Wicomico High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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THE TATLE R—1 9 2 6 27 And our chieftan for that season Was Mama, he the jay bird, Who the paleface knows as Jay Ward. In the second nine-moon-season We were as the Loon birds, Wise Fools, Shur-shuh-gah, the silly Loon birds. We had a princess, not a chieftan, Ruling o’er us in that season. Her we called Laughing Water, Minne-ha-ha, Mildred Mitchell. When this season had been finished We had half our course completed In the Lodge of Many Medecenes. In the third nine-moon-season Nahma, he the king of fishes, Nahma, who we call the Sturgeon, Nahma, Wilbur Phillips to the paleface, Was our sachem, great and mighty. All the othea ' s called us Storm Fools, Called us Storm Fools, Pau-pulc-keewis. Now the time when we were strongest Came to us as an arrow To the heart of a roebuck. We, the great war eagle, Keneu, We were Keneu whom none could conquer. Again Nahma, the painted Sturgeon, Was our ruler, was our chieftan. We were as Gheezis, the Sun, is: So bright we were that none beheld us; In our deeds so high and lofty We were as Gheezis, the Sun, is. Ah Kaween! The time is staid not, No indeed! It went not slowly, But as a swiftly flying arrow When ’tis shot with bows of ashwood. Then a day, a day of sorrow, Came and I was as a wretch is: Never have I seen my comrades; Never have our paths beep crossed.” And the tom-tom, sobbing softly, Seemed to echo the old man’s wiiisper As he said in tones of sorrow, “Ah! showain nemshin, nosa!” “Ah ' pity me, my father!” —BLANCHE PHILLIPS.

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26 THE TATLER 1926 AH! SHOWAIN NEMSHIN, NOSA! In the. glimmer of the firelight Sat the young men and the old men, Sat the wise men and the wizards. In the circle sat an old man, lie with locks as white as snow is He with with memories very ancient. In the. center was a tom-tom, And upon it was its beater, Inviting someone to tell a story. “Onoway! Awake, thou dreamer. Awake; and tell them, all these people. Of your ancient memories.” Then uprising from the circle Came the old man, came the dreamer, Knelt down, squatted by the tom-tom And struck the war drum with its beater Then the old man, chanting softly, Sang to them this memoir ancient: “Far away, away to westward, Dwell my brothers, long gone from me. I alone am left behind them. I alone can tell our story. It was in the Lodge of Wisdom That there sat a man of knowledge Called by us Ko’Ko Khas, the owl bird. Called by the paleface, Mr. Cordrey. And a man of mighty wisdom, He the friend of man, Mondamin, He the Jossakeed, Mr. Wheeler. Under them were many Medas. Some were as the great war captains; Others, as the sweetest singers. Only nine moons of a season Did the Owl bird hold a council In that mighty Lodge of Wisdom. When I went there with my brothers All the others called us Faint-heart, Called us cowards, the Shaugodaya.

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28 THE TATLE R—1 9 2 6 SENIOR CLASS ROLL —o— “ACADEMIC AND GENERAL” Adkins, Georgia Eunice Barnes, Allan William Bennett, Kathryn Estelle Benson, Gertrude Elizabeth Booth, Virginia Lilly Bounds, Iris Edna Cooper, Anna Belle Cooper, Franklin Kent, Jr. Dallas, Robert Wood Davis, Charles Arthur Davis, Helen Miriam Disharoon, Dolly Elizabeth Disharoon, James Elmer Dykes, Alonzo, Jr. Ellis, S. Elizabeth Ellis, Norman Lester Gordy, Laura Edyth Hammond, Avery C. Hearne, Charles Elmer, Jr. Hearn, Eleanor Thorington Hearne, Paul Arthur Hitch, Paul Phoebus Holliday, Dorothy Lee Hopkins, Ethelyn Ella Humphreys, Iris Ella Jackson, Lydia Brieley Johnson, Lee, Jr. Krause, Aline Rosalie Layfield, Madeline Elizabeth Lowe, Herbert Wilson Marshall, John Harris Mitchell, Mildred Overton, Lela Anna Parker, Dorothy Barel ' ord Parker, Maria Ann Perrin, William Kennon Phillips, Branch Holmes, Jr. Phillips, Wilbur Samuel Powell, William Edwin Powell, Mary Louise Powell, John William Pusey, Iris Virginia Riley, Miriam Hannah Shadburn, William Byron Shipley, Mary Louise Simms, William Ervin Taylor, Norman Lafayette Taylor, Mary Louise Turner, Carrie Louise Twigg, Mildred Ellen Vaughn, Dorothy Virginia Waller, Julia Lake Waller, William Franklin Ward, David Jay, Jr. Whayland, Virginia Ella White, Leila Morgan White, Milton Gustavius Williams, Daniel Herbert Wilson, Frances Elmira COMMERCIAL Bailey, Emma Lydia Bostick, Irene Pierre Bowe, Harry Lankford Carey, Irene Elizabeth Catlin, Mary Virginia Chatham, EtheJ Lenora Dashiell, Lena Robertson Dawson, Edwin Severn Dixon, Roland Francis Downs, Margie Mary Garris, Naomi Katherine Howie, James Roy Humphreys, William Wendell Larmore, Floyd Evans Livingston, Clarence Alton Nutter, Hilda Louise Pollitt, Naomi E. Ryall, Tull Smith, Anna Mae Steele, Estella Jane Waller, Irvin Robert