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

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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.

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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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14 BULKELEY NEWS William M. Corcoran, C ass. Scintilated, elongated, educated Corcoran; Corrugated, promulgated, generated Corcoran; Accelerated, remonstrated, Duplicated, complicated, Propogated, abnegated, bilabiated Corcoran. Graduation Orator. Salutatorian. Banquet Committee. Class 1884 Mathematics Prize. Samuel Copeland, Set. Copeland’s work on the farm was done well, And not once in the class room he fell. But the best part of him Is the right hearty vim That made him exam answers tell. Tinker Prize Sr. Science. Armstrong German Prize. Kollin H. Barrett, iSci. Barrett was one of the few Whe knew just what he should do. He stuck to his work And never once shirked And for this he was lonesome and blue. Class Poet. Gift Committee. Graduation Orator Debating Club ’12, ’14 Honorable Mention English Composition. Thomas J. Cassidy, Com. And now we have the audacity, And the mental incapacity. To place before you The name of the stew Who wrote all this junk—it was Cassidy. Class Secretary and Treasurer. Assistant Ed. Bulkeley News. Class Prophet. The New’s Funny Bone. Manager Senior Baseball ’14. Glee Club. Miner Book-keeping Prize ’12.