Dysart High School - Oracle Yearbook (Dysart, IA)

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'vvvvsAAfvvvvxAAAAAAA1vv - The ORACLE 1930 'l'homson-Ralph, what else is in water besides oxygen? Ralph-Fish. :Ez :Zz :ic Velma-Ah, my hero! My great big basketball hero! I-low did you hurt your arm? Paul A.-The bench turned over. Miss lXIaulik-James, which is the farther away, the moon or Africa? James-Africa. Miss Maulik - Africa? NVhat makes you think that? James - Cause we can see the moon, and we can't see Africa. if rl: :!: Mrs. Haehlen-Viola, please fol- low the work on the board? Viola-But where is it going? Pk :5: xl: Helen J.-There are always sev- eral things I can count on. Marie lf-I.-VVhat are they? Helen J.-My fingers. :lf it iz Esther I-I.-VVhat part of the body is the fray? Ione L.-Fray? lVhat are you talking about? Esther H.-This book says that Ivanhoe was wounded in the fray. ff :i: 4: General Science Student - Vlfhat would happen if a balloonist, who was sailing over the ocean, let out the gas and the balloon fell in the ocean? Mr. Thomson fseriouslyj Maybe he'd get all wet. Pflva R.-NVilbur, how did you get that bump on your head? Xlfilbur XV.-Oh, that's where a thought struck me. fl: :Ez :ic Miss Maulik in an Oral Civics test, looked at Paul A. and asked: lVhat is the official title of the head ol railroad dept., Paul? Paul A.-Do you mean me? zl: ri: rl: XV h il e studying lVIidsummer Night's Dream, by Shakespeare, Paul Powell was called upon to play Flute, Paul A. Quince. Quince-Francis Flute, the bel- lows maker, you must take Thisby on you. Flute-VVhat is Thisby? A won- dering knight? Quince-It is the lady that Pyr- amus must love. Flute - Nay, let me not play a woman's part. I have a beard corn- ing! :l: :Sz :iz Miss Schreiber Cto American Lit. Classj-Now watch the blackboard closely while I go through it. rl: :iz :1: The following was accidentally left on the blackboard following bookkeeping class. Lee asked Stoner for a promissory note. 2. :Zz :iz Alma XV. - I read in the news- paper where a man who knew six languages developed lock-jaw. Edna O.-Blow me down! just think what it would be like to shut up in six languages! Page 6.1 AAAAAAA

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The ORACLE 1930 ' JOKES Mrs. Haehlen-Beauty is sadness. Arlene S. - Yes, when I look in the mirror l cry and cry. :iz :iz :iz Miss McCarthy-lf cattle sell for SSSO a head, how much will 12 cost? Gwendolyn B.-XVhat do they do with the rest of them? :lz :iz 25: Esther Heller ton the me1'ry-go- round at schoolj - Stop! l'll get dizzy! Helen lllarsau tjealouslyij-AW, shut up! You'x'e got him already. Une day Miss McCarthy, a hit suspicious of the mirth and industry with which Mae Thierer was worlc- ing at the library, asked Mae if she was working hard. Mae, ,Q'1'2l.lJlJlllg the first handy hoolc, said, Yes, 1,111 trying to 'Find who takes Care of the Dysart streetsf' Upon investigation Miss McCarthy found the book to he The Colonial Era. Alma XV. fgetting her Algelmraj- Harry, do this problem: Solve for R. li equals 2 pi R H. Harry-ls this a real problem? :iz :lx :Zz One day joe came hack from class to find a note on his desk that Miss Rice wished to see him immediately in the music room. joe rushed down only to discover to his sorrow that it was April 1. ' I age E4 '.l'hompson - XVhat is cow hide used for? Paul l7'.h'llo holcl the Cow tcigetll- Cl.. :iz :Ez :Ez In Home Economics Helen Stoner was told to take her bust measure. She hrouglit the result to Miss 'Van Horn with the following comment: This, Miss Van Horn, is the front bust measure and this is the hack hustf' , :lc :Zz :iz Miss Schreiber Qsternlyj-XVhat makes you late this morning, Ralph? Ralph XV.-Wlell, you see, there are eight in our tamily. Miss Schreiber-NVell? Ralph-And the alarm was set for only seven. l I Clarence G.-l ean't shut mv loelq- CF, Ellis H.-'l'alce your shoes out and trv it. 22: :Zz Miss Schreiber-Now take this sentence for example, Let the cow out of the lot. XVhat mood? Ellis V.-The eow. Mr. Licklider - XVhy does Mis- souri stand at the head ot mule rais- ing' in the U. S? Loren-Because the other end is too dangerous. v

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The ORACLE I930 Miss Maulik: XVhat was the May Iilower Compact? Shirley C.: I don't know, I use Djer Kiss. Pk 222 Mr. Licklider: X-Vhat is a hydrau- lic ram ? Robert XV.: A submarine goat. :az :1: Miss Schreiber: 'AI-Dat, give me a sentence with the word 'asteroidf' Pat M.: If l' asteroid get slapped. 4: :rf :ac 'l'he Annual is a great invention. The school gets all the tame, The printer gets all the money, And the staff gets all the blame. PF 251 fir Pupil: But I don't think I de- serve an absolute zero. Teacher: Neither do I but it is the lowest mark that I am allowed to give. :lf 221 Frank O.: lg-low many 90's did you get? Marvin I.: 'fXYhen I get another I'll have one. l Miss Rice: Kreisler makes won- derful inusicf' i Kenneth K.: I thought he made autos. Ili :lz Fl: Mrs. Iflaehlenz Name eleven of Shakespear's plays. Arlene S.: Ten nights in the bar- roonil' and the Merchant of Yen- icef, fl: :lc :ic Arlen L.: I hate to argue with people because they are always wrong. af: zl: iz Miss McCarthy: I-'low many sides does a rectangle have? I-Ielen M. Qseeing double after the partyfl Eight . 111470 66' Ylihat should we do, IfYVilbu1' and Eleanor stopped got ing together? If George G. would stop breaking the girls' hearts? If the Seniors ever put on a party and theyrwere all there? If Helen Stoner and Velma Meyer would stop vamping the boys? -loe M. wasn't so bashful? If Stanley S. would quit kidding the teachers? If the ,Iuniors weren't just as they are? lf Gwendolyn B. were shy? If Esther lrl. were prohibited from sneezing? If Helen M. wouldnlt gigle some day? If Miss Maulik didn't worry about her pupils who receive low grac,les but would relieve her worry by giving them passing grades? lf a letter didn't come from Idaho every week? al: :iz :lx If lt is estimated that the handshak- ing of the faculty before an exam, would milk every cow in the United States. zi: :Qc :ls Iflrof, Lieklider: Do you know the live reasons for gravity? Iilva R.: No, I only know four. Prof. Licklider: XVell, which one is it that you don't know?'l :iz :iz :iz 'llraflic Cop: Say you, didn't you see ine wave at you ? Lorraine M.: Yes, you fresh thing if Ellis were here, he'd paste you one for it. rlf :la :ic XVilbert L.: VVhen I marry, I'ni going to marry a girl that can take a joke. Ione L.: Don't worry, little boy, that is the only kind of a girl you'll get.