Collingswood High School - Knight Yearbook (Collingswood, NJ)

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THE KNIGHT school, which I had been told was the penalty for being late to class rooms. However, my first day was a very satisfactory one, and I feel sure that my- four years in High School will be very enjoyable ones. MINA BARBER, '26 THE BREAD LINE By G. SANVILLE The daily bread line in the slums Was ne'er so fierce and strong, As they that hunger to be fed, And join the lunch room throng. They laugh and talk, and yet within. They seethe and m-oan and sigh. Small wonder! While they stand and starve, The teachers sweep right by. They're right within the sight and sound Of eats. and drink galore. And yet they know that those ahead Will all be fed before. They read the menu on the board Debate on taste and kind, Before they reach the dear old rail They've fully changed their mind. i Some of them think they're very bright They think it's downright fine! To anchor in a. teacher's wake And sail right down the line. At this the Tired Mob gets alarmed And then a trifle sore, They raise their voices to a shout, And then into a. roar. And wouldn't you be angry too, If while you wait to eat, Some one who is more fortunate Comes in and takes your seat. 19

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THE KNIGHT wonderful conveniences for swimming, fishing and other outdoor sports. I have spent a few Sundays there and I must admit, though it has no carousels and suchthings, it is a wonderful place to spend a vacation. Here also one is impressed with the difference in types of people and industry, the absence of the small well kept farms of the Dutch descend- ants, and the presence of lumberyards, brickyards, and coal stations to be found wherever the Germans, French, Italians and Irish settle down. Shortly after leaving the Zee, we enter the narrower waters of the upper Hudson. Here we come to the end of our trip, Bear Mountain Park. It also has a revolutionary monument in the form of a large shot tower which is open to visitors. All in all, don't you think the Hudson a wonderful river? I do. GEORGE H. BARSTAR ENTERIN G HIGH SCHOOL At the beginning of a new term at High School there is always a great deal of excitement about the time one is to report and where, especially among the freshmen. I have heard many tales from the girls about going into the wrong class room and not being able to remember just at which end of the hall a certain room is, and having the worst kind of a time trying to find it. You simply can't go to an upper classman to find out how to reach room thirty-four because they are likely to tell you to take the elevator at that end of the hall, and it will take you right to room thirty-four. To-day I lost my sense of direction three times, but never to the extent that I was late for class. I was coming along fine with the exception of getting lost, until I went down to buy my lunch and found a line waiting all the way out in the hall. I was ravenously hungry, but there was only one thing to do and that was to wait. When my turn finally came I found out that all they had left was rice and milk, with rice pudding for dessert. Oh! if there is anything I detest it is rice in any shape or form, so I put down my tray and walked out without any lunch. - Upon arriving at my classroom I found a very stern looking teacher and he said, Do you belong in the fifth period algebra class? Yes, sir. Didn't you know class was called at twelve fifteen? Yes, sir. Why are you fifteen minutes late? I was detained in the lunch room. All right, take your seat and never let that happen again. Oh! I shook so all the time he was talking because I could just see myself going down to the office and being detained the first day of 1 18

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THE KNIGHT L Ss 1 K.Tw'z1 U A-J-VV q The Class of '23 hereby extends its heartfelt sympathy to Leslie Carson in the loss he has sustained in the death of his mother. , SENIOR CLASS , Seniors! 116 of us! and one of us to be Senior Class President! What a complicated problem. Fr-om the first day of school until election we were impressed with the importance of electing the right person in our class for president, one who was capable of guiding us through our last year. Because of this the class became involved in a number of discus- sions, arguments, and controversies, the subject of which was the choice of a class president. Hanson Tully, Carl Latcham, William Hendricks and Elwood Kern were the four who were considered candidates for this office. Hanson Tully, who had been our class president in our Sopho- more and Junior years was elected, despite energetic and persuasive elec- tioneering on the part of the Latchamites. We held our first regular class meeting on Thursday, September 29, and after a few remarks concerning -our responsibility as Seniors by Miss Venable, our class advisor, we began the business of electing our other class officers. George McKeag was elected vice-president, Irving Lilly, secretary, and Russel Taylor, treasurer. Our Hrst class'dance fthis yearl was held on Friday, October 6. I doubt if any more need be said about this as ourlclass is noted for its social activities. As our president has reminded us, we don't want to walk to Wash- ington and we don't want to ride in freight cars but we do want to go in style as benefitting dignified Seniors. This requires money and plenty of it. Have you paid your class dues? If you haven't done it, do it now. It isn't what one does which helps: it is what we all dog so let's PLAY UP and PLAY THE GAME. V y DOROTHY MEREDITH LEWIS DAVIS Correspondents 20