Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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6 YVATCH CITY BULLETIN. A bill board flashed by, reading '4I3ertba May Putney at the Endecott all this week. E. NV. Fiske will entertain the audience between the acts with a troupe of monkeys, apes, gorillas, and rag dolls, among whom he has spent a life time. Following the bill board,Joe YVellington stood in a street selling sweet cider by the two-quart bottle. Behind him was a bulletin board of the daily paper, 4' 04, edited by Flora Hamlett. In big headlines was an account of an invention of east iron pants for school boys, made by George llrackett. They were warranted proof against tacks or any other instrument of torture. .lust below this, the bulletin announced that Miss Leonard is still the most popular school ma'am, having passed a-1000 mark, and bids fair to go to the exposition of 1925. Scenes began to whiz by so fast now that they could not be seen, but soon the speed slackened a little and a large department store was visible. In one part Hollis Staples cemducted millinery parlorsg in the other Tommie NVhitney kept a barber's shop. His horse-clipping machine was run by a Smith and Eldridge perpetual motion attachment, which hummed to the tune of 'C My Maryland, continually. This lirni had gained renown t.he world over and their factories worked day and night to supply the market. Next door to the department storeCarl Safford was leading a sy.nphony orchestra, in which Sousa played the triangle. Crowds were passing from the Symphony to a Hegjl'-by lunfell C2l,l f,. lJl'0Pl'lGtO1' Pt'l'CtV FVQIZGI' seemed a little more careful about making change than when working for Ross. The scene now changed to a town in South America. It was Santiago, on whose boulevard a street car appeared, drawn by a mule. Maria Hessson was the motor-man and Katrina Graveson the conductor. The car stopped, and while the con- ductor held the motor, Miss Taber and Miss Locke alighted. From their conversation I learned that Miss Taber had organized a nurses' training school in Chili, which equaled the YValtham school. Her companion was on a vacation after having made a reconciliation between the miners and their employ- ers, so that coal could once more be had by the com- mon people. She told how Mabel Bond had re- turned to XValthain with a large fortune, after ten years absence, and given the High school a fine 0'vmnasium in a building all by itself. She shared Dt ner wealth, giving it where it was most needed. lying in the middle of the street refusing to get up, regardless of the clubbings it received. A Chinese laundry came into view, within, Miss Thibodeau was sprinkling clothes after the real Chinese method, which combines refreshment with utility. Ida Somers sat behind the counter with brush and ink, making laundry checks, while Beth Fitz had just finished washing the chop sticks, used at their last meal. Outside, as an attraction for merehantis week, Annie Halleran was grinding a hurdy-gurdy, while Dot Mosher played a tambourine and whistled merrily ff Sweet Annie Mooref, The busy city life disappeared, and in its place came a frog farm. After graduating at a normal school, Marion Barnes and lri. WVebster had made a living by selling frogs' legs to restaurants and swell hotels. In the C6Ili.l'Q of the farm was the ampu- tating machine. The frogs hopped in at one end and out of the other leaving their legs behind them. To the left of this farm was a magnificent house owned and occupied by Eliot Hughes, and his wife. After a long and patient courtship, he had married Alice Parks of Cambridge, and Geo. Woodferne was hired as his chief butler. Eliot spent his spare time teaching advance senior latin for fun. Quite a distance to the right of the old maid's estate, was another large mansion with a sign in front reading, ff Mattie Jarvis, musician and artist, carriage painting a specialty. She had just finished painting the house and was then starting on the side- walk and street in front. In a field to the rear of this, Russell Hyde sat before an easel, while not far from him were two cats with their tails tied together. YVhen one moved the other moved in the opposite direction. Thus he was able to keep them still long enough to serve as his models. His painting lacked nothing but feeling. In the last scene, Mildred Green was teaching French and German in Tuskegee Normal school, while on a street opposite, Arthur Farley was stir- ring up a rumpus. He had just broken a penny-in- the-slot machine, when a husky policeman tried to arrest him. By this time the biograph trembled and squeaked fearfully. Farley struck the otlicer one of his 600 pouud blows, and at that very instant, the phono- biograph broke into a thousand atoms, Farley's last words ttgiebs weiterf' Yet as the last faint murmurs died away, Methought l heard a distant echo say, H Who saw these wonders, boys, and girls and allr Looking at the street car agiin, I saw the motor f And 1 made answer briefly, 'f Hiram Smallyf n

