when wiley leads the singing we all look on with anxious eyes when wiley leads the singing and stretch our mouths to wondrous size with voices loud and ringing the teachers all express surprise to note how swift the baton flies how could the case be otherwise when wiley leads the singing but some poor students dodge in fright when wiley leads the singing while others in extreme delight unto their sides are clinging but if that stick should take its flight especially with the leader's might who wouldn't need his wheels set right when wiley leads the singing but we the leadership enjoy when wiley leads the singing and worldly cares cannot annoy while wiley leads the singing for every thoughtful girl or boy would never let a thought destroy our precious gold for cheap alloy hence wiley leads the singing we know that finding fault is wrong while wiley leads the singing so let's ring off another song it's sweetest echoes bringing with sweetest voices clear and strong we all can sing both loud and long so let's join in where we belong — let wiley lead the singing w e commercial troubles for one long year we have enjoyed the labors of our commercial teach er and we know that his efforts are always in out1 behalf but for all this we have troubles we often wonder why mr shurtliff talks to us in commercial law so much about marriage it must be thai he has heard some one speak on the subject tie surely can't be old enough to know for himself etta blushes terribly when he mentions such a horrid thing when charley and eddie are conversing over a business transaction our teacher looks at the girls and says please make less noise at which the girls frown and suppressed giggles are heard from the boys if you could see the little mouse that has been our daily visitor during the year you would'nt wonder why hattie sits on her feet and why esther gives an occasional scream whenever we come from dinner we find the band boys have taken our chairs so is it any wonder that the girls tie their chairs to the table legs then if you had to listen to the discords three times a week you would nt wonder why we get our balance sheets wrong and why eva often exclaims oh what a dunce i am when we want to type-write its no use — the band is in one room and mr shurtliff has a class in the other but he can't imagine why we do not hand in more lessons whenever the girls have a class in front of the room austin comes in late so that he can smile at them and they can admire his dainty steps we wonder why our banker doesn't occupy the banks it must be that he has a guilty conscience when behind the bars or perhaps it brings back the past the commercial students must always give up their rooms to the extra classes and must not say a word when the dance committees come hustlidg in with their noisy invitations the other day our teacher was called out of the room ; and upon his re turn what should we see but a beautiful red carnation on his coat it was very much like the one miss king had that morning the acorn — page 14