Buffalo High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Buffalo, MT)

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In the year, 1921, early in September, there set sail over the Sea of Knowledge a magnificent ship proudly bearing aloft floating banners of maroon and gold. This ship was headed for a far distant land called the Land of Graduation, .which could be reached only after a long voy- age of four years over this much trav- eled, but to them, unknown sea. There were four isles-----Freshmen; Sophomore, or the Land of Wise Fools; Junior and Senior, or the Land of the Owls-----to be thoroughly explored before reaching this Promised Land. On board the ship there were thirteen voyagers, called Freshmen, each firmly re- solved to succeed or go down with the ship. The first pert reached was Freshman Isle. Here many were so enchanted by the charms in and about it, that they were loath to depart, and even took no heed of the ship when it finally sailed away. So they had to be left behind to be pick- ed up by some other fleet,at the cost of arriving at the Promised Land a year later. On Freshman Isle a terrible po- litical battle took place. Am certain red-haired cannibal Joined the new- comers and threatened to eat them a- live, so they elected her rular of the tribe and there- after all trouble of violent nature subsided. Occasionally, however, a big social blowout shattered the peace and tranquil- ity on and about the island, Especially Hazel Avery's party will be remembered as the affair of the season. Everyone will remember Hazel's beautiful gown on 'that occasion. Luring the year other forms of 15

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 )( )( CLASS POEM )( )( How fine we are! See how they stare )( Those little baby Freshmen there I )( And when we speak they answer Sir! ){ With halting breath and hearts astir )( )( And admiration veiled but keen )( In ovary Soph’more’s face is seen; )( Eaoh longs to dazzle all the world )( With knowledge such as we’ve unfurled» )( We set the paco for Juniors bold; )( Who onvy us the place we Isold; )( Yet feel inspired to work until )( Next year they hold the placo wo fill )( )( The Teachers who are wise and just, )( Look up to us with perfect trust, )( Our Mothers gaze on us with pride, )( No more our Fathers warn and chide )( While Friends exclaim in pleased delight; )( That Senior Class is sure all right'. )( )( We’ve probed the mysteries of earth, )( We’ve traced all science to its birth; }( We’ve shown the unbelieving throng )( That what we say is never wrong. )f .We are the ones who will inspire ){ All those that greatness do desire. )( The Poet sings our praise in rhyme, )( Our fame resounds in every clime; )( On us kind Fortune honor showers; )( All hail to us, the world is ours! )( )( (-)(-){ )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( }( )( )( )( )( )( )( )f )( )( )( )( )( H )( H )( )f )( H )f )( )( H )( )( (-){-)(

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dissipation were indulged in» Nothing regarding this will he disclosed here, however,, N After an enjoyable year the Freshmen for the next port, the Isle of Wise Fools. Isle they felt their heads begin to swall selves very wise indeed. Upon landing they found that they were no longer Freshmen, hut Sophomores, much like those they had met the year before , hut much wiser. Everything was quite dif- ferent from Freshman Isle, Part of their food was changed; they now had ge ometry in place of algebra, heside many other rearrangements of the menu, and though most of their number relished the change exceedingly, a few were heard to lament for the more easily di- gested fare of Freshman Isle. took their departure As they neared this , and thought them- It was upon this Isle that they found Caesar's bridge, of which they had heard so much, but sad to relate, they found glued to it several poor belated strangers, remnants of the preceeding Sophomore class, gazing longingly into the Sea of Knowledge, des- perately desiring to throw themselves head long into its enveloping shoals and he im- mersed therin. However, this fear proved to he impossible for these poor wretches as each time they would try to sink themselves in Knowledge, they discovered they could go no further than their own depth. Before leaving the Isle, these kind and bril- liant Sophomores rescued the poor prisoners from the bridge, and took them within their own ship to travel with them to the next port. On the Isle of Wise Fools, into the limelight came forth three silver tongued orators—Theodore Hardy, Madge Coppock Laura Belle Cordon. Hazel Avery, the best scrapper in the class was put on the debat- ing team and in the name of the Sophomore class, she met enemies from the Isle of the Owls and Junior Isle. After a most happy year on the Isle of Wise Fools the voyage was resumed, and on a lovely September mom, the voyagers 14