Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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Somerville High School Radiator Vol. XL Somerville, Boston. Massachusetts, October, 1930 No. 1 The Somerville High Sehool Kmllntor is published by the High School on the fourth Monday of « very month during the sehool 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 staff or mailed to the editor at the llig:h 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, managing editor, or ex- change editor. Manuscript must be accompanied by necessary postage to insure its return. Terms, S.7. » per Year Single Numbers. 1.1 cents Entered as third class mail matter at Boston I’. O. SOM EIIVI LI. E JOURNAL PRINT Associate Editors BURT A. KELSEY, ’31 IRVING MURRAY, '32 Exchange Editor IRENE WARD, ’31 Poetry Editor GERTRUDE FERRARA, ’31 Alumni Editor VIRGINIA KAERCHER, ’31 Athletic Editor MARDIROS YACUBIAN, ’32 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief IRIS D. RUGGLES, ’31 Humor Editor VIOLETTE FORTIN Managing Editor WARREN C. RUSSELL, ’32 Assistant Advertising Manager DAVID YOUNG, ’33 Assistant Circulating Managers JOHN HAMILTON, ’31 ELEANOR BATES, ’31 VIRGINIA SAVAGE, ’32 Faculty Advisor ELIZABETH F. LEACH Faculty Treasurer LAURENCE A. SPRAGUE Assistant Faculty Treasurer ELIZABETH M. WELCH Library Editor RUTH MORRIS, ’31 Staff Artists AMLETO CAMPAGNA, ’31 CHESLIE D’ANDREA, '31 MARGARET DIOSY, ’31 BARBARA ROHNSTOCK, ’31 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIALS LETTERS FROM THE ORIENT Francis X. Rooney A MEMORY Ruth Morris, ’31 ROBERT BURNS’ BIRTHPLACE Isabelle Forsythe, ’31 HOW IT HAPPENED Arnold Pedersen. ’31 THE SIXTH PRUNE Bertha Marshall, P. G. JUSTIFIED B. Williams, ’31 4 SO SAYS A SCOTCHMAN 9 5 Fenwick MacLeod, ’32 FACES AND MASKS 10 6 Stanley B. Howard, ’31 ADVENTURES OF A CARAVAN 11 6 Julia Saparoff, ’32 POET’S CORNER 13 LIBRARY DEPARTMENT 14 7 SCHOOL NEWS 15 CLASS NOTES 16 8 ALUMNI NOTES 20 EXCHANGES 21 8 ATHLETIC NOTES 22 FLASHES OF HUMOR 24

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4 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR Dedication This issue of the Radiator is dedicated, with the best wishes and sincere regard of the staff of 1930-31, to Miss Gatchell. who has been faculty advisor for the past eight years and has been instrumental in making the Radiator the splendid magazine that it is today. CLAYTON ELLIS FROM October 4 to 11, the American Legion celebrated National Convention Week in Somerville and Boston. At that time our •city alone was the host to over six thousand Legionnaires from all parts of the United States. Such a wide-spread and significant •event as this could not help but rouse mem- ories of those fear-ridden years of 1914-1919 and call sharply to mind one man in particular who is revered by the citizens of Somerville and held in honor by the faculty and pupils of Somerville High School — Clayton Carey Ellis. He was a student of this school in the class of 1915. That he was popular with his fel- low classmates and capable in the performance of his duties is evidenced by the fact that for four years he efficiently presided as the presi- dent of his class. In addition, he was prom- inently identified with athletics, playing on the football team every year and, in 1915, acting as its captain. One can safely say that he gave his best to the school and, in exchange, learned some of the most valuable lessons in life by «obeying its regulations and upholding its ideals. When he went to France in 1917, there to un- dertake the hazardous task of driving an ambu- lance, he had four years of excellent training as a background. He could lead, but he could also follow; he could win or lose graciously; and responsibility was no new burden. Needless to say, he gave himself unreservedly in war just as, in High School, he had expended all his energies in successfully representing his class. When, in 1918, he was suddenly called to a higher mission, there passed from this world a young man who might easily have had a brilliant future. I. D. R. SOPHOMORES! THE CLASS OF 1933 seems to have made an excellent beginning this year and has laid a firm foundation for its future work in Somerville High School. Indeed, judging by the statements of the teachers and upper- classmen whom we have interviewed on the subject, the general impression of the Sopho- more Class is quite favorable from the view- point of both the faculty and the student body. The class as a whole seems to have grasped the idea that it is here primarily to secure the best education possible and that this cannot be accomplished unless all work is earnestly and faithfully performed. On this score, Mr. Avery is quoted as having said: “The class was quick to learn the geography of the school. If it shows that same quickness in scholastic- achievement, there will be no failures.” So, Sophomores, see that you live up to the precedent you have established! The managing editor wishes to thank Vincent Maloney, Arthur Kane, Mildred Baxter, Robert Myers, David O’Brien and Helen Robinson for the splendid work they did in securing subscriptions for the Radia- tor. At the time of going to press we understand that Miss Sutherland is seriously ill. May she have a speedy recovery and soon return to our midst.