Fergus County High School - Fergus Yearbook (Lewistown, MT)

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Mr. Freeman: Did you find out what you wanted in that hook? Ralph C.: Yes., I found out you were right about the induction coil. Someone said the reason the Senior poems didrft burn was because they were so green-ouch! Mr. Freeman: when youqre going along a country road in a car at night and some one comes along with his head lights on full, what do you want him to do? Vernon flimphaticallyj : Put on their dimmers. ' Raymond Jury to Hazel Smithzl uYou remind me of a War Savings Cer- tificatef' Hazel: Why? Raymond: Because you draw so much interest. Dwight: Say, Gagle, you remind me of Tuesday. Gagle: Why? Dwight: noh, 'cause you're so meatlessf' Mr. C. fin American Historyj: What were the states doing at this time by way of improvements, Lydia? Lydia: Massachusetts built a canal but it turned out to he a railway. After explaining a proposition involving parallelograms and squares: Fay: A square may he a parallelogram then? Teacher: Yes. Fay fatter a momentis thought, : Miss Marks, is a parallelogram a square T' In Virgil, the sentence was: uThe spell of Homer is too strong at times. Margaret Blackford freadingj : The smell of Homer is too strong at times. Mr. F. to Gladys: Don't stick your pencil in that radiator. If it is cold, put it in my overcoat. Itls a time when K feels That his uluclc is sure hum, when the teacher insists That he part with his gum. Teacher finterpreting Shalcespearej: Where gottest thou that good look, Fay? Mr. Freeman: Are artificial diamonds ever made? John: Yes but they aren't natural. Soph.: Say, kid, got a minute to spare T' Freshie: Sure. Soph.: Tell me all you know. Mr. Crego fin Modern Historyj : What was the character of Richard I? Ralph Campbell fatter hesitation, : Oh, thatls too far lnaclc for me to remember. Tanner: Give an assertion, Gene. Gene: Spring is here. Tanner: How do you know? Gene: Winter has gone.

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Is Joe King serious, or is he joking? In Modern History: May What were the three Reform Bills? Jessie M.: The first, second, and third. Student: Carlyle lived on a seven-acre nursery farm. Teacher: What is a nursery farm? Student: That's a place where they raise little things to sell. Fay fto Miss Burroughsfz Weren't there any dictionaries before Noah? QWehster.J Teacher: George, Fm tempted to give you zero for inattentionf' George: Yield not to temptation. Shorthand Student fin Seidenls drug store, : 'ADO you keep stenographic sup- plies here? Clerk: Yes, ma'am. . Student: Give me an eraser, a package of gum and a powder-puff. Jessie Murry fteaching Englishfz William, give me a sentence with both feet ffete and feat, in it. Mary Irene fafter laboring over the construction of a sentence in ucaesarnj : The Romans didn't talk very good English, did they? Harold Allen facting in Macbeth as Banque, : What, can the devil speak truer, Teacher: Whom does he mean by the 'devil'? Harold: I guess he means Casper. A certain young lady named Bates Cares little for beaux or for dates, If the young men should try To End love in her eye, She'd turn up her nose at their pates. Mr. Tanner fin Junior English, : ustate it specifically. Gene Hines: I canlt express myself. Mr. T.: usend yourself by freight then. Teacher fin English class, : Harold, will you give us more light? Teacher: HA fool can ask many questions that a wise man cannot answer. Pupil fasideb : Guess that's why so many of us Hunkecl in the exam. Among the questions in an English examination was this: uwhy do you study English? Answer on one paper: I study English cause it learn you to spel corectf' Mr. Windsor: What is a yam, Dorisrl Doris: It's a cookie, no a goat. Peggy Rockwell: How do you pronounce uFilleul? fa French word., Teacher: Call it boy: I have forgotten how to pronounce it.