Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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the echo 27 down trees all around me, and still I con- tinued growing. I began having acorns of my own now, and saving boys climb up my trunk, and swing from my big limbs. One spring when I woke up, I found that I was practically the only tree left, and how majestic I felt. King o’er the Ocean and Land, I liked to think, because I could look far over the ocean, and back over the land. One night it rained and thundered and lightninged, and the ocean was very rough. I saw a light on the ocean and knew that one of those boats was laboring in the storm. The light came nearer the cliff, near which I stood, and late in the night I heard a crash, and knew that the boat had hit the cliff, and I also heard shrieks and knew that people were in distress, but I, a tree, could do nothing. The next day some men came and looked over the cliff, shading their heads, and talking in low tones. After the next snow some more of those things crashed on the Cliff, and I got so I listened for them during a storm. A few more snows after that, some men came and one of them nailed a big thing near the top of my trunk, on the ocean side. A lot of wires came out of it, and were attached to another wire running through the air. That night I got the sur- prise of my life, for a man came and turned something near the ground and a big daz- zling light suddenly came out of that thing and I heard him say, “There, I guess that’ll keep ’em away.” I wondered whether he meant the men who cut down the trees or the ships, but he didn’t say. All the other trees are cut down and I stand here all alone, keeping vigil o’er all the sea, as I found out, because I heard a man say, “Well, we haven’t had any boats lost since “Old Faithful” has kept guard” Was I proud? Well, I guess I was, and I ?,ave many people come and look at me. I d like to see the chipmunk now, that could jump over me. Dumb: “What do they call lemons in Kalamazoo? Dumber: “I’ll bite”. Dumb: “Lemons, of course”. Dumb: “My girl has affectionate eyes.” Belle: “Yes, they’re always looking at each other.” Colored soldier telling of war: Ah shot, and Ah shot, and Ah shot — eleben times, and Ah wins everah dollah in dat crap game. In the paper after a duel between Mr Shott and Mr. Krott: The shot that Shott shot at Krott shot not Krott but shot Shott himself. Reverend: “Remember, my friends, none of us wear a whole shirt on our backs.” Bob J. : “Now, Parson, how do you make that out? Look! I’ve got a whole shirt on my back”! Reverend: My dear boy, half of your shirt is on the front”. “How did you hurt your thumb, George? George A.: Hurrying to catch a fellow and I stepped on it. Father Jock (to his offspring on a Sun- day morning on the way to the kirk “Hist, Angus, me lad, ye’d better take longer steps, seein’ as ye’ve yer Soonday shoes on”. J Chet (phoning garage) : “Send help at once. I’ve turned turtle.” Voice: “My dear Sir, this is a garage. W hat you want is an aquarium. When you’re down, don’t be dis- couraged ! Just remember the mighty oak was once Dorothy Brown, ’30. Duggan: “Where do you think I got this collar?” Dalton: “Where?” Duggan: “Around my neck.” Anna R. : “What are these chops, lamb or pork?” John S. : “Can’t you tell by the taste?” Anna R. : No. John S. : “Well then, what difference does it make.” “Lived here all your life?” “Don’t know, haven’t died yet.” 3 comfortable is audience so Dear me, big boy, it’s because they’ve removed the tax from the seats.” 4 Why isn t Holbrook a true Democracy? Because they keep electing a King. y ° U the Mea of be “ m - “Madam 1 thought that the blackboard would set off my blond hair so beautifully ”

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26 THE ECHO West Bridgewater West Bridgewater Name ab hits runs Black, p 4 2 0 Chinock, ss 4 0 0 Crowley, lb 2 0 0 Stonkus, c 4 0 0 Broman, 3b 3 0 1 Chinock, L., cf 4 0 0 Hayword, rf 3 0 0 Barrett, 2b 3 10 Asack, If 2 0 0 Strikeouts by Hiltz, 14; hits off Black, 15. Total: Holbrook 11, W. Bridgewater 1. Holbrook vs. Thayer Name ab hits runs Waters, c 5 2 2 N. Hiltz, ss 5 2 2 Waldman, 3b 5 12 Calahan, ss 4 2 Waters, cf 4 2 1 Ahearn, f 2 0 1 L. Hiltz. lb 4 0 0 Sears, If 3 11 Dalton, 2b 4 0 0 Strikeouts by Calahan, 11; hits off Mc- Jennet, 13. Thayer Name ab hits runs Copethorn, 3b 4 11 Benson, ss 4 0 2 Bennett, 2b 3 0 0 Curtis, c 4 11 Sears, lb 10 0 Martin, f 4 0 0 Holt, If 2 0 0 McJennett, p 3 0 0 French, cf 3 0 0 Strikeouts by McJennett, 1; hits off Cala- han, 5. Total: Holbrook 10, Thayer 18. S. H. S. vs. Bridgewater at Holbrook Name ab hits runs Waters, C.. lb 6 5 5 N. Hiltz, p-lf 5 2 4 Waters, rf 5 2 3 Calahan, ss 6 4 3 Waldman, 3b 6 2 1 Dalton, 2b 3 10 Sears, If 4 2 1 L. Hiltz, lb-p 4 2 2 Ahearn, cf 4 0 1 Tierney, cf 10 0 Richardson, c 10 0 Kearns, cf 10 0 Strikeout by Hiltz ; Calahan and Hiltz, 8 ; hits off Black, 20. Mr. M (in physics) : Is the current go- ing clockwise or counter clockwise? Pete : It makes a difference on which side of the clock you stand. Name ab hits runs Black 4 3 3 R. Chavock 4 11 Crowley 4 0 0 Stonkus 4 0 0 Bronan 4 10 L. Chanock 4 1 0 Heyward 4 2 0 Barrett 2 0 0 Asock 3 0 1 Strikeouts by Black, 4; hits of S. H. S., 7. Total: Holbrook, 20; W. Bridgewater, 5. