Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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8 THE. S. H. 5. AUTHENTIC following the walks traversed by the few renowned men. All have not the same capabilities nor oppor- tunities, still each should do what he can. The results of our actions must follow us beyond the grave. They are the only things we can take with us when we die. Our deeds will be in existence when everything else is gone. Some things are eternally true. Nearly a century ago James Philip Bailey wrote, — “We live in deeds, not years, in thoughts, not breaths, In feelings not figured on a dial. We count time by heart throbs. He most lives, who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.” Fiskdkrick Luo McLaughlin. Commencement Ode Class of 1906 Words and Music by Effie Frances Brians Joy and gladness, grief and pain, Mingle in our hearts today, As we fondly recollect School days that have passed away. Patiently the seed was sown, Time will prove our garnered thought, When the harvest comes to all And we reap as we have wrought. All our childhood’s dreams are past. All our merry hours of play. We have reached the gate at last Opening to a brighter day. Strong in faith with hopeful hearts, Journeying on the heights we climb Culling laurel leaves and flowers But to weave in air sublime. Classmates, teachers, friends, farewell Hands unclasped as on we go. Future joys will ne’er efface Mem’ries we alone can know. In the years beyond our ken, Where the sunlight never dies May we hope to meet again, In the home beyond the skies. Athletic Notes D uring the greater part of the season the Baseball team has played against “hard luck,” losing many of its games by the closest of scores. The team work seems to be good, but errors at critical moments and inability to bat when hits were needed, are responsible for the losses. This is the first year for many of the players, but they are gaining experience for the coming years which, we hope, will prove more successful. Only three members of the team graduate this year, leaving six veterans for next year’s team. There is plenty of good material in the school but it is developing slowly. The need of a coach has been felt keenly this year, and it is hoped that next year it will be possible to have one. The team lost an eleven inning game to Water- own High School, and a sixteen inning league game to Saugus. Saugus also defeated us on the 17th of June, at Saugus, thereby making sure of the Middlesex League Cup. Saugus has an excep- tionally strong team this year, in contrast to for- mer years, and we are pleased that as Stoneham cannot have the cup, it is going to Saugus. One of the best games of the season was played with Reading, Stoneham winning 7 to (! The school turned out well to see the game, and the encouragement their cheers gave to the players is easily seen by the manner in which the Stoneham boys made hits in the ninth inning when three runs were needed to win the game. Manager Murphy of the football team is ar- ranging a good schedule for the coming season and has in mind a large number of candidates for the team. With Hay as captain the season ought to prove a successful one.

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THE S. H. 5. AUTHENTIC 7 Seeing by the paper that Martin McHale was in town (pitcher for the Boston Americans) the afternoon found me headed towards the ball grounds to root for Mart. After a victorious game for the Bostons, Mart and I proceeded to an up- town restaurant run by our classmate, Joe Hoey. Joe not being around that day, we sat down at one of the tables and I called for a double porterhouse steak, four inches thick, tender and juicy. “I want the finest piece of meat in New York.” “Deed, boss,” the waiter replied, “we aint got no such steak as that. If we had, Joe Hoey would eat it himself.” I spent that night at the home of Mart, a short distance out of the city, in a delightful little “Ivy” decorated cottage. The next day I set out to look up my old friend William Martin. I was fortunate to find him in his office, which had the sign “Dr. Martin” on the door. You may imagine, but I cannot describe, the cordial greeting ' with which he received me. He called in his wife — I thought he had a merry twinkle in his eye — and who should it be but our old classmate Bertha Hibbard. What a happy gathering it was around .the festive board that night. William’s sister Lila, now matron at St. Elizabeth hospital, had been called away, for which I was sorry, as Lila is always in demand at all festivities. Bidding them all goodbye I took the midnight train for Boston, and as I sat musing over the many happenings of my trip, and the old friends I had met, the thought came to me that the class of 1906 had turned out a fair representation of good American citizenship, and enough praise and grati- tude cannot be given, in the moulding of our character, to the good discipline and kindness and good advice given us in our boyhood and girlhood days at the Stoneham High School. George Walter Park. Class Oration “We live in deeds, not years.” coming into the world every ndividual is assigned some active art in life’s great drama. This art may be for a time unknown, ut if no obstacle intervenes, will ioon declare itself. In the tem- peraments and character of