Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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16 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR yNOTES or THE ALVMNI CAITPBELL-08 1916 Jack Harding is in the automobile business in Greater Boston. 1917 Doris Homer Richardson is now living in New York City. Florence R. Parker was recently married to Raymond G. Hastings, of Weston. Dorothy A. Haskell is secretary to the super- intendent of schools in Melrose, Mass. Harold Kolb is on the art staff of the Boston American. Wilda Chipman Bernard is now living in Lindsay, California, where she is teaching the voice. William Walsh is working in the Panama Canal Zone. A double wedding took place in Park Avenue Church on June 17 when Elizabeth Creighton became the wife of Lawrence Cook, 1918, and Miriam Cook, 1919, the wife of James Sawyer, 1917. 1920 Roland Barker is a Junior at Dartmouth, a member of S. A. E. and was last year elected to the Green Key, a sophomore society. Betty Haskell has announced her engage- ment to Charles Emerson Wyman, Jr., of Dor- chester, Mass. “Jim” McNamara is a junior at Georgetown University. Wilton Smith is a sophomore at Dartmouth and has joined Psi Upsilon. Anna Corliss, who was recently married to Alfred Norris, of New Jersey, is living in Rah- way, New Jersey. 1921 Sherman 0. Maxwell has been elected presi- dent of the sophomore class at Northeastern University. Donald Miller is a sophomore at Tufts and manager of the Tufts Weekly. He also has charge of the Sophomore Calendar. Harry Smith spent the summer as assistant superintendent on a plantation in Costa Rica. He is now a member of the sophomore class at Harvard. Hermon Fleming is at Lowell Textile. “Buster” Martin is with Lee, Higginson Company. Mary Ranton is a sophomore at Radcliffe College. The engagement of Gladys Johnston to Ralph Warner Procter, Tufts College, 1921, has been announced. Lenore Aiken has been substituting at Som- erville High School as a teacher of stenography during Miss Welch’s absence. Warren Gilkey and “Beanie” Simpson are at Rhode Island State College. 1922 Gladys French and Marion De Witt are freshmen at Wheaton. George Novack is attending Harvard. Homer Rowe is a freshman at Dartmouth. Harry Rice is at Tufts. Henry Tadgell is at Tufts Medical. Russell De War, Wilbur Stanley, Kenneth Wolf and Aldus Trowbridge are at Tufts. Whitman Goodwin and Leon Yacubian are freshmen at Lowell Textile. Robert Stevens is a freshman at Dartmouth. Harold Freeman, Ralph Ells, Albert Forbes, Donald MacGilvray and Lawrence Daggett are at Harvard. Lydia Marvin, Mildred Nickerson, are fresh- men at Radcliffe College. “Bob” McPhail is at Exeter. Helen Cunningham and Ethel Ricker are freshmen at Simmons College. “Lem” Rogers is at Dartmouth.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 15 1st Senior: “Why the black eye, old man?” 2nd Senior: “I told a man he had a funny looking fist.” 1st Senior: “Well?” 2nd Senior: “He poked fun at me.” Professor: “I wish now to tax your memory.” Voice from the rear: “Has it come to that?” $ $ $ There was a thin maiden called Rena, Who worked with a vacuum cleaner; But she got in the way Of the suction one day, Since which date no one has seen her. Nearly everybody has a well-developed bump of curiosity. And what does it lead to? •uMop apisdn aSsd aq; 3u;u.m; o; spea[ ast?D siq; ui ‘ qA Downstairs in the kitchen his mother was struggling with the supper fire. “Tommy,” said his mother, “fetch me a stick of wood.” “Ah, mother,” replied Tommy, “the gram- matical portion of your education has been sadly neglected. You should say: ‘Thomas, my son, transport from the recumbent collection of combustible material on the threshold of this edifice one of those curtailed excrescences of defunct log!’ ” Daughter: “Jim was the very goal of my ambition, but----” Mother: “But what?” Daughter: “Father kicked the goal.” ❖ Were it not For this sweet verse There’d be a joke here Ten times worse. Maiden: “Don’t you think Life Savers are thrilling?” Youth: “Yes, they often take my breath away.” ate Senior: “What do you think of the Turkish atrocities?” Soph: “I don’t know. I don’t smoke.” “Money is not at the bottom of everything,” sighed J. Hayward as he plunged his hands in his pockets. y.: “Can I hold your Palm Olive?” “Not on your Life Buoy.” “Then my Lux against me.” —School Life. “Raining Pitchforks” is pretty bad, but when it comes to “hailing street cars,” it’s rather rough weather. —School Life. I thought I saw a mass of green, And gazed intently on the scene, When, quickly looking through a glass, I simply saw the Sophomore class! ! He took her for an ice cream treat, His pretty blue-eyed Sal, But fainted when he saw the sign, “Cream, ninety cents a gal.” ’Tis said that a certain young Mr. Met a girl in the dark—straightway Kr. But it gave him a fright When he found in the light She turned out to be only his Sr.

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 17 EXCHANGE Back again! The Exchange Department of the Radiator wishes to acknowledge with many thanks their last year’s exchanges, and hopes to receive all of them again and many new ones this year. A most successful and prosperous year to all! AS WE SEE OTHERS The Register, Rindge Technical School— Your June number was interesting. We like your Athletic notes and “The Rindge Rubber- neck’’ was clever. Stetson Oracle, High School, Randolph, Mass.—You have a fine editorial department. Why not head your different departments with cuts for distinction? Lawrence High School Bulletin—Your jokes are clever, but a story would make your maga- zine more complete. The School Life, Melrose High School—We like the way your paper is arranged and your stories are good. Why not add to your few good cuts? The Advocate—A magazine to be proud of. Your stories are interesting and we liked the Book Review, “If Winter Comes.” The Blue Owl—Your cuts are an interesting part of your magazine and your literary de- partment is good. AS OTHERS SEE US The Radiator—We always enjoy receiving your magazine because the stories are so re- freshing. Why not separate your jokes from your class notes?—The Advocate, Needham High. The Radiator—Your April number is quite appropriate. The cover design is good as is your literary department. Thanks for your comment.—The Blue Owl, Attleboro, Mass. The Radiator—You have an excellent maga- zine. Your department headings and cover de- sign are very attractive.—The White Moun- tain Breeze, North Conway. THE TWO ROADS. (Continued from Page 13.) say that I have done my best, and can look the whole world in the face without a pang of shame or regret. I have made many true friends, and I now wish to thank you all for your kindness to me since I came to your country. Remember me to all the old friends and tell them that I have the best wishes for their future prosperity and happiness.” Grant had been speaking in a calm, quiet voice and a patient expression of peace and resignation lighted up his worn features, but hot tears flowed unheeded down the rough, tanned cheeks of the rancher as he huskily re- plied: “It is we who owe the debt, doctor, for ever since you have come among us you have been a mighty force in shaping the progress of our country. We shall all miss you more than words can tell; but we shall strongly endeavor to carry on the work you have begun.” His voice ended in a hoarse whisper and then the room was silent. The attendant entered quietly and said that the patient should have rest, so with a last handshake and goodbye the men slowly left the room. A few days later the body of the doctor lay in the Palace Hotel of Bassano, and all day (Continued on Page 22.)