Bacone College - Warrior Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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THE BACONE CHIEF 57 Your name? asked the President, registering a new pupil. Simon And what's your first name? Peter '4Oh, haven't you got them wrong? I think Peter must be your first name, and Simon your family name. Isn't that right? '4No sir, I got that name when I was born and the name Simon three mouths laterf' President Randall Qtalking over the phonej : Has that car load of beans arrived yet? PROBLEMS OF B. I. U. Tune: I can 't do that sum. If the sides of a square ore 8 by 2 And are triangular at that, And 80 bones are found in the head Of our litle gray diningroom cat- If a girl could cat a pound of fudge, As she browsed in the Library, How many branches are there left On the Bacone Mulberry tree? OHoRUs: Oh, oh, etc. Problems such as these have we, Oh, oh, oh, etc. Bacone is no snap you see, Oh, oh. Do not let your work pile up, Do it every day, Then perhaps when you 're grown, You'll get a UB. A. If a student has her Monday free IVith not a thing to do, But sweep her room and scrub her floor, And write a theme or two, If she takes a walk and goes to town And gets her laundry packed, If the time never came to rest, Would that girl know how to act?

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56 THE BACONE CHIEF Louise K-: Is your na1ne 'Redl' Robert Y.: Sure, 'cause my hair is red. A lady i11 Kroh's Music Store: Paul, why, if I had a Voice like yours, I certainly would take vocal. Paul P.: '4Believe I will Qheard later singing to tl1e chickensj. Miss Eckert: HMiss Morford, how many months in a quarter? Prof. Davis: I1ucile, please take tl1is ticket to Miss Hamilton. Tell l1er that I am going witl1 Mr. Q- :---- -, and she can come with you girls. Is Mr. Rice here? asked Mr. Sharp. O, yes! He l1ad his head down so I couldn't see tl1e shine. Bettie K.: VVhat arc tl1ose numbers on tl1e houses for? Ada Tiger: They are the number of till? houses. Bettie K.: '4IVhy, I thought that they were the price that the people paid for them. Jane B. fVirgilj : '4IVell, I never could tell the differ- ence IJGIYVQCII flies and fleas Cfleesjf' Teacher in Latin Class: Paul, what is tl1e plural of that? Paul P.: Thats John Murphy one day was confronted by a newsboy, who was yelling, Extra, all about tl1e races. John becoming inquisitive, asked, Which horse won?'7 The boy said: Buy a paper and see. To Exchange: HI have several pairs of hand-worked bedroom slippers to exchange for three pounds of beef- steak or other meats. -wEd1tor in Chief.

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THE BACONE CHIEF CHORUS: If a house meeting began at 7, By 8 was almost done, If the girls now On the honor roll Were counted one by One, If a girl who had 16 Oil wells, In money did not lack, How many friends borrow her clothes And never give them back. CHORUS: If a cow weighed 1600 pounds, And was served the 16th day, And on the 17th appeared Exactly the same way, If tomatoes hatched into Monday soup And beans and beans, Oh, Dear! How much more does a Bacone student weigh At the end of a school year? CHORUS: If our Chapel's made for 104 And Our rooms just made for 2, Had to hold 185 Or 6 And wouldn't dog If we had to have a new building, And didn 't have a cent, NVhat would the Baeone students do VVithOut their President? CHORUS: