Burke High School - Silver Lamp Yearbook (Dorchester, MA)

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To Miss Helfrich: Girls who can recite their Latin Glibly and as smooth as satin. To Miss Agnes Smith: An alarm clock of pre-war style To time the girls with its glistening dial. To Mr. Greenhalgez - A little black book and pencil neat To note those girls who find math a feat. To Miss Nolan: Girls who know their foreign relations To take exams on the League of Nations. To Miss Bragan: Lubrication for noisy wheels To minimize those screaming squeals. To Miss MacNamee: A magic supply of nylon hose Which grows, and grows, and grows-and grows. To Mrs. Sullivan: A furlough home-it's sure to please- For that certain lieutenant who's now overseas. To Miss Ginsburg: Orange blossoms, a veil of white, And future years that are always bright. To Miss Katherine McCarthy: A magic carpet, so that she may go Without further ado to Mexico. To Miss Elizabeth Skirball: A trip to the moon, that's just the thing Since she's been everywhere from Paris to Nanking To Miss Vogel: Girls available by the millions, For those jobs that come in by the billions. To Miss Bryant: Jewelry, that is simple and smart That she will treasure in her heart. To Miss Ambrose: A gopher, who will pop up and say, Your precious golf-ball went 'that-a-way'. To Miss Malkiel: A season ticket to the latest plays Starring Evans, Cornell, Arliss, and Hayes. To Miss O'Neil: A big filing cabinet where she can store All those desserts that she does abhor. To Mr. Daley: Cash registers to keep him in a lather When dining peacefully, he'd much rather. To Miss Burns: A beautiful garden, that is complete With many flowers that smell so sweet. To Miss McLaughlin: A pair of shining, silver skates To charm her friends with hgure eights. page sixty

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..,.,.X,,,,-V 4 , , V , T7 The illustrious class of the Vic- tory Year, Being unsound in mind, we do fear, Infantile and giddy, too, Are leaving this rness terpiece to you, Our teachers, who are dear and if-P 'ffrr i r OUR WIL L After years of grinding toil. Now in the pleasant month of All prized possessions we give Hoping that after forty-four fa A 4,12 3 v rf' ' 1 .I I ee f f CLAS S r 0' I W I f f r Q l fa y X May :rm X . ,fwl or fr , U: hvqllh , , A fi . n If . . ' ' Q , ggi' We'll be appreciated more. We bequeath To Miss Wiseman: A guarantee that ours will be The Victory Years she hopes to see. To Miss Lynch: A girl whose grammar is so correct That not an error can one detect. To Mr. Dunn: At least one lass, who will not cram To pass her chemistry exam. To Miss Dreney: Spanish students who will surpass Those in her Extension Class. To Miss Gibbons: A shining magnet that she can hold To coax her lambs from their locker fold. To Miss Cooper: An automatic escalator Instead of the bothersome elevator. To Miss O'Connor: More ration stamps from Uncle Sam So she can get sufficient Lamn. To Miss Helen Sullivan: Peaceful memories of years before When her name suggested one, not four. To Miss Weiffenbachz A little man with a little white coat Who of her classes will take note. To Miss Linnehan: Original creations by Lilly Dache One for each and every day. To Mr. O'Keefe: No Virgil class in future years With which chemistry or biology interferes. NI A page hfty-nine

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Miss Knarr: A book of patterns, that she may use To fashion everything from hats to shoes. Mrs. Gerard: A girl who from her classes came To rise to Presidential fame. Miss Weller: Busy bees who will not buzz Like a certain homeroom duz. Miss Loretta Sullivan: Balls of string of many colors To aid some lucky service fellers. Miss Berger: : Cereal companies that will willingly comply To keep alive her health-chart supply. Mr. Gildea: Early birds, who will stay to sing, And not a Glee Club on the wing. Mrs. Casey: A newly equipped and gloomy ward, Where all her fakers may be stored. Mr. Bulman: A robot with a steady pace To put milk bottles in their place. the Faculty: the A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation So they may practice on the school What Lincoln practiced on the nation. Future Seniors: More success in concealing repulsion For essays completed with voluntary compulsion. Future Juniors: Forum, Forum, Forum. To Bore 'emi Bore 'em! Bore 'emi Future Sophomores: Fur coats to wear in the gym Until heat comes in the future dim. Future Freshmen: the the the the A swimming pool of such great width That it will justify the myth That here in this delightful school There's such a thing as a swimming pool. Student Council: Girls who will willingly guard the grass And stop those students who try to pass. Quill: A staff who will be able to spell, To write clearly, and to punauate well. Spanish Club: A two-way plane ticket down Argentine Way To hear gauchos sing and see senoritas sway. Latin Club: An exclusive Roman banquet hall Complete with togas and food for all. page sixty-one