Berea High School - Prima Luce Yearbook (Berea, NC)

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PHIMA LUCE Louise B. : “What time is it?” Mrs. Brooks: “Seven o’clock.” Louise B. (going back to sleep) : “Please tell me what time it is when it gets half-past seven.” Helen S. : What did Mr. Stone say in political science yesterday?” Willie Lee Id.: “Shall I leave out unnecessary details ' 1 ” Helen S. : “Yes.” Willie Lee H. : “Nothing.” »iS r„Zl h r e“’?° X ' 0 ' (af r “ T el ' P ' ’ an,) : H ™ I-” » • » . my 1 ha ' ' e ' There ' VM “ rnjiiii-nibber bull eating Miss Farabow: “What great work did Milton write just after his wife left Charlie C. : “ ‘Paradise Regained.’ ” ' t T H nL ry p N ‘ : u The J e WCr 1 th ree people who got out of the ark before Noah.” -Loee i . : How do you know ? Harry N. : “Why, it says here in the Bible that Noah came forth.” Miss barabow. Don t you know whv I won’t marry you ' ’” Cameron Id. : “I can’t think.” Miss Farabow : “That’s it exactly.” Clide M. : I here s a man outside with a wooden leg named Smith.” Miss Farabow : What is the name of his other leg?” Waitress : I ve got frog legs, chicken liver, calves brains and — Mr. Briggs: You had better see the doctor.” y0U wouId be a g° od dancer but for two things.” Guthrie W. : “What are they?” s Clyde H. : “Your feet.” Helen C. : “Why papa, you are not leaving before the play Mi. C. Claik: What s the use staying. The program says the same as the first’.” • is over ?” ‘Act II and Act III Louise B., in her brother’s car, drove up to Mr. Mangum’s store for some oil Mi . Mangum asked : What kind do you want — heavy ?” “Don’t get fresh with me,” Louise retorted, as she hurried away without pur- chasing the oil. Mr. Mangum could not understand why she did not buy the oil.

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' Truth and Fancy Nancy Mae C. (telling about her first ride in an elevator) : “We went into a little house and the upstairs came down.” “It is most dangerous to drive with one hand. More than one fellow has run into a church doing it.” “You mean the police headquarters.” Mr. Stone (on French class) : “Mademoiselle Hobgood.” Clyde H. : “My name is Clyde, not Mademoiselle.” Rhodes F. : “I have an idea.” Annie Francis O’B. : “Be good to it. It’s in a strange place.” Mr. Stone (in Latin class) : “Translate ‘Caesaris boni legio.’ ” Beatrice G. : “Caesar had bony legs.” Nellie C. : “How many foreign languages are you taking, Janie?” Janie P. : “Two — Latin and History.” Mr. Russell (walking into a barber shop in a hurry) : “Can you cut my hair without taking off my collar?” Barber: “No, but I can cut it without you taking off your hat.” Mr. Stone in history class) : “What were the dates of Henry the Eighth?” Alma D. : “I don’t know, but he must have had a lot. Just think — six wives.” Mr. Hayes: “Clyde, what is an affected quadratic equation?” Clyde H. : “I suppose it’s one that has a disease or something.” Paul T. : “Enoch, I joined an insurance order last night and it’s fine.” Enoch C. : “What kind of insurance order?” Paul T. : “Well, I pay a dollar a week as long as I live, and 1 get two dollars a week as long as I’m dead.” Genius Will Re-Appear Mrs. Thorpe: “What are you doing, John.” John T. : “Nothing, mother.” Mrs. Thorpe : “My, but you are getting more like your father every day.” [ Page 80 ]

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Janie I . was slightly discomfited over a certain mark on a term paper in Latin one morning, and Edward D., observing her plight, thought he could have a little fun. Consequently he drew up close to her and remarked, “Some women, like roses, retain their sweetness, long after their beauty is gone.” Janie retorted, “Is that so,” as she slapped him in the eye. Edward, as he rubbed his eye, grunted, “There are only two good women in the world ; the one is dead, and the other is not to be found.” Shortly before school was out Spencer O’B. met up with Edward D. and the following conversation ensued : Edward D. : Ach, I’m sleepy. I sat up all night with a corpse.” Spencer O’B.: “Sure, an’ what was it? A wake?” Edward D. : “Awake! You fool, it was dead!” As Hazel N and Charlie C. were talking quietly over the lawn one day, Hazel asked What becomes of the love triangles, Charlie ?” Cliai lie looked as vacant as an opossum glaring down at the coon hunter’s Haze?” 3nd JamCS M ' anSWCred from behind - “ The y become wreck-tangles, First Porter : Boy, you sho’ has got a big mouth. Second Porter : Fool nigger, that ain’t no keyhole in the front of your face. A few boys in Berea love their fathers so much they won’t leave them to go to work. 6 Mr. Briggs : “Wasn’t it a splendid picture Mr. Gooch drew in Church yesterday explaining ,liow he was called into the ministry. He said that he was walking along a lonely path m the early part of the night and beheld a light in the heavens and saw two great golden letters, G. P., which meant, ‘Go Preach ’ ” Dorsey Mangum (who holds an over-due balance from the Reverend) • “I guess the letters meant ‘Go Plow.’ ” Ed Briggs was once on the witness stand and a lawyer asked him, “Do you live on the road, Mr. Briggs? Briggs replied, “No, I live in my house.” Mr. Bob Daniel : “Louie, I need that money I lent you.” Louie D. : “But father, I haven’t got it.” Mr. B. Daniel : “Come on and pay me. I know you, I raised you.” Mr. Stone (on history class) : “Who can tell me Annie Frances O’B. : “He is mentioned in ‘Nero, something about Nero?” My God to Thee.’ ” [ Page 82 ]