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Nancy M. Balis M. Amelie Runk

ISTORY, which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

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them apart; not so much because of any very marked resemblance, but because they were thought of as a pair, not as separate people. We soon discovered that they each had a well-developed personality. Both knew their own minds, both spoke them; if you disagreed, they expressed their opinion of you very Nance, we found, wa.s the wilder of the two; in the course of years, clearly. * Jinx learned some discretion, not so her sister. On the surface of things Nance seems more dignified, less give!) to making curious noises than .linx; but this is only skin deep. In reality, Jinx is quiet and conservative compared to Nance, She has no deep, dark secrets so far as we know, but Nance i.s full of them, Even their athletic ability runs in different directions; Jinx stars in n hockey, Nance in basketball. rPheir early-morning bickerings as to who should have brought the Algebra book to school afford much amusement to the class. Without them, life would indeed be dull and gray.

In the future, when thinking of Sam Fessenden, we may truly say, “The old days were great because the men that lived in them had mighty qualities.” Since the fourth primary he has had an academic average of something like ninety-nine and forty-four hundreth.s per cent. We may have that mixed up with Ivory soap, but it doesn’t matter; there isn’t much difference, It has been said confidentially that in his youth while attending a children’s party on Johnson Street, Fuzzy wa.s asked to remove a caterpillar from a young lady’s neck, at which he immediately turned tail and fled in holy horror, Sam declares that there is no truth in this story, but we are only repeating what we have heard. However, we‘ hope that he has lost his loathing for the innocent caterpillar, anti he may get another chance like that some day.

Sam was accompanied in the fourth jjrimary by two more sober, socratical sages, Bob Germane and Howard Alyers. Bob bhisbingly admitted to be the possessor )ossessor of three years, or was it four.? four?—at the time of his advent among us. Nevcrtlieless, in spite of the marked discrepancy of his age, his oratorical talents have time and again lifted us off our feet in breathless rapture or lulled us in the arms of soft tin ruffled Alorpheus, with such soothing sounds as nianifest themselve.s in treating a jjound of flesh, or a blast furnace, Whenever Bob knows somethingCT in class, we all hear about it. Dccasionallv he is right; when he isn’t we put our fingei'.s in our ears in order not to hear the next one. The third scholar (don’t tell him we called him that or we should have to take refuge under Air. Domi’s desk to escape the erasers, rulers, chalk, and chairs that would be forthcoming), little Julius Myers, walks to school every day from the general direction of Manavunk. With all this exercise he is still about four feet six. The cause of this lack of height probably arises from the fact that at a very early age, if he was ever younger than lie is now, Julius developed the habit of getting ;into things, such as lockers, scraj) baskets, desks, keyholes, etc., which wouldn’t quite hold him. Mary Alitchell was the only girl to enter in Miss Brown’s class. She accomplished this by jumj)ing up from the clas.s below in the middle of the 39

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season. She was so shy at first that we had a hard time learning to know her. However, we have discovered that Alary has just loads of common sense as well as ability to manage basketball.

In the first year of the intermediate Fully Paul and Bill Powell, the handsomest members of the class, came to school with their mothers. They have, since that time, blossomed forth with very distinctive characteristics. During the last year Powell has developed the (lignified Tuckerton shuffle to a marked degree of perfection. Whenever Bill doesn’t know something, he says so, and whenever he does know something he says just what and how much he knows. Paul tried hard to graduate with last year’s seniors but they left him behind; the first time, we believe, that he was ever humiliated in this fashion, deems spends his summers at Newport. He learned to sail a boat down there and other things that won’t bear mentioning here. He used to be one of Air. Bennett’s alternates in the “pass out” system. It only took Fully eleven seconds to get his books together and leave, while Whitney took twelve and one-half. Wc might also mention his ability on skates. Does he cat up the ice.^ and how! Alary AIcCook sailed demurely into the sixth class accompanied only by her dark hair and soulful eyes. Cookie has managed to wake uj) during her stay in our midst, although the dark hair and soulful eyes especially remain. Her hobby seems to be collecting such small articles as silver track shoes and footballs. Her worries are many, judging by the correspondence she receives, but she can be careful, as wc all can attest.