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WATCH CITY BULLETIN. 5 PROPHESY OF THE GLASS OF 1904 It cost me a quarter to write this. I paid it for a ticket to an exhibition which was even more Won- derful than that of liquid air. Mr. Burke ran a phono-biograph, or in other words, a combination of a phonograph and a moving-picture machine. It was a wonderful entertainment and seemed almost miraculous. The audience was to see the events of history take place, and not only that, but they were to hear the sound made at the same time. It would have been a good place for the class historian, had all gone well. , At the beginning ofthe show, the garden of Eden was thrown onto the screen, and Adam and Eve were seen strolling down the shady lane of apple trees. They were talking, I suppose, but it sounded more like the bark of dogs. The last thing which we saw in the Garden, was the quarrel between Cain and Abel. Cain had just drawn his revolver on Abel, when the operator jumped fully six inches into the air and uttered a war-whoop that would have made an Indian jealous, The wires in the transformer had crossed by acci- dent, so that instead of four ainperes, the number re- quired to run the apparatus there were three thous- and passing through it. No wonder the man jumped when he touched the machine. It fairly roared and the speed increased every instant. Events in history passed with lightning rapidity, so fast that it took a moment to adapt ones eyes to the speed. The first thing that I could see at all after the accident was Alexander climbing the Alps on an elephant. He came down the other side in an automobile and in almost no time he was crossing the Deleware in one of Roy Gilbert's liquid-air flying machines, which was operated by its limbless inventor himself. It seems Roy had given up rowing for something exciting. They stopped at L. E. A's grist mill for provisions. WVhen the miller opened the slide for the grain to come out, it flowed a moment and then stopped short. Phil, the hired man who was always on time to take his part, was sent aloft to investigate. He found the hopper full of grain but besides this there were two feet sticking out of the middle of it. Phil saw at a glance that he could not move them, so he called in Callahan, who was just then ju'nping a six foot fence. Their united efforts were of no avail, even after Bailey had been called in to arrange a block and tackle. Hulda was not used to things in that form, and knew 'not what to do, besides Alexander was in a hurry, which seemed to rattle her. To her great relief, Glancy appeared and things took on a differ- ent aspect. Clifford went up-stairs, or rather iiew as it seemed to us, and taking a shoe in each hand, he pulled out a man, who was found to be holding in his hands, another pair of feet. After more pull- ing another man appeared. They were afterwards identified as W1-ight and Mulhall, who were as in- separable as ever. They were probably related to that friend of Mr. Eaton, and had passed the night in the grain bin, trying to pull each other out. Isa Richardson and Eva Ellis drove up with an ambu- lance, and carted them off in behalf of the YVoman's Relief Corps. NVhile this trouble was going on, Furbush, with a a right arm at least twelve inches in diameter, was shoeing Alexander's elephants in his smithy opposite the mill. Now that the grain was free to How, thc Hying machine was soon loaded with its provisions, and started on its travels, but it had not gone far when it stopped in mid-air, as if Alexander was listening for something which we could not hear be- cause of the roaring of the biograph. This something proved to be a Salvation Army meeting in a street below. Miss Freeman had just finished a stump speech, when the music was led off by Alice Griflin playing a comb. She was accom- panied by Maud Estabrooks with a zobo, and Marion ltipley with an accordian. After the occupant of the air-ship had been strain- ing his ears in vain for some time to- catch a sound from the meeting, Miss 'Ihomas and Miss King started to sing with might and main, completely drowning the noise of the runaway phonograph, and causing the air-ship to depart at a high rate of speed with Alexander holding his hands over his ears. Nevertheless Raymond Taylor could be seen below giving chase with one of the 2-40 market horses, dressed as a jockey in his base-ball suit. I The events so far had passed in less than a minute. The next scene was a school house, in which Mildred Robinson was teaching plane geometry. Across the stone wall Percival, five feet high and four in diameter, was teaching solid with a full beard. At recess the children were entertained by Dick VVarren and a dancing bear which he had trapped. The two were fastened together by a chain.

