Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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Jk utnoredc ue Webster defines humor as “any element in a situation that appeals to the sense of the incongruous.” Ed Bradley, who had accidentally fallen overboard: “Help! Drop me a line!” Gary Lloyd: “Yes, and you write me some- times too.” Overheard at the Hallowe’en dance: Earl Prentiss to a lovely young sopho- more: “Pardon me, but I’m writing a tele- phone directory. May I have your number?” Shirley: “I see you have a pug nose.” Joe: ’’Yeah, that’s right.” Shirley: “Do pug noses run in your fam- ily?” Joe: “Only in cold weather.” Phil Reavis: “When a fight starts, I always do my best.” Betty: “What’s your best?” Phil: “A hundred yards in ten seconds.” Dick’s definition of a horserace — Where the windows clean the people. Bill Crotty: “You know they also have a slogan in Russia: Vote for the party. The life you save may be your own. We all agree: Say it with flowers, Say it with sweets; Say it with kisses and Say it with eats; Say it with jewelry, Say it with mink; But whatever you do— Don’t say it with ink. Alan Pierce: “How can I avoid falling hair?” Steve Kourepenis: “Jump out of the way.” Doctor: “How is the young man who swal- llowed the half dollar?” Betty Short: “No change yet, Doctor.” Two inmates of an asylum had been given a hammer and one nail. One of the inmates had placed the nail head first against the wall and began hammering. Seeing that he was getting no appreciable results, he said to his companion: “The bird that made this nail put the head on the wrong end.” “Oh, no!” replied the other. “You're the one that’s crazy—this nail goes in the oppo- site wall.” DAFFYNITIONS Gossip: Matter, Inc. Highbrow: One who can listen to the Wil- liam Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. Collision: When two motorists go after the same pedestrian. Adolescence: When a boy stops collecting stamps and starts playing postoffice. Eiffel Tower: A French erector set that made good. Wolf: A modern dry cleaner. He works fast and leaves no rings. A Hug: Energy that has gone to waist. A well known writer, recalled by his draft board, was being asked, “Did you go to gram- mar school?” “Yes, also high school. And I have an M.S. from Columbia, graduate courses at Cornell, back to Columbia for journalism, a degree from the University of Mexico and . . .” The sergeant nodded, picked up a rubber stamp, slammed it on the questionnaire, im- printing one word: “LITERATE.” A small boy was hurrying to school, and as he hurried, he prayed, “Dear God, don’t let me be late. Please don’t let me be late.” Sud- denly he stumbled and said, “You don’t have to shove.” Eighteen

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Hob Crotty ’54 Symphony Sid’s fans have heard a lot of Fats Domino’s latest disc, “Please Don’t Leave Me.” Since my boy, Sid, arrived in Boston town, business has been picking up in a lot of local jive spots. Also, a lot of jazz recorders who were hitherto unknown, such as the aforementioned Fats Domino have be- come fairly popular. WBZ has found a spot for Nelson Bragg whose spot on WCOP was taken over by Sid. Nelson is now playing popular music instead of the hillbilly platters he used to spin. His new evening show has given him a chance to prove just how good a disc jockey he is and the Park Avenue Hillbilly is gaining many new listeners. Bobby Wayne’s recording, “The Jones Boy,” has been adopted as the theme song of a local disc jockey by the name of Doc Jones. Wonder why? Julius LaRosa’s five day appearance in Boston gave the inspiration for the invention of a Julius La Rosa cocktail. With all the pub- licity Julie has received, we wouldn’t be sur- prised if consumer figures showed that La Rosa spaghetti is outselling other brands by 3 to 1. Jan Strickland, who appeared at one of S. H. S.’s dances last year, has recently re- turned for a singing engagement here. This young vocalist is said to have improved greatly and many observers think he is well on his way to a succesful singing career. Station WHDH is now carrying the “Hour of Stars” every weekday night at 6:45. There are four different stars in this show: Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Peggy Lee and Tony Martin. The master of ceremonies for this enjoyable show of records and chatter is Bob Clayton. Speaking of B.C., he has dropped Juke-Box Saturday Night due to his many other commitments. The musical “Kismet” which recently played in Boston produced a battle