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

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BULKELEY NEWS 9 the esteem in which others are held, we will forgive them should the heat of argue-ment bring forth one wee small “ cuss.” IN the main assembly room at Bulkeley School there are two pillars which support the ceiling. One of these pillars is in the front of the room where the An Object Leuon pres men sj{ The other is in the rear where the Juniors have their seats. These pillars are painted yellow. The pillar up near the Freshmen is all dirty with ink and pencil marks written thereon by successive batches of Freshmen anxious to achieve cheap fame. The pillar down near the Juniors is practically as clean as it was the day it was painted. This little fact is a striking example of the effect of daily association with men of good moral character, in the embracing atmosphere of high-school and is, itself, a sufficient testimonial of the benefit of high-school education. The little lessons in conduct, whether learned from example or precept, are of as much importance as the lessons in Mathematics or Languages and the good derived from them will probably stay by «s long after our theorems and conjugations have become but shades of reminiscence. The drawing of Lincoln and the accompanying verses in which, we confess, we take no little pride, are, respectively the works of Erel Guidone and William Douglas of the class of 1913. O Sophomores. This is the Sophomore Issue of the “News.” We cannot pass without some comment on sophomores. The word “sophomore is derived from two Greek words meaning “wise fool. After careful inspection of our present sophomores we must say that while the foolishness is clearly in evidence we fail to see any signs of wis- dom. The term “sophomore, then, as applied to the class of 1915 is a misnomer. Sophomores are more bother than girls or homework, and create more disturbance than the Seniors do. For a whole year they had been nothing but insignificant freshmen and now their promotion has quite turned their heads. Still some of them condescend to speak to you, especially if that passage in Caesar sticks them. When a boy becomes a Sophomore he struts about like a young game cock exhibiting its first tail feathers. He puts on long pants and a swaggering imitation of the way college men walk and takes his best girl to the Senior prom in a taxi. In fact, he appropriates to himself all the attributes of a regular “guy” and yet he lacks that indescribable something which would remove from him the earmarks of a Sophomore. Sophomores are like the grades in Senior English the morning reference work is assigned ; you can feel ’em coming from afar and they amount to nothing (0.0) when they get to you. Good Sophomores are as scarce as wisdom in a Sophomore class. The 1915 class used what little wisdom they did have, in choosing for class president one of their rare good fellows. Fengar, good luck to you, but we’d rather pay up our back athletic dues or do a weeks washing than have your job. The writer of this article has written on Burke, card parties, school meetings, and strikes, but never has he essayed a subject so lacking in inspiration as this one about Sophomores. That’s why there isn’t more of it. Q. E. D. 13 C 3 IN this issue there appears a cut of the football team. This cut was made from a photograph taken recently at Kenyon s studio. Any of the students, who desire photographs of their idols, may obtain the same from the State Street photographer.

