Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

Page 19 text:

17 Was ready, unlike Ethelred, But the rascally ruffian Rasputin Was glad Henry Irving was dead. Hocking was mending his stocking, But Viscount Ullswater was mute; But a lady whose name was not Eliot Taught Lincoln to play on the flute. The Gaskell (The author of Cranford ' ) Thought Socrates up to the times; Tosti and Ohm played for conkers, But Franklin played Newton for dimes. Daniel was asking for judgment, (I interviewed him in his den); He said he had changed his opinions, And much preferred lions to men! O ' Connell was weeping for Ireland, While Ullswater dreamed of the Lakes; Raleigh played cricket with Eliot, While Lenin watched out for mistakes. Amerigo Vespucci, Of South American fame, Told Professor Saintsbury That he was only a name! Dicken ' s watch wasn ' t working, Holland gave up all his preaching, But IngersoU soon put it right; And Oersted provided the light. Nelson talked painting with Orpen, While Ursula knitted a vest; She made some enquiries of Arkwright Becawse she had Burns on her chest. A Lodge in the forest seemed lovely. But Gibbon was sure it would fall; Amundsen said Van Eyck was finished , And Stanley said, No good at all! . P. L. H. The Wedding I am now fourteen, and I am as yet too young to be married. But I will tell you about another wedding. At first my brother went to church with his future wife to see the priest. The priest told him to come back on Tuesday at seven o ' clock to have a rehearsal.

Page 18 text:

16 the film of the play was here recently, and that any 7 — 8 lines, taken at random, should provide all that is required by the lean and hungry- ones. Hannibal, Elgar, and Darwin, With Olfenbach, Huxley, and Bede, Are all very anxious to help you; Elizabeth hopes you ' ll succeed. Sheridan joins Ellen Terry — A really acceptable pair — And Ruskin, along with D ' israeli, Has certainly got to be there. Eiffel (All Paris must know him) Accompanies Hobhouse of fame; Euripides enters with Nansen To greet Arthur Rackham by name. Rachmaninoff ranges the keyboard. But some of his playing is Wilde; (Osier and Robert of Leicester Entered with Dante, and Smiled). Lang, the successful historian, Was chatting with Irving and Krupp, And Eden ' s young protege Arnold Said Heavens! I can ' t keep it up! •Carroll, so famous for Alice, Was sitting with Oliver Lodge, Leander was swimming the Channel, So Off a said, Mercia! Let ' s dodge! Shakespeare and Sullivan were lunching, While Ursula waited for Scott; Alexander was Nobel to Dumas, But Wordsworth found curry too hot. Elgar was quite an enigma. And Peary was right up the pole; Thorpe seemed to like Madame Tussard, While Yeats fed on beans, as a whole. Masefield extended his frontier When Emerson came from the States; A Nightingale sang in Scutari, And Whistler and Aesop had dates. Lenin was sharing a bottle With pirate notorious Kidd, And Ursula, useful old woman. Suggested Napoleon hid. Doyle (you will know him as Conan)

Page 20 text:

18 So, on Tuesday night came the rehearsal. After it was over, he and his future wife made plans with the priest for the date of their marriage. They settled the date, and went off happily. On the wedding day, the groom and the Best Man had to come twenty minutes early to get their place. On the stroke of three, the Bride drove up to the door in a carriage. The bells played, and the bride walked up the isle to the step, were her intended husband to be was. The organ stoped and the priest told him and her to kneel down. After a few prayers, the con- gregation sang a hymn. After the hymn the now Bride and Groom walked into the vestry with the Groom holding her arm. The Best man and Brides-Maid followed, and then came the ushers and the flower-girls. After they had finished signing their names in the book they went back down the Isle smiling and blushing like roses. The organ thundered and the bells dinged away while the husband and wife stepped into their carriage and drove away. The remaining people rushed to their cars and carriages and drove behind one another to the reception. At the reception the people ate and drank to their hearts content, while the Bride and Groom were being shaken by the hand of so many people that they didn ' t even have a chance to eat. After the wedding was over the maid had a terrible job getting the stains off the rugs, and clearing up the remainder of the food. She did not mind clearing the tables, because she ate and drank most of the stuff that was left. So, from that time on they lived happily, and now they have a boy eight months old. ANONYMOUS. (Editor ' s Note. Blue-pencilling, and a conference with the author, would produce better English than the above, but the clear observation and spontaneous thought would be destroyed, and so The Wedding is printed as it is written, and the identity of the author will r emain forever secret unless he talks too much.). The Progress of Aviation Since the time of Santos — Dumont and Wilbur and Orville Wright, tremendous progress has been made in aviation. In 1903, Wilbur Wright made a flight of 120 feet. Now an American B-47 can fly