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

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12 BULKELEY NEWS Janies Benin, Com. Berau’s the greatest of his profession; When work appeared, he made a recession. The toughest of luck That he ever struck Was when he once labored under an impression. Second Team Football ’11, ’12. Bulkeley Orchestra ’ 11. Charles .1. Deh mer. Com. A great grammarian—Dehmer should faint! He’d rather be that than a saint. He said: “I feel like a cuss When I hist to der buzz Of a guy what talks like he ain’t!” “The last to pull ’em down.” Football ’13. Will iam I . Leary, Class. Our president’s name was Will Deary, But we called him our own Cavalieri. The girls called him Bill, That is,—until They knew him well enough to say Deary.” School I resident. Football 12, ’13. Class President. Second Team Football ’10. Captain Football ’13. Debating Club ’14. Glee Club Commencement Orator. C. Barrett Foley, Gen. The girls all loved Foley so! Were there objections from Foley?— No! He managed a team That made N. F. A. scream; In fact, he cleaned up—like Sapolio. Senior Banquet Committee. Manager F'ootball ’13. Baseball ’12, ’13. Second Team Baseball ’11. Business Manager “Bulkeley News” ’12, ’13. Athletic Editor “ “ ’IA John J. Keating, Com. In class Keating always was tame, His recitations, too, usually were lame. But we care not about that, For he kept under his hat All the news about yesterday’s game. Glee Club.

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BULKELEY NEWS Edward W. Baxter, Set. Our lest little athlete was Baxter: At baseball our best second sack-star, At running, a track-star, At football, a back star, But at French he was always a lack-star. Football 12, ’13. Track ’12, ’13. Baseball ’13 Second Team Football ’11. Second Team Baseball ’12. Football ’13. Frank Harshowitz, Set. Harshowitz, of County Cork, Floated 'round to old New York. From thence to this; Ig’u’rance is bliss,— Harshowitz—of County York. Debating Club. Graduation Orator. Honorable Mention for Speaking. Class Baby. Joseph Kaplan, Com. He was fifteen per cent, inspiration, And eighty per cent, perspiration. The rest of this youth— To tell the hard truth— Consisted of just respiration. Valedictorian. Harold C. Perkins, Set. As a musician, Orpheus gained fame; His music could make wild beasts tame: But when Perkins played, Not one of us stayed, But we all left the room, without blame. Graduation Orator. Debating Club. Second Team Baseball ’13. Leader Orchestra, ’14 Walter Learned Prize Improvement in German. Goldsmith Scholarship Prize. Gift Committee. Jacob Sherh, Sc. With a wonderful wit Sherbie was blest, He always thought well of a jest, The favorite joke Of this mirth-riddled bloke, Was: “Ope’ the window. I would throw out my chest!’ Banquet Committee.

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BULKELEY NEWS 13 William (i. Murphy, Gen. Chubby Willie Murphy is the next oue whom we mention, ’Tis said he’s so attractive that some day he’ll draw a pension. But about this we do think That there’s a missing link, For the one thing he did e’er attract was to attract attention. Football ’13. Glee Club. Athletic Editor “Bulkeley News” ’14. (jeorfce N. Stewart, Act. So cute a boy was Stewart that it would be hard to spy The mischief ever sparkling in George’s little eye But the funny way he hid it, And the funny way he did it Are things which in our Bulkeley days have often made us sigh. Charles Kaufman, Sci. At the crib game Kaufman gained quite a rep, Which accounts for his showing and pep. He gives as a reason, That in life’s early season In a crib he was carefully brought up. Samuel .1. Rosenthal, Sex. At first Rosenthal seemed all feet, But at the banquet when he once took a seat, His feet weren’t in it With his mouth for a minute, For, good heavens, how' that fellow did eat! Ferdinand R. Weske, Sex. To make a hole in the line Weske was set, And through that hole he’d usually get, He thought he w7as some skate . Upon one certain date When he went through an ice-hole and got wet. Track ’14. Second Team Baseball ’13. Glee Club. Football ’12, ’13.