Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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Somerville High School Radiator Vol. XLI No. 1 Isr Somerville, Massachusetts October. 1931 Terms. S.7. per Year Entered as third class mail matter at Boston I . O. Single Numbers. 15 cents The Somerville High School Radiator is published l y the High School on the fourth Monday of every month during' the school year, and only important news matter can be received after the first Thursday f the month. Matter for insertion may be left with any t the editorial staff or mailed to the editor at the High 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 postag to insure Its return. SOMERVILLE JOURNAL PRINT Associate I'd i tors Julia SaparolT. ’32 David O’Brien, ’32 Poetry I'ditor Phyllis Down, ’32 Alumni Editor Rosamond Reiser, '32 Class Editors Irving R. Murray, ’32 Ruth Alice Carter, ’33 Horace Grover, ’34 Library Editor Annette Jervis, 32 Fncult Advisor Elizabeth F. Leach EDITORIAL STAFF Edltor-lii-fh lef WARREN C. RUSSELL, ’32 Ilusiiiess Manager David Young, ’33 ssi.Ntant Business Malinger Marjorie Michelson, ’34 John Albani. ’34 ('imitat iug M a nager Sherman Levenson, 32 Assistant Circulating Managers Virginia Savage, 32 Audrey De Long, 32 James Kaup. '32 Franklin Lane, 32 Faculty Treasurer Laurence A. Sprague Evlinuge Editor Evelyn Paten, 32 A tlilef ie Editor Robert Miller, 33 Humor Editor Laurence Parr. ’33 St:: tV Artists Frances Vcnuti, 32 Doris Daniels, '32 Arnold Black, 32 William Pando, ’32 Ralph Smith, '32 Assistant Faculty Treasurer Elizabeth M. Welch Table of DEDICATION 4 EDITORIALS 5-G SOMETHING TO REMEMBER HIM BY 7-8 David O’Brien. ’32 A ROOM FOR THE NIGHT 9 John Kennedy, ’34 BILL’S UNEASINESS 9 Philip Seretto, ’34 INTRODUCING “US” 10 RIVERS 11 Dorothy Hallberg, ’32 Contents HOW BLACK HAWK. THE FAMOUS ROBBER, WAS CAUGHT Fred Young, ’33 11 LIBRARY DEPARTMENT 12 POET’S CORNER 13 ALUMNI NOTES 14-15 SCHOOL NEWS . JC EXCHANGES 17 CLASS NOTES 18-20 ATHLETICS 21-23 HUMOR-ETTES 24-25

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A College for Women, in Boston Regular college subjects plus courses in secretarial science, teaching, and other vocational studies. 2 YEARS FOR DIPLOMA 4 YEARS FOR DEGREE College enjoys all the advantages of being a separate college for women, with its own classroom buildings and dormitories, while, at the same time, it partakes of the many advantages that come to a department of a large university. For catalogue, address BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PRACTICAL ARTS AND LETTERS T. LAWRENCE DAVIS. L.L.D., DEAN 27 GARRISON STREET. BOSTON Mrs. Bessie G. Clarke - Private Tutoring A. To students preparing for college by examinations or certificate the following opportunities are offered to work in small groups on a de- tailed analysis of former college entrance examinations, thus supplement- ing the special aid given at the school. The Plan Is As Follows: Algebra English French Geometry German History Latin Groups: (a I special prices per course) Seniors and Host- graduates. Suite 42, 119 si. Year Course. Or .-her — May (inclusive — approxi- mately 30 lessens) especially designed to help in passing trial College Board examinations required at the rchooi. I». Half-Year Course. February — June (2nd week in- clusive — approximately 15 lessons). Same as a. but less in detail. e. Quarter-Year Course. April -- June (2nd week in- clusive — approximately 10 1« ssons) especially for those who are failing to make certificate grade and must take College Board examinations. I». All classes: (Croup Instruction in all subjects offered above, particularly Batin Prose). Time schedules and rates may be had only by personal interview. No information given by telephone. Appointments for interviews should be made by telephone. College Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts Telephone, Somerset 0431 NEW DRESS CLOTHES FOR HIRE RICA I) WHITE 3 $ SPKC'I A I. It ATMS TO S. II. S. STI HUNTS S • $ 111 Summer Street and 93 Mass. Avenue, Boston J. VV. HOWARD florist .'128 Broadway, Somerville. Mass. ALBERT E. HUGHES COUNSELLOR AT LAW 16 UNION SQUARE SOMERVILLE Class 1902

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 CHARLES T. C. WHITCOMB HEAD MASTER, SOMERVILLE ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL. 1895 - 1906 HEN the English High School was established in 1895 the School Board chose Mr. Whit- comb, then a young man of thirty-fire, to organize it. Mr. Whitcomb came to Som- erville from Wakefield, where for sev n years he had been principal of its High School. He brought to his new position enthusiasm and an unusual leadership. High Schools at that time were beginning to broaden from strictly college preparation. English High Schools were being established with a view to giving a broad general education to the many. With this in view Mr. Whitcomb was called upon to arrange a new course of study, to select a corps of teachers sympathetic to the new educational requirements, and to weld all into an effective unit. This he did with unusual success. An able administrator, an enthusiastic leader and an in- spiring influence among young people, he soon developed the Somerville English High School into one of the best known and best organized in the state. From a small school of 456 in 1895, with nineteen teachers, it grew in eleven years to 1,095 with a faculty of forty. Of this number who were with him here in 1906, ten still remain in the school. In 1906 Mr. Whitcomb left Somerville to take charge of the Brockton High School, where he remained till 1915. Those of us who had the privilege of serving under him remember him as a man of high ideals, of great ability, of intense interest in his work. Somerville owes to him a profound feeling of gratitude for the deep imprint he left on the city’s educational system. Many of the best traditions of the present High School may be traced directly to his initiative and guidance. JOHN A. AVERY. October 4, 1931.