Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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THE W. H. S. DEBATER A ©IjrxHtmaa (flarol BY HILDUR L. CARLSON Ring, ye bells of Christmas, Send out a merry chime. Tell of Christ, our Saviour, And of His love sublime ; He who lived and suffered Because of love for us. King of light and glory. The Victor, pure and just. Sing, ye children, sweetly, Carol a joyous song. Raise your hearts and voices Like unto an angel throng. Let every song have gladness, Send forth your sweetest lay. Have no thought of sadness On this, our Christmas Day. Give praise, all ye people. Give praises, clear and strong. Your voices raise to Heaven In one truimphant song. Ring, ye bells, children, sing Of Christ who died for thee. Name Him Saviour, call Him King Through all eternity. The Wakefield High School Battalion BY MAJ. E. HAZEN WALTON 3N spite of the great difficulties under which the High School Battalion worked last year, it proved the most successful year in its history. The drill began as usual on the second week of school. Two companies of six full squads were formed. These made two of the largest companies ever formed in the battalion. The first day the cadets were taught a few squad and company movements which, after a few trials, were well ex- ecuted. After this the battalion was marched down to the Park where the weekly drills were held until the weather became too severe, when the Town Hall was used, the Armory having been burned. This place was much too small for the battalion but the cadets progressed very rapidly. The annual Prize Drill was held May 24. 1912, in the Town Hall. The ballation formation and guard mount were pleasing ceremonies and were greatly appreciated by the audience. The company and the individual drills were very closely contested and much time was taken to decided upon the winner. The company drill was won by Co. A. Russell Perkins, captain. The senior individual drill was won by Serg ' t Leon Home with Serg ' t George Gardner a close second. Serg ' t Raymond Griffin was given honorable mention in this drill. The junior drill was won by Priv. Colcord Heurlin, Priv. Ralph V Bel Imore taking the second prize, and Priv. Fred Reid was given honorable mention. Priv. Russell Savage was awarded the medal given to the new cadet, showing the greatest improvement during the year. This and the Memorial Day parade brought the year to an end. Drill was begun this year as usual. On account of the large number of cadets taking drill, it was necessary to form a third company to be known as Company C. The new company adds much to the appearance of the battalion. A change has been made in the uniform of the privates this year by the adoption of the Bell Cap. The cadets are im- proving rapidly and everything points to a most successful year. The roster of commissioned officers for this year is as follows : Major, E. Hazen Walton. Adjutant, Fred McKie. Co. A., Captain, Earl Bears, Lieut, Alfred Collin- son, Lieut., George Gardner. Co. B., Captain, Robert Jackson, Lieut., Albert Johnson, Lieut., Leon Home. Co. C, Captain, Henry Reid, Lieut,, Raymond Griffin, Lieut. Edward Bridge. Captain John H. McMahon, A Company, Sixth Regiment, M. V. M., is Military Instructor.

