Morristown High School - Cobbonian Yearbook (Morristown, NJ)

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H COBBONIAN And thusse theyr Junior yeere didde end. Nowe folde our greater work attend. This yeere whereof I nowe doe telle The greatest was, also the last, For in their feats wee know ryghte Welle Alle othere yeeres are farre surpassed. For underneath the guiding hand Of hym the Lord high seneschal WVho teacheth Ynglishe in ye land 'Where erstwhile proudly lived thei alle Yclept bi name ye Earle of Carter, Moste Potente, Terrible in Wrath, Knyghte of ye order of ye gartere, Knyghte of ye ord-er of ye bathe, Thei chase fromme oute ye throng arrayede Syr Richard Davis, lord of alle, Syr Robert Cunningham hys ayde, To answere to hys everie calle. As treasurer from out ye presse, Syr Elwood Faulkner thei didde pikke, As secretarie Aggenesse Who alway eateth lemonne stikke, Syr Elwood ys ye knyghte who stands Atte games before ye myghtie thronge, And Wydely Waiveth bothe hys hands, To leede ye folk in cheere and songe. Thysse yeere oure noble classe Y trowe, Dydde withe much cunninge and hygh arte, Prepaire a spectacle to showe, To be yclept Peg O' My Heartef' And those who acted in thysse plai, To launch itte and supplie it's neede, Are joyous souls I trowe and gai, Whose names enlisted you may reade: Ye Ladye Vera Beston Highte, Sur Charles E. Eaton handsome swayne, Syr Robert Smythe, a courteous knyghte, 19

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H COBBONIAN Ande hys swete systere Aggeness Was dubbed recorder of events. She is a stampe of worthieness, And always eateth pepperments. Syr Dick and Vincent thisse sesoun Showed mickel worth at basketballe, And gained their classe mouch renown, So may the gode sayntes bless thim alle. And thisse ye yeere did end I trowe, Thus thynges befel as alle menne knowe. When leaves were red and sunnes ful hote, And Autumn's herald monthe didde comme As juniors nowe wyth mickle note Thei enterred to the sound of drumme. Thei chose as officers this yeere Syr Dick commander and his aide Lord Vince, and to his systere deere, Who always eateth marmalade, Ye Secretariship thei gave, And Ladie Chadwick thei did make The Treasurer-gode soules and brave. Say all a maten for their sake. And in this yeere in joust they mette, Both on the rostra and the field, Ye classe of Twenty-one who yette l Through force of arms did make them yeild. But on ye field of basketballe Where many valiant knyghts didde plai, Thei lakked but two poynts of themme all And else thei shold have wonne ye dai. And on ye rostra where the clerkes With tongs the wonted rayce did ronne, The lordly judges doomed theyr werks, But bi a bote of two to one. And somme of this fayne classe renowned With those of Twentye-one's array, The Boys Debating Club didde found, NVhich standeth monument to-dai. 18

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H COBBONIAN Who natheles playeth a villaine, Ye giante Frederick known as Earle, Who ruleth alle menne by hys fyste, Dame Emylie Nappin, haughty girl, VVho be ye doughty Smythe is kissed. Syr Albert Thomson, flax-haired yowthe, Ye Ladye Elsie Chadwicke, who Isse wicked as a Witche forsoothe, -In thysse the play is far fromme true- Lord james of Carton, he who stands VVith eache fatte fyste behynde hysse bakke And Aggeness wyth folded hands, Who always eateth crackerjack. They chose moreover for their boke, To be yclept Cobbonian, Of various and divers folk, A great and motely caravan, Syr Franke De Roddler, edditor, Syr Robert Cunninghamme his adde, Syr Sheldon Scoble, manager, Wyth Pen ande Ynkhorne stout arraydeg Syr David Rubidge who doth wait To-followe Shelle Where'ere he turnes, A lorde as myghtye inne debate As thatte grimme peere, Syr Garrett Byrnes. Ye loveli ladey, Emylie, Syr Lorn MacDougall, Scottishe knighte, Ye Prophets of the classe do bee, Eache is a gode and wunderfulle wyghte. Syr Robert Cunninghamme, the manne Who leade debaters outte to warre, Ande thatte Syrre Laurence De Iourdanne, The crimson bearded troubadour, Were made hystoriannes of the classe To seke the annalls of the yeeres, Hir victories and defeates-alasse! To synge unto the dames and peeresg 20