Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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RADIATOR STAFF THE RADIATOR The Radiator Staff for 1931-1932 has ever kept in mind its three-fold aim during the preparation of its eight issues. That aim was to offer opportunities for gaining experience in business, sales or journalistic lines, though it be on a small scale; to have the paper as representative of the student work of the school as possible; and most of all to offer its subscribers a readable paper. How well they have done these things is suggested in the many comments on our Radiator in other school paper exchange columns. Our stories, poems, library notes and humor-ettes have received many compliments and a few helpful criticisms. The Radiator was well rated in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Contest this year, being among those receiving second place ratings. It was also my very great pleasure to represent the Radiator at the Convention at Columbia University in March, last. After talking over problems with the numerous other school editors and hearing people who know about newspaper work speak, I returned with many remedies and new ideas. I do not feel that these many helpful suggestions will be lost, since time did not permit me to try them all, for I know that next year’s staff can combine them with any they may have and thereby improve the Radiator. May your coming Senior year be one of untold success, Juniors! Warren C. Russell, Editor.

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WARREN C. RUSSELL Editor EDITORIAL Young men and women, with diplomas under their arms vouching for the fair amount of knowledge they have acquired, take the first step in moulding their careers. After a swift glance through this book, one can easily predict who will continue to lead, who will always be merry and carefree, what brows will be creased by deep thought and worry and who will hold up the tail end cf this large group. To say we should have had a better class would be unreasonable, for what an un- interesting world it would be if all were clever. No, we need our fun-seekers, our slow folks — in acts or thoughts, and our ambitious mortals. There must be others to help and even more brilliant people for us to ask help of. Then let’s not look through this volume some years from now and frown upon the lazy, studious or mischievous ones; instead, why not agree that we’re all products of our environments and that we have different ways of measuring worth and success? May I take this opportunity to thank our advisors and all other thoughtful people who helped in any way to compile this, the final record of our High School career. To each and every Senior I offer this “book of friends” and may all school-day mis- understandings or failures fade out. When the time for your final trip down the hill comes, carry this book under your arm and may you know that we are wishing you not only a successful life but one of happiness. Warren C. Russell, Editor. Eleven

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JUNIOR RADIATOR The editing of the April issue of the Radiator was assigned to a staff of Juniors, selected by the members of the regular staff. These Juniors, with the fine co-opera- tion and assistance of the faculty advisors, the sincere work of classmates, plus the helpful suggestions from the regular staff turned out a most successful number. The various editors were very much interested in their work and were ever alert for a new idea for our issue. That’s why all the material was Junior work with the exception of one article by a Senior, which we all liked so much that we wanted to show our good taste by printing it. The Junior staff feels that the work put into editing their issue will prove exceed- ingly valuable to them next year when some of their members will have to step forward to fill the vacancies left by the graduating members of the regular staff. We are eagerly waiting for our Senior year, at which time we shall have the bur- den of keeping the Radiator standards just a little higher than previous years, for we feel that we shall find different methods and ideas which will, we hope, improve the paper. Ruth Alice Carter, Editor. Thirteen