New London High School - Whaler Yearbook (New London, CT)

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IO BULKELEY NEWS Rock-a-bye seniors On the tree top, Keep on studying And the cradle will rock. If you get lazy And your marks fall, Down will go seniors, Diplomas and all. “ Your son is college bred, isn’t he ?” “ Yes, and in his case I should define college bred as a four year’s loaf. ” Teacher:— ‘ Is there any connecting link between the vegetable and animal kingdoms ?” Bright pupil:—“ Yes ma’am there’s hash. ” The Geography of a Woman’s Life. Cape of Good Hope—Sweet Sixteen Cape Flattery—Twenty Cape Lookout—Twentyrfive Cape Fear—Thirty Cape Farewell—Forty Waiter—(to gentleman who is looking at napkin full of holes) “ I’ll bring you another one sir. ” Diner—“ Never mind. The holes seem to be clean. ” “ Mother may I learn to swim ?” “Yes, my darling daughter. Learn at a correspondence school, But, don’t go near the water. ’’ Teacher—What figure of speech is, “I love my teacher. ” Pupil—“ Sarcasm. ’’ A minister was horrified one Sunday to see a boy in the gallery pelting the hearers in the pews with horse chestnuts. As the good man looked up, the boy cried out, “ You tend to your preaching mister I’ll keep ’m awake. ’’ THREE GRACES To kiss a lovely junior girl is faith. To kiss a pretty senior girl is hope, But, to kiss one of our dear school ma’ams is Charity.

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Borrowed Ulit |NCE a freshman was washed on the African Coast, Where a cannibal monarch held sway, And they served that freshman on slices of toast On the eve of that very day. But vengence of Heaven followed swift on their act, And before tue next morning was seen, By the Cholera Morbus the tribe was attacked, For that Freshman was terribly green. “Dear Father, am on the hog. Please send money to come home on.” Son. “ Dear Son, sell the hog and buy a ticket. ” Father. “ Caesar sic dicit on the cur egesi lictum. ” Freshman, (translating) “ Caesar sicked the cat on the cur ; I guessed he licked him. ’ GREAT SCOTT If Ivanhoed the bonny brae, And Athelstaned his tunic blue, If Friar tucked the food away, Pray what, oh what did Roderick Dhu ? At opposite sides of the sofa They sat with vain regrets, She had been eating onions, He smoking cigarettes. Here’s to the faculty, long may they live, Even as long as the lessons they give. If a body sees a body Thinking on a quiz, If a body helps a body, Is it teacher’s biz ? “ My son, you’ll find it takes tact and ingenuity to get along with the girls. ” “ Yes dad, and lots of money, could you let me have five? ” Indian Father, (after hearing the college yell of his son :) “ Umph ; You learn that at college ?” Son, (proudly) “ Yes ” Father, “ Good ! whiteman got some sense, teach boy war-hoop. ”

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BULK E LEY NEWS 11 He kissed her on the cheek, It seemed a harmless frolic, He’s been laid up a week, They say, with painter’s colic. Jimmie giggled when the teacher read the story of the man who swam across the Tiber three times before breakfast. “ You do not doubt a trained swimmer could do it, do you James? ” “ No sir,” answered James,” but I wonder why hedidn’t make it four and get back to the side his clothes were on.” ‘‘You are the light of my life,” said Fanny, As she softly kissed him goodnight, Then came a voice from the top of the stairs, “ Fanny ! put out the light.” At the University of Wisconsin, a pupil undergoing an examination in English had been instructed to write out examples of indicative, subjunctive, potential and exclamatory moods. His efforts resulted as follow : I am endeavoring to pass an English examination. If I answer twenty question I shall pass ; If I answer twelve questions I may pass; heaven help me ! Prof, (after test)—‘‘Did you get all the questions ?” Pupil—“ Oh yes, it was the answers that bothered me.” ‘Twas in a restaurant first they met, One Romeo and Juliet. ‘Twas there he first fell into debt, For Romeo’d what Juliet.