Potter School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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THE POTTER SHIELD lm Deutschland 5 CHAIL, Majestat, Emperor Extraordinary and Calcium Chloride! The German Chancellor trembled with fear as he gently bounced his forehead on the floor before his Kaiser. With a gesture of regal condescension the Emperor bade him rise. ' . Speakl he thundered in a truly Kultured voice. . All highest Roast of Pork! began the Chancellor, gazing with awe upon the sublime features of the Monarch. I have to report that the first American troops in the trenches arriven have, and our first line are harassing. . With a roar of rage the Kaiser jumped to his feet, tripped in the folds of his royal robes, and sat down gracefully on the spike of his helmet. For some unknown reason he rose immediately, if not sooner, and was again thrown on his seat-or rather seated on his throne. In a voice slightly more Kultured than before he shouted such choice epithets as ''Derhelmetdergottverdamntestaselsorrenl which, in our barbarous tongue, means Chl Mercy! or something like that. Besides, continued the Chancellor, disregarding this slight interruption as if it were an everyday occurrence, besides, four of our airplanes have been brought down by these Yankee Vandals, and also- - S Stopl intervened his Majesty, wiping the blood from his helmet with his coat- sleeve. It is a military necessity that our people nothing of this hear. Inform them that we have instead the latest American forces outwiped, and four of their airplanes destroyed. In fact, tell them the same things that you always them have told. Like the famous Mr. Greenbaum, they will anything believe. The Chancellor scratched a flea in thought. Very good, oh Sublime Sapoliog as you it have decreed, so shall it be done! So saying he backed out the door, slid down the stairs in reverse order, and scattered in all directions. Slowly the Kaiser got to his feet, removed the remnants of his breakfast from his magnificent mustache, and spoke silently as follows: a The Hymn of Haten is a wonderful thing, For all the blessings it doth bring. Without it I would have to die, For even 'fGott has passed me by! You see, we had a little fight, But he vas wrong, and I vas right, Me und Gott could not get along, For I vas right, und he vas wrong! B. D., '19, Seven Wonders How Mr. Dean can exist and eat so little. How Sloss restrains his tears when he looks in the mirror. How Greenbaum can roll the bull', with such ease. How Mr. Walker would look wearing a smile. How Tynan's car would look without him in it. How Callaghan would look with a mustache. How the SHIELD will look when it is finished. Sixteen

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Eng d0Wn 35119. A ld with 3' Llllon the HS 300 likebmg h0D, and V 21 while ut SP1-but Ut When E. S0 I f f00t of Od, and 5' Came 11d had 8-nk on le that about your Drum h the tter's vould when ingers THE POTTER SHIELD The Potter Field Down at the Fair Grounds, all alone, fOr where the Fair Grounds used to be,j Thereis a field shut in by fences high, That. seem to reach up to the sky, A lonely sight to see. ' Tis the Potter Field, if one should ask. One usually does, as a rule. No, not the burying place for the dead, It's the scene of joy and life instead, And belongs to the Potter School. And every day, if you will note, Fair children come to play. They bat a tennis ball around, Or kick a football on the ground And then they go away. Day in, day out, the same occurs, A movie film unreeled, And many a game has been lost or won, And many a touchdown and many a run . Has been made on the Potter Field. A. v. D., '19, Hooverism Hoover is a patriot true, Our luncheons he has cut in two, Our meat and sugar he takes away, .Very little he allows to stay. Every day with something less, Relieves our allies in distress. Potter boys his wish obey, Our stomachs are in great dismay, Trying hard to win the war, They have respect for Hoover's law. Eddie seldom gives us stew, Remembering it's not the thing to do. Tuesday is a longed-for day, U all the reasons know, Everybody loves the beans Served hot and all aglow. Damon serves the first-class crowd, And his job is no daisy, Yaps and shouts for something more Simply drive him crazy. Ffif teen

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lls ' T119 4 - .lp lznlpm idol .Or Fi UD011 the li-:Ill lI'O0pq olds gf his N unkumm S Sezltxor l.ipfOI.9 he If which, Ullfiou as 1 brought his coat- Inform ' of their ys them Sapolio 5 tie door, ist from TI-IE POTTER SHIELD Primary Department A William Brewster, Myles Standish and a goodlie companie of Pilgrim Fathers made merrie with Big Chief Massasoit and his braves in the Potter Gymnasium to celebrate ye Feast of Thanksgiving. Ye day was ye 28th day of November in the Year of our Lord, 1917. Ye feasting consisted of songs and learned essays writ by ye Young pupils of ye Potter School. Then Massasoit and his braves tried their skill in races and leaping with ye sturdy Pilgrim lads. I Ye feast was an occasion of seemly enjoyment. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY CWritten by an I ndfzlan boyl One day while I and my friends were on the beach playing. A big bird came along and people with pale-faces got out in funny canoes and went ashore. We went to Massasoir and told him about it. One day we watched the pale-faces build boxes that they got into. Squanto went and helped them plant corn. . In a year the pale-faces asked us to a feast. When we got there they said they came because their chief wouldn't let them worship their God. They also said they couldn't get enough to eat and some of them went to the Happy Hunting Grounds. They wore bright colored clothing and on their heads they Wore things called whats. The pale-face papooses wouldnit let us go near them because if we did they would cry. The pale-face squaws cooked fine things. Deer Foot won the first race. We had a fine time. At the end of the feast Massasoir was given a fire-spitting stick. In return he gave the Pale-face some new war paint. A pale-face gave me a thing called bell. W. D. A PRIZE OFFERED FOR PERSPIOACITY The following matter is a unique specimen of Early English found in the archives of the Lower School. There is in it a haunting suggestion of things familiar. Any- one sending in to the editors of the SHIELD a correct translation of the original will receive a superb agate in recognition of his superior ability: THE NORMAN OONQUEST I The Norman conquest was in 1066. When King Edward the good died they chose Harle. The other man was William Duk wis he hed to be king. He raze a big arme. The English took their stand on a hill and pod in the grane log and led their sell agin then and the aring coded hit then. The Norman won the battle. The William said that to rechret houseman and when the English saw then. they ran down and the Normans tird arow fell upon then and ran thew feld.. William said to acheder to stur their arow up so their may. fall upon the English. The Norman coquest was the bigest ever fought no English growng. Seventeen