New Britain herald., 1928-01-28
THE OBSER FElg Mahss Random 0hyatns
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W&tCh tAA4 " 70 000ut ". W "" tsr to khe sehoat usad1aateeA wAea | paek. q y.ennetege w1o daa Aas4-l ly ws3t tos ths Anesc1nas tD nAtea m4slsr te sing q ltAatr se1sow at lesx3ue tAa "daar ed" ocAoea and te kaar 9alap - 'JIew te 0uoese4 ia the Wegad" w nea whss snnass aa1- thing up to tes . week. For just this ens day on tAe Nea4 4Fom 1is- iapsiessd maturity the bay " sita pausss and tstps tn aR egu ~ eoosy Hes and veetea0as vhach ere not at all in ksepiAgs wath the spssaf Of tho times. We weu3d ke ta zee en hopeat srsdva&ion seahsthing on the lines of the feaaswtag;
 The parents q the gradnotes nls ip. Then come ahaut hAle ef the graduating clasa-thase whass Der- cats ovssruled thelr dasiree to op to the movieA The exercises are epen- cd by the singing of . class sons, about like ths:
 "Goodby, old high school. goodby. !. I'm 70 happy fear l may de.
 Twelve years work ts now all
 done "
 And at last I can have fun.
 So goodhy. blank old high school,
 goedby."
 The aalutatorian then strides to. the front of the stage and. making no prstense of memorising. baldiy reads his speech. Then comes . musical program. and because 1t ts perfectly evident that none of the graduates have any talent profess sional musicians have been engaged to render something which sounds like something q little better then a cross between a woulan's screaming and | convention of men who smoke :; the wrong brand Of cigarettes. This , is followed by the valedictory. and , the girl who delivers it candidly states that the speech was written by her father, who copied coptousiy from George Washineton's "Fare- we'll Address" Then we have an- other class song:
 We're considered educated and we're free men now at last. We shall soon be dtssipated trying ! to forget the past.
 Thoughts of flunktns, cranky teach
 CTS, unlearned lessons soon will
 fade.
 We will soon be toil-slavcd crea-
 lures. but at least we will be
 paid"
 Then comes the big event. The Ispeaker of the day-or rather hts private secretary. since he himself was too busy to come-takes pos session of the platform and begins ,"You are now going into the world of men and women. You have grown up. You need advice. we old buxsards think, but you wouldn',
 follow 1t if ! gave it to you. l know
 you will do just as you please al
 long as your parents money holds out and that you will stop drinking
 and smoking only when the bottle' and packs are empty. know yot
 want to have me finish this address IT know you will have no use fol ,ycur diplomas, and. to .conserv, Iroom in your attics ]. touch thi'
 match to the whole pile of them
 | know you aren't even listening t' me. And l know I'm glad of 1t. fo IT know it's the worlds wors speech"
 He jumps over the footlights ant ijoins the mad scramble to get out il time for tho second show at tn local theaters.
 4 Regardless of repeated warning from Connecticut company employes boys living along the route of th'
 Pennington avenue trolleys continu to make a practice of hopping ol . and off cars as they pass along tn route.
 T AS the cars are in charge of one man crew. it is impossible 10 the motormau-con to operat A the vehicles and watch the rear en at the. same time. The crews ar " forced to exercise unusual vigllanc in watching ahead because the car . run through congested distric where the streets, in many cases. ar T used freely by boys and girls fo ' playground purposes Boys take ad t vantage of this situation and fire
 quently climb on the rear step C hang on the pack and ride fo 6 | n. ..r,4jl xta,, rn nAot, Inv %f