Bristol High School - Green and White Yearbook (Bristol, RI)

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26 THE GREEN AND WHITE Principes .......... ..... Mr. Strong Bogus Nobility ------- Algebra Class Interloper ............... Miss Blake The factors in the play: Authors .................. Triumvirate Stage Manager ........ Richard Cornell Property Manager...... Bells and Bells Coach of team......... Earl A. Turnover Synopsis of acts: Act I. Time—Before Act II. Joyful, exalted. Act II. Time—After Act I. Sad, dejected. “All right, yank the curtain, Jake.” ACT I. (Enter greater part of class who take seats.) (Enter X Matheson.) Miss Matheson: “Mr. Strong has got a fellow talking to him down to the office and he probably will not be here for ten minutes. Sheldon: “That’s the height of pro- crastination.” Hobbs: “Sav, Beans, where were vou last—” (Enter Serbst, Kenney and Makowskv, late to class as usual.) Makowskv: HOBBS!” (imitating Mr. Strong’s reproachful tone.) The class quiets down and then starts to swear because it was not Mr. Strong (not through sorrow, but joy.) Hobbs: “I got California on mv set last night.” Class in unison : “That’s the oil.” (Makowskv, Serbst, and Kenney, during this confusion are in perfect order doing their class work for the next day.) Walsh: “Hey, Triumvirate, what’s the answer to the 25th-” Triumviratus: “Woe betide ye, culprit, for it is written in the scriptures. ‘Cursed is he that taketh advantage of his master’s absence.’ ” ACT II. Mr. Strong enters. He heartily commends the Triumvirate for their honest attempt to quiet the class. He takes seat. Walsh advances: “B-z-z-z-z-z.” Mr. Strong: “What’s that?” Walsh: “I didn't have time.” Mr. Strong: “Insubordination!” Makowskv: “Bad example.” Mr. Strong: “Walsh, sit down. Is there anyone who hasn’t finished his work?” All raise their hands but hastily drop them when they see the countenance of Mr. Strong. He casts a five-inch piece of chalk in the basket. Serbst: Extravagance.” Mr. Strong: “All see me at the close of school.” Triumvirate: But. if you please, sir, we have done our work.” Mr. Strong: “I am proud of you. Miss Moore check that example.” Miss Moore goes to board and writes. Mr. Strong: “Miss Greenwell, what is the graph of a quadratic function of x?” Miss Greenwell: “A parabola, sir.” Mr. Strong: “Fine, I’ll give you extra credit for that. What is the turning point and answers of your parabola?” Miss Greenwell: “I didn't do it.” Mr. Strong: “What! I take back that extra credit. Miss Nettleton, what does x plus y plus z equal?” Miss Nettleton: “xyz.” Mr. Strong: “What! You can't add apples, pears and grapes.” Miss Nettleton: “I did last fall when I made fruit jam.” Bell rings. Mr. Strong: “Tomorrow’s lesson will be examples 41-51 on page 157 and examples 1-10 on page 138. Get your paper if you need any. Bell rings. Mr. Strong: “Now leave me.” (Exit class in joyous exultation.) Curtain falls to rise. Presentation of flowers to cast now takes place. Curtain.

