Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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20 THE MAGNET Miss Morrill, our French teacher spent the summer vacation in Paris, where she combined study with pleasure. w Miss Woodbury, ’I1, finds geome- try a very “interesting ” subject. w One of the English teachers re- cently informed a class that Benja- min Franklin, on entering the city of Philadelphia, had a few clothes stuffed in his pockets, three large rolls under his arms, and that the only money which he had in his pos- session was a Dutch collar. w Two ninth grade teams are prac- ticing football under the excellent ‘supervision of Mr. Lee, ’10, who is showing himself to be an able and efficient coach. w HEARD IN THE GEOMETRY CLASS Teacher: What is the base of a triangle? Griffin, ’1r: The base of a triangle is the side on which it rests. Teacher: Well, a triangle doesn’t always rest. All triangles aren’t just like you, Robert. w Miss Lockey passed her vacation abroad, spending most of her time in Italy, France, Switzerland, Gib- ralter, and Belgium. w The former science teacher, Mr. Richardson, is now teaching at Ha- verhill, Mass. 2 Some of the boys have met with hard luck in football practice this season. William McCann has a broken arm and Roy Charron, on his first afternoon, tore the ligaments of his thumb. | ¥ | We dedicate these proverbs to the following: Freshman Class— “Let every one look to himself and no one will be lost.” Hussey, ’10o— “Logic forever! That beats my grandmother, and she was Clever.” L. Jobes, ’11— “Let me play the fool.’ Football Team— “United we stand, divided we fall.” Miss Brooks— | ‘A loan, though old, is no gift.” Geometry Class— “He that proves too much, proves nothing.” McCann) 10-— “The absent are always at fault.” Charron,’ to-— “Jack would be a gentleman, if he could but speak French.” Roukes, ’10— “Every Jack must have his Jill.” Nellie Pierson, ’11— “Do all you can to be good, and you'll be so.” Mildred Merrill, ’10— ‘Who more busy than they that have the least to do?” Editorial Staff— “Be good in your offices, you'll keep the longer on.” we Teacher: What is a monarchy? Freshman: A people governed by a king. Teacher: Who would reign if the king should die? Freshman: The queen. Teacher: And if the queen died? Freshman: The Jack.

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THE MAGNET 21 The Senior Class held its first meeting in Room 16, when the fol- lowing officers were elected: Presi- dent, Ernest Lothrop; vice-president, Naomi Abbott; secretary, Rachel Morse; treasurer, Bernice Wilbur. The class colors are red and black. Junior Class — President, Albert Tenney; vice-president, Helen Wood- bury; secretary, Margaret Munsie; treasurer, Nellie Pierson; class mar- shal, Robert Griffin. Class colors, green and white. Sophomore Class—President, Her- man Safford; vice-president, Ruth Tisdale; secretary, Esther Mayo; treasurer, Mildred Safford. Class colors, orange and black. . Freshman Class—President, Percy Jennison; vice-president, Mina Stout; secretary, Shirley Whitney; treas- urer, Erlon Lancey; class marshal, Harry Vaughn. The Freshmen have not yet chosen their class colors. Sd During the three opening weeks of school the gymnasium has been equipped with a fine new hardwood floor, which will be a great benefit in physical culture and indoor ath- letics. 2 The High School is very fortunate in having for new teachers this year: ere a) -K——— .J Mr. George W. Wriston, science teacher, who is a Wesleyan gradu- ate; Mr. Deane S. Thomas, who is teaching sophomore and freshman subjects; Mr. Harry F. Watson, teacher of boys’ physical culture and athletic coach, who is a gradu- ate of Williams; Miss Alice M. Gar- land, a recent graduate of Simmons; and Miss F. E. Hutchinson, a Vas- sar graduate, who is teaching history. w The following officers have been chosen for military drill: Company A, Captain, Karl Lee; Ist Lieuten- ant, Bernard Garland; 2d Lieuten- ant, Raymond Ladoo. Company B, Captain, Ernest Lothrop; Ist Lieu- tenant, Arthur Hussey; 2d Lieuten- ant, Roy Charron. w New ADs FOR THE MAGNET Quaker Oats—Miss Darby. “The smile that won’t come off.” Toasted Corn Flakes—Mr. Hull. “None genuine without this sig- nature.” Postum Coffee—Mr. Dexter. ‘“There’s a reason.” Prudential Life Insurance —Mr. Watson. “ He has the strength of Gibralter.”

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THE MAGNET 23 “ Oh, dear!” sighed her husband’s wife. “I can’t. find a pin anywhere. I wonder where all the pins go to, anyway.” “That's a difficult question to answer,” replied his wife’s husband, “because they are always pointed in one direction and headed another.” — Selected. : w He had never been to sea before. “Can you keep anything on your stomach?” asked the ship doctor. “No, sir,” he returned, feebly. “ Nothing but my hand.”—Suwccess. Sd Teacher: How many kinds of po- etry are there? Pupil: Three. Teacher: What are they? Pupil: Lyric, dramatic, and epi- demic.— Selected. ad Many a girl thinks she has broken her heart when she has only sprained her imagination.— Life 7 An English daily has the follow- ing advertisement: ‘“ Wanted—a gen- tleman to undertake the sale of a patent medicine. The advertiser guarantees it will be profitable to the undertaker.” @ h e LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU five a aN a | elie Ss — =i , Ra ——— SSS Addressing a political meeting the other day, a speaker gave his hearers a touch of the pathetic. “I miss,” he said, brushing away a not unwom- anly tear, ‘I miss many of the old faces I used to shake hands with.’’— Selected. Ww He said her hair was dyed, and when she indignantly exclaimed, “Tis false!” he said he presumed so.— Selected. A young Englishman who was un- acquainted with the Italian language was traveling in Italy. As he was about to make a tour of the city of Rome, he copied a sign on a build- ing near by, so that he might return to the same place. When he board- ed an electric car to return late in the afternoon, he showed the con- ductor the copied sign. To his sur- prise, the man seemed quite unfamil- iar with the place. He then showed it to several passengers, who, in turn, looked puzzled and shook their heads. Soon a man who could speak English translated the words—“Post no bills here.” Pel Professor: After today, gentlemen, I will not call the roll, but will ex- pect those absent to speak to me about it at the end of the hour.—E£xz.