Abbot Academy - Circle Yearbook (Andover, MA)

1116 AI7b0I'Cl.l'l'1F 1931 Qlibuse little Qllnmprehensihes Little lJ's have come to our report to stay, To batter down our average, and keep the A's away, And shoo the B's from off their perch, and even make a sweep Of Us and the C+'s which we have tried to reap. And all hard-working Seniors, when lessons must are learned, Cather 'round the Senior Parlour, and then are most concerned A'listenin' to the tragedies each other tells about -- How the Comprehensives git you - EF You DONVT VVATCH OUT! Once they was a little boy would simply allus fail, An' when he went to tutoring school, away down at Yale - He simply fooled and played around all through the Fall, An' when exam reports came in, he wasn't there at all! They looked for his Latin exam, and algebra and physics, They tried to find his chemistry, and looked him up in civics, But all on every paper was jist his name writ' out - An' the Comprehensivesll git you - EF You DoN'T WATCH OUT! And they say in the Senior Parlour, when it's Monday and blue, And they've looked up the English lesson, and everyone's said "oooh" An' the Latin's long and the Algebra's hard An' they're worrying about the marks on their card, "You better mind your Latin, and your algebra so dear, And crack your English lesson, and study pretty near All your French and idioms you're s'posed to know about - Er the Comprehensives'll git you - EF YoU DON'T WATCH OUTV, FRANcEs IQEANY 'Z-1 51