Stoneham High School - Wildlife Yearbook (Stoneham, MA)

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC t)y the term “gentlemen ” Strongly in defeat, overpoweringly in victory, the coach leads our youth. His is the op- portunity. Great is his responsibility. And fortunate indeed is the school numbering among its faculty a teach- er-coach able and willing to assume his proper place in school life. Our Exchange List This is our final list, a sort of good- bye list, but we shall hope to see them (as well as new ones) in print next year Avhen instead of august editors, we shall be merely “gentle readers.” M. H. S. Keview, Medford High School, Mass. Broadcast, Jamaica Plain High School, Mass. Drury Academe, Drury High School, Mass. Early Trainer, Essex County Train- ing School, Mass. Eed and Black, Whitman High School, Mass. Boston University News, Boston Uni- versity, Mass. Boston University Beacon, Boston University, Mass. Le Petite Eanger, Kemmerer High School, Wyo. Blue and Gold, Malden High School, Mass. Eound Up, Eoosevelt High School, Iowa. Blue Pencil, Walnut High School, Mass. Aegis, Beverly High School, Mass, Eed and Black, Eogers High School, Ehode Island. Crimson and Graj , Mary E. Wells School, Mass. Alpha, New Bedford Hi gh Schoql, Mass. Argus, Gardner High School, Mass. Debater, Wakefield High School, Mass. This is our last number. At this time the last numbers of other schools are being published or have been al- ready published. It is deplorable in more ways than one that period- icals must pass so soon into the hands of succeeding classes. A year is after all so short a time in which to acquire experience and use it to the best ad- vantage. Still, if an editorial staff has much initiative at all, it ought to be able to accomplish something worth- while in its alloted time and hand it dowm as a worthy example for its suc- cessor. A Change A year ago the magazine form of periodical w’as much more popular with schools than the newspaper, but now some of our oldest exchanges are adopting the latter form. To w hat may the change be attributed? Perhaps to a desire to “feel out” and to try new ideas. It is in this desire to explore and ex- Ijeriment that advancement is due. A periodical offers a chance for just this sort of thing and many schools are making use of the opportunity. The Periodical and the Faculty The Eoosevelt High School in Des Moines believes that the relation of the faculty to the school periodical should be something more than merely that of a subscriber. Say they, “Why not have a faculty page or something equivalent to one?” Indeed, why not? What better way can there be to unite teachers and pu- ipils in one big family? Faculty pages, we notice, are becoming more and more popular every year. Commencement A beginning, j Of what a beginning? I Of the cold of t he reality of things, I Of failure and bitter disillusion ? Or the end. The end of the play of a child? M. H., ’ 25 . And What Would Have Happened Then? Macbeth : “What kill a nice old man like Duncan? See here. Lady M., you attend to your household affairs and don’t try to run mine.” Bassanio: “I’ll take the gold casket.” Brutus: “Let me tip you off, Caesar, the boys are planning to do you in on the Ides of March.” Cleopatra : “Oh-h-h-h-h, take that horrid snake away.” 20

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC ity needed to cripple an athletic team in order to solve a classroom problem. No athlete should be given privileges or opportunities not offered to other students, but surely no boy ought to find his athletic position furnishing a club with which a belligerent teacher can drive him to standards not de- manded of his classmates or reached by them. A good teacher-coach can entirely eliminate this opposition between the purely academic teacher and the pure- ly athletic instructor. By appealing directly to the athletes, a teacher-coach can make them see that they owe to their team and school such conduct and scholarship as will make them worthy members of the group, and, for the sake of the team, the boys will main- tain standards that they never could be coerced into upholding. A quiet word from the teacher to the teacher- coach, informing him that a certain athlete is not doing as he should, re- sults in action by the coach on the grou2id that such misconduct, if con- tinued, will harm the team. Some- times a teacher-coach will suspend from play an athlete whose scholastic reports are not satisfactory, telling him that someone must be trained who surely will be eligible when the hard games are played. It never fails to produce an immediate change for the better in the classroom. The coach may perhaps tell the players that they are almost revered by the students in the lower grades of the school, that they are the idols of every small boy in the town, that their actions are copied and their attitudes mimicked, and that their influence is tremendous. This is flattery perhaps but flattery that will make the boys realize that they owe to themselves the setting of a worthy standard of conduct. Again, a teacher-coach may exert a powerful influence in the direction of keeping boys in school. Many a boy is held in school by the charm of athlet- ics when othei-Avise he would be drift- ing from one poorly selected job to another. Some people say that if ath- letics are all that he goes to school for, he would be better off at work. Many such boys, however, come to find them- selves during these athletic years, grow to realize what school really means to them, and finally make for themselves a place that they would never have attained except for the ex- tra schooling athletics made them ac- . cept. Usually their awakening dates from the time when their teacher-coach talked seriously with them of the future. Finally, as we study the question, it becomes evident that all of the advan- tages of schoolboy athletics depend on the personality of the coach. Athletics are probablj ' the most important single factor in the school life of the boys, and undoubtedly the most important influence in athletics is the personality I of the coach. He leads. His standards jare their standards; his example their i aim. He has a tremoundous responsi- j bility. In taking his place in school i life he is making more than his own ! reputation or even the reputation of ; the school; he is making the character I of youth. What type of man must ho ;be? What standards should we de- I mand of this man to whom we intrust I our boys in their most important ac I tivity ? j He must be morally clean. No list of victories, however long, no reputa- I tion for producing star players, can I balance in the slightest degree any im- i plication that his life off the field is not exemplary. He should not smoke. This is a much disputed question, but we are in- consistent if we expect our boys to at- tain maturity without using tobacco and the same time place them under the control of a coach who finds it necessary to smoke in public. He should not use or tolerate profan- ity. This is another disputed ques- tion ; men will argue that in football a coach has to swear in order to arouse his men to a fighting pitch, but expe- rience proves the contraiy. He should keep his temper, always, I have seen a football coach strike one of the players with his fist, and I heard the father of one of his opponents say, “That may be the way he won three city championships, but he never could coach my boy, for I wouldn’t let him play under him.” I have seen many coaches abuse otficials, but I have never seen one piofit thereby. Finally, he must be a gentleman, first, last, and all of the time. No matter what conditions may be, in vic- tory or defeat, in practice or games, under fair or dishonest officials, in the face of any circumstances, that stan- dard must be maintained. Sportsman- ship is a word to inspire, but all of its new meanings and applications are in- cluded in what men have always meant 19

