Danforth Technical School - Tech Tatler Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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3 8 TECH TATLER He had choked her- She was dead-there could be no doubt about that. He had listened to her dying gasp. Now she was cold-cold as the hand of death. Yet in his anger he was not con- vinced. Furiously he kicked her. To his amazement she gasped, sputtered and began to hum softly. Just a little patience, is all it takes, Peter, remarked his wife from the rear seat. i l l A Japanese paper having an English section, printed the follow- ing notice : The news of English we tell the latest. Writ in perfect style and most earliest. Do a murder commit, we hear of it and tell it. Do a mighty chief die, We publish it and in border sombre. Staff has each been colleged and write like the Kipling and the Dickens. We circle every town and extortionate not for advertisementsf ' U 3 U Blessed are they that are poor in art for they shall se e M iss Redman. 8 8 H Beatrice Burroughs-- When I was in China I saw a woman hanging from a tree. Ida Carter- Shanghai P Beatrice-- Oh about six feet. u o 'o Mr. Tate is quite awake, When school he does attend, And when you make a slight mistake You're at your joumey's end. I Q O Mr. Webb-- You were absent yesterday Elo, where is your note? Elo- I haven't signed it yet, sir. Miss Worthington Cin V. 1. E. FJ Girls, when you whisper, please don't shout quite so loud. l U l Mr. Staples Cputting his head into C 14 at recessl- I say, Koury, take out that gum. You' re disturbing the class next door. l Q l Miss I-Ietherington- Coleman, What letter comes after 'h' P. Coleman-4 'I don'tknoixmiss. ' ' Miss Hetherington -- Well what have I each side of my nose?': Coleman- It looks like powder Miss Hetheringtonf' W I U Red Edwards- Say Neil there goes one of the editors. Heise-- Hush, Hush, don't make sport of the poor boy, good- ness knows what you may come to yourself someday. C C K Under the leather hanging strap, The homely maiden stands, And stands, and stands, and stands, And stands, and stands, and stands. O U Q Have you noticed the far-away look in Mr Speirs' eyes recently ? He's been studying a new book and he's got it memorized. It's called HTumbling for Women. And the ladies of the staff are deep in She Stoops to Conquer. U O l Mr. Purvis- Your sweater is on wrong-side out, Edwards. Edwards-HHushl there's a hole on the other side. We could print a lot more jokes like these-some better-but what' s the use F You'd only laugh at them l

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37 TLER 'TALES Nowwvuor-:vim -r u: Yo Twrrr I ill Mr. Tate,Cin geometry classb Where istmy poly gon ? Mees- Up the geome tree. Neville-taps on desk, pushes chair back and forth, mutters, etc, etc. Mr. Staples, Cannoyedl- VVhat is your name ? Neville-HNeville sir, Neville, rhymes with devil. U l U Miss I-Ietherington, Cto Cole- man wholyvas as usual talking to Walesl- Coleman what are you doing over there ? , Coleman-HLooking for school jokes. Miss I-leth.-- Well yo u sit down and leave Wales alone. U 1 I Mr. Wallen-HMees, in Arith- ' - CC 1 . metic, what does x signify P Mees-Er, uh, I don't know sir. ' ' M . W ll -H ' ' r a en Think now, Mees, where have you seen an x used ? Mees-UVVhy er, at the end of Nicoletti's letters, sir. I U C Mr. Langille-'UNOW watch the board closely and I'll run through it again. U O U Miss Worthington-- Use fac- inate in a sentence. Duckworth-HMy aunt has nine buttons on her dress, but she's so gat, that she can only fasten elg t. lVIr. Foley, fstressing the differ- ence between a rose and a modest violetl .-HNow a well dressed, lovely lady goes along the street, but is proud and greets nobody-that is the rose. Behind her goes a small creature with bowed headf, Lorne Burt-HThat's her hus- band. W 1' ll Mr. Stephen, fafter assigning severel pages of impositionl. HWhen you are in trouble, it would be fine to have a helping hand, wouldn't it. Class - 6 iYes' ' Mr. Stephen-HDO you know where to get that helping hand ? Class-UNO Mr. Stephen-UAt the end of your arm.', n . ' lvlr. Tate- What is a pro- tractor Fl' Lee-HA farm implement used instead of horses.', U l I M iss McLean - H O'Brien, whom would you rather be, Charlie Chaplin or Shakespeare F 0'Brien-HCharlie Chaplin. lyliss McLean -HWhy? O' Brien - Because S h a k e- speare is dead, t . Nliss l-Ietherington,Cto lylarlowl HOU est le panier F Marlow stands up, looks blankly around, grins sheepishly, and puts his chewing gum in the basket.

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TECH TATLER QM V' Qlibe last warn We have done what we could. We have blundered to an end. Let us acknowledge our' debt. To the staff- for' a patience, a tolerance, a co- operation beyond belief. To Brigden's Limited-for' six cuts given in kindly' charityt To the Students-forhundreds of good inten- tions from which the fore-going have been selected. Whether' your' contribu- tion be within the covers of this book or' in our' waste-paper' baskets, you also have done what you could. The magazine is yours. Enjoy' it. 'FH E ,M J 'lil END! N, :I 7 5 1 ,Y f Fix - lu ,W ff' - N WAL4. .. S K-THUEL' me te