Hunter College High School - Argus Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Clio: Euterpe: Clio: About their school, they joined Clubs, forums, publications. There was no place in all the school Into which they did not poke their shiny noses. From the G.O. to the Victory Corps, Each group was soon invaded By these brand new Hunterites, Who presently began to feel A growing liking for the school and one another, And it was with real reluctance That they parted for vacation. The second stage of Hunter life Is in Euterpe's care. O Sister, Muse of Lyric lines and Music, How fared they in their second term P These days were happy ones. No longer 'Freshies' were the girls, But, 'Upper Freshmen,' if you please, To smile and say, 'When I was in first term..., A War Stamp Auction yielding more Than any other project in the school Was held, and Ivanhoe shared honors with Major Todd As men of the hour. Chanting, 'Hic, haec, hoc, and lzuius Mendel?' Once again they met the enemy-Exams, And, once again, they made it theirs. All 'tse's' and 'dze's' and glottal stops, And lolling 'l's' and lisps Were carefully eradicated from their speech, And it was 'Bow, bow, bow, Belinda,' X2-3XY, Till their second term was throughf, Now Sophomore Year stretched out before them, And to Terpsichore they were entrusted, To guide their third term into dancing measures. x' Xxgd l if 'ii 1 L tqg, Y x, 1. f f1 . -P -1:1--'UQ' Tex- - P33 ii 0 4, Ki l 2