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8 BULKELEY NEWS Uulkeleg Nnua BULKELEY SCHOOL, NEW LONDON. CT. Girard B. Troland, 13, Editor-in-Cbief Barrett Foley, ,14, Business Manager Robt. A. Keefe, , I 3, Circulation Manager Anybody in the school. Contributor. THE BULKELEY NEWS. Entered at the New London P. O. as second class matter. Published quarterly, 40 cents per year, 10 cents per copy. Address all business manuscript to the Business Manager; all other communications to the Editor-in-Chief of Bulkeley News, Bulkeley School, New London, Conn. VOL. IX. FEBRUARY. 1913 NO. 2 1 I ’HE members of the Junior Class have set a splendid example to the rest of the school by signing a pledge that they will Concerning endeavor to use no profane ‘Profanity language while they are at Bulkeley. Mr. Towne had previously brought the matter before the Senior Class. Although he did not request the Seniors to put their names to any specific pledge, he intimated that he would like to see something of this sort done. Some days later, in addressing the school, Mr. 1 owne chided the class for having done nothing. We hope our principal has not interpreted the stand taken by the Seniors as meaning that they are in favor of the use of profane language. For several days after Mr. Townes talk with the boys the question was the topic of much discussion about school. The Seniors were unanimously opposed to vulgar talk and vulgar thoughts but were equally unanimous in their belief that signing a pledge is not an effective method of obliterating vulgarity. We say, unofficially, that it is the belief of the Seniors that, that which is forbidden, tempts. Deny the school the privelege of entering the school tower outside of school hours and it’s a safe bet that the old bell will be rung the evening of our first victory. Grant the boys the privelege and they’d be too indifferent to pull the rope. It’s human nature. Let those, who despise profanity, unostentatiously abstain from it and in their own circles vulgarity becomes as uncommon as a school-boy with clean hands. Have everyone sign a pledge not to swear and he’ll swear because its forbidden. Thats human nature, too. However, we commend the Juniors for the spirit of their act although we differ with them as to the correct mode of procedure. Let the Juniors look well to their pledge. Profanity in its lightest sense is the use of expressions which by reason of their vulgar meaning are offensive to good taste and fail to enlighten the hearer. We refer to profane cursing and swearing. But there is a deeper, meaner, more wicked kind of profanity, the profanity of light talk; gossip, by which we so often put a blight upon the reputation of another; an insidious bomb with which we blast what is beautiful and good. A thousand times more sinful than the foulest oath ever spoken are the utterances of a malignant tongue which with sweet sounding words confides, as a secret, into a listening ear, the petty faults of an absent friend. To swear is to betray the deficiencies of one’s vocabulary; to pass one’s leisure in idle gossip is to betray a character woefully lacking in the essentials of decency, honor and upright manliness. We hope and believe that the pledge of the Juniors is a step against this other vice connoted in the word “profanity,” and if in all their conversation they keep their mouths free of all that which tends to lower

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10 BULKELEY NEWS (§ur Ml DECEMBER, 1912, 1 Levine ......................9.62 2 Gray........................9.53 3 L. Harshowitz...............9.43 4 Bunner................. ... .9.40 5 Corcoran....................9.38 6 Copeland....................9.34 7 Moran.......................9.30 8 Neil an.....................9.28 Dunford.......................9.28 10 McCarthy......................9.25 Graves........................9.25 12 Goldberg.....................9.22 13 Toolin.......................9.20 Wessell.......................9.20 C. Fengar.....................9.20 16 Dewey.........................9.15 1 7 Cogan.........................913 18 Troland.....................9.12 19 Perwein.....................9.08 20 Cassidy......................903 F. Fengar.....................9.03 Goddard.......................9.03 23 Sheedy........................9.00 of ijmuir. JANUARY, 1913 1 L. Harshowitz 9.83 2 Gray 9.78 3 W. Corcoran 9.60 Sheedy 9.60 5 Dunford 9.53 6 Levine 9.48 Copeland 9.48 8 Bruce 9.38 9 Bunner 9.34 Perkins 9.34 W. B. Murray 12 C. Fengar 9.23 13 Moran 9.22 14 G. Liljenstein 9.20 15 Troland 9.18 Keeney 9.18 1 7 R. Sullivan 9.15 18 McCarthy 9.10 Miner Rose Rathbun 22 Neilan 9.08 23 Graves C J Constable (to man who has been knocked down by automobile) You say you couldn’t see the number. -Could you swear to the man. Countryman,-1 did but I don’t think he heard me. Adam, “What are you crying about ? Eve, Boo hoo a caterpillar just ate my new dress. Near sighted clerk, 1 m sorry madam, but we do not allow dogs at this hotel. Good Heavens! That’s not a dog. It,s my husband. I saw you kiss sister last night. Did you Bobby ? Here’s a quarter. And then I saw you kiss the maid in the hall. Great Scott! Here’s five dollars. It s not the breakers that cause a fellow to go broke at the seashore. They tell me Skinflint is a grafter. He must be. How so? His son is a prune and his daughter is a peach.