Poor Richard said that “little boats should keep near shore.” He didn’t know about Blackie Perkins, who always reminds us of a rowboat .breaking the trans-Atlantic record, Blackie is a very dependable person. He always finishes what he starts. Last summer he set out to be a banker, and he tells of the conferences he had with the vice-president.■ We think he’s kidding a bit, for rumor has it that he ran the elevator from the first floor to the second and then back again. As an escort to Blackie came Nancy Smedley. Sined rushed into Aliss Prueblood’s room in high speed and has not yet run out of gasoline or even shifted gears. She is always going soniewheres or doing something (at least appearing to), never standing still long enough to take breath. She is a close second to Hunk in the matter of noise, and we believe could easily beat her for duration of speech.

1923 was a lucky year, for we acquired the grand total of seven new members, all of whom have turned out to be valuable additions. Bee Steinmetz and Dot Newnham entered together neck and neck lik:e a . well-trained pair of horses. Wc were a little in awe of Dot’s green hat and 40

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positive manner, while Bee, as n minister’s daughter, commanded instant respect. Dot has made herself prominent by carrying off the Susanna S. Kite scholarship and the vice-presidency of the class, not to mention managing Bee, on the other hand, showed her ability by managing tennis and hockev. ft captaining the second hockey team. She is verv persistent, both in following the ball and digging at ber lessons. Dot Hot's ’s everv every whit wiut as a.s perseverinir, persevering, but at times she becomes quite gay and youthful, seemingly forgetting the heavy responsibilities that rest on her shoulders. The third of the trio of girls was curly-headed Kitty Thomp-son. W'e were much im])rcssed by ber brilliance and her anxiety to make us realize that it was not rouge, but the bloom of youth that made her cheeks so rosy, rosy. Kitty is so quiet that we never know she’s there until she answers that difficult question we have all been puzzling puzzlinu' over. Despite this harmless appearance we bear that after school hours she blossoms out into a wild, wild woman.

The four boys that entered in this year represent a remarkably diversified field of action and achievement. Mertz is a world-traveler, he knows the wav to California or Germany by heart, and in recent year.s has traveled inanv obscure byways of adjacent states with a cargo of would-be ornithologists. Last summer he worked on a ranch in California, that is, be was on a ranch and said he worked. Mertz docs work baial in school, though, and at driving a car, and managing teams and publications he is invaluable.

When Syd Lea first came to school be was wearing a white sweater; if we remember rightly, he continued to wear it until he wore it out. Since that unfortunate moment he has been the spirit of nattiness, surpassed in stvle bv Whitnev alone. Syd is (juite at home in the parlor and dance-floor, but he has also been in the army and has spent considerable time bunting deer and bunnies. In this latter diversion, occupation or what you will. Bob Burton has often accompanied him. Bob docs almost everything but get sore. He rides, hunts, runs, })lavs tennis, football, soccer, talks to Mr. Breininger, to last year’s seniors, next year’s seniors, and sometimes this year’s seniors, Once in a while he even studies. Lie is usually genuinely agreeable and pleasant, and even when not inwardly in a complacent frame of mind his outward appearance gives no token of dissatisfaction.

The fourth member of this quartet is Johnny Walker, a veritable genius. proficient in seven different languages. Every day Johnny has a new list of French and Spanish words to study; he always holds them in the palm of his hand to protect them from the searching eyes of common lavmen. We notice that he has a remarkable bead of hair which imparts a genuine European flavor to the orchestra. When Betty Moxey first appeared among us in the third class, wc knew nothing whatever about, ber. Since then, however, those who make a habit of 41

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getting to school early have learned a lot. Betty’s morning lectures on what happened the night before arc the pleasure as well as the edification of her few of her succinct accounts we do not classmates. After listening* to .. a __ wonder that she does not alway.s get her French done; her time in the evening must be pretty well taken up.

