Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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4 THE AUTHENTIC. to the world j ' ouiig women titted for a useful, iutelligent life, prolicieut in an occupation by means of which tliey can lie independent of otliers, or to wlucli tliey can turn in time of adversity. Already we liave an institution of lids type in Simmons College, Boston. Here young women may prepare for sncli positions as nurse, matron, private secretary, lilirarian or liorticnltnrist. Tliat young women are looking for just sucli a scliool as tliis is sliown liy its ever-increasing nnm- ber of students and liy its rapid growtli Tlie success witli wliicli tliese princiiiles of education liave met, is tcaciiing us tliat true educa- tion sliould develop industrial elHeiency as well as moral ami intellectual power, and with this educa- tion will come that fuller develoinnent which will make both man and woman more able to take part in the making of a better and happier world. Anmk ' rilOUNTON. CLASS PROPHECY. F ob more than a year now, the attention of the whole world has been directed to that nation, which np to this time has been consiilered of little importance, but has shown most wonderful ability, in holding at bay for many months the great power of Russia. Such wonderful foresight as the .lapanese have shown in prepai ' ing for this war is the admiration and wonder of military men the world over. From our interest in the war we have naturally become interested in everything relating to this in- genious people, who have in so short a time shown that they are to be among the great powers of the woi ' ld. This may explain why, when ])assing through Boylstou Street a few days ago, I was attracted by a beautitul .Tapanese shop-window. .Vs I stood gazing at the vases of curious workmanship and tapestries with gold and silver embroideries, it oc- curred to me tliat I might learn more about these interesting people. I found inside a very courteous and intelligent .Japanese gentleman, who was wil- ling to satisfy my curiosity in regard to the many beautiful and Ingeniously wrought objects of interest. Naturally our conversation turned to the war and J asked him if he could give me any idea as to the secret of the wonderful success of the .Taininese. “Certainly, I can,” he answered, “though few of your countrymen know anything about the mar- vellous Invention by which my peojile have been able to foresee the purpose and movements of the enemy and thus make preparations for this war.” Drawing aside a curtain in the rear of the shop he invited me to step in and insjiect this machine by means of which a vast amount of useful knowl- edge had been gained. “This,” he says, “is the (jerinc.ashakdurimah- yah. This instrument I found resembled externally the old fashioned stereoscope, but was connected by electrical wires to a wonderful globe which had many needles and registering cards. But the most wonderful thing about this globe was the time question, unlike anything I have ever heard of. By a wonderful combination of the time and place indicators he said that one was able to see what a person or a people at a given place would be doing at a given time in the future, and thus I saw how the .Japanese had been able years ago, to foresee the movements of the liusslans and thus make ready for this war. “But,” said I, “will this machine work here now?” “Certainly,” said he, “without doubt.” “.Vnd could I have the use of it for a few minutes?” “Most certainly.” I ' ’inding that the terms were not beyond reach of my purse I engaged his services for a brief period. When he asked me at just what point on the surface of the globe he would place the needle I at lirst thought I would say Washington, but upon second thought it occurred to me that I miuht test the instrument nearer home and I said, “Set it at the Stoneham High School.” This I found, with a little information from me, he was soon able to do, even to the point of getting Itoom 13 of that building. He then asked me at what date he should set the indicator. “Why UtO.o,” I said. “llK). ' )!”he repeats, “but sir, onr instrument can give any date within one hundred years.” “Great Scott!” said I, “will this instrument tell me what these peoi)le in Itooin 13 are to be doing at any date?” “Certainly, Sir,” said he. “Very well, then give us I ' .H.T.” Soon the machine was in motion. Sealed at a little table, my .Japanese friend operating at the globe, such a panorama was unfolded before my astonished eyes as I can well believe I sh.all never again obseia e. To give yon some idea of the way in which the

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THE AUTHENTIC 3 coninuinity. Jane Adams of Hull House, Chica fo, who has worked iu the settlements for nearly fif- teen years, says, in regard to whether or not it pays: “You ask me if it has paid. We may as well challenge life itself. We might as well go to the priests over here at tlie cathedral and point out to them that they have not redeemed the people who live in every direction around them ; that in spite of their preaching and service, and tlie example of their pure lives, all manner of sin still exists in their neigliborhood and among the very people who are reached by them. They do not think their work has been a failure. They have done some good. They are doing good every day. The people here are better. They are getting better every day. They will grow bet- ter to the end ” Fi!. xcks Sticvuns. THE WOMAN’S COLLEGE OF THE FUTURE. sucoxi) noxou. O NE of the most important features of our educational progress in the past twenty- five years is the tendency toward indus- trial education. The ability to do things is being added to the mere book-knowledge which has so long characterized educational work. The methods of education used iu civilizing the Indian, and those which are now being used .so successfully by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee Institute have caused prominent educa- tors to think that they rest upon sound educational principles. This recognition of the need of practical edu- cation is shown in the introduction of manual training into public schools, in the rise of business schools and schools of applied science. It is also shown in Germany where the growing practical nature of the people not only has caused them to consider the classical languages unessential in training for a professional career, but has placed their technical schools on a level with their uni- versities. The movement toward indnstrial education, although but recently begun, has been attended with such success that we may speak with some certainty of its future development. We believe that these new ideas of education will be applied with equal success in our colleges for women. Here the daily associations with teachers of refinement and culture, the influences pervading the institutions, and, in fact, the whole environment of the students, have done much toward developing womanliness of character and toward influencing their graduates to higher stand- ards of life; but their training is mainly theoret- ical. Their broad courses of study develop more the reasoning faculties