Florida Agricultural College - Pinakidia Yearbook (Lake City, FL)

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Iokclets and Soqth. XYhen Carrel left for home Xmas, we heard that he mistook a head-light on a locomotive for a lightning bug, and of course We thought he had joined the Tern- perance Society. fl But the cat came back.l'J One of the Junior Pearls asked the Professor of Philosophy W'hat is cause and effect ? and to please tell her, as she did not understand the mean- ing. The Professor replied, When you go home to-night. light a fire with about four gallons of kr ro- sene. This is the effect-funeral service at 2 o'clock. No flowers. XVhen Livingston left home for college, he took leave of his mother in this manner. Mother, I will write often, and think of you constantly. VVhen he returned home in june, he remarked to his anxious mother, Deah mothaw, I greet you once moah. Imagine the feeling of the kind mother. A Youngw graduate of the institution was asked in his examination for his Professorship, Do you think that the earth is round or flat ? VVell, said the young man, some people say round, some fiat, but I'l1 teach just as the Trustees desire. 141 Jim Mitchell's advice to the Freshman Class in English, Dott your eies, cross your teas, and Cl0I1't use too many and'es. Ives was asked by one of the juniors how many Spaniards he killed in the last war, and he answered, NVell, I killed as many of them as they did of me. There is a cadet in college who attends church regularly, and clasps his hands so tight during prayer time, that he can't get them open until after the col- lection box has passed. He says that is not due to the fact that he hasn't the Price. Carrel, being asked his favorite States, replied without hesitation, Virginia, Matrimony and Cleve- land. Snowden Miller was agent for a bible this sum- mer, and, at one of the houses Where he stopped, he asked the lady of the house whether he might leave some tracts there. Leave some tracts, said she. Certainly you may, and leave them with the heels towards the house, if you please. Mann was asked, Do you know why half farth- ings are coined for your special use ? VVhen he re-

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plied that he did not, he was informed that it was to give him an opportunity to contribute to some athletic association. The president of the junior Class asked Burnett XVaugh how much he would give on a chandelier for the class-room, and he said, Shoo 1 Parson, what we want to get a chandelier for ? The1'e lllllllvt nobody that can play it when we do get it. Ikie says he wishes he was a grasshopper, so he could fly to St. Louis to save car fare. He does not know that the sap-sucker would catch him before he left the ground a great distance. The junior girls are very popular among the male sex of the class. The Sophomore girls wonder why that is 5 it is not because they are good-looking. Some poetry by a member of the Junior Class: Fleming slays the pensive pig, Cuts off his ears and feet, Puts the toes into his mouth, And thus we call him Sheep, A cautious look around he stole, His bags of chink he chunk, And many a wicked smile he smole, And many a wink he wunk. lCopyrigl1ted.j FLEMING. Heimberger was asked to read some selection of his own choice at a party the other night. After a long pause, he exclaimed, I am sorry that I have disturbed you so long, but would like to say before I I take my seat, that I have always attended a day school, and it is impossible. Teacher of History.- XVho was the Hrst man ? Patillo.- VVashington, he was the first man. Teacher.- No, no 3 Adam was the first man. Patillo.-- Oh, if you are talking of foreigners, I s'pose he was. XVhen rain falls, does it rise again? asked the Professor of Chemistry. Yes, sir, replied Bridges. 'Wl1en? asked the Professor. Why, in dew time, was the answer. The Professor in Latin asked a member of the Freshman Class, What would you call a man who pretends to know everything? Freshman.- A professor . Wlieir Palmer was asked, in the Geometry class, how many sides there were to a circle, he answered, Two. And, when asked what they were, he re- plied, The inside and the outside. Gathered waists are very much worn this winter, but if the NOT1112lS do not hurry and get here, gathering time will be over, and the poor boys will be left until some other year. Last year you could not hear a soul but Tommy. He has stuck his tongue to a flat-iron, and the barracks has been remarkably quiet ever since. Harvey VVaugh, desiring to go home with a friend at the end of the year, asked the railroad agent,