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

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THE (iREEN AND WHITE 27 Mary Gladding, on being asked by Miss Callan if the Sophomores were outside, replied : “There’s a crowd out there.” “And who are they?” “Mr. Dowd,” was the quick response. In a recent History Class Motta was asked by Miss Sisson if the Minute Men in any way prepared for the Revolution? “Sure! Shooting birds,” replied Motta, innocently. Miss Sisson—“In one of Washington’s biographies it is said Washington stayed out late nights.” Makowsky (absentmindedly)—“Oh! that’s all right; he has nothing on me!” Hogan (at football practice)—“Come on you. fellows, spread out! That’s what makes this circle a square.” Miss Sisson—“How was it, that Lafayette came to Bristol?” Silvia—“He must have been lost.” Makowsky—“They say that whiskey has killed more men than bullets.” Bennett— Well, I’d sooner be full of whiskey than bullets; wouldn’t you?” Teacher— Is the earth round or square?” Vera—“Neither: it’s crooked.” Girl Friend—“Oh, my hero! My Great big. football hero! How did you hurt your leg?” Campanello (with pride)—“The bench tipped over.” Bassing (front of Y)—“Gee! but my neck is cold; I just had a hair cut.” Editor’s note:—How long was his hair, anyway ? Coach (track practice)—“Fred, what are you out here for?” Vera—“Oh, I'm out for the afternoon.” Mr. Miller (referring to books)—“What have you read?” John White—“I have red hair.” French. Bassing, reading • “With her thumbs on her wrist she slowly advanced.” Miss Callan—“Give a sentence using the plural of foot.” L. Silvia—“My feets are very cold.” Mr. Dowd (in Latin III.)—“Venus was the son of Dion.” Makowsky (chem. class)—“Ca(OH)2, like wine, becomes strong with age.” Mr. Miller (chem.)—“What are the characteristics of colloids in solution?” Bonnanno—“The yolk of an egg.” Miss Bradford—“Define the word ‘cute’ in this sentence : She is a cute girl.”' Levy—“She is bowlegged!” Mr. Mapes— What's the first step in the cotton industry?” Motta—“Sorting the wool.” Dowd—“Hogan, will you kindly shut up?” Hogan (meekly)—“Aw! I wasn’t saying anything, I was just looking at your face.” F. Dunbar—“Miss Callan, is that clock right ?” Miss Callan—“Right on the wall, yes!” Miss Sisson (reading outline in English)— Went to see the animals. Met a friend there.

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL SQUAD (Left to Right)—Muriel Hodgdon (mgr.), Louise Bell, Ella Mae Lemaire, Helen McGuigan (capt), Lillie Kershaw, Agnes Currier. Margaret Cicerchia.

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28 THE (iREEN AND WHITE JOKES Miss Bradford (English Ilia.)—“Who was Homer? Vera— That's the guy that made Babe Ruth famous.” Vera (walking into room, singing)— When I pretend I’m gay, I'll never feel that way—” Mr. Dowd—“You won’t if you keep that up 1” Coach—“Levy, what position are you out for?” Levy—“Football 1” Miss Sisson—“Name ways in which electricity was made to serve man's need and comforts after the Civil War?” Motta—“The Electric Chair.’’ Miss Sisson—“Begin again. I’ve forgotten what you said.” Silvia (happily)—“So have 11” Miss Bradford (looking for a boy to run an errand))—“May I borrow Core'a?” Vera—“Borrow him? you can have him! Teacher—“Vera, use the word flippancy in a sentence.” Vera (after some hesitation)—“Let''s flippancy who wins.” Mahoney—“I bet ya’ two bits my examples are not wrong!” Mr. Dowd—“Yes? I bet ya' one hour after school they are 1” Mahoney (sarcastically)—“Aw! when Colt beat Warren it was all luck!” Miss Callan—“AH the clever boys are conceited.” Hogan—“Oh, I don’t know. I’m not.” Mr. Fitzgerald— Makowsky, do you know what a grasshopper is?” Makowsky—“O, what ? Grasshopper ? Sure !” Editor's note: Friends of Francis J. Mahoney, Jr., will be pleased to learn he is recovering slowly from his injuries received when brutally assaulted by the entire Colt team. Miss Bradford—“Robert Levy, give me a sentence illustrating the possessive case of girl.” R. Levy—“The lady yonder is my girl’s mother.” Colt Student—“Yes, Dad, I’m a big guv up at Colt. Father—“Well, why don’t we hear better reports?” C. E. Dowd—“Bennett! one hour after school!” Bennett—“But Mr. Dowd—I-I-----” C. E. Dowd—“Two hours after school!” Bennett (meekly).—“Yes, Mr. Dowd. Going to run a night school?” Miss Sisson—“Are there any questions?” Makowsky—“Yes! Where was the Battle of Gettysburg fought?” C. Withered—“Ouch! I bumped my ‘crazv bone’.” C. Young—“Oh, that’s all right. Comb your hair right and it won't show!’’ Campanello—“What's the matter with Bassing, he looks downhearted?” Bennett—“Yes—he's either sick or married.” THE STORY OF THE BRISTOL HIGH AND COLT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND ITS VARIOUS REVIVALS Way back, long ago, in this old historic town of Bristol; twenty-five graduates of the old Bristol High School met together to discuss the advisability of organizing an association. On April 9, 1888, the adjourned meeting of March 16, 1888, was held in the Byfield High School room. The nominating committee reported a list of officers who were elected. They were, as follows: President—William H. Spooner. Deceased. First Vice-President—LeBaron Bradford, Treasurer of the Providence Institution for Savings, familiarly called the “Old Stone Bank.” Second Vice-President—Annie G. Andrews. Deceased. Treasurer—Helen Sheppard. Living in Melrose, Mass. Recording Secretary—Louis C. Samford, Bishop of San Joaquint, Calif. Corresponding Secretary—Eleanor R. Luther, Deceased. Executive Committee: T. H. Carter, a former principal of High School. E. T. Brownell, deceased. Ella Blakeslee, retired Bristol school teacher. Ina P. Warren, retired Bristol school teacher. Harriet B. Luther, deceased. The constitution under which the association functioned was adopted on March 16, 1888. Miss A. B. Manchester offered an amendment. There were two more amendments that year also. But up to this writing their have been no other amendments to the constitution. At the annual meeting of the Association, October 8, 1888, the previous list of officers were re-elected with the exception of the treasurer, Miss Helen Sheppard, whose name and office was not recorded. In all likelihood the office of treasurer was not abolished. But the Secretary Pro Tern, failed to write it down when she wrote the minutes of the first annual meetings. In the Secretary’s book we do not read of any meeting until a special one was called for by the President, W. H. Spooner. This meeting was held July 2, 1894, in the