Gettysburg Academy - Osoga Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY s1ast1c leader of the L L L Qlazy loafers leaguej It has qulte a membershlp and blds falr to r1val the I W W of our day even lf m a much mllder form Mountfunous gorges treacherous cl1Hs swulmg gurgllng' rlvers have no terrors for the greatest engmeer of the age John Clarke Hamllton He has been the father of some of the greatest englneerxng feats of the day He 19 even now rackmg hls tlreles bram for a scheme so as to enable people to appeal brlght when they are dumb Ile has many members of h1s old old classmates bmckmg hlm 1n th1s magnfmlmous and Ollglllal 1de'1 Palnter sculptor and lady k1ller 1s the envlous record that M1rt1nez has est mbhshed for hlmself QIHCQ leax mg G burg Hls latest work IQ a magnlficent and re'1l1st1c po1trayal of Hmd s dlslodged one of h1s consp1cuous and pronounced front molars endeaworlng to mastlcate It The lnvxgoratlng and stlmulatmg' odor of burnt powder sw1rls and whlrls around Peter Byron Tambakls as he W19lCl9 hls fero CIOUS sword for the cause of Greece Ile has become the p10 tmgomst of the Cleek cause and not smce the days of Alex the C reat has there been such a mllltarx wonder as Pete They fthe Greeksb have crovn ned hlm vuth the olne branch and about everxthmg else ln thelr somewhat archalc repretolre and are now exhausted as to the wherewlthall to crown Peter Someone suggests brlcks To a much more homel1ke and endearmg scene must our thoughts turn 1n order to see Wayne Whlte He IS a school teacher and knows more abotu Geomtery than Euclld d1d hlm self HIS greatest asset to the httle hamlet of Orrstown where he drags out hls weary and mundane exlstence IS h1s uncanny Hblllty to tell storles Many a tlme and off has he had the .lovable old rustlcs of aforementloned vlllage burstmg forth lnto unrestramed mlrth ln the tender pathos of sorrowful and tear ful scene Agaln It IS Wlth dlfficulty that I plerce the labyrlnth of lnex pllcable and undefineable v1s1ons Through the hazy fog I see Page 1,3 ...l -1.--. . . ., . . . . , C . L H . y X . . . , . l I L n l C T' K. . . C n sr . ' . ls C U ' .s ' . . I . . ' H up 2 . . . .L C 1 . K i. . . C n . , v . .L . 2 . k Z . . . x. 7. - . .A ' 1 . ' . 1 ' ' . z ' famous pretzel. It was so lifelike that the pretzel baron himself I l C . C I Q C V . C . . L .L - 2 if I ' D - , 2 .. . ' ' - 3 . . S Y . 7. . v C C , , - I L - --1.1 .1-1 11...-

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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY tlreless exertlon he finally bullt up a trade that made F W Woolworth s pale into slgnlficance Dlstance IS no oblect whatever ln the forecastlng of ones llfe My eyes must now roam to a sunny sleepy country where the men loaf and the women wash There among the crowd of lndolent natlves I can easlly dlscern the face of one AHtOHl0 Florez Garcla After leavlng Amerlca he met the glrl of h1S dreams one who could wash and cook and stlll smlle He got marrled and became prosperous Because of hls lntenslfied and magnamlnous learnlng that he recelved at G burg he was elected mayor of the llttle hamlet of Bogota From the vsarm sunny cllmes of South Amerlca to the barren bleak plalns of Alaska IS qulte a dlstance but It IS here that we must go to find Albert Rossvllle Heckey Wlth hls pedal ex tremltles topped up agalnst the patented stove marvellously ac curate ln hls alm of expectorated tobacco IUICC he IS our com mon ldea of a proprletor of a general store In thls emporlum of dlverse and varled merchandlse one can procure anythlng from an Alu ays Cut safety razor blade to a brlght and glltterlng wlth the Bearlng Stralght Nlne durlng the summer The plckle