THE CLASS OF GRADE TEN IS VERY BRIGHT,
BUT AT COMPOSING POETRY THEY'RE REALLY A SIGHT.
WITH PENCILS SHARPENED AND HAIR WELL MUSSED
THEY SAT DOWN TO WORK AND 0, HOW THEY FUSSED!
FIRST IN THE ROW SITS DOROTHY
WHO HEARTILY HATES GEOMETRY,
BARBARA MCKENZIE, THE EDITOR'S DAUGHTER
DOES WRITE COMPOSITION THE WAY SHE OUGHTER'.
THER'RE THREE MCARTHURS IN OUR CLASS
AND EVERY ONE IS A WINSOME LASS;
RUBY, MARILYN AND ISOBELLE,
IN SPORTS AND MUSIC THEY EXCEL.
MARNIE WRIGHTSON SLIM AND DARK
SOMETIMES HOPES TO SIT AND PARK.
MARY NANCY SUZANNA MCKAY,
WILL D0 WELL HER WORK ALL DAY.
BUT MARY'S WORK HAS A STRONG CONTENDER
IN THAT WHICH IS DONE BY MARLENE BENDER.
JEAN BROWN AND MARGUERITE HOWE,
LOVE TO SIT AND GOSSIP, WOW;
ROBERTA TAYLOR, CHARMING AND FAIR,
IN PREPARING THIS YEAR BOOK, HAS DONE HER SHARE.
DON MCDERMID, THE FARMER'S SON
IN THE HALF MILE RACE CAN REALLY RUN,
TOM THOMSON, WITH HIS BROWN CURLY HAIR
SETS EVERY YOUNG GIRL'S HEART ASTIR,
TALL PAUL LINSTEAD, WHO LOOKS MOST WISE,
COMES UP WITH GOOD ANSWERS OR ELSE ALIBIS,
ROSS HETTRICK A SHY LITTLE BOY
LOVES TO DO NOTHING, AND ACT MOST COY.
RONALD SAWYER, NOTED FOR HIS BRAIN
DOES ALL HIS HOMEWORK WITH NARY A STRAIN??
AL HARTMAN, SMALL BUT STRONG,
DEVOTES TIME AND EFFORT TO PLAYING PING-PONG,
GERRY CORMACK NEXT IN THE CLASS
MANAGES TO GET THROUGH WITH AN EASY PASS.
HAROLD WEEDEN'S BRUSH CUT STANDS UP SO HIGH
IT NEARLY SWEEPS THE CLOUDS RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY
THIS IS NEARLY THE STORY OF OUR TWENTY ONE,
WHO SELDOM ALL GET THEIR HOMEWORK DONE,
THE I's OF OUR CLASS ARE A CHARMING PAIR
IRENE AND ILA ONE DARK AND ONE FAIR,
BUT SANS ILA & SHIRLEY of GR, 11,
THIS POEM WOULD NEVER GOT WRITTEN