Bancroft School - Blue Moon Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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82 THE BLUE MOON her to the veterinary to have her shot, when my aunt met this gentleman with the dog. She liked the dog so much that she took it home with her. When I Went abroad to visit my aunt, I spent most of my time with Fifi. We both liked each other very much. As I left to go home, my aunt gave me Fifi for a present. She is a very clever dog, and understands three languages-French, Ger- man, and English, She also can sing and almost talk in dog language. IRENE MCLAURIN, Class VI THE BOSTON TEA PARTY WE ALL like tea, And so you see The Boston people drank it. Taxed tea came in, And in the din Some Boston people sank it. It was this way- Ill-fated day- To Boston came some tea, The people said Noi Back it must go, It is taxed too heavily. It happened then Some Boston men Appeared as Mohawks dressed: Right down the street, With hurrying feet, They ran and yelled their best. They reached the floats, They manned the boats, And to the tea ships rovved. A motley crowd, They shouted loud, What feathers and paint they showed. The tea was dumped, The bottom bumped, Too bad it had been sent. And so the sea Got all the tea And did not pay a cent. BARBARA EMMONS, Class VI

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THE BLUE MOON 81 out to be. The brother, after nodding his approval, disappeared in the same fashion as he had come. It was late that night when Banna mounted the stairs, and was greatly surprised to find his bureau filled with snow, No pajamas tonight, said he, with an attempt at laughing. But when he went to hang up his suit and found the closet full of snow, he threw himself upon the snow-filled bed, and spent a miserable night, You may well imagine his anger next morning when he found that the guest he had treated so kindly, had pasted all over the town signs to this effect: BANNA THE GOOD-NATURED HAS LOST HIS GOOD NATURE To this very day the Babylonians, hospitable as they are, will never give shelter to anyone with an excessive amount of hair. This story partly explains why the early Babylonians had shaven heads. JANET PIERPONT, Class VII A DAY IN A WOOD ALL around me are trees. Underneath my feet is a soft carpet of pine needles. The trees form an arch and there is a soft whispering and sighing of the wind as it blows through the pines. Through a little vista among the trees I see a lake softly rippling against the shore, while in the dis- tance the opposite shore, with trees waving, is in shadow. It is warm day and birds are singing softly. Now the sun is just going down and a faint sunset is glowing. The water is beginning to color, and birds swooping to get fish make a faint splash. The birds fly off to their nests, but soon they will be back again. The sun has gone down and the woods are beginning to get dark. A whip-poor-will is just calling, and its mate has answered. Now they are quiet. The moon is peeping through the trees, and all is still. BARBARA HEYWOOD, Class VII OUR DOG FIFI FIFI is the name of our dog. She was born in Germany, and later she be- longed to a French officer. Fifi is a Rehpinscher, which means in English Hdeerpinscherf' When the French left the occupied zone at midnight, June 30, 1930, Fifi was found in an empty house which the French had left. The owner of the house dis- covered her two days later. He did not want her, and he was about to take

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THE BLUE MOON 83 SELECTIONS FROM THE DIARY OF FRANCIS CARLTONWOOD Captain Smith was out in his boat and his clothes took fire. He was badly burned. July 15, 1619 Today the first women arrived. Most of the men chose wives, but I did not. August 5,1619 A few slaves got here to take care of the tobacco. Later, when I have more money, I will buy some. April 15, 1623 An Indian Maiden, Pocahontas, or Matoa as she is known to her tribe, and John Rolfe, a settler, were married by the Rev. Mr. Whittaker. I was sick and couldn't attend the wedding, but I heard every detail about it. The chapel was trimmed with scarlet-berried holly. Pocahontas was dressed in a tunic of white muslin. On her head was a long and flowing veil, and hanging loose to her feet was a rich robe presented to her by the Governor, Sir Thomas Dale. On her head she wore a filet of gorgeous plumes, and on her wrists and ankles many native bracelets. The people of Jamestown are very pleased with this marriage. Pocahontas is the first Christian convert in the Virginia Colony. ANNE BIGELOW, Class V1 April 20, 1608 NEWS OF CORNWALLIS' SURRENDER UTHEN it was a defeat for us? No. Lieutenant James had not been present at the surrender at Yorktown. Captatin Dane, on the contrary, had had an active part in it. These two pals were talking together in the Lieutenant's house, where, two days later, the news of the surrender had not arrived. We won then? said James, unable to believe his ears. Tell me about it. , What could Cornwallis do but surrender? You see he was surrounded on all sides at Yorktown: American troops-French troops-French fleet- and then came Washington down from the North. Clever of Washington. Very. Well, as I was saying, Cornwallis had to surrender. So the cow- ard pretended he was sick, and he had another soldier present his sword. Mighty sneaky, I call it. So do I. Here the Captain paused to light his pipe and put another log on the fire. Washington forbade our cheering. He said, 'My boys, let