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

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BULKELEY NEWS 23 Nocturne When a guy is agin it, an’ Things ain’t breakin’ just quite right; When da cards is runnin’ Rotten, an’ it seems no use tuh fight; When da birds for yuh quit Singin’, an’ your troubles sink yuh deep— Yuh can always dope it out, Muh boy, just afore yuh goes tuh sleep. It always takes ’bout ten Minutes tuh get tuh sleepin’ good and soun’: An’ dat’s da time tuh start A thinkin’ how tuh get your troubles down. If your habits got yuh Goin’, an’ yuh hittin’ up da booze, Now’s da time yuh want Tuh think ’bout it most— afore yuh snooze. Den yuh sink down in da Covers an’ gets snuggled in da hay; But your mind just starts in Workin’ on da things yuh done all day. Yuh just sum up all your Troubles, an’ subtracts ’em from da joys— Den yuh goes to sleep A smilin’, an’ a whole lot better boy. —H. Noyer 21

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22 BULKELEY NEWS Fowler’s Flament. I fox trot, one-step, and shimmie all day, Each night it is three when my shanks hit the hay; I hound the tea dancers and guzzle the tea. Sweet girls and their mothers go wild over me. Indifference. “That’s an awful Jane you travel with, Bab.” Bab walks away whistling “She’s Venus de Milo to Me.” Whiton’s Wheeze. Its feet were raised on wooden pegs That threw them out of line; Its shoulders seemed to counterfeit Kyphosis of the spine. With oppressive scent ’twas tainted And its phig was brightly painted, Any student here acquainted With this specimen of MINE ? The things we admire most in other men are the qualities we should develop in ourselves. Think it over. We wish to introduce Mr. James Russell Lowell, a cultivated gentleman, an American, a writer of charm, a man of books, one who browsed around in a library of four thousand volumes, for whom it was easy to say things in the form of a quotation, a good critic and interpreter with ideas of his own. He was a democrat—in fundamental ways one of the deepest we have ever had. To him democracy was more than a scheme of government—it was a spirit of life whose mission would not be fulfilled until every man strong in his personal independence was linked to his fellow man through a free and joyous co-operation based on intelligence. “Boy, page Mr. Le Paige, he has been sticking the hotel.” —Phil. Think it over.

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24 BULKEEEY NEWS ONCE more we will have the annual Bulkeley track meet and this time it will be under the auspices of Company I, C. S. G. This meet as usual will be held in the State Armory, Friday even-Track ing, April nth. You all know that this display of local athletics could not be run last year owing to the fact that the government was using the armory for official business. But that disappointment should not in the least dampen this meet but should create more enthusiasm to prove that Bulkeley has not lost the “pep” that made her famous. Manager Thurston Pendleton and his assistant Ferguson have worked hard and earnestly in preparing for a banner meet. Great interest is being shown by the local Grammar schools, and the Naval and Military Academies, so we of Bulkeley School, who are running the meet, must be represented, and represent- ed emphatically. Our rival high school, Vocational, has announced her intention of contesting, and surely we must be prepared to uphold (and win) our conflicts with the local contester. The Bulkeley-Vocational Relay is the crowning feature, and possibly Norwich and Stonington will enter into the High School Relay. The Grammar School Relay also attracts considerable attention as does each individual contest. Professor Wynne Stevens has generously given his aid in coaching and training the Bulkeley men and intends to present a winning team. Physical Director Young of the local Y. M. C. A has been chosen to fulfill the position as referee. Surely he is known and liked by all and will no doubt officiate in a most satisfactory manner. To the winner in each event a handsome bronze medal will be a-warded. Second and third prizes