Wright High School - Chronicle Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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D. E. says she ' s forgotten every- thing — even how many sides a cir- cle has. The American History class is still waiting to hear about Tralfal- ga Square from Catherine S. What generous person was that that sent Aicla H. all those Ameri- can beauties when she was sick? Some irls are so fond of chem istry that they even talk about it in their sleep, don ' t they, Carmelita G.? Can any of the Sherlock Holmes of this school olTer any clues to the disappearance of Oliver W. ' s ring. M. Campbc ' .il tliinks that granM- lated sugar is due to ' ' microor- ganisms. Bertha C. suys there are a lot of back germs in Mississippi Rivt?f water. Whose frat pin is Alba R. wear- ing? Gertrude S. writes up a big news story all about a dead revolver. Who, we should like to know, is responsible for Shirley Mae W. ' s curly hair? Why do Lelia C. and Alma E. go together, eat alike, and even look alike ? What is the connection between J. R. and a Greek? This is a new one on us. China ' s backwardness is due to the fact that China had all the mountain pas- sages locked and refused to procure the keys to open them. Ask Eloise P. why she always sings Somebody loves me, I won- der who. li you want any information on gardening just ask M. Carey. She seems to know how to get every variety to bloom in spring. A recent Freshmen essay on Hawthorne says Hawthorne mar- ried a woman he did not know. (Is he any different from any other man, Freshie? Why was Charlotte B. so anxious to have her ishoe tried on her left foot? Won ' t someone be kind enough to tell Violet L. how far apart two milestones are? Ask Prop, why she got tired of her P.K. (Not gum).

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.CATTY CLUB Why is Pat. M. sorry summer is coming ? The thing that kept India back- wards so long was the ' ' Cask sys- tem. (Why didn ' t they try prohibi- tion?) The Freshmen certainly must think that the Egyptians were dumb for they habitually speak of the Egyptian dummies. I wonder why Sylvia B., Annie C, and Hilda D. insist upon play- ing tennis at 6 a. m. Well! At last Issy M. has promised to learn to ' ' shake a leg. Somebody made the remark in Room 102 that snow grew and E. R. wanted to know if it really does. Why doesn ' t Frences P. join the Debating Society? She does argue so well. Why all the sudden sophistica- tion, Isabel W. ? Fire engine houses are useful in more than one way, eh, B. Kahn? Some bright chemist says that ivory soap is made from cream of tartar. Why does I. LaFonta always wear her Oberon pin? Will someone please tell us just who the locust-eaters are? Ruth M. has aroused our curiosity. The coat of arms of Spain has been recently changed, according to a chemistry student. It now has a bar of soap on it. M. Stair says that the reason Poe was expelled from West Point was because he broke 300 of the 500 windows the first two weeks he was there.

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Tree City Breeze — Greensburg, Ind. — The jokes and athletic news are good, but there is no exchange column. • Coyote Journal — Phoenix, Ari- zona. — The editorials are very good, and The Guillotine is as fine as ever. The Maroon — New Orleans, La. —The sports are well brought out, and the news articles are inter- esting. McDonogh Chatter — New Or- l( ans. La. — Your jokes are clever, and your stories interesting. The Forum — Houston, Texas— You have more ads. than any other magazine your size. Congratula- tions on being able to secure them. Tower News — Cincinnati, Ohio ' — The article on the origin of St. Valentine ' s Day was your best work in that issue. M. T. S. News— New York, N. Y. — Your style of printing is odd, but attractive. Local News is your best section. AS OTHERS SEE US The Chronicle — New Orleans, La. — There are some clever poems in this paper. — The Walking Leaf, Montour Falls, N. Y. Chronicle — Your abundance of jokes and personals is especially good. — The Forum, Houston, Tex. The Walking Leaf — Montour Falls, New York. — The Cook Aca- demy seems to have a fine music studio judging from the picture in your magazine. The Red and Black — Tampa, Florida. — You certainly have a large number of exchanges, which are a great credit to your paper. The Chronicle, Wright High chool. New Orleans, La. — This little magazine is the most interest- ing of our exchanges. Your joke column is the longest we have ever seen in any school paper, but as it occupies fully one-third of your reading matter it is entirely out of proportion with what ought to be the main purpose of a school maga- zine, namely, to encourage literary compositions. — The Sigma, Peoria, 111.