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

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12 BULKELEY NEWS A few of the more mortal beings of the school come |back every afternoon. Because they have to ! We’re not all assured of paradise yet. Gordon thinks he’s an orator. We hate to tell him What we think. Mu Sigma has started !!!! Wonder how ? Ker- ridge thinks his name will go down in History. | ancient! Bill Mac Donald is still late for school but not noon sessions. What’s the difference ? “Nuff“ Ced. 'Ehe 'Oampire (With Apologies to Rudyard Kipling) By WEE LLIAMO J. HAHN A fool there was, and a date did declare (Even as you and I) With a rag- and a bone and a hank of hair; We call her the woman who did not care, But the fool he called her his lily fair. (Even as you and I) Oh the time we waste and the hours we waste And neglect our dearest friend To meet the woman who did not care (And now we know that she never could care) And did not understand. A fool there was, and his money he spent (Even as you and I) For telephone calls and a gay dansant And it wasn’t the least what the lady meant But a fool must follow his natural bent. (Even as you and I) The fool, he gained a foolish pride (Which she might have seen when she threw him aside But it isn’t on record the lady tried) And so all advice the fool denied. (Even as you and I) And it isn’t the shame, and it isn’t the blame That burns with a white hot flame, It’s coming to know that she let him go For the sake of some other foolish beau. Then to his friends the fool returned Wiser for the lesson learned. (Even as you and I)

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BULKELEY NEWS 11 (Emittttmils bg “11a Satirical ®ljm” (fill the Legends, a paper of a few pages at the |1,1 ( be kind enough to answer some important joos such as : Is the Sorority still continuing ? Did , „[ the members boast that it would continue as as the meetings were held outside of school, and no ng of one black and one white stocking in the class s? Mio squealed on the adorable children of the fjty Have the Misses Exhibitionists learned the ago “Jass” for their next exhibition in modern Bg? %y has “ Maud ” only one glove ? Who is the “Helen of Troy ” at W, M. I.? When is the next Basket Ball game ? OhlLegenda! Legenda! Please — answer these (ions or we shall sigh-h-h-h-h. You know the boys the paper and the answers to these question will towards it if you are not too brief. !Shelley! Wordsworth! and Keats! awake from your graves and lament with us, no longer is Bernard Bent in our midst ,io more! Oh, never more will he be seen with f those brown shoes and that un-parted hair, ie tramp to Niantic that we lament, iof the squatters, who have jumped Carl Kuester’s gold claim in Niantic along the river Rogers. What is the reason for some unknown boys and coming to school on Wednesday morning without cltssons ? Did Bent really get “water on the knee” from wig football ? Mf. Lyons, “ Say Smith! aren’t you and Farrell 1 to school any more ? ” Mr. Smith, “ Why no. We have our B’s for this Jordan, “ Why did you tear up your test paper Z Mr. Gipstein, “ Well, do you think I’m going to have the fellows see my mistakes and then they will powwow at the end of the month about the mark I get ? ’’ Who holds the record for horn blowing, Hancock or Bent ? ” The student body is still in doubt about the bout between the Wisconsin Wild Cat and Young Pete Herman, which was to take place in Room 8, January 10, 1921. Squeaky Bob, Referee. Yes, the boys don’t have to borrow “ B’s ’’ anymore to entertain Niantic, they “ roll their own.” Funny, isn’t it, how enticing Niantic is. We now lament the loss of “ B ” men, Bent, Mac Mahon, Mar Donald and Nelson. Kuester thinks clam digging at Eastern Point is mud better in Winter. So do we. Behold! an added attraction in New London The Misses Kaufman and Sokol shall accompany Mr Denison, the famous pianist in Musical entertainments a the Public Library evenings. Hancock is very mercurial. It was Evergreen ant Ocean Avenues, then Linden Street and now th Mohican Candy Shop. Hoo! Hoo! Hoo ! Hoo! Speaking of sitting back. Americans are noted fo bravery. True! But when the whole Senior Clas can get in back of Crouch, Hanover, Jerome and Den nison in Science recitation it is a little discrediting. Th Seniors are noted for the small amount of studying the get by on. This might account for it if anyone is res inquisitive.

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BULKELEY NEWS 13 ». m. j. AN ESSAY ON LEMONS. According to Dan Webster’s cousin Noah, a lemon tacid fruit of Citrus Lemonum. But when Dan's B said that, he did not know that in the second o( the twentieth century, the United Vegetable jmn, consisting of peaches, prunes, apples, etc, jj produce a lemon, but a lemon possessing such aes, that it could not, under the circumstances, • under his definition. We all know that there is new specie, or perhaps it isn’t so new; but anyway, xar more about it now, owing to the fact, I suppose, barbarisms and colloquialisms are now-a-days more nlly adopted or accepted. According to the writer of this essay, a 1920 lemon ag from that already described, is the fruit of many a, and is closely related to the apple family. It is acid, but on the contrary is too sweet, and it may or sot be yellow. It has a great affinity for peaches, s, in as much as this affinity does not separate it like “ specie. There are three distinct classes of twentieth century nr. clingstone, those having a tendency to cling to blameystone; sweet hollows, those devoid of any d interior; and just plain, ordinary, soft lemons, those d sap and mush. If any one of these lemons is unable, what in the world must a combination of all of ■be? Basketball practice is still going on. Teams will i be picked and a number of games are being «d. SAFETY f-IRST! The next time we have a fourth period similar to the d January the 1st, be sure and equip yourself with class bathing suit and a life preserver, as you may -them! N’est-ce-pas ? Dear friend, I think I might do worse, 1 Than quote to you this old time verse: If you love you as I love me, No knife can put our love together. L K. (pointing to hammock) “ How much ? ” Salesman, “We guarantee it for 600 pou — eh, two pand a half. NntPH WHO WILL WIN THE PRIZE ? One of the most successful and delightful affairs of . the new year began at the school January 19th and lasted through the 21st. Every student of the Institute was present at least one day. Members of the faculty ' entertained. The most popular event was a guessing : game. Each girl was given a typewritten sheet of queer I and amusing questions. The object was to see who : could guess the largest number of correct answers. The . prize was to have been an indefinite vacation from. studying, but the judges, Justice of the Peace Fitz Gerald and Prosecuting Attorney Neilan are still un-. decided as to who is the proper candidate. The affair came to an end at 1:30 on January 21st. The guests' reluctantly left the school but promised to attend the next “ reunion ” which will be held in June. •i (Cheer up ! Exams only come twice a year.) i; -BAB. 71. At a recent concert given for the benefit of homeless:1 cats, the following solos were rendered : C You made me what I am to-day. . . .L. K. 21 They go wild over me...................E. N. 22 There’s a little spark of love still burning L. G. ’21 Whispering.............................A. B. ’22 I’d rather be a lemon than a grapefruit E. M. ’21 , Tell, tell the story to me.............M. N. '21 j Waiting.................. . A. H. ’21 »]' When the “ Snow ” is softly falling . . E. S. ’21 ,) ■i On February 8th, the Seniors and Sophomore:, challenged the Juniors and Freshmen to a snow fight. It was held at recess. The Sophomores and Junior1 seemed to be among the absent, but the freshies ai j seniors had a real battle. The lower classmen outnum bered the Seniors who looked a little the worse for wea at the end of recess. However, we refuse to say the we were beaten. A number of Senior class meetings have been heli . recently for the purpose of discussing plans for graduation:, A number of festivities including a formal dance, banque and a play have been decided upon. - W. M. I. ’21.