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f Joyful Reminiscenses of Ninetyzfive ,....lT ' BY SOPHIE KERR UNDERWOOD ..1 - such a very little,-a heavy dose of mathematics, some history, 11ot enough literature to over-strain either teacher or pupils, and other things which I - am sure 'the most of us have safely forgotten, but lastly and bestly, a very good time, spite of lessons, spite of examinations, spite of punishments, spite of buildings which could not be properly ventilated and were too cold in winter and too hot in late spring and early fall. I never did believe in these people who gurgle sentimentally about their dear, dear old school days. They seem to me but an evolution of that undesirable person, Teachers Pet, usually ayouthful prig with weak eyes and asniflie But I should' be more than human if I did not enthuse over the halcyon days 'when Lora Downes a11d I sat together, with Nellie Fisher and Nellie Wilson- behind us and Susie Edson somewhere in the near vicinity. We each had various fads. Susie's was embroider- E were not so high-schoolish nine years ago. We had a little Latin,-oh, QI! ing in school hours, and I remember one centerpiece with nasturtiums on it, which lay in my desk for several days while Susie rested under temporary suspicion of Mr. Brown. Nellie Fisher and I preferred going after a bucket of water to the idle charms of tl1e embroidery needle. Many and many a time have we trailed triunph- antly about the town, toting a bucket supended from at stick, and happy in the thought of the others who were at their desks doing their work, supposably, while we revelled in freedom. All liveof us had at penchant for eating in school hours,- outside of them, too-and our favorite repasts were mushroom crackers and raisins, occasionally the succulent pickle. One had to duck one's head as if searching in the desk for a stray tablet or pencil, then snatch a surreptitious bite, give it a hasty chew, and then sit up again, trying to look at ease and unconscious, with a wad of food uncomfortably ensconced in one's cheek. It is not a thing to be done easily and gracefully without long practice. But we achieved it. It was a success which counted infinitely more than a ninety mark in algebra. Wheii the door to the book case was unlocked, 'which was often, we used to sneak library books down to our desks and read them, hiding them behind our text books. A cape thus became a much favored garment as a means of concealing said books and I distinctly recall 0116 ll11fQfU4?1?lt9 99C?l5i0ng as 1 Started 110 my desk bearing one of the f library books 95 N
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Class of 1895 Olivia Bradley Steele, Camden,Del., William F.Chairs, Dr. john Dukes, Philadel- phia, Pa., Nellie Wilson, Denton, Md., Annie Wright Norris, Denton, Md., Bertha Towns Vt right, Denton, Md., Nellie W. Fisher, Denton, Md , Sophia Kerr Under- wood, Pittsburg, Pa., Lilian Carroll Murphy, Deceased. ii ' . Class of 1896 . Mary E. Hobbs, Denton, Md., Mabel Towers Allan, Washington, D. C., Mrs. Harvey Towers, Williston, Md., Lora Downes Draper, Denton, Md., Harry Whitby, Wilmington, N. C., Mamie Raughley, Burrsville,,Md. Class of'l897 , Nellie Valliant, Church Hill, Md., Katherine McShane, Balto., Md., Emerson Merriken, Kennedyville, Md., Dr. F. N. Nichols, Denton, Md., Mary johnson Downes, Denton, Md., Mary Driggns Longfellow, Denton, Md , Frank P. Barnhart, Denton, Md A Class of 1898 ' Carroll Dunning, New York City, H. Wilson Saulsbury, Ithaca, N. Y., Chas. H. Nuttle, Elkins, W. Va., May Sparklin, Federalsburg, Md., Judson Ramsdell, Denton, Md, Mary Stack Baccini, Phila., Pa, Eva E. Stafford, Burrsville, Md., Herman VVright, Burrsville, Md. Class of 1899 Dora C. Gelletly, Denton, Md , Ida W. Downes, Denton, Md., Jessie Crouse, Denton, Md., Anita Smith, Ridgely,.Md., Elsie Smith, Ridgely, Md., Thomas Jones, Ridgely, Md., Salome Garey, Denton, Md.: Mary Price A1l2lb2L11d,DG11tO11, Md. ' . ' Class of 1900 ' ' Esther V. Webster, Westminster, Md, Mabel Clark, Denton, Md., Bessie Smith Crouse, Denton, Md., Bessie Stevens Brown, Denton, Md., Ethel