Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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THE FACULTY

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(THE ORACLE) Our Ship of State olisten, my children, and you shall hear Of the tal e of our class through all four years. In the month of September in Twenty-five We shored forth our frigate through Abington High. We chose as our captains If ern and JjxTf ue— One each for Senior T and Senior A crew— And then as ‘'vice-captains” for the trip Jfpssiter and Tear son, to help steer our ship. We might, have done well with these officers four Tut to insure a safe trip we selected some more. To ffoberts and (jentner we all paid our fare To cover the expenses of food and repair— We fixed as ffecorder of‘Deeds while on board Toth Ambler and IMallory, then onward we roared. For a while all went smoothly, as forward we plied Tut soon in the distance a (jlacier we spied; Its name was called Mid-Years, and we were so near. We could not help bump it, though carefid we steer. So some lost their lives in the terrible crash. Tut most came out bravely with never a scratch. Soon our luck changed and we came to an isle Where the whole population was wearing a smile. We anchored our boat and sent six men ashore— Wood, Shanken, and Qoldsmith, Smyth, Trady, and Tforke— They found on this island a great deal of knowledge •And immediately won fame in the Honor i{oll Qollege. We sailed on once more for many a day— •A few became seasick and died on the way— Our next port was Hurdles, a -ffational i ace. And we sent in fa'Ifue who won us third place. Tut after a time our food ebbed away And we had to replenish at Athletic Tay. With Ifern as head fisherman, the athletes cast lines 4 12 ]r-