North Shore Country Day School - Mirror Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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THE MIRROR 27 The Ballad of a Funny Freshman There was a funny Freshman, Whjj went to Country Day, She didn ' t care to study, She ' d rather go and play. She liked all pretty dresses, Gay shoes and stockings too. She loved to go to dances And went to quite a few. She had a hundred crushes, One for each pressing day; She very seldom worried, For she was always gay. But suddenly exam times came With thrills and heart throbs few, For sobs and tears soon followed them When she flunked all but two. That girl became a Senior, Though how I cannot say, For all she used to like to do Was go outdoors and play. Civics Nightmare It was the night before the Exams, and my mind was mostly a muddle or what the cooks might call Hungarian Goulash. Everything was so mixed up that I had the honorable Mr. Tufts sitting in a dug-out in the cave days and Miss Taylor writing hieroglyphics on the cave walls. Mr. Riddle was just coming home with a newly invented fish hook, and Mr. Jones was doing the hula-hula around the camp- fire because he had finally worked out his theory that the world was eight-sided. I was convinced that the something was wrong, but I knew not what. Was the comma in the wrong place? Oh dear, my mind was still wandering. I was think- ing of the English Exam ! Then I looked at my notebook. Algebra, Latin, French, and other papers stared me in the face. Oh — I was certainly suffering. Mr. E. H. Smith was giving prac- tical lessons in bookkeeping, and, lo and behold, Mr. Bolinger was making the first fire out of sofa pillows and tissue paper. Mr. Price was asking very queerly, but suddenly I realized that he was not jumping off the top limb of a tree to kill himself, but was trying to make his arms carry him through the air like a bird or an aeroplane. How very scientific this type of cave man must have been, I thought. But my expectations of a wonderful new race were limited and cut short when I real- ized that, like all dreams, this one had an end, and also that predicative nominatives, verbs, and polynomials were as important to the examiners as cave men were to the Real Business of Living.

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26 Officers President - -- -- -- - William McEwen Vice-President --------- Janet Kirk Secretary --------- Herbert Nunn Treasurer - - - ------ Sarah Mills Motto Colors Non quis sed Quid Green and Grey What Would: — Mrs Childs do if Wallace had his Latin? — Tommy look like if he were as thin as Aldy? — Tohn Ott do without eyes for an excuse? — Larney do if he didn ' t know anything about ships? — Freddy do if he were bashful ? — Aldy do if he lost his catalogue. — Pierre do if he didn ' t know any long words ? — Pliil do if he never laughed? — The teachers do if Rocco were ever still in class ? ■ — Billy look like in long pants? — Cooley do if he couldn ' t think up a comeback? — Armstrong do if he lost his comb? — Herby do if he could never go out west? — Merrill do if he wrecked his car? — Littell do if he couldn ' t keep up with the latest styles?

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28 THE MIRROR Future Freshman Occupations A. Rogers — Owner of an old curiosity shop, dealing especially in guns, swords, spears, etc. F. Armstrong and P. Bouscaren — Chief detectives of Armstrong and Bouscaren Pri- vate Detective Agency. L. Blatchford — Commander of U. S. S. Al. H. Nunn and W. Littell — Active owners of Stupendous Rivoli Ballroom. W. McEwen — Operator of McEwen Research Laboratories. B. Cooley — Holder of trans-continental mortocycle speed record. J. Merrill — President of the United Automobile Sales Corporation. J. Wallace — Manager of Chicago White Sox. F. Scott — Head of Scott Dry Goods Department Store. J. Ott — Factory superintendent of International Radio and Mechanical Corporation. P. Moore — Owner of land on which many famous Chicago buildings stand. •T. Boal — President of the famous 5 and 10c Stores. T. Coyne — Chief Art and Comic Editor Chicago Tribune. Female Freshmen sarah Mills Jeanne Street Louise Conway Emily Pope Winifred McKeown Doris Ferry Helen Bell - Betty Durham Eleanor Cushman Betty Parker Lois Truesdale Louise Badgerow Eleanor Sherman Grace Orell Emily Fentress Jane Kirk Frances Alschuler long skirts weekly marcell primness actress curls mamma ' s angel child pet eraser painted balls braids always blushing daily crush boj ' s Kitten on the Keys confectionery carefree sweet smile shingles Fresh Advice to Juniors on Becoming Seniors 1. Hold on to your dignity. Don ' t giggle. 2. Don ' t have crushes yourself, but 3. Always smile on your little Freshman crushees. It makes them happy and — 4. Save them at least one of your sandwiches. 5. Get a car. You ' re sure to be popular then. 6. Learn the Senior smile. You ' ll need it when you ' re late to class. 7. Learn some of their marvelous excuses for unprepared assignments. 8. Be original. Let every man surpass his neighbor. 9. Be thinking all year about the Mirror. 10. Don ' t have any particular peculiarity that can be published.