Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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Read o ' er this, — And then to breakfast With what appetite you have — Shak. Henry VI. Happy Easter to the readers of The Debater ! We wish to thank the Kosmos Club for so kindly inviting the Sophomore and Senior Classes to two of their interesting lectures. Miss Ingram received many encouraging remarks from out-of-town English teachers on the practicability of our English as showTi in the recent debate on Prohibi- tion. This year, 1916, is the tercentenary anni- versary of William Shakespeare ' s death. We have devoted one page of our paper to articles concerning him, and have headed our departments with quotations from his most famous works. We feel, however, that this is little to do in acknowledgement of the genius of so great a man; and to demonstrate our higher appreciation for this famous bard we are planning a Shakes- pearean celebration which, we hope, will in- terest and benefit our fellow-students and friends. The Senior Class wish to extend their thanks to Miss Elizabeth Ingram and Mr. Charles Bolton who so kindly arranged a visit to the Boston Athenasum. The few who did take advantage of this privilege found it intensely interesting and instruc- tive. Mr. John Craig of the Castle Square Thea- tre has arranged a series of the most popu- lar Shakespearean plays to be given there beginning April 25. The first performance will be Romeo and Juliet. The second, As You Like It, will be on April 28. The third, Hamlet, will be given on May 2, and the last, The Taming of the Shrew, May 5. We hope our students will avail them- selves of this educational privilege. The Senior drama is an event which arouses great enthusiasm among the pupils and faculties of the different high schools of Massachusetts. It also affords an oppor- tunity for defraying the graduation ex- penses of the Seniors. Why should we not have one in the Wakefiela High School? With very little trouble or expense, the stage of the town hall might be temporarily altered for that occasion. Also, it is quite evident that there is excellent talent in our high school to make up a cast for such an event. Finally, there is no doubt but what the town hall could be filled with little diffi- culty. How about it, Seniors-to-be?

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THE W. H. S. DEBATER PUBLISHED TWICE A YEAR BY THE STUDENTS OF WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Volume 4 WAKEFIELD, MASS., APRIL, 1916 Number 2 Editor-in-Chief HARRIET STANTON WOODMAN Assistant Editors HELEN STEWART EUGENE SULLIVAN Business Manager HAROLD MONCRIEF Exchange Editor LOUISE SHELDON Social Editors DORIS VERNE DOROTHY H. BEALS Athletic Editors JOSEPH DUGGAN GEORGE GOODWIN Freshman Editor OLIVER HOWLAND Sophomore Editor CHARLOTTE BOODY Junior Editor BLANCHE KILLORIN Alumni Editor LOUISE C. WHITTEN Staff Artist MARJORIE SV EETSER Joke Editors WALTER B. WINSHIP FRANK W. AVERY Subscription Editors CURTIS TAGGART V ILLIAM MacLEOD

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THE DEBATER Great benefits could be derived from a library set aside in some quiet corner of our high school. During study periods and spare moments it would be invaluable. Good reference books might be obtained from time to time, thereby enlarging the library. Current literature should also be purchased, ac many of our students are not familiar with the newer writers, and we cannot expect them to, under the present conditions. Our students who live in the outskirts of the town find it very inconve- nient to reach the town library. What an advantage a high school library would be to these people! Other high schools have libraries — why not Wakefield? At the Castle Square Theatre, March 14, 1916, a most admirable performance of Shakespeare ' s Henry IV — Part II — by the Harvard Delta Upsilon Fraternity was wit- nessed by a large number of students from our high school. Mr. F. A Wilmot, ' 10, gave a wonderfully pathetic portrayal of King Henry IV; Prince Henry of Wales lived again in the person of Mr. S .G. Hume, ' 13; and Mr. Carl B. Wetherell, ' 07, took the part of Sir John Falstaff greatly amusing all beholders. The interpretations of all the characters were good; the cos- tumes brilliant, the scenic and lighting ef- fects beautiful; and the music pleasing and appropriate. Two particularly impressive scenes are Scenes I and II in Acts III and IV. Both are laid in Westminster Palace, the first in a private room of the King and second in the Jerusalem chamber. The whole production was well staged, and highly to be commended. Those who come to school for pleasure should realize that the classroom is no place for it. If their pleasure can be secured without hindrance to other students, they might enjoy it. But this is not the case. It is reasonable to believe that if just one indulged in pleasure in a classroom, then the teacher and pupils must suffer the con- sequences, which result in as great a loss of time as the pleasure-seeker insists on. Every member of a class should consider the other fellow. Every pleasure-seeker should realize that the other fellow wants to work and study. We do not claim that there is this class of pupils in our school, but we know that there are some who belong to the inatten- tive class; those who could pay attention but who do not care to. Naturally their inattentiveness causes a loss of time to all, by making repetition necessary. This could be easily remedied. These of the inatten- tive class should consider others as well as themselves. Then there would be no inat- tentive class, and every student ' s time would be well and profitably spent. IN MEMORIAM Irene O ' Leary Died February 23, 1916 WHY NOT? If a female duke is a duchess, Would a female spook be a spuchess? And if a male goose is a gander. Then would a male moose be a mander? If water you freeze is frozen, Is the maiden you squeeze, then, squozen? If a thing you break is broken. Would a thing that you take be token? If the plural of child is children. Would the plural of wild be wildren? If a number of cows are cattle. Would a number of bows be battle? If a man who plays is a playwright. Would a man who makes hay be a hay- wright? If a person who fails is a failure. Would a person who quails be a quailure? If the apple you bite is bitten. Would the battle you fight be fitten? And if a young cat is a kitten. Then would a young rat be a ritten? If a person who spends is a spendthrift, Would a person who lends be a lendthrift? If drinking too much makes a drunkard. Would thinking too much make a thunkard? But why pile on the confusion? Still, I ' d like to ask in conclusion: If a chap from New York ' s a New Yorker, Would a fellow from Cork be a Corker? Ex.