Covington High School - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Covington, KY)

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SHOE SALE. SPECIAL Fon To-DAY oNLv. Try them on, if they don't lit, keep stillg if they do, remem- ber 'that silence is golden. Pair No. I.-A quality well known, especially to C. H. S. girls - Girls, the bell has rung! ' Pair No. 2.-Not so generally known as No. I, but correct style and much in evidence in Cicero class - Ain't that a ablatxve absolute P Pair No. 3.-Known to every one who has ever sat in the study hall before recitation- Take my advice, and don't do it. Pair No. 4.-KNOWN to all the German classes, two Latin classes, and the Civics class- I wouldn't do that-well, you might, too, but H- Pair No. 5.-Very popular shoe, sold in extra broad sizes, widely known- VVhy, that's in the subjunctive mode! Pair No. 6.-Familiar to all acquaintances of a certain female basketball guard -- Now, 'magine l Pair No. 7.-Popular for ladies and misses, distinctive style, graceful, pointed toes- How on earth do you make that Psyche ? Pair No. 8.-Known by girls who hang their hats in Room 23 most fetching style- You've been in there two minutes, Miss -ff' Pair No. 9.-Fine quality, patent tips, French heel-- Pm not little, at all! Pair No. IO.-MOSt popular style- Oh, I forgot all about that Home Reading book! Pair No. II.-Easy and comfortable -- Say, translate this one sentence, please! Pair No. 12.-Very popular in an English History class- Mn ---, sit in that last row for the rest of the lesson, please ! C719

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4'This tall boy? L. B. Wilson. He was quite, quite small till two of his friends, taking pity on him, stretched him out. He wouldn't stop stretching, however, until he was eight feet tall. That tall, thin, mournful-looking girl is Bernice Egelston. She translated Cicero so frequently that it set her crazy 5 she was in Longview for some timef, ' This girl- oh, yes, it is a girl, and not a broomstick- she drank vinegar to reduce her weight. I believe her name was Watts, but I am not quite sure. That is Vertner Deupree. No, her cheeks aren't dirty- she had such very, very red cheeks that they do look quite black in the picturef' This boy with his mouth open is VVilliam Drexelius. I-Ie was always talking, and the photographer couldn't get him to look natural with his mouth closed. You say he has charge of a big tobacco factory where you live? Well, well, I thought he was dead, long ago.', This person in a clown's costume is Wfilliam Sandford. He was with Robinson's circus until he became too old to act the clown. This severe-looking woman was the Domestic Science teacher -she taught me how to make the gingerbread you like so well, and-dear me-I smell my cake-take the album, dear, I must go and see to my supper. Domestic science lf' K-' JL- ,gi i f N 1 . i val: El? 2456 if-fir' C705

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HIGH SCHOOL CURIOS. May, who is not a month. A Penn without a point. Mills that do not grind. CWjrigl1t that is better than might. The llleek, who shall inherit the earth. Wayne that is not a fort. Woods that are not forests. A Goodman who is a girl. Hazel who isn't a nut. A Rose without a thorn. Wlzlte that is sometimes black. A Fleck without a slope. A l'Vard that is not in a hospital. Byron who can't write poetry. A Smitlz who can't shoe horses. A Cross too heavy to bear. Two Gross girls who sind sehr kleinf, Blank books containing much wisdom. A .lalfajp born in America. Silver that can not be coined. Regina who is not a queen. Stella who is not a star. August who is not sublime. Brown that is white. A Cook who knows nothing of Domestic Science An Earle who is not a nobleman. A lVarnz'an who can keep cool. A Hubbard who owns no dog and no cupboard. A Shine that can not be dulled. A quiet Howell fhowlj. Johnsons who are girls. Clements not noted for mildness. Wachs which can not be melted. Rowlett which does not mean a little row. 723