Downingtown High School - Our Year Cuckoo Yearbook (Downingtown, PA)

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24 THE CUCKOO EIGHTH Class Limerick, There was a young fellow named Bayard, Who went to his job feeling tired. He waited for Carp, But his Foreman was Sharp And the next day he got fired. Another brave student named Caum, Once found a big Bolshevik bomb. He received such a scare, He jumped high in the air. And he started right home to his “mom.” Carl Smith was a fellow quite rash. Who always went of? in a dash. He was so fond of trees, That whenever he’d please, He’d go out to look for an Ash. A stylish young dandy named Broadt, Saved up all the notes the girls wrote. He said, “Some fine day From the platform I’ll sway And surely give women the vote.” Said George Kacy, “It’s all to the good,” As he went for a walk in the wood. 7'wecdle-dee, T weed le-dum Here’s some double-mint gum.” And soon he was chewing his cud. Our class has plenty of fats, Who never go without hats. There’s Warren, Irene, And John, too, you’ve seen Who have plenty to cover their slats. —►D.H.S.- — The Eighth Grade, which will be our I Iigh School Class for 1924. now number forty pupils. The majority will enter our High School. Some will move away during the summer, and enter other schools. We are sorry to lose our classmates. Our class has shown a good class GRADE y Emily Mercer. spirit and has given money freely when asked for contributions for different enterprises. —• •!).H.s. « — For the art evhibition in February we sold 101 tickets and handed $25.25 to the Entertainment Committee. As our prize, we received Anton Mauve’s “Autumn.” This picture now adorns our schoolroom. When the “Wishing Ring” was given in Downingtown. our class sold $21 worth of tickets. During the entire year the class raised money and purchased a fine clock, which we donated to the school. The Grammar School Advancement Exercises will be given Friday night, June 4, in the Auditorium. It is the fifth year for these exercises. An interesting program is being prepared. The class will dramatize “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The principal characters are (.1) Ichabod Crane—Leonard Caum; (2) Katrina Van Tassel—Gladys Sharp; (3) Brom Bones—Maurice Broadt; (4) Hans Van Ripper—Bayard Hoffman; (5) Herr Van Tassel—John Kerr; (6) Mrs. Van Tassel—Marian T weed. Several interesting musical numbers will be rendered under Miss Cover’s direction. Teacher—“Warren, give a description of Brom Bones.” Warren—“He rode a horse with the devil in him.” George Foreman—“Daddy, give me a nickel.” Mr. Foreman—“Why, George, you’re too big to he begging for a nickel.” George—“1 guess you are right. Dad. Make it a dime.” ------♦D.H.S.- ------- Coatesville High has the Red and the Black.” West Chester the “Garnet and White.” A number of papers Cut various capers, But the “Cuckoo’ ’is equal to “Life.” ------♦D.H.S.- Far from It—Dark Wayfarer—“Does I know where de fo’th Nat'nal Bank is? V hy, boss, I don’t even know where is de first nat’nal bank?”—Life. Dangerous—“What makes Carol so disliked?” “She got the most votes for being popular.”—Chicago Daily News.

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THE CUCKOO CLASS SENIORS Anna Hoopes: (telling of tragic end of Garfield) “He suffered much on account of his assassination.” Edith Mller: “What’s the translation of the Latin inscription on this ring ?” j Harlan: “‘Faithful to the Last.’” Edith: “Oh. Harlan! And you told me I was the first.” “Pete” Ax: (Three years from now) “What, you don’t like these biscuits? Why I made them out of a cook hook.” Hathaway: Oh, I’m not contradicting you. This one tastes as if it were made from the cover.” Harry Haines: (in French class) j “The more I study these verbs, the less I know.” Miss Lattelle: “Evidently you must’ve j studied very hard last evening.” “Kay”: “Did you notice that young j man sitting near us in the Opera House last evening?” “Dot”: “That good-looking curly- headed chap with a gold tooth in the ; back of his mouth, who wore a brown suit and a knitted tie. No; why?” (Surely nobody can say that “Dot” hasn’t an eye for details.) Leona Lightcap became so shy at the Alumni Banquet that once she was j found even trying to hide under the i table. Fortunately she was discovered in time so that her mad plan for concealment was never carried out. Miss Philips: (in Senior History) | “Speaking of dog licenses, what other kinds of licenses are there?” Margaretta Mahan: “Marriage li- cense !” (Ten minutes later Margaretta asked how one goes about obtaining a mar- j riage license. That looks as if she meant business. Look out, boys; this is Leap ! Year.) Johnny Francella is so fond of ani- j mals that he carries birds and turtles | around promiscuously in his pockets. Mr. Moyer: (colliding with Dorothy in the hall) “Did I hurt you, Miss Moore ?” “Dot”: “No. Mr. Moyer.” Mr. Moyer: “I’m so sorry.’ (What did he mean?) Anna Wharry: (Talking about Bas- ketball) “Don’t you think ‘Lovie’s’ fast? She catches nearly every ball which comes her way.” Grayson: “Oh, Love’s fast enough to catch anything.” NOTES Clara Snyder: (gloomily) “Do we end today’s lesson with ‘Carbolic Acid’.- ” Mr. Taylor: “Well, Clara, that is a good antidote for gloom.” Johnny Francella: (in Phoenixville restaurant) “I thought you called this ‘spaghetti soup,’ but I fail to see any spaghetti.” Waiter: “Well, over there’s a man who’s ordered ‘cottage pudding,’ but you don’t expect us to serve a cottage with it, do you?” (This retort so dumbfounded Johnny that he actually kept quiet for five minutes.) Harry Haines: (after someone had made a suggestion in class meeting) “That’s what I thought, but I couldn’t think of it.” “Peg” Bray: (in music class) “I’ve often heard a serenade, but never under my window.” Johnny Francella: “Huh! I get serenade under my window every night— by cats.” For a long time we have wondered what causes Margaretta’s typewriter to do such queer stunts. By dint of much perseverance and watchfulness on the part of our “detectives” the dark secret has been discovered: “She feeds it wood alcohol!” JUNIORS Carroll: “Do you believe Shakespeare wrote all those plays lie’s supposed to have written?” Grayson: “I don’t know; I never thought about it, but when I die. if I’m fortunate to go to Heaven. I’ll ask him.” Carrol: “Suppose he’s not there, then what ?” Grayson: “Oh. well, then you ask him.” Certain Juniors were so affected by seeing “The Prince of Tin-Pan Alley” that afterwards they had to take a “prince” of a joy-ride in a “Tin-Liz.” It’s a fortunate thing the “movie” wasn’t called “Ten Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” else these Juniors might’ve been inspired to go diving in the Brandywine. “Is your watch going, Charles?” asked Esther sweetly, as she stifled a yawn. “Yep,” answered Charles. “How soon?” Harlan Sharp: “An alliance is an agreement between two persons for