Arms Academy - Student Yearbook (Shelburne Falls, MA)

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AN EPISODE In study hall The ruling is. To each and all. Mind your own biz. No teacher's near: No one is wise. The path is clear- A spit-ball iliesl Do I feel small? Boy, was I dumb? Detention Hall. Yes, here I comel Ioan Davenport. '40 OUR BUS The bus in which we ride is old. A relic of by-gone days. Broken windows let in the cold. But its brilliant color stays. The ragged seats are ripped and torn. Better days they all have seen: Its springs. we know. are badly worn And the floor is seldom clean. All this is very bad. you say. But it's to the riders' liking. And they're sure to tell you any day That it's very much better than hikin Dorothy Peck. '40 LOGARITHMS Logarithms are something That make you want to take A little row and sink them In the middle of the lake. Olive Ware. '40 Q. LIMERICK A girl I know once baked a cake Which had a ridiculous shape. When asked. What's the matter? She said. It's the batter: I tried to save 'dough' on this cake. Lowell Brown, '40 ASSIGNMENT You told me I must write some verse Or you would give me something worse I'd like to write some if I could But Nature never meant I should. Marcia Hall, '40 SCHOOL Arms Academy's a line old school Where they teach the golden rule: English. French. and all such things Are as boring as ancient kings. But algebra and geom are worse than that: They require a mental acrobat! Bookkeeping. shorthand. and all that stuli Are not so bad: but they're bad enough On the whole we're not misused. Though oiten we ieel that we're abused While we're here we fuss and fret. But when we leave our eyes are wet. Marion MacDonald. '40 Page Sixty Nine 1

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THE ARMS PRIMER A is for Aggie , Athletics. and Art. B is for Biology fbetter be smartll. C is for Chemistry finteresting stuffll. D is for Dramatics fwe don't have enoughll, E is for Exams at the end of the term. F is for Faculty. gentle but firm. G is for Geom with its angles and planes. H is for High School with keen. youthful brains. I is for lndustry. pleasing to teachers. Iis for the Iokes that we find in the features. K is for the Knowledge we're striving to gain. L is for Lectures fsome are such a painll. M is for Music-much fun and some toil. N is for Nights when we burn midnight oil. O is for Office: keep away if you can. P is for our Parents who generously plan. Q is for Questions. hard. easy. and queer. R is for Receptions. big nights of the year. S is for Shop. a fine place we all say. T is for Time we should budget each day. U is for Useful: we all try to be. V is for Vacation when days are so free. W is for Watkins. so calm and sedate. X marks the spot we're put on if we're late. Y is for You. tall or short. tan or pale. Z is for the Zeal with which we end this talel Ioan Davenport. '40 THE PERFECT ARMS SENIOR Girl Mabel Blake's complexion Mary Wood's hair Maysie Taylor's eyes Shirley Lowell's smile Iune Gray's enthusiasm Carol McQuade's disposition Barbara Gilderdale's brain power Anna Harris's sportsmanship Gretchen Mirick's athletic skill Luella Tetreault's dancing feet lane Adams's clothes Phyllis Oates's musical skill Doris I.yman's business acumen Mary Wood's poise Shirley Lowell's tact Marguerite Call's ability to make friends Boy Leo Tetreault's complexion Donald Alden's hair Allan Kelton's eyes Raymond Berard's smile Harper Gerry's physique Albert Farrell's disposition Merton Batchelder's brain power William Riley's sportsmanship Ioseph Tomasini's business acumen Arthur March's interest in his work William Meyers's pep Richard Lovering's clothes Harper Gerry's athletic ability Merton Batchelder's poise Robert Scott's consideration for others Page Sixty-Eight FOUR YEARS The first sees little freshmen In gingham and short breeches Leaming all the high-school ropes With a minimum of hitches. The second is a different year. Perhaps they get a steady: They try to act grown up a bit. But. really. are they ready? The third is nearer heaven. They dance and have a prom: They try to share their wisdom With Harry. Dick. and Tom. The fourth they are sophisticates. They've finally leamed the way But when the last of Iune arrives. It's their commencement dayl Olive Ware. '40 COMPENSATION Why do people argue what's best A Plymouth. a Ford. or a Dodge? It makes no difference anyway They all land in the garage. lust give me a broken down old plug And an old ramshackle hack: Then I can travel anywhere And be sure of getting back. The young man likes a car. of course When he's taking out his lass: He doesn't like a horse, because It won't run out of gas. Frederick Walker. '40 CHEMISTRY CLASS Chemistry class is lots of fun Except that most of us are dumb: Some get A's and some get B's. But the gang and I iust stick to C's. When an experiment comes along Mr. Frude finds something wrong. But that's his iob. as we all know. Why do you think he gets his dough ? Francis Stone. '40 THE REASON You ask me why I feel downcast And why I seem so queer. But perhaps you wouldn't wonder If the reason you should hear. Do l act a little spiteful? Am I a trifle impolite? Well. I'll tell you why-I gormandixed On salted nuts last night. Ioan Davenport. '40

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