Dysart High School - Oracle Yearbook (Dysart, IA)

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El ------- ----'- -In 22.19. THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM APPLIED TO SCHOOL LIFE Miss Kennon IS my teacher, I shall not pass. She maketh me to give long dehni- tions. She causeth me to know the compli- cations of clauses. She boreth my soulg she leadeth me in the paths of intinitives until my brain aches. Yea, though I walk through the val- ley of the shadow of participles, I know nothing of them, for my mind is not with her. My prepositions and my spelling they entangle my brain. She calleth for difficult themes in the presence of my classmatesg she dis- jointed my head with toil, my pati- ence disappeareth. Surely gerunds and adjectives will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the Twelfth English Class forever. A colored man was brought into court on some minor charge. The judge, following the usual routine, after asking his name, demanded: What is your occupation? Well, sah, jedge, I'se a wormhole borer in an antique furniture shop. Floyd K.: I had no idea you were going with Lovillaf' Robert K.: Nor did I. The idea was hers. A calorimeter is the Physics name for a tin can with the label knocked off. We wonder what would happen if- Floyd Stahr began to grow. john Huppert walked to school with a girl. Mabel Schroeder received a grade below 95. Wesley Mehlhouse had corns. Miss Moeller lost her grin. Mabel Albright lost her hair. Louise Siemens had a date. Melvin Haas got a hair cutp john Huppert learned to dance. Ralph Schroeder wore long trousers. Lester Thiele left Old High. 5 Ej..............n,...................El Q .T POPULAR SONG HITS or THE JUNIOR CI.Ass Bright Eyes -Frances Fairbanks. Please Learn to Love -Lee Heck- roth. You'd Be Surprised -Lester Thiele.- How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm P -john Huppert. I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome -Henrietta jabens. Everything About You Tells Me You're Irish -Maurine Ross. Minnie, Shimme For Me -Minnie Wieben. I,m Always Building Castles in the Air -Gladys Stewart. Indiana Blues -Dymple Dyal. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny -Martha McCurdy. Wild Flower -Dorothy Lee. Oh! Helen I -Helen Messer. Let Me Call You Sweetheart -- Lenora Schnell. just Like a Gypsy -Ida Yost. just Like a Rose -Inez Baker. When I Look in Your Wonderful Eyes -Charles Baird. Pretty Baby -Mabel Albright. Lonesome, That's All -Lorena Wetzstein. You can always tell the Irish, You can always tell the Dutch, You can always tell a junior, But you cannot tell him much. A PLAYLET Characters-A boy, a girl. Scene-In front of Harmon's Gar- a e. gThe boy and girl are seated in a Hudson. It is dark-only a few stars making the two visible. A deep still- ness envelops them. Suddenly it IS broken by a cry: Oh, Holly, you've ruined my com- plexionf' Curtain. Linhart: Say, Ralph, I had the funniest dream last night. Ralph: Is that so? Lin: Yes, sir. I dreamed I was eating breakfast food and when I woke up-kid! half of my mattress was gone! Sixty-Six

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3:11:11 :Janna B ag, It is thought that Lyle Vaupel will have to go south on account of his health. I-Ie is very nervous of late. The direct cause, it is thought, is the continual hollering of his teachers at him. Arthur: Our cows give four quarts of milk a day. Customer: How many do you sell. Arthur: Ten, Little we think, Less we do. Isn't it funny How we pull through? Some persons, Mr. Peet observed are much more fortunate in their marriages than others. For example- 'lYes, interrupted Mrs. Peet sweet- ly. For example, you get me, and I-I got only you. Violets are blue, Roses are red, So is the hair On .Helen K's head. Mr. Peet was informed one day that the light was to be taken off from the water tower. Much surprised, he in- quired why. The answer was because it burns the whiskers off from the moon. I am not engaged. I wear this dia- mond for protection. -Miss Karsten. Miss Moeller: Now here is your test on the board. I won't answer any questions. Floyd S.: Shake! Neither will I. A SEN1oR's SoLu.oQuY IN CLAss To answer Or not to answer- That is the question. Whether 'tis better to attempt And thus expose my ignorance- Or let the matter drop- And dropping-rest. A man who cannot do two things at once has no business driving a car. -Walter Cold. S. 311111: :umm A FREsHMEN LETTER Dear Arthur: As I have nothing to do, I will write to you. As I have nothing to say, I will close. Your friend, Esther Bauer. Miss Karsten in Commercial Ge- ography Class, talking about the size of lemons grown in Californiaj: I have seen lemons as large as this fshowing with hands about the size of a large ballj. Wesley: How large, as big as my feet? Miss Karsten: No! If they would be that large, they would be water- melonsf' For thoughts you cannot express: try sending them by freight. Life is a joke, All things show it: Look at the Freshmen And then you'Il know it. Of course there is danger Qaccord- ing to somej of catching the grip at church on Sunday morning, but it is perfectly safe to go to the dance Fri- day night. Say, Knupp, what would you do if a man fell overboard and every wave carried him farther out to sea? Why, I'd throw him a piece of soap. And why throw soap?l' To wash him back again. Visitor: How many studies are you carrying? D. H. S. Student: I'm carrying one and dragging three. A suggested remedy for the wisp of hair that persists in standing erect on Mr. Barnes' head would be a little glue, providing Mr. Barnes did not don his cap too soon. Where do chickens come from? asked Lyle. Why, chickens come from eggs. That's funny, Dad told me eggs came from chickens. Sixly-Fi:'e