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN OAK TREE At the point at which I am starting this story I was only a little acorn on a big oak tree that stood on a cliff overlooking the ocean, and one day some happy, noisy boys climbed the tree and shook it. I fell off, but landed in some soft, brown earth, and did not hurt myself. Pretty soon the snow began to fall, and I slept under the snow-blanket all winter. One day I woke up and the snow-blanket was gone, and I had sunk down into the warm brown earth, and had little sprouty things growing out of my shell. Pretty soon I began to stick my head out of the earth, and grow, and grow, and grow. I was very proud of my- self, and nearly burst with conceit when a few buds appeared and burst into leaves. I was not very far from my mother, and she talked to me, and told me how to grow large, strong, and straight. I thought I was a very large tree until one day a little chip- munk came along, and jumped right over me. Oh! How small I felt! That fall when all the trees were losing their leaves, two or three men came along driving a wagon with funny looking tools and shiny things on it, and soon a group of noisy men ap- peared, and took the shiny things from the wagon, and came over to my mother. One of the men almost stepped on me. Pretty soon I heard a grinding, sawing noise, and looking up, I saw that they were sawing my mother! Late in the afternoon I heard a crashing, ripping noise, and my mother fell to the earth, missing me by inches. How I cried that night. The snow came, and again I slept, but when I awoke in the spring there were great spaces about me, many of the trees having been cut down. This year I grew very, very tall, and Oh! how hot it was in the summer without and protecting shade near me. This went on for very many “snows”, until I was nearly as large as my mother had been, and “snow” I dreaded those men who mercilessly cut

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28 THE ECHO m. 5i2 I B - — - - g i $ $ Jffnrrtgn Hrpartmrnt LE COMTE DE MONTE CRISTO On accusait mal, Dantes, un jeune mate- lot des mers et on l’enjoyavait a la prison dans le Chateau D’il. La on le jetait dans un cachot sans compagnons a qui il parle- rait. Pensant qu’il n’y avait pas d’esperance qu’ on le ferait libre, Dantes essayait se tuer mais Faria, un pretre italien, le sau- vait. Ils faisaient une amitie forte entre l’un l’autre et apres avoir grince une ouver- ture entre leurs deux cachots, ils procedent tuer le gendarme et echopper. Quand ils avaient fait toutes les prepara- tions, Faria mourait et Dantes echappait en prenant Pendroit du cadavre. Quand les Tiboulen. La il trouvait la protection de la tempete. Le matin, un contrebandier, la “Jeune — Amelie passait et sauvait Dan- tes. Quand Dantes eprouvait au captain de la Jeune — Amelie qu’il soit un matelot et un matelos habile, on permettait qu’il vite sur le vasseau et qu’il recoive le meme ar- gent que les autres matelots recoivent. Enfin, ce vasseau passait Pile de Monte Cristo que Dantes connait comme Pendroit ou le vieux pretre lui disait qu’on cachait le tresor de la famille des Spadas. Il venait toute de suite chasser les chevres sauvages et, pretendant qu’il avait fait mal a son dos, on le laissait sur Pile avec un pioche, un fusil, et de la poudre. Quand le vasseau etait hors de la vue, Dantes procedait suivre les entailles sur les rocher et bientot il se trouvait dans une caverne nette et lustree. Il passait dans la seconde caverne on il trouvait le tresor qu’on cachait. C’etait un coffre fort, pleine d’or, d’argent, de rubis, de perles, de dia- monds, d’emeralds, et beaucoup d’autres pierreries. Dantes, ne croyant quere qu’il n’etait pas un reve, s’ecria, “L’univers tout entier est a moi.” Charles Martin, ’28. “Comment vous portez-vous, madem- oiselle?” La chatte sat on the window-celle, La fenetre s’ouvoit and out she fell, “Comment vous portez-vous, madem- oiselle?” Bebe est malade Maman: Ou est-elle done? Pourquoi Ni- nette ne l’amenet-elle ici? — Entrez! Ninette: Pardon madame, je suis tard mais Bebe a pleure beaucoup. Elle est toute rouge. Je pense qu’elle est malade. Maman: Malade! Mon Dieu, ne dites pas cela. Ma pauvre cherie. Ninette: Que faire madame? Maman : Allez chercher le medecin — courez vite! Ninette: Oui, madame. (On frappe.) Maman: Entrez! Bonjour, monsieur le Le Medecin: Bon jour madame, qua’- avons nous ici? Maman: Bebe est bien malade. Ninette: C’est la rougeole, n’est ce pas monsieur? Le Medecin : Taisez-vous ! Ninette: Monsieur! Le Medecin: Taisez-vous (a Bebe) Don- nez moi la main. Maman: Est ce que Bebe va monsieur? Ninette: Mourir! O ciel, ne dites pas cela! Le Medecin: Taisez vous maintenant (a Maman). Non madame votre enfant ne va pas mourir ce moment. Elle a trop mange. Maman : O merci ! Le Medecin: Maintenant, donnez lui la remede que j’ai ici et qu’elle se couche vitement. Maman: Oui monsieur. Le Medecin: Bonjour madame. Maman : Bonjour, Monsier le Docteur. Vincent Naverouskis, ’29. Felis Felis sedit by a hole Intenta she, cum omni soul, Prendered, rats; Mice cucurrent over the floor, In numero duo, tres, or more Obliti cats. Felis saw them oculis; I’ll have them, inquit she, I guess Dum ludent; Tunc ilia crept toward the group, Habeam, dixit; good rat soup Pingues sunt.