Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 13 THE FLAG I am your flag, The outward and visible sign Of the great spirit of a nation. I stand for all things Wonderful and God-fostered: Freedom, education, safety. I stand for all things Wonderful and man-revered; Power, wealth and beauty. I am the poetry Of tall, rugged mountains, Rearing lovely pinnacles to God. 1 am the wonder Of great singing cities, Chanting understanding unto God. I am the grandeur Of far wheat-sown plains, Kneeling in their pureness to our God. I am the symphony Of bird-filled cathedrals, Raising perfumed aisles of trees to God. All these things am I, your flag. I am the Holy Grail Of old world peasantry, Seeking freedom and book-learning. I am the wand of the world, Enchanting ignorance away Into the imagery of knowledge. I am the spirit Of parthenons of learning. I am the goddess Of justice and truth and light. I am the spirit Of fearless Americans, Swift as running Olympians In the path of truth. I am your flag, The outward and visible sign Of the spirit of a nation. Eva Monk, 1926 SUNSET There’s a dull red glow in the west to-night. There are great blue clouds in the sky so bright. There’s a soft, warm breeze blowing from the sea, And the drowsy waters are as silent as can be. I can hear the grey gulls crying as the sun sinks low, And the water’s rippling laughter on the sand. I can hear the ship’s clock tolling the knell of parting day, While the church bells answer on the land. I can see the vagrant schooner come cutting through the bay; Making for its haven ere the close of day. Now it drops its briny anchor in the bay so deep and still, And the tired sun sinks softly behind the dark’ning hill. And the cannon’s echoing thunder attends him to his rest, While the timid mother sea-gull is frightened from her nest. And a thousand lights are burning in the homes along the shore. As the twinkling stars in heaven come to light the earth once more. Charles Jellison. A Message to Somerville High School Pupils From a letter written by Bagdasar Krekor Baghdigian, Somerville High School, 1911, and dated September 28, 1924, we copy the follow- ing extracts, knowing they will interest any of his friends who read them, the pupils who, like himself, are foreign-born, and all who re- joice in another’s accomplishment. “There is much fun, not in occupying a place made for you by someone, but in blazing a new trail. Please give my love to your boys and girls. Tell them to be kind to foreign-born students, and help make things pleasanter for them. Tell them they themselves are the mes- sengers of the spirit of America, and that that message is delivered in deeds of thoughtful- ness and kindness, rather than in mere words. “America has a great mission for humanity. That mission will only be fulfilled when Ameri- cans have become conscious of America’s task, and exemplify Americanism in their everyday activities.’’ Mr. Baghdigian is director of a counsel bureau, established to help meet the needs of the foreign-born, in Kansas City, Missouri. Last summer he had a trip to the Pacific Coast, lecturing with the Ellison-White Chautauqua, and he is the author of two booklets, “No Half- Hearted Loyalty” and “Americanism at Work.”

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12 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR Poetry Dean C. Swan, Jr. We welcome and print upon the poetry page of this first issue of the Radiator, several poems which exemplify the high standards that have been maintained in this department in its in- fancy the previous year, under the competent guidance of John Holmes. The poetry page is relatively new to the Radiator. It is young, the product of the younger generation. It shows and illustrates the growing appreciation among that generation for the higher and loftier ideals which only poetry, the beautiful language of all time, can express. Notice the soothing effect to be gained from the lulling of soft sounding words in Charles Jellison’s poem, “Sunset,” and then in con- trast mark the startling emphasis and beauty of the swaying, rhythmic force in Beatrice Mann’s “Valkyrie.” These poems merit the appreciation of our readers. “The Flag,” by Eva Monk, is of peculiar and exceptionally pleasing style and structure. It abounds in beautiful sentiment and tributes to Old Glory. Frank J. Calandrella’s poems, “Paradox” and “Night and No Return,” are splendid examples of free verse and furnish the reader material for further thought. These poems should prove the means of in- spiring others to evidence their appreciation by submitting poetry of their own. Should we find at the close of the coming school term that we have succeeded in encouraging former