klng Edward Phllllp HQIHZG planned a rosy future as a mlnlster but h1S calculatlons were farther off than the West Indles He became affillated Vklth a plckle concern somewhere ln thls pragmatlc country and IS novu turnlng more cucumbers lnto plckles than Solomon turned good looklng glrls lnto WIVSS Although Brldgeport Conn IS Where thls handsome lad re S1d8S durlng h1S off moments New York IS h1S place of buslness The lad referred to IS Edwln UD Slmons He IS a successful lawyer and he has so many cllents that lf they all stood Slde by Slde they would form a llne from N Y to Kalamazoo and half way back agaln Whlle hlS brllllant and successful brother 19 astoundlng the world with hls spectacular arguments Joseph Leon Slmons IS bewllderlng the same sphere wlth hlS conclusive and emphatlc ldeals of why a man shouldn t work He has become the enthu 1923 P g 42 .......' , . . . . . . . . , ' 9 Y Y . . Y 9 , - . v ' 9 y - . . . piece of mechanicism known as the Ford. Albert also pitches . . - V . . . . i . r. . . . . . Y . v - ' , . 7 . . , fl C

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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY the future of one Clarence Saul Mench He has become a bell bov ln the largest hotel ln the enterprlslng vlllage of Auburn Pa Hls speclallty IS rlnglng a covxbell rather furlously and erratlcally early ln the mornlng Ile lncltes the pr-use of the mllkmen fOl thls questlonable SBIVICQ but the steltolus wrath of the star boarders descends upon hls shapely head ln the form of water pltchers and other artlcles of llke hardness Svseet undulatlng stralns of muslc falntly leach my lppre clatlve eflr MUQIC so svseet and pathetlc that llstenlng to lts tender trembllng 15 thm for any length of tlme one would find oneself completely vsrapped up ln the realms of Morpheus Howard Newton Elrlc ls the lnstlgator and dllectol of these carefully blended and dellghtfullx syncopflted stl'llns of muslc Qlpln IS the leflflel of the Droll sv Doven and he h ls more en gflgemcnts than Bluebeard had VSIVQS Avsay up ln the mountaln dlstllllng some C0llCOCtl0l'1 that a Mr Volstead so emphatlcally tlled to enumerate ue find Mr duct 15 only fill the sltk llld com ll9SC9llt It F1118 be cle lr coln cldence but vse Il0t1CG that UQRIIN exelxbody lloulld Rockwood IS on the slck llst Pleflcllng magnlflcent plofoulld SGIIHOHQ IQ the occupatlon of Roy Luther Qloop lle has become the le ldlllg mlnlster of Bloom V-1 and the congregatlons that attend hls QSFVICGS everv Sunday are larger than the somewhat lnfamous Coxes army One radlcfll change has taken place IH hls molecular make up however and that IS that he IS partlng hls luxurlous growth of halr as near the mlddle of hls shapely head 'ls hls eye can ascer taln Stlll dlmlnutlwe but acutely VIVRCIOUS MOS3lChl VVada has be come the Envoy Extraordlnary and M1H1St8F Plenlpotentlary of the Unlted States of Amerlca to the land of the orange blossoms Before taklng up hls eplspastlc duty of ambassador Wada was one of the leadlng tennls stars of hls country and were lt not for thls much more honorary and heralded posltlon that he now holds lt can be rlghtfully Sald that he would have become the worlds best ln tennls 1923 P490 41: L 7 X c . . V , . A . A L. . N 2 - . . I u X. I Y C . . V ' V - v y ' v 7 . ' . .Y C li 'C ' L x . 1 46 ' ,, I 1 4 Y 1 1 I -w L n f A if A K L ' C I V C C Y. nl. . xv LN ' Y 1- , v ' Wilbel' Tayman Walter. Ile has repeatedly stated that his pro- - U' ' - 'z . aj 2 ' - l V . 5 1 .y v mtv .ly 2 1 H L l A. C I u . J 1 K .n l X . ' ll 2 A ' .p , c . 1 l l' c ' -L K I S U v . g , V c . X . . r ' . fs ' ' U 7' C C 1 u ' , . . . . . Y n A L, Y I A .L ' V . . , . . - . , . !