and give the graduate a general education rather than fit her for some special field of work. Then, when the graduate is thrown upon h er own resources, she often finds herself unsuited for the practical affairs of the world. Often her only opening is teaching, and many do not possess the qualities necessary for the making of a successful teacher, while to one not interested in such work it is mere drudgery and of no benefit to either the teacher or her pupils. Miss Susan Anthony has made the statement that fifty years ago, in America, no occupations were open to women except cooking, sewing, teaching and factory w ' ork. Even now ' many young women in choosing a profession, consider teaching, nursing, bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting about the only occupations open to them. How’ever, the International Congress of Women, held in London in 1000, has shown that many women have found a profitable business in such handicrafts as jewelry, carving, book-binding, etc., while others have been successful as lawyers, doctors, chemists, journalists, architects, agricul- turists and horticulturists. Ill southern California some of the most suc- cessful horticulturists are women, while in other parts of the country and in England, landscape gardening has proved both a delightful and profit- able occupation. But it is the lack of schools that will prepare young women for such work that has kept them from these occupations. This new movement in education w ' ill open up many of these occupations by founding colleges for W ' omen similar to the technical schools for men In these young women will receive not only instruction in such studies as are necessary for a liberal education, but they will receive a specific technical training. They w’ill not only study the principles of science governing some special field of work, but they will practise the application of these principles to their profession Yet, the chief aim of such a college will he education, and the principles studied will be with the purpose of de- veloping the mind, of exercising the pow ' ers, and of training the faculties of the student. Such instruction will result in a combination of both theoretical .and practical knowledge, and will give

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THE AUTHENTIC. 5 various views were presented to me, I may say it was like tlie kinetescope views only much more distant and not always moving. I made a note of the views that I saw wh ich I will endeavor to give you. After getting my eyes adjusted to the machine I found that I was in a strange place and by var- ious signs as I seemed to he passing through the street I knew that it must be tliat I was in the Philippines, and this was no other than the scene of Dewey’s victory, Manila. The city was in gala attire, some great event evidently was about to take place. I seemed to move with the throng until I came to a magnificent building and I seemed to enter. It was only too plain that this was the inauguration of a governor. I waited and I hardly could believe my eyes that the person on whom all eyes rested, the governor, was no other than my classmate, LESTER TARBETT, a man of magnifi- cent and portly bearing. It was evident that his popularity, as well as his size, was immense. I followed the throng and later found myself at, what in Washington would be called the Inaug- ural Ball, and there to my amazement I found the master of ceremonies and the centre of an admiring throng of women was — would you believe it? — ERXEST PATCH. His swallow-tail and white kid gloves were something which we had never seen him sporting, but in those, as well as with the bevy of ladies, he was very much at home. .Just as we seemed to be leaving this foreign city a sign board caught my eye. It was the familiar barber’s pole and an equally familiar name, GEORGE RUSSELL MAXN. Could it be so? I stood for a minute wondering if it could be my old friend, when I saw a little child in front of the door crying, and sure enough it was “Turk” who came and picked up the little urchin and quenched his tears with kisses. As this scene vanished I could see in the dis- tance a large field. .Vs the view became more dis- tinct I could see tents and various wagons indicat- ing that a circus was there. Through an open tent flap I saw the cages of the menagerie In a distant corner was a crowd of people following a guide. As I looked they stopped before a cage containing some animal, but as 1 looked closer I noticed this placard ; — “Wild Max, C.uiOHT IX TiiK .Tuxolks OK riiK Mi-yriiOPOLriAX Pauk Sysi ' km ok Eastkux Mass.” Well, this was getting interesting and quite near home, so I fixed my eyes more intently upon this cage When the wild man lifted his head I saw, — well you know “Bob” CONNORS as well as I do, — and there he was as large as life. The manager of this show was Mme. Dudevont in name, but in reality was BERTH.V GERTRUDE WALKER. Recovering from this lively scene I found my- self in the midst of a crowded city. This I recog- nized immediately as Boston, for there was the Common and the Subway Station. A Salvation .Vrmy lass was busily talking with some dirty-faced Italian newsboys, and something about the girl attracted my attention. I nearly fainted and had to call for water for there was: — well, I always expected FR.VNCES would do better than that But what I saw next was pretty near the limit There out in the middle of the street was “Hick” MELLETT sweeping up garbage. He must have worked out in the rain quite a lot for his hair was pretty rusty. We always expected great things from H.VRRY in the musical line, as he was con- sidered, by himself, authority on anything musical, hut here he was wielding a broom instead of a baton. As this scene vanished there gradually came into view what I took to be Broadway, — Saugus .V fifteen or twenty story building loomed up before me, wholly occupied by the firm of HINCHCLIFFE , McGovern. This I knew from the immense signs blazing from every story. .V retail store equal in size to a half dozen of .Iordan, Marsh Co’s I saw no doors. I seemed to advance with the crowd. Among the many strangers I recog- nized one, a hustling, rustling, bustling woman, here, there, everywhere and back again in an in- stant: — yes it was our classmate FLOR.V . NNIE THtHlNTON. “Well ten years works wonders in the 20tii Century,” thought I. I now saw that it was bargain day. A placard ; “Great Assortment of Babies in Basement,” attracted my attention. Moving in that direction, at my left in the Ribbon department was “Mid” GREEN. Here she was fairly buried under an avalanche of her favorite red and yellow ribbons. But to the basement Babies? I should say. It was the greatest sale you ever saw. Cradles? No Incubators by the hundreds. “BLONDES” at one counter “BRU- NETTES” at another Black and white, and all the scrambling, pulling and pushing that one sees on bargain day now. Flere was a card; — “$3.10 and Carriage Thrown in ” Farther on prices ran down to “Three for a Quarter,” evidently a shop- worn lot. This flourishing department was in charge of ALONZO P.VRKS. One more familiar face in this establishment It was that of ST.VCEY