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

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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.

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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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The Pennsylvania Yankee 17 lil! 'I - nl- -use mu nu um' llll llllkrl lu-'Quinny-inninliig' g Class Will g a lil!!--I n llll n 'IMI un my lm : ull- -Ill! llll Ill!-'-Il ll- I I uni-up By James A. Townsend We, the class of 1926, being in full possession of a crammed mind, well-trained memory, and almost super-human un- derstanding, do make and pub- lish this, our first, last, and only will and testament. As to such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and brains to win for us, we do dispose of as follows: To the Faculty, who have been our instructors in all the wisdom of the ages, we give and bequeath a sweet ana un- broken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the night to worry over the uncertainty of whether this one is doing her work or whether that one his mathe- matics. Again, we give and bequeath to the Faculty, all the amazing knowledge and startling infor- mation that we have furnished them from time to time. We know that much which we have imparted to them in this way must have been entirely new to them, as well as to all other teachers and students outside of the halls and walls of Penn Yan Academy. To the Juniors, we bequeath the seats in the rear of the As- sembly Hall. May they some day add much to their prestige as seniors. To the Sophomores, our fine records as scholars, athletes and dramatists. To the.Freshmen, any stubs of pencils, erasers or scraps of 'paper that we may thought- lessly leave behind us in the excitement and haste of gath- ering up our cherished treas- ures for the last time, with the hope that they may, in some mystic way, ' impart some of our great knowledge to them. To all future Class Presi- dents, Edgar Bingham's abil- ity to convince Professor Chal- lis of the said president's un- erring judgment. To Evangeline Moore, Gene- vieve Carroll's fame as a schol- ar. Perle Corey's success in liv- ing up to the adage, Silence is Golden, to Sam Botsford. To Fred Lunn I leave one of Genevieve Lounsberry's gold- en curls. ,