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

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Piggly: “I hear they’re going to import sparrows to kill worms. Don’t you think sparrows are worse than worms?” Wiggly: “I don’t know; I never had sparrows. “Sibyl said if ail) man kissed her without warning she would scream for her father.” “What did you do? “1 warned her.” .Applicant: “ I here’s lots of push and go in me. I’d like to show you.” Boss: Very well. That door opens outward. Try your push on that and then demonstrate your go on the outside.” Agent: “How do you like your electric washer?” Lady: “Not so good. Every time I get in the thing those paddles knock me off my feet.” Do you mind if I eat while you smoke? Not if you will let me hear the orchestra. Hannah: Marriage is a matter of give and take. Tufty: You said it! 1 give you all I can spare and you take the rest. Rippy: They say if there’s anything in a man, travel will bring it out. Dippy: “You said it! I found that out my first day on the ocean.” Page 222

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IOWA’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER The Burlington Gazette “There With the News” Serves its readers with the news of the world from the full twenty-four hour Associated Press Reports. Serves its readers with news from special correspondents throughout southeastern Iowa. Serves its readers with more news and features than any other newspaper published in southeastern Iowa. Serves its readers with unbiased news and views. Serves its readers with a newspaper for the home and for each member of the family. BY MAIL $4.00 A YEAR Reader: “How can I keep my daughter home? I used to do it by hiding her clothes. This doesn’t work any more.” Editor: “Hide her lip-stick.” “These cigars I smoke arc the best thing out. “Yes, so I have noticed.” Protecting Health; Teaching Self-Respect The school is only second to the home in forming the character and protecting the health of students. Beauty and cleanliness in school plumbing appointments inculcate a self-respecting appreciation of the reticences of life while fostering health habits. CRANE CO. Branches and Sales Offices in One Hundred and Seventy Cities Page 221

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La Touraine Coffee - Tea You Might as Well Have the Best W. s. QUINBY-BELL, CONRAD CO. Importers and Roasters 417-427 West Ohio Street Boston CHICAGO New York THE VARSITY For Velocity WHERE THE COLLEGIANS GO FOR GOOD FOOD AND DRINKS at SHIPTON'S BAKERY Fresh: Sorry I can’t stay down here and listen to the music, hut I have to go to the twelve forty-five prayer meeting.” Wise Soph: “Who is she?” And now we hear of a college hoy who wouldn’t define the last word in a vocabulary test on the grounds that the last word belonged to the women. Horace Essex: “I’m a self-made man. Don McCreary: “That’s what comes of employing cheap labor. Maurice Needham: “What is your greatest ambition, John? John McGavic: “To die a year sooner than you do. Mauric: “What is the reason for that?” John: “So I will be an active in hell when you get there.” SPURGEON’S THRIFT STORES SPECIALIZE IN Ladies’ Coats, Dresses Hosiery for all at convenient prices Many an Iowa Wesleyan Student Goes to the Game with Our Candy Page 22J