Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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1 Prof. Dennis: “Young man, do you know who I am?” Freshman Chickering: “Gosh. no! Now don’t tell me you’re Lon Chaney, the actor.” Host: “Shall we join the ladies?” Guest: No, thank you; I never smoke.” j Orville Loper (at 1 a. m.) : “I heard a ghost story the other night—by jove, it did make me start!” Alice Heckman: “I wish I knew it.” Consolation Don’t worry if your job is small And your rewards are few; Remember that the mighty oak Was once a nut like you. A leaf in the shade will bend to the sun, A vine on a trellis will wind and run, A bird on a bough will sing a song. A bell in a church will ring ding dong; So given a night, a girl, and the moon, What in the world can you do but spoon ? A little boy was told he must go to the hospital to have his tonsils and adenoids removed. “Well. Mamma,” said Johnny, “1 ain’t ’fraid of going to the hospital. I II be brave and do just as they tell me. Hut I’m not going to let them palm off a baby on me, like they did to you when you was there.” Goetznian: “Gerth’s awfully absent-minded, isn’t he?” Art. Morrow: “Why?” Goetznian: “Why, the other night he was driving his parents over a lonely road and they came to a particularly lonely spot and before he knew it he had parked the car.” y.vy.v, .v '- w vv. -vax.-w a Page 200

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 TINWORK FURNACES CE-Fo) DEXTER WASHERS CE-E g E. E. Taft Sons Phone 166 South Side CAFE QLJTq) Just a Good Place to Eat Freid-Eisemann Radios, Keen Kutter Tools. Air-Way Cleaners Monarch Ranges, Sellers Kitchen Cabinets, Winchester Goods KING HARDWARE AND FURNITURE Phone 41 124-128 South Main Street MT. PLEASANT, IOWA R. BROWN CO. Choice Corn-Fed Beef, Pork, Mutton, and Veal Pure Home-Made Lard a Specialty FISH AND OYSTERS Sandwich Meats, Spreads, Olives and Pickles Phones 91 and 63

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LONG BELL LUMBER Johns-ManvilIe Rigid Asbestos Shingles Mulehide Roofing HALL WEIN PAINTS GLASS Phone 83 Your Pilgrimage for an Ideal Place to Eat is Finished with your first meal at..... Prompt Service THE OXFORD CAFE Reasonable Prices Knocked Out Do you mean to tell me you drank a whole quart and didn’t even stagger? “Them’s my words.” “How did you do it?” “Why, I couldn’t even move!” Joy Hall: “I didn’t sleep a wink all night. I had an awful toothache.” Louise Weibley: “Ah, you should try repeating to yourself, fifty times every day: ‘Get behind me, pain!’ ” Joy: “Not much! Do you think I want lumbago? Imagine His Surprise A Burlington traveling man received a telegram from his wife that said: “TWINS THIS EVENING MORE BY AIR MAIL.” Page 201