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

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BULKELEY NEWS 11 Squeals by the Squealer LET IT BE KNOWN that since the football season has been completed all members of the team should once more resume the commonplace responsibilities of the ordinary students, those of refraining from their regular twelve o'clock smoke and of arriving in time for the morning prayer instead of continuing on the 9.30 schedule. Of two evils the lesser is by far the better choice so why do some students persist in returning their report cards a week late ? Is parental retribution more gently administered at the later date ? Believe me, boys, it never is ! So why not return them within the prescribed period without the customary five thrown in ? The freshmen have become so absent-minded that they do their algebra on the walls downstairs. Why didn’t Nelson change his position sooner? If he did, the football team would have been able to run both faster and longer. The annual freshman vocation was not enjoyed this year as formerly. The fact however, is viewed with indifference by members of said class. This indifference is attributed by many to lack of spirit but it is more likely the sagacily of their young minds which induces them to remain in the study hall until 1.30. Why doesn’t the musical talent take more interest in the school orchestra ? Why do the freshmen wipe their hands on the Seniors backs as they come upstairs from recess ? Who doesn’t like our new faculty ?

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10 BULKELEY NEWS Don’t you wish you knew ? If Henkle Sweet Scott was ever in Willimantic? Whether Red Sistare thinks he is Napolean? How to get 99% for a monthly average without studying? Whether Polinsky is in mourning when he wears purple socks or whether he has African tendencies? If Karl Kuester is a relative of the late Crown Prince? Who ties Mr. Phillips’ cute little bow tie? Who the Squealer is? If it is to hide a dirty shirt that “Beans” wears a black sweater continually? If McConnell’s perfect French accent is a result of Juicy Fruit ? Whether Round is always Square with the teachers ? Whether Fitch is funny ? How Greenblatt gets that way ? Whether Eugene B. Lawrence Jr., still carries handcuffs and a revolver with him as a protection against the wild women of his acquaintance ? How N. F. A. got their lone goal on November 22, 1919 ? (Ask Connors, he knows). Whether it is true that Tom Cassara is selling photos of himself for ten cents a piece ? Whether Meech is a secret agent for some Bolshevist’s tonsorial parlors? Where Prof. Lawrence keeps the H20 ? When the next issue of the “News” is coming out? Who the writer of this is? ?

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12 BULKELEY NEWS Why don’t we have singing in the morning like we did last year? It sort of cuts down the Seniors’ math, period. It will perhaps be noticed by the older classmen that the gymnasium has been removed during the summer vacation. This wonderful apparatus, the joy of freshmen, has at last disappeared beneath the strong hand of Father Time. It has possibly been decided by the trustees that our stomachs demand more attention than the rest of us (head excluded) and have therefor authorized Mr. Marion to establish a lunch counter in place of the beloved exerciser. It seems that the freshmen are still inoculated with that spirit of grammar school childishness, so common to all freshmen. Evidently the Sophs have failed in their duty. The customary rite of baptizing them with H20 has been sadly neglected. Oh that even a class of Sophs should turn out so ! The school certainly has to be congratulated on the way it responded to the call of the football team for sweaters. It evinced some of the best school spirit ever shown in Bulkeley—and that’s saying something. The students on the whole are very conscientious in realizing why the rubbish barrels were placed in the cellar. Why not have a few debates this year ? WThy are the Seniors so anxious to learn about anything that does not concern the chemistry lesson ? It is said that the Sophomores are working hard upon a new process of fermentation. By the time they are Seniors they expect to have turned the laboratory into a brewery. Oh happy days ! It is then that the trustees will have to bother their poor heads about erecting a building to accommodate the numberless P. G.’s. Why is there no telephone at school? Such a device would perhaps amuse the children during recess. If they keep on sending us such small sizes in Freshmen, a nursery