Dyersburg High School - Trojan Yearbook (Dyersburg, TN)

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at .1 JOKES--Continued Young Wife- Oh, Harry, I saw a big fish-that long-under the ice. Young Hub- Nonsense, my dear! I'm quite sure it was your reHection. Q39 Miss House- Give me a sentence using the word 'moron'. Freshman- Papa said sister couldn't go out till she put moron. 8 3 Q There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight, yelled the lunatic as he set fire to the city hall. Q Q -it Miss Adams- Gordon, tell the class about Pompeii. Gordon- Yes, mam. Pompeii was a man who died with an indiction on his head. 4293 Miss Ford- What did you say? Gerald- Nothing, Miss F.- I know, but how did you express it this time? get Be Be- Do you mean to infer that I stole that pint of gin you had? Milton- I don't infer anything. All I said was that if you hadn't helped me look for it, I would have found it. 9289 Rebecca-- Sometimes you appear really manly, and sometimes you are effeminate. How do you account for that? Charles- I suppose it's hereditary. Half of my ancestors were men and the other half women. - 9 -Q S This is the last edition, said the editor as he pointed to his infant son. Q S S Mary- Rocky, where did you get that red on your lips? Rocky- That's my tag for parking too long in one place. 998 Boob, speaking of eleventh Latin- I passed Cicero today, dad. Dad- How fast was Cicero going? -Q Q Q Mary Katherine- I wonder if it is true that the length of a boy's arm is equal to the circumference of a gir1's waist? Bubber fhopelessj- Let's get a string and measure it. see Mr. Morgan- What answer did you get to the problem on the pressure of the river on the dam? H. D., innocently-HI didn't get the dam problem. Q Q 12 Mr. Hughes, explaining Geometry problem- And did I make myself plain? Joe Frank- No, God did that? Page fifty-eight .ii 'Q

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JICUJIKIES Laugh and the world laughs with you: weep and you weep alone. oo oo o'o S o'o Mr. Morgan- We are going to have a lesson in animals today. Can anyone tell me what a ground-hog is? Frances Ann- Please, sir, a ground hog is a sausage. Q38 Mrs. Stamm fsuspiciouslyj- Fanny, where have you been? Fanny- With Mary Vernon, here. Mrs. Stamm- Mary Vernon, where have you been? Mary Vemon- With Fanny, here. Mrs. Stamm- Well, where have you both been? Fanny and Mary Vernon- Why, er, we've been together. 42 S -Q What a Little Comma Can Do. Lord Palmerston then entered upon his head, a. white hat upon his feet, large but well polished boots upon his brow, a dark cloud in his hand, his faithful walking stick in his eye, a dark menacing glare saying nothing. Q98 Taken from a Sophomore theme: This being the first annual rally we have ever had it was very exciting but we sure do want one every year because it is a great help to you when you get very old. Q Q Q Mr. Hughes fin Geometry classj- lone, please get up and explain your figure. Q 9 Q Just a few things we've heard up here this year. Washington excavated New York.-Milton. The Thames flew through the city.-Miss Ford. Mr. Hughes will eat two girls.-Dixie. Read next, Columbus.-Miss Jenny. It's an abser abserute.-Willard. Q 8 9 Miss Rankley- Well, hurry up, Athylyn. Athylyn fhastily concluding a long report on Lincolnl- April 14, Lincoln attended Ford's Theater and was shot in his box. 9 Q 9 Mary Vernon treading Cicerol- If I should show them the edict of the praetor, they would fall to pieces. Miss Watson- What type of conditional sentence is that? Mary Vernon- First type. , Willard- Looks like that would be the second type. Miss Watson- No, there is no doubt there, Cicero had no doubt. Willard- Well, I doubt it. Miss Watson- What? Willard- That they would fall to pieces. Q98 He- So the old ladies decided to cut out the electric chair. Other He- Yes, they thought it too shocking. Page fifty-seven .fra - v L... H ,

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Jonas--continued Miss Emma- Can anyone tell me how a stovepipe is made? Catherine J.- First, you take a big, long hole, and then you wrap some tin around it. Q Q Q Doctor- Have you taken every precaution to prevent the spread of disease in your family? Jim- Absolutely, doctor. We've done bought a sanitary cup an' we all drink from it. QQ! When Miss Jenny was little she was taught by her mother not to chew gum. One day when they were out riding they passed a field where cows were grazing. Miss Jenny said, Mother, isn't it disgusting to chew gum? Yes, said her mother, but why - H All those cows are doing it, said Miss Jenny. Q33 Father, cried Catherine, excitedly, there's a big black bug on the ceiling. Mr. M.cCaleb, who was busy reading at the time, answered without looking up. Just step on it and leave me alone. Q Q Q Mr. Stephenson, in the confectionery store, was growing impatient at the lack of service. Finally he rapped sharply on the counter. Here, young lady, he called, who waits on the nuts? 4 S 8 Q Frances- Just think, Aunt Chaney, papa got Hamburg and Java on the radio last night. Aunt Chaney- Now, chile, don't think I'1l ever believe they can deliver groceries on that contraption. Q Q Q Bill- They say I'm the hardest guy in this state. Corliss- Well, you might be in this state, but not when you are sober. QQQ Laura-Don't you all remember when Roosevelt ran for President. There was a picture in the paper with little girls saying, We want Teddy, we want Teddy. Doris- I don'tg that was too long ago. Laura- It was not, was it Miss Rankley? Miss Rankley- Let me think. W'hy, Laura, that was in 1908, when were you born? Laura, real low- In 1909. QQ! Miss Rankley- Joe Frank, what do you mean by McCle1lan's Peninsular Campaign for taking Richmond? On what peninsular did it take place? Joe Frank- On the Florida Peninsular. Now God be praised that gave us the power of laughing and making others laugh-and shame to the dull cur who scorns the office of a jesIer. -Scott. Page fifty-nine I lu-,-.4--'r Y .gl fa-If -it ,E I