Higgins Classical Institute - Scroll Yearbook (Charleston, ME)

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E- E-1 H. C. LSCRQQ g -ll . If . 1 I. f f' V , W ,y'i VF ,ai il XT , fl ' N 'mg'-ir., , j ' . '- , S 'EA 'L 4 l :.i-Q Sglxfi K' I E ' ' ' ' I 1.8. If Little Red Riding-Hood should live today, The modern girl would scorn her: She only had to meet, one wolf, N-ot one on every corner. Jean Allen: I got on awful fall last night. I was unconscious for ten hours. Paul Archer: Where did you fall? Jean Allen: I fell asleep. CURIOUS ORIGINS OF ' POPULAR SAYINGS Baseball fan - About a hundred years ago the owner of the St. Louis Browns called a certain man the greatest fanatic in base- ball he had met. Newspaper men started to call enthusiasts fan-atics and shortly thereafter just fans Gob - There is a Chinese word, meaning sailor, which sounds something like gobf'. When the U. S. Fleet first went into the Far East, it adopted that name for its sailors. Cold Shoulder - When you want to snub someone, you say you give him the cold shoulder. This was an actual custom in medieval France. When a guest outstayed his welcome, he was served cold shoulder and not the hot roast served to welcome guests. Crocodile Tears - We are apt to say this about a person of hypocritical attitude. It is based on an assumed tale that a crocodile devcurs a person and then sheds tears. So the term is used for people who express sympathies which are known to be false. Est Family of the Faculty Best Dressed Mrs. Grindle Handsomest Mr. Meader Speediest Miss Brown Wittiest Mr. Tracy Youngest Miss Hillman Calmest Mr. Keith Stateliest Miss Estev Cutest Mr. Fotter Kindest Miss Homer Mosquitoes: Consider thc mc-squito as an example. He rarely gets a slap on the back until he goes to work. The only individual who hasn't kicked about the extremely short skirts the co-eds are wearing, is the mosquito. A scientiiic expert now comes forth with the claim that fish kill mosquitoes. But who wants to take a iish to bed with him. Is That So? The steak was a la carte so the freshman told the waiter to wheel it in. Fill 'er up, cried the motorist to thc waiter as he dined with his girl friend. Seven days make one weak, said the coffee in the restaurant percolator. If, a.s a psychologist tells us, there is no such thing as pain, what is it some people give us? DOGS Did you hear of the little moron who wculdn't advertise for his lost dog because he knew the poor thing couldn't read? When a man bites a dog, it's his wife's pet chow. He calls his dog Jason because he is al- ways looking for fleece. Miss Hillman: t'Gooclness. Miss Chase. what happened to these cakes? Elizabeth Chase: Pm sure I don't kn:-w. Miss Hillman: They taste of soap. Elizabeth Chase: Maybe they do. You told me to fry them on the Soapstone grid- dle and when I couldn't find that I soaped the iron one. Little Alice Lou had never seen a dachs- hund before. Look, Papa, she exclaimed. See what gt long wheel-base that dog has got! Ted and York went hunting. A big bird flew up in front of them, and stared at them disdainfully from a tree. Ted drew a bead, when York shouted: Don't shoot yet, Ted. 'Ihe gun isn't loaded. w Can't help it, Yorkg the bird wcn't wait. Age Requirements From birth to 18, 3 girl needs good par- ents: from 18 to 35, good looks: from 35 to 55, personality: from 55 on, cash. Ladies, is this true?

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70 H. C. I. SC ROLL : I: , ps: 1 1-1.1. E arranged book. An enlargement on your ex- change column would add. THE SEA BREEZE Thomaston High School, Thomaston, Maine The exchange column is very go-od. Your pictures are particularly interesting. THE KATAHDIN CHRONICLE Schenck High School, East Millinocket, Maine Your book is exceptionally good, but why not add 9, few pictures? THE REFLECTOR caribou High School, Caribou, Maine When we were young is a marvelous idea. A few comments on exchanges would help, also a few more schools added to your list. THE PYTI-IIA Winter Harbor High School, Winter Harbor, Maine We enjoyed your year book, but group pictures would be a great addition. PINE CONE Cl:-rnish High School, Cornish, Maine 'I'he cartoons are very attractive, but pic- tures would add. Colleen Snow '45 Marion Stanhope '46

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'72 H. C. I. S C ROLL Don't Look Now While one of our Higgins boys was fight- ing hand to hand with a slant-eyed Jap. Missed me, hissed the Jap. Did I? asked the H.C.I. boy. Just wait till you try to turn your head. Mild Slllggestion 'Ihe more than' usual lack of intelligence among the students that morning had got under Mr. Keith's skin. 'iClass is dismissed, he said exasperatedly. Please don't nap your ears on the way out. Extract Something Docky Libby: I can't stand it any longer: I am gc-ing to the dentist's this instant and have this tooth pulled. Marion Rozelle: Nlcnsense! Your tooth doesn't acheg it's only your imagination. Docky Libby: Then I will have him pull out my imagination. We Wonder What Would Happen If: Dick Watson lost Faith in life. - Betty Connors could catch no Fish. Charlene Frazier kept out of trouble. Irene and Ormie never walked campus. Girls never followed Lefty. Docky didn't smile. Ronald York couldn't go to Bradford. Ricky Shammwell kept his room clean. Neil Soule flunked an exam. Paul Bishop had his tonsils out. Butch couldn't argue. Violet didn't get iiustered in Chemistry class. Mr. Keith couldn't make the Seniors work. H.C.I. didn't have exams. Und Wie Mr. Meader in History class was telling the pupils what the people in different states were called. Now, he said, the people from Indiana are called Hoosiersg the people from North Carolina, Tar Headsg the people from Mich- igan, Michiganders. What are the people from Maine called? I know, said Stinson. Well, what are we called? asked Mr. Meader. Maniacs, brightly answered Stinson. Boys and Girls Education finds that girls lead boys-and a very merry chase it is. Boys will be boys-but the girls are giving them a hot contest for the privilege. You Don't Say! Kipling didn't know Blondie when he wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade. Paul Bishop: Do you know how to get mental exercise ? Walter Allen: Neg how do you get men- tal exercise? Paul Bishop: Go around jumping to conclusions. Mr. Fotter, in Algebra class: You can see more curves in Hve minutes with a sef, of French curves than you ever saw before in your life. Dole went to see his doctor. Well, Dole, the doctor greeted him, what can I do for you? If I knew that, I wouldn't be paying you two do-llars to tell me. Time Out! JoAnn: Why are you stopping the car? Frank, home on leave: The road bock says to turn north and follow the trolley. We'll have to wait for one. Miss Estey: So you finally decided to sweep out your room! Occupant, disgustedly: No, I'm sweeping out the dirt and leaving the room. Is your wife a club woman, Mr. Fotter ? No, man. She likes the flat-iron. Pedestrian: Say, you just mixed me! Driver: Well, stand still and I'll try again. Mary Shirley: Much as I hated to I gave up horseback riding and bought a second hand car. Leah Kane: How come? Mary Shirley: A doctor advised me to take more exercise. The First Slaves Ken Masse unexpectedly distinguished himself in a history exam. The question was: How and when was slavery introduced into America? The answer was: No women ever came to the early Virginia colony. The planters wanted wives to help with the work. In 1619 the London Company sent over a shiD10ad of girls. The planters gladly married them and slavery was introduced into America. If you have occasion to criticize a mule, do it to his face. Have You Heard About The 'Little Moron Who: Moved into town because he heard the country was at war?