South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Jfacultp JHembers; Up in B room you will find him:— I have heard them tell How the Juniors come to order, When they hear his bell; And the law is well expounded, Plus and minus find their own,— None but (lungers are confounded In this very temperate zone. Lo, thru the halls of Fame His voice rings wild and free, And Carlson is his name. He stands for Liberty; And so do we, By yimminee. Mrs. Bucf(nam, Mrs. Buc nam, When our lime shall come to go From these halls and seats of learning Where the English is just so; Well thy precepts we'll remember, And thy wealth of learned lore,— All we've learned since last September: Quoth the raven, 4Nevermore.' Tell us, tell us. Miss Mathias, How to draw a salary. For into the world we hie us; How to DRAW it straight and pious. Tell us, tell us. Miss Mathias. — 10 —

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€ssap on J ames Names are very peculiar things. Sometimes they are ill-fitting and sometimes they suit the person to whom they are applied. Names are given to distinguish individuals and families. There are many names that are just as suitable as those in common use, but we should smile if we heard them. Some parents name their children May, June, and August. Why could they not just as well call them February, July, or December? There are persons whose surnames are Gale, Frost, Cloud, or Storm; but we never hear of Miss Cyclone or Mr. Tornado. Almost every day we encounter Mr. White or Mr. Black, or Mr. Gray, and Mr. Green; it seems strange that we never meet Mr. Yellow or Mr. Turquoise Blue. I remember Mr. Sand, Miss Snow, and Mr. Clay; but not Mr. Mud. Why would Miss Ice not be an appropriate name for some damsel? In South High we meet girls named Rose, Lily, Hyacinth, and Daisy, and even Violet and Fern. It would be just as appropriate to name boys Onion, Cauliflower, or Carrot. We find families named Stone and Wood; why not Cloth and Paper? I have heard of Mr. Deer and Mr. Hunter. In South High we have Miss Fish and Mr. Fisher. Girls are called Ruby, Pearl, and sometimes Garnet; but never Topaz or Sapphire. I know' girls named Olive and Hazel; they could be called Cucumber or Hickory, just as well. Probably if all parents had as many children as the old woman who lived in a shoe, instead of numbering them as she did, they would give them names as strange as some of these. Agnes Tollefson. — o —

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Our handsomest Carlson is Lily, Over Math, she is perfectly silly. And she always finds X's Whenever they vex us. For she's bright as a daffydowndilly. How old is Hilgendorf, you ask? Ah, that I cannot tell, But he seems to have chummed with the Pharaohs, And with Julius Caesar as well; And I think when Sir Walter Raleigh Helped Elizabeth over the puddle. Our Hilgendorf superintended the job Or I'm sure 'twould have been just a muddle. If you're not in the pitchy dark. You'll see that our Fish is a shark; She makes our Latin As smooth as satin. And she's a jolly good soul for a lark• Who was it tried so nobly To raise a light mustache? For a day or so it flourished And then there came a crash. For Mrs. O. she said “Not so. And the barber got the cash. —11 —