Polytechnic High School - Caerulea Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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THE CARDS tPrize Humorous Poemt By Edgar Ardis See the teachers with the cards! Junior cards! What a tale of terror the red ink on them recordsl How we shudder! Shudder! Shudder! In the cold of teachef: glare. Like a ship without a rudder.e We than long for home and mudzier. From the depths of deep despair: Seeing cards! Cards! Cards! And the warnings on the cards! Oh. the deeds of fun and mischief that our Nemesis rewards! In the cards! Cards! CardsT Cards! Cards! Cardsl Cardnl Cards! Cards! Cards! In the warnings and conditions on the cards! See the teachers with the cardsT Senior cardsl How they tell of time well spent with the school books for our pards. How our eyes do twinklel Twinkle! Ami the teachers smile delight. At the marks that oversprinkle All our cards. and seem to tinkle Words of praise for work done right. Oh. the marks! Marks! Marks! The result of postponed larks, Oh the joy and exultation that arises from the cardsl From the cardal Cardsl Cards! CardsT Cardsl Cards! Cards! From the pluses and A's upon the cards. Twenty-Ono 1916

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Jim Kinder gazed after the wagon until it was lost to sight. Then he turned to his friend and remarked, That wife of yours has sure got some spunk. ain't she! Dick Meek could not have been more nurprised had an angel appeared from heaven. He gazed for a long time after the retreating wagon in amazement. Then suddenly a broad grin spread over his faca and clapping his hands on his thighs he laughed loudly. When his mirth was somewhat spent. he turned to his friend and said. Bully for mother. I didnl think she had it in her. J ' WM Em '1'wnnly

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AC K By Frank Will Hi there. get out. you dirty little curl I'll teach you to bother my colt. The speaker was Lem johnson. and he was venting his wrath on Jack, his little brother's dog that. at the time, was chasing Lem's colt about the corral. Lem could not tolerate such a thing. for the colt was his dearest possession given him, on his last birthday, by his father. He spent a great deal of time in training it and the sight of its frantic attempts to esd cape the dog made him furious. As he spoke, he made a dive for the dog with a pitchfork which he held in his hand. The offending canine. having evis dentiy anticipated some such demonstration, had been wariiy edging away and, as the young man lunged at him, dodged and scented for his refuge in times of danger. a hole under the barn Ccnfound that iittie rascal. muttered Lem to himself. as he started for the house. I'll have to put a stop to that business of his running the. colt. As he neared the house. his brother approached, whistl- ing cheerily. Jack emerged from his retreat when he saw his master but kept a reapectful distance from the person who had so rudely driven him from his fun with the colt. Say, Jimmy ' said Lem accosting his brother. you II have to tie that dog up or I 11 see to it that he doesn' t disturb things here any more. You know what that means. 'rw-vnly-Twu