Bainbridge Central High School - Echo Yearbook (Bainbridge, NY)

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IN LITERARY ORKS Ode to a Study Hall Desk Proud are your anclent carvmgs Story of deeds once bold Never was here a t1m1d s trace dy. Only of brave are told I Some are deep and steady lmes In scorn of bemg caught Whxle others waver as tho the eye Q Watched for her who taught My K .U J I Secret but for us who know ' 13 Your tales shall ever be For tho the glance finds only lmes It s the fmger that we see Rxght Off the Test Papers' A revenue IS another name for a mmlster Hlspanola IS southeast of the Umted States lower end Champla1n was a French explorer He wanted to go to the New World to get some land and a body of water So he drd and he found some too A wr1t IS a strong fee11ng ' x A Inner tubes Oh' Whats the use of studymg' Emerson wrote For everythmg you have mrssed you have ga1ned somethrng else and for everythmg Q n you garn you lose somethmg Therefore I dont see through rt If I dont study and mrss my exams I w1ll gam somethlng else and lf I do study and pass my exams I mrss somethmg else So I don t see any use rn study1ng Ward K1rkland Cmj 26 How Rudolph Got Hls Red Nose Once upon a trme there llved ln the woods a relndeer named Rudolph Rudolph had a red nose Can you guess why? Well xt all started when Rudolph was hungry so he ran off 1nto the woods Rudolph got so t1red that he stopped But he drdn t stop for long He even forgot that he was trred of runmng for rxght 1n front of h1m he saw a bush of nrce red berrxes He ran so fast that he couldnt stop And what do you thunk' He ran stra1ght 1nto the bush of be rrres When he came out he was loaded wxth them He shook and shook untrl he got all the berrxes off except one llttle berry on hrs nose and that wouldn t come off no matter how hard he shook That s how Rudolph got hrs red nose Nancy Hayes Grade 6 Mrs Stnles . y S 3-. . t E X 4 ' . S . ,, ff f r . pn, tl sl , ,1 . M 1. ' ' ' . 2. . . . , 3. 'i . . -X . ' 'ks 4. . . . . Q 5. Q. What tubes carry the blood thru the body? g KV

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PAST AND PRESENT Senlor faults are many Freshmen have but two Everythmg they say And everyth1ng they do 511W Z' Guess What' E Q My master s name IS Peewee It ll make you laugh I know But I ll always stxck to h1m Because I love hxm so He s always been so good to me I sure owe hlm a lot But there s not much I can do I m really 1n a spot' And oh the n1ce brown colt To me he d1d gxve I' To make me a home And a place to lxve He IS so very wonderful f Q I thmk I ll never go And lf he dxdn t want me f .I I d be scratched away I know But SIHCC I m st1ll here Q . In my cozy l1ttle nest ' Q Ill stay here t1l I d1e ' t So that s why I wondel How I ever came to be ff .XJ What the people and dogs f-F.. Call the pesty l1ttle flea Cla1re jobson Class of 57 'C' I ai '-' My Hundred Years Sleep When I was half a century old I went to sleep the same way old Rlp Van Wmkle d1d so long ago The world was bad enough at that tlme but when I awoke It was about one hundred txmes as bad To be exact I slept 100 years 5 months I5 days 7 hours SQ m1nutes and SQ seconds When I woke up I was an awful lookmg th1ng w1th wh1skers a m1le long I went and cut my wh1skers off wh1ch made fifty sealskm coats for the women OI so called sealskm coats wh1ch gave me S5 ooo whxch prov1ded ve1y well for my short stay on earth The world was just the way1t was back 1n 1850 everybody packlng guns There were about 150 kllled every day IH New York Cxty alone The people wore very few clothes even less than they had ln 1964 Cars were out of style now and the an pl mes WCIC so thlck that they had to use cops ln the sky They ran 1nto each other at a rate of 60 a second I had been on earth Just two days when somebody up and shot me You probably won t belleve any of thls Ne1ther do I for that matter lVI1llard Howland Cmj Elghth Grade 76 Q . 9 ' - Q I W gb I 1 . ' Vf -A . n Q f ' , ' ' v 1 , if 0 f . , ' . y I. y v ' ' Y. v W For it's the very best. -Y Q . I T 1 . 1 Q -J L6 ' .YY X Q s - y 1 A if v 1 . .' 1

