Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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FUNNYGRAPH5 Miss r ioeker (addressing Freshman from Lyiiiifield) : Tend to your work now, Joll, you can see t.iie automobiles any time. Wise Freshman: Not in Lynnfield. Miss Ingram (pointing to a small tree whose brandies were somewhat destroj ' ed by tlie sleet storm) : Now, class,, look at that tree and imagine you see the battlefields of France. Miss Gilmore: Why are the middle ages known as the dark ages? Miss Dennehey: Because there were so many (k) nights. Ingertoii: What ' s all the row about? Coughlin : Just tlie advertising manager and the art editor scrapping about who does all tlie literary work on this magazine. Alice McEvoy: I know just what I want to say, but I don ' t know how to express it. Lillian Salvati: Whisper it to me, and I ' ll tell the class. Mr. Fisher: What is the principal differ- ence between ancient and modern times? Young, ' 22: Well one of the main points is that the modern earn their livng while the ancient urned their dead. Mr. Jones is trying to teach some Grammar School children the well-known song, Little (hops of water. Little grains of sand , but they don ' t show much enthusiasm, so he says, Now! start over again. Already? ' Little drops of water ' and for heaven ' s sake put a little spirit into it! ! ! ! Cutter: I wish I were a star. Kinkie: I wish you were a comet, then you ' d only come around once every year. What kind of an instrument is that? Shoe horn. What notes does it play? Foot notes. — Ex. Young, ' 22: What is the matter with Mr. Peterson ' s eyes? Smith, ' 22: They are all right as far as I know. Why? Young, ' 22: I went in his office yesterday afternoon and he asked me twice where my hat was, and it was on my head all the time. According to the recent current history test, we hear that Lenine and Trotsky are famous musicians. Christy Mathewson, a well-known minister and Madamei Curie, the French cham- pion tennis player. 27

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FINAL EXAMINATIONS ARE NOT FAR AWAY Tlie final examinations will soon be held. Now is tlie time to prcijare for them. If each follow would learn each day ' s lesson as it i,5 assigned to him, there would be far fewer failures in the examinations. Tlie old provcrl) says, Procrastination is tlie thief of time. ' ' So don ' t try to get l)y ; tliat ' s not the reason for which we come to school. School is the place to learn and to assimilate facts and to develop the ability to think clearly and reason logically. There is no better time tlian the present in which to do it. The fellow who simply goes along until just before examinations, satisfied to get by, and then has to cram to pass the examinations, never gets anywhere. Oftentimes a fellow blest with a good memory succeeds by doing tills. However, in the long run, that fellow will discover that it does not pay. In college a good foundation is essential before the moi ' C ad anecd su))jects can be undertaken. This is just as true after graduation from high school and college. The man who succeeds in busi- ness or in any task is the man who has the facts and has the ability to use the facts properly. THOMAS W. JAZUKAWIZ, ' 22. WHO SENT THE ICEBERGS? The freshmen of Koom 12 were having a Valentine party on February 14, 1922. It was understood by tlie pupils that the party was to begin at five and end at six, and that there would not 1)6 any refreshments. Shortly after 5.1.5, one of the clerks from Bonney Dutton ' s drug store appeared at the door, carr. ' ing an unexpected parcel. Miss Reed and the pupils were surprised when, after finishing the game they were playing, they inspected the box. On the paper that covered this mysterious parcel was printed, To be delivered at Room 12, Wakefield High School, Fcliruray 14, at 5.20 o ' clock, P.M. They then took the cover from the box, and found another box, although this time a red, heart-shaped one. On top of the colored box was a valentine on which was printed, To the l)oys and girls of Room 12, from a friend. When the cover of the heart-shaped box was removed, lialf of tlie mystery was solved, for it contained thirty or more icel)ergs, neatly packed. Tlie other half of the mystery still remains a secret. Who sent the icebergs? MAE MORGAN, ' 25. SUNSET The sun sinks in the golden west; The clouds reflect his beams. The birds are singing in their nests. The workman stops and dreams. The dusk