Eastern High School - Punch and Judy Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Mr. Padgett: Give me the Latin for “shine.” Mr. Cummings: Lucyo! Mr. Padgett: My, my, you must have her on the brain! he button on a Freshman’s cap Is not the badge of sin; But just to take the button off Keeps Seniors buttin’ in. Mr. Wallis (to Maier): My boy, you don’t put enough force into your rea- soning. Just open your mouth and throw your whole self into it. Miss mean? Barkman: To sit down. Miss. M: Well, please. Merrill: What does hinse tzen Dade: Say, Joe, lend me a dime, will you? Baldwin: Who, me? Why, I haven't enough money to buy oats for a night- mare! Local Editor: These jokes are all origi- nal, and have never been published be- fore. (Editor’s note) : We can easily believe it. Gos When father Stepped upon the ice, Because he could not stand, He G8) the glorious stars and stripes ; We saw our father-land, Garman’s proverb: If at first it doesn’t Start, crank, crank again. Ray: Tom said he was too bashful to ask her to marry him last night. Norman: Well, I suppose about mid- night her father came down and helped him out. Miss Gardner: Girls, who wrote Gray’s Elegy? “Won't you be happy when your sen- tence is over?” asked a lady of the con- vict. “T dunno, ma’am, I dunno,” was the re- ply. “Why not?” “Because I’m in for life.” The German word unterhalten means to entertain. It can easily be mistaken for another word, as Miss Breen, trans- lating, said: T hold my friend under Mr. Schwartz: What? The pump?

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THE EASTERNER 28 George T'isher has a position in the Washington Loan and Trust Company. Karl ‘Lutz is attending the Temple School. Leslie Secor is a stenographer in the Tlouse Office Building. Josiah McKim Haddaway, who came to Washington to attend high school, has returned to Philadelphia. Elizabeth Walton and Marion Norris are at Goucher College. Marion Baldwin is a student at Smith College. Ghedeca Ashraf is at Boston Univer- sity Elizabeth Hind is studying to be a trained nurse at Johns Hopkins. Winifred Hodge is at Swarthmore. The following girls have received posi- tions in Washington: Isabelle Allen, Marguerite Ballenger, Virginia Early, Marion Hesse, Ada Howell, Catherine Jarboe, Margaret Kramer, Louise South- worth, and Alice White. Laurene Cunningham is in Pennsyl- vania. Helen Bart lett is staying at home. Miriam Entwisle is staying at home. Edna Everett is taking a post-graduate course at Eastern. Mary Flohr is attending Strayer’s Busi- ness College. Anna Higham is staying at home. Rebecca Hourwich is attending Barn- ard College, N. Y. Nan Jeffers is staying at home. Margaret King is traveling in Cali- fornia. Grace-Marion Parker is staying at home. Lucile Shepard is a student at Sweet Briar College. Judith Smith has returned to her home in ‘Tennessee. Alice Stewart is staying at home. Ruth Taylor is attending Strayer’s Business College. Mary Walter is doing post-graduate work at Eastern. Ingrid Westesson is at home studying music.

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TH 30 ; cold in m Freshman: Gee, l've got a cold in my head. Teacher : something there. BS I'm trying to get ahead. ou need Well, I’m glad you've got Freshman : Teacher: Goodness knows Y' one. I see the Potomac is sick. What's the trouble? é Well, it had several falls, was confined to its bed, and has been running down ever since. Mr. Catella (at bank meeting) : Let’s see. ‘Two boys—and Burton. (He doesn’t see the joke.) Freshman: Barber, how soon can you shave me. Barber: Oh, in about two years. Miss Birtwell: When was Christianity brought into England? D. Gates: 4 B.C. Mr. Schwartz: What food did they eat in Walhalla? Chisholm: Angelcake. Mr. Schwartz: There are no black men in this room. Miss Hunter: Sie sind Then she sat down. Why does Turpin wear such brilliant colors? May be it is because of his unusual brightness. E EASTERNER Miss ‘Taylor (in Latin) : He was the eS ee husband of his sisters wife. Freshman (to Miss Reh): Would you please tell me which bell means to as- semble, and which dissemble? Miss Reh doesn’t know, but she is try- ing to find out. Mr. Schwartz: Miss Hughes, can you answer ? Miss Hughes: I don’t know. Mr. Schwartz: I suppose Hughes (use). it’s no At Tus BASTERNER meeting : Miss B.; Mr. Graves, will you please ask Mr. Suter to come in? Later, Walter: He said he'd be in when he finished his rolls. (Funny, but we didn’t know that he was a baker.) A certain young lady came home from playing bridge with her gentleman friend, and said: Well, mother, I captured the booby. My dears, come here and let me kiss you both, gushed the fond parent. A chink by the name of Hing Sing Fell off a car, Bing! Bing! The car looked his way, And to a passenger did say: The car’s lost a washer, Ding! Ding! The boy stood on the railroad track, The train was coming fast; The boy stepped off the railroad track To let the train go past.