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

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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.

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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 Heard in second-year Biology: Miss Wilkins: Miss Ball, on what do mosquitoes live? Miss Ball: Off of us. We wonder where Ruth spends her yacation. Yfreshie: The Seniors aren't w hat they used to be. Senior: No? Why? Freshie: They used to be fresh men, In Massachusetts only those were al- lowed to vote who were members of the church. “Now,” Miss Bucknam said, “what form of government would we call it? It was not an aristocracy, because it was not in the control of a few, and neither was it a monarchy, governed by one. Who knows?” Teddy: It was a hypocrisy. Miss Johnson (to girls of Room 6): Now all sit down, so that I can count the number of girls sitting on chairs. “Mac,” at lunch: “Go with me while I throw my crust away.” Think of Lasa- lia throwing away her “crust.” Miss Prince: Name one of the early kings of Babylon. Freshman: Nebuchanezzar. Pat came singing gaily into Room 2 the other day and Mr. Schwartz said: Pat, are you feeling well? Yes, sir, said Pat. It didn’t sound that way, said Mr. Schwartz. EASTERNER ol Mrs. Huff: , ts. Huff: Mr, Grace, if we halve the strok “think” e for “think” what will it become? Mr. Gra abs: i re Tace (absentmindedly) ; ‘hink- Mr. Kimble (in Assembly): We ee like very much to have the pupils attend the preliminary game, one of which was held last ‘T'uesd: a las sday. (It can’ he did!) EEC Miss Van Doren: Miss Dwyer, will you look and see if that first case is straight ? Miss Dwyer: It looks straight from here. An absent-minded Freshie: What's a synonym, Grace? Grace: A word to use in place of the one you don’t know how to spell. First Freshie: I spent ten hours over my Latin last night. Second F.: You did? First F.: Yes, I slept with it under my bed. Jack Frost said to Rose When he proposed: Wilt thou? And it wilted. —E-xchange. Miss Sheiry: Oh, I just bumped into Flood. Miss Smith: Did you get wet? Mr. Catella: Mr. John Jones of this place recently sold and moved his farm to Hagerstown.