Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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I wrange ano Brown J unior Write-Up e ' By HENRIETTA DAVIS With apologies to Ring Lardner and E Streeter Dear Friend Al: Well, Al, I am sure surprised to ,hear you have one of them Crow de Gears and got kissed on both cheeks by some frenchman or other. Well, I guess you sure earned that Crow de Gear, but say, Al, that frenchman, he earned one too. Ha, Ha. Pretty good, eh, Al? Humor, that's me all over. Of course, Al, you think you've got a great honor deferred upon you. But now I got a honor that puts yours in a class with post-cards that your Sunday School teacher gives you for being good in her class. . This is what my honor is: My class that is going to quit coming to school next year came and asked me if I would write an article all about them that was going to be put in the Annual for everybody to read. Of course, I know you not being literary, Al, don't know what a big honor that is. But I will admit I deserved to have it given to me, Al. Literary. That's me all over, Al. I Of course, to look at some of the grades my teacher that teaches me my Eng- lish has gave to me, a person might say that I had better not try to earn my salt by literature. But I guess I understand why that is, eh, Al? Broad, that's me all over Al. Of course my teacher couldn't cause no kind of hard feelings by showing prefer- ence. Tacked, that's her all over, Al. I suppose, of course, Al, you want to know about what all I wrote so I will tell you what I wrote. The style in these write-ups like I am sposed to write is to show that your own class is the bigest, best looking, smartest, peppiest class that ever drove a teacher to drink-soda water. And say, Al, to read some of them write-ups about debate, appleptics, society, glee-club and everything a person would think that President Wilson, Ty Cobb, Mrs. Styvesant Fish, Mrs. Shoemanhink, Curusa and all of them birds might as well throw up a shoe-shinning parlor or sumpthing. Of course, Al, our class, we don't have to waste any time telling about how smart we are or anything on account of what the poet said that talking gathers no moss, action is the best policy. Modest, that's us all over, Al. On account of us being so modest, Al, I'm not going to say anything about our six men in applep- tise, our eight song birds in glee club, our two debaters, or our three in orchestra, and so forth. , Well, Al, of course you are awful anxious to know what it was that I wrote in that article. This is what I wrote. It is potry, Al. This good old class of 1920, Of honors and laurals it's a plenty: Altho we own a modest blush, And fear this sounds like slush and mushy Yet we know we're teachers' pride and joy And when it comes to pep, Oh, Boy! ' i Not so bad, eh, Al. I don't suppose any of the rest will wish that they belonged to a class like ours. Oh, no! H Respectfully your affectionate friend, HENRY . . 1919. , Twenty-s -

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