between recording stars: Tony Martin, Tony Bennett. The Four Aces, Ralph Flanagan and Gor- don MacRae all recorded the beautiful melody, “Stranger in Paradise.” Now it’s up to the public to decide which one they like best. “Off Shore” and “The Story of Three Loves” are two recordings which indicate the growing popularity of harmonica solos. Bob Dini’s “Goodbye, My Love” has be- come even more popular than his first re- cording, “Too Long.” There is an EDDIE FISHER Club in the school whose president is Isabelle Moora- dian. Miss Ayes has been made an hononary member. Will more members of the Faculty follow suit? STATION WSHS-TV Break the Bank—Changing a dollar in the lunchroom. Racket Squad—S. H. S. Band. Dragnet—-Traffic Squad. Time for Beany—Sophomore lunch. Treasury Agent—Mr. Colbert. The Big Story—“I haven’t got a corridor permit because. . .” Welcome, Traveler—Emergency Room. Talent Scout—Coach Zammarchi. Camel Caravan—Line to the water foun- tain. The Web—Soph’s view of S. H. S. floor plan. Dangerous Assignment—Chemistry ex- periment. Comedy Hour—Special period. Quick As A Flash—8:29. Night Owl Theatre—The battle with the homework. Dinner Date Theatre—S. H. S. Lunchroom. Favorite Story—“It’s in my homeroom.” Foreign Intrigue—German Class. Public Prosecutor—Truant Officer. Seventeen

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TRACK On Friday, October 2, Somerville High’s distance runners opened the ’53 Cross Coun- try season at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, by beating Cambridge Latin 26-29. For any who do not understand the scor- ing system used in Cross Country, it is this: The team scoring the least number of points wins the meet. Twenty boys are allowed to run in a varsity race, ten from each team. The first five runners to finish the race figure in the scoring. The boy finishing first in the race is counted as one point for his team. The one who finishes second is counted as two points for his team; the one finishing third, three points, etc. So that if the fifth runner to finish for one team comes in twelfth in the race his team is charged twelve points. The following Friday, October 9, the Som- efville tracksters made it two in a row as they beat Malden Catholic 26-30. The Blue Jackets made it too close for comfort and if it weren’t for Elwood Shields this race as well as the Cambridge Latin meet would have been lost. In both instances Shields passed an opponent only a few yards from the finish line to take fourth place and save both meets for Somerville. October 14 told a different story, however, when a strong Rindge Tech- nical team defeated the locals by a score of 21-37. Nevertheless the Red and Blue trackmen came right back the following week as they romped over Brookline High 19-42, on Oc- tober 23. It had been raining all that day and the course was slippery and a little muddy. It even rained while the boys were running, but that didn’t seem to hinder them, least of all Fran Cummings; for Fran, a star of the team, despite the rain, broke the Greater Boston League record for this 2 mile run, covering the distance in 13 minutes and 20 seconds. His time was 12 seconds better than the old record of 13 minutes and 32 seconds. Walter Collins also turned in an outstand- ing performance in this meet as he took third place, and he too finished under the old record. Wally’s time was 13 minutes and 30 seconds. Phil Reavis, as is his custom, did very well in every meet, finishing second only to Franny. Harvey Mills, getting in shape for the baseball season, and Charlie Corlin both were among the leaders in scoring points. Others on the varsity are George Wheaton and the “Tom Thumb” of the track team, wee Jack Barrett. Taking a glance toward Winter Track it looks like a good season is in store for Somer- ville. Many of last year’s top performers are back for another season. Just to mention two of the best: Freddy Irons, the State hurdle champion, will be back topping the hurdles again. Incidentally, Freddie holds the State Meet record for the 45 yard high hurdles event at 6 seconds flat. Also back will be the ever popular Phil Reavis. Phil will be seek- ing to break some of the high jump records which he himself set last season. Phil is the possessor of the Greater Boston Interscholas- tic outdoor high jump record at 6 ft. 2 in., the B.A.A. indoor high jump record at 6 ft. the New England outdoor high jump record at 6 ft. 1 Vi hi., and the Metropolitan Inter- scholastic League high jump record of 6 ft. V in. Nineteen