Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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' $JLSLSLSLSLSLSlSLSlJl QJLTJLJL jLiLSLQJULOJLSLSLJULSLSlJUlJLP.JUU o e ; t °o SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR hmnmnr inrrdTrinmnnnrin VOL. XXIX SOMERVILLE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, NOVEMBER, 1919 No. 2 The Somerville High School Radiator is published by the High School on the third Thursday of every month during the school year, and only important news matter can be received after the lirst Thursday of the month. Matter for insertion may be left with any of the editorial staff or mailed to the editor at the High School. In contributing, write on one side of the paper only, and sign full name. Communications, according to their nature, should be m uled to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor. Manuscript must be accompanied by necessary postage to insure its return. Term», 75 Cent» per Year Entered as second class mail matter at Boston P. O. Graduation Number, 25 Cents Other Numbers, 10 Cents PURITAN LINOTYPE EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF L. CURTIS FOYE, ’20 ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER DOROTHY BAKER, ’20 HARRY S. SMITH, ’21 EXCHANGE EDITOR ISABEL CARPENTER, '20 SPORTING EDITOR C. ALVAH MITCHELL, '20 ALUMNI EDITORS HARRIET FORD, 20 ALENE HOLMAN, '20 ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS HOMER ROWE, '22 LINCOLN HIGGINS, '22 STAFF ARTIST HELEN STEERE, '20 TREASURER GEORGE M. HOSMER (Faculty) LIBRARY EDITOR ADVISER LILLIAN PIERCE, ’20 A. MARION MERRILL (Faculty) CLASS EDITORS FRED LITTLEFIELD, '20 JOHN C. DUNBAR, '21 ASSISTANTS DOROTHY BAKER, '20 DONALD H. MILLER, '2J. WALTER N. BRECKENRIDGE, »22

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A THANKSGIVING PRAYER Oh, Thou. Grand Builder of the Universe! Who niak’st the rolling worlds and peoplest them With creatures—Who watchest the spar- row’s fall, And shap’st the fate of nature— Hear us, we beseech Thee! Bend low Thine ear; And in Thy mercy heed, while now the Nation Kneels with her thank-offering. Another year Upon the circled track of Time has passed, And still she holds Thy favor. Oh! give her, We implore Thee, a sense of all Thy bless- ings— A full sense to know, so in the knowledge She may worthier be to wear them. All this, O Great Supreme! She lowly asks through Him Thou lovest. p

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6 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR ANGELO DELANI Emily Wright, ’22. Rosa Maria, a celebrated contralto, having just delighted an audience with her singing, was leaving the theatre on her way home when her attention was arrested by the soft strains of a violin, faintly heard above the uproar of the city. It was unusual to hear a street musician in that part of the city, so she listened a moment. Gradually, as the simple melody of the music came to her list- ening ears, she began to wonder who was playing. She stepped into the street, and moving with the crowd came to the place where the violinist sat. Angelo Delani was poor, lame, and father- less. His father had been a great violinist and had taught the small Marco to play on his beloved violin. The boy, being of a musi- cal temperment, took to the instrument read- ily; but when the father died leaving him penniless, Angelo was at a loss what to do .to earn his living. Reduced to his last coin, he was forced into the street, and sitting in a remote corner, began to play to rest his tired mind. Gradually a group of listeners gathered, and soon, all unknown to Angelo who was lost in the land of music, a crowd was listening to the sweet tones of the violin so deftly played by one so young. Among them was the fair Rosa Maria, drawn by the strains of her favorite song, listening spell-bound to note after note. As the song ended the crowd dwindled away until only Rosa Maria was left with the boy. Angelo was sitting very still, utterly discouraged with life and all things in gen- eral, when— “Child! Where did you learn to play like that?” It was the beautiful Rosa speaking. “Oh, Senorita,” said the boy, startled, “I did not know anyone was near.” Then followed a conversation in which it was disclosed that Angelo was alone in the world except for some unknown relatives in Great Britain, whom the father had men- tioned once but not called by name. He was now fourteen years old and had been living in an attic room with his old nurse. She had but recently died, and now Angelo was turn- ed into the street to starve. Rosa Maria was fascinated more' and more by this strange, lame lad who could play so beautifully. Be- fore the conversation ended she had deter- mined to take him to her home and care for him. Meanwhile, Rosa Maria’s old chauffeur had begun to get uneasy about his mistress. He had seen her turn down the street, and as it was very late, and she had not returned, he decided to find her. He had walked down the street a way when he saw his mistress and the boy coming toward him. When they met, Rosa explained that she was taking the boy home, and accordingly the old servant took the lad into his arms and made his way back to the car. We must now leave them on their way home, and skip over the space of four years in which Angelo has grown to be talf and manly. He is now eighteen years old and has studied with celebrated masters in Germany and in his own beloved Italy. We find Rosa Maria and Angelo journeying to England to visit the Senorita’s friends of whom she had often spoken to him. A month later. Lady Vincent, a friend of Rosa’s was preparing to give a musicale. Lady Vincent’s musicales were very popular among her many friends, and she wished to make this one better than usual. Having lately met the young Italian violinist and heard of his success, she determined to have him play at her musicale. When she asked him he replied that he would be very pleased to assist her. The night of the musicale arrived, and a close observer might have noticed in the audi- ence a white-haired, refined appearing gentle- woman. She possessed a clearly cut profile, rather stern lips, and very kind eyes. This was the Lady Montgomery, a lover of music and a very dear friend of Lady Vincent. The first numbers of the program were up to the standard of Lady Vincent’s musicales, and then came the announcement that Senor Angelo Delani would play a few selections as a special favor to the hostess. The moment Angelo came before the audience Lady Mont- gomery might been seen to start suddenly. Where had she seen those features before? The expressive eyes, the clearly cut profile, and the kind but rather stern mouth. Then, for the first time, she noticed that he was lame. She wondered how he could have be-