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THE STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHENTIC S. H. S. 5— Winchester 4 Stoneliam defeated Wincheste , April 23, on the Pomeworth St. grounds, to the tune of 5 to 4. It was a very tight game for both teams. Kotundi pitihod a great game for Stoneham, fajining 13. Fitzgerald and T. Dolan starred for Winchester, while Ananny starred for The summary: S. H. S. MacAnanny ss Kinsley 3b Duplin 2b Patch c Fallon cf Kotundi p Robertson If Hunt lb Neilson, Fudge rf Innings S. H. S. Winchester Hunt and Mac- Stoneham. Winchester cf T. Dolan rf Tansey 2b Flaherty lb Fitzge;nld If Harrold c Melly 3b L. O’Donnell ss C. O’Donnell p Kendricks 23456789 0030001 0—5 0000000 3—4 S. H. S. 4— Melrose 6 Stoneham High tasted its first defeat April 26, from Melrose, at the Pome- worth St. grounds. Stoneham had the edge up to the 7th inning, where they loosened up and Melrose tied the score. In the next inning, Melrose scored two, and held Stoneham to their four tallies. Melrose got only four hits off Robert- son, but errors in the 7th gave them the game. Duplin and Kinsley starred for Stoneham and VonKlock and Ma- thias starred for Melrose. The summary: S. H. S. Melrose MacAnanny ss Duplin 2b Kinsley 3b Hunt lb Patch c Robertson p, If Rotundi p. If Fallon cf Neilson, Fudge rf Innings S. H. S. Melrose cf Simpson 3b Delano If Von Klock e Mathias rf Lloyd lb Shaw ssMcGenley p Barrett 2b Murphy 123456789 20001100 0—4 00000042 0—6 S. H. S. 6— Winchester 3 For the second time this seasoiij Stoneham proved superior to Winches- ter and showed that the first game was no accident. Rotundi and Tansey started on a pitching duel put the powerful Stone- ham hitters got to Tansey in the fifth and put the game on ice. Rotundi struck out 13 and Tansey 9. S. II. S. The summary ' : MacAnanny ss Kinsley 3b Duplin 2b Patch c Fallon cf Robertson If Fudge rf Rotundi p Innings S. H. S. Winchester Winchester cf F. Dolan p Tansey 2b Flaherty lb Fitz If Harrold c Melly 3b J. Dolan ss C. O’Donnell 123456789 00103110 0—6 00102000 0—3 S. H. S. 7— Wakefield 1 Stoneham High easily defeated Wakefield, May 7, on the Pomeworth St. grounds, 7 to 1. Rotundi pitched his usual good game, striking out 8 men. Wakefield only secured 5 base hits from him in the nine innings. Kinsley starred for Stoneham and scor- ed two doubles. Melanson and Hall starred for Wakefield. The summary: S. H. S. MacAnanny ss Duplin 2b Kinsley 3b Fallon cf Patch c Rotundi Robertson If Brock lb C. Rotundi, Smith rf Innings S. H. S. Wakefield 3b Melanson c Tyler p Duggan ss Hall lb Tasker If Silvartyr cf Flannigan rf Preston 2b Brewer 123456789 213001000 7 Wakefield 000001000 1 Time 2.35. Umpire, Lannon. S. H. S. 3 — Melrose 6 Again at Melrose, Stoneham was de- feated by Melrose High. Although 21