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THE SENIOR PLAY Why Drd the Phone R1ng IH the 3rd Act? As IS the custom 1n our school the senrors de clded to put on a play The object of thrs rs to try and make money for the Senlor Trrp at least thats what they tell me Well we prcked out a mystery comedy entrtled Stranger xn the Nrght a thrrller guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seats guessxng lt kept us guessrng all rxght but not to hnd out who done xt Most of us were pretty nervous at try outs How ever we attacked the books w1th all our energy We sxghed w1th rehef when the parts were chosen but began to groan agaxn when we saw the length of some of them From that day on the study hall contamed people who were furrously movmg thexr hps but not saymg anythmg out loud Strange a1rs of mystery pervaded the hall as hyp notrzed senrors stumbled to thelr classes We were mformed that only s1x weeks remamed for us to learn the play Of course we could do 1t' As the weeks wore on thmgs began to grow tense leachers poor thrngs spoke to blank walls and recexved homework whrch had been scrxbbled be tween acts at nrght rehearsals The week of the play began by our puttmg up the flats and pamtmg them A beautrful pmk was chosen Everyone was so crazy about It that soon the floor blouses and slacks and even some heads had taken on a pmk trnge Mrs Darnng had gathered together the odds and ends that made the stage a book and grft shop My' What a trans formatron that was' Mrs Doyle was trymg to get On dress rehearsal mght she also lntroduced us to make up Some of us drdn t take too well to tlus necessrty Fmally the hrst nrght' We were attacked anew by Mr Greasepaxnt and famlly I hadnt quxte declded even yet what to wear I he dressxng room was a mess nothrng could be found Is the house full yet? Get away from the curtam Uld my mother brmg my other shoes? May I borrow your comb? Wart dont ralse the curtam yet I ve just got to get another drmk of water Yes your t1es strarght Is my ha1r all rlght? Oh gee' Here we go' Help me Sylvra they re shppmg' QCarefu1 Betty dont shp on the carpetj Don t you dare drop those thxngs Mable QOops almost drdnt catch that vase I wonder what happened to my vorce It was just herej Thus began the hrst nlghts performance It went smoothly up to the thlrd act Then I forgot that l1ne agam QFrank thats not my hne Thats your lme you re wh1s perxng to me He thmks 1ts mme Oh my gosh' 78 Better say lt anywayj On Saturday though the fun really began T beg1n wrth the weather was terrrble Everyone was tlred and several small trffs arose Some make up was streaked wlth tears Beverly tore her slacks and was mconsolable However the show went on In the second act we had a pause CWhats the matter? Im sure I drdnt forget Why doesnt Phebe cue us? Sally say someth1ng'J We started to wander around the stage I repeated and added some l1nes Nothmg happened Frnally some words tumbled from my hps and I found myself prckrng up somethxng xn a box Everyone looked so strangely at me Backstage I could see Phebe fran tlcally thumbmg through her book Then nt h1t me One of the grrls had mrssed her cue and falled to show up on stage I had uttered Sally s lxne and sklpped some pages Our professlonals plcked It rlght up however and the play went on CWhy doesnt the audrence laugh more? Here comes Edwm oooh' He fell down Gee I guess he was supposed to Those horn rlmmed frames surely do look funny on R1chard Gosh Stub you really scare me ln that make up I must keep a straxght face but that look he gave Nancy was too funny J We launched the thlrd act wlth bravado Thrngs went pretty well unt1l the phone began to rmg QThats not supposed to rrng now Supposmg the button IS stuck or somethmg Gosh I hope they drsconnect the batterles There It stopped Maybe I better answer rt J Hello? Sorry the shop s closed one had the strangest look on h1s face It seems Mrs Darlmg had unknowmgly placed a book on the bell button backstage Later Darwm told me that I had Jumped a m1le That phone bell rmgs rn the desk drawer and I had been sxttmg at the desk QHeart stay st1ll'J Well we were nearlng the end CBetter start cry1ng now Thls IS the scene J I dxdn t put them to use' QOh Ben don t start laughmg now Gee I can t stop shakmg I hope the audrence thlnks Im crymgj The last scene now faced us CThere s Dawn Golly I hope she doesn t trrp on the loose str1p of metal xn the doorway She s startmg to run Whew' Made 1 1 Suddenly the people were clapplng We jumped and laughed for Joy Everyone made up It was over' What a wonderful feelmg Boy we dldnt want to see that stage agaln But yet as tlme passes I often find myself saymg Remember our Senxor Play? Now wasn t that somethmg' Annehese Schnelder OI' . I . Y . - ' I ' , , 1 1 . 0 1 , A l 1 ' - I I ' . 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