Bayley Ellard High School - Mitre Yearbook (Madison, NJ)

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1928 THE 73AY.C6Y QANNUAL 1928 VN- -.- W... W 7, may ff-X Q 1 LAST WILL 0 TESHMENT e rf Q 4 Rli.iX'l,' anxiety and chaos has prevailed through out the High School during the last few weeks. Current report has informed the pupils that i g, the life of the Senior Class is fast declining. Many specialists have been summoned but they can apply no remedy. In fact they have stated that the Class of twenty-eight can not possibly live longer than the end of june. They have diagnosed the case as the result of advanced age. XYhen the Seniors were notified that their scholastic life must end, they received the news rather placidly and drew up their last will and testament. Though it is not usual to read the will till the funeral services are over, the Seniors, desirous of having their various bequests settled are deviating somewhat from the traditions and persist in having the will made public now. We the Class of Ninteen 'l'wenty-eight of liayley High School in the town of Morris, Xew tlersey, being of exceptionally sound mind, memory and under- standing do make and declare our last will and testament in the manner and form following: ,li'IRs'1': To Rev. Father lillard, our beloved pastor and father, we leave and bequeath our love and fidelity and in return we only beg that he bless us on our way and pray that we may successfully attain God's holy will. SECONIJZ 'l'o our teachers, the Sisters, we bequeath our love and gratitude for their guidance and for the patience with which they have endured our errors and imperfections. 'l'HIRn: To the jolly juniors we leave our dignity and superiority. VVe place upon their weak and inexperienced shoulders the mantle of leadership. Let us hope it will fortify them and with us as their exemplars command the respect and marvelous approbation of the entire school-world. NVe bequeath to liiffy-figlzf

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1928 -THE BAYLEY QANNUAL 1928 VN - 498 Ely, john Parmegiani, Michael NVillean, Thomas Murray, Vincent Lake and James Costanzo. First one then another handles the test tube, holds it in the light and looks doubtful. Now.the door suddenly opens, another white-robed individual comes into the room. The test tube is given to him and to the amazement of all he drinks the contents, cooly walks to the blackboard and writes HQO. One boy in the picture compares favorably with this chemist. It is George Mott. QWhen George begins to make marvelous discoveries in science, this test tube may be valuable to himj Now before me is the interior of a hospital. The clean tile floors, the order in which the beds are arranged, the immaculate garb of the nurses, and here and there the sombre habit of the Sisters of Charity-all tend to intensify the calmness of the scene. There is a restless patient, Josephine Becker, whom it seems the nurses, Helen Vanderhoff, Eleanor Prendergast and Josephine Hallinan are futilly trying to comfort. Almost despairing they call one of the Sisters. The nun comes to the patient and sits down by her bedside. Gently she bathes her forehead and she soon becomes placid and falls into a deep sleep. I am certain it is the same Mary Callahan of your picture who is the Sister of Charity in the vision. CI conjecture that Mary is the rightful owner of these rosary beads. Pray for us, poor sinnersj The next picture presents a spacious field on which the Olympic games are being played. A large assemblage is being collected in the immense stadium. The relay team from the United States appears on the field and the representa- tives on the American section of the grandstand vigorouslywave 'Old Glory.' The teams-French, American, British and Belgian, are lined up for the race. Lo! the Americans are Francis McDermott, Joseph Dugan and joseph Kinsella. They are off! Like wild deer they bound over the rough path. The American runners in the first three laps lose ground and the French are in the lead. The last American sprinter takes the cork about thirty yards behind the French and British. He speeds along over the track gaining constantly inch by inch. The spectators hold their breath. Down the Held comes one American putting every ounce of vim into his almost exhausted legs. He is side-by-side his opponents and with a final burst of speed crosses the tape only a couple of seconds ahead of the others. I see that it is james Doody. QPerhaps James will appreciate this book of Spalding's rules.j The next scene is a large stage on which actors in Elizabethan costumes are rehearsing. Two of these appear to be Eleanor Callanan and Catherine Camisa. Directly in front of the stage, with his back to me, is the director, holding a much-worn book in one hand and pressing closely a cigar with the other. At the crucial point in the play poor unfortunate Catherine, in her endeavor to cross the stage, trips and falls against the rickety table hurling a bottle of counterfeit wine into the her0ine's lap. The director throws his cigar on the floor with furious vim, and moves about like an enraged tiger. VVhen the smoke fades away I see that the heroine is Eleanor Callanan and the director, Francis Conners. fHow to become a successful director is a good present for Francis.j Fifty-sezwz

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--'W-ff'm'+t'M'm'f' C: WWW 1928 f1'He 'BAYLSY .ANNUAL 1928 QI IW them the great ambition to attain our exalted standard in scholarship and athletics. To them alone we bequeath the enviable right to invade our sacred room and to succeed us as Seniors of Bayley High School, but this only on condition that they conduct themselves in a manner to win so great a privilege. The following requests are made individually: FIRST! To Charlotte Klinger, Margaret N erney leaves her jolly disposition and her watch to keep the boys informed as to the time. To NVinifred Mulcahy she bequeaths her love for Spanish traditions and her attraction for handsome movie actors. SECOND: To George Blaine, George Mott's particular way of translating Latin. THIRD: To John McKenzie, Vincent Hurley's chivalrous task of emptying the scrap basket every Friday afternoon. . ' FOURTH: To Henry Dempsey, Vincent Lake bequeaths his vast amount of knowledge and a detective story which he has for months safely concealed behind the radiator. FIFTH: To John Giordano, Francis Conner's violent attraction for science but with the warning not to get his brain mixed up with Hydrochloric Acid. SIXTH: To Anne Conners a book of verses by Edward Gogerty, as she is the only one in sympathy with his heart and sentiments. SEVENTH: To John Cattano, the rattle and drum which always amused LeRoy Ely. EIGHTH: To Paul Pagano, love and attraction for the New York Giants and the right of defending them in all baseball arguments in the school. NINTH: To Eleanor Prendergast, Francis McDermott bequeaths all the trials and tribulations of the Editor of the Bayley Annual. He also leaves a book on Diplomacy. QPeruse it carefully, Eleanor, for you must be forearmed when ambitious authors indignantly ask why you didn't publish their last story.j TENTH: To Roger Flanagan, Francis Geary's spirit of industry. ELEVENTH: To David McCarthy, Mary Callahan's ability in Spanish. TWELFTH: To Mary Clare Collins, one stick of peppermint candy, to be kept until next fall when it is to be unwrapped and broken into as many portions as there are Freshmen and distributed among them. THIRTEENTH: To Mary Byrnes, Catherine Camisa's hilarious laughter. May it diffuse gladness ever and anon. Fifty-nine