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

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20 bulkeley news Simple Success. You will find there are simple things that tend to success. The first is good health. It is impossible for a boy or man to work against that handicap. The next thing is honesty, for when dishonesty is discovered, success is at an end and failure begins. The third essential is education; without education it is impossible to climb to any important position; and the fourth essential is work. “Nuf sed. Get busy.” The New Psychological Tests: I. s s s s s s s sssssss sssssss sssssss sssssss With your pencil or fountain pen cross out every “S”. Your intelligence is graded according to the result. Under five seconds is perfection, sixty seconds is excellent; sixty-one seconds is poor. Not to do it at all shows intelligence beyond which there is no going. II. With your pencil make a dot under any two of these letters X Y Z A B C, and a colon after the shortest of these words “League of Nations.” Then if Senator Borah loves the President roll over on your back; but if not, lift one foot gracefully above the other. If you believe that Prohibition is a square deal, write “yes” here ------. If you do not favor Prohibition, deal them over. If you think the whole darned social system is rotten, sit right where you are; if you think everything is lovely in the best possible of worlds, write a letter to Ja Da. Complete this sentence “Oh, Minnie------for me.” If you think a test like this proves that you are more intelligent than you believed you were, write “no” here -------. If you think not, what are you taking this test for anyway?

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BULKELEY NEWS 19 PHIL—OSOPHY BY MILTON PHILLIPS B. A. A | ''HE Constitution says, “We are all born free and equal.” ’Tis true, A but it is a different story the next day. Some of us have the proverbial gold spoon, others are satisfied with one of the silver species. A few even hold a shovel in their hands. It makes no difference. Each one of us, from his shoulders down, is worth $2.50 a day, but from his shoulders up, there is no limit to his earning capacity. It’s up to you. “Mary! Minnie! JaDa!” No wonder Rip Van Winkle slept with one eye open! Formerly we were pro-ally; lately we have been pro-pace; to-morrow we will be pro-hibition. One has to be pro-something these days! Sahara will lose its prestige by many thousands of square miles after July 1st. The Average Students’ Schedule. Mon: — (dark indigo) Tues:—Few wavering signs of life. Wed:—There—at least. Thurs:—The recurring relapse. Fri:—Crepe-hangers busy. All’s well that sounds swell.—Spearshakes. Think it over.

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BULKELEY NEWS 21 III. equator freshman math. Bolshevism bunch Germany Latin idealism Look at each word on the left, think what it means, and holler out loudly the word that means just the opposite. The score is the time in seconds; five seconds is rotten, one month is fair. “Eternity is such a long, long time.” Post-War Paragraphs. A hundred thousand captured Huns, a million more or less of guns. De-loused machines and tons and tons of German-made commodities. Some cannon and some cooking stoves and generals, captains, other coves were chased behind in droves and droves along with other oddities. Our line extends from left to right, along the Meuse, thence to the height of Brandeville and out of sight. It really is too long to note. We’ve captured many a town and wood and hill and vale where towns have stood, we’ve taken everything we should and tied the can to Willie’s goat. The captured roads are poor, not fair, supplies are normal everywhere; Morale is quite beyond compare, the men are all in clover. The visibility now is fine—there are no Germans on the Rhine. So let’s uncork a little wine, the awful war is over. He is a type particularly worried about “when do we eat.” He will cheerfully rise on his hind legs when occasion warrants. He knocks everything and everybody including his own classmates and officers but that is his privilege. If a lower classman attempts to do it, he instantly spoils him for all future use. He is raipd with his hands if not with his head. He has a deep abiding love for all Freshmen. He has a wild antipathy for anything that looks like Latin. He has the nerves of a man, the mind of a child, and the temperament of a prima donna. A Jeneral View of a Junior.