Somerville High School - Radiator Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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Actions Speak Louder Than Words 1. Corol Varney, Geraldine DiBono 2. Christine Dischino, Virginia Smith, Joseph Morris, Joyce Andelman, Anna Piccolo. RED FEATHER VOLUNTEERS How did you spend your summer? For many teenagers in Greater Boston, this was a pleasant and worthwhile summer. Some volunteered their time and energy at various jobs at Red Feather Agencies in Boston, do- ing clerical work, helping in hospitals, and leading children’s groups. One girl sums up her experiences: “I have thought for a long time that I would go into some branch of medicine. Working in the hospital wards helped me to gain a better understanding of the many duties involved.” The volunteers from SHS, the number of hours contributed and'the places where they worked, are as follows: Joseph Morris, 138 hours at the East End Union, Cambridge; Virginia Smith 107 hours, Joyce Andelman 78 hours, Christine Dischino 75 hours, Anna Piccolo, 45 hours at the Cambridge City Hos- pital; Albert Bowen, 99 hours at the New England Medical Center; Hazel Michniewicz, 66% hours at the New England Deaconess Hospital; Geraldine DiBona 44 hours at the Middlesex Health Association; Patricia Di- Cillis 24 hours at the Middlesex Health Association; Joan Ann MacMullin 16 hours, Greater Boston United Fund; Nancy Swett, 12 hours, Junior Leader Campfire Girls. At the Mason Memorial Building, in Bos- ton on September 19, 1958, a Recognition Program was held, honoring the seven hun- dred and fourteen Greater Boston High School students who gave an accumulated 55,000 hours of volunteer service. THE HARVARD BOOK PRIZE Last June at a Junior Class assembly, Mr. Hoban, Building Master, presented the Har- vard Book Prize to George Catino ’59, for his commendable scholastic record during his sophomore and junior year. The Harvard Club of Boston awards this prize each year to the top boy, scholastically, in the Junior class. George works as a counter boy in his spare time. He is constantly on the Maximum Credit and Credit lists, and excels in science and mathematics. One of his interests is fish. He once owned and cared for his own aquarium. Ten

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in making the dance a success, or cheering the team to victory, for example. The ways of service are as varied and different as peo- ple themselves, and at Somerville High there are many opportunities to be useful and beneficial. As for scholarship, any student who is really interested in learning and who shows the simple courtesy cf paying attention in class, can have good scholarship. The matter is entirely up to him. Every pupil in the school should try to be- come a member of this distinguished organi- zation, and perhaps next year the picture of the group will take a full page. From this group of National Honor members chosen each year, the future educational, scientific, political, social and business leaders will emerge. TIME TO BE NEGATIVE On Monday, September 29, the Mantoux tuberculin test was given to ninety-six per cent of the entire high school student body. The purpose of the test was to determine whether or not their bodies contained any tuberculosis germs. The members of the faculty demonstrated their co-operation by also participating in the program. A small portion of clear fluid called tuber- culin is injected into each participant. Three days later the place on the arm where the test was made w s examined by a doctor or nurse who checked the patch for size, shape, and color, in order to ascertain whether the test was negative—meaning that there were no tuberculosis germs pres- ent in the body, or if it was positive — meaning that germs were present in the body, but not necessarily active. Then the person was x-rayed to find out whether the germs had, as yet, done any damage. Tuberculosis is not an inherited disease, as so many people think, but a contagious one that spreads from person to person and can strike at any age. Since 1955, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has carried on an extensive program of tuberculin testing in our schools Miss Sccnlon, Miss Conning, Jock Burgess, B'ob Murray in an effort to curb any growth in the spread of TB. By checking your health regularly you can do your part to wipe out this dread disease. GIVE THANKS Nancy Clark '60 At this Thanksgiving season, stop what- ever you are doing and meditate; carefully turn over in your mind all the joy, sadness of your daily life and, yes, count your bles- sings. Thank God for this time of peace and ask Him to let it stay that way. Thank God fc-r keeping you and your family healthy and safe. Thank Him for the food on your table and the clothes on your back. Thank Him for this splendid country of ours and the right to live freely in it. Thank Him, pray to Him, and show your thanks in some way, perhaps by buying a turkey with all the trimmings for a family less fortunate than yours. Do this and get the “generosity glow”, a glow that will spread through your whole being. THANKSGIVING Janet Resteghini 59 Thanksgiving awakes us one morning To the smell of baking mince pies To the look of the crisp Autumn sunshine And the laughter in children's eyes. Nine

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A VISIT TO THE BOSTON GLOBE’S NEW $13,000,000 PLANT The newspaper is an item taken for granted in our daily living:, but is of much importance in the Boston Globe’s new news- paper building on Morrissey Boulevard. The Boston Globe, for many years a dependable servant cf greater Boston, has finally realized a dream it had cherished in its heart for a long time; and the realization of this dream is a stunning modernistic building strategi- cally located adjacent to the Southeast Ex- pressway and containing the finest equip- ment for efficient operation. The plant is divided into many depart- ments which synchronize like a well-oiled clock. The first stop is the Photo-Engraving De- partment, where the news to be printed is etched on zinc plates and treated with acid to remove the excess particles of zinc to make the plates clear and neat. In the Composing Room these small plates are fitted together in metal trays like a jig-saw puzzle. The trays are the size of a page in a newspaper. These trays are then taken to the Stereotype Job Room where they are used to make papier- mache impressions. These impressions are curved and then used as molds to make heavy metal plates. The plates must be curved because the presses are curved. Later on the plates can be melted down and the metal used again in making plates for other issues. In the Pressroom, huge sheets of paper are fed into the enormous presses, on which the metal plates containing the news have previously been placed. The paper is then cut to regular specifications. The assembled newspapers are placed on a vertical conveyor belt which sends them upstairs to be counted, sorted, and placed in the Globe’s famous green trucks for delivery. The new plant is in many ways superior to the old building on Milk Street in Boston. In this plant there is a huge warehouse where the tons of paper used daily are stored. Before this plant came into existence, the Globe had to ship their paper in almost every day, for there was no way to keep a supply on hand. Also colored sections of the paper, such as the comic strips and magazines, could not be printed on the premises before. Now in these modern surroundings the Globe has at last, the facilities to produce the best work that they are capable of. And just to prove this point, the Globe can now produce 52 thousand papers an hour and in the future will be capable of much more. The tour of this building instills in one the true meaning of America and one of its finest principles—Freedom of the Press. TYPICAL STUDENTS Dorothy Thorne 59 The last bell rings in the morning. And quickly we students rush in, Anxious to work and study hard, So now let the school day begin. The signal is given, and out we run Into the corridors, jostling about, Trying to find our first period class. Amid many a cheer and a shout. Now, after a few hours of classes, The moment finally comes When we rush downstairs to eat And talk with our many chums. Then back to classes again Where we dream of the happy time When the two o’clock bell will ring. It rings! And home we all rush to pine Over our homework for hours and hours, Until we are sure that it’s done To the best of our ability, And then we go out for some fun. We spend some time at the movies, Or, maybe go with “the gang” Down to the soda shop to dance for a while. Oops! The curfew just rang! Home again we race, because Now we must end our play. And get some rest, for tomorrow Is another busy day. CXMIKXJCaCDC Eleven