Wells High School - Crimson and Gray Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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THE CRIMSON AND GRAY 15 Dot: I just heard last night the real cause of this war, and did you know that it was a girl. Buntie: No, tell me about it; what was her name? Dot : Her name was Alice Lorraine (Alsace Lorraine) . Blanche: 1 kissed Bill last night. Marjorie: Is that right? Blanche: No, but it ' s so. Mr. Goodreau : Here, Sophomore what time is it? Potter : How y ' d know I ' m a Soph ? Mr. Goodreau : Oh, I just guessed it. Potter: Well, guess the time, then. WhiTe Mat H iew M E tras CaSey ShEad McGi L pin King Lizo T te Cut T ing Prou L x Hugh E s Goo D ell WhalEn TAbor P R oulx Lakzin S ky Ad A ms GReen BE bo Po T ter W illiams ColE Degre N ier Benoi T Chene Y Wea T herhead H arris Cla R ke Clem E nee Chamb E rlain S mall Teacher: All ready now, inn up the cur- lain. Pupil (sotto voice) : What do you think I am — a squirrel. Gladys : You know, Bunt, that you said to put, that piece of wedding cake under my pil- low, and I ' d dream of my future husband? Bunt: Why, didn ' t it work? Gladys: That ' s what worjies me. I dream- ed of the Seven tv-flrst regiment. A peach came walking down the street She was more than passing fair A smile, a nod, a half closed eye And the peach became a pair. Bed : What does a billiard ball do when it stops rolling. ' 22 : Spring it. Red : It looks round. Babe: How would you like to drop 200 feet with a parachute. Gib : I ' d hate to drop that far without one! Cole: Can you change a dollar bill? Tabor : Yep, I guess so. Cole : Well that ' s fine. Lend me half a dol- lar. Miss Crocker : I thought Green wasn ' t go- ing to be absent after his sister was married. Tabor: There ' s probably more trouble at home. It was midnight on the ocean. Not a street car was in sight. The sun was shining brightly, For it rained all day that night. ' Twas a summer ' s day in winter. The rain was snowing fast, As a barefoot girl with shoes on, Stood sitting on the grass. It was evening and the rising sun Was setting in the West, While the little fishes in the trees Were cuddled in their nests. The l ' ain was simply pouring down, The sun was shining bright, And everything that you could see Was hidden out of sight.

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14 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY D. Pratt (translating) : Jean rubbed down London with a large straw. Miss O ' Keefe: With thirty pounds, Gold- smith set out for America. How much is a pound ? Paul (promptly) : About 16 ounces. B. Page : The unsteady lingers of one hand strayed to his lips. (Where was the rest of his hand?) Miss Crocker: What ' s the matter Thecla. Thecla: I can ' t find an authority for 130 minus 30 equals 60. D. Pratt (translating) : We could hear the icy payroll. Miss D. Smith: I have eleven girls up stairs. May I send them down here to study? Teacher: Yes. In a few minutes there appeared ten girls and Lizotte. Advice to the Ignorant. Don ' t study when you ' re tired. Don ' t study when you ' re blue Don ' t study when there ' s football Or something else to do; Don ' t study in the daytime, Don ' t study in the night, But study every other time with all your main and might. — Exchange. Characteristics of Quietest Silliest Neatest Most even tempered Wittiest Class Beauty Class Grind Laziest Slowest Athlete Best dancer Class Supe Best Singer Brightest Musician Bossiest Most dignified Cutest Class Imp Bluffer Most generous the Class of ' 22 Dorothy Pratt Florence Wixted Rita Richards Lawrence Curtis Constance Grant Allard Paul Pauline Currin Lawrence Curtis Mildred Apte Ernest Tetreault Dorothy Hall Thecla Fitzgerald Rita Richards Constance Grant Beatrice Page Ruth McMaster Alice DuPaul Louise Durgin Allard Paul Dorothy Hall Evelyn Poeton Most likely to Class Pest (ad Most Kiddish Most Popular Best Natured Class Flirt Class Vamp Living Diction succeed in life Ernest Tetreault option under protest) Irene Hughes Beatrice Suprenault Margaret Connolley Thecla Fitzgerald