Sanderson Academy - Bell Yearbook (Ashfield, MA)

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26 The ACADEMY BELL I lay awake in my bed imagining the things any boy would about a great sight. One clay out, I hardly ate a thing and stood at the rail looking eagerly for my Hrst glimpse of New York. One hour out, we entered a thick fog, and my heart sank. I peered in every direction, but we passed the Statue of Liberty without my catching a glimpse of it. My sorrow was cut short, however, when the fog rose and I got a look at the tops of skyscrapers sticking out of the mist. It was an awefinspiring sight, but I didn't think so at the time because my mind was still on the Statue of Liberty. LAWRENCE LANKHORST '40 The Gift oi Gab Hija gate, what's cookin'? This is the modern, yet appropriate, jargon of the new and lively age. Now please don't frown upon this feverish brow for allowing such repartee to is' sue forth from my segregated, lonesome brain cell. This jargon has been subtly used down through the ages with cracks, or then called quips, of Egad, Gazooks, Odd Bodkins, etc. Remember, ole gramp was a sly codger, too! 23 Skiddoo-that was the once stylish means of saying please remove the presence of oneself, or scram! Isn't this language a beaut for shortening up our erstwhile expression of asking a bountiful beauty, or what have you, to dance? Grandfather used to say, with a deep bow, May I have the honor of escorting you to dance about the ballroom? Father used to say, May I have the honor? Son says, Greetings Gate, let's syncopatef' Now that we have worked up to the modern day and age, rest its soul, we come to a conglomeration of hepcats or freefword linguists. To the veddy, veddy' indelicate art of indulging in spirituous beverages, or getting plastered, are these explicit and appropriate terms: stewed to the gills, cocked, pickled, slopped, and stinko. All this may be very well, but I believe I've said enough about getting fahemj tipsy. Now, we'll migrate to the unlimited pleasure of removing a tramp or hobo. If you are a big, rugged person, or mayhaps possess a club, you may say to the uninvited intruder, Hit the road, you bum, but mayhaps the bum is larger than you, then the lament is, Adorn the pavement, you vagrantf' A Now that I've given you uninterested jivers a sample of my cookin', I believe you'll agree the modern OK and Yeah, Man are shorter and more enjoyable to say than, Yes, indubitably, precisely, and definitely. Such expressions become bor' ing and extinct, but the everfpresent and popular slang will not die. Am I right, or am I under the influence of the present day Gift of Gab? You decide. GEORGE Baown '40 Lfilllkn

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PHOTOGRAPHER TO CLASS OF 1940 Hoffman Studios 52 Center St. Northampton, Mass Metcalf Printing and Publishing Co. Printers of The Academy Bell 51 CLARK AVENUE NORTHAMPTON, MASS. Mohawk Engraving Company Engravers for The Academy Bell 44 HOPE STREET GREENFIELD, MASS.