Penn Yann Academy - Key Yearbook (Penn Yan, NY)

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The Pennsylvania Yankee 15 In winter when ice-boats are sailing right well, And the good steady breezes do blow, Harry Sutherland, then, goes out for a sail, - And with him the college girls go. Genevieve Lounsberry thinks that to travel she'd like, And especially she'd like to see Spain. ' But after a year or two in that land, i She would like to come back home again. We've one little girl in our senior class, Who sticks to a thing night and day. H 4 When a tough proposition our Paula confronts, She says, That, I'll do any- way. Howard Baker does hail from up Keuka Park way, And his fa-te we all are be- wailin'. He's a sickness, they say, that will not go away, For his heart is assuredly Phalen. Another young miss comes in- to my mind, H. J orgensen-she was in a fix. But she's swallowed much Spanish this year, so you see She is with us-this class twen- ty six. Francis Townsend is one that is quite quiet, too, And he looks after no special lass. He drives a Ford car whene'er he has the dough - To pay for five gallons of gas. There's a girl who can play the piano right well, And she plays for our high school glee club. Mary Seman's her name and we think when she goes That they'll have to find one for a sub. Nellie Martin, another, who from Dresden does come, And she studies while others are sleeping. Q But the work she likes best and does 'fore the rest, Is the study of expert book- keeping. Charles Christensen drives a Ford coupe to school, And he studies at drawing, 'there, too. He hopes that some day hefll be able to draw, A plan of a car that is new. Keuka Park sends another, a shy little girl, Who on every side has a friend

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14 The Pennsylvania Yankee H. Wortman is known as the violin girl, In our orchestra, often, she plays. She'll never be lonesome for still she will have Jimmy Bly and her fiddle al- ways. There is, also, another on a fiddle who plays, And we know her as Gertrude Yarnell. She hasn't decided just where she. will go, But she thinks she will go to Cornell. There is a friend, Schuyler Hibbard, who comes from the Park, He's a senior with much in his head. They say at the college he has a fair friend, But, alas, the place isn't co-ed. Carl Quenan must stay up quite late every night, And, although in his studies he passes, He can't keep awake very long thru the day, T t For he falls asleep in all his classes. Margaret Hall is another of our senior class, And for her, also, does. high school end. But the thing she likes most and accomplishes best, Is charming a gentleman friend. 'Norman Donaldson comes from up Branchport way, He is quiet and cheerful the while. A He studies right well, but the thing we like best, Is his slow and perpetual smile. Two girls that we know are very close friends, And the both of them talk very fast. Betty Robson is one and the other, you know, ' Is our friend Mary E. Pren- dergast. Now one of our girls just loves her hair bobbed, And she's known by the name, Nellie Wood. She's shy yet she's talk'tive, but outside of that, ' Her behavior is passingly good. We, now, have a boy who from Dresden does come, And his name is Melvin Mc- Creary. And the way that he works at his bookkeeping set, Would make any other boy weary.

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16 The Pennsylvania Yankee -4 Leona's worked hard and so has come thru, And will get her reward in the end. Olive Adams is one of our class, here, to-day, And she drives' a Ford car, tho not new. But the thing that annoys her- most thru the year, Is that Hauser should learn to drive, too. There's a girl named Mae Wright who likes dances right well, But in chemistry she's on her mettle. She startles the class with her answers so keen, And occasionally startles Prof. Wettle. There is ' one of our friends who from Emerald Isle Has a bit of the brogue, so he's called By the short name of Irish. Bill's a great boy'at ball, But in algebra class he gets stalled. Mabelle Lathrop is fully the quietest lass, That we have in our Seniors this year. Her motto is, Silence, and we should have tried To live nearer to it while here. Frances Andrews just likes to go riding in Fords, Tho about the makes, often she V quarrels. I But the one that she likes to ride 'round in the best, Is owned by a fellow named Charles. 'And the last on the list is a fellow who's meant To be good, and not so unruly. But, you see, he has done the best that he could, So don't be too hard on yours truly. ' H So. now. our dear High School, we bid you adieu, We're broud, we are with you to-night. And A our friends and our schoolmates who bid us Qood-bye We'll remember 'till our hair's grown white. William Alden Orth.