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THE GREEN AND WHITE 25 “Is that a permanent wave?” Miss Beavis: “No, a heat wave.” Mr. Condon (Physics IV): “Please stand out in the aisle away from the seat.” Miss Moore: “I can’t, there isn’t room enough.” Mr. Condon: “Balfour, what does a Davy lamp look like?” Balfour: “I saw one once but I never looked at it.” Miss Callan (to a small boy with a large pair of boots coming in at the middle of a recitation): “Where are you coming from?” Boy: “From the Rubber Shop.” Mr. Strong: “What do you boys expect to be when you get out of the high school?” Triumvirate (in chorus): “Grandfathers.” What colored well does V. Leahy like? Greenwell. What part of a bush does C. Newton like best ? The bud. What does Miss Thurston like better than chewing gum? Bones. Miss King (to sub-freshmen): “Is there anyone who didn’t get ‘Adrift on an Ice Pan?” ” Miss Sullivan (after playing record): That was sung by Manrico when he was in jail.” Kenney: “A man with a voice like that ought to be in jail.” Miss Blake: “The room is noisy. I mean the people in it. Laugh and the teacher laughs with you, Laugh and you laugh alone. The first when the joke is the teacher’s, The last when the joke is your own. He studied hard on his Latin, He studied hard on his prose, He studied hard until midnight Till his brow was filled with furrows; He studied harder and harder, Until at length he went crazy; The teacher wrote for his epitaph: “He died of being lazy.” Miss Kinder: “Foster’s is having a silent night.” Miss Beavis (hearing the ending): “Why didn’t they play some other Christmas carol ?” Benard (applying for a position by mail): “I have had four years of bookkeeping and expect to have four more.” Walsh: I found Macbeth on my desk.” Miss Callan (taking attendance): “Where is Horace Collins?” Peterson: “He isn't here.” F. Remieres (Commercial Geography): “Tea is shipped from China in lead-lined cartoons.” G. MacDonald (History): The actors and actresses were all men; they didn’t have any women.” Miss Sisson : “I suggest that you hang your hearts on the electric lights at the dance.” Makowsky: “I can’t, mine is in Warren.” David: I studied all last night.” Bones: “What time did you get to bed?” David: “At one minute past twelve.” Sam (in play) :“Oh, mother, I am hungry.” Just then the curtain came down with a roll. Makowsky (History): “Sitting Bull arose and killed General Custard.” Makowsky: “What shall we do concerning the advice of Mr. Strong’s Daddy Long Legs?” David: “Say, Bones, what’s the idea of the bright tie?” Bones: I haven’t done any of my lessons today.” David: “What has that got to do with it?” Bones: I want to look bright.” Mrs. Clark (Latin): “He fell on his knees and clung to them so they wouldn’t go away.” Mrs. Clark: “Where does the pensive man go that he may escape the song of the lark?” Mary Matheson : “Down cellar.” Editor of Green White: “We would like to get a few more jokes for the Green White.” Miss Blake: “Take the class.” ------o----- CONFESSIONS OF BOGUS NOBILITY An insipid play depicting a group of escapades of the Senior Algebra Class. This production has been condensed to two acts after much labor upon the part of the authors. Setting: Both acts are in Room 6 of Colt High. Characters:

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THE GREEN AND WHITE 27 As the Green White goes to press the Alumni Editor is happy to note the recent re-organization of the Colt Memorial High School Alumni Association, held at the reception and supper given by the Green White staff May 21st. Due to the efforts of the board, and especially the untiring interest and zeal of Miss Sara C. Callan of the faculty, this affair proved to be one of the most successful social events ever conducted in the High School. Reunions were held by twelve classes, supper being served at tables attractively decorated with the various class colors and flowers. It is to be hoped that this will be but the first of many such gatherings of our graduates who came out in such large numbers on this occasion. The following officers were chosen: President ..........George Cook, ’19 Vice President Anna E. Sullivan, '12 Secretary......Margaret Nerone, ’23 Treasurer..........Regina Morris, '22 ------o------ 1911 Daniel L. Morrissey, M. D„ was married April 26, to Miss Rosalind Beagan of Providence. Dr. and Mrs. Morrissey are now abroad. 1912 Margaret G. Kenney is now Mrs. Wilfred Hunt, residing in Swansea, Mass. 1913 Elizabeth August is Mrs. Sebastian Bernard, Hope street, Bristol. Annabel Trainor is Mrs. Donat Asselin, Warren, R. I. 1915 Frances Crowley is Mrs. Norman Mann, Warren, R. I. Alice Tattrie is teaching in Boston, Mass. 1916 Josephine Brogan is Mrs. Edward Con-rick, Warren, R. I. Annie C. Dimond is Mrs. Earl Day, Providence, R. I. 1917 Mary Cady is Mrs. C. Clifford Wilson, Bristol, R. I. 1918 Laurine Bradford is teaching in the High School at South Kingston, R. I. Adewilda Leteller is Mrs. Norman Brownell, Burton street, Bristol, R. I. 1919 Abner Bailey, R. I. State College, '23. is teaching in the High School at West Warwick. Anna Coggeshall. Brown '23, is teaching in the South Kingston High School. George Cooke, Dartmouth, '23, National India Rubber Co., Bristol, R. I. Bertha Farrington is Mrs. Everett Apply-by, Providence, R. I. Teresa Morrissey has recently graduated from the Nurses' Training School, New York City. Edward Ryan, Providence College, '23, National India Rubber Co., Bristol, R. I. Carolyn Vera is Mrs. Charles Whittum, State street, Bristol, R. I. 1920 Joseph Kelley, student at the American College in Rome. George Matheson will graduate in June from the Rhode Island State College at Kingstown. James Sullivan is a member of the graduating class at Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.