Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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TIIE FACULTY N is for Newman, the most irate, With a two-inch pencil he marks our fate. 0 is for Bill Oli, bemousiaehed is he, Which makes him most dashing of all whom we see. P is for Pei, of great eruflition, Of calm, even temper and like disposition. Q is for Quiz, our most hated foe, Vivhich painfully shows us what we don't know. R is for Robinson, most energetic, At foretelling zeros he's very prophetic. S is for Schwartz, with great speed and power, He wrings eighty minutes from every half hour. T is for Doc T. With greatest risk, Mid Volts and amperes he loves to frisk. L' is for you, who in desperate pain, Wlrithe while your teachers look on in disdain. V is for Van Dyke, which graces the chin, Of Albert D'Andrea and James Edward Flynn. W for our three most diferent boys, That initial is Will Begg's, Will Wlhytc-fs and Will Troy's. X represents student teachers unhymnefl, How soon is all thought of them in our mind dimmed. Y is for Yetta, cold and sedate, Who calmly distributes green cards to the late. Z is for Zacharie, Jean Baptiste, Who, we all agree, is last but not least, page thirteen F5-

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ABC 0F A is for Alles, most witty of Harris, Whose wit has the power to please and embarrass. B is for Blake, most phlegmatic Geo, Everyone's pal and nobody's foe. C is for Chastney, most misunderstood, Austerity covers what's human and good. D is for Drabkin, gravest of all, Who follows great Caesar's adventures in Gaul. E is for Edward, to you Mr. Penn, Who uses the purest of diction we ken. F is for Fendy, the school's greatest riddle, Who holds up his pants with a rope 'bout his middle . G is for Goldway, the facility sphynx, No outward emotions betray what he thinks. H is for Hurlinger, sarcastic and wise, ,Tis hard-very hard-to pull wool o'er his eyes. Ps for leradi sweet natured Tom 9 3 Wren hours of chinning will you do no harm. J is for Jose, whom we all know well, Most popular hombre is Sefior Martel. K is for Klein, the actor supreme, When it comes to declaiming, Dave Klein is a scream. EL is for Lang, most strict about art, Though despotic in marking, no tyrant at heart. M is for Mendy, most brainy of gents, Every inch of his four feet is crammed full of sense. page flL'Pl1'l:'

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OUR FACULTY As I stand on tl1e threshold and contemplate college, My head hanging earthward, weighed down by my knowledge, Accrued in the course of three years' cram- ming, Of subjects I love which Pm constantly praising, My thoughts turn to teachers who foolishly strove To anchor with learning the mind made to rove, And to others, as bad, who when ennui did gnaw me, 'Would, rather than humor, ineffahly bore me, And thus could I easily list all their faults, But here will I now the least most exalt. A well-meaning teacher tried lessen a bit, An over-dried lesson with sprinklings of wit, Now this teacher, though young fall his hair wasn't outj Was afflicted, poor fellow, with left-fooled gout, For exercise, therefore, he couldn't use running, But instead, poorer fellow, was addicted to punningg His special depression pun was indeed ducky, The lot of all realtors is most unlucky. The boys on iirst hearing all rolled in the aisles, The second rendition elicited smiles, When he cracked them a third time each face turned to stone, The teacher low chuckled, but chuckled alone, He told them again, I thought I would bust, Three students arose and walked out in disgust, The tenth time I heard them my soul felt a pinch, We rose in a body and teacher did lynch, Doc Falion approved and he pardoned us all, The moral, dear reader, '4Don't wise crack at all. page fourteen