New London High School - Whaler Yearbook (New London, CT)

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BULKELEY NEWS We have received many new additions to our exchange list this month. “The Quaker” and “The Crescent” give pictures of their foot ball teams. “ The Yale Alumn Weekly ” contains names of the All Eastern Baseball Team for 1906. There are six Yale men on the team. “The Coroner” contains a fine poem entitled “A Sleigh Ride.” “The Tripod,” Roxbury Latin School, is a very interesting publication. “The Academy Journal ” is well arranged and it also contains a picture of its foot ball eleven. “An Incident in a Fireman’s Life,” in “The Adel-phian,” is a well written story. “ The Aeroma” contains many good stories. “He started across the floor at night The room was pitchy black; He loudly swore and then went off Upon another tack.”—Ex. “Speaking of the famous springs,” said the tramp,“I bathed in this spring of ’86.”—Ex. “The sofa held the twain, Miranda and her love-sick swain, Heanshe, But, hark ! a step upon the stair, And papa finds them sitting there, He and she.”—Ex. General X.—“Do you see that man ? I remember when he charged our batteries.” Major T.—“Why he doesn’t look military.” General X.—“ He is n’t. He runs an automobile station.”—Ex. 17

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BULKELEY NEWS Have you seen Peabody's University hat? Isn’t it “noisy?” The Glee Club rivals the Mandolin Club in popularity. At present fifteen candidatos are exercising their vocal organs for two afternoons every week. The officers of the club will be elected February 12, As yet it has not been decided whether the two clubs will combine under the name of The Bulkeley Mandolin and Glee Club. Parker Edgar, formerly ’06, has been distinguishing himself on the Mt. Clare basket ball five on which he played left guard this season. Have you noticed the mural decorations in the library ? fflw icings Mid English :—“ Bryant never wrote any false truth.” Post grad. English :—“ Brutus was a pureist.” Mid History:—“ Mitherdates could speak twenty-two languages at one time.” Senior Latin :—“ Translation ” poisonous herbs collected by the moon.” Postgrad. History:—“Mr. Edgerton; Boyer, what can you tell about the new London police?” (New London Police.) Senior science :—“Iodine is a dark purple red color.” Postgrad. History:—“The woolen mills in England shut down because they couid n’t get any cotton from the United States. Lunch counter:—“ Give me a cent’s worth of buns.” Post grad. English;—“Collins, (quoting from ‘ Julius Caesar,’ after receiving his twenty-fourth cut.” “ This was the most unkindest cut of all.” Senior science :—“ The gram molecule is the weight of a gram of molecules.” 16

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BULKELEY NEWS The following exchanges were received this month: “The Irving Record,” Irving School. “The Academy, Scolium,” The Protestant Episcopal Academy. “The Clarion.” Appleton High School. “The Wind-mill,” St. John’s School. “The Acwama,” Miss Hawke’s School. “ The Trinity Tripod,” Trinity College. ” “The Comet,” Austin High School. “The Chandelier,” South Boston High School. “The Balance Sheet,” Barisnes High School. “The Adelphian,” Adelphia Academy. “The Colgate Madesonians,” Colgate Union. “The Coroner,” Bridgton High School. “ Ogontz Mosiac,” Ogontz School. “The Berkleydian,” Berkeley Institute. “The Tripod,” Roxbury Latin School. “The Crolet,” Waverly High School. “The Legenda,’ Williams Memorial Institute, New London, Conn. “The Quaker,” Salem High School. “The Adelphian,” Adelphia Academy. “The Academy Journal,” Norwich Free Academy. “School Life,” Bensford School. “The Argo,” Rutgers Preparatory School. “ Brown Herald,” Brown Union. “ Yale Alumni Weekly,” Yale University. “The Normal Messenger,” Normal School. “The Chronicle,” Hartford High School. “The Crescent,” New Haven High School. “ Normal College Echo,” Normal College, New York. 18