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11511- ,,.nmLz,,L-.1-..-mu.w...s - .4 - J- - WATCH CITY BULLETIN. T REVIEW OE THE YEARS ATHLETICS Probably every person who will read this article is familiar with the record and achievements of the 1903 foot-ball team. But nevertheless it will not be out of place to recall to mind the outline of last falls work. The latter part of August was when the squad went to NVhalom lake for preliminary practice and it was ten days later when they returned well satisfied with the good time which all had had and with an everlasting memory of those H lVhalom breakfasts, The time at NVhalom was taken up with practice at nine and four each day with swim- ming, boating, racing and other equally amusing sports between times. The bowling alley especially took the bulk of the fellows pocket money. All the fellows are looking forward for an equally good time next fall when the squad will go up for the second time. Last year the foot--ball team won eleven of twelve games played and tied the other. It went through the year scor- ing one hundred ninety-four points on its opponents wnile only eleven points were scored against them, which is record to be proud of. A team as good as, if not better than the 1903 team is expected next fall as each man will have had experience in games played last year. , Next in the course of athletics came hockey and basket-ball. lValtham was not represented by a school team in either sport, but much interest was aroused by games between class teams. In the former sport the condition of the ice pre- vented many games being played, but it was gener- ally agreed that the Juniors possessed the best team. But in basket-ball, games were being played eveiy afternoon, either by the boys or the girls. The most btsket-ball spirit was centered between the Junior and Sophomore classes. In the former class was many good players as there were in the latter also, and some very interesting and close games were played. The Juniors played series of games with the South lioston Evening High schooland succeeded in winning two of the three and won the series. The only outside game the '06 team played was in May- nard hall with the Waltliam Independents and had no difficulty in defeating them. Their is material in the school which next year can be rounded into shape and a crack-a-jack team be formed if the interest is high enough. Among the '05 and '06 girls intense rivalry pre- vmiled and many exciting games were played. As a result of a game played between the two teams in I I I I I I I I 1 I Endecott hall this year in which the Juniors were victorious, the teams are in possession of a neat little sum to begin their season with next winter. It has been a well known fact that we have some good material with which to form a track team but it was never demonstrated until this spring when our school was represented by an inexperienced but gritty team which though not winning a prize gave promise of a strong team in the future. VValthan1 High was defeated by Concord High in the relay race at the school-boy meet in Mechanics building, but for all their defeat ran a plueky race. The crews which represented VValtham High this spring were both good ones, and lacked only the ex- perience, Gilbert being the only veteran in the lirst boat. The lirst crew reached the semi-finals but were beaten out for the finals. The second c1'ew rowed a plueky race and what they lacked in weight made up in grit. They pulled a game race but failed to qualify in the finals. The outlook for a successful crew next year is bright, as each man will be experienced. So let us hope better luck awaits us next year. In base-ball WValtham has one of the best teams she ever had, and if only a coach could have been procured at the beginning of the season we would have had a winning team, but as it is we have a team which has done good work throughout the season. A good schedule has been played and XValtham has won a majority of its games and ii it had not been for a streak of hard luck here and there, a few more games might be added to the bright side of the re- cord. At the beginning of the season the team was provided with new suits purchased from the sport- ing house of XVright S: Ditson, Boston, and certainly presents a good appearance in them. They have been defeated by Boston College Prep's, Arlington liallou and Hobigand, Dorchester, and the VV. A. C. while they have trimmed Watertown twice, lilat Steels, Jewels, Cochicuate, Hyde Park and Wellesley. Owing to the lack of space an account of the per- sonal achievements of each player is impossible, but in general they have given the pitchers good sup- port anil have at times shown surprising batting ability. Taking all in all the athletic season has leen a success, and while lValthain has shown brilliantly in one branch of sport they have never been out-of-the- running in any, and have always been able to give their opponents a stiff game in whatever sport they have contended.