Central Manual Training High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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The Pifflc Club--This is a pet scheme of Mr. Alker's. They are known as the RiHe Club. They can hit a barn with a gattling gun. The Eats' Bunrh-Have sometimes been called the Owls. Another specialty of theirs is to sing at 2 A. M.- Oh, when I die. The Mothers' Guild-La Fraternite Francaise. The only club whose officers were all scholarship winners. Conncrle Senate-A child of Zeus. A sure and safe way to get an A in history. A 'Phone Message from Home-An easy way to get off to go to the Troc or Keitl1's to see the Diving Venus. Our Vice-President-A has was after the Constitution went into effect. The Constitution-How to get 40 minutes in the Assembly room twice a week. A Funker-A gentleman of leisure usually of wealth and affluence. ,mire

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The Faculty--A group of individuals laboring under the delusion that a school is for the purpose of making us work. Pie, Doe -A combination of sawdust, iron filings, coke, paper mache, sand, etc. It may have been in the same room with an apple, or peach from which it gets its name. Fussing--A process consisting of walking down 17th Street with a girl. Later going to her home and sitting sedately until Pa or Ma leave, then Does the light hurt your eyes? For further particulars refer to Woolley, Ziegler and Hooven. Girls' H igh School-Half the attendance at thc football games. The Alleerstraw-A combination of bad noises heard about nine o'clock in the vicinity of 17th and Wood. The Crefw-A worthy and pious individual murdered by the A. A. The Athletic Field-A pet dream of john Brackin. The Various Teams-Heard of only when sweaters are in demand. The Broiler.:-Otherwise known as the Strollers. The only prohibition club in the school. The Bakefs Dozen-Known as the I3 Club. Has in its membership all the bright students of the class. The Stihles Club-Otherwise known as the Lynx. They smell bad. The Gamblers--The Ramblers. A second fiddle to the Strollers. The Cheese and Cracker Club--They play chess and checkers. They are known as anti-bath and hair cut association. The Apple Pie-Something to which no one belongs when class elections are being held. Espe- cially fond of the Strollers. 136

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what might Maur 332211 Brown to have signed the pledge. Gowdy to get a hair cut more than once a year. Boyd to laugh so that you coulcln't hear it for over 2,000 feet. Elwood Burroughs to claim Eaton as his brother. Duval and Ewing to vote for prohibition. Cornwell to keep his books so the Auditing Committee could End out where the money went to The Ticket Committee to account for the disposal of the tickets. Danenhauer to miss walking down with the fair one in a cloak. H ooven to learn French. Waples to stop kicking. Grillon to get a shave all over. Willis to say ten words without Huh, Burch to have given Lafferty a Io. Strollers and I 3 Club to have had a free-for-all. Sacs to get a wash all over. MacDonald to wear a clean collar. Grandage to grow fat. Hansen to love certain members of the Strollers. Red and Black to come out on time every month. 138