Central Park School - Scrip Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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CAN YOU IMAGINE- Mrs. Steers remarking: How quiet it is in the libraryl ? A Noiseless Campaign being successful in the halls? Barbara Underwood without Clementine? Miss Smith six feet tall? Emmett Eagan receiving an F in Art? The orchestra playing Tiger Rag in assem- bly? Berndt Angman not causing disturbances in the hall? Shirley Jennings getting an E ? Miss Kittle losing her temper? William Allen not raising Cain in music? Virginia Van Valkenburg sitting still? Miss Jennings without her smile? Bob Smith if chewing gum went out of style? Anna Mary Andrews not reading in English? Wallace McFarland, Reed Caughey, and Burr Rockwell separated? George Biittner losing a tennis tournament? Raymond Miller as a crooner? Roger Dinsmore without John Hanrahan? Charles Culver being noisy? Barbara Stibbie in long curls? Donald Cook remaining in music class? Elaine Duke losing her Mickey? The traffic officers quiet in the hall? Miss Morrow forgetting to give homework? Pete Weber coming into a room noiselessly? Herbert Marx forgetting to comb his hair? Betty Lane not being told to remove gum? Vincent Woodward without his hand up? The whole 9A class graduating? SONG TITLES Curly Top-Robert McPadden His Maiesty the Baby-Raymond Miller Everything's Been Done Before-Ideas for year book l'm in Love All Over Again-Robert Cook There's Gonna be the Devil to Pay-Skipping class l Couldn't Believe My Eyes-All A's Without a Word of Warning-Sumrnons from Mr. Porter When I Grow Up-Leon Giroux It's an Old Southern Custom-Throwing Slams I Was Taken by Storm-New girl friend I Believe in Miracles-No iailures in Algebra When a Gypsy Makes His Violin Play-Howard Hickin You've Been Taking Lessons in Love-Robert Appleton Take It Easy-Walter Ptorr You Can Be Kissed-Elaine Duke The Girl With the Dreamy Eyes-Helen Mahoney So Nice Seeing You Again-After Vacation Thrilled-The girl friend Lulu's Back in Town-Ruth Lochmann Minnie the Moocher-Sylvia Levitt At Last-Graduation She's a Latin From Manhattan-Harriette Scheinzeit Streamlined Greta Green-June Turner Boys Will Be Boys-Pete Weber, Frank Reyes, Robert Smith Muchacha-Ruth Silberkraus Red Sails In the Sunset-Virginia Van Valkenburg No Strings II'rn Fancy Freel-Frances Palombo You're An Angel-Miss LaBell Lonely Gondolier-Thomas DeCoste Flirtation Walk-Central Park l'm On a Seesaw-Exam Week l'm Lost in a Fog-Wm. Allen Haunting Me-Miss Weider l'm Living in a Great Big Way-Betty Mannes Old Man Rhythm-9A Chorus Solitude-The bench Go Into Your Dance-9A Dance Breaking the Ice-Handing report cards to parents Double Trouble-2 E's Do You Miss Me-Alumni Five Little Reasons for Happiness-5 A's

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WHERE HAVE WE HEARD THAT BEFORE? Mr. Heller- ll you drop a letter, pick it up. Mr. Simpson- Now, is that clear to all you lel- lahs7 Mrs. Ralph- How many Scrips do you want? Mrs. Steers- Put your chairs under the table! Mrs. Owens- Boys! Miss Wallace- Who wants to stay and wash the boards? Miss Roohan- l don't like it, somebodyl Miss Harrison- Try to get a little more black in your background. Miss Smith- How many have read tive short stories? Miss Wells- Have you the second sheet of that contract? Miss Lavery - ls there something the matter with you? Miss Kittle- l guess this row is ready to leave. Miss Robinson - Peter, you'll be the death ol me yet. Miss Eighmey- Pull your gym suits down, girls. Miss Madden- Don't forget, a test tomorrow. Miss Morrow- Your homework is on page -. Miss Weider- Come back at three o'clock. Mr. O'Brien- All right. Miss Wallace- Throw your gum out the win- dow. Miss Bush- I can't hear you. Miss Jennings - Wallace, get in your own seat. Mrs. Burke- Central Park School. Mr. Porter- What's the meaning ol this? Mrs. Laverty- Keep off those scales. Audrey Keele- Oh, my heart! Betty Mannes- Want to hear what Bruce said the other day? Mickey McFarland- Gleepsl Mary O'Neil- Stooge. Roger Dinsmore- How d'ya spell? Reed Caughey- Hey, Mickey! Peter Weber- Holy Ned. William Wilkin- Hi, ya twerp. Robert Cook- Where's Duke? Gladys Palmer - Ida, remember in grade school when--? Robert Wiese- Ya panty-waist. 9A ALPHABET A is for Art, which some of us take, B is lor Band, it is no lake, C is lor Central, our ioy and pride, D is lor Dimples, which some ol us hide, E is for Ever, our lame will last, F is for Future, our die will be cast, G is for General, Science to us, H is for Home, some go in a bus, lis for Initiative, which we do not lack, J is for Jumping, that comes under track, K is tor Knowledge, that we possess, L is lor Library, never a mess, M is lor Mickey, best ol the lot, N is for Nuisance, that we are not, O is lor Officer, our cops are the best, P is for Puns, we like to jest, Q is lor Question, that we often ask, R is lor 'Rithmetic, oh, such a task, S is lor Scrip, which is better than some, T is lor Tomorrow, that never will come, U is lor Upward, that is our aim, V is for Vice, Hanrahan is the name, W is for Wally, our Winchell is he, X is lor Xerxes, who fought by the sea, Y is for Yesterdays, there have been many, Z is lor Zebra, we haven't any. -Shirley Jennings.

