Erie Community High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Erie, IL)

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THE CARDINAL Harland B.:- If Paul K. doesn't obtain a haircut, by honest means or otherwise, he will be forced by our much beloved and loving marshal to get an airdale dog license. Miss Bach:- Now, when this problem of Achilles and the tortoise was written, what was not taken into consideration? Howard Riordon.'-CDisgustedlyj-''Common sensef! The Seniors were discussing Franklin's quotations. Mrs. Rodler:-'fAda, will you please give us a good quotation? Ada:-CSleepilyD- He who goes to bed, loses no sleep. Oh You Emerson! Marcia Lodge and Bob LaRue find Friendship a very interesting subject in English class. Robert Wheelock and Dorothy Snyder find many interesting subjects to talk about after every one else has gone home. Mrs. Rodler:- How many in the class believe in foreordination? Nettie D.:-- I do. Mrs. Rodler:- Well, Nettie, you know where you're going, don't you? Mrs. Rodler was giving a stump speech to the senior class. Willis:-Un a whisperb-f'Mrs. Rodler didn't have any dinner today, did she? Pauline:- I don't know. Why? Willis:- Well, an empty wagon rattles the loudest. Salesman:- This book will do half of your work. Harland B.:- Gemme two, quick! Miss Bach:- I forgot my roll book, but every student who is absent please report to my desk. Dad:- Arnold, why are you always at the foot of your class?!' Arnold H ..'- Why, it doesn't make any difference! Dad:- Why not? Arnold:- Cause they teach the same at both ends. Teacher:- What are the different ages in history? Chester B.:- The Stone age, bronze age, iron age. Teacher:- What age are we living in now? Chester:- The hard-boiled age. Miss Bach:-Cln Geometryj- We will let this straight line represent the distance between Lyndon and Erie. Does the road from Erie to Lyndon run straight, Arnold? Arnold:-CHesitantlyD-''Well-I guess there are a few crooks in it. Stop! Look! Listen! Dr. Meyers' Advertisement: Teeth pulled with great pains. 89

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THE CARDINAL Miss Anderson:- Does the moon affect the tide? Lysle E.:- No, the untied. Harland B.:- I want the life of Lincoln. Librarian:- I'm sorry, but Wilkes Booth was ahead of you. I like that young fellow you were with the other night, so I asked him to dinner this eveningf, said Mr. Hadaway. I told him just to drop around in his business cloths. out Oh, father! replied Myrtle, he's a life-guard. Lucy M ..'- Miss Bach, what makes your hair so red? Miss Bach:- It's so wiry that every time I wash it, it rustsf' I'd like to get one of these here asylum cakes. What kind did you say, Madam? Asylum-one of those full of nuts. Miss Adams:-CTO inquisitive Sophomore Chorus!- If there is anything in the hall that you girls want to see, go and look at it. Mr. Robertson:-CSuddenly 'appearingj- Here it is! Mrs. Rodler:-Un Soph. English, AJ: The wall around the garden has been torn down. What is 'around the garden', Albert? Albert:- The wall. Lilah Taber and Guenivere McNeill were standing in front of a beauty shop. Lilah:- I'm going in and get mine steamed. Guenivere:- If I had a face like yours, I'd have it burned. Miss Anderson:- Burneile, are your hands clean?l' Burneile:- Why yea! I just washed the apricotsf' Miss Lewis:-flu Pedagogyj-'fWhat is important to consider in the posture of children while they are sitting in the sehoolroom? the side Dorothea:-- The pupils should sit in seats that permit their feet to rest on floor. Miss Lewis:- Yes, the majority of their feet should touch the floor. Stuart Blean:- Ech, have you enough confidence in me to lend me a dollar?'l Ech:- I've got the confidence, but I haven't got the dollar. Discussion arose in Civics class as to why the driver was on the left hand of a car. M r. Robertson:- Why is this? Gwenie K.:-fKnowinglyJ- Because it's better. Mr. Robertson:- Yes, it is 5 it releases the right arm. A modern girl reminds us of a California bungalow because she is painted in front, shingled behind, and has an empty attic. 88

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THE CARDINAL Chester B.:- What's your dog's name? William H. :-- Ginger, Chester:- Does he bite? William:- No, he snaps. Father:- Grace, that young man of yours should be in a museum for living curiositiesf' Grace M .:- Why father! What do you mean? Father.'- Well I noticed when I passed through the hall late last night, that he had two heads upon his shoulders. The Coach Knows Di Vall:- Foul!,' Bill J ames:- Where are the feathers? DiVall:- This is a picked team. Hard On Mary H. Teacher:-We will now name some of the lower species of animals starting with Mary Hudson. He Knows Now Professor:- Fools ask questions that wise men cannot answer. Hugh P.:- I wondered why I flunked in that history exam. Ruth Stoudt:- Don't blow your soup that way, Paul! What do you suppose mother bought those little electric fans for? Cop:- Say! You were speeding. What's yer story, hey? Howard Barkman:- Well, officer, would you mind looking at the girl that said 'Step on it'? ' Suspicious Nettie Dobers, at the ticket office in a distant railway station, asked when the next train left for Erie. The answer she received was, Twenty minutes to eleven. She looked doubtfully at the man, and went to one of the seats. In a few minutes there was an exchange of clerks. She promptly went to the window and repeated her question. This time she was told the train left at 10:40. ' There, she said in triumph, I was sure that other man didn't know. Twenty Years From Now 1. Harland Bleitz A. B., A. M., B. A., M. A., B. S., Ph. D., etc., invents a perpetual motion machine which he absolutely guarantees to run until it stops. 2. It is reported that Pauline Lawrence hurt her back recently when she attempted to lift a pan of her own biscuits from the oven. Gwermie Kellogg, in Physics Class: Say, Mr. DiVall, what keeps us from falling off the earth when we are upside down? Mr. DiVall:-Why, the law of gravity, of course. Gfwennie:- Well, how did folks stay on before the law was passed? 90