Charles W Baker High School - Lyre Yearbook (Baldwinsville, NY)

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It is said that the weaker sex spends about $100,000,000 for powder for their face and arms. Just think of the amount that the others spend in having the same powder cleaned off their coats. Hi! Dot Smith: “Have you ever noticed how bliss always ryhmes with kiss?” Sweet William: “Ye—s and have you ever noticed how blister rhymes with kissed her? Kywrect.” Soph.: “Did you ever hear the story about the red hot poker?” Frosh: “Not yet.” Soph: “It doesn’t matter; you couldn’t grasp it.” Dentist: “So you broke off a tooth. How did you do it?” Small Boy: “Shifting gears on a lolly-pop.” Rain is wet, This country’s dry; Time is short. So am I. —Morris Decker. FINAL POEM We, the Class of ’23, Bid farewell to the Faculty; To all our friends and school chums, too, We also bid farewell to you. From the time we entered our Freshman year Till now when we finish our High School career, We have tried to do our very best In absorbing the things which our books possessed. But where’er we may go, or whate’er we may be, We shall always retain our loyalty To the dear old B. H. S., To whom we owe our real success. So now departs the Class of ’23 With a great deal of solemnity; For we feel that we no longer shall share A part of our High School’s joy and care. 19

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THEOREM With you and I, prove you love me. Given you and me To prove that you love me. All the world loves a lover. I am a lover; You are all the world to me, Therefore you love me. “What does your papa do, little boy?” “He does as mamma tells him.” Miss Wormuth: “Can anyone tell me what makes the Tower of Pisa lean?” Clancy: “I don’t know, or I’d take some myself.” Brutus: “How many doughnuts did you eat?” Caesar: “Et tu, Brute.” Miss Rauch: “How was iron first discovered?” Ardus: “I guess they smelt it.” Appropos of Nothing: “All the dumb-bells aren’t in the gymnasium.” Miss Pike: “How do we know that Chaucer dictated to a stenographer?” Jim Fuess: “Anybody can tell—just look at the spelling.” Serman Gilmore: “Generally speaking, girls are Doris Blanding: “Are what??” S. G.: “Well, generally speaking girls are ---- D. B.: “Are what???” S. G.: “Generally speaking!!!” Native: “Sir, I saw a lot of tiger tracks about a mile north of here— big ones too.” Mighty Nimrod: “Good! WThich way is south?” Miss Wormuth (in history class): “Where was Caesar killed?” W. L. Clark: “On page 187.” “The Yanks are coming,” hummed the dentist as he prepared for an extraction. Ethel: “Were you ever pinched for going too fast?” Orris: “No; but I’ve been slapped!” He put his arm around her five times. Some arm! Miss Rauch (Phys. Geog.): “What keeps the moon from falling?” Curtiss: “I don't know—perhaps it’s the beams.” “Well,” said Tut, as the sound of the excavators' shovels on the stone roof disturbed his slumbers, “This goes to show that you can’t keep a good man down.” “Man wants but little here below,” said the new arrival in Hades as he removed his overcoat. Adria Gaylord: “What a girl is always looking for is a permanent wave in her hair.” Bobbie Turner: “What a fellow is always looking for is a permanent crease in his trousers.” 18

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ALPHABETICAL SONNETINA A is for Ardus, our great fashion plate, When she walks with her beau, she’s always sedate. B is for Blanding, so modest and shy, If you’ve seen her with Sherman, you know that we lie. C is for Curtiss,—in the future you’ll see “Popping the question,’’ on bended knee. D is for Decker, who some day may fly, He and his radio, up in the sky. E is for Eggleston, associated with Church, On ma’s best sofa, they often do perch. F stands for Frances, who is so sarcastic. Wagging her tongue, as if ’twere elastic. G is for Guernsey—but not a cow, “Bee” is much tamer, we all will allow. H is for Horner,—from Lamson did hail, “Blanching” too much, often makes him look pale. I is for Ilda—who acts like a bride, When Homer is walking, close by her side. J is for Johnson, and James the dictator. Who always will argue—sooner or later. K stands for Dot Kratzer, who perpetually flirts. Chasing after butchers, brooksbanks and clerks. L is for Lloyd, the pride of our school, No matter what happens, he always keeps “cool.” M is for Minnoe, and Myers so smart, Never bothering ’bout affairs of the heart. N is for names—names without number, Over them, have we lost much slumber. O is for 0 (zero)—many we’ve had, Tho we deserved them, it made us feel bad. P stands for Patchett,—you all know Bert, When the boys are around, she’s always alert. Q is for Quereau, that great vampire, Love in boy’s hearts does she try to inspire. It in our number, we could not find, Altho we dug deep down in our mind. S is for Smith’s,—the Smiths without end. Dorothy and Russell,—more ’round the bend. T is for Thompson, who did like a date,— That was one reason, he always was late. V stands for Ulyssess,—we studied in History, Why he was there, was always a mystery. V is for Virginia,—oh me! oh my! Russell, always, she has in her eye. AV is for Weeks, and Warner you know, Both always looking for a new beau. X is for xtras, if any there be, Whose names are omitted in this po-et-ry. V is for You, who have to read this, Written by us, two silly young Miss. Z is for something—we can’t think what, Although it’s as ancient, as old King Tut.” LAURA LOVELESS ETHEL PRESTON 20