Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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M. M-,qv X 'N Q, 0 ig.,- 1 ABCofthe T.H.S. GRACE H. COLLINS. Equals Algebra, Freshrnan's delight, They say 'twill develop the mind, So o'er X : a he works far into night But the Value of a cannot End. I Is our principal, C. G. Ballon, And Brunson, the physicist, of course, folks do l X f For what in the world would we city 5 . I If we knew naught of power and of force. Is for Ganniff, who watches the stairs, A teacher most faithful and kind, But if a poor sinner be caught unawares, .l ...,. if That pussy has claws, he will find. ......-1-1-nu:-v Is for Dunster who of dates knows a string, For Davis who fancies dissection, For Duffy, petite, whose praises all sing, And for Dawson, who's almost perfection. - Is for Eberth and Euclid his friend, Of circles and plans he talks with a drawl, His patience is not like a line, without end,- However, he's well liked by all. Is the future we're all looking toward And for which we are all preparing, With knowledge and facts our minds must be stored, E So we work with an ardor despairing.

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rules of rhetoric in mind. I have made my climaxes and antitheses by ruleg I have used 'short, melodious Words'g I have used 'words in which vowels and consonants are . F- -. blended'g and 'polysyllables accented near the 'F end'g all in fact- -, .gli O nonsense! Look here, old man, you 3- havenit avoided 'quaint and archaic terms out of fancyg' you have used terms 'not ' KK, 3 y likely to be understoodg' many of your 1- igures would not stand the crucial test ' I I of the ' rules of rhetoricg' you have fre- n , f yy lf , quently 'crowded things together uncon- y nectedg' you have even dared to 'close a it I 'Axim sentence with a small wordg' frequently you do A 1, not distinguish between 'the active and pas- fn ff ' sive,' the 'negative and privativef the 'general f: MD and the paciic--er-specific, I mean-specific 'yr ll -specific-' V, Here it is, sir. Here's what? Your speciiic, sirg Hamlin's Specific. At that moment I found my valet William standing at my elbow with my bottle of speciic for which he said I had been calling repeatedly. I took a dose, although I did not need it, for I did not wish to confess that I had been talking in my sleep.

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.1---1-11 --1-lni1lh f.-111-1uz-H l .5-,gnu-11-r11l' N i .. y ! 3 i-1555 li f. .iffy 9 fx 1: fag -rv P ' 24 I Is for German, and also Guitteau. y Sprechen sie Deutch? Nein? eAch! The language of Germany is .a good thing to know Andis taught by I-Ierrs Fischer and Lok. ls for Hansor, a classical blonde, Who speaks in the language of Caesar, Of the words of his worth she is really fondg To speak of him lightly would tease her. For intentions we had in September, They seemed to sail off to an unknown somewhere fSome of them now we can't even rememberj I is the Illad we read with such care. For the Juniors who look with disdain On brothers and sisters in ranks far below. J H is for sprightly, alert, Miss Jerrnain Whose bright eyes and wit we all so well know. Is for Krueger and also for Knott- Two extremesl' you may indeed say- The nrst believes sorrow hu1nanity's lot, The other goes smiling 'long life's thorny way. Is for Latin, of which light minds beware, And literature that's really a pleasure- We've learned much of Shakespeare and Johnson, the rare. Who imbibed fragrant tea without meas- ure. Is the letter for Mathias and Moore, The second will leave us to put on the ring, But the other remains to teach us the love Of 'fthe Bowers that bloom in the spring.