Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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gs g 'rHE,M1,RRo1z p True to our well known spirit of co-operation, we leave Miss Ober a Pomeranian to fight with the Persian cat left her by the class of 1926. To Miss Spencer, who delights in solving problems of all kinds, we leave the following: If the rock of which the Sphinx is made wteighs 100 pounds per square foot, how much does the head of the Sphinx weigh if it is as high as the pyramid 70 paces west of the Sphinx 's left ear, as long as said pyramid is high, and as wide a.nd one-half these two dimensions. We sincerely hope that she makes use of the above on the coming senior class who will undoubtedly solve it, since we have left them the use of our brains. To Miss Rand, whom we have noticed chewing her beads, we leave an all-day lollipop of any iiavor she may desire. A little bird has told us that Miss Flagg is always getting her hands smeared with ink, while changing typewriting ribbons, so we leave her a typewriter with a ribbon which will never have. to be changed, assuring her of clean hands in the future, we hope. Witli our usual helpful spirit we leave Miss Hart a glass case in which to keep her new car. To lighten the burden of the coming editor of the Mirror and t0 lighten Mr. Nottenburg's responsibility we leave the latter an automatic searching machine which will prevent copies of the school magazine To Mr. Rounds we leave a new Chevrolet and free admittance to all factories. To the youngest member of our faculty, Miss Delesdenier, we leave a. new set of messenger girls to replace those who graduate this year. from appearing before schedule. To Mr. Goodrich we leave plenty of sulphur and sulphuric acid with a recipe for making perfumes which require open windows and ventilators. As Miss Burgess must be tired of teaching pupils to draw the'pres- ent frieze in the assembly hall we lea.ve her a new one. We heard that Miss Rose is quite ill at ease while teaching English to her sophomore classes, and a senior is present in the room. So in order that she may be assured of comfort, as we desire all teachers to be so, we leave her an abundant supply of earlaps to present each senior with on entering the room. Knowing Miss Hoffman will miss the present senior German class, we leave her a Darrot with which she can carry on extended conversa- tions, and we sincerely hope that it teach her a few new stories to tell her future classes. To Miss Clement we leave a free passage to France.

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THE MIRRGR 27 'Mba Twill uf the Qlllass nt 1927 Be it remembered, that we, the class of 1927, of the City of Waltham, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory Cin spite of the numerous doubts that the faculty may have to the contraryb, but knowing the uncertainty of this life, do make this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills and codicils heretofore made by us. After the .payment of our just debts and funeral charges, we be- queath and devise as follows: To the junior class, that they may successfully carry on the tradi- tions ofthe class of 1927, we leave the brains of our class pickled in alcohol. To the sophomore class we leave our ability to run successful socials. To the incoming class we leave a wagon-load of the newest text books, for careful study, of everything, including the length of a mos- quito's life to the distance from Waltham to Boston. To our principal, Mr. Burke, we leave a crop of Ma.x's curls. As Mr. Ward seems to have had more or less difficulty in getting his classes to learn memory passages, we leave a machine to accomplish this. We sincerely hope that it will save him much breath. To Mr. Hodge, whom we so frequently hear commenting on features Number 1, 2, etc., we leave a new book of pet expressions. We hear that Miss Pratt occasionally has trouble with her car- pardon us, we mean her flivver-we leave her a new one guaranteed trouble-proof under all conditions. e In order that the undergraduates may have the pleasure of con- gratulating Mr. Hollis as we did, we have placed an order in his name with Mr. Stork, for twins. 7 That more people may enjoy those delicious meals prepared under Miss Hunter's direction, we leave her a new stove and plenty of pots and pans. To lessen Miss Cutting's toil we leave her an electric sewing ma- chine. Since Mr. Kimball see-ms to have come up to the expectations of the class of 1926, we leave him, in addition to their gift, a baby snake to train and bring up, with the request that he call it Periyakulans. A little bird told'us that Miss Hall has a garden, so we leave her a set of garden tools to use when working in it, with the hope that when she uses them she will remember us and our enthusiasm for Latin.

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THE MIRROR 29 To remind Miss Seabury of her present senior college prep. division, we leave her a jack rabbit, which has been taught to jump about and chatter just as they did. As we have just heard that Miss Rigby has bought a new home, and expressed a desire for a grandfather clock, we leave her one. The sophomore class seems to be a noisy crowd while typewriting, therefore, to Miss Clapp, so that her voice may be heard throughout the room, we 'leave a inegaphone. May sheimake good use of it. To Miss Mudgett, one of our most stately and dignified teachers, we leave traps to catch snakes which might come wandering through under the doorfrom the biology room and suggest that she use garlic for bait as the snake is very fond of it. To the faculty as a whole we leave our appreciation of their un- seltish efforts in our behalf, and hearty wishes for especially brilliant classes in the future. In witness whereof we have signed and sealed and published this instrument as our will and testament on 'J une 16, 1927. EVERETT GOLWAY, Mu W mmwm THELMA HEINLEIN. Glass bang TUNE: America., the Beautiful AUTHOR: Josephune S. Huntley O Waltham High! Forever more Your banner will we fly, Your praises ever will we sing, Till echoes reach the sky. O Waltham High! O Waltham High! God bless thee from his Heaven, For this is what we wish for you- The class of twenty-seven. O Seniors true, preserve for aye Our flag of scarlet hue, And ne'er forget traditions all That have been made for you. O Waltham High! O Waltham High! God bless thee from his Heaven, For this is what we wish for you- The class of twenty-seven.