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Bnnrruul 1:11Irllarllllllirulllullam B. E. A BAD SNOWSTORM Leonard Siemens, a prosperous farmer and noted pop corn raiser liv- ing southwest of town, had a very queer incident happen on his farm last week. He has a very large Held of pop corn and in some way or other, his cattle broke the fence down and got into the pop corn plot. A great loud clap of thunder and a dangerous flash of lightning came at this particular moment and in some mysterious man- ner struck the held of popcorn, caus- ing each kernel to pop into large flaky white puffs. The cattle, frightened seriously and thinking it was snow, at once surrendered, lay down and froze to death. Mr. Siemens suffered a great loss from this queer incident. We all sympathize with him and join him in sorrowing over the lost herd. A FRESI-IMAN POEM r 'Twas midnight-and the setting sun Was rising in the east: The bullfrogs were drinking butter- milk And the cow was in her nest. CWith apologies to the author of the Lost Chord. J Seated one day in the assembly, l was weary and wanted to stop, And my pen point wandered idly Over my desk's smooth top. I l knew not what l was writing, Nor of what l was dreaming then: But l heard a voice in the distance, Like the sound of an army of men! The footsteps grew nearer and nearer, A voice in the distance said, Come, And l walked to the front to the plat- form, And got rid of two sticks of gum. BRIGHT REMARKS FROM THE SENIORS Leonard S.: That leg is chairlessf' Lovilla H.: What is anatomy? A study of bugs? Floyd S.: Luther Burbank was a grafterf' OF COURSE! Miss Karsten fto Bessejz What kind of a musical instrument do you like best? Besse: Tom-tom. S sg Bu:1alannl:lllllrlllllulnlflrlunrnlpm Lenora: Are late hours good for one? Gladys: No, but l've heard they are good for two. lMPoSSIBI.E For Leroy Messer to stop whisper- ing. For Miss Kennon to chew gum. For Fred to ask for dates. For Elmer to buy a Country Gen- tlemanf' For Miss Karsten to scold iII Com- mercial Geography Class. For Billie to keep still in class when he knows something and wants to tell lt. FOR SOMEONE TO ANSWER lf it takes a pound and a half bass to swim a mile and a half of railroad track, how many pancakes does it take to shingle a dog house? Leonard was asked what division of the army he would like to join. lfle replied, The Mafujrine Corps. A collision-the alley ran into the street. A voice over the telephone: May l come up this evening? Besse Kerner: Sure, who is it? Alvin: Oh, she's simply wonder- ful, a perfect beaut-with graceful and marvelous lines. And speed-l'll tell the world: speed's her middle name. She's a stunnerf' Waldo: Gimme an introduction. What's her name? Alvin: H1923 Oldsmobile. THE LATEST SELLERS IN FICTION Reign of Terror -Miss Kennon. Little Womenn-Miss Gaston, Ma- bel Ash. One Wonderful Week -Teachers' lnstitute. The Quiet Hour - A s S e m b l y Csometimesj. . Daddy Longlegs -Wesley Mehl- house. Little Men -Floyd Stahr, Arthur Schrieber. The Spoilers -Faculty. ISF!!