Richmond Hill High School - Archway / Dome Yearbook (Richmond Hill, NY)

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Richmond Hill Dictionary Arisfa:-A group fo which many aspire and few affain. See Service. Arnow:-See I Assembly:-A blessing in disguise fhaf makes cuffing of cerfain specified periods legal. . B Bowdery:-Synonym for A. Alas! The good die young. Breakdown:-Easiesf excuse fo give Miss Kiso for lafeness. C Checkup:-Profracfed agony devised fo keep us in school unfil fhe very lasf minufe. Chemisfry:-A somnolenf period during which many sfrange fhings are heard, believed, and nof remembered. See Clegg. Clegg:-See chemisfry. Cuf:-An operafion performed on cerfain periods, nofably gym. Very offen painful-noi' fo fhe period buf fo fhe pupil. 9 D Defenfion:-The boogey-man of our school lives. Dome:-The Rogues' Gallery of fhe Seniors. Domino:-Somefhing fo spend your spare nickel on every Friday. E . Elevafor:-A heavenly mode of ascenf for fhe elecf only Experimenfz-A chemical puzzle arranged by somebody who knows buf won'f fell fo .prove somefhing we don'f know. F Faculfy:-An organizafion of feachers info an augusf group which menaces fhe sfudenf body. Also, fhe second parf of fhe expression- Mr. Dann, faculfy, and fellow sfudenfs. Freshman:--A recenf graduafe from fhe nursery who carries a briefcase. G Girls:-The brighfer and beffer half of our sfudenf body. Gof a pass?-See Traffic Squad. H Homemaking:-A new way of geffing .5 by serving fea for fhe faculfy. l l:-See Arnow. lmaginafion:-Whaf we have when we wrife a pass fo fhe Emer- gency Room. J James:-Pofenfial compefifion for Bowdery. K Knowledge:-Which fhe Seniors hope fo have by Regenfs fime. I4 THE'SENIOR'DOMIi

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posed fo be? Whal' fhen? Jusl' ou'I' of luck. Oh, whaf's fhe differ- ence. l'm fired-going fo bed. Friday, January 27.-Wenf fo Senior Prom. Whaf a fime-simply swell. Wenf fo some ofher place affer fhe Prom ended. Thursday, February 2.-Commencemenf fonighf. Will I win any prizes? I'm all nervous and whaf nof. I'm acfually abouf fo leave. Some of fhe feachers were swell fhis ferm. Being a senior in high school was preffy soff, buf how will if be where I'm going? I don'f know whaf's fhe maffer-fhere's a funny feeling in my hearf. I beffer wipe my eye- glasses, I can'f see so well. Things are misfy-if musf be fhe fog- Joe says fhere is no fog-whaf's fhe difference? I beffer sfarf geffing dressed-going fo wear a fuxedo-second fime in my life. O LONG JOHN SILVER Ias fold byVJim Hawkinsj This seafearing man wifh a wooden leg Who knew wine or rum in boffle or keg, This man who so fearfully, horribly made Capfain Billy Bones so much afraid, 'Twas he, when I was in fhe apple barrel Sfarfed a plof fhaf led fo a quarrel. Buf I'was he, who, on our freasure frip, Served so well as fhel cook of fhe ship. Buf he was none fhe less a cunning debafer And more fhan once a ferrible fraifor. One fime he'd be on our good ,side And again in fhe Pirafes he'd confide. He was a hearfy worker, fhough, And wenf fo his work wifh a greaf heave ho. He was a very courageous man And faced a black spof as nobody can Whenever he wenf in quesf of fhe freasure I+ was fhe very greafesf pleasure To see him so calmly hopping around Fearless, and boldly holding his ground, Facing fhose pirafes enraged wifh greed Whom he had promised so much for each deed, Buf in fhe end fhis hypocrisy showed In such a way as need nof be knowed. Alan Brooks, '36. THE'SE,NIOR'DOME I3

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L Lexicographers:-The compilers of This dicfionary. Lunch Counlerz-A baH'le for fhe survival of lhe fiH'es'l where only 'ihe brave deserve 'rheir fare. M Macbefhz-The fragedy of 'ihe Senior class. Myfhz-Mosf of our excuses. N Nil:-Synonymous for +he s+a+e of our in+ellec+ mosl' of The lime. O Orcheslra:-A good excuse for aifending every assembly. Orafionz-The curse of assemblies and graduarion audiences 'rhal are doomed to hear ihem. Old Friends:-The people 'rhal' prolong assembly exercises and so shorlen our periods. P Pony:-An animal 'I'rac+able if domesficaled bul' dangerous if rid- den wild. Q V Quiz:-A ferrifying fusillade of quesiions fired ai close range againsl' which we canno'r pro'rec+ ourselves. Quill:-A selec+ group of scribblers. R Red Card:-Innocenf liHle pink iiclcefs fhal' pu'r us on 'ihe black lisf. Regenls:-The Powers Thaf Be, upon whom depends our gradua- 'l lOf'l. S School Spiril:-Somefhing 'rhaf haunls you info paying for a G. O. 1'iclce'l'. Swenson, Miss:-See zero. Sword:-A sociely of lemons. T Teachers:-Animafed inferrogafion poinis. Habi+a+: R. H. H. S. Traffic Squad:-See Go1' a pass. U . Us:-The Senior Class, af your service. V Vergil:-An inferesfing La+in genfleman. He is nor 1'he auihor of any English 'l'ransla1'ion. W Worry:-A malady +ha+ aHacks Seniors in June and January. X:-Like mos+ of our sfudiousriiess, an unknown quaniify. You:-Who are was+ing your :me reading +his. Zero:-See Miss Swenson. Z Zero:-Needs no explanaiion in school. Ai' home i'r's fime +o see 'I'he ianiior. THE'SENlOR'DOME I5