Anderson, Denton, Md., Ethel Cade, Bethlehem, Md., Mattie Moore, Denton, Md., Thos.F. Garey, jr., Chestertown, Md., Chalmers S. Brumbaugh, Cambridge, Mass. Class of 1901 No Graduates. Class of 1902 Harry H. Nuttle, Carlisle, Pa., Elbert Nuttle, Wilmington, Del., Laurence Greenlee, Phila., Pa., Bessie M. Murphy, Denton, Md 3 Edwin Paisley, XX ilmington, Del., Roy C. Smith, Westminster, Md. Class of 1903 ' W Hattie S. Wright, Tuckahoe, Md , Elvina Fullerton, Denton, Md., N. Pearl Griffin, Chestertown, Md., Elma W Cade, Denton, Md , Mary E. Brumbaugh, Den- ton, Md., May Gelletly, Denton, Md., Clarence S. Dukes, Phila., Pa. ' Class of 1904 Letitia McDaniel, Denton, Md., Emily H. Knotts, Queen Anne, Md., Mary E. Towers, Williston, Md., Gordon Holbrook, Wilmington, Del,, Kirwin F. Evernf gam, Carlisle, Pa, A 95 A
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thus concealed, it eluded my elbow, and fell to the floor with a noise which, at the time, I felt was unnecessarily loud. During the regime of Mr. Brown we had a right easy time of it but when Miss Kate Hobbs entered on the scene of action we lived the strenuous life and- no mis- take. As fond as I am of Miss Kate, I am sure that if she were suddenly to enter the room and look at me as she used to look upon the scholar who missed a question in class, I would quail and plead for mercy. Whew-iv-w, don't you remember the shudders which involuntarily seized us when the danger signals flew in Miss ifKate's cheeks, and she addressed the offender searchingly concerning his offence. 'Twere well to mind your p's and q's and NOT whisper and NOT write notes when Miss Kate's eyes wandered in your direction. But she was a splendid teacher. When she taught you anything, it stuck. Miss Katie had but one fault. She made us learn quotations She wrote them on the blackboard, we wrote them in a book. Then we learned them by heart and recited them in unison., I shall' always dislike Long- fellow's Building of the Shipi' from hearing Thou too, sail on butchered by a unison rendition If you couldn't recollect the quotation being given, it was a good scheme to look intelligent and make your lips go. It sometimes fooled Miss Kate, and I leave the hint for the students of today, if Mr. Noble or Miss Lizzie gives them quotations to learn. In those days there were wicked, wicked boys who used to-SMOKE CIGAR- ETTES l O tempora O mores l And as the tobacco perfumed them more or less their sin sometimes found them out and retribution overtook them The girls of his class once declined to sit beside '1 box because of the ordor of tobacco smoke which like the perfume of the rose in Moore s poem hung round him still e felt awfully virtuous about doing that I remember Iwonder I do wonder what would have been done to a girl so bad find bold as to smoke cigarettes l I Judge that when the teachers were through with her Mr Bates Stephens and the School Board would have had an inquest over the remains and g1VC11 a verdict of Total de pravity It was nice to have Mr Stephens visit the schools though With what somnolent dignity he heard us say our lessons the teacher meanwhile, carefully selecting the pupils most likely to know their lessons to recite before the great man And Mr Stephens obligingly took the cue and never called on the others With searching questions heaven bless him for lt To all coming classes and to the class which this year book represents in par ticular I an antique of ninety five extend my good wishes and the following devout expressions of hope May you study harder and have easier exams may the night you graduate be cooler and the commencement exercises be shorter than were those of ninety ive and may your high school training be to you a foundation for more and deep er study and an 111sp1rat1on for a lot of hard Work 111 the future ' Ca ' . 9 y . , . .x N . A. . 7 C Y , - - ' x cc ' ' an , . xxf 1 i ' s ' I 9 . . C u n . X . , . . . . . . at X r ' 77 ' . S, , u . . . , . a 9 C . ' 1 A I . . , . q Q . . I . . . , . - , l , - J 1 ' D qs' l ' ' , . ., ' , ' 1 D . y . ,fl K 97 If
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