Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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THE NEW DILBOY STADIUM Work has at last begun on the long-awaited stadium. The new stadium, taking shape rap- idly on the former site of the baseball field, is expected to be fuly completed in time for the Red and Blue’s 1955 football season. This modern cement structure, which the C. J. Maney Company is constructing, will consist of one section of stands, boasting a height of thirty feet. Although there is but one section of stands, there is space for ad- ditional seats to be erected on the opposite side. There will also be rooms for a store room, drying room and an officials' room. The showers will be in a separate room apart from the modern dressing rooms, and the visting team will have a room in which to relax. And, of course, there will be a well- equipped first aid station. These rooms are to be located beneath the stands. The new stad- ium will also contain a press box, enabling reporters to acquire good pictures of our team in action. Because of the lack of funds, a proposed 220-yard straight-away for our track team, and flood lights for night games were elimi- nated. There were no provisions made for a public address system and a scoreboard, necessary for any stadium, but smiling Bob Buckley is scouting around and will probably come up with something. Encircling the actual playing field will be a four-foot high fence thus keeping inter- ference from the fans at a minimum. Coupled with this, will be an eight-foot high fence en- closing the whole stadium. The new field will be reserved exclusively for the football team: i.e., they will play their games there but will not practice on it. Old Dilboy will be used by our predominately good baseball teams. The construction of the field has naturally caused Coach Zammarchi and the members of the team to be both happy and optimistic of the team’s chances in the future, espec- ially the junior and sophomore members who will be back to play in the stadium. Since Coach Zammarchi came to Somerville High eight years ago he has been without a home field for his teams, but now this is being remedied. No longer will the Somerville grid- sters be forced to play on foreign soil, often before a hostile crowd. With the new stadium, capable of holding more than five thousand spectators, the team should receive the whole- hearted support of all the students at all the games. In past years the attendance at some games has been poor, but with the advent of the stadium, the number of persons attending each game should easily reach five thousand. The two sources supplying the capital for the construction are the Metropolitan Dis- trict Commission and the City of Somerville. Whether the city will eventually acquire ownership of the stadium is still in doubt. The original terms of the agreement were that the city would lease the stadium and when the amount of the rent collected by the state equaled the amount of money the state had originally paid, the city would then be- come the sole owner. There has been some talk that the state will turn the stadium over to the city fairly soon. The people of Somerville will soon be able to point with pride to a stadium so long needed and so well deserved. Upon its com- pletion let us all show our gratitude for it by attending all athletic and social functions held in it, and by not defacing it. Let our stadium be a standing tribute and a lasting memorial to Somerville’s athletes and a guiding light to future heroes on the field of sport. PREVIEW (Continued from page 20) problems of preparing a high school pub- lication. Now that the flurry of ballots and tabu- lation figures has subsided, the results show that her foresight was shrewd. As she fore- saw the people have returned the Democratic Party to power, by giving them a majority in both the Senate and the House of Repre- sentatives, which may prevent the President from carrying out his program fully. Due to the knowledge gained from her talk we were all in a much better position to evaluate the returns from the ballot boxes. Twenty-eight

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lam, Lois Thiboult, and Carol Ann Fields. What’s new in 352—Pet Peeves: Janet Layte, Little Boys; John Sears, Kid Broth- ers; Pat Anderson, Staying Home Friday Nights; John Volo, Radiator Reporters; Joe Champoux, French Teachers. Elected Officers of 352: Banking, Jean Butori and Ruth Akerly; Red Cross, Pat Anderson and Judith Tarentino; Proctors, Ann Sullivan and Jacqueline Corkum; Radiator, Irene McLucas and George Day; Lockers, Robert Accorto and Richard Bennett; Car Check Clerks, Janet Layte and Bruce Fowke. 