Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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. 1 1 i 3 Miss Johnson, looking at snow six inches in depth on the lawn, claims that SPRING is just around the corner. Mr. Wright: Write your answers in good, clear English, and above all, DON'T tabulate. Infante: May we use LISTS? MARCH Isabelle Klopman intends to go to Harvard, according to reports. Miss Koch: Is a tax like a bill? Ann Mayernik: Oh, no. You have to pay a tax. You don't have to pay a bill. Pupils in Mr. Barget's history class are dumbfounded when he exclaims that he wouldn't go to a burlesque. Burlesques are only for men who are about to retire. Mr. Wilson: 'LWhen you eat jelly, you are eating something like a glue. Oh, Mr. Wilson, why did you say THAT? Miss Koch: What would you say, Vance, if I called you a scallyf wag? McClear: I'd say, you're nice, too. Mr. Wright: Miss Newman, you come into class as if you were happy to see us. Jennie: What do you want me to do? Turn a handspring? Miss Kennedy: History is handed down to us from hand to mouth. Bright student: Oh, how unsanitaryf' APRIL Miss Barker: Who were some of the famous people of Johnson's time? Sam Butcher: 'iJOHNSON. 'LWhat kind o-f windows have they in France? was the question asked by Miss Johnson. Pupil's answer: FRENCH windows. Hadder and Raymond try to teach each other the manly art of self' defense. Hadder only got a bruised arm, and a split lip. Miss Capron flooking enviously at McCabe's headj: Why are some people blessed with perfect hair? Miss Barker: What is 'Fuzzy Wuzzy' by Kipling about? Elon Nobles: A caterpillar.

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I , ff ff ,XT X7 JX7 FEBRUARY 1. Greetings and salutations are exchanged as oldftimers meet. Ye teach' ers and pupils, both, are decked out in the newest of tans in whatfnot. 4. Freshies and veterans begin to quaver as they see Room 30 listed on their schedules. Mr. Arthur Santell is just that strong on an assembly program, and gives autograph to Gladys Meyers, who is thrilled to death. 5. Mr. Wright claims he can tear a Webster dictionary in two. 7. Mr. Wright: 'LMiss AlfAlfAl-Oh, Phyllis!! P. S. It should have been Altshul. 14. Chem. students immediately after making ammonia gas in Mr. Wil' son's class ask where they can find some NHS. fThat's ammonia gaslj 15. Miss Johnson tells students to pretend that they are in a torture chamf ber when taking exams. TGRTURE is right!! 20. Class elections cause of great excitement throughout school. 21. Helen Scales: The essayist, Lamb, wrote Dissertation on Roast Lamb! P. S. This is going to kill you. It should have been Dissertation on Roast PIG! 26. Inga Jorgenson and Elaine Davies make heroines of themselves by cap' turing Qof all thingsj a MOUSE in the locker room.

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Miss Wayman, in the biology class, has the strong boys concentrate on opening a jar of pickled grasshoppers. Much to the girls' relief, it took nearly the whole period to open it. Lil Bregman causes quite a commotion by tossing a match into the sink, after she had put carbon disulphide in said place. Hot stuff!! Girls parade as boys in play on assembly program. Boy, oh Boy! Mr. Wilson: Sulphur is found in what state?', Knoeller: Native statef, Miss Barker: What was the result of Johnson's marriage? Bright student: g'His wife died. Gatoff: A carcass is a body. Sub Qpointing to Stambergj: Is that a carcass? Beatrice Berzon Qtranslating in Spanish classj: l'He nailed his eyes into the ceiling. MAY Newman Qtranslating incorrectly in Frenchj: uIt is false, the presif dent said. Miss Johnson: 'We are lost,' the captain shouted! Mr. Wright: L'The picture of Lincoln on the Leader this week looks like Cliff Baumgardner with his new haircut. The Prom. Enough said. Mr. Quigley announces establishment by faculty of W. F. Enteman prize in mathematics. Fitzi: Gade said babies could romp near the athletic field. How does he know? Voice: He romps there. Fitzi ftranslating Frenchj: He was vanfvanfvan-victor. Miss Ware: Count off by twosf' janet Nevins: One, Helen Lowery Qvery seriouslyjz Four Eighteenfminute periods today! Hoofrah! Heard in locker room: Did you take the Ivory Door home?', Tsk! Tsk! Imagine ivory doors in Lincoln. Lincoln goes on the air in Lincoln Radio Program. Lincoln Baseball Team defeats St. Michael's, completing eight straight victories thus far.