Cogswell Polytechnical College - Cogswell Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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126 THE cooswELL Dangerous! You're running a great risk when you put so much powder on your facef' Running a risk? What do you mean ? Well, when a smile lights up your face, it might set off the powder. Miss Windhoevel-Is Mr. Nichols here? E. Edwards-For whom are you looking? Miss W.-I want Nichols. Edwards Qcasuallyj-I have sense but no Nichols. Some Surgery Required. Mr. Dodd Caddressing chemistry classj-Look in your appendices and hunt up your formulas. I Healthful Exercise. Girls fin Hygiene classj-Walking is very healthful exercise. I take a walk every morning before breakfast. G. R.-How far do you walk? L. H.-I walk downstairs to breakfast every morning. Scrub-Hello, what have you got there? Soph-F ly paper. Scrub-Aw, quit your kiddin'g flies canlt read. Farmer-like. A. E. Cin Sewing classj-Lena is going to take up farm life soon. C. L.-How is that? A. E.-Well, you see she's running the binder already. Scrub Creadingj-It says here that a camel can go eight days without a drink. Sophomore--How far would he go if he had a drink? ' It Requires Study. Mr. Dodd C in Chemistry recitationj-Wllat does paragraph 347 deal with? Class-Match making. Mr. D.-Study it very carefully. ' g A New Experiment. F. R.-I don't see why rubber is so expensive. Senior-Of course it's expensive. Isn't it brought all the way from Para, our greatest rubber market? We could reduce the price somewhat by making rubber in the laboratory. F. R.-That's absurd. How could you make rubber in a chemistry 'labora- tory? Senior-It's very simple. just introduce a couple of pretty girls into the laboratory.

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THE eoosWELL 125 Poor Hank. Down in the basketball court l3lanlc llarlcley was hit in the stomach with the ball one afternoon. llc seemed to he in distress after he heard a thump on his empty stomach. The boys asked. uxvllfltk the matter: hurt? ltlank -Yes, no, my linal cord is lJusted. Some Hit! Miss .-X.-lYliy, hello Martin! l heard you made a hit on the night of the Senior play. all Alnkieli-Oh, yes, three of them, Miss A.-XVell, how's that? Iukieh-Didn't you see me hit the lloor three times that night? One on Ben. Ben Neuman-lYhen was electricity first used? A Bright Scrub-llefore the great Hood, when Noah used his are light. A Sad Mistake. Big Pete -:Xin l a little pale? Little jeff -No, you're a big tub. Wrong Position. Cln a restaurant on the night of a Senior play rehearsalj Young-I say. waiter, what have you there? Careless Wfaiter-Soup, sir. Young-By the position of your thumb I thought it was a iingerbovvl. Good German. Gibbons-Can you decline Ein glas Bieru? A German-Sure I can, but I never do. Peterson Cin Englishi--VVell, Milton arrived at the age of twenty-three gradually died OH. Geometry Student. Miss Grinnell-Mr. Pyne, what is a pentanleter? Joe Pyne-It is a line of two feet. Miss Grinnell-You must be a good geometry student. Spunn-There's a sensible person. O'Brien-Who? Spunn-That scrub. jeff -How so? Spunn-Don't you see he is reading THE COGSWELLP li-Teal?

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THE CGGSWELL 127 Popular Sayings. Mr. Taylor-Come on now, fellows, let's have a little more order! Miss Patterson-Now I am not going' to say anything while the rest of you are chattering. Miss Ifoulk-If you boys don't stop making those funny noises, I'll send you to the office. Mr. Bliss-Sure thing-now you've got it-check. Mr. Crites-You boys will have to keep a little better order than that. Mr. Murray-Hurry up-you fellows-get to work or I'll fire you out of here! Mr. Younger-I don't want to see any of you boys loafmg when I come back. Miss Grinnell-That's clear now, isn't it? Raise your hands if you have a question. Miss Chubb-I hope you understand it. lVell, l'll go over it again. Mrs. Ingalls-XYhy do some of you girls sew the blind stitch with your eyes shut? Mr. Dodd-Those evaporating dishes cost twenty-hvc cents each. Miss Bridge-Don't forget to hang up the towels. President Spunn-Let's make this meeting interesting. Mr. Miller-You fellows remind me of an old story I know of. Mr. Lucas-Hey you! Cut out that coal throwing. Mr. Burkhard-Students will now please proceed. Miss 'VVindhoevel-I'll send you home if you don't bring that excuse to- morrow. Mr. Ross four janitorj-You boys make the biggest lot of dirt I ever saw. Teacher-Change the noun in this sentence to a pronoun: There are the girls. Student-There are the shes. Mrs. Ingalls-Vtfatermelons, cucumbers and other varieties of fruit will be used very extensively this summer as trimmings for hats. A. L.-WVe get out at 2:30 to-day, Dot. D. M.-'What for? A. L. Ccheerfullyj-Because of a teachers' meeting. We get out at noon Monday, too. D. M.-Ch, goody. Wliy? A. L.-For lunch, of course. I-I. E.-My hair is falling out very fast. Wliat shall I do with it? A. R.-Why, put it in a hair receiver. Miss Foulk-VVho was Ioan of Arc? I Historical Sophomore-Ioan of Arc was Noah's wife.