Martinsburg High School - Triangle Yearbook (Martinsburg, WV)

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Q .!,L l l X TOUGH LUCK That's what I call tough luck. What's that? V . I I've got a check for S40 and the only man in town that can identify me is the one I owe SSO. I ' H Bill Weller: What would I have to give you for just one sweet kiss, honey? Hannah Geyer: Chloroform, Sappy, Chloroformf' THE PEACEFUL CELT The County Cork soldiers were in a mopping up party that had followed the main assault. In a large shell-hole they found a group of ten or twelve Germans sound asleep, apparently missed by the first wave. 'lWell, said Mike, shall we shoot 'em or stick 'em? Ho, hum, said Pat, looking up at the sky. It's a foine day. Let's wake 'em up and have a foightf' A. Miller: Whisper sweet nothings into my ear. Don Porterfield: My bank balance--your dress-your head-- Homer .Iohnson's Love Philosophy and Bright Sayings: Sock picks 'em dumb because they have the most to learn, a little loving is a dangerous thing, but who'd want it if it weren't? Men like girls to be breezy. Therefore, I canyt understand why they become infuriated when they get the air. Love expresses itself in many ways. In early childhood, with an offering of wild flowers. In high school-days, with a five pound box of candy and on the campus withieither a bite on the neck or a shot of questionable gin. People who live in glass houses shouldn't. - A married man is a bozo who has been penalized for holding. The difference between the stuff we drink and the stuff Rip Van Winkle drank is that Rip woke up. Jack Beavers isn't an egotist, but he once bought a book called What two million women want. To see if they spelled his name correctly. Gentlemen prefer blondes, others take what they can get. Many a girl who says she's all run down winds up in some fellow's arms. The red-hot mamas they sing about never got that way leaning over a cook stove. Say something soft and sweet ' she said, and heaved a long-drawn sigh. He swallowed hard, Oh, how he blushed! Then whispered Custard Pie. seventy-seven

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Zganniib am .Az-Qi -aeasiig NP- ' agaaefsfef' --1 A 12 Fx I Now Laugh Gray Silver: I never drink out of a bottle after my girl. Tom Abbott: l'Why not? Unsanitary? Gray: UNO. There's never anything left. Madge Fitzpatrick Cto porterj 2 How long will the next train be? Porter: Engine and six cars. ' Madge: You're smart aren't you? Porter: No, ma'am, Smarts gone home for dinner. Mary Miller Qlooking in the dictionaryl : What comes after K , Jack? Jack Rind: Jimmie Alonzo, a sentence with the word Hsenorf' Sure I senor old man drunk last night. TWO WHITE RABBITS CHATTER Grove: Hey, egg, what is spinach? Laise: It's the language they speak in Spain. Grove: 'II have a suit for everyday of the week. Laise: 'iLet's see them. Grove: This is it. Laise: I'm twenty-one today but I can't vote. Grove: O, Why not? Laise: There's no election on. Grove: Can you loan me five dollars? Laise: Sure. Would you rather have an old five or a new one? Grove: A new one, of course. Laise: Here is the one and I'm four dollars ahead. Grove: You know I can't swim. Laise: Why not? Grove: Because I'm not in water. Dot Staples: Buy a seal for the benefit of the Red Cross? Roy Downey: Very worthy organization, but I cannot afford a seal. Dot: 'iBuy just one seal, please. ,, Roy: If I bought it I couldn't feed it. seventy-six

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QL ,Ad m l M. H. S. EDITION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. I shalt study only upon special occasions. Ishalt not permit my roommate to study when I am in the room. I shalt borrow anything I may require. I shalt forget to return all borrowed articles. Ishalt sing, whistle or play the phonograph whenever I please, be it midnight or daybreak. - I shalt leave all the doors wide open while doing the above mentioned. I shalt leave in ruins every room that I enter into. I shalt break the neck of anyone who ruins my room. I shalt attend the movies' every night in order to further my education. Ishalt, when there is nothing else to do, pound upon the walls or stamp upon the floor. Prof. Boone: Just think-man has learned to fly. Sam Felker: Yes, but he can't sit on a barbed wire fencefl How are you getting along at school, Henry? asked the father. Fine, answered the son. I have learned to say 'thank you' in French. Good, came back the father, that's more than you ever learned in English. Daughter: Yes, I've graduated, but now I must inform myself in psy- chology, philosophy, bibli- Practical Mother: StopI I have arranged for you a thorough course in roastology, boilology, stitchology, darnology, patchology, and general domestic hustleology. Now get on your working clothesologyf' The more than usual lack of interest among the students that morning had got under the professor's skin. Class is' dismissed, he said, exasperateclly. Please don't flap your ears as you go out. Saddest Story of the Month is about the fellow who decided to increase his vocabulary by learning three new words a day, and after a week nobody knew what he was talking about. seventy-eight