then falls on meadows green, And woods grow dark and still. While toward the East dim lights are seen. And the moon looks o ' er the hill. JAMES McTAGUE, ' 25. Div. B. SPRINGTIME It is Springtime everywhere, The whole world ' s fresh and bright! The birds who went to warmer climes, Are returning from their flight. The leaves are peeping from the trees. The brook is overflowing ; And on the lawn so green I see A dauilelion a-growing. RUTH JONES, ' 23. THE MOON Up to the moon I went last night, It was a glorious flight, Up through the fleecy clouds I flew. Beheld the sky so blue. Studded with golden stars. Then soon 1 entered the smiling moon. What wondrous sights to there behold, Pal.-ices high and sti ' ccts of gold, l ' eoi)le and animals queer and tall, Tlieii 1 began to fall, .Vnd 1 awoke. How riuecr it seemed, That tills 1 had seen was but a dream. GLADYS WHITNEY. EVENING O ' er the lake there rose the moon. Shedding its light. Down the lake there was a loon, Winging its flight. Near the ragged eastern shore. With all his might, The whiiiiioorwill his song did pour Into the night. WALTER PERKINS, ' 23. ?6

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bid you see that movie called ' Oliver Twist ' ? Yes, and wouldn ' t it made a pcatdi of a book? — Ex. Mr. rislier: Where was the Armistice signed? Beansy: In the lower right-hand corner. (Clever chap.) Miss Schwab to Commercial English Class: Don ' t you realize that these are tlie phrases we liave lieen using for the past 50 years? Mr. Fislier: Tliey say they haven ' t dis- covered perpetual motion, yet, but look at Ward ' s moutli. Ward : Iiiertijx keeps it going. Ingerton : What is inertia, anyway, Fred? Ward: Why, it is tliat wliieli keeps a thing going after it has stopped. Eaymond Dower, Jr.: Papa, wdien are the Indians coming on? Mr. Dower: Hush, dear, there arc no In- dians. Eaymond, Jr.: Then wlio scalped all the men in the front seats? Miss Sharkey: Who are you back for? Maroney: Miss Behavior. Miss ftharkey, to Ward in English Class: Name the relative pronouns. Ward (lialf asleep) : Uncles, aunts and cousins. TO OUR FOOTBALL BOYS Give us just another Mullen, (!aptaiii Hall or Danny, too. Just a Coughlin or a Fuller, Op Bo ' ' Grant to rij) right thru; Just a Sidney, King or Crosby With Frank and Ed to do or die, And you ' ll always find tliem fighting. For our good old Wakefield High. Student: Are you a ' Sliifter ' ? Prof.: No, but I ' m a ' Susi)ender ' . Don ' t let me see you liere for a week. Thei wise old owl, he sat in an oak, The more he sat, the less he spoke. The loss he spoke, the more he heard, Why can ' t we be like that wise old bird? Miss Iliatt: Don ' t cry, liltle l)oy. You ' ll get your reward in the end. Little boy: S ' pose so. That ' s where I alius do git it. The Debater is a great invention. The school receives the fame, The printer t;ikes the money. The staff gets all the blame. AELENE M. GAEDNEE, ' 22. Mr. Preble: Miss Kingston, when rain falls, does it ever rise again? Yes, sir. Mr. Preble: When? Miss Kingston: Oh, in dew time. Young Oxley (in the Ijarljer ' s chair) Barber: How vill you have .your hair cut, young fellow? Oxley (looking at Mr. Fulton, who is in the next chair): Cut with a hole in the middle like Mr. Fulton ' s. Mr. Fislier to History Class: What did the Irish establish when they came to America? Eddie Corcoran: The Police Department. Mr. Preble: What is density? Ward: I can ' t define it, sir, but I can give a good cxam])le. Mr. Preble: Your illusl ration is good, sit down. Mr. Dower: Wliat are the three w.ays of spreading news? Maronc.y: Oh, we give up. Jazz: Telephone, telegram, and tell a woman. Eppa : Why do they call Micky June ? Maronej ' : Because he ' s ahva.ys after IMay. (An old story, now) Mr. Dower: Now when two bodies in motion come together, is heat generated? Ingerton: No, sir. I hit a guy j esterday .and lie knocked me cold. Mr. I ' rclile: My mission is saving girls. Maronc.y: Save a couple for me, Doe. Maroney: M.y face is my fortune. Ingerton: No wonder you ' re always Iirokc. I Iiiri)liy (springing an ;ilil)i) : I didn ' t do the lesson for today. I lost tlie assignment. Miss Donovan: It ' s strange how you lose things. There was no lesson for today. I didn ' t give out any assignment. Musha : I hear that two classes are claim- ing Ilaggerty. D;iiiny: Gee, he must lie getting popular. .Mush.a ' ' : Yes. Tlie Juniors claim he ' s a Sen- ior, ;iiid the Seniors claim he ' s :v Junior. 28