Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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32 THE ECHO Mr. M. (In Biology): Are the skins of cats of any use ? G. A.: Yes, sir. Mr. M.: Well what can they be used for? Geo.: For keeping the cats war m. S. White — I got “Cuba” last night on my single tube set. W. Hancock — That’s nothing, I got Greece on my vest. R. White — How patient those lighthouse keepers must be. Mr. N. — How’s that? R. — The wind was so strong last night I noticed they had to keep relighting it every few minutes. Harvey — What is a ten letter word meaning holdup? Victim — I’ll bite, what is it? H. — Suspenders. C. Martin (attempting to start car) — This darned self starter won’t work. There is a short circuit somewhere. L. Hiltz — Well, why don’t you lengthen it? Mr. Neal was asking the definitions of words in the History lesson: Hazel T. did not know the place. Mr. N.: “Where is the universe?” Hazel T.: “I don’t know where it is.” Hazel: “What’s Helen doing?” Reta: “Making a shrimp salad.” Hazel: “I didn’t know we had any shrimps in the house.” Reta: “We haven’t, but there is one com- ing to call on her this evening.” Bob Joyce: “What’s an operetta?” Bob Jardine: “Don’t be dumb — it’s a girl who works for the telephone company.” Freshy: “Say Jim, do you know that the leather upholstery in the seats of the new Ford touring cars is smooth and shiny?” Soph: “Yes, I know it. Why?” Freshy: “Why, I was just thinking that these aren’t the only seats which are smooth and shiny.” Soph: “How come?” Freshy: “Well, take for example, the seat in John’s blue pants.” Senior — “So you are studying Caesar? How do you like his Irish sweetheart?” Soph — “His Irish sweetheart? I didn’t know he had one.” Senior — “Oh, yes! He states very plain- ly that when he came to the Rhine, he pro- posed to Bridgit. (bridge it.)” THE SMART SHOP for THE SMART MISS — where value, quality and service prevail. — where reliability in ready-to-wear and the newest accessories is assured. WM. R. COOK CO. Main Street opposite Belmont Brockton, Mass. H. Mugrdichian MILK DEALER 424 North Franklin St. Tel. Ran. 059 1-W Art: “You are perfectly normal?” Chet: “Yes.” Art: “You light your cigarette with your right hand?’ Chet: “Yes.” Art: “That’s not normal. Most people use a match.”

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THE ECHO 31 Lin: When is a baseball first mentioned in the Bible ? Brud (who is very well acquainted with the Bible) : When Rebecca took a pitcher to the well. Bob White: Say, do you want to sell those spikes ? Brud: Sure. Bob: What is the matter with, them? Brud: Nothing. Bob: What do you want to sell them for? Brud: Nothing. Bob: Cheap enough! I’ll take them. Miss Damon (to Ferguson) : “Ferguson, you’re to be seen and not heard; you’re not in here at all — ” Ferguson: “Where am I, then?” Mr. Neal: McKinlay, what is a pork bar- rel in reference to politics? McKinlay: A barrel to keep pigs in. Marion to Dot who is busy lacing her shoes: “What corker eyes, Dot!” Dot (much astonished): “What eyes? What’s the matter with them?” Marion: “Don’t be dumb, Dot, the eyes in your shoes.” Bob W. (in afternoon session making too much noise.) Miss C.: You seniors think you are smart. Bob W.: Well, we have been here four years, and you have only been here two. Miss Megley — “Give me a sentence using ‘kith and kin.’ ” Sentimental Senior — “I’ll ‘kith’ her as often as I ‘kin’.” Hazel Tibbetts: “I wish I had lived a mil- lion years ago.” Soph: “Why?” Hazel T.: “I wouldn’t have had so much history to learn.” Lindsay and Marion (busily talking at the back of Study Hall.) Mr. M.: Well, Romeo and Juliet, you may carry on this, tender scene at the front of the room instead of at the back. Freshman: “See that girl smiling at me?” Senior: “That’s nothing. I laughed out loud the first time I saw you.” Wally, (A Soph, coming through the door) and Bob, (A Senior, going out.) Bob W.: “I don’t move aside for any fool.” Wally (Stepping aside and letting the Senior pass): “Oh, that’s all right, I always do.” Miss D.: “Drummond are you chewing gum?” H. D.: “Yes ma’m.” Miss D.: “Then come down and put it in the basket.” H. D.: “Won’t it be all right if I swallow it?” Mr. Neal (in geography class): “Which leather makes the best shoes?” Henry D.: “I don’t know, but banana- skins make the best slippers.” Mr. M. (In Chemistry, trying an experi- ment.) This may blow up . . . come close to the desk, so you can follow me.

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