Alexandria High School - Alecko Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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he ale c ' ko NONSENSE TO MY TEACHER I do not love her anymore, I love her not — alas ! I do not love her anymore, Because I did not ])ass. — By a Senior. Mary Buddin : What tree do you like best. Ernie Taylor : Yew ! An Annual is a great invention The school gets all the fame. The printer gets all the money And the Staff gets all the blame. Have you seen my noteljook floating around on Sir Walter Scott? Miss Ficklin : W ' hy is English known as the IMother Tongue? Class : Why ? Miss Ficklin; Because father seldom gets a chance at it. Sweeley : You are so attractive, how do you keep girls away from you? Park : I eat onions. Freshie: Is the editor of The Alecko particular? IMighty Senior: Yes, siree ! She raves if she finds a period upside down. Seen in a Washington newspaj er : “House Pas.ses on Dam Bill” We wonder whose house it is and if the hill is for graduation expenses. Joke editors may toil and work ’Til fingertips are sore. But there remains some fish to say I’ve heard that joke before. - [ Page Ninety-three |S«-

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TRACK, 1928 The cinder path was crowded with candidates this year, and there was a reason. Alexandria planned the most extensive season ever. To start the season oft ' we were represented in the Devitt meet in Washington. Donijdian took third ] lace in two of the hnals. Beverley won a place in the heats, hut lost out in the finals. Alexandria will go to Charlottesville on the fourth and fifth of May to compete in the Mrginia State Meet. The largest meet ever held on Haydon ' s Field will be on May 19, when all the schools of Xorthern drginia comj)ete. Prizes will he awarded. It will he a hig day, which will long he remembered. After these two hig events Alexandria will he represented in a meet every week until the close of the session. With plenty of gtx)d material in the track candidates, we can look forward to some lively times. ■ fl Past Ninety-two ]| -

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THE ALECKO STAFF This year the Alecko Staff has tried to change the order of the hook entirely, and to give von some originalitv. Ihe historical im]X)rtance of Alexandiia has been emphasized hy carrying out the Colonial theme throughout the hook. You must rememher that Alexandria is a very historical place containing Christ Church, The Masonic Memorial, The Carlyle House, Ihe Old Cannon, and the Old Ramsay House. As “Alecko” means “Alexandria Ecko.” we are trying to re-echo Colonial times in Alexandria. First of all we must thank the teachers and our i)rincipal for their help on this hook, jiarticularly Miss ( ireen, literary and art adviser ; Miss Reardon, financial adviser ; and iMiss Bretz, whose department assisted in the typing. Next come the students who have worked harder than anyone else for the success of this hook. The student who deserves the most jiraise is our Business Manager, Kirk Eindsey. Kirk has worked hard; as you know the joh of business manag er is no easy one. Everything went along smoothly; his success is ])ossihly his greatest recompense. Robert Baldwin, as Advertising Manager; Joe Black- well. as Circulating Manager; and X ' irginia Leary, as Editor, share alike in honors for once more puldishing a Ixjok of which to he proud in the name of the class of ' 28 of A. H. S. -»|( Page N inety-four