Columbus School for Girls - Topknot Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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TOP-KNOT Columbus School for Gzfrls Z l,l E lUlle Me Poem I sits me down before me desk, And takes in hand me quill. We 'ave been told to write a poem: So write a poem I will. Sez I to meself, Why IS a poem? And, Why must we compose 'em? Then I glances down at me empty page, Me mind might well be frozen. U I sits, and then I 'eaves a sigh, I tries me best to think. An idea 'its me -- I takes me quill And dips it in me ink. And so I writes a hectic poem, And then I reads it through, Once is enough- I tears it up, And sits there - feelin' blue. The next day comes. Me poem-non est, Nothin' could be worse. So all I hands in is a sheet of paper, And calls it just blank verse. REBECCA E. CUMMINS, 1923 l 28 l

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TOP-KNOT Columbus School for Girls Spring May The world is covered with flowers in It is May, spring, And the big ones are dancing, And the trees have buds and the birds And the little ones are prancing, all sing, Around the Maypole gay. And the children dance and play, And they are happy all the day. CAROLYN J Amos, Form Two The Spring Song Spring, spring, spring, is here, Happy spring is here. The birds are singing in the trees, Happy spring is here. MARY BELDEN, Forgn Two lu The Spring Tulips in the sunshine Blossom in the spring, Birds a'hopping in the trees Make the children sing. JEAN M. REEDER, Form Three VIRGINIA TICE, Form Four The Blue Jay The Blue Jay's blue, He's a stout old fellow, He sings all day his cheery note, He sings and sings to the heart of the spring, He's a cheery old fellow, I know. SUZANNE ARMBRUSTER, Form Three Cotton Miss Cotton is a Fairy Queen In her white dress trimmed with green, To other children everywhere She sends such pretty clothes to wear. VIRGINIA POWELL, Form Four X6 K' 4 vc Iii 'ffl' Q im I 5 ' f will iv- I f 4129 so f 'i prir-fe 5:2 Q 'r C-E Q ig. . E271

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TOP-KNOT Columbus School for Girls The Yellow Streak EY, Baba, come out on the front porch a minute. I've got some- thing to show you. At the sound of her brother's voice, Babbie looked up from her dishpan, and dashed through the house, dry- ing her hands on her apron as she went. , On the porch she saw her father -tall and handsome, with kind, twizikly brown eyes, her brother, Jack, about nineteen, very dark, with broad shoulders and his father's eyes, and last, but not least, she saw a covered chip basket near the head of the steps. She looked inquiringly at it, and as she watched, to her great consternation, the covering on top shook convulsively once or twice, and with a little shuffling movement, the basket fell bumpily down the steps, accompanied by yelps of terror from its interior. With a look of mingled surprise, inquiry, and delight, at her father and brother, who seemed much amused, Babbie took the five steps at one leap and possessed herself of the basket. Lend me your knife a minute, Jack. -That yelp had the earmarks of a puppy. Go on, what're you givin' me ? said her brother, tossing his knife down to her. No dog ever sounded like that. There's a, Ka-poo-poo bird in that basket. Dad captured it in its native jungle. Be careful, there. It's ferocious. But Babs didn't hear a word Jack was saying, for through the hole she had made popped the head of a small brown and white puppy, wiith big, frightened yellow eyes. Babs, with an ecstatic gurgle, had extricated him from the basket and was cuddling him in her arms and whispering baby talk into one ear. Well, ums was a sweet 'ittle pupsy-dog, yes, ums was. Does ums love Babsy? she inquired, holding him up in front of her. The puppy was so bewildered by the strange surroundings and all this sudden atten- tion, that he refused to answer, and only looked exceedingly bored. Great hat, Babbie, Jack interposed at this point, let up on the fond raptures and give us a look at the pup. Rather soiled, isn't he ? Indignantly Babbie rose from the path where she had been sitting and drew herself up to as haughty a position as her seventeen years would allow and retorted, Well, I guess if you had wanted a puppy as long as I E291