Indian Head Collegiate - Whisper Yearbook (Indian Head, Saskatchewan Canada)

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The whisper 35 “Why, Leonard,” said his mother, “what are you reading in that book about bring¬ ing up children ?” Len : “I’m just looking to see, ma, whe¬ ther I’m being properly brought up.” Cliff : “I never saw such dreamy eyes.” Ethel: “You never stayed so late.” Rumor says that Kay Davidson’s favor¬ ite song is: “There’s a Rainbow ’round my shoulder.” Billy B. : “I wonder if Prof. Trecartoi meant anything by it ?” Margaret M. : “By what ?” B. B. : “He advertised a lecture on “Fools” and when I bought a ticKet it was marked “admit one.” Murray : “Aren’t you going to marry Ruby after all ? Allan : “No, unfortunately she has an impediment in her speech.” M. : “How sad ! What is it ?” A. : “She can’t say “yes.” “Laffing iz the sensashun ov pheeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.”—Josh Billings. The cabinet of Jugoslavia has forbid¬ den high school girls in that country to rouge their lips. Which ought to improve the rouge business in that country.— Brooklyn Eagle. Jazz was born in Egypt thousands of years ago, says an actress. Doubtless, it was one of the plagues.—Fargo Tribune. Miss N. (asked to give a speech at Lit): “Ladies and gentlemen, not until this minute has a word been said to me about making a speech and you expect me to get up there and make a fool of myself without a bit of preparation.” Murray: “Could I have a date tonight?” Pat : “Sure, if you can find anyone dumb enough to go with you.” Murray : “Alright, I’ll be around about eight o’clock.” Angry Papa : “Grace, did you throw a kiss to that young man ?” Grace I.: “I did, papa.” A. P. : Well, how dare— G. I.: “Oh, the fellow threw it at me and I just threw it back. You wouldn’t have me keep it, would you ? Nora : “Do you think Pearl is fitted for the battle of life ?” Ida : “Well, she ought to be; she’s been in four engagements already.” Gordon J.: “Girls always contradict each other.” Dot. J.: “They do not.” A cheery quotation from Grade X ex¬ ams, “Fools can ask questions that wise men cannot answer.” Mr. Harris : “How do you explain ‘the shades of night were falling fast.’ ” Dorothy H. : “The people were pulling down their blinds.” Many a boy falls so hard for a girl that he injures his head permanently.— Sault Ste. Marie Star. Harold : “When the postman comes I’m going to wallop you within an inch of your life.” Leo : “Why wait for the postman?” Harold : “I’m taking a boxing course by correspondence.” Mr. T. (sternly): “Are you laughing at me ?” Alice F. : “O no, sir !” Mr. T. : “Then what else is there in the room to laugh at.” Dorothy Me. : “What do you think of our annual, old dear?” Mary B. : “Fine, who were the bind¬ ers ?” Miss A. : “Give me the French for ‘Pad¬ dle your own canoe’.” Allan R. : “Pas d’elle yon que nous.” M. F. : “No teacher ever made a fool out of me.” G. J. : “Who was it, then ?” Miss N. (Grade X grammar) : “Take this sentence “Let the cow be taken out of the garden.” What mood ? Madeline McK. : “The cow.” What is an optimist ? A teacher who believes you remember all your grade XI formulae after six months in Grade XII.

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34 THE WHISPER Faryon. And having reached thus far I am tempted to recall that after this comes next year, and many years, all, I hope, to be filled with music. There is a good standard before us and a high one, but we cannot but admit that it could be still higher and better. Will you do your best, fellow students, particularly those of yoti who are younger ? D. JOHNSON, Grade XII. Indian Head’s Public School —Where most of us got our start!

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36 THE WHISPER Hamish : “Do you think a boy should propose to a girl on his knees ?” Mary G. : If he doesn’t she should get off at once.” Lucy F. : “Do you know that for every two people born in the world one is a Chinaman ?” Allan F. : “Were’nt we lucky, there’s only two in our family.” So Realistic Miss A.: “Sprinkle a few accents over that sentence, Gordon.” Prof. Harris: “What did you learn about the salivary glands ?” Allan F.: I couldn’t find out a thing, sir, they’re so darn secretive.” The average girl seems to keep almost everything in her vanity case except a broom and a duster.—Calgary Herald. Austin (over phone) : “And please mail my ring right back to me.” Jean : “You’d better come and get it, glass breaks so easily in the mail.” Mr. Harris (very crossly to Grade XII): “Do you people forget as many books in your other subjects as you do in mine ?” Marvyn (brightly) : “Oh no ! We don’t have to take our other books home.” Bobby (waking up near midnight) : “Mother tell me a fairy story.” Mrs. H. : “Wait until your father comes home, then we’ll both hear one.” Mr. T. “These aren’t my own figures I’m quoting; they are those of a man who knows what he’s talking about.” Laugh and the class laughs with you. Study and you study alone. Mary W. : “My father weighed only four pounds when he was born.” Ruby : “Goodness ! Did he live ?” Miss N : “What part of history is the hardest ?” Toots : “The Stone Age of course.” Cecilia : “Russell, you know you don’t really love Hazel. It’s only puppy love.” Russell: “Hot dog !” As the Teachers say it : Don’t be impudent. What ails you ? Ascertain the facts. Please hurry. Kindly repeat your statement. Your meaning is ambiguous. As the Students say it : Don’t get fresh. How’d you get that way ? Get wise to it. Let speed. Come again. I don’t get yuh ! Grace B. : “Oh. yes ! I was at a bridge party last night.”