Gettysburg Academy - Osoga Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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Nonsense It xx as a summer day 1n winter and the sun was shlnlng snow when the good seamen Hasenfuss Hunger Ream Leach Hutchison set sa1l wlth Columbus ln 1492 on the Good Shlp Rock and Rye and on the other shlps xx hlch made up the squadron They set 9311 across the mlserable 11X er whlch at that tlme was called the Atlantlc Ocean As they left the people stood on the shole under thelr ramcoats and umbrellas ln the scorchlng sun cheerlng these brave men who set out for a definlte polnt but who dld not know where they were golng I went along as the prlvate secretary for Doctor Flchtner who was a very rlch man and who had a very extenslve tradlng bus1 ness wlth the natlves of South Amerlca He recelved a great demand for Afrlcan golf balls and sold qulte a few Fords We salled along for days and nlghts and weeks and ln fact for WQHIS The weather was wonderful The sun was shmmg brlghtlx and It ralned all the tlme The waxes rolled hlgh and smooth and tossed the shlp about nolselessly as the wlnd blew us Many notable people were on thls trlp There was hls thele was llenrx P Smlth a noted eng1nee1 who d1d all the plumblng wo1k 1n the Woolwolth blllldlllg there was Allen Ixershnel who was so brlght people had to look at h1m thru smoked gl xss the1e was Moses Studholm who lead the Israelltes out of Egypt mto the Promlsed Land and othels too numelous to mentlon It xx as mldnlght on the ocean not a stleet car was ln Qlght when out walked a drunken S31l01 on the deck and addressed the full moon thus You needn t take on and look so proud Guess you re full only once a month and I m full exely nlght On the same ex enlng Captaln Crlder walked mto the ballroom He was about to dance w1th a fastldlous lady who suggested that he put on his gloves before proceedmg to dance Whereupon Capt Cr1de1 replled bruflly Never mlnd me Ill wash up when Im thru danclng It was m1d day and the I'1QlI'lg sun was settlng 1n the west the llttle fishes 1n the trees were cuddled ln thelr nest whlle Colum I 10 Y . y. . . , V 9 Y ! l 7 , . 7 . . 7 , D , . Y L . . y V . 7 . . y . . . . . , Y 1 a 7 Y n D. L l l . v . . . F 7 . on. - 1 ' T ' . 1 Majesty, Owen H. King, the president of the African Republic: -1 v - uv I D , l 1, . . v 1 . v 1 . . S y .' zssg ' fr . , . ' L , 4. 1 V S . . v L 1 Y . K. Y ' 1 I , sn 7 . , . . r , 9 , , ' ar , . 3 ' ,, ' , H ' 9. 7 ' 3 Y ' ' 77 V v . Y . . Y . I K . Y . . .

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Ream Do you thlnk anyone around here yylll loan me S5 00 Doyle Don t ask me Hunger las alum clock goes ofl'J Ah I fooled you that tlme I yyasn t asleep qVSdltZ to K St xllsmlth What lb your favorlte color? Kltty Stallsmlth S1r Reese ICBFISGJ Agnew That m rn Flnls must have been a great yvr1ter Sloop Why so? Agneyy llls name 15 1n llmost every book Iknoyy so many many glrls I knoyy most all ln toyyn I knoyy the pretty bobbed halred one But none of them know me A melancholy Senlor Hunger Psy cholognts tell us that yy omen llke bad men sav that she yy ouldn t marry the best man on earth Cood looklng Cr1de1 The ladles all admlre They thlnk he s a truthful boy But really he s 1 student' And handsome Klrnak IN 1 ladles man you see And to b8 lLll1lfLll Ruth He sald Gee you look good to me There s a good shoyv at the Llncoln Way And that shoyy I d l1ke to y1eyy But I can t emoy It dear unless I slt wlth you So s1nce I h we the money don t fear to let me know For w1th you at my qld9 dear I d llke to see the show' Dr Huber Yes Karnak ova means egg Karnak Oh IS that yyhy yy hen an orator gets bad eggs thrown at h1m It IS called ovatlon P1110 ' I Y . ' c V' . . , 7 2 ' : : , ' ' . , V vm N 1 1 v . 1 .1 . L Q C x Q C C n : ' , : ' . : z ' '. s ' . ': 1 . ' z s ' . v Y K 'Y VY . 7 . C , 3 v uv - . , Karnak: There may be something to that. I've heard a girl v I v I - . . ' . Q 4 . ' ' 9 K 1 v ,W 4 1 C n C -... n . yn .1 4 4 l v, c . 1 I c , K , C . 1 ' U v . , , . , . y 7 ' v' Y , . V . . . . 9 7 K ' W. 1 V , .. c V , ' ' 7 ' H . , , . . : :, ' , . 3 y ' , ' , . ill? .

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bus stood on the deck lookmg thru a mlcroscope after a hun dred years he slghted land We passed beneath the Statue of Llberty and at last landed at Coney Island ln 1865 After a r1de on the merry ,go round the sallors got sea slck Whlle on shore I shook hands wlth in Irlshman named Doyle I zsked hlm how he llked the country and he replled Q0 much lndade that I lntend to become a natlve at once An I11sh hackm ln drove Flchtner and myself a long dlstance up Flfth Avenue ln a peltlng ram Flchtner finally asked Are you not terrlbly wet Pat? Ah shure was the quick replx It s not the wet that s troublm me but lndade I m so horr1ble FY Most of the crew after a short stay IH New York Clty came to Cettysburg to hear LIHCOIHQ Gettysburg Address We be came settled and Vou w1ll stxll find most of us here C A K Ruthle made an angel Q 1ke Cha1les ate It GVGIQ crumb 'Ihen he heard the mgels drum Callmg softlv Charles come And he went' fCood byej Prof Zerbe Martz whx weren t you at church Sundax lllgllto lVIa1tz I was at church Prof Zerbe You werent at the College Church I dldn t see you on the left sxde where you ue supposed to Slt Marta No I w ent to bt James Church and sat on the left 1de Karnak If you would marry a Widow w1th two chlldren w hat would you have? Dos le I glve up Karnak A second hand l1zz1e and two runabouts Owen Klng Say Sh1elds how old are v0u'7 Shlelds Twenty Why? O Klng Goodness graclous I dldn t know one could get that ugly 1n twenty years Pa 12 1 . . C 5 - K I , L ' I Y K L 'L 1 1 1 . I . Y I 1 LI C L 1 L C c C L . . . l H . 7 I c , sr I c , - , ' , , an C n fu. 'W I ' I 1 ' C C . Y . . . . I H . c . , - H u . ra ' 1 , 9 ' Y A ' Q, l za' 9, 9 - y - 9 , - . c I , , . d ,Y 1 . l V 1 7 K Y v ' 7 1 L L- ' L L v L 9 . If C 1 . , N For her darllng Charles sake. A Q . 4 v C 1 W I V9 C L ' cc , , n 1 '- . v f -v v . 1 - ' . v y v V Y ' n 9 , U C U 1 L c ' I ' I . u v , . , Y 1. v 4 1 w . L C L L n r I v ' I' N 1. : . , . I c b . 0 , ' v l . v ' Y 7 ' . , . . C C o L L. V . n I V . , I, V . ' I Y . , . J I . 1 0 . , v . . , I , .. jll' Q