George Washington High School - Monument Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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Washington In Capitals is for Walt Kinch .An all around lad A is for Annabel The best to be had S is for Shoemaker A musical frill H is for Harman Who sings for a thrill I is for Ivanhoe Must know him to pass N is for Norene A blonde with much class G is for Gertie Torgeson's the name T is for Thompson A speaker of fame O is for Ora Mae A red headed gal N is for Jim Nance Our athletic pal W Why I Am Don Newell: I even got my lessons once, and the teacher didn't call on me. Jim Shafer: No smoking on account of opera. Alberta Johnson: I thought I had Mac nicely tied, but there were stronger ties that bound. Jeanne Curry: I have a little sister who is inches taller than I. Jerome Gearhart: Mr. Lavell doesn't appreciate my wise cracks. Betty Kehne: I've tried and tried, but I just can't tell which Barger I'm going with. Bill Hughes: I can't seem to make Miss Leven really care for me. H is for Howard Cherry With such a sweet way I is for Ignorance Which never holds sway G is for Gouldin Yvonne's a sweet miss H is for Hungerford Who giggles with bliss S is for Sallach Who argues forever C is for Culver Who'll orate on the weather H is for Harmony That floats from 200 O is for Oboe On which Hughes has thundered O is for Old Long our school has sat L is for Love Spring winds tend to that. A Pessimist Bob Hunnicutt: I've lost three books, and they are going to make me pay for every one of them. Virginia Ohmann: I can't shed Ches- ter, even by being cruel and rude. Marcella Heal: Every time I ask a fellow to a party, they call it off. Miriam Ogburn: Sam is only a tenth grader, which isn't so good. Mrs. Green: My permanent wave re- fuses to grow out. Norma Glass: Just when my super- sophistication act was going over big, I had to stub my toe. Paul Kelty: No one seems to appre- ciate my Grade A personality. Rachel Austin: I'd much rather look like Harlow than Bette Davis. One Hundred Eleven

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Washington's Letter Box By Merry Mannerisms Dear Merry Mannerisms: Please tell me, why is it that athletic men appeal to women more than the studious type? B. K. Dear B. K.: If you don't know that, there's no use telling you. A M. M. Dear Miss Mannerisms: Being a 10B, I doubtlessly have much to learn. Being unlike most 10B's, I admit it. Since I've been to Washington I've paid elevator fees twice, and locker dues three times. But since then, I've started thinking. Tell me, Miss Man- nerisms, do you think they've been mak- ing a sucker out of me? Vera Green. Dear Vera: No, of course they haven't. You just do every little thing that the upperclass- men tell you to do, and you'll get along fine. Incidentally, the fee for answering your letter is 250. Please remit imme- diately. M. M. My very dear Merry: I have no problem but should like to help poor bashful boys. I'm fully con- vinced that I'm the most popular boy in school. I attribute my success to my handsome face, manly form and dazz- ling personality. I will gladly send my Ona Hundred Twelve pamphlet, Ten Secrets to Success to anyone sending a stamped, self-ad- dressed envelope. Billy Corey. Dear Billy: Thank you very much for your help- ful letter. I'm sure many lads will ap- preciate your pamphlet Ten Secrets to Success. Write again. M. M. Dear Merry Mannerisms: Will you please advise me? Howard McLaughlin has been answering me so respectfully of late. What shall I do? Miss Witwer. Dear Miss Witwer: Don't be worried, dear lady. It is just the spring coming on, and I suggest some good old sulphur and molasses liberally dished out. ' M. M. -l Dear Miss Mannerisms: I have been going steady with Anna- bel for two years now. I have taken her to shows, dances, and have given her presents on birthdays and Christ- mases. And now, Miss Mannerisms, the question is this-Do you think I ought to kiss her? B. B. Dear B. B.: Heavens no, you've done enough for her already! M. M.

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Let's Give 8400 A Hand Four flights up-by the tracks-room 400. Few realize its importance in get- ting this book out. Just a few. Miss Witwer knows. So do we of 400. Smeary, paint-covered hands. Splat- tered wash-room. Adjustable desks. Blackboard done in vivid Chinese. Globular li gh ts swinging from long chains in sooty breezes. Ranks of ma- nilla paper. A tin bucket and an old vase arranged artistically in front of some crumpled paper. The balcony, from which the smell of scalding wax emerges. Batik work. A boy frowning over a messy sketch. Two girls with .sticky brushes-rubber cement. Door opens and Cookie brings in some an- nual supplies. Great sheets of gray cardboard. Mr. Zeman looks up and sighs with relief. On Way back to pa- per cutter, he's stopped by a lad who asks, What ails this fellow's arms? They don't look right! One girl leaves on errand to get more glossy prints. Paper cutter bites noisily into gray sheets. Cedar workers' workshop! With Apologies To Gilbert, Sullivan And Shafer I am the very model of a modern high school student , I'm not so well acquainted yet with mat- ter's mathematical I'm very fond of whispering and doing I cannot learn equations, neither simple things I shouidn't I seldom care for work that will require much thought or energy nor quadratical But about the latest dance step I am teeming with a lot of news I never seem to get the grades my par- Although I really do not know the ents do require from me. square of the hypotenuse. Drift Bits Caught ln The R. R. Tracks Mosied slowly into ol' W. H. S. No usual din. Wondered Then I remembered. Ah yesg assembly At the Paramount. Fine building for our Entertainment. Better show our Appreciation And Turn up The Seats! Made up absence today One Hundred Ten In 208. Five-fifteen when I left building. And even then As I passed, A luster-haired, laughing-eyed Lady Stayed later Helping a Perplexed pupil with his Geometry. -And gladly, too. Guess she deserves Our Respect.