lovers of poetry to further appreciation and that our page is instrumental in the formation of new and lasting acquaintances with the more beautiful thoughts of life, as expressed in poetry, we shall feel convinced that the poetry page has fulfilled its mission! PARADOX Voice issuing from the body Low, low and melodious Then growing, straining From the breast. Crying to whom, expressing what? O Singer, your mellow voice Breaks something within me. But when I hear you again T’is-the same. What is it within me That breaks, but is never broken? Frank J. Calandrella. THE VALKYRIE Swords dripping with red blood, Men reeking with life-blood. Beards tossing, shields clashing, Ground spotted with red. Ho! come I souls seeking, Dead warriors seeking To bear to Valhalla Where dwell hero-dead. Flash, lightning! crash, thunder! Leap higher, ye tides! Shriek, scream shrill, ye tempest. A Valkyrie rides! Hair streaming in stormwind, Gold tossed in the whirlwind, Steeds’ hoofs striking fire-sparks Wherever they touch; Mail flashing through darkness, Bright silver through blackness; Blue eyes darting lightning As onward we rush. Flash, lightning! crash, thunder! Leap higher, ye tides! Shriek, scream shrill, ye tempest. A Valkyrie rides! Over plain, over mountain, O’er valley and fountain, O’er fjord walled by grim crags, O’er storm-troubled sea. Steed’s mane tossing wildly, I speed on, undaunted, Souls seeking for Odin, Wherever they be. Flash, lightning! crash, thunder! Leap higher, ye tides! Shriek, scream shrill, ye tempest. A Valkyrie rides! Beatrice E. Mann, 1925. NIGHT AND NO RETURN I wait under the trees for you. love, And high up, near the sky, they cry. Is not the fighting over, love. Or has the winged death Poured the red o’er your breast? I stretch out my arms, love, But only the wind sobs into them. Frank J. Calandrella.

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14 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 7VOTFS OF THE A LVMNI CATTPCELL-08 1924 Esmc Lucas is bookkeeper for the Mack Motor Company, Somerville. Elizabeth Bowser is employed as a stenog- rapher by L. E. Mu ran and Company, sta- tioners and printers, Devonshire street, Boston. Margaret Kendall is attending Miss Whee- lock’s School. Bernice Fitzpatrick, Mabelle Everett and Nona Kelley are studying at the Chandler Sec- retarial School, Boston. Lillian Kingston and Eleanor MacDonald are Freshmen at Radcliffe College. Dorothy Ford and Priscilla Ripley are Fresh- men at Simmons College. Doris Foley and Bertha Kelty are stenog- raphers in the office of the Boston Woven Hose Company, Cambridge. Irving Spering and Basil Mills are at Tufts College. Lillian Fowler is secretary for Mr. Wads- worth at the Southern Junior High School. Ruth Fowler is working in the principal’s office in the Northeastern Junior High School. Phyllis Wardrobe is at Boston University, College of Liberal Arts. Edward Hawes and Allen Martin are Fresh- men at Boston University, College of Business Administration. John Holmes has entered Tufts College. Robert Holmes is at Exeter. Margaret Taylor and Constance Garrod are Freshmen at Wheaton College. Mildred Moses is assisting Miss Ham in the High School office. Selwyn Killam is employed as a stenographer by Charles F. Hyde, real estate, Devonshire street, Boston. Lillian Milano is working in the office of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Alice Moran and Geraldine Robinson are at Miss Lesley’s School in Cambridge. Alice Moore is training for a nurse at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Anna M. Sloane is studying at the New School of Design, Boylston street, Boston. Helen Tolstrup is working in the office of the Fresh Pond Ice Company, Somerville. Helen Wahlstrom is a stenographer for the F. A. Dutton Motor Company, West Somerville. Regina Truelson is working in Superinten- dent Clark’s office. Ethel G. Whittier is doing clerical work at the United Shoe Company. Elsie M. Wood is a stenographer for the Proc- tor Ellison Company, 35 South street, Boston. Nellie Gray is with the Edison Light Com- pany, Boston. Hester Smith has begun her studies at the University of Chicago. Elizabeth Maddison and Dorothy Cragin are at Jackson College. Eleanor Hurley is at Chandler Secretarial School. Kathryn Kenny, Rebecca Oliver, Norman Eyster, Stewart Englund, Alexander Brown, Ralph Worters, Edward Murray and Newman Biller are taking post-graduate courses. Helen Ash is employed by the Fleischmann Yeast Company. Richard Waldron is at the Harvard Univer- sity Engineering School. Clifford Ells, Dwight Bellows, John Campbell, Benjamin Shapiro, Willard Tuttle and Anthony DeCecca are at Boston University. Barbara Tuttle, Ruth Bain, Virginia Smith,