Putnam Hall School - Pennings Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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FRANKNESS PERSONIFIED Kate I love to play guard with you, Melio. MCl1O Why? n't feel so dumb then. QNow you tell one.j SAILING Slipping, tipping, gently wafted By the black winds of the night, Gliding on the golden moon path ln its mystic, magic light. White sails turned to silver cobwebs, Craft, into a thing of dreams,- Is this naught but summer madness, Love, and hope, and gold moonbeams? OUR BASKETBALL TEAM Six little Putnam girls, peppiest ones alive, Doc missed a foul and then there were five, Five little Putnam girls, running 'round the Hoof, Peg over guarded and then there were four, Four little Putnam girls, off on a spree, Hazel didn't butt the ball and then there were three Three little Putnam girls don't know what to do, Flip quite forgot the rules and then there were two Two little Putnam girls, having lots of fun, Someone knocked Henry out, and then there was one One little Putnam girl, trying hard to run, Polly hit the wall, and then there was none. M. H. C., 25

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Which Type Are You? By M elio I BLASE 1 Can't stand one summer resort more than ten days. 2: Hates most of her clothes and all feminine oppositions to her con- quests. Yawns deliberately and quite often, too. Affects a southern drawl and raves continually of abroad.', Thinks Mah-jongg, tennis, and prep.-school lads frightful bores. GREENWICH VILLAGE l. 2. 3. 4. 5. Wears ear-rings, smock, and tam. Puffs a cynical coffin nail. 3- Swears by Elinor Glyn, Carl Sandburg, and futuristic art. 4- Firmly believes in free verse, free love, and free everything. 5- Thinks the Pirates Den is the ue plus ultra. SMALL TOWN LASS Wears hem of skirt and sweater belt just above knees. 1' Hair in fan style, in fact, just a mere decade behind the fashion. 2- Changes her steady once a year and thinks Rudie Valentino di- vine. - Chews gum vociferously. ' Greatest amusement running for the mail, and a soda at the,corner drug store-except, of course, on the weekly movie night. BABY DOLL 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Blue-eyed stare and Haxen curls. I Sweet sixteen but-our consciences trouble us-we can't go on. 3' Reads Elsie Dinsmore and Peter Rabbit. 4- Chief topic of conversation, What color ice-cream do you like 5- best? with a playful poke. Affects organdies and kissing games. 53 ATHLETIC Never heard of the Club Royal. Good Sport. Wears middies and flat-heeled shoes. A rah, rah! person. Popular with girls. HIGH BROW Indiiferent to popular opinion. Wears woolen hose and a pince nez, Reads French. Quotes Browning, Shakespeare, and Goethe. Not quite sure whether a ,Sigma Nu is a flower or a chemical ex periment. EPROM 'TROTTER Vivacious. Good clothes. Keen-looking, if a bit flapperish. Interestingly naughty. Oh! so popular. COSMOPOLITAN Fascinatingly sophisticated. Makes Manhattans, Bronxes, and Horse-necks Smart clothes. Quotes Heywood Broun and: Bernard Shaw. beautifully Knows best theatres, restaurants, etc., in town.

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Our Idea of a Perfect Girl Doc's eyes. Hazel's hair. Bob's nose. Beth's figure. Peanuts' eyelashes. Melio's color. Race,s smile. Gatha's arms. Aggie's teeth. Libby's pep. Flip's lips. Rachel,s walk. Henry's legs. Anna's hands. JUST TRY TO PICTURE Miss Evans shooting craps. Miss Whitcome driving a yellow Stutz. Madame roller skating. Miss Watt in a tantrum. Miss Collins intoxicated with oxygen. Miss Chase in knickers. Miss Bent in red flannels. Miss Case off duty. Miss Smith against Harvard. .Melia MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY The students get the benefit, The college gets the fame, The printer gets the money, But the staff, they get the blame. Purple C ow. BEAUTY, JOY, LOVE Green stones in a jade comb, Diamonds in the sun, Water in the moonlight,- All of these are one. Singing in the morning, Skipping down the lane, Laughing just at nothing,- These are all the same. Eyes that shine and sparkle, Lips that bend above, Arms that steal around one,- Yes, we call it love. SHALL YOU EVER FORGET The Bardavon? Miss Bent coasting? Llewellyn making the skating pond? Giving Current Events on Monday mornings Military Drill? T he Bungalow teas? Miss Whiteome giving Ucombinationsn? Devils ? In quarantine? Hershey bars? The Hope Chest? The Black List ? Invisiblesn? Is your coat out? The Senior Class? 77