Four remarkable pupils ap])eared in 1925. Chipper Chubbs, a loval Britisher and native of Labrador, imparted a distinctly fresh flavor to the class. He tells us tales of huskies and Eskimocs and of how he helped Doctor Grenfel to chop ice. How tame we must seem after that exciting life! Chipper is quite patient and long-suffering, as was illustrated several years ago in Mr. Trice’s room, where he carefully tended the leaky radiator beside his desk for many months.

One day in 1925 we were startled by an entirely new noise; a queer sound it was, and one might call it halfway between a giggle and a chuckle, and it was the very first bit of noise we had ever heard from Ruth Johnson, Since that date Ruth has become a little more talkative, but it is still very hard to hear anything ggy knows, as Wiggy knows everything, • o about her past life. Wiggy but she won’t tell; so here we can only say that Ruth is the (quietest member of our class.

The other remarkable fellow was Townsend Campbell Anderson. Mr. Breiningcr once summed up Tinger in the statement that he would be all right if he didn’t look at the girls so much in Geometry class, We surmise that he has conquered this fault, for this year his forte is mathematics, He received a lot of valentincxS last February and showed the ingenuity which has given him so much succes.s in the athletic world bv inventlna; a novel way of discovering the donors. He accomplished this by walking down the hall reading the valentines one by one while some of his companions walked behind to see which girls blushed. Our real horseback enthusiast accompanied these additions. Osmond quickly fitted with our grou]) of horseback riders and may be seen every Sat­ urday morning out for an early morning canter in the Wissy, accompanied by anyone she can induce to go with her. She invariably sports riding crop ])ins and shoes with straps as much like harness as possible. In the first class she met her etjual, a.s far as horses are concerned, in Nancy West. They immediately recognized each other as boon com])anions and we hear talcs of thrills, s})ills and runaways in the wild New Jersey woods. Nancy Anne look.s down upon those who use their legs as a means of locomo­ tion; when she is not riding on a horse she is riding in “Darling.’^ Wc liave no reason to complain, for she will lift anyone, anywhere, at any time. rn

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The sole conq)anion to Nancy AVest was Fred Schwarz, Fred had gained fame through his knowledge of three major subjects. To be brief: Smed, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and running. To be confidential, we once asked Fred 43

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hello. ” the secret of his success. “Well,” says he, “I just went up and said hello. We’ve tried it but it didn’t work, Last fall he came to school several weeks late, saying n I’ve been working on the railroad.” To the question, “Where svlvan. 1• a. ■’ ” do YOU worka, Fred.^ he aptly answered, “On the Penn

Our positively last acquisitions during our school career were Eleanor Hawes, Bill Stephenson, and Ray Webb. Ellie Hawes soon made us feel that we had known her for years. Within the first week after her arrival we knew all about her friends, her relations, and her past experiences of every descrip­ tion. As a minister’s daughter we expect her to be (juiet and sedate. There­ fore, we don’t know what to make of the wild storie.s we overhear from Helma’s and Ellie’s conversation.s in class. There is a rumor that Bill Stephenson graduated from the High School. The teachers up there must fall for■ a good deal or else Bill has a pull. pull, We don’t mean to insinuate anything, we arc only judging from what we have observed during the past year.

Ray Webb came to us from Northeast High School. We find he is a rather quiet fellow, but he occasionally expostulates at length upon theories which we believe he formulates when silent. The moving Finger writes, and having writ AIovcs on; nor all your Piety or wit Shall lure it back and cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it. Omar Khayyam.

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Ting’s Alepliistoplielian look As he hides behind a book. Doing algebra in any English class Can’t compare with his expression When he’s called on for confession: In jured innocence then takes the place of sass.

'Fhough she sing.s Italian airs. And I’arisian gowns she wears, Ordinarily it’s English Ashy talks: And it’s English that she writes, For in essavs she delights : It’s at Latin that this facile linguist balks. Our gyrating little Jinx Always is, or so she thinks, In a whirl of things that she’s just got to do. (Such as algebra and French) And she finds it hard to (juench Iler feelings and her s(|uealings when she’s through.

Nancy raves from dawn till dark On her summer camping lark, How she cast her line and caught a little fish: She writes letters to her twin And the things that she puts in— Won’t be disclosed, according to her wish.

