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

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43 THESE HOGS WERE FATTENED ON MESS HALL SLOP

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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,

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What is the fare to Cleveland? The latter replied that the fare was 5522. Harvey then asked how much he charged for a hog or a cow, and the answer was jumping at the chance, asked the agent to book him as a hog. Harvey, while standing sentinel, S510 for a cow, and 333 for a hog. Harvey. was found replied Bingam, L' Great Scott! how they did run! My dear fool, they ran so much like thunder that we had to run three miles to keep out of the way, and if we had not thrown our guns away they would have run over usf, The Professor of Astronomy asked, Where is - W, V I i nj j xl! I f CiPl'l'.I'.. fi' l it ff ,.4 b N. -' ' 1' if as M , e it aah- 27 I f I X X249 -,f W X 14 K' -R ,ff 7 ,er ff? s a 'els e 5 F -N . f' f: 1-,,. if sf Ma fi ' ef X e XQQ6 vtocffg vfgfg6 fiq-ffg ,tip on LPi,s5AvA asleep on his watch. XYhen the comniandant asked for an explanation of the alfair, he replied that it must be a mistake, as he had given his watch to his girl, and also all the jewelry he possessed. Bingam was telling of his experiences in Cuba, and how the enemy ran. One of H Co. brownies iQCar- rell asked him, Did they run ? Did they run ? 145 the place in the heavens called the zenith ? It is the spot in the heavens directly over one's head, re- marked Major Rowe, Can two persons have the same zenith? was asked. They can, replied Rowe. How ? asked the Professor. XVhen one stands on the other's head.