Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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18 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR2 The first Chess Club meeting of the year was held in Room 128 on September 23. A fair rep- resentation of chess enthusiasts were present, and the following officers chosen: President. Wesley Dupertuis; secretary-manager, David Warsowe; treasurer, Edward Fenn. The club hopes that more players will come to the meet- ings in order that a chess team may be chosen, headed by Captain James Reed, that will be sufficiently strong to retain the championship cup won by last year’s team. Typewriting teacher to class: “There are some typewriting books on that table for any- one who is short.” The Sophomores evidently think that the school has been supplied with elevators and escalators from the many inquiries as to the location of these conveyances. We would call the attention of all students to the new decorations in Clayton Ellis Hall. These decorations are especially worth while, for the fact that visitors often see only the hall and judge the school thereby. The first assembly of the Senior class was held on Wednesday, September 17. Mr. Tuttle spoke a few opening words, after which Mr. Avery gave a few words of encouragement to the Seniors for the coming year. 1926 Eleanor Stackpole—Editor Francis Hanson—Assistant Editor Ruth Bryant was in California during her summer vacation. Helen Gordon’s hair is starting to curl. There may be others who might like to know her method. If so apply to Room 321. Miss C— must have keen eyes. She can al- ways see Francis Hanson talking behind his. desk cover. Eva Monk, 1926, won the W. C. T. U. prize for Middlesex County in last year’s competi- tion. Juniors! Wake up and let us hear from you. 1927 Richard Obear—Editor Fay Warren—Associate Editor Sophomores! There are twelve report cards before you can receive your diploma. Make each report better than the last one and your diploma is bound to come, and possibly it will come “with honor.” In truth do we believe with Mr. Mahoney, that ’tis a hard proposition to secure study seats for Sophomores on the first period Wednesday, the odd week. Yea, verily! Two Sophomores who have recently joined the Glee Club are Clyde Armstrong and Mary Baro. Manuel Blank has joined the Players’ Club. Edward Ellison has gone out for debating. We are thankful to the traffic squad for their help in locating rooms and in other things. Only some of them don’t know it! Show them you’re thankful. The Players’ Club has increased its number by admitting Jenny Gilbert, Daniel Kraptman, Lawrence Carra and Lillian Elliot. In French I we learn that some teachers on the third floor teach the “chimie” to their classes. That is perfectly all right. “Chimie” in French means chemistry. Mr. Herman told the P. T. leaders that he lifted eight thousand tons of rock once. Strong man? No, he lifted them a little at a time. Edward Kelley has joined the Glee Club and the Fife and Drum Corps. Heard in I English C: “Shakespeare is all right, but Dickens is tough.” You can’t absorb knowledge enough to put your name on the honor list. You must work to do it. An interesting pantomime went on after Miss Bell lost her voice. It was wonderful how plainly she could make her hands speak for her. Pupils of Rooms 121 and 10 have collected money and bought pencil sharpeners. The girls formerly of Room 129 have been changed to Room 10. They say they liked and appreciated Mr. Hosmer and were very sorry to leave him, and they also like Miss Bell and are going to have a nice time with her.

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20 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT Doris Houghton Seniors! Juniors! Sophomores! Do you know that Somerville High School possesses two ex- cellent libraries? The East library with books dealing with history, and the West library with books on miscellaneous subjects. I feel confi- dent that everyone knows how to find the two libraries, but is everyone equally familiar with the interior of the two? Have you stepped inside the West library to see the pictures our new librarian, Miss Hastings, has posted? It seems to me unfortunate, first, that so many of us do not use the library: and second, that those of us who do, regard it as a place to obtain only required information. Perhaps we have been asked to look into the life of Robert Browning, and we at once reach for the encyclopedia and jot down a few bare facts. -—date of his birth and death and a list of his famous works. Having done this we feel very noble and virtuous. Yet the story of the court- ship and marriage of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett is a beautiful and perfect romance in itself. Some phase of every great man’s life is interesting, because great men are never commonplace. Thus, you will find in the West library, not a collection of good, bad, and indifferent works, but books which have risen above those classi- fied as ordinary. The library shelves are lined with these books which look very little read. An optimist would attribute this to the excel- lent care taken of the books by the pupils in the past. Perhaps I am pessimistic when I say they are in such good condition because many of those books are read only by the minority, and not because the pupils of Somerville High School have refrained from maltreating them. I hardly expect the readers of this page to rush immediately to the school libraries, but let us all make an earnest effort to get well acquainted with a few good books, for:— “There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. “This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll: How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul!” —Emily Dickinson. PLAYERS’ CLUB The Players’ Club has begun its third year in the Somerville High School, under the direct supervision of Miss Hariet M. Bell. Friday, September 19, 1924, an informal meeting was held in Room 10 for all students interested. After the tryouts, the club held its first formal meeting with the officers of 1924-1925 as follows: President, Albert Irving; vice-presi- dent, Gertrude Murphy; secretary, Catherine Heiser; treasurer, Eugene Le Sieur. Miss Bell, Miss Sprague and representatives of the Players’ Club attended a meeting at the Arlington Theatre, where it was decided that the Somerville High School Players’ Club will present a play later in the year. The club is at work on two plays which will be presented to the student body. The date is not settled as yet. Both of these plays have been written especially for the Players’ Club by Miss Mildred N. Smith, a graduate of the Class of 1924.