Cogswell Polytechnical College - Cogswell Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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3Q THE COGSWELL them and gave them much kind assistance. After the play, music was fur- nished for dancing until almost midnight. Another very important event was the Senior Luncheonl' on April 22. The menu consisted of cake and ice cream. Every one was well pleased with the affair. There are two great events left, namely, our graduation exercises and our Senior ball. The first one is the one in which we walk up and sit down on the platform before the gazing eyes of our relatives and friends. The nrst speaker will tell us how sorry the school is to lose us. The next speaker will tell us how much we should know and what we should do in our later life. After that we shall hear our names called, including our middle ones, and, amid great applause, we shall receive the prize we have struggled for during four long years. The following Friday night we will be hosts at our Senior ball. Gn that night the boys will wear their best full dress suits Crentedj, hire taxis, and escort their best girls to the building and enjoy themselves the whole evening as only graduates can. Wlien the last dance is over-when the last bit of music has floated away- when the last good luck and good-by has been said-then our happy high school days at Cogswell will be a thing of the past. FREMONT M. 0,BRIEN, ,l4.

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THE COC-:SWELL 29 The last part of our Freshman year was similar to the hrst part. just about that time Line Johnson won the first block in the '14 class. During that semester, several girls in our class won their blocks, but of them only one is left in school, and that is lrma l-lahrs. So the lfreshman year went by- some of the members succeeded in gaining positions on the teams, while others did not, but all knew a little more than when they entered. Next was our Sophomore year. A great year it was. W'hat our class had lost in numbers it made up for with vim. XYe began to take more interest in school lifeg in fact, it was during our Sophomore year that Joseph Pyne became so interested in school lite that for the first time he heard the nine o'clock bell ring-when he was only a block away. At last came a very important date. ln the spring of our Sophomore year we gave our dance. Yes, we gave a dance, one of the best dances ever held in the .-Xuditorium, where all the boys wore their Sunday best. The girls were certainly well prepared for the occasion. No thanks, ladies: I am engaged. It showed that the class was awake when it was able to aflord a dance and conduct it as smoothly as we did this one. Other classes might follow our lead. Next in rapid order came two other important events. One was the selec- tion of a class pin. After all sorts of pins had been examined we decided upon a neat little pin that attracted the eyes of many. Not that we mean to boast, but do you ever notice that the students who have been doing important things around the school are those who wear that pin? The other important event was the union of the lower and upper classes of l9l-l and the election of officers for that organization. Vacation had come and gone, bringing our Junior year. XYe all began to get important, Our girls by this time were doing great things. There was not a thing in the school affairs that the girls did not butt into, but they did it well. Of course, it is a notable fact that after they began to cook the janitor's cat died, but then cats are cheap and their heads make excellent shots for Little Pete to put. There were no real important dates in the junior year because everything ran so smoothly in school. After vacation we Hocked back to school for our last year-to be Seniors! But, oh, how few we were! Gone were some of our friends, but therrest were here to stay. In the autumn of the year we succeeded in giving a candy sale, but while it was a good one the proprietor of the drug store down at the corner reported that he had a good run on his store that day. Because of the interest taken by most of the class in getting a good foot- ball team, we were unable to hold any more social events for that term. With January, the big events arrived. First of all we presented a play, entitled The College Senior. Before the play was decided on, it was not thought that there was suffi- cient talent in the class to stage the affair, but as facts show only Seniors took part and made a Hhitl' with the large audience which was gathered for that occasion. The proceeds from that event showed that we were getting to be well off. Great credit is due to those who took part in the play and too much thanks cannot be extended to our instructors who so patiently coached

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T H E c o G s W E L L Uhr lgrnplivrg nf Ihr Qllauaa nf 1914 To look into the future. And see what life intends, Is not the work of mortals But of oracles of men. The oracles at Delphi Most graciously contend That they should tell the story How we our lives shall spend. Now listen to the rumbling, That comes from smoke below? ,Tis the voice of ancient Delphi- It tells what we would know. Bently Newman, a Cogswell grad, A paper called the Tattler, had. This paper won him great renown Throughout a certain little town. The town, and here's what seems a pity, Is the little burg, called Daly City. Though J. Levinson may seem a tride minute He hasn't by any means missed his mark. But to do hard work he's by far too cute, So he is just painting benches in the park. Next on the scene E. Lynch appears, A writer of drama of joy and tears. Demure and sweet as in days of yore, She takes her fame withoht furor. Now all the year she writes sonnets galore, VVe Wish her luck forevermore. Miss Bahrs, divinely tall and fair, With glints of brightness in her hair, Upon the stage her debut made- Puts Mary Garden in the shade. Cn ,the program, if you read the facts, You'll End her specialty's third acts.