Baptist Missionary Training School - Beacon Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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- THE BEAcoN -ii- SLIPS OF THE TONGUE 1 1 f Dr. Mohr, in first aid class: We'1l take apoplexy in a few minutes. Bessie: I'm going down town to change my hose. Marian Gossman, Why, there are so many girls with colds that the other day Miss Carman had to stop coughing to let the girls talk. IN KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM CLASS Irene Patterson Cwith conductor doll she had madej : My! I-Ie's wobbly. Miss Williamson: Yes, if you look at him he falls down. I. Patterson: Yes, and if he looks at you he falls all to pieces. Marie Stoddard: Marjorie, what kind of bandage are you putting on? M. B.: One for a fracture between the elbow and ankle. Leona Bushnell: I'm so disgusted. Every time I go to that church they say the Municipal Benedictionf' fLeona is from Hinckleyj OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY CLASS Raffaelaz Weren't living conditions terrible in the Ark during the flood? Jessie Pharr: Not as bad as living conditions outside of the Ark. ' IN JOHN CLASS Miss Brimson: Alice, how do we know the Triumphal Entry was on Sunday? Alice Carlson: Miss Carman said so. Miss Tuller: What are you playing, Bea? Bea Parker: Why, Miss Tuller, have you studied music in Europe and all over and don't know 'Holy, Holy, Holy'? IN JUDAISM CLASS Miss Carman: Now, 1et's consider the dating, but I Want to tell you first, please don't take it seriously. QWe've been wondering ever since what kind of dating she referred to. Do you suppose it had anything to do with Jonah's experience in the fish's society ?j IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Kathryn Beadle: Now, these organizations are all responsible to this cab- inet, and if anyone wants a date he has to go to the cabinet to get it. We're wondering if good spelling isn't a necessary attribute for a missionary to have? Let's ask Anna Mize how to spell Borshock, and Bessie Gillies how to spell Egypain Art. And Virginia Cox has a very close relationship with Harold Antipath. But who knows how to spell Israelights ? 42

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---- THE BEACON -T-.- HEARD HERE AND HEREAFTER f 'I 1 IN BEACON STAFF MEETING Mae Hunter: Jokes should be collected from now on: each year there is diiliculty in getting enough jokes. Mrs. Osgood: Why, there are enough around here! Florence Tindall, rushing out of telephone booth: Girls, can you get change over the telephone? DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING? Miss Tuller Cin dining roomD: 'iWill all those who want tickets to hear Fritz Kreisler please see me immediately after dinner? This will be Friday evening after Thanksgiving. If you go away you won't be here. OVER THE TEACUPS Mrs. Osgood: There isn't much point to that play, is there? Adele Chism: I should say not. It reminds me of 'Henry Shoris Goes to School'. Do you know that one, Mrs. Osgood? Mrs. Osgood Ctaking another lump of sugarj : Yes, I wrote it. Helen Akin: That surely is an up-to-date church. They have a wonderful kindergarten with all the equipment imaginable. They even have smoking rooms! Pearl Vilhauer: Did you know we found dynamite in our library the other day? Alma: No, where? Pearl: In the dictionary. Sally: Is Alfred married? Kathryn: Yes, he is. Sally: Well, he eats breakfast here. Miss Fielden: Well, I eat breakfast here, too. CExplain dat, pliz.j - JUST ANOTHER CHICAGO RACKET Dorothy Hare: What was that racket in the bath room? Bea Parker: I dropped the crash towel. Anna Mize fin field workj : Now, what is patience? Small girl: Sick persons. Dr. Mohr Cin First Aid classj 1 Where do we find mosquitoes in the United States? Pearl Vilhauer CSenior Class Presidentlj : In Central America. Kathryn B. and Flora Jo Smith met a dmen man. Drunken Man: Hello, Sister. Kathryn: He's talking to you, Flora Jo. Flora Jo: No, he is cross-eyed: he was looking at you. Kathryn: Well, if he is cross-eyed, he was looking at me and he saw you. 44