St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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Fl. 'Z' PROF. D.- Did youlhear of the execution this morning? g WILLING- No, what was it? s . . PROF. D.- A couple of notes got hung in WT1ghtSOH,S louglef' BURROUGHS- Say, Stick, how long would it 'take to complete a course in stenog- raphy without shorthand? ' ' PROF. R.- Mr. Mc--., give me an example of a dependent clause. MR.Mc. - I went down stairs that I might take a bath. PROF. R.- Now, what does that express? ' ALL- A condition contrary to fact. ' ' If wishes were ponies, all freshmen might ride. KEMP-iiMOHk, do you like -boneless fish? I V ROLAND-CVainly struggling with the anatomy of aa herringj, Yes, ltttl don't care much for fishless bones. - , ' A l s , COOPER Cat a football gamej+ Look, isn't that fellow playing halfback the one who got killed last year? , Q ' ' r BEAM-UNO, the one who got killed is. deadf? l l FOX- Did you ever hear that a sea voyage improved whiskey? CECIL?- NO, but I've often heard that whiskey improved a sea voyage. There's many a zip on account of a skip. . HEARN Cto Parsley, who has beengazing steadily at him for three minutesj- What are you looking at? P - PARsLEY- Nothing, . RILEY- Hutch, let's go to see 'The Runaways tonight! HUTCHINS- What are the prices? RILEY- One and a half, and two dollars. 210

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-Concert in Buck's room. The surveying class skipped. St. John's, 03 University of Virginia, 9. St. John's, 93 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 7. St. John's, 6 g Roanoke College, 9. I The. Rider H O, thellong and dreary lesson l. . O, the dull and tedious lesson! Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Grew the frown upon his forehead, Ever harder, harder, harder ' Boned the fellow on his Horace ' Boned the verb, and '.'cussed the teacher In the room and round the hallway. Hardly with his tattered pony, Could the rider force a passage 3 ' With his lips all set and fixed Vainly sought he through the booklet, Sought for verb and noun and found none Saw no trace of quid or quibus, On the page beheld no footnote, ' Stopped he there and went no further. On the morrow in the class-room, Flunked the rider dead as logwood, For the teacher in his- keenness, Had , perceived the tattered pony Lying there behind the text-book. Now upon his homeward journey Goes the rider, but not willing 3 a ' -For the Profs in all their anger Had decreed that he must leave us. O, the pony and the rider! I O, the riding of the pony! 209

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HUTCHINS-'Tve got to study. A I PROF. J .- Mr. Gore, tell us what you know about Old English. ' GORE fwakingj- Why, Professor, it comes in tin boxes that fit the pocket and makes a nice sweet smoke. SMITH- What is meant by the expression, generosity personified?l' PUNCH-HI suppose it refers to Bull Neck when he gives away his dessert. MALLORY fat -Wiegard'sD- What kind of ice cream have you? i . WAITER-KKWG have strawberr vanilla d h l water-ice. y, , an c oco ate ice cream, orange and lemon MALLORY-HIS the orange, orange ice cream, or orange lemon ice. ' PROF. W. Cin Latinj- Mr. Hopkins, what word modifies tempore? ' HOPKINS-iKUHO.,, PROF. W.- Yes, I know, but Il want to see ifhyou know. RASIN Csingingj- I wonder where you are tonight, my love- BUCK- If she ever heard that melody, no doubt she is beyond Annapolis. - JAMISON-HI see that a professor in one of the Northern Universities has said that Hirting is good for the brain. - CLARK- Then your's must be wonderfully developed. X , ?' 4 14 P Is, I ,, we T Z-af x, '4-'A N ar ms .. 4- S'- ,V xl., -X N-NN. '?rXl-,JC . li 'X I. 211