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Our curly-headed Stanley Looks v(‘ry big and manly When he stands upon the platform and recites; His liigh and mighty airs, And his glum, soul-searching glares Are enough to send his classmates into frights. Bob Burton’s neckties bark ; At football he’s a shark; He’s got a grin that goes right ’round his head; On his fiddle he can play Any tune that conics his way, And he says a lot that’s better left unsaid. Chipper chirps a cheery word Like a lively little bird, And he hops around with hand upon his heart; Round the Study*' Room he wanders And the dictionary ponders; Why the very way he opens it’s an art!

Click’s a whirlwind in a same: A volcano would look tame Next to Clara when she’s really been stirred up, (Read her diary and see). And of hobbies she has three, George Lord Byron, Sieur le Diable, and her pup. Cujiie likes to use her hands. And she plainly understands The art of decorating Latin books In the margin; her delight Is in blending colors right, And in planning homes with cosy little nooks.

Chick has not a bit of cheek. And he’s very mild and meek, Most mouselike member of our motley crew: But he’s Johnny-on-the-spot And he counts for quite a lot When there’s work of any kind or sort to do.

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Fuzzy is as good as gold. Never talks, so we are told. Never causes any trouble, any fuss. He’s efficiency all over, And he thinks himself in clover When he’s working; how unlike the rest of us! Jack jaws and jaws and jaws, Never taking time to pause; He’s wound so tight it’s hours till he runs down; He’s muscular and brawnv, Quite the opposite of scrawny ; At athletics he does everyone up brown. Bob Germane can bellow well. That boy’s whisper is a yelk He likes his voice because it makes him known; Adulation from the mob Is what Bob thinks due to Bob; But, alas, wc fear there’s all too little shown. Hawes has honored us one year With her presence; she’s a seer; She could rattle off her Vergil in a fight, Fame reports that she writes pomes About lakes and trees and gnomes. And her voice rolls on like trolleys in the iiiiTht.

Ruth Johnson is a sample. And an excellent example Of behavior which the class should emulate ; It is reallv a relief. And of pleasures it is chief When we find someone who’s in this happy state. When we cannot find Dot tiones We’ve a feeling in our bones That she is out conversing in the hall; Magnetism will attract. We can swear it for a fact, rlones has got a great attraction for us all.

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Tilney plays in many Keyes, And it doesn’t pay to sneeze At the orchestra’.s conductor, our friend Monk; Short and snappy is his style. Wide and winsome is bis smile; He’s little yes—but boy ! Has be got spunk ! Henny makes us think of gods Or of goddesses, no odds, F\)r she lives among the clouds or with that Straw. She is quite a poet too, One who has a different view. She gives you something ravishing to gnaw. That a rosy red suffusion Is a snare and a delusion Is demonstrated in the case of Svd; ft Though he blushes red as roses, There is no one who supposes That he really is re])enting what he did. Cooky has the wistful way Of a ])uppy gone astray. She looks as if she felt quite lone and lorn, When in class she must recite; But at other times—ogood night o ! She’s as lively as the gayest maiden born.

Sec, the many-carred young man. Alertz is always spick and span; He’s the essence of perfection every time; Alwavs anchored is his hair; He and Howard are a pair; ’Twould be fun to place them both upon a dime. Internes are Marv’s friends At their counsel she intends To inhale at every chance some nice fresh air; She goes tearing round the room With the window-pole; then boom! Up goes window, and we shut it if we dare.

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Betty Moxey, the class siren. Hair and collar a la Byron, Rushes wildly to the telephone and back; Half her time she s])ends in primping, And the other half in crimping. And as for rolling eyes she’s got the knack ! Howard has a gloomy glance; Like Naj)oleon of France He folds his arms and staj-es upon the ground; The powers that be are spurned. Regulations overturned When Howard once opets going, o o’ wc have found. Dot may seem precise and prim, But she’s full ui> to the brim With energy, activity, and pep; She’s a kid that knows her mind And will speak it; as you’ll find If you worry her; you’d better watch your step.

