Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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 5 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR EDITORIALS Three hundred years ago, on a December day. The Radiator welcomes the teachers and pu- a group of 100 men and women landed on the pils who are new to the school this year, and shores of Plymouth. Fatigued and cold, they hopes that the year will be a happy and a pros- gazed on their land of promise. They saw a perous one for all. desolate shore washed with the chill waters of 1 the ocean. They saw forests and perhaps a Seniors, the year that remains will prove curious Indian or two. This was all. and yet to what you can do for your school. Express your these weary Pilgrims this barren land seemed enthusiasm, your gratitude, by supporting each the land of promise. The strong-willed fathers undertaking of the school. Do not waste your had determined to build homes for their families time grumbling over conditions you do not like, where they could freely worship God and edu- Remember it is your school, your class, your cate their children, and so they established their schoolmates! Remember, too, above all, that homes, resisted the savages, enduring hunger the school is working absolutely for your good, and cold that we of today might enjoy freedom Do not grumble at military drill. Put your in religion and a fair government. best foot forward and make a success of it. By Three hundred years ago it was when the your enthusiasm compel the Y. D. boys and their Pilgrims laid the foundations of this New Eng- officers to throng to see the High School Army land of ours. Three hundred years! Today we on parade! are aided by civilization, education, and the mar- Do not be afraid to work for the debating vcls ot invention in doing our work for a nation, clubs. So work that the debating clubs will be Our forefathers had to contend with barbar- not good, but wonderful this year, ism. ignorance, and the crudeness of their sim- Make the High School Orchestra famous, and ] le tools. And yet they succeeded! What great et the glee club’s success this year be a com- things can we of this generation not accomplish mon topic among Somerville people, aided by the wonders of civilization. We have Help to make Somerville High School send a task, that of making a country of citizens, ot out more college students, more efficient busi- patriotic enthusiasts, whose one thought will be ness men and women than in any year, and at the good of their country — the country our the end of the term let the records prove to the forefathers worked to found. citizens of Somerville the ability of its students. Let us, too, even as our forefathers, have a Let us bring honor and recognition to the school, vision, cling to our purpose and succeed! Three Seniors, this is your year! Improve it, en- hundred years from now let it be said that we joy it! established a monument for the whole world. Every person a citizen—a genuine, real citizen, The class of 1920 has an admirable represen- workmg for a pure government, and the perfec- tation in college circles. Seventy-six students tion ot our country! entered at twenty-one different colleges.

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 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR VOL. XXX SOMERVILLE. BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS. OCTOBER. 1920 • No. 1 The Somerville High School Hndlntor 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 first Thursday of the month. Matter for insertion may be left with any of the editorial stalY 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 mailed to the editor, business manager, or exchange editor. Manuscript must be accompanied by necessary postage to insure its return. Terms, 91.00 per Year Entered as second class mail matter at Boston P. O. Single Numbers, 15 Cents SOMEKYI I.LE JOURNAL PRINT EDITORIAL STAFF Editor in-Chief JOHN C. DUNBAR,’ 21 Associate Editor Business Manager BEATRICE SWEET. 21 DONALD H. MILLER, ’21 Exchange Editor Assistant Business Managers HAZEL FREEMAN. '21 HOMER ROWE. ’22 LINCOLN HIGGINS, ’22 Library Editor RUTH ROOD. ’21 Sporting Editor WALTER HOLM BERG. ’21 Alumni Editors LAURA CRUWYS, ’21 Staff Artist KATHARYN BUCK, ’21 L PHYLLIS BROWNELL, ’21 Faculty Adviser Faculty Treasurer A. MARION MERRILL GEORGE M. HOSMER Class Editors Assistant Class Editors LEONARD MILANO. 21 WILBUR STANLEY. '22 GEOROE MEGATHLIN. ’21 JOHN HOLMES. ’23 (Pro tern)

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 1 'S.'I V 'A k '0 i?'T V 6 Oo- - ( -Z.o -Tu v»c. 2- 1 212999 SOM ER VILLE IHGH SCHOOL RADIATOR The Class of 1922 lias already shown the school what kind of stuff it is made of. The records of their achievements of last year arc sufficient to cause even the most skeptical to lose all doubt as to the calibre of 1922. Keep up the good work. Juniors, the school needs your help! It is hoped that the new pupils will co-operate with the upper classes and the Faculty in mak- ing this year one of the best that the school has ever seen. The new pupils can help most by be- ing good sports in cheerfully obeying the rules laid down by the school authorities. These di- rections were determined by experiment with classes just like yours and ours, and while they may seem a bit drastic or unnecessary at first, even the most mischievous and unruly of you will presently accept them as part of the game, 7 and obey them as the good sports you arc. As you gradually become better acquainted with the S. II. S. and its manners and customs, class spirit and pride will develop, and. by the end of the first half, you will have a class of which both you and the school may well be proud. : v We hope that those new to the school, as well as the members of the upper classes, will back up every activity'of the school to the sticking point. Get into it! You will be in high school but once! Why not do something that will make you remember your high school days? You do not lack opportunity. The Glee Clubs, the Debating Societies, the orchestra, the ath- letic teams, all need your help and will be glacl to have every one of you with them. Opportun- ity to do something is knocking at your door. I low about it? LIBRARY 1 )EPARTMENT n Not al! high schools are so fortunate as to boast a library, though every community, large enough tc claim a name, has its public library. Our high school is a community of students and teachers who arc specializing along various lines of education. The High School Library fills all the wants for books and periodicals, no matter what course one may be taking. The library is well equipped with books, dic- tionaries, encyclopaedias — also books of com- munity civics and of commerce and industry. The languages are well represented and illus- trated books of Shakespeare’s works may be ob- tained. Collateral reading of good literature is advised by all teachers of English at the Somer- ville High School, so the library has on its shelves a choice collection of books of travel, adventure, college life, and stories of the late Great World War. Novels such as “Hugh Wynne” by S. Weir Mitchell, “Lorna Doone” bv Blackmore, and “Last Days of Pompeii” by Bulwcr Lytton, books which have stood the test of vears. are among this varied set. A section of the High School Library is de- voted to periodicals which have proved, in pre- vious years, very helpful to students in prepara- tion for oral themes and debates. The weekly magazines, as the Outlook, Independent. Liter- ary Digest. Scientific American, contain very valuable information; the monthly magazines, as the American Builder. American Forestry, American Cookery, American Industries, Book- man, Industrial Arts, National Geographic, Popular Mechanics. Review of. Reviews. Stenog- rapher. System, Travel and World’s Work, of- fer a varied field of study and collateral reading. From 8.15 in the morning to 2.30 in the after- noon lhe library is open and students are wel- come anytime during these hours. The High School Library is for the convenience of both students and faculty, and Miss Miller, librarian in charge, willingly devotes her time and atten- tion to those who seek a share of the fund of knowledge at hand. Students furthermore are privileged to obtain books from the public li- brary through the school library whether or not they have a library card. A cordial invitation is extended to visit the library and inspect it for yourselves. The li- brary is yours. Make good use of it. FE3 23 1223