Pingry School - Blue Book Yearbook (Elizabeth, NJ)

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, I The Song of Naughty Eight lTnne of rXl71,n lnxxmz SYNIQJ The clays have tlecl, the years are spell Our worlc in llingry Mer: From out these halls we pass to-flax' To :neet in Class no nmrc. J CIIORUS. For Xarrglrty-eigllt, my clear, 'For Narrglltyseiggllt, I Well take a Culp rn lcmclness yet For Niillglllj'-Clgllt. ln eager strife of larger life NYC go to take our place, XYhere earnest xxwrk and faithfulness XYill win the final race. Clmlelfs. Fl nr Xa11g'l1ty-eig'l1t. Etc. The wurlcl neecls men of sllzwpenecl ken To right its ancient crime: Pray Curl We play Z1 noble part ln our own place ancl time. Clmlzts. For Xarrglrty-eiglrt, lite. Su heres to yuu, my fellows true, XYll2IlCVCl' he our fate, lYe'll cling together as of ulrl, Dear l'ingry Nilllgflltj'-Slgllt. CIIURUS, For Xz1ng'l1ty-elgllt. nn' flcar. For Nat1gl1t5'-eigllt. Hell take El cup 0' lxmalness yet Fur Nanglrty-elg'l1t. , 74 L ..

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TXTICLYIN l,R.X'I l' SP.xL1nN4:, Mel. Spalclf' Editor-in-Chief, liluzii llurncf' 08: Track Team, '08, His fvcizcif fvcis Sfl'I'1?I-IILQ, 1'c'si5flvsx, and gra 11 if ,' His lIIl1ll7lU7'.V fume 1Q'CllILiL', criilifilyiiizg, and Iihilzdi Still Zmriz to I.IIIfll'U'Z'U 11.9 iii 0r'cl' v fiart, His jwizcil 0111' faces, his 1114111110119 Ozn' 11L'fll'f.U Un the seventh day of .l2llll.l2ll'j', lS90, our editor, little prattling Melvin, enterecl this clismal vale of tears. No cannon hoomerl when this CXU'ElOl'Lll11E11'j' youth was born. lint anyone with half an eye would have been ahle to see in the ehilrlk clear, intelligent pliysiogircmiy, a sure pzrrtent of great things to be. About the year of 1902, llartfnrzl, Conn., grew too hot to held him, zmrl Mel settlecl in C1'2UlTO1'fl. Since then he has led an upright life, and now you see him fully reformed, El member of the Track Team and Eclitor-in-Chief of the BLUE HOOK. If you would see his monument, lnolc about you. Mel is houncl for T'enn. 5 i il l ' T ' V- , 4 ' 3-E-f' J- l Eg,:i--- lf, .ffzir li M 5 ll . , l 7E? f -52 it t f T ee ee Le ' eg'WfTT'i it L ,M 1 'M Q , 241 T g iwvywiixl 1Yg - ,I ,V -, - 9,5-. if if ..-1 'Wifi' 44: Li 5-:gffrag 1 'T' N ' 1-Q FWM Qifi ,g nwimllhg, , Y ,.'Hl-Qu ,rg 1 - ,',u me it - 5513 Hn I 15'-g --f.'1liW'e.:i4U: -., as V I-:Ji irlairg . .wff 1- '!Ff'r.ttw.ti'- .e , 23

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tngrp Spirit Dr. Pingry For nezirlx' Fiitv years the Vingry School has stoorl for the best things in hnnclrecl ahnnni know this. Anil the boys eliarzteter zincl scholarship, lts fire who :ire in the sehool to-ilay know that the same high prineiples for which Dr. Piiigiw' gave the full nieasnre of clevotion are still inaintztinecl. The Pingry Spirit stztncls for honest scholarship: it tolerates no unfair- ness ztncl no fztvoritising and while niztster zincl pupil are ever reaaly to give the friencllv hzincl. the ,l'inU'rx' S Jirit buts everv box' on his Own merits. and lets hini . 5 . . . stand or tall aeeortling' to the worth that is in hiin. The Spirit of Pingry stzuiils ncl loftv ialeal. lt repucliates vulgarity anrl all fer clean eharzteter. for Z1 pure at - ss lt clenies that a nnitl bath essential to nianhoocl. eozirseneg. lt believes in zithleties for health ancl not for victory. The llingry Spirit insists that. whatever be the seore. the rezil victory in any eontest is with the boy who cloes his best. The Pingry Spirit stancls for frienclliness ztntl inanliness and helpfulness :incl intellectual honor. lt respontls to the worcls of 'l'l1z1elceray- lVho misses or who wins the prizes Go. lose or conquer as you ezin: Hut if you fail. or if you rise. lie eaeh, prny Gocl. Z1 Q'GIltlClll2l1l.ii 23 '1