Maynard High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Maynard, MA)

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18 THE SCREECH OWL COMMERCIAL SENIOR ALPHABET A — is for Axford A “shy” little lass, She vamp ' s all the bays In the sophomore class. F- — for Ruth French. Now, between you and me, Don’t you think that her name Should be just plain “Ruthie” i J — is for Jaakola, “Curly” to us For if you call her Ellen, Oh, my, what a fuss l K — is for Keto, A meek little boy, When we called him “Mr. He shouts out for joy. L — is for Lombard, (She sure is a clip) Who, with her humor, Has earned the name “Flip”. M — is for Martin, A studious lass, She’s the “Ambition Of our Senior Class. O — is for Ojanen, We all love her, too, For when she is smiling. We cannot be blue. P — is for “Pete” Always ready for fun. Just try and stop her When once she’s begun. S — is for Slimond, A nightingale free, When she sings her solos She reaches high C. V — for Vodoklys, Our president true, He’s the faculty’s pet, (All the girls love him, too.) W— for “Miss Wills” Alias Lil Weaving For when she’s playing tennis There is simply no leaving. X Y Z — for the end Well, we’ll just let that pass For there’s really no end To our dear Senior Class. Evelyn F. Gould, ’27. SENIOR JUNE DAYS I. When bright and sunny June ap- pears, The Commercial Seniors will disappear, From their desks and happy school days, Into the business problems gaze. II. Then on the Eve of June the Fourth, The group of Seniors will con- sort. With a bounteous banquet and dance, Where the public are invited to prance. III. By the end of June the trials will arrive Of the Seniors and their lives. When they march up the aisle that night They’ll make a very pretty sight. Ranghild Mark, ’27. SENIOR GLIMPSES I Wonder — Why Hazel Priest thinks the Ford is the best car on the market (2 reasons) ? Why Geneva Martin likes butter and eggs so well? Why Helen Lyons is so friendly with Evelyn Mason ? Whose car it is that we see so often in front of French’s house? Why Ellen Jaakkola doesn’t curl her hair? Why Esther Fonsell is so quiet lately ? If Helen Salo’s wave is perma-

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THE SCREECH OWL 17 ’27. We welcome them both, together, and hope that they may find success and happi- ness in the same way. For Eddie’s -sake we hope that the weather may continue very warm and that the ice business may be excellent. P. S. “Ed” is the President of the Class of ’27. S — is for SHERIDAN. We wel- come Mary Sheridan, ’27 into our midst, and hope that she may reach her goal and be- come a Trained Nurse. S — -is for SUCCESS. Wishing each and every member of the Class of 1927 the greatest suc- cess in the years following their graduation from M.H.S. E, Holt (AL Ed.), COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT EFFICIENCY What is one of the essential •qualities that a young man or woman must possess today? It is Efficiency. We may not be con- scious of the fact, but everyone is either efficient or inefficient. We are all classed by the little things we do rather than the larger things. Nothing will ever be gained by loafing. By this I don’t mean loaf- ing day in and day out, but by letting our spare moments go by unnoticed. We can make very good use of them either by study- ing or the right kind of recreation. When a task is waiting for you, do it immediately. No person was ever efficient who put off until to- morrow. Let’s strive ever to do the duty nearest, and then to make our spare time worth while ! Hazel Priest, ’27. OBSERVATIONS ON THE SENIOR CLASS No doubt you have all heard about the blunder that Eddie Vodoklys made when Mr. Kennedy asked him what etiquette was. Poor Eddie thought and thought and at last thought he was stumped, when suddenly a bright idea came to him and he spoke up and said, “It’s saying ‘No, thank you’ when you want to say ‘Gimme’.” Mildred Axford was seen taking a walk in the woods one day. May- be she likes all the “forests”, who knows ? Hazel J. Priest, A studious lass, She is the “Head Light” Of our Senior Class. THE MIRACLE Zip! Boom! Bang! Purr! From the depths of silence it had as- cended to a thunderous roll. Sud- den silepce. Once more the noise of a cannon roll. Changing to sharp stacatto sounds which faded away in the distance. As this oc- curred heads were bared and si- lence once more reigned. The miracle had happened. At last Edward Vodoklys’ Ford had started. H. G., ’27.

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THE SCREECH OWL 19 nent (watch it during rainy What will make Ruth Wilson weather) ? look cross. EXCHANGES j We are glad to acknowledge the following exchanges : “‘The Hebronite” — Hebron, Neb- raska. “The Echo” — Wlnthrop, Mass. “The Tatler” — Nashua, N. H. “ Drury Academe ” — North Adams, Mass. The Sagamore”— Brookline, Mass. “The J abberwack ” — Boston, Mass. “The Golden Rod” — Quincy, Mass. “The Templeton Tempter” — Bald- winville, Mass. “The Voice” — Concord, Mass. “The Red and Black” — Newport, R. I. “The Signboard” — Springfield, Mass. WHAT OTHERS THINK OF US “The Scheech Owl” Your first edition is well bal- anced. The Poems are novel and interesting. But why not have more editorials by the editor him- self? “The Templeton Tempter” “The Screech Owl” Your magazine Is new to., us, and we congratulate you upon your in- teresting material. Each depart- ment is well-written, but why not enlarge them? Your poetry is very good. A table of contents would improve your magazine greatly. Come again! “Drury Academe” “The Screech Owl” The Screech Owl is, fortunately, of a quieter tone than might be in- ferred from its spectacular and rather flaming title. This is a new magazine and we feel confident that it will soon make itself heard. The first issue displays promising literary and poetic contributions. We hope the publication will soon be in a position to carry cuts and illustrations as these seem to be the only missing factor in a well- organized paper. “The Tatler” CAN SCIENCE CONTROL THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD? Having achieved great conquests on land and air, we wonder if science can leash the mighty waters that rise and break their bounds. All that man has done is to watch this great flood rear its swollen crest and thousands seek safety by swarming the levees and by pil-