Hehna’s faults are vervft few; We can only think of two; She possesses a most penetrating giggle 'J'hat is hard on people’s ears; And she drives the worms to tears When thev• trv • to imitate her nervous wriffffle. oo Os’s joy’s Hie great outdoors; When she gets a chance she bores Her classmates with interminable tales Of horses and of hounds Of paddocks and of pounds. Until even her enthusiasm fails.

Fully’s shining row of teeth Would look very well beneath An ad for Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream; You would know him in a crowd By his laugh; it’s very loud. And his air of bluff’ defiance is a scream.

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Physiognomists are simps. Look at Blacky; why an imp’s What you think of when you gaze upon his face. But he’s far from being one; Sure enough, he likes his fun, But his common sense has been his saving grace. Billy Powell’s got some sense, Though he’s fond of making dents When he bangs along the hall or into class; Mr. IRirgess says it’s true, That’s enough for me or you ; You will recognize his trademark when you pass.

Runk reminds us of a hen With its head oft’; even then The fowl might be discreeter than this child; She’s a handful and a half And can always make us laugh With her nonsense, but she drives her elders wild.

Fred’s blue eyes seem to plead For an answer to his need; What his need is we are not prepared to sav. On occasion he can grin, But it’s rather hard to win A smile from him ; his world is dull and gray.

Snied’s as lively as a cricket; At a party she’s the ticket; Something doing is a synonym for Smed; She and Ashy love to snicker In a corner; let them flicker; We know what they’re discussing, and it’s . . . . Smitty’s great, round, soulful eyes. Full of mournful, childish “Whvs” Are aided by the tears heard in her voice; Of her sadness have no feah, “Boo! It’s only an ideah !” Her patented vocabulary’s choice.

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Peggy Smith’s perpetual passion Is to be ahead of fashion. She creates new customs, caring not for old; Alushy movies make her merry, She is violent, oh very, When people try to tease her, we are told. Bee is always very neat, Cahn, and quiet; her retreat Is the library; she likes its atmosphere; Have a peaceful place she must. And You’ll find that vou’ll be cussed If you interrupt her reading with a jeer.

Stephenson’s stupendous bluff In itself is quite enough J'o make the class admire him for his cheek; And his tolerating tone When reciting, is alone Proof enough he thinks a scholar is a freak. Straw is like a child of thr ee In her actions; she is free From any fear of discipline or check; She just loves to make inud])ies, And her greatest j)leasure lies In chasing ’round the classroom like the hcck.

Kitty’s sensible, sedate, And, refreshing to relate, have never known her do a silly trick; Quite a paragon.^ No, sir! Take a careful look at her. Her sly twinkle proves that she’s no lifeless stick.

“What extraordinarv hair Has that young man over there!” People say on contemplating John (). Walker. An extraordinarv mind Is his also they will find, In six languages a glib and easy talker!

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Mig’s demeanor is demure; When regarding her you’re sure That she never did a thing she hadn’t ought; This appearance is deceiving; All the time that girl is weaving Plans and plots in which she’s hardly ever caught.

Ray Webb entering just in time, Comes in handy for a rhyme; We arc glad he thinks our class is quite all right. He seems like a pleasant guy, But we cannot tell you why; It’s so short a time since first he came in siffht. o

Nancy-Anne will some day be A composer; wait and see; Even now she spends spare moments writing tunes; Now and then she feels quite cool; An exception—as a rule She and Cupie act a pair of crazv loons.

Wiggy wiggles wavy braids Running ’round in circling raids Urging on her poor Pastorian board to work; Wiggy scribbles evervwhere Rhymes that no one else would dare; Jingles fill the cnq)ty pages of her Burke.

Johnny jabbers jokes all day; He’s amusing', “in a way,” His expressions are diverting, if not new; He and Syd, the heavenly twins, Spend their time committing sins, All details of which are known to verv few.

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Elly feels it quite a care To look after us; her stare Rouses fear in every palpitating heart; Elly likes us to be good; If she only understood That wickedness is fun, she’d take our part.

For a long, lugubrious face, Sad Fen Zelley takes first place, But his pessimism Hees at the gay ring Of the bell that closes school. Fenimorc is not a fool; He knows well that there’s a time for everything.

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