Potter School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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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

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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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THE POTTER SHIELD THE FIRST THANKSGIVING h P1 rims landed at Plymouth Rock It was Ab t th hundred ye-2L11S 380 JU Q 1 g Th t , ing the Pil- in DSC21111 berreeHa1f of the Pggrlgqs fched from the cold. e nex spr ' f th lanted corn an .W 93 - . Th A 'd, UL 13 gI'1IE1n iutfgg they riaplid tgeu. 1?111vE2t,., It was a large one ey sal e us th kGdf hteas oneo . -- thf- dl Indlainsi Fame nilqen vhilnbrcehaiil uT1h1e Teast lasted three d2LYS- They played games, mothsggsndideisgthiieseavenings the Indians danced. So after that we always celebrate ran r Thanksgiving. ' J. D. HALLOWE'EN i . - ff ' he door. 2 ht hi 1 S going to bed a knock vs as heaid on t I Wgqrig gI0w1?Vg1?a?I1lI1ihgOpGVII tciiie ddloii and when I opened it a whole lot of boys came in with masks on their faces. So I got some tomatoes and threw them at them and h d f t th n they came in. . U the3SdVInivSiit0 inoebecdoranzif Siiteraawhile I heard some noise outside the house.. I looked out the Window and saw some boys running. I saw a. policeman chasing them so I Went back to bed and did not wake up till morning. uv B FIRST THANKSGIVING DINNER CWritten by cm Indian boyj Once there were some white men who came here. I thought they came from heaven. They had funny clothing and long hats. I Watched them build houses out of logs. Some of the people died when they first came. Then some of us helped them plant corn, barley and wheat. Some of us Went to visit them and that is how we became friendly. The white people invited us to a Thanksgiving dinner. Some of the men went and hunted game. When they came back they had killed some ducks and wild animals. Their' had games and fun and everything. I was in one I came in second. I was in another game. I hiding behind trees. They had food for al three days. That was the first Thanksgiving Day in America. of the games. I think it was racing. do not know what that was. It was most a week They were happy for GUESS WHO always wants. to tell what he read in the Book of Knowledge? Writes with his tongue? ' goes into a state of coma during a 1-eqifgfion? ?l1W2lYs chews gum when he hadn't orter? is mighty lak a rose he smells so sweet? is beloved of the squirrels? never will be it when he is Cftllo-ht? always has clean finger-nails? D n uses bandoline? talks day and night witl t t ' 0- .. . , . rivals the mighty Hercule-is? S Oppmb to mt' 01 900153 sits and watches th , '1 u. ' ,- is Teachers, Pet? e snfu s whiz by ? Eighteen . Q 1 , .1 .DI we wwf MMU muni- Milfs? Simi mud fmmu rang in Fil-vu sv, .rig Wm!! lim, Ng., 'Nu 7: 'ln was Us 'gil w w 'eh' i-,'f'm is .Q N if H x',,'m A - . 1. 3 1 1335