Burlington High School - Rarebits Yearbook (Burlington, Ontario Canada)

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RAREBITS 33 SOC I AL 'Helllumifrn 'Twas the night before Hallowe'en and what do you think? Yes, the Burlington High was revelling in its annual Hallowe'en Masquerade. It was a strangely transformed school owing to the artistic abilities of the decoration committee. The commit- tee certainly excelled itself in the as- sembly hall. Here the proverbial black and orange were used in decid- edly new waysg' here, too, hissing black cats and wise old owls kept se- cret trysts. At the back of the hall a gigantic witch, decidedly ferocious in appearance, remained flattened against the wall in spellbound admi- ration at our fun. Keeping her com- pany was the light house miraculous- ly turned into a bower of beauty by autumn leaves. Hidden beneath this beauty was the power to send the bal- loons drifting down to their eager destroyers and to make these eager destroyers hide behind their partners for protection against the persistent beam of light, which singled them out again and again in the darkness of the hall. You who were thus hon- oured will remember. When the auditorium was filled to capacity with eager students and more sedate parents, the curtains drew back, revealing a group of rev- ellers before a fire, In the cozy half- light they sang song after song, some new, some old. Then individuals stepped forth, we heard a new Or- phan Annie,' 'and we saw a tap dance which lightened our hearts. The illllzwquvrahv group sang again, and then came a quaint verse and a selection on the Spanish guitar, Gradually the group drifted away and six lively pumpkins hopped on to the scene, danced, and hopped off again. At once the witches from Macbeth appeared, chanting awful spells about the fire, and do you remember the flashes of lightning and the rumbles and roars of thun- der? Suddenly the witches fled shrieking before two gliding skele- tons who danced wildly about the lire. The curtain finally hid the varied pro- gramme from our eyes. Next came the Grand March. Oh! what a time the judges, Mrs. Free- man, Mrs, Smith, Mrs. Templin and Mr. Harris had! People of all nation- alities, and even animals, milled be- fore their eyes. There was a crowd of handsome gigolos to distract the ladies and a bevy of old-fashioned girls to set the men a-dreaming. Fin- ally the judges reached their decis- ions, which were as follows: Best dressed ladies-Annie Smith, as a Spanish senoritag Jean Hyslop, as 3 pirate. Best dressed gentlemen - Osler Lockhart, as a devil, Bill Hopkins, as an Indian. Best couple - Margaret McCutch- eon and Kathleen Coleman as skele- tons: Alice Eaton and Ida West as gypsies. Best comic couple-Lib Coleman, as a negressg Helen Appleford as a Bowery girl.

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32 RAREBITS CAST OF BETWEEN THE SOUP AND THE SAVOURYH Alice Barrett, Phyllis Thomas, Pauline Tancock. E112 Qlumingil-Iulihagz PHILIP DALE, IA Vfith apologies to Sir Henry Newbolt. The second bell was ringing, For the summer term was done, And the catapults were slinging, We were having lots of fun. The second bell was ringing, And the tapioca stung, Since the time was nearer swinging, For the holidays to come. Ohl to hear the First Form yelling T Holidays, Holidaysli' How the sound goes upward swelling, Holidays, Holidays! You can hear the teacher telling Everyone to stop their yelling, But the sound continues swelling Like a seven-cent balloon. Il: :li :lf If the Treaty of Versailles had been made by accountants instead of politicians, war debts problem would have been treated like the business proposition that it was. what the Staff Glhinka F. MILLIGAN, IIIA Getting out this Rarebits isn't any picnic, If we print jokes you say we aren't dignified. If we don't we're too serious. If we clip things from other maga- zines W e're not original. If we don't we're stuck on our own stuff. If we hustle around and get news We are pests. If we don't we are not on the job. If we don't print contributions We don't appreciate true genius, And if we do print them The Rarebits is filled with junk. Now as likely as not someone will say We got this idea from some other magazine. We did. 211 :lf 252 Affable Passenger- Your husbands a poor sailor, I believe. Irnposing Ditto- Indeed he's not-he's a rich produce merchant.

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