different persons there is intense and diverse activity. The natural powers are strengthened and modified by training and education. Progress in civilization in almost every century has come about through the lives of a few great men who “lived in deeds, not years.” Men have been converted from uncouth savagery to Christi- anity and refinement. Every nation of the earth has added its mite of culture to benefit the world, and all this through the deeds of a few great men. England has contributed her great works of litera- ture, Greece her great works of architecture, and America her various inventions. All this change has been brought about by individuals who are held in memory to tiiis day. For example, Alexander the Great, when but a young man, set out with a small army and defeated the Persians at Issus, then reduced Egypt and founded the great sea port of Alexandria. At the age of 33 he had practically conquered the world. Thus the course of history was altered and the geography of nations changed by one who “lived in deeds, not years.” Likewise Caesar fled from Rome because lie would not submit to the tyranny of Sulla. During his exile, though but a youth, he undertook an expedition against the barbarous pirates on the coast of Asia Minor and made them his prisoners. When Sulla died Cmsar fled from Rome and began that marvelous career which soon made him consul. During his term as consul he undertook foreign expeditions, he defeated the Germans, subdued the Britons, and bent the whole world to his power, till he was assassinated by men jealous of his suc- cess. When Caesar died Rome lost “the foremost man of all this world,” but his deeds have survived for twenty centuries. Did not the heroic deeds of our ancestors of the Revolution give us privileges such as no other people enjoy? Did not the heroic deeds of the soldiers of the civil war give freedom to 4,000,000 colored people of the south? More than a century has passed since Washington and his soldiers suffered that we might be free, but their deeds remain in the memory of a grateful people. In all the wars from Washington till now, the young men have borne a conspicuous part. Truly the country is in debt to those who “lived in deeds, not years.” It is true that every man is not capable of

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THE 5. H. S. AUTHENTIC 9 THE S. H. S. AUTHENTIC Published every month in the interest of the Class of 1907, Stoneham Hi£h School Subscription price, 50 cents per year, single copies 1 0 cents For sale at W. E. Whittier’s and A. W. Rice’s Editor-in-Chief, William H. Murphy Athletic Editor, Norman Lister Literary Editor, Martha L. Scally Alumni Editor. Alice J. Cogan CLASS EDITORS Exchange Editor, Ethel Hoffer Military Editor. Philip E. Buck 1906, Winifred I. Payson 1907, Alice J. Cogan. J. Algernon Forbes 1908, Elva E. Andrews 1 909, Doris Worthen 9th Grade. Effie L. Hale, Lewis A. Weston Business Manager, Clyde R. Perry Assistant Manager, Arthur Waite PRINTED BY WHITTIER. STONEHAM. MASS. Editorials With this issue we take up the publication of the “Authkntio” for the coming ' year; and already we have begun to realize some of the difficulties attendant to making the paper a success. We regret very much the necessity of soliciting adver- tisements from the Stoneham merchants. We fully realize that, their generosity has been severely taxed during the past few years, and our greatest hope is to obtain a subscription list so large that we may be independent of advertising. To the Seniors we extend our best wishes and the hope that they will succeed and prosper in whatever lines of life they enter upon. As the cup of the Middlesex Baseball League does not come to Stoneham. we are glad that the Saugus High School team is the successful one. We greatly admire the good-will, enthusiasm and school spirit shown by the Saugus students in supporting their baseball team. Surely their atten- dance at the games and the encouragement they give to the players ought to furnish an example to Stoneham. The Baseball team has not been very success- ful as far as winning games is concerned. Our weakest point seems to be in batting, and no team can be successful unless it is strong in this depart- ment of the game. However perfect the fielding may be. the game depends in a large measure upon the ability of the players to get hits. We hope that next year we may have a coach to help us in til is respect . The annual High School picnic will be held June 29, at Canobie Lake. For the last two years the picnic has been held here, and all those who were present will testify to the many enjoyments and the good time to be had. Class Notes 1906 Fredie in French — “que vous etes crees l’un pour l’antre” — “that you were crazy for each other.” Mr. F. translating German — “Meine Mutter hat’s gewolt” — “My mother’s hat’s got well.” Ttodie is very smart, as will be seen by the following : “Holt dich die Mutter Heim in die Nacht” — “You carry your mother home at night.” Our learned William said the following: “A ferment is the organization that causes fermentation.” The day after the Senior banquet, Mr. Hinds remarked in astronomy : “Say, Mr. Emerson, I never saw the moon look so funny as it did last night.” I wonder why ! Miss T. informed the physiology class that potato bugs came from seeds !