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THE W. H. S. DEBATER Since The Debater has come to light. It is our happy task to write In simple language, just like mine Either a story or a rhyme. I ' ll take a chance, perhaps a rhyme,— Please don ' t expect a poem fine,— About a game that we all cheer And greet with pleasure every year. The football season is in swing. That game is an exciting thing : They kick the ball, then off they go. With heels above, and heads below. Our High School team is rather weak A little feeble, so to speak ; But in another year or two I ' m sure we will be scoring too. Just a few more games this fall, A few more broken bones, that ' s all : And then Jack Frost with manners nice Will spoil the fun with snow and ice. Margaret O ' Connor, ' 14. BASE BALL As has been the custom for several years, for the Wakefield High School to put a base ball team into the field in September to uphold its prestige in athletics. The class of 1912 took every member of last year ' s team except two, so that the captain of this year ' s team, Henry Reid, faced the difficult task of making a winning team out of one veteran player and eight rookies. Although the team has not been successful in winning games, Captain Reid has got his men into form for good work next spring. As a whole the team has fielded well, but have been weak at the bat. The pitchers, also, has not been strong. Those who succeeded in getting suits were : — Henry Reid, Fred McKie, Raymond Griffin, Fred Reid, Pete Eaton, Leon Home, William Doucette, Leo Sullivan, Lorimer MacKenzie, Man- son Dillaway, Carl Witham, and Robert Holmes. HOCKEY Last year ' s hockey team neglected to elect a captain and it is impossible to predict what will be done about hockey in the school this winter. The sport has always been popular, and the team repre- senting the Wakefield High School has done re- markably good work. We feel that it will be a serious mistake if a team is not organized to carry on the sport in a successful manner this winter as it has been carried on in the past. FOOTBALL Although this game has not been played by a sanctioned, Wakefield High School team for several years, it is very popular in the school. There have been numerous exciting class games this fall be- tween the Seniors and Juniors, the Juniors winning every game. There has also been organized, with Al Collinson as captain, an Independent team which, thus far, has won all its games. Because of the success of this team on the gridion there is some talk among the boys of petitioning for the re-instating of football in the Wakefield High School. Robert Holmes, ' 13.

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THE W. H. S. DEBATER THE DEBATER STAFF Editor . Business Manager Assistant Editors . - . LUCY BONNEY GEO. W. KILLORIN, JR. [DOROTHY LANE ROBERT HOLMES E. HAZEN WALTON Copies of The Debater may be obtained at Bon- ney Dutton ' s, Thayer ' s, and from the pupils of the High School at 15 cents each. ftl iE ttonala 2 It gives us great pleasure to announce to our readers that there will be, at least, to numbers of The Debater published this year. It is a matter for regret that for a number of years it has seemed unwise for the Wakefield High School to edit a paper. Journalism has become an important part of every strong English course in the higher institutions of learning. A School of journalism has been established at Columbia University, New York, and the Massachusetts Agricultural College and the State College at Kingston, Rhode Island also require courses in Journalism. Only last September a graduate of our high school who wished to enter Harvard Col- lege was asked the question, What experience have you had in editing a school paper ? It be- comes necessary, therefore, for any school that wishes to stand in the front rank of the Secondary Schools to give some instruction in newspaper work. There are many difficulties to be overcome in publishing a school paper. The first and most im- portant is a financial difficulty. The cost of pub- lishing even a small paper is considerable. The business manager of The Debater estimates that if all the copies printed in this edition are sold at the price stated, the sum of money obtained will cover only one half the entire cost of publication. It can easily be seen that if this important part of the high school work is to be carried on success- fully, we must receive help from some outside source. We feel coniident that those whose inter- est in and loyalty to the school in the past have never wavered, will in the hour of need come to our assistance. The library and the high school are so closely related that it is difficult to say which is the more important. One could not long exist without the other ; and when both becomes inadequate, the sit- uation becomes serious. The relation between the high school and the library in our town has become closer, since a com- plusory course in out side reading has been estab- lished in connection with the English department. A great variety of literature is covered in this course and several hundred students must be provided with books. In order that the work of the course may be carried on successfully, it becomes almost imperative that a room should be provided either ' at the library or the high school, where students can have easy access to many different kinds of books, and where they can have the opportunity for quiet reading. Among the nine hundred or a thousand gradu- ates of the schools of which Mr. Howe has been principal, only one, we are informed by him, has ever served a jail sentence. Integrity and charac- ter seem to go with the possession of a high school diploma. School spirit of the right sort was exhibited re- cently in the giving of Thanksgiving dinners to some of the needy families in town. Captain Reid of the baseball team is to be con- gratulated on the showing made by a team com- posed almost entirely of new members. We are indebted to Miss Butterfield and her classes in drawing for the artistic cover design and the cuts used in The Debater. Although the senior party was not a maked financial success, it was certainly a social success. The Debater wishes one and Christmas and a Happy New Year. all a Merry