Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR 13 AS LONG AS 1 MAY SING By Nona Locknian, 31 I’d like to be Most anything. Just as long As I may sing. I’d like to be A tiny breeze. And sing to all Of Nature’s trees. Or an old brass kettle, That’s brewing tea, And sings on the hearth Quite merrily. Or a lark That never dies, For it sings always To the broad blue skies. Or a stream, For I should Ever sing To the wood. Or a full-blown sail On a clipper ship, That sings of spray, And the sea’s broad dip. Or a clock On the shelf, That sings To itself. Oh! I’d like to be Most anything. Just as long As I may sing. A STUDIO IN PARIS By Nona Lcckman, 31 I want a studio in Paris. A garret high above the street, Yet near enough for me to hear Upon the cobblestones, the passing people’s feet. A place where I may work By my dreaming onward led And give to others the thoughts That go swirling through my head. An easel — the canvas upon it In one corner shall stand — May it feel often The touch of my hand. A desk with pen and paper It has been used before I find — And is waiting or me to write The poems still in my mind. Unceasingly I hope That there will always be Somewhere in Paris A studio that waits for me. THE THREE WILLOWS By Evelyn E. Paton, '32 The three old willows bend above the stream; Beneath their boughs the sun sends gleam on gleam Down to the rippling water and the moss. For many lonely years they have stood there, Around their tiunks grows dainty maiden hair. The little stars of Bithlehem peep out From underneath old boulders round about As up above the willows’ branches cross. Editor’s Note: The two poems by Nona Lockman were written last spring too late to appear in the final issue of the Radiator. Nona has since graduated but we enjoyed these verses of hers and tucked them away to appear in our first issue this fall.

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12 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT Parnassus on Wheels A Book Review By Annette Jervis 1TD ARNASSUS 0N WHEELS” by Chris- topher Morley, is a rather unusual story. It is a short novel contain- ing humor, adventure, local color, a little ro- mance and mystery, and a great many inter- esting ideas about books. To prevent her brother from getting books, Helen MacGill buys a whole traveling book store. “Parnassus On Wheels,” as Roger Mif- flin calls his van load of books, is drawn by Pegasus. In order to have time to write'a book of his own, Roger is willing to sell his outfit for four hundred dollars. Helen, know- ing the way the house would be upset if her brother, an author, ever got so many books, buys Parnassus and Pegasus. Roger goes with her the first day to initiate her into the busi- ness of selling books. One of her first lessons is: “When you sell a man a book, you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue —- you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humor and ships at sea by night — there’s all heaven and earth in a book, in a real book, I mean.” Helen learns many lessons in Roger’s philosophy and inci- dents the reader does, also. One of the chief reasons why I liked the book was because it was so real and true to life. In one place Morley says through Roger Mifflin: “It is better to read a good book than to write a poor one; and I’ve done so much mixed reading in my time that my mind is full of echoes and voices of better men,” and in another, “I think reading a good book makes one modest. When you see the marvelous in- sight into human nature which a truly great book shows it is bound to make you feel small- like looking at the Dipper on a clear night or seeing the sunrise when you go out to collect the eggs.” Roger Mifflin is an odd, likeable character, but a queer person for a hero. One would hardly expect a man small in stature, mild in manner, with a fringe of red hair surrounding his bald spot to rescue the heroine from such dangers as her brother, some tramps, a dog and other perils. The heroine, herself, is rather different from the usual type of story-book ladies, though. Everything comes to a happy ending when she discovers that Roger was not killed in the train wreck because he was being detained in jail. They both come to the con- clusion that “books aren’t a substantial world» (Continued on page 20)

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14 SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RADIATOR mo NESTOR SHEA FOLEY and Randolph Richardson are entering the Sopho- more Class at Harvard College. Robert B. Clark is entering the Sophomore Class of the Harvard Engineering School. Russell Maynard, graduated in 1930, is at the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1934. He has received credit in Electrical Engineering and Physics, and English. Also received distinction in Modern Languages. 1929 Ines M. Arzillo, Eleanor B. Dickie and Lil- lian R. Shippee have received their certificate in secretarial studies from Boston University College of Practical Arts. Lucy E. Walgis has received a certificate in general studies from Boston University Col- lege of Practical Arts. John J. Hayes, Jr. is entering the Sophomore Class at Harvard College. Charles H. Bruce and Michael Saparoff enter the Junior year at the Harvard Engineering School. Ernest C. Allison was among the first ten men in his class at Bates College in the aca- demic year 1930-1931. Samuel I. Fishlin graduated from Boston University School of Education with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Education in the Class of 1931. Emery F. Taylor and Grover R. Winn enter their Senior year at Harvard Engineering School. 1927 Queene Pambookjian graduated in the Class of 1931 from Boston University College of Liberal Arts with a degree of Bachelor of Arts with distinction in special fields (History). Miss Pambookjian plans to enter the diplo- matic service of the United States. She will enter a school in Washington after graduation for further study. She was an honor student and a delegate to the Model League of Nations at Wellesley. Marion K. McCarthy, Ruth H. Schelin and Howard M. Lowell obtained a degree of Bach- elor of Arts from Boston University College of Liberal Arts. Helen E. Ayles and Louise H. Killory are graduates of Boston University College of Practical Arts with Bachelor of Science in Prcatical Arts and Letters degrees. Mary J. McCarthy graduated in the class of 1931 from Boston University School of Educa- tion with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. Graduates from Harvard College in the Class of 1931 include the following four young men who received a degree of A.B.: James J. Car- ney, Cum Laude—Economics; Leo I. Lapidus: Edmund Massello, Cum Laude; Henry Taylor, Cum Laude—Romance Languages and Litera- tures. Eugene Rohwedder, graduate of Northeast- ern University, is now employed by the Bel- mont Engineering Department. William C. Jones, graduate of Northeastern University, is now employed by the B. F. Stur- tevant Company, Hyde Park. Joseph A. Bertelli and Paul L. MeCue have been graduated from Northeastern University with a degree of Bachelor of Business Admin- istration. Mr. Bertelli was a member of the track team. Marion E. Sherman graduated from Simmons College, School of Social Work, in the Class of 1931. The Class cf 1931 from Tufts College, L. A., included some of our Somerville High men as follows: Charles F. Ransom, Summa Cum Laude, and Sheldon Christian, Cum Laude— Bachelor of Arts degree; Francis X. Foley.