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

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Teacher: What is an epithet? Pupil: It's an inscription on a tomb-stone. O would some power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as our teachers see us, It would from many a blunder tree us, And mental junk, By worthy toil we might relieve us Of every Hunk. Mr. Olson fin Animal Husbandryj : Ncan you tell me why chicken coops are always white-washed rl Otto: Well, some people I know of do it to prevent the chickens from pick- ing the grain out of the wood. Leonidas fin Modern Historyb: Wrhe emperor, standing barefooted in the rocks and snow before the pope cried, 'Oh, Foly Father, save me ll' and there were tears on both sides. Mr. Crego fModern Historyb: NH a man died, what would the 'Gilda' dofu Ralph Campbell: Bury him and marry his daughter. Mr. Pope to Tom Vehawn: Now if you have that in your head you have it in a nutshell. V Harold Allen fteaching Senior English in Miss Holt's absence, : Now if you don't study, I'1l take this twenty minutes away from you. Edna Lincoln: Put double boiler on the stove and cook until transparent. Anna Belle: Separate the white from the red of the egg. In Biology: Teacher: Remember, class, that there seems to be no way yet found by which one can get rid of fan-weed. Samuel Bissett: My fatherqs farm was full of fan-weed, and he got rid of it. Teacher: Indeed! Well, tell the class about it. Samuel: He sold the farm. In Latin: What does optimist mean? Allen Briscoe: A man that fits glasses. In Geometry: The quantity scared. Adding the two occasions. Cecelia fwriting food conservation speechj: I wish I could think of that point: I don't what what it is, but it's a good one. fAfter Pauline had given a long discussion about the topic sentence, : Miss H.: Now, Harold, what do you think? H. Allen: I think the same as she does. Miss H.: What is that? H. Allen: Well, what she said. ' Miss H.: I don't know what she said. H.: I don't either. Mr. Freeman: At the exposition at St. Louie--I should say Lewis-why Willard? Skinny: Louie's German.

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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.

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Glass will In the Name of the Firelvug, Amen: E, the Class of 1918 of Fergus County and City of Lewistown, Mon- ' , tana, of the age of four years, and being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not acting under duress, menace, fraud, or undue 'Q t i influence of any person whatever, do make, publish and declare this our last Will and Testament, in a manner following, that is to say: First: We direct that our memory be decently upheld with proper regard to our station and condition in life and the circumstances of the school. Second: We direct that our executors, hereinafter named, as soon as they have sufficient funds in their hands, pay our class expenses and the allowance made to the faculty for ridding Fergus County High School of our presence. Third: Walter Flock bequeaths to Geraldine Voden his honorary position as President of the Senior Class. Leonidas Cove bequeaths his faculty of fussing to Eugene Hines. Joe King bequeaths himself to the'world. The ability which K. McKoin thinks he has in athletics he bequeaths to next year's athletes. Roy Gagle bequeaths his bass voice to Clementine Foley. Hazel Sorenson bequeaths her soft voice to Helen Warr. Morris McCollum bequeaths his mining stock to Theodore Hufnne on condition that he discovers the hrebug. Muggs Blackford bequeaths her kid curlers to Miss Slater, who is still in our midst. Peggy Rock- well bequeaths her pep to Eleanor Van Hyning. Bill Waite bequeaths his unruly hair to Vernon Mcvey. Ivan bequeaths his gunpowder career to Skinny Wheaton, that he may profit by it. Casper bequeaths his bashfulness to Supie. Dudley be- queaths his growth to Smick. In case Mr. Pope loses his hair, we bequeath' him Dutchie's fair lpckg Zelda leaves her complexion to Margaret Hedrick. Ruth Royce leaves her dancing talent to the faculty. Fay leaves her Hirting to Rebie Hogeland. Lydia, our shark debater, gives her talent to Fritz Bristol. Hazel Smith leaves her gift of gab to Steve Gretencort. Jessie Murray bequeaths her dramatic ability to Red Heatherly. Bert bequeaths his gum to Emery Gibson. Rita bequeaths her affectionate manner to Catherine von Tobel. Rose Chesley bequeaths her shorthand speed to Judith Walker. Gladys Kynett leaves her mid- night rope ladder at the dorm to any dorm girl who may need it next year. Goldie Walden bequeaths her dreamy eyes to Dorothy Brown. Hovey bequeaths his A. B. Cds to Vira Drinkard. Nellie Ensley bequeaths her lock-arm companion to Esther Garry. Ruby bequeaths her loyalty in ticket selling to Furness Van Ider- stine. Lucille Matthews wills her geometry to Mary Irene Scott. May Jobe be- queaths her typewriter to the Gregg School, and Lucretia Apple bequeaths her frivolity to Helen Ramsey. Marion Bates bequeaths her wit to Jack Clem. Eliza- beth Symmes bequeaths Gene Hines to next yearls new girls. Hilda Callahan be- queaths her fog-horn tones to August Diamond. Pauline bequeaths her brains to Theodore Bowen. Cecilia Edwards bequeaths her Camp Lewis correspondence to Marjorie Gerhard. Rea Gage bequeaths her masculine make-up to Johnny Pierce, as he needs it. Helen Simonfy bequeaths her modest manner to Doris Shaw. Helen Camp bequeaths her boxes of face powder and other cosmetics to Frank Washburn. Minnie Eckley bequeaths her Colonial and Arro bills to Myrtle Ritch. Thelma Anderson bequeaths her classy clothes to Virna Elkins. Esther Apple be- queaths herself to the Commercial Department. Emily Knoepke bequeaths her careless method of studying to Bill Dolan. Zelma Gordon leaves her perspicacity to Bernice Flock. Harold Allen bequeaths his class to Humps and Jimmie Campbell. Amelia McLachlan leaves her demure way to Mr. Canup. Alice Gor- man bequeaths her picture to Cecil Clark. Fourth: We will the new building when built to the coming students of the High School. We bequeath the Presbyterian, Baptist, and Methodist Churches, Carpenters' Hall, City Library, old K. P. Hall and Court House to the faculty and O