Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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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

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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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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 13 played left half-back on the Varsity foot- ball team. The Somerville High School is very for- tunate in getting Mr. MacLaughlin as coach teacher. His work, both in the school and on the gridiron, is highly satis- factory to the school board. We all ought to be proud of Coach MacLaughlin, and to show it wc must back up his team by at- tending all games. FIRST GAME On October I, S. H. S. football team played its first practice game of the season with St. John’s “Prep” of Danvers. The result of the game was that Somerville proved to be too strong a team for the “Prep” boys. The line of Somerville was unbreakable, and our backs showed fine work by placing the ball behind their oppo- nents’ goal line five times. The game was only a practice game, and was played in order that Coach MacLaughlin might pick his regulars. The line-up was as follows: Lynch, O’Connell, l.e. Chase, r.e. Gilkey, Brandt, l.t. Dowd, f.b. MacNamara, l.g. Barker, Patten, q.b. Capt. Reardon, c. Lavcrty, r.h.b. Herlihy, r.g. Toulouse, Patten, l.h.b. Pierce, Ryan, r.t. INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS Jack Reardon, captain of the football team this year, has been “a regular” for the past two years, and he is doing his utmost to have a championship team. “Steve” Patten, a very prominent ath- lete, both in baseball and football, is play- ing quarter back on the football team this year. George Dowd, who is well known in the S. H. S., as a baseball and football player, is playing full back for the team this year. Pierce, who is one of our former football stars, is playing right tackle, and a great deal of confidence is placed in him to help keep the line firm. James MacNamara, football manager of the team in 1918, has come back to us, not as a manager, but as a real football player. He has been placed on the line as left guard. “Pat” Lynch, a football player on the second squad last season, has made a good fight for “end,” and he is expected to do some good work. “Nickey” Chase, one of last year’s veter- ans, is expected to do some snappy fighting on the line. “Tom” O’Connell, also a veteran, has been placed at right end. Horace Brandt, a new member of the Senior class, is welcomed back from the trenches, where he served in the Marines. Joseph Herlihy, who is also a veteran, is considered the regular guard on the right of the line. George Laverty, better known as “Rib,” and who proved a great success as a base- ball player, is showing great spirit on the football team, and the Coach has placed him in the back field as a half-back. “Bob” MacPhail, who has been out of school for the past two years, has made the regular team, and we feel sure of his help in making the S. H. S. football team a cham- pionship team. Warren Gilkey, a veteran star tackier of S. H. S. football team, is welcomed back on the gridiron this year. A MASS MEETING A mass meeting was held in the Assem- bly hall Wednesday morning, October 1, and Coach MacLaughlin gave his first talk to the school concerning the prospects of the coming football season. He empha- sized the fact that in order to keep the spirit of the players in normal condition they must be backed up by the school. ATLHETIC ASSOCIATION The Athletic Association drive has just begun, and the returns show that there are many slackers in the school. Are you going to allow this sort of spirit to go? If not, make haste and place “two bits” in the treasury of the Association. HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA number of players have already reported, The Somerville High School Orchestra but we have hopes of a larger number later, has started the season with a rush. A large The post of leader was left vacant by the