Wilson Central School - Crest Yearbook (Wilson, NY)

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STARLIGHT PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN If you grot warm go down to the training class for there is quite a “Breeze” down there. If one of the Seniors was on wheels would lie be called a Big Ford. Martin Schulze nearly had heart failure last Friday running after the nine o’clock train. He ran nearly a mile toward Elberta before lie caught it. “AUCTION SALE.” On Saturday p. m. at 3 o’clock from the schoolhouse steps, 1 shall offer for sale the following ponies: Kind. Name. Condition. Latin ..............Cicero Lame from overdrawing Latin...............Caesar.......Gentle, even a child may use him Latin ..............Virgil Haltered, but never rode Terms: Cash at time of sale. GEO. NORTON, Owner. ROY McMILLIAN, Auctioneer. Glenn—Must I stick all these stamps on myself, Mr. Ilackett, in P. O.—Can if you want to, most folks put them on the packages. Miss Thompson gives an account of the love scene in “Mid Summer Night’s Dream” very fluently. Mr. Bickford to Miss M. Wilson—Isn’t it terrible that we have to study such books in school ? Miss M. Wilson—I have studied it. Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.—Michael Angelo. George N. (in Virgil)—Her dresses descended to her lowest feet. What key has unlocked the door to Mabel’s heart? I-key, of course. Rex is the proprietor of the Stacy Head Heating Plant. Ruth Angevine expects to live in a Tower some day. Tommy saying his prayers: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake Well—I should worry, A lady on receiving a proposal by telegram rushed to the telegraph office and asked quickly, “How much does it cost to send a telegram ?” “Twenty-five cents for ten words,” was the reply. This was the telegram that the suitor received: “Yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes!”

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PAGE TWENTY-SIX STARLIGHT Homer—I want a pair of trousers. L. W. Smith—IIow ion do you want them? Ilomer—I don’t want to rent them; I want to buy them. Vesta had a little lamp, It was well trained, no doubt; ’Cause every time that Dwight came in That little lamp went out. Ruth I)iez—Say, 1 have an idea. Angeline—Well, treat it kindly; it's in a strange place. If Lee Brown gets unruly we will send him down to the nursery. (Marks’.) Harwell—Why is a Ford a musical ear? Ilomer—Because it has a brass band on the radiator. Verna1—Why does Lora S. look over her glasses so much? Elva Capen—So as not to wear them out. Who erased that banner? That banner with colors so bright, Which in such a flaunting manner Adorned the board at the right.—II. W. In life, as in baseball, hit the line hard, Don’t foul, don’t shirk. Hit the line hard. —Col. Roosevelt. There are so many Fords in English Literature that INI. Jeffrey « is getting embarrassed. Mabel W.—It isn't safe for Norman to stay out late nights in the winter. Glenn—Why ? Mabel—It's to cold for the Oakland. Martin is O. K. in “Deutch” but Miss Smith says that lie will have his wife along when it comes to voting. Mrs. Blake fears she will have to take some of her chemistry class to the hospital and get muzzles made for them so as to keep them quiet. Fred has resolved to use less of “Borden’s-” condensed milk because he believes it is making him fat. Clara giggles, giggles as she goes And if perchance she does not know A question that Smith may throw, She giggles. A boy was called upon in Latin class to give the principal parts of the verb “delay.” Not knowing what it was, he nudged his next door neighbor and whispered, “What is it.” Ilis friend whispered back, “darn if I know.” The lad’s face then brightened and he stammered out, “Darniftno—darnifinare—darnifiavi—darnifinatus.”

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PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT STARLIGHT Kid McMillian, who last year obtained a great reputation as a boxer, is now trying to get a patent on cork legs tor horses, lb1 has offered to go halves on the results with anyone who will lend him $30 —M. S. ’17. George has a great chemical affinity for some people, says Mrs. Blake. “CLASS STONES.” Freshman—Emerald. Sophomore—Blarney stone. Juniors—Grind stone. Seniors—Tombstone. Harry Nesbit will answer any questions asked in regard to trapping skunks. “Time was, is past; thou canst not it recall. Time is, thou hast;; employ the portion small. Time future, is not and may never be. Time present is the only time for thee.” Mr. Tschabold (in English). “They found the bones of the diseased.” Adabelle Schultz must surely believe in the motto “Stick up for your rights.” She surely lives up to it for whenever she knows or imagines that her rights are being wronged, she flys up and punishes the offender. For sale—A full blooded cow giving milk, three tons of hay, a lot of chickens and several stoves.—Doris Weaver. Silently one by one in the notebook of the teachers Blossom the little zeros, the forget-me-nots of the pupils. Miss Hubbard—I)o you know Shakespeare well? Roy McMillian, aside to Glen—(That don't catch me); aloud to teacher: Of course not—lie's been dead a long time. I never saw him. Speak gently; ’tis a little thing, Dropped in the heart’s deep well. The good, the joy that it may bring Eternity shall tell.” Clara S.—Wrhat 'is the next most important thing in life after religion ? G. Norton—Getting married. Mr. Mcllroy—Who originated the first geometrical proposition? Irene Fillingham—Noah. Mr. Mcllroy—How so? Irene—He constructed the are B. C. A FEW RESOLUTIONS. I. Some of the chemistry girls have resolved to destroy all male-rial left after they finish their experiments instead of leaving it for the Seniors who are having a meeting in the northeast classroom.