Constance Grant Beatrice Page ary Constance Grant 1923 ' We are all Tabor (in Biology class) called Monkeys. Babe Green : Don ' t say we , say me. When a certain Sophomore is stopped by the speed cops, she frantically turns the pages of Automobile Rules for the chapter on Etiquette towards Cops. Mr. Goodreau ' s definition for a Mud Puppy does not agree with Mr. Webster ' s. As Mr. Goodreau never makes a mistake, and as Mr. Webster is supposed to be a good authority on such matters, Ave wonder who is correct. Laurry Clarke ' s Plaint . Most all the fellows that I know Have got a girl, a pretty bow. While I sit looking glum and tired, As if no girl for me could be hired. I ' ve wooed a girl for about ' leven years And then gave up because of her sneers. But now I know another lass, I ' ve got a girl at last, at last. Miss O ' Keefe ' s right gender, Tabor. plural hand is number — Potter, masculine Tetrault, Will someone please tell Ruth MacMaster what Socrates means! Dot Hall : He received au anonvmous vote. Previously translated : So I asked my hus- band to marry me. C. Grant (continuing) : I am often oblig- ed to act this way ! Peggy Connolly: Is this number eight? Miss Marshall : No, your senses are wrong.

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16 THE CRIMSON AND GRAY Then the organ pealed potatoes ; Lard was rendered by the choir, While the sexton rang the dish rag, Someone set the church on. Are. Holy smokes the preacher shouted. As he madly tore his hair, Now his head resembles Hea.ven, For there is no parting there. I am a guy who owns a Ford and not a Chevrolet, I went to town without a frown upon my face they say. Till the old engine stalled one day in front of Wald Dowd ' s, And people came to see the fray in groups and throngs and crowds. And then and there I swore that when some money I could save, To my Ford I would not be a servant nor a slave ; I ' d buy a good self-starter of Universal make, Made by Henry Ford and Son at Delroit on the Lake. Tabor. 1924 Heard in the Hall! Say! Did you know Rodney Plimpton thinks Rex Beach is a summer resort? Hall: Were you out after dark last night? G. Carney: No, after Jennie! Gaumond : D ' ya pass French ? Cormack : Best in class. Gaumond: How d ' ya know? Cormack: The teacher told me I didn ' t need to come any more. Teacher: Miss Alto, tell us how you made your candy. Miss Alto : Well, when it was boiled, I put it in the sauce pan, and went outdoors and beat it. Literary Digest : Miss O ' Keefe. Smart Set : Harris, White, Weatherhead. Life: Marion Berry Popular Mechanics: Capt. Goodell. The Musician : Miss Earls. Judge: Rodney Plimpton. Motorist: Paul. To Whom Do They Belong? Oh ! Dam ! What! d ' ye get for your answer? Bye, Be good. Hello! Pretty good, how are you? Angry Teacher: Young man, do you come to this class to sleep? Stude: Yes, sir. I have to stay up all night studying for it. She : Is he off the team for good? He : Yes — for the good of the team. We are little freshmen, Fresh from the grades, Although we seem so very small, We ' ve not discarded our braids, Often we ' ve looked up to you, And now that we are here, We ' re going to have a glorious time With every passing year. What makes- Carney so sober? Cuddihy so tall? Doris Wheeler so fat? Marion Berry so quiet? Irene Lindblad so noisy? Isabel Spielman so unfriendly? Octavia Champagne so large? Raymond Allard so serious? Jennie Swanson so untidy? Hilda Aalto so stupid? Cormack so sensible? Miss Smith: What is the meaning of Washington, D. C. ? Cuddihy: Washington Doll Carriage. Miss R. Smith: Cuddihy, Why does the geographic condition of Norway produce a race of bold sea-rovers? Cuddihy: Because Norway is situated on the coast and is surrounded by water. There is one especially sweet little boy with curly yellow hair in the Freshman Class. William ' s name reminds one of his ancestor ' s, Joshua. His bent is inclined to- wards the ladies not ladies ' portraits. Who is the regular guy with freckles and a wicked smile and two feet (take it in two senses) who calls on Miss O ' Keefe regularly at 3.00?