Chester High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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THINGS WE’D LIKE TO KNOW Why Mr. Greene wanted to see in liis office all girls not wearing hose. What makes Katy shrink when she hears the word pineapple. Why Herman brought an excuse to get out at twelve o’clock the day Connie Mae had her tonsils removed. How many grains in an epigram. W hy Hiss Perkins came to school with her eye bandaged the same day that Mr. Greene came with a long scratch on his face. W hy Louise Butler laughs in Chemistry Class every time Mr. Just is asks her a question. W hy Miss Bronddus is interested in reading about weddings in the book of etiquette. MOST UNUSUAL Every pupil in Miss Sousley’s Science ( ' lass knew his lesson. The detention hall was empty one afternoon. o Miss Moses kept her entire Cicero ( ' lass in one day. LEST YOU FORGET Rennie forgot to be late for roll call in Miss Perkins’ Trig Class. Miss Gray forgot to give her Civics Class a written lesson. William Otev forgot to chew gum in Physics Class. Norwood Bentley forgot to come to school late. Helen Davidson and Teresa Lanzarone forgot to kiss each other before they went to their third period class. Walter Chapman forgot to play with something during his study period. Miss Khelhor.se forgol to talk loudly in her classes. Willis Fore forgot to miss bringing his pencil and paper to Civics Class. Miss Moses forgot that she was on a diet. Page Seventy- Five

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Jokes » w» It is a lot nicer to write jokes than to tell them, for when you write them, you don’t have to wait to see if anyone is going to laugh. Mr. Justis: “What was the answer to your problem?” “Apey”: “Two foots.” Said Hugh to Lucy: “You have such pretty iiii, You talk with perfect eeee, And when I tell you, you are yyyy, You tell me I’m a tttt.” Miss Wiant : “Carrie, define a lyric.” Carrie: “A lyric was originally intended to be sung to the accompaniment of the ” Miss Wiant : “Go ahead, lyre, that’s not a bad word, Carrie.” Martin Dunn: thing in a woman.” “Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low, a remarkable Herman (studying mandamus in civics) : “That sounds like a bad thing.” Julius (seeing Fore and Jean sitting in the window): “There are two in the window.” ‘pains’ Willis: “Why does the national election come on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November?” Miss Gray: “Because the first Tuesday in the month might come on Sunday.” GEMS THAT SPARKLE IN C. H. S. Jefferson’s Epitaph: “Here stands brave Thomas Jefferson.” Example of a balanced sentence: “Longfellow was a poet; Vergil an actress.” “Isosceles was a mathematician.” “We can look back in the future.” “Stone of Scone was Macbeth’s nickname.” Miss Wiant: “Correct this sentence: When six years old, my grandfather died.” “Chink”: “My grandfather died when he was six years old.” Page Seventy- Four

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MUSIC CLUB I’m A Dreamer- Moanin’ Low Ain’t Misbehavin’— My Redheaded Lady Pretending . Mechanical Man- Vagabond Lover Happy Days and Lonely Nights Laugh Clown, Laugh. Sonny Boy Why? Cross Your Fingers Sweetie Little Pal My Blue Heaven — My Time Is Your Time Big City Blues Turn On The Heat Sweethea rt’s Holiday-.. Broadway Baby Dolls In The Kitchenette Mistakes The Rogue Song Connie Mae Sims Herman Hess - Willis Fore Virginia Baird Norwood Bentley —William Otey -Edward Robertson Carrie Condrey Christine Hightower . Hugh Baird Mary Lotz Herman Hess Lois Johnson Leitner Vest -.Detention Hall —All Teachers —In Chester Mr. Woodfin Friday Night Glee Club Home Economies Club Freshmen —Lunch Takers’ Club — Julius Hines. Virginia Pretlow: “Oh, Miss Gray!” Miss Gray: “Yes, Virginia?” Virginia: “It’s all right now, Miss Gray. I forgot what I was going Mr. Justis : “Who wrote your history book?” Gordon Swineford: “Mr. Early European.” Miss Baird: “This book was published in 1906 which was before the World War, and Revolutionary War, too.” Mr. Greene: “Oh! Miss Shclhorse, you can help make up the black boys, can’t, you?” Miss Shclhorse : “I’m not very good at it, Mr. Greene, but I can black where it doesn’t show.” ALLUSION Herman: “The little boy laughed to sec such sport, When the cow jumped over the moon,” And T will laugh to see such sport When I jump out this June.