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

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THE COGSWELL There's Sophie Steimke, the girl who could smile She's now settled down on the banks of the Nile The reason for this you can plainly discern She's seeking a famous Egyptian urn. R. Lindberg's talent turned to invention, His greatest works deserve some mention: He invented a doughnut without any hole, And also a wheel that wouldn't roll. The next, a young man, jeff 0'Brien, Who spent most of his time a 'gsighin' g He went very deep, In the study of sheep, And has found why they lie down when dyin In a building near the very top, Elsie Rippe has opened a beauty shop, And if to die homely you fear is your fate, Hasten to Elsie's before it's too late, For however bad may be your case, You are guaranteed a beautiful face. Line johnson swam across the ocean, Wfith one idea: to reach by motion Honolulu the day after the one he started, And if heis there yet hels not departed. Irma Grauerholz became a teacher And soon she met a man named Beecher, She became his wife, And for the rest of her life Had as a husband an excellent preacher. Lillian Ridley, we all remember Was charming, sweet and very tenderg She has become proud fashion's dictator, And now all the women to her whims do cater Urwin Merriman has become a show man, At which trade he excels. He employs everything from African bowmen To the pretty society belleg,

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THE COGSWEL1 G. Roberts, meek and mild, Wfent to live in a country wild. There she grew to be so tall lVe'd never know her at all. Allison Eaton was wise and retiring. And had a good habit of true prophesying To her, lovers go XVhen they wish to know How to stop their poor hearts from weeping Carl Boldemann, bound to do the best, Once joined the movies in the XYest: But as his bills he would not pay. They fired him from his job one clay: But now he's king of a ''pay-as-you-enter, You'll fmd him each day at the Civic Center. The queen of hearts could sure bake tarts, But never like Miss Leasen. The pies and cakes that she does bake Are never out of season. A farmer's wife she spends her life, And here you have the reason. joe Pyne soon tired of city toilg He bought a tract of riches and soil. He looked around to ind a wife: And now he leads the simple life. Here's to our classmate, Martin I., Who dwelt in a suburb across the bayg As a preacher he teaches the Golden Rule, Wliicli means he keeps a Sunday Schoolg In Sausalito he is often seen, Wliere he is known as the Rev, Beane. Albert Zecker, a yachtsman became, And lately achieved some fame:- He rescued a girl, From a terrible swirl, And now she's taken his name. and sigfhin S 5

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THE COGSWELL Th ere's Edmund Powers- He sought for hours To find a way to wealth. He roamed the hills And never took pills And found he was rich in health. Margaret MacMurray was early married, But in this life she has not tarried, For now she runs 21 large hotel And is succeeding very well. Arthur Jacobsen for the ocean did yearn. And found a good way his living to earn. He built a large boat, XYith ten it would float, And now he has money to burn. Slowly bashful and bashfully slow Is Chester Kirkpatrick, whom you all know. But you remember the Tortoise and Hare- Some day our Chester will surely get there! Now Herman Hanson is a clown in a circus His queer imagination at last has full play: He's all dressed up in motley, grease paint and colors, And to make people laugh he always has a new xx ay