Wadleigh High School - Owl Yearbook (New York, NY)

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THIS TERRIBLE GENERATION Amudsf fhe I'urmouI and confusuon of fhus modern worId our parfucular generafuon has seemungly been unvaded by a fremendous group of young people who 'rake par'r un a sfrangely unusual and exfremely nousy ceremony There are many varuous ways we can find fo enferfaun ourselves such as readung books gomg fo Iecfures and museums and affendung concerfs buf noi' one of fhese forms of enferfaunmenf seems fo appeal fo fhousands of wuId feenage females who cIaum fhe 'ruI'Ie of fhe Bobby Sock Brugade Have you ever become nmpafuenf affer findung fhaf you would have fo wauf for fiffeen or fwenfy munufes before geffung a seaf un a +heaI're7 Well fhese gurIs haveni' They are wuIIung fo sfand un Iune hour upon hour and sacrufice fheur warm beds and good food merely fo gef mfo fhe movues and see fheur udol Frank Sunafra When Frankue opens af I'he Paramounf exfra polucemen are called fo dufy fo fry fo keep fhe crowds In order proI'ec'I' sfore wundows and passersby from unuury Affer a mad rush for seafs un I'he firsf few rows fhe unlucky ones are Ieff fo fheur fafe and musf vuew fhe show from far behmd The pucfure no maffer how good uf may be us of no consequence af aII They pay fo see Sunafra and everyfhung else on fhe program us lusf wasfung vaIuabIe 'fume SWOONER SINATRA To be crooned fo 'rhe fune of Sunday Monday and Always I AII we gurls Iove you Honesfly we do Swooner Crooner Sunafra Jealous are fhe boys Of your IoveIy vouce Swooner Crooner Sunafra And when you guve ouI' wufh your very IoveIy smuIe No need fo feII you Frank fhaf all fhe gurls go wuId Buf whaf are we fo do You ve a wufe and kuddues foo Swooner Crooner Sunafra aux FOUR ARDENT SINATRA FANS I3 IS C no K 0 ll I ll 1 ' E ' .'. .' . K I . M eg I I. ' I C C

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sf frlr VV ICs. Swoonmg as defined In fhe dlchonary is fhe acl' of fainhng and fhe appareni' suspension of +he vifal and menfal powers Fanfashc as 11' may seem fhls as 1'he sfaie which ihese girls are pu+ info when The Voice opens his moufh and begins +o sung They lusf suf fhere spellbound caughi' by fhe melodlous 'Flow of sound which csrculafes fhrough fhe audience While he is grasping 'rhe microphone for supporf 'lo give him fhe srrengfh fo finish a song +here are elaculafed exclamahons of Oh Frankie and Ah emanahng from his enfhuslashc fans Finally when fhe song is complefed and 'ihe microphone IS sfandmg ereci' again shrneks and screams pierce fhe air and fumulf reigns fhrough oul' This commohon is repeafed affer each song When Frankie has finished one performance many of his mosi' ardeni' door and ob+aln his auiograph Buf shll many more are con+en+ +o sd' fhrough anofher show oblivious of The plcfure and warl pahenfly for Frank s reappearance Yes fhns generahon ceriamly has a queer manner of showing ihal' 'l'hey like Frank Smarra H' does appear fo be a generahon packed full of crazy lnclmahons buf fhen I suppose everyone is enhfled fo pursue his own personal whim crazy as I+ may seem fo ofhers LILLIAN SWITZEF co o I2 ' I I' F 1 admirers dash our fhe nearesl' exif hoping fo encounfer him ai' fhe sfage if W , 'fiq '.w . ll! X K 1 ' 1

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CDNLY A DOC- In answer fo our pufeous and numerous pleas my younger brofher and I recenved 'rhe same emphahc no for several years The sublecf whlch shrred up bedlam regularly In our household was whaf all children feel fhaf fhey musf have af one fume or anofher If was a puppy My mofher being very prachcal as well as busy loolred ahead fo fhe hme when our mferesf m fhe ammal would wane and she would be sfuclx as she was many fumes before wnfh somefhmg fhaf had fo be falren care of even fhough we had dlscarded uf How many fumes before had gold fish sfray cafs blrds furfles and ofher pefs been loaded onfo her shoulders And so we crued and fhreafened fo run away buf fo no avaal Then one fofally unforeseen day when we had really glven up all hope buf would nof admuf rl' we sfopped frozen In fronf of a pef shop wmdow we were passing There we saw yes my mofher had sfopped foo aufomahcally several lovely pupples of dlfferenf fypes I say several buf we really saw only one Hes beauflful brown eyes gazed up Info ours and sand Talre me home nowl Now four years lafer he shll has only fo gaze mfo our eyes and presfo' fhe luscoous coolue fhaf was on fhe way fo our moufhs suddenly finds :fs way mfo his or fhe slipper fhaf as forn fo shreds IS swepf up and soon forgoffen Our long awaufed puppy foolr fhe famnly by sform fhaf firsf day and has had full and complefe charge ever smce REBECCA BLACKETT 4' fi n' XJ Wm gn? W ez-53:9-5' y: f ff X T X, ' A X l : 4 vas 5 xo , I., wi pw, is M,.!.l.. y X , r C fy