Southampton High School - Sea Spray Yearbook (Southampton, NY)

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12 THE PARTING SHOT The days seem all too few. The larger tasks of broader life Upon our path are seen. Oh! be the future ever bright To you, our class ’14. And once again farewefll we say To all we’re leaving here To you, dear old Southampton High, For whom we’ll ever cheer. To teachers, school mates gathered ’round; To all that school days mean. Our hearts shall keep while life shall last, Our dear old class ’14. GERALDINE JENNINGS. School Alphabet A stands for Alan with plenty of wit. His Hupp with Jeannette has made quite a hit. B stands for Bernard, our prexy sedate (?). Who threw pillows at Wash- ington early and late. C stands for Miss Corser, a teacher cf history, To all of her classes she is still quite a mystery. D stands for Dorothy, calm and serene. Who has never been known to do anything mean. E stands for Emma, a doctor to be; But I hope very much that she won’t doctor me. F stands for Frances who, though small in size. Won for our school the first Parrish prize. G stands for Geraldine, who’s fond of star gazing. In all our trips south, she found nothing amazing. H stands for Helen, our vice-president true. Who has shown to us clearly what study can do. I stands for Inez who taUks a “big heap.” We sometimes wonder if she stops in her sleep. J stands for Jeannette with a swing built for two. I won’t say any more— I think that will do. K stands for Kenneth whose affinities dwell in Brooklyn and Quogue and Sag Harbor as well. L stands for “Lab.”, “Doc” Wilson’s domain. Where everyone goes with pleasure or pain. M stands for me, who am quaking with fear. When I think what I’ll get for the things I’ve told here. N stands for Newman, who was once so demure. Who for thinking of girls now needs a sure cure. 0 is the expression we many-times hear. When classes are called and lessons not clear.

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THE PARTING SHOT 11 Wham do Inez Ryer and Mary Lee see up to the railroad station every Sunday evening after East Hampton has played ball here? Why were Arthur Newman’s knees so stiff when he got home from the meet? Why do Margaret Edwards and Margaret White remove their glasses when they wish to feee anything plainly? What was Jeannette Leek looking at one night a long while ago, when she tried to demolish a hydrant? Will Constance Hildreth please tell us what car-sickness feels Dike? How many tablets of paper less would be sold in the school if Myrtle Ramisbottom quit writing notes to the Good Ground boys? The next time Jeannette Leek and Genevieve Luce bet a pound box of candy, would it not be well for them to take care whom they bet with? Is it true that Myron Leek and Buck Burnett study till eleven o’clock every night? If Stanley Biggs comes back to schoofl next year, will his delicate con- stitution force him to remain at home when it rains? Will Buck Burnett manage the Basket Ball Team next year? What is that awful loudness in the halil? Mae Cameron’s green sweater. Are Edgar Foster and Henry Griffin so interested in their studies that they wait over for the late train, or are there other attractions to wait over for? How many more times will Stanley Biggs have to be sent hdme for an excuse before he remembers to bring it? Will Edward Brennen ever recuperate from making the Junior Response? Our school days now have come and gone For us too soon, alas! And now we meet with saddened hearts- The last time all our class. But, when into the world we’ve gone And here no more are seen, Our memories will keep ever fresh Our loyal class ’14. For four long years we’ve tried our best Our daily work to do; But now the books are laid aside; PAUL NUGENT.

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THE PARTING SHOT 13 P stands for Paul with his Cadillac car. With Alan and his Hupp he is now on a par. Q stands for quizzes, those hard monthly tests. When we all knuckle down and strive to do best. R stands for Ralph who captained the team And took them to Good Ground Mr. Peck said ’twas imean. S stands for Saturday, the day we love best. The only one in the week when we have a good rest ( ?) T stands for Tisnower, who cried “innocent.” On freeing Joan she was certainly bent. U stands for all of us—happy are we, With plenty of spirit, and fancy free V stands for Viola, a nice Senior girl. To know what to say puts my head in a whirl. W stands for West Neck—its quite a place. I could tell of our fun there if I had more space. X stands for unknown quantities phew! Just look around; You’ll see quite a few. stands for yells that the freshmen do. If they don’t know a better one, they just say “Bo.” Z stands for Miss Zimmer, not least but last. Many lectures has she given in this year just past. When I was working as assistant in a large butcher shop in New York, I received a letter from the President of Southampton College, asking me to look up the members of the graduating class of 1914, and request each one to make a donation toward building a new dormitory. Much to my sur- prise the letter was signed Bernard Hirschfeld, M. A., L. L. D., Ph. D. I wondered how he knew where I was, but the mystery was explained when he said that, upon hearing I was practicing surgery he wrote to the (medical college from which I was graduated, and so found out my whereabouts. Immediately I called up Marcia Griffin, with whom I was still intimate, and who had recently given up her position as head of an institution for the perfect bringing up of children in order to lead a suffragette hike across the continent. I thought the voice of the operator who responded sounded familiar but could not place it, so I asked Marcia to assist my memory. “Oh, that is Kenneth Havens,” she replied, “you know he always liked electricity. He used to live in the laboratory with Mr. Wilson.” I knew Marcia had kept in touch with the affairs of the day more than I and, when she mentioned Milton Hirschfeld, I eagerly asked, “What do you know of him?” “Well,” she said, “he has just been sent to England as special ambassador to argue the English government into reducing its navy. I aim sure he will succeed, aren’t you? I never knew him to give up in an argument.” She did not know of any of ‘the others so proposed that we get a di- rectory, and see whether any were in the city. This we did and soon found GEORGE BAIRD. Prophecy