Bancroft School - Blue Moon Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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96 THE BLUE MOON WE NOMINATE FOR THE HALL OF FAME IVIISS JONES! because she is a superb math teacher: because she is so good to her eighth grade: because she endears herself to her pupils and is also a strict disciplinarian: and because her handwriting and her marcel are equally neat. MISS SMITH: because of her sense of humor and delightful repertoire of witty stories: because of her unselfish devotion to her family and friends: because of her long and curly eyelashes, that are the envy of the entire Upper School: and because of her endurance under the strain of being sopho- more adviser. GRACE ORR: because she has a co-operative spirit: because she is efficient on the social committee: because she is one of the minority in the biology class who enjoys cutting things up: and because she has acquired an expansive knowledge of literature. ELEANOR THAYER: because she is always gracious and reliable: because she has a lively sense of humor: because she has an aristocratic bearing: and because, in spite of her aloofness, she is popular with the opposite sex. NANCY BROWN: because her unconventionality adds spice to life: because her skill in basketball was beautiful and indispensable in the Lincoln game: because she is a good sport: and because she has such a thrilling voice. GEORGE I because he is proficient at his many-sided job: because he is always willing and courteous: because he is justly proud of his family: and because he is so good-looking in his white coat at dances. GRACE: because she is an indefatigable worker: because she is cheery and enthusiastic: and because one never gets enough of her cakes and cookies.

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98 THE BLUE MOON Fuzzy fin Englishj : It's just the same old plot-a boy falling in love with his stepmother's son. Junior Sherer: My exams for Brooks have come, Miss Lewis, and you needn't worry about my work any more. They want to find out what I don't know-not what I do know. Henshaw Dewey: Robert Schumann was born in Germany in 1810, when he was nine years old. LAUGHS IN AMERICAN HISTORY Miss Clark: Barbara, what do you know about the Washington Con- ference? Buzzy: They er- um- embalmed the battleshipsf' Miss Clark: Where did the farmers have their distilleries? Ruth Brown: In their back yards. Miss Clark: 'iAfter the Civil War the South was a pretty black propo- sitionf' Miss Clark: Of what value to the United States was the annexation of the island of Guam? B. Pierpont: That's where Guama jelly comes from. Miss Clark: La Follette was a remarkable person. He was greatly in- terested in Shakespeare. Fuzzy: Can't we sell him a ticket to the play? Barbara: What do you think of industry? Faith: Too much work. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Miss Groff: A little blanker expression on that line, June. V. Loud: You can do that all right, June. Fuzzy: Shall I sit down now? Miss Groif: VN'here are you? Fuzzy: 'At hell's gate--!' Miss Lewis: The position of your right arm is wrong in that embrace. Betty Wood: Well, I'm left-handed.