205 has voted the following: best dressed girl, Doris Dillman; best dressed boy, Richard Bettencourt; best looking girl, Joyce Camp- bell; best looking boy, John Devine; most talkative, Priscilla Cosman; most likely to succeed, Heather Livingstone; most studious, Marie Frost; most talented, Lauralee Mac- Donald ; class clown, John Devine; Miss Per- sonality, Roberta Carlson; Mr. Personality,, Joseph Pattaglia. WHAT’S IN A NUMBER? Alphonse Bertillon, the famous French criminologist, sought a better way of identi- fying criminals. He devised the anthropomet- ric method (finger-printing). Today every po- lice force in every country has adopted the Bertillon method. Most governments of the world use finger-print records of their armed forces and their civilian personnel to ad- vantage. At the time the Social security law was passed, a means of true identification of the accounts maintained for the nations’ work- ers was sought. It was realized that the simple use of a numberiethmethodethE E E simple use of names would be impossible. The use of finger-print records, it was felt, would be improper and burdensome. A simple method of numbers set in a series of 000-00-0000 was devised and adopted. By this method the records of more than 988 million individuals can be differentiated. Each worker must obtain a number—and only one number—which is his social secur- ity number for his lifetime. It is not in any sense an “identification card” for personal identity. The Social Security Administration estab- lishes an individual wage record for each holder of an account-number card. Thereon a cumulative record of earning is kept for the remainder of the worker’s lifetime. Over 100 million wage records are now maintained. Every employer engaged in a business or trade that is covered by the social security law, and who hires one employee or more, whether steadily employed or part-time, must report the earnings of the worker at least once every three months. In addition he must give the full name of the employee and his correct social security account number. The self-employed report their income once a year with their regular income tax returns whereon they must show their full name and correct social security number. When these reports are received by the Social Security Administration the wages or the self-employment income are credited to the individual’s own wage record. These rec- ords are later used as a basis for determining and computing the amount of benefits. Every worker is urged to help take care of his own social security account. Always have your social security account number available when you apply for a job, so that the employer can transcribe the information to his records exactly as shown on your card. To obtain a social security account card, to replace a lost card, or for change of name (i.e., marriage), contact: Miss Gertrude Burns, head of Commercial Course or your local Social Security Administration district office, 2 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, Mass. Your account number is the “key” to your future social security. “Use it! Don’t lose it! ROYAL GEMS By The Earle of Prentiss A noted authority on physics says there are three dozen eggs in thirty- six eggs. Don’t count your omelets be- fore you cook them. Twenty-seven

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THE ATHLETIC TYPE DAVID BRENNAN '56 Barry learned the hard woy what Susie really liked. “But what realy gets me,” Susie said with a good deal of feeling,” is the athletic type!” “Hmmm,” replied Diane, her most confi- dential friend. “I know what you mean!” Now this might not seem like much of a conversation to most people, but to Barry Simpkins, who happened to be listening, it meant PLENTY. “So that's the type she goes for!” he said, turning the matter over in his mind. “Then that’s the type I’ll have to be!” For quite a while, Barry had had a crush on Susie and had been plotting and planning ways and means to make her more interested in him. Whenever they went out on dates, Susie seemed to be having a good time, all right, but nothing special. They took in a movie, had a soda and talked a while. “I see it now,” Barry thought. “She wants someone with more glamor, more pep! Gosh, maybe she even wants someone on the foot- ball team or something. I’d better get busy or I’ll miss out.” It was an heroic task that Barry set for himself, one worthy of a true knight of old. To begin with, he arose one hour earlier than usual every morning and did his setting-up exercises. This was to build up the muscles he’d be needing for athletics. Then he dug up an old tennis racquet, and whenever he had time he practiced against a backboard. That was to train his eye and give him quick reflexes. Among his other activities, he managed to find time to race around the park in case he should turn out for track. “Have to get the old leg muscles in shape,” he told himself sternly. Then there was rowing. The care- taker over at the lake would let him take a boat out fcr half price when things weren’t too busy around there. “Build up my back and arms,” Barry would mutter, pulling at the oars. All this time, he was letting Susie know about his prowess. “Wow!” he would boast, meeting her after school, “I clocked myself at track today! I’m getting fast!” Or, “Take a look at that!” Flexing his arms he’d show off the firm muscle. “Or, “Gues what the Coach said to me today! Believe it or not, he said . . .” And lots more of the same. Then he noticed something strange about Susie. For a while she’d accepted dates with him, and then, for no reason she would give, she seemed to avoid him. “I’m sorry, I can’t go,” she would say. Not even an excuse or anything! Something was definitely wrong and Barry couldn’t figure it out,—at least, by himself. So cne afternoon, spotting Diane on the street, he asked her. “Gosh, doesn’t Susie even like me?” he pleaded. I’m doing the best I can! Ever since I heard her tell you that the athletic type really gets her, I’ve been knocking myself out and . . .” Diane laughed, long and merrily. “Guess you didn’t hear all of it. Susie was saying that of all the boys she can’t stand, it’s the athletic type that really gets her. They’re so conceited, bragging all the time!” she said and kept on laughing. Twenty-nine