Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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Brief Review of the Year's Athletics. A. lc. Nom.t:. QfM'f'5t5 QQ' llllllih' review of the athletic events ot the past school year is perhaps Htting at A this Iilllv. l'lV4'l'.VlNNlj' who has followed the school the past year is familiar with Fgbb f i what has been accomplished by the various teams which have represented the XVal- - A g by tham lligh, but perhaps it is not out of place to recall the record made. The latter A -fi 'ir part of August sa.w the foot-ball squad hard at work at the camp at NVhalom Lake. Preliminarv work of an elimentary nature was indulged in twice a day for a period of two weeks, under the direction of Coach Tufts. That the time was profitably employed was demonstrated by the results of the season which closedThanksgiving Day with tl1e defeat of Dedham lligh. A total of fifteen games won with none lost netted 401 points for NV. ll. S. to opponents ZZ. a very gratifying result to all interested in the success ofthe foot-ball team. Space prevents going into detail as to individual honors. Sutlice to say' that every man contributed to the making of a team which was one of the best which ever represented lValthani lligh on the gridiron. A quick, snappy team was developed which defeated many ofthe strongest teams in the state. Mention might littingly be made of the Fitch- burg trip. The game with Fitchlnirg lligh was one of the hardest of the season, being won by lValtha.m, 5-0. The citizens of Nvtllltllitlll displayed their appreciation of the victory by a liberal display of red tire when the team reached home. Next in course of athletics came basket-ball. iValtham lligh was practically a novice at this ga.me and also was handicapped by lack of a good 4' gym and a regular coach. ln nearly every game their opponents showed their superiority over NY. ll. S. The team however steadily improved in its playing and made a distinct advance over the previous year. The members who composed the team deserve credit, for what they did accomplish was due entirely to their own eH'orts. With proper support by the entire student body, a good team should result next season, for the school contains abundant material. Class games were played and '06 won the championship ot' the school. The '06 girls not to be outdone by the boys won the girls championship. The track team made a start with no regular coach and was obliged to hire the Newton gym for practice. Under these conditions it. was impossible to do very creditable work. With the material which the school contains, a good coach and the experience of the past year, a good team should be turned out next season. The season opened with a class meet in which '00 won the championship of the school. Next in order came the meet with Lowell lligh in which NV. ll. S. lost by 37 to 15 points. In l+'ebruary the relay team was defeated by Concord lligh relay team by the narrow margin of one yard. At the li. A. A. games in lloston, on March 4th, lValthani lligh relay team lost to the Dedham team. Un March 30th a meet was held in the Newton gym between Waltham lligh and the NV. A. C. in which NV. ll. S. won, -ll to 27 points. ln passing thanks should be extended to John Thomas, Charles llailey and Charles Eaton who from time to time gave the boys some assistance in the way of coaching. XV. ll. S. has a great base-ball team which has thus far sustained but one defeat by a lligh School team and that in a ten inning game, by a score of 2-l, by the st.roug Somerville lligh team with llatford in the box. The league championship will no doubt be won by NV. ll. S., the standing at present being as follows: won 1.os'r rim eicN'r wox 1,os'r mai: cnsr Xvitltllttlll 4 0 1000 Everett 2 2 500 Milton 1 3 333 XVellesley l 3 333 All told the athletic season has been a success and while XV. ll. S. excells in foot-ball and base-ball she has at all times been able to give her opponents a hard contest in other branches of athletic sport. 7

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Prophecy of the Class of 1905. ' vi, CIENTISTS tell us that the earth is round, and we believe them without quest.ioning xp their observations or doubting their sanity. Now, I am not going to tell you that V the earth is fiat and that the sun revolves around it for if I should some of ou f A 1 a 9 1 .Y .P+ P - r mi ht have serious doubts as to the conditions of the Ora matter in in brain. E, fi 3 is Y Y gait? ..4,k.. -- lVhat I am going to tell you, however, is an incident in connection with my news' paper career, and I hope that none will do me the injustice to doubt the truth of the following story. Twenty years after the Class of 1905 was graduated from the 1Valtham Iligh School, I found myself for a time its only surviving member. This was brought about in a very miraculous way. Jlllle 10, 1925, the Class of 1905 held a reunion on a certain island of the Charles river in WVal- tham. Toward noon on that eventful day, I was obliged to leave to attend to business in connec- tion with the reunion. Un returning at evening, I found the island deserted and nothing about it to throw any light on the whereabouts of my classmat.es. Thinking that possibly they had gone home for some reason or other I returned to the city and made inquiries for them but met with no success. That evening I reported the matter to the authorities, and searching parties were insti- tuted. For a time the incident was a nine day's wonder and then it gradually faded into oblivion. Six years after the disappearance, the editor of the paper for which I was reporting assigned to me thetask of discovering, if possible, the long lost Class of 1905. Accordingly, on June 10, 1931, I revisited the scene of the reunion to see if the island itself could not provide some clew which would lead to the discovery of my classmates. As I drew near the island I heard a hollow, rumb- ling sound issuing from the center. Instantly, I was seized with the thought that this internal dis- turbance had to do with the disappearance of my classmates. Needless to say, I was awe-stricken and somewhat terrified. Curiosity, however, overcame my fright and I made bold to land and approach the center of the island. I had hardly come to a stop, when I felt myself falling. My brain began to reel and I realized that I was suffocating. Presently, however, I began to breathe freely again and I opened my eyes to see myself falling through space and another world rushing up to meet me. My first thought was that I should fall into the center of the city directly below me and be dashed to pieces. Instinctively, I placed my hands over my eyes. This movement was my salvation. My downward flight' began to lessen in speed and my course was shifted so that I finally alighted in the outskirts of the city. My fall had occupied five hours, and I found myself surrounded by darkness, on a country road leading, as I supposed, to the city. Deciding to spend the night where I was, I set about making preparations for my nights rest. These completed, the moon rose in all her splendor, and from far away came the sound of the sweetest music I had ever heard. Listening intently I made out the instrument to be a mandolin and the tune l3eethoven's 4' Moonlight Sonataf, YVith music. sounding in my ears and the laughing moon beaming on me, I fell asleep. ' In the morning I awoke greatly refreshed, to find myself staring at a huge bill-board on which was printed in large letters the words, '4 Get Married and Trade at Graves'. Then, and not till then, did it dawn on me that I was near my classmates. I thought of the music of the night before and concluded that I had been listening to a selection by Miss Salford. I learned later that my conclusion was right, and that Frances had made music her life work, playing for the delectation of bed-ridden invalids. Overjoyed at the thought I should soon see my class- mates, I hurried toward the city where I was received with open arms by all my friends. A s