Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 31 Adele: “You say you love me with all your heart.” Alfred: “With all my heart.” Adele: “And would you die for me?” Alfred: “Hardly! You see mine is undying love 1” H. B. enters car with pair of skates on her arm. Gentleman offers her a seat. “Thank you very much, sir, but I’ve been skating all afternoon and I’m tired of sitting down.” Ellis: “How long can a person live without brains?” Ruth: “I don’t kow. How old are you?” Ralph H. : “Father, can you write with your eyes shut?” Mr. H.: “Yes.” Ralph: “Well, shut your eyes and sign my report card.” Here’s to the Freshmen of S. H. S. their amount of brains we never can guess. It is they who supply the fun and cheer for all the classes for all the year. So here’s to the Freshmen of S. H. S. May their present knowl- edge never grow less !! 1! ! To Study If to study, you would with ease. Place your elbows on your knees. Put your hands under your chin. Give a sign, and then begin. HELEN BOARDMAN, ’26. Him : Jack has become a Bolshe- vist. Me: Yeah? Has he gone to Rus- sia? Him: No. He’s living in Rhode Island. Me: Oh, yes. One of these Rhode Island Reds, eh? Scraps from Hither and Yon “Abie, mein son, vy for you go the stairs up two at a time?” “To save mein shoes, fader.” “Veil be careful you don’t shplit your pantz.” ’24: “We have a cuckoo clock in our room.” ’25 : “Our doesn’t work well either.” Prof. Abraham Lincoln Williams : “Ulysses, am pants a common noun ?” Ulysses S. G. Adams: “Pants am an uncommon noun P’fessa.” Prof. A. L. W. : “How come un- common noun?” U. S. G. A.:“Becoz, P’fessa, pants am singular at the top and plooral at the bottom.” Pat: “Phwat was the last card Oui dealt yeah?” Mike: “A spade.” Pat: “Oui knew it was, oui saw ye spit on yer hand before ye picked it up.” I can’t get my Caesar I think he’s a teaser I wish the old geezer Had died in a freezer. Did you know that: Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Onions make the breath grow stronger. Peroxide makes the hair grow Verna: Miss Damon, what did I get in my exam?” Miss D.: “U.” Verna: “Yes Me!” Verna: “Yes, Me!” Miss D.: Yes, “U.” Mr. N. : “What country are mainly Presbyterians ?” H.: “Jews.” Mr. Neal says that no other class is as original as the History. That is, in excuses ! Hammond : “Scientists say that blonds will disappear in a few years.” Helen (seizing her opportunity) : “Well, you better speak now, if you want one.”

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30 r H i : K c I I o Roberts, John Greenhatch, W. Tay- lor, R. Hill, Alice Gallans, Emily Lewis, Marjorie Porter, Blanche Had- field, and Ruth Boardman. P. S. — Oh boy! how Alice would practice these exercises in Mr. Neal’s room afternoons. She was often heard saying,” Now, Mr. Neal, is this right? Do I execute the de- mands quickly enough?” But she certainly did do her stunts when she was in charge of the class. A. DANA, Society Editor. P. P. S. — Seeing that this came within the scope of the Athletic Editor I crabbed it for my columns. Dana may call those d-andy exercises a social event but the most of us called them something else. How about it, Dana? E. A. J., ’24, Athletic Director. “Play Ball” Glue was at the bat. Small pox was catching. Cigar was in the box, Strawberry was short, and Corn was in the field. Cabbage was manager because he had a big head. Cigar let Board walk, and Lemon made a homer by a tight squeeze. Long made a hit and Sawdust filled the bases. Then Soap cleaned up. Cigar v ent out and Balloon started to pitch but he went up in the air. Ice went to pitch and kept cool until he was hit, then you should hear the Ice Cream. Lightning finished the game by striking out 6 men. Grass cov- ered lots of ground in the field and the crowd cheered when Spider caught a fly. Steak was out at the plate and Clock wound up the game by striking out 3 times. Lunatic was put out because he was off his base. Bread loafed on third base and was put out and Knife was called out for cutting second base. Bird flew out. If Door had pitched he would have shut them out. G. 0. We will now sing the old song: We feed the baby garlic so we can find him in the dark. Press item — Mr. Blanks trousers. The morals of baseball seem rath- er dubious to me. What do you mean? They seem to think just as much of the man who steals a base as they do of the man who earns a run. Herman: “Have you read Payne’s Autobiography ?” Dana: “Why, I believe not! Who wrote it?” Papa: You should think of the higher things of life. Germaine: I do. I just love avi- ators ! Mamma : “How did you ever get caught in such a compromising posi- tion ?” Emily: “Well, he wanted to see the color of my eyes !” Mamma : “That’s harmless enough !” Emily: “Yes, — but he’s nearsight- ed.” Freshman: “If there is a fire you are in no danger — green material doesn’t burn.”

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32 r HE ECHO Just a Reminder A man had a donkey for sale and hearing that one of his neighbors wished to one sent him a card stating as follows: ‘My Dear Neigh- bor: If you want to buy a donkey, a really good one be sure and don’t for- get me. Yours truly, WILLIAM MUTT.” Dear Pansy — Do you carrot at all for me ? My heart beats for you and my love is as soft as a squash but I am as strong as an onion, for you are a peach. With your turnip nose and your radish hair you are the apple of my eye. Lettuce marry anyhow as I know we shall make a pear. A LEMON. Specified “A woman,” remarked the man who got his education out of books, “is a delicate creature and should be handled with gloves.” “Yes,” chuckled the guy who got his the other way, “boxing gloves.” “By golly,” said the stranger who arrived at a small town on the Miss- issippi River, “You got a mighty big river here for such a small town.” Teddy Taylor will next sing his popular song: “Oh me for the lonely heart club with all its joys and thrills.” We’ll say Roger’s some sheik! How about it Louise? Try and Get : Alice Gullans to wear a hat Evelyn Wallace to stay in one night a week Dorothy Mack to stop chewing gum Herman Hammond to sit still Melvile Blagdon to speak to a girl Aubrey Dana to stop teasing the girls Germaine Olson to stop arguing with Dana. Jogriffy ! ’26: Hawaii. ’24: I Hayti tell you. ’26: Au Guam. Emily: “Do you know Bunny talks in his sleep?” Thelma: “No. does he?” Emily : “It’s true — he recited in class this morning.” We are the class of ’25 We bore our disappointments but we never kick We learn our lessons — square and fair and It takes two Juniors to make a good pair. When told to enter like mice in the hall you may depend on the Juniors one and all. Now take it from me you’ll find it right that the Junior year is pleasant and bright. Miss Carey (to Paine who is gaz- ing at Greenhatch’s head) : “Don’t stare into blank space like that.” Teacher: “Give me an example of an exclamatory sentence.” Dana: “Alas and Alack, I sat on a tack I” Freshman (yet to learn English Grammar) : “Was Ceasar really un- physically fit?” Teacher: “Do you see the point of the incident?” G. Olson (removing thumb tack) : “No, but I felt it.” Not What He Wanted “What does my little man want to buy? Chocolates?” asked the kindly shopkeeper, as 5-year-old James en- tered the shop. “You bet ye life I do,” answered James, “but I gutter buy soap.” The successful business man was trying to impress the clerk. “Why, young man, I even started out in life as a barefoot boy.” “Well, I wasn’t born with shoes on myself,” answered the clerk.