, “The System, Popular Mechanics, and Scientific American, are nearly always in use, for they come under Useful Arts. Hardly a day passes but some girl comes in who is faking Domestic Science and wants to look over American Cookery. Then again, all the magazines I've mentioned are used in the preparation of oral themes. Yes, indeed, I surely do think the periodi- cals are a great help to the pupils.” I then went over to the Short Story rack. “What about story books, Miss Miller?” “We have some very interesting ones on this shelf just now, and I’m quite sure all the pupils haven’t read them,” said Miss Miller. She then pointed out six that she con- sidered most interesting, they were: The Day of Glory, by Dorothy Canfield, Cab- bages and King, by O’Henry, Captains All, by Jacob, Short Stories for High Schools, by Mikel, Harbor Tales, by Duncan, Mys- tery Tales, by Smith, and there are also some interesting stories by Kipling, Haw- thorne, and Poe. The library is open during school hours, and books may be taken out after school. I, for one, think it would be a great im- provement if all those who now “hang around” outside the library would go in and find something to interest them. How about it, classmates?

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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,

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12 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR EXCHANGES Isabel Carpenter, Class 1920 The exchange editor will be greatly pleased to have comments made on our “Radiator” through the exchange column. We intend to do our part in criticising other school papers. We hope other edi- tors will not be timid in commenting on us. Burns spoke wisely when he said, “Oh, wad some power the giftic gi’e us To see ourselves as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder frae us, And foolish notion.” It will be a positive help to learn just how we impress others. Of course, we know what we think of ourselves. The “Tripod”—Your June number is good as a whole, but, where arc your class notes? Your alumni notes far surpass your class notes. MY IMPRESSIONS OF THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL My impression of the Senior High School is a labyrinth of corridors, all built and looking the same, with smaller corridors leading off them, and a flight of stairs at every bend and turn. The only way I have of reaching my destination is to travel the length of one corridor, and if I do not find my room, to climb a flight of stairs, walk down another corridor until some kindly teacher or more worldly-wise first year pupil rescues me. The best way of getting around, if you are lost, is to walk quickly, never letting the knowledge that you are lost seem to dis- turb you. Look as if yvou know where you are going, and in time, by walking up one corridor and down another at a rapid rate you will reach your destination to find you have been following the wrong program and belong in your home room. ATHLETICS '0 00000 oojroootnroooooooofrooinnn 0 a 0otnwnrooooo 000 0 0 j The football season is here again and the warriors of the Red and Blue are ready to battle for the coming championship of the Suburban League. Our chances, how- ever. for that honor were in great danger at the opening of the football season because of the loss of our former coach, Cleo O'Donnell. The High School mourned the loss of this well-known coach, and the foot- ball squad was placed in a very critical sit- uation. We were very fortunate, however, in having a coach-captain who was capable of conducting the football squad until a coach was elected. Captain “Jack” Rear- don did wonderful work in managing his team, and the school owes many thanks to him. Football practice began the Monday after school opened, and many candidates reported at the Somerville recreation field to prove their ability as football players. Three squads were formed, and at the'time of the election of our new coach. George Sylvester MacLaughlin, two squads were ready to fight for positions on the regular team. This is the sort of spirit that the S. H. S. should keep up, and the only fair way to prove it is to attend all the games. OUR NEW COACH George Sylvester MacLaughlin was born in Somerville in 1882. He attended the Pope Grammar School, from which he grad- uated with the class of 1900. The follow- ing fall he entered the Somerville High School and graduated in the year of 1904. He then attended the Massachusetts Nor- mal Art School for one year, and entered Harvard University in the fall of 1905, and graduated in the class of 1909. Mr. Mac- Laughlin was considered not only a student but an athlete. He was captain of the Som- erville High football team in 1903, and in that year S. H. S. held the championship of the Suburban League. He was a mem- ber of the S. H. S. track team, being cap- tain of the team in 1902-03 While attending Harvard, Coach Mac- Laughlin played on all class teams and