Bloomfield High School - Memories Yearbook (Bloomfield, NJ)

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The Family Not being a white-winged angel Or one of the haloed saints, I've got a few kicks coming And l've got a few complaints. Have one of you a family? Then you have my sympathy. Let's talk of our wrongs together, And recite our misery. W'hen you have a gentleman caller And you answer the doorbell ring, Oh, isn't it always the family XYho stands around to sing: Oh, how do you do, Mr. So and So? Give me your coat and hat. And then they stand talking and talking Forever, about this or that. And then when you have him at last to yourself, Oh, isn't it dear little brother VVho hides 'neath the sofa and listens Until he begins to smother? And when we two are at the door And just start to say. Good night, Oh, isn't it like dear old daddy To suddenly turn on the light? And when we're automobiling. As always dear mother's so kind. She says with a smile, Children, ride in I always ride behind. And when you have a 'phone call And you want to be alone, Oh, isn't it just like the family To have business around the 'phone? Some day I'll build a hermitage. And live there all alone, And on the door I'll pin a sign That reads, God Bless Our Home. front The MOOD The full moon is a great magician Drifting through the sky to-night, Clothing all the earth below him In a dress of silver light. Roofs of houses, roofs of churches, All are dressed in silken sheen, And the branches of the elm trees Cast their shadows on the green. He has watched them grow from seedlings Into giants, great and strong, As he wandered through the heavens All throughout the ages long. He has seen the great explorers Sailing to a foreign shore, 1 He has watched men's peace-time ventures, And has witnessed every war. He has watched the XYise Men wander By the guiding starlight ledg And he guards the crowded cities, And the graveyard of the dead. Though he seems a man of wisdom, Musing while the whole world sleeps, Like a prophet deaf and speechless To himself his thoughts he keeps. i G. K. D., '21, Miss Smith that mention of graduationj- Yes, grad uation means a lot of work if any of you are going to graduate. 31

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Our Colors She spoke of the two gay colors True Bloomfield hearts all prizeg Red, the hue of her two sweet lips, And Gray, like her sparkling eyes, And she asked me as she toyed with The ribbons on her breast, XYhich I thought the leading color And which I liked the best. Well, I said, Uthe combination, Is what we all admire, But perhaps red's the chief one, The color of blood and fire. Cold gray is like a background, As the sky is to the sung It is the red that has inspired us In all our victories won. Gray, like the mists of evening, NVould cover our retreat, In case-Oh, I-leaven defend us!- Vlfe should ever meet defeat. The Gray is a beautiful setting, But wherever we may be led, I hope I will always follow Its brighter partner, Red. VVith that sweet maid one summer night, I sat 'neath starlit skies, We spoke no more of colors, Save those of hair and eyes. lfVhen I asked her if I might kiss her, Her sweet red lips said, Nay,l' But her clear gray eyes spoke otherwise- THAT time I followed Gray! A. E. XV., '2I. 30 I., .,,.,,. I 1. Pop the Question I took her rowing on the lake, She vowed she'd go no more, I asked her why-her answer came: 'fYou only hugged the shore. I took her hand in mine and said: May I the question pop ?,' She coyly bent her pretty head: You'd better question Pop. H. S. S., ,2T. Did You Ever? A famous Philosopher has said that nothing is im- possible, but did you ever try: To-skip a gym period and get away with it? To-pass a test by studying the night before? To-convince Mr. Lawrence that you weren't late. To-talk in Miss Crissey's study? To-change your sneaks and get to study hall in three minutes flat? To-tell a Freshman something? To-look cheerful when you flunk a final? To-do your Spanish or Latin in one study period? To-take a subject with more than one conflict? To-make up a good excuse of why you were late? Did Ia? It can't be done. 'J C. A. J., ,2I.

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