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

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 She was only a photographer’s daughter, but, oh! how she was developed. Home Work The sofa sagged in the middle, The shades were pulled just so, The family had retired, And the evening lamp burned low. There came a sound from the sofa, The clock was striking two. The freshman slammed his textbook, with a thankful. “Well, I’m through.” The Green- Grass Grew All Arolxd A green little freshie in a green little way Mixed some green little chemicals up one day The green little grasses now tenderly wave O’er the green little freshic’s green little grave. All Kyes “Say, fella! our eyes are like a bird.” “Howzat ?” “Always hopping from limb to limb.” One dark night as 1 was walking along a brilliantly lighted street, I heard a shot in the distance. I looked through a knot-hole in the barbed wire fence and saw footsteps approaching me on horseback. I ran up to the second story of a vacant lot, where I found a bald-headed man sitting in a corner. I pulled his hair and he yelled in a soft whisper, “Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.” Hearing an awful commotion in the next room, 1 looked through the closed door and saw a sewing machine running around without a stitch on. Page 214

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Tenant: “The root is so bad that it rains on my head. Mow long is that going to go on ?” Landlord: “What do you think I am—a weather prophet?” Sarah: “That awful landlady of mine is telling scandalous things about me. Ethel: “Why don’t you dare her to prove her charges?” Sarah: “Well. I’m not such an idiot as that! “That’s a new one on me,” the monkey said as he scratched his back. If They Had Played Golf What notables might have said (for print): Caesar: “1 shot, I sliced, I bunkered.” John Paul Jones: “I have not yet begun to putt.” Napoleon: “The old guard lies, but never remembers.” Perry: “We have found the balls, and they are ours.” Ethan Allen: In the name of Great Hobby Jones and the U. S. Golf Association.” Lawrence: Don’t concede the putt.” Drake: “Time enough to finish this Eighteen and beat the Spanish too.” Jackson: “Don’t shoot until they’re on the green.” Sherman: “Golf is hell.” In The Spring “Please!” “No,” Oh, please do.” “Positively, no.” “Please, just this time.” “1 said no.” “Aw, Ma, all the boys go barefoot now. 216