Central High School - Cog N Pen Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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IOPUS. What you think it is. (Taken from answers submitted by seniors. ) “ориз is something which isn't. “Ап oblique angled parallelipiped used in philanthromatics.”’ The embodiment of mystery.” “ориз is the creation of an overworked mind. “ориз is an unsophisticated disease. Look at Konwiser and find out.” “In English schools when a student didn't know his work he would cross his fingers, close one eye, and mutter: 'Iopus,' meaning, ‘I ope us won't be called on.’ An lopus is a most profound, inscrutable being, a veritable paragon of recondite and esoteric erudition. Abstruse, incom- prehensible, awe-inspiring, is his majestic personality, for by virtue of his occult learning and unfathomable philosophy of transcendentalism he is elevated to a radiant sphere of dia- phaneous and celestial ethereality.”’ Why It Was. Two seniors were talking in the corridors. One said it was remarkable how rapidly news spread through the school by word of mouth. The other disagreed, and the argument resulted in the following manner: The student who made the statement was to take any word or phrase and within two weeks have the school talking about it. All mention regarding the argument must be kept secret. After searching through innumerable dictionaries and encyclopedias, he hit upon the word opus. The reason for this selection is obvious. Very few persons except Egyptolo- gists have ever seen the book. The next morning he asked one student: What is ап lopus?” You all know the result. What It Really Is. Іориѕ (Smith's Egyptian Dictionary of Original Researches in Cuneiform and Hieroglyphic Writings) —A plague of infini- tesimal bacilli which rapidly germinate and inoculates the pupil with a tendency.to become great. This culture was extensively used in connection with a microcephalic condition of the person. lopus—Sous genre de pour pres (mollesques gasteropides) famille des muricictes. Les iopus out leur coquille ovale allongée, lisse, avec la bouche oblongue et le labra finement crénele. In plain English it's a snail. 24

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EXIT 14} ( ) We hailed Mr. Wiener, who's gold every inch, Who made us all love him,—we do, that's a “cinch.” Our class was organized, we felt real big, While our president just about danced a jig! Yes, and we had a sox iable, too, And oh! such fun,—well, the time just flew. We danced and we ate, then we ate and we danced, Till the hands of the clock to five-thirty had pranced. We out-shown the seniors till they nearly got sore, So extraordinary were the Juniors of One Nine-One-F our. Now we hail the best year of all our school days We are seniors now,—hard work always pays— Organization duties once more we resume, And you all know the officers now, | presume. [he President's chair Jo Lewis takes, While our friend, Miss Maybaum, a Vice-President makes. And vivacious Miss Lesser dabbles freely in ink, While popular Aaron looks after the “chink.” To enumerate all the things we have done A second class paper would need to be run; But anyone living around this region Would-tell you it's true that our name is legion. But could we the 4B farce forget? The memory of it lingers yet. And, oh! when they essayed our picture to take— Well, it's enough to say, the plate did not break. And now we're about to say good-bye— Good-bye to dear old Central High. Our goal is reached, the race is won, Now we must part—one by one; Out in the world our faces we turn, But often for Central our hearts will yearn. Who will come after we cannot tell, After we breathe this last farewell, But we hope Mr. Wiener will some day say When speaking, as he does, in his genial way, Like Oliver Twist, we want some more, More like the Class of One-Nine-One-Four. FREDDIE M

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EXIT IA THE CLASS TICKET. к Result of the Voting Contest. n the most popular, ж І Most Popular Boy—Lasse1 was voted with Brohm a good second. 2. Most Popular Girl—Miss Maybaum won, with Miss Sims and Miss Smith tied for second place 3 Biggest Grir d— Miss bramson won, with Nelowitz and the rest of the class next in order. 4. Biggest Bluffer Elmer Franklin Powell was the over whelming choice. j. Biggest Nuisance—It was : lose race, but Kruger and Siegal won by a close margin. 6. School Spirit—Miss Smith and Brohm tied for first place. 7. Funniest Fellow—Konwiser—nuff sed! 8 Biggest Dispenser of Superheated Atmosphere——Karra kis won easily. 9. Best Actor—Jonas J. Lewis took the leading part, with Powell and Miss Lesser in the other important roles 10. Best Period Cutter—Abe Burger ran away with it through constant practise. |l. Best Athlete—Lasser and Gardner ran a close race, but Lasser won in the home stretch. 12. Most Boyish Girl—Miss Gluck and Miss Dunworth won by team work. 13. Most Girlish Boy—Galinkin and Millspaugh—as pre dicted 14. Quietest Person—Whitfield and Miss De Mund divided the honors. 15. Noisiest Person—Siegal romped away with first honors з The Senior Sam Kiub. Sam Johnson— Honorary President. Sam Offen Sam Konwiser Sam Lewandorf Sam Lanes Sam Karrakis When the first of the month does come, Lasser will come on the run, And he shouts, as he pursues: Come back and pay your dues.'