Lincoln Junior High School - Lincoln Life Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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THE HOMER-ad 0 Homer, dear Homer, from Hades return And take back the Iliad poor 9A,s must learn. Sure, you, when you wrote, of our brains, did not think. And now, from your poem, they,ve gone on the blink. Full hard have we pondered long hours each day O,er heroes engaging in furious fray. The godalike Hector you tell us was great tThough Nurmi ne,er equalled that herds gaitly. The fate of lost Iluim of course we should weep, But so hard you have worked us were missing our sleep. And Why, 0 dear Homer, on us should you bring A worse fate by far than your Greek Muse did sing? The Apple of Gold, for which goddesses fought On suffering Freshmen great trouble hath brought: We read that great Priam mourned brave Hector once, But we mourn him often, though dumb as a dunce. We think that your heroes and you are the bunk To leave us a poem in which we must flunk; 0 Homer, blind Homer, how great were our joya Had you with your heroes but perished at Troy! Room 225. VICTORY I was glancing der the paper, When attracted was my eye, To a dangIrous looking umonster, That encouraged me to try. I went to get my weapons, Keen to scribble out the foe, ' Though the first word was a hard one,- Soon I dealt a fatal blow. The second word was easy And being coaxed I tried, But when they came up teasy, I could have quit and cried. My foe at last I finished And placed on him a muzzle, Now the monster that I conquered Was a dang,rous Cross VJord Puzzle. aCARL SUDMEIR, 913-2. 6 7

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Ya didnlt land in the pooryhouse, ,Cause youlve accumulated wealth. And as if to prove its prophecy, When you've grown old and gray Anl are happy beyond measure, You'll hear the same voice say, With laughter and With happiness, Some day youlll hear it shout, llYa see youlre well and happy, Cause ya did watch out! EVA HINITZ. 25. AN ATTACK ON THE CURRICULUM. Lady Speller called Dr. Science to come and save Dame Grammar, who had collapsed on account of a direct object heart attack. uLady, itls not serious now, but itlll soon develop into a nominative case, Which is very much more serious than the accusativeft the doctor warned. Dame Grammar was stowed away in bed although she indirectly objected. uShe has two square hours to live in yet, calculated Sir Math, and that gives her X hours to die in, making her total life to be 2 hours+x+her previous lifefl Here the frivolous Miss Mikels interrupted With, llO. Henry, come and fmish this story! aLOUIs OSTRIN, 9B. C. L. P. teacher: HWhat is the Hague tribunal? . Max: llThe Hague tribunal ar- C. L. P. teacher: HDonlt say The Hague tribunal aref Max; use is. Max: uThe Hague tribunal isbitrates national disagreements. Boy: HGive me some clothes line. Storekeeper: HHow long do you want t it? Boy: ULong enough to reach from the cellar Window to the clothes line post. Gen. Science teacher: llWho can tell me how long a person can live Without brains. Fresh Pupil: uLet some one remember this question When you die. Height of Ambition Lazy Mike: uI have a new position with the railway company. Weary Rhodes: uWhat is it? Lazy Mike: llYou know the fellow that goes alongside the train, and taps the axles to see if everythingls all right? Well, I help him listen. Customer: uHave you any dog meat? Butcher: ,uI have no dog meat, but I have some meat for a dog. Earle 8., looking at signboard: Look. they spelled to gether apart. Heard in a Library lesson. Miss Crosby: HIf you were a grocer. how would you arrange your canned goods? Pupil: HAlphabetically. Ruth Z. in history. 66

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wiiFE t2? ?M. MY . o .Su-wOlv $.11 $513. a 4.9: J i orHc E. 4 :9 AM. 4M I tfx 6r; few 1;; TE; HaulNENi-S ' 1 Z . '30ch . ,, wnu: a FEMxER Naao: Efrain? THEY LAMNED iTwas an afternoon in early March, When down the street there came Lincoln boys so brave and bold A-going to the Game. They thought of naught but basket ball As to the game they went; They knew not what awaited them Succeeding this event. A happy afternoon had flown, But When the fun was past Lincoln boys went home in fear, Remorseful and aghast. They realized-that they had erred And they must meet their fate: To say that they were sorry, then Was surely quite too late. At last the fateful hour arrived And they were told to comee With books and pencils in their hands ' tWithout their chewing gumy Unto the mourners' bench, when school Was over for the day. For three whole weeks they must report And miss their joyful play. And When their sentence has been served Tm sure they'll neier forget The day they went to see the game, And with misfortune met. -R. B.. 9B-2. 68