Akron High School - Torpedo Yearbook (Akron, IA)

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T2 Li C IJ C -as 4-J ll D ' .Stl I TDL-NWV W- lWl 1 FEBRUARY 1. Carrie and Ruth are now running a ranch out at Guy Rosscs. 2. 'The annual collectors are severely going after everybody with vengeance. 5. Little class of history, Annafs little man, Which can think more rapidly? Annais little man. 6. Town nearly upset by big basket ball parade. There hasint been so much excitement since the last time Phily got his hair cut. 7. Declamatory entries trying to find who can shout the loudest. 8. Students enjoyed reading from Shakespears plays. 9. Cliff came to school with a string around his finger. Evidently trying to remember the annual meeting too. 12. Lo and behold steps the Diana across thc threshold in the form of Elsie Johnson via a new hair dress. 13. Carrie and Oather are bad and they won't promise to be angelic. 14. Darrill Johnson, Izetta Kelly, and Faugh Replogle won first places in Humorous, Dramatic, and oratory in the pre-sub-district declamatory contest. 19. Big rally held in gym led by Miss Mc. Kellar. 20. Aki-on defeats Alcester 22 to 3. 21. Much excitement as contestants for the play are gradually eliminated. 23. Alpha society give excellent program. 26. Blue Monday: lessons fail to hold any interest. 27. Scully Metz caught taking his daily nap. 28. Miss Mc Kellar absent from school. Test! Test! Test! Smity: Pm a fast man. My nose is always running. Miss Hays: What grow on bushes? Herb: t'Berries! Miss Hays: f'No bright remark's please. Desia: Cbiting her 1ipsJ Oh, but my lips are sore! Ruthy: Why, whats the matter? Desiag Oh, I just can't keep the chaps 0 f. Conrad Rilly, who was working Geometry with Miss Mc Kcllar said: Two heads are letter than one if they are cabbage heads, Miss Gillet in Freshmen D. S. Class: I'm so glad to see so many shiving face.: this morning. Sudden application of Powder Puffs. Mr. Allison: UWhat is your favorite hymn, daughter? Lovina: The one you chased off the porch last night! ZIFTIIIZCIC

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Cililiii -mlm' -an eff-we-S' 'A7'PC 'i 't ' .,,, - N if-lf-W -Y-T-W -.-v 5?gl,1g,mq1g CICHOO 71 tdl I ' Ji-- MARCH 1. Herb,Cunningham given ,double demirlt. . 2. There appears to be a standing joke between Collins and the Basket Ball team. 5. Carrie Akers is very quiet to-day a very unusual event. 6. Miss Gillet has become a regular botonist. Note the beautiful plants on her desk. Suppose she grew them from canary seed with the aid of a sponge and condensed air, fproduced by squeez- ing hard enoughl. Perhaps she was aided by some of Miss Mc Kellars steam. 7. Basket social held in gym. Proves to bea ,success fNo one lost any cash. 8. Basket Ball girls prepare to leave for tournament at Hinton Ia. , 12. Another Blue Monday, Mr. Troape threatens to let loose and lose his patience with the Physics Class. I 14. Physics C.lass learns the reason the sun rises before it ought to. 15. Girls come to school dressed Cowboy Stylegi' fchecked handkerchief around their neck.J 16. Collins? may be short but he's long on tests., 27. Mc Kellar has indulged in a new coat and Hays sports a rock in platinum. ' 28. 'Akron took the Winnebago In- dians on for a round at Morningside. -Ruth Brown. 1 Jill JEIY Mr. Collins in modern history class: Can you suggest any means whereby I can improve my lectures . Voice from rear: Have you tried sel- ling them as lullabys? ' Cliff says he never kissed a single girl in his life. A Mighty dangerous business Cliff. ' Mr. Allison: I've told you 'time and again not to see that young man and and now for the last time I tell you not to have anything to do with him! Lovina fsobbingj Oh! father, I want Jack, I do ,want Jack. ' E e . Mr. Allison: All right, heres a hundred dollars, but remember what I said. Marie asks that we don't mention Mr. Collins making her set in the 'front seat, in the annual, so we wo,n't. , , l Bernice: Run along, I'm saving my kisses. Swede: That being the caseflet me add to your collection. Mr. Tropez What do you expect to be when you get out 0f:College? Herb C: An old man. Of all the words of thought or pen, The saddest are Ive flunked again. -Carrie Akers. WHO KNOWS 'Z DO YOU? Where a man can buy a cap for his knee? - Or a key for the lock of his hand? Can your eye he called an academy Because there are pupils there In the crown of your head what iewels are found? Who travels the bridge of your nose? Can you use in shmgling the roof of your mouth The nails on the end of your toes? Could the crook in your elbow be sent to Jail? If so what d1d he do? How can you shaipen your shoulder blades Ill be darned if I know do you? Could you set in the shadow of the the palm of your hand? Or beat the drum of your ear? Does the calf on your leg eat the corn on your toe? Then why not grow corn on the ear? Now do you know who knows? tIll 3l lI'jf'TU lC 1C l 'i 1 . - C . . , Y . , . . , . . ,. . , 1 I Q f .. ,