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INITIATIVE ' ' N lllafp Webster defines initiative as the trait in character which tends to 1, -f develop or open up new fields. Many of us, if we stop to think, imagine that . there are few, if any, new fields of endeavor left to explore. On the contrary, if we but briefly glance around us, we see many places where new ideas would be welcomed and adopted. Take, for instance, our homeroom meetings. Often, but a few of our homerooms have interesting meet- f NF When we analyze this situation, we find that the homerooms whose meetings are interesting, contain a few pupils among them who have a spark of initiative. Another place where initiative might be used is in clubs. lf it were possible for the management of our clubs to be supervised wholly by the members instead of being dependent upon the sponsor for its functions, many of us would f profit by the training. f Besides playing a larger part in our homeroom and club meetings, we can also make suggestions to our student council, which may be of possible benefit to the school and student body. Try, for your own sake, to develop in yourself this sterling quality. --Alfred Moskowitz. THE INDIA SHAWL Mary Dodge was glad to have an afternoon free in which she could get out and go for a walk, after having worked for days rolling bandages to send to the soldiers fighting in France. lt was Spring of l9l8 and America was in the Great War with all her capable women helping at home. As Mary walked along the budding countryside, breathing the fresh pure air, she saw, in the distance, a rectangu- lar piece of cloth, ends flapping wildly in the wind. Hurrying to the spot, she found a heavy shawl, made ofthe finest of lndia's silks. The shawl was dark yellow, trimmed with an embroidered figure of a snake-charmer who had a red cobra twined around her legs. The cobra twisted and turned the length of the shawl. Walking slowly, she gazed with fasci- nated attention at the startling, beautiful shawl. Being intrigued, the first drops of rain from a gathering storm were upon her before she knew that the sky had darkened and a tempest was brewing. Realizing abruptly, that she had still quite a long way to go, she began hurrying down the road. Soon the rain was falling heavily, and clutching the shawl to her, Mary started to run. Breathless, she reached her home, and as she was going up the front stairs, she glanced at the shawl. The cobra, before a solid glaring red, was now covered with white embroidered symbols! Standing stock-still in the rain, Mary turned the shawl over and over. Both sides were the same! Aroused by the rain, Mary entered the house. Walking dazed through the house to the kitchen, she squeezed most of the water out of the shawl and then hung it over the stove to dry. Twenty minutes later, Mary in dry clothing, entered the kitchen to be greeted by a dry shawl. The cobra was again solid redl Bewildered, Mary took the shawl from its hanging place and sat down to think. The turn of affairs had aroused her curiosity, and having decided to get to the bottom of the matter, she held one end of the shawl under the water faucet. Symbols immediately appeared in the background of red and Mary resolutely put all of the shawl under the water until it was dripping wet. After she had spread it out on the table, she examined, intently, the markings on the snake. As her eyes grew more accustomed to the symbols, they began to take on definite forms as letters. Excitedly, Mary tried to form words from the intricate iumble while she continued applying water to the form of the cobra. After about two hours work, she made out the message. German U-Boats anchored off coast of Brest, France, March I7. Stunned, momentarily, by the realization of what the message could mean, Mary did nothing. Then clasping the paper she had worked upon, she ran out ofthe house and ran down to the city war headquarters, leaving the house unlocked and unguarded. Word was sent abroad, and a raid was made upon the enemy, but the shawl remained a mystery to Mary and her friends forever after, because when she returned home from her rush to the city, it had disappeared. -Gloria Cammarota. .,:' . 1- X, ,.. 2: I N ings. The large majority are often uninteresting, and therefore they do not train, ,vt it to the best of their ability, individuals to take their place in their community. I, 3,55 .1 . i 1 'l . 1 if f ' 1 I' J l xi