Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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September 5, 1935. We enter the Somerville High. March 7. 1936. Sophomore Executive Committee consisting of Rita Regan. Josephine Capone, Anthony Fiore, and Walter Whittaker was chosen. April 24, 1936. The Sophomore Hop! May, 1936. We had our first glimpse of a National Honor Induction. June 5, 1936. Class Day! A gay and colorful picture. June 16, 1936. End of our Sophomore Year. September 10, 1936. We became Juniors! October, 1936. Election of our Junior Officers. Walter Whittaker, President; Rita Regan, Vice-President; Josephine Capone, Secretary; An- thony Fiore, Treasurer. November 13, 1936. “The Hoodoo,” our Scholarship play, was skill- fully presented. April 10. 1937. “Command Performance” presented by the Players’ Club at Emerson College was selected to represent Massachusetts at the New England Competition held at Pawtucket, R. I. April 15. 1937. “The Fountain of Youth,” our annual operetta, pre- sented. May 7, 1937. The Musical Festival, under the direction of Mr. Bart E. Grady, was an unusual treat. May 13, 1937. Junior Night—our first evening social was a resplend- ent affair. May 17, 1937. The first National Honor drawing from our class took place. Congratulations to the worthy members! June 4, 1937. Blue and White Class Day, in which we again par- ticipated. June 21, 1937. We left the ranks of the Junior Class to spend our last summer vacation before becoming Seniors. September 7, 1937. We return at last as dignified Seniors! October, 1937. Our class officers were again elected. The honors went lo our Junior officers with the exception of the president. Raymond Ken- ney was elected to that position as Walter Whittaker had, to our regret, transferred to another school. January 4, 1938. Senior Class Play, “A Good Egg,” was well pre- sented with due honors to the cast, committee, and all who helped so unselfishly. February 1-4, 1938. Previews of Progress shown by the courtesy of General Motors. February 11, 1938. “The Golden Trail,” our annual operetta, was pre- sented under the direction of the musical, dramatic, and physical education departments. March, 1938. Credit has been bestowed on our class by having more members elected to the National Honor Society. June 3, 1938. Class Day! Our last and most important one. June 3, 1938. Romantic Senior Night! The gay picture will always be with us. June 8, 1938. Graduation! At last it arrived! With gladness and yet with sadness we embark upon life’s journey, our hearts filled with the spirit of our school motto, Honor and Progress. Class Calendar

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DuRING the past year the Radiator Staff artists have laboriously worked on the pictorial side of the magazine, and have successfully por- trayed numerous stories. They have also added a light touch with their humorous cartoons, some of which concerned members of the school. This year the staff included such competent artists as Marie Amelotte, Alfred Duca, Norma Morandi, Francis Pacious, Virginia Wilson, Stephen Fogarty, and Mary Philbrook. Special mention must be made of the excellent cover drawings displayed on the Radiator this past year. They have been color- ful, amusing, and in accordance with the seasons. Something new was begun this year in regard to the Year Book, the cuts used at the beginning of the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior sections were chosen from those entered in a contest. This contest was for the members of the three classes, each drawing the cut for their respective class. The cut for the Senior Class was by Marie Amelotte, for the Junior Class, by John E. Zavisho, and for the Sophomore Class, by Priscilla Marsh. Radiator Staff Artists

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W IS, the Seniors, the graduating class of Somerville High School, in the City of Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America, being of questionable mind and memory, have given, on this eighth day of June, 1938, A. D., our last Will and Testament which is as follows: 1. To the Class of 1939 we bequeath the privileges, joys, and excitements of Seniorhood. 2. To the homeroom teachers we be- queath a fund for the purchase of re- cording machines, the standard phrase of which shall be, “No talking, please.” 3. To the incoming Sophomores, we heieby give $00.00 for the purchase of vehicles suitable to the individual size. (It looks like a run on kiddie-cars.) 4. To Mr. Pearson we do leave the worries and tribulations of his intricate filing system. We suggest that the five minute filing between classes be reduced to two and one-half minutes. 5. To History classes we sadly (?) leave those enormous volumes of learn- ing, “America, Its History and People.” 6. A fund we bequeath to the Physi- cal Education Department for the con- struction of a swimming pool in the basement of the gym and tennis courts on the roof. 7. To Mr. Buckley a little “school spirit” in streamlined bottles with which he may inoculate incoming classes. 8. To Mr. Thornton we leave $00.00 for a trip to Major Bowes’ Amateur Hour, with fervent hopes that he be- come America’s A-l radio comedian. 9. To replace the traffic squad, we suggest large dummies with flashing lights and an automatic recording ma- chine that says, “Around me, please.” 10. To the Class of 1941 we have left buried, under the flagpole, directions to the one and only elevator in our school. 11. To the office force, we bequeath a fund for the purchase of a new mimeo- graph, to relieve homeroom teachers’ eye- strain. 12. To the new Seniors—the melodic misery of L’Allogro, II Penseroso, Com us, and Lycidas is yours. 13. To the emergency room we leave an infallible test for illness created by the scientific geniuses of our class. 14. To those who live more than a mile’s distance from the school we be- queath a fund for the purchase of auto- mobiles. (We suggest they register in New Hampshire—it’s cheaper.) 15. To the janitors we leave several mechanical robots to sweep the spacious floors. 1G. To everybody in general we leave the drinking fountains that don’t work, or if they do, are too closely guarded to be of any help. 17. To the student body we leave the doubtful pleasure of doing your work for Odd week and finding it to be Even. 18. To those of large appetites we leave that lingering torture of waiting for the Second Lunch Shift. 19. To Mr. Sears and the faculty, we bequeath our thanks and appreciation for an enjoyable three years under their instruction. We wish for them the best that the future may hold. Signed, The Class of 1938. Witnessed by: Paul White Isabelle Whitney Class