Marengo High School - Tiger Yearbook (Marengo, IA)

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Agony: Amlbition: Bluff : Boldness: Crammed: Demerit: Examinations: Faculty: Friend: Grades : Girls: Headache: Plookey: Horsepower: Ice: lmpudence: Junior: Joke: J une: Kiss: Language: Miracle: Noon: Overshoesz Obstreplsrousz Physics: Hrudentz Questions: Recitation: Slang: Tact: Unusual: Vacuum: Work: Yerxes: Yap: Zip: Websler's U nprovoked Adjective descrilbing minutes spent in study hall. What we all think we have. An attempt to say that you we-re 'going to say that which you meant to say you could say. Predominant in Freshmen this year. Stuffed till you ache, yet know naught. Something the teachers think we should have. Ancisnt custom that will mean our ruination. A troublesome omganization. One wiho knows all about you but still likes you. Set of numbers between 0 and 100. Some varieties are as yet undiscovered lbyf most of us. An expensive luxury. A good excuse for absence. What you do the day you have a headache, 'Ilhe distance a horse can carry a lb. of water in an hr. Frozen water-slick side up. Another Freshman trick. A knowing student who expects to graduate in 1927. A group of words, familiarlyl arranged, at which one is sup- posed to laugh. Month when trouble ends for a short time. Nothing, divided by two. An art long out of good use in M. H. S. A day off from class. A period of respite durring' which a hearty m-sal is eaten. Old-fashioned word meaning galoshes or skippers. We'l. look at the Freshmen. Subject introduced during the Spanish Inquisition. Capalble of using discretion. Means of employing the third degree. 45 minute period of agony. D'alect of young America. Art of lying gracefully Cnot pinned up J. A good grade for a good joke in the Annuall. A large empty space where the Pope lives. What we do in school ibut the :faculty doesn't think sol. The Persian king who--oh, well, he was a Persian king. A part of the body commonly known as the mouth. The way Kruse runs.

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It is not hard to write amusing things. You only sit and take your pen in hand- Or you typewrite, if you understand How it is worked-and Wait until the wings Of fancy stir the Heliconian springs Of light and joy, imagination, and Wait until your brain to fever heat is fanned, then reel off the stuff that tickles kings, And It is not hard. Why, it is just as easy! child can do it with supreme delight one prerequisite for sayings breezy ls just to learn to hold a pen and write- then, unless your brain