Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 15 There have been a good many compacts made .-since the Mayflower compact. In fact every girl in school owns one! Miss B.—in Algebra: “Which do you like better, T A or A 7i ?” MacCabe: “A pie, naturally.” Miss B.: “What comes after A B C?” Mary: “The goldfish!” Eldridge: “Can you keep a secret?” Mitchell: “Sure, what is it?” Eldridge: “Promise not to tell. Wedlock told Red Walsh, who told Gallagher, who told Peters, who told me, but he told me not to tell. But I’ll tell you if you won’t tell, etc., ad infini- tum. And they say girls can’t keep secrets! Mr. H. (to history class): “Study the sugar and molasses acts for tomorrow.” Betty R.: “Those are sweet topics!” The editor (to a petit Soph): “Could you write some class notes for us, child?” Petit Soph.: “No’m, I never write notes cause my teacher says I mustn’t.” Now was this an example of a perfect Soph, or was it a perfect example of a Soph, we should like to know. One highbrow Senior to another: “I saw you gossiping on a street corner yesterday!” The other Senior (cum hauteur): “That’s nothing, I saw you talking to a Soph thr: morn- ing. Four Senior boys recently acquired very— shall we say appropriate—nicknames. They are respectively, Pepper, Junk, Little Wilbur, and Candy Lamb. Need we mention their Christian names? 1927 Juniors! Here is your chance to show your school spirit. This column of Junior Notes should flourish and grow larger with each issue. One or even two editors cannot keep track of humorous incidents or personal notes in every Junior classroom, therefore you can help, if you will, by writing these out and turning them over to the editors of this department. You will not find us slow in accepting such contri- butions, because we want a big number of Junior Notes. Editors’ office hours, 8.30 to 1.45. Don’t crowd, please! How many Juniors would sign a petition for better ventilation in 313 and 314? We are thankful indeed that Room 400 is not a home room. That would mean another flight of stairs. We hear that the definition of merry, in reference to merry England, is a place of law- lessness and banditry. We suppose merry Cambridge would be appropriate then! I)o you realize, Juniors, that you are rich? Why, even the Seniors haven’t a bank on their floor. The Junior Class is well represented on the football team. Bergen, McGovern, Carroll, Mc- Carthy, Gustin, Hallion, Goodwin. Talbot. Fisher, Anderson and Sharkey are all Juniors. Would elevators be patronized by Juniors if they were run between the third floor and the lunch room? We think they would, because when one rushes down three flights of stairs only to be made to wait in line for four or five minutes to buy a ham sandwich or a hot dog, it is slightly aggravating. Two thousand minds with but a single thought! It seems impossible, yet how about the end of the fourth period when the second bell rings? We’re looking forward to the Thanksgiving Day football match with Rindge. It is an an- nual classic which everyone ought to attend and we urge all to be there and to back the team. By this time most of the school activities have started and are in full swing, and we Juniors wish each and every one a successful year. r I

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14 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR SENIOR CLASS NOTES Three cheers! We’re Seniors at last, but we'll have to admit that it does seem but a day since we were but little Sophs. We Seniors have one great advantage. There are no stairs for us tc—shall we say scale?— when the morning bell rings. We tried to find the Senior with the best sunburn after vacation. We can’t decide whether the prize should go to Edith Foy. Cath- erine Croy or Bee Ulen. But on second thought, perhaps it should be awarded to Martin, with another prize for Priebe. We learn from a bright Senior history class that The Pontifex Maximus was the chief en- gineer of Rome! Cataline was a hill in Rome! A tribune was a paper printed for the people! To be a United States citizen, one must be at least two years and not over seven years of age! Certainly originality is not lacking in the class of ’26—or shall we call it imagination? The Senior Traffic Squad members find some of the Sophs so small that sometimes they can be heard and not seen! Rufus Holmes: “My, but I love history! Why, last night I ran over two hundred pages when I heard the call to dinner!” Tomfohrde: “What prevents snoring in French class?” Wedlock: “Shutting ofl' the radio before 2 a. m.” Burbank (reading Darwin’s life): “Man de- scended from monkeys.” Edkins (looking at Cromwell): “That’s right.” Cromwell (looking at Edkins): “Quite so!” Eleanor: “Didn’t I see you at the movies last night?” Barbara: “Of course not. 1 always spend my evenings in study!” Eleanor: “Then will you come over and study with me tonight?” Barbara: “Sorry, I’m going to the show.” Irene H.: “Seems to me this car is crowded!” Very weak voice of Soph, underfoot (trying to recover a nickel): “I’ll say it is!” The Senior appetite for hot dogs must have increased with age. We notice that three a day are consumed by some. Miss W. (demonstrating in geometry class): “Is this a plane surface?” Fisher: “No, it’s a waste paper basket.” Why—we want to know—did so many Senior boys spend the summer acquiring very loud and striking sweaters? Perhaps on special in- terview, Dick Berry, Bud Levinson. Dick Wil- liams, Jimmy Cutler, Rus Perry, Eddie Giroux or Nocky Sargent might tell us. They say every worm will turn, so perhaps that’s why book worms turn pages. Scene: Miss B’s French class. Enter Todsen speedily. Miss B.: “Why are you so slow, John?” J. T.: “The elevator wasn’t running, so I had to walk up stairs!” Miss B.: “How would a wheelbarrow do, John?” Why is it, we wonder, that Division III Eng- lish C is so fond of heavy tragedy? Brodil: “There’s one thing I’m economizing on this year.” Colburn: “What is that?” Brodil: “I don’t need smelling salts this, year, now that we don’t have chemistry.”

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16 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 1928 Ernest I). Sackett The class of 1928 was first assembled Sep- tember, 1925. Mr. Avery gave us a very in- teresting talk about the school, impressing us with the thought that we must work hard and long to pass for promotion. Evidently Mr. Avery knows, judging by the results of last year’s Sophomore class. Percy F. Crowell has been inspired by the fall air, therefore:— Football season’s here at last, Practice squads are forming fast. Boys are playing in the lanes, Breaking arms and window panes. Lessons seem so dull and gray; They’d rather kick a ball all day. Oh, the joy when school lets out! When boys can play and run about! Curtice Townsend of Room 201, a little boy about five feet in height, has qualified for the finals of our School Tennis Tournament. Pretty good for a Soph, isn’t it, wise Seniors? We have the pleasure of a few should-be- Juniors. From them we learn of the perils that confront us. N. Dahl played nickel-plated notes from his sax at the Brockton Fair. Debaters, argue this one out: Resolved, that pupils studying foreign languages aloud have done more toward breaking up the home ties than cross-word puzzles and tongue-twisters. Please send your decisions to all French, Latin, Spanish and Greek teachers. Many a football player was first inspired by his successful rushes at the lunch counter. Now that we have learned our way about the Somerville High School labyrinth, we feel quite at home, and are now able to tell our Junior High School of its dangers. Extra! Reward! Extra! Two very fine broken pencils will be given to the one who will explain why the students stop so long at the back door of 201. Come see for yourself. P. S. In case of tie both contestants will be rewarded. The boy rushed, the line held, he was downed. Undaunted he rushed around right end. “One without,” he cried triumphantly as he fumbled for his nickel. The old saying is: “Give a woman her own way and she doesn’t want it.” The idea seems to be conquering the other sex now. For in- stance, a Sophomore boy pleaded for two weeks to change his course and finally his request was granted and he joined all his new classes. Two days later he returned to the office and asked if he might be changed back to his former course.