Northeast High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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noddles, while he was relating to us the adventures of Mulvaney. Dickie'i is also , , ,f 'tri m the self-constituted leader of our Orchestra-enough said. There is yet another gentleman whom we would fain touch lightly upon, namely, our English Professor. You have all, doubtless, seen pictures of the old Mediaeval monks, fat, slick, contented, hands folded over well-rounded belly and gif face wreathed in smiles, his whole personage speaking eloquently of indolence and good living. Wlell, that's Lemuel. Always jolly, ever ready to listen to a joke and crack a staler one in return, he is indeed a winner. Chaff is his forte. ff a fellow had his head cut off, Lem would chaff him because now he couldn't eat so much ice cream. Merely as a side issue he also gave us essays to write. Generally, he told us to read a certain book, the Dictionary, Encyclopaedia or other heavier litera- t f ture, and then bring in a Iooo-page essay upon it. lt was not long before we began to suspect that our dear Dr. based his marks upon quantity. .lt was even rumored that he weighed the products of our labor, the heaviest receiving the highest mark. To ascertain the truth of this statement, a certain s wise duck took a quire of foolseap paper and inserted a drop of paste between every two sheets, put the ,fmlv 5, 'f U iH3, title and his name on the front and turned the dummy - DR. VVHITAKER in as his essay. Sure enough, when the papers were . returned this individual had received .a D.,' VVhen we first entered the school we were given our choice of studying Ger- r,. , ', man or French. Cf course, before making any definite decision we consulted our friends in the upper classes, and got their advice. One and all they told us 4 l to take French. Said they, German is undoubtedly the best language to know, 'J but, well, we've been there, and if you want to know anything at all about the l-li I-lf' language, take French ! So accordingly the majority of us selected German. Did tif ' we learn much German? Wfell, really, now-anyway, we had lots of fun. The l7O0l' Dr. is so very tall that when he stands upon his platform he looks right over our heads, and those near him are totally lost to view. Savoy. 15 J' ., 'T' H E FRENCH MA N

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, very nice and sociable that, like the Irishman, he is always ready for a friendly fight. Like Mr. Dooley, he constantly threatens to use his influence at the V' frontu against anyone who may have incurred his displeasure. And like Mr. Aft .fp - I 1 ,mg Dooley, his threats die away even as they are uttered, and are no more. Qnce f . during an Algebra spasm this old relic of the Spanish Main said to a certain guileless freshie, ln this equation we have four unknown quantities, X, y, Z and u. Now which one do we wantto get rid of l:11'SlQ?', And moved by a common impulse the entire class shouted with earnest and heartfelt fervor 'fY0zL.',. ,. ' 'fgkfv rl l Q if ,Fl 1 ,.fflivi.1v:,:.fs .- I l 1 'He M I i , f . l ,ft mfs, , 4,31 11,15 ' I ,. E V. f '5 1 ' ' 1 A ,,,f f-, ,, ,.-A-5,1 .ffl ...i 'ii fff jifi , 'IM Wifi 1' Y' fl- ' ', '3'fQ'Z?'Qi?'t:2'1, ,Qfiif ,,', llllii 'i will 1 l'lttti' it H ' tl'AQl, n ,lf ' Wx ill. it 'NW WE f'!f ARK.: '. V. his ,,., ..,V if ' ' Another mathematical man is Professor Lycurgus Leonidas Ford. Tradi- ff M it ',t' tion states that, as he was christened with the name of the famous Greek mathe- , p , H , ,lx i matician, he therefore took it upon himself to live up , V2 lrxn l iv tg, .A 'yV ff tyyy 7 . ,HA to his name. So now he teaches Geometry. It is gen- I, i V V' A erally conceded that this is the only excuse Mr. Ford ever had for indulging in that science. Be that as it L. L. FORD may, we were obliged to spend five hours a week in his lair, and itis a wonder we're alive to tell the tale. He made us draw diagrams that resembled a scrap basket full of lively eelsg then EA, :ik asked us to explain why straight line AB was not a curve, if it was straight, and why il ,'i,. .' I a circle was round if it was drawn with a compass. These and other kindred prob- lems did he propound much to the disturbance of our mental equilibrium. Wfe now pass from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the contemplation of tragedy to that of comedy. Wfe leave Lycurgus, and meet A. Oswald Michener, alias Dickie, Mich, Qssie', and other like terms of endearment. He was a new addition to our Faculty, having just been raised from the rank of Office Boy to that J g - of a full-tledged instructor in Elementary Science. Dickie', was to teach us Physi- cal Geography, but if he had been out hitting it up on the night before and conse- quently neglected to study the lesson we were to recite on the following day, he would read us some of Kipling's short stories, plentifully adorned with a good, rich, 7 '-l'j Qt 'tilt - iii genuine brogue. This was very nice and sociable, but at the next recitation period he invariably gave us a test upon what he was supposed to have drummecl into our 14 DICKY H MICHENER

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Those who took French found for their instructor a short, loud speaking, wildly gesticulating little fellow, who wore neckties nearly as loud as Fluck's socks, and who talked in bunches. VVhen explaining a lesson his arms fly around in a most reckless fashion, endangering the life and limb of all within reach. Wfhen in full blast he closely resembles a cross between a Dutch wind mill and a steam carrousel. So the year slipped away, even as sand which we grasp, and ever as we grasp slips through our fingers, and is gone. Almost before we had gotten well settled down to work the Christmas holidays arrived. Then, be- fore we were aware of it, the long summer vacation was upon us. Two .long delicious months of rest, and then work again. E Wfhen we returned in the fall, we had not aged materially since our parting in the spring, it's true, but maybe we didn't feel a whole lot older and graver. No longer Freshmen, we would swagger around with a fine air of importance and proprietorship, taking revenge on the poor, inoffensive little freshies for all the indignities which had been heaped upon our heads the year before. Our class had dwindled during the summer, and we missed many familiar faces. But if the class had decreased. the staff of in- structors had been augmented. lVe found a man on our Faculty, Mr. Chorlton, a graduate of Northeast. It will give you some idea of Mr. Chorltonls habitual frame of mind when T tell you that on one memorable day a bulletin appeared bearing this startling intelligence: A A GREAT cA'rAsTRoPHE!! On March 4 Mr. Chorlton was observed to smile! Q. E. D. This year, in the shops, we took up blacksmithing and pattern making. Wfe had gathered from books that the smith is a mighty, brawny man, but upon entering the dominions of Mr. Rozel QRosellej we looked in vain for any one that would fulfil those conditions. Wfe found out that 0111' smith was a tiny wiry little gink, whose manner and expression were at times really almost human. Yes, Blacksmithing. But don't be alarmed, we were not required to shoe horses. Our most strenuous labors were given to acquiring proficiency in playing the anvil chorus. This is accomplished by a body of performers all pounding in unison upon a steel anvil with a hammer. The back door of the shop opened out into a 16 0 J' 1 f if HW ' ,E Wi FTW all 'fd ft 114' ' R-j ,ilu . . fs - lxzygvuaff ' ' W, ,ill 'i1,i iI'1i , ' 'fi Q, .7 1 f' --V - .1-. ' I - -- . . , r .. xr., W. ,i . . QQ -rpg 'SQQXQ Q U nf. 1--'11F1f r-. . liz, '- ' if ' ,,.!llb W' ' life- 'A r .-1 il., i f i,.Z:' ' 'if'a!.,y 'tfiriw L ,l T . .--me ', 'tr '- I tr' vase: rf:- .avfnlf h 'NR-,Qi I ,Q 6, pf' Ii ill fsfsif' u It f P' N vii! 4 .5 fp my ifyw . ' 1:1-.',g.',5-lpn, 3 fl-1'V f IE 'iw J, ' .'.' '. , ' ,- S A X l .4,4,,4 - -,. ,fb ff' .-4 sf' f -V' zzgseicf. f f- .1 if 543'-5 i'. -if 1' 5 5236 ,ic--:r 'lf-.sf .i.! Q' .Vg ,1,.h,.g . I .L-', ,.-A .- 1 I' ,sf , r ' F , rl 1 luffn 'i..l':h W -1399 If 11, I, VM ilk a 1 . I li' lin lg rig F-1,1 1 - 4' I' ' 1' f .f Eu ..v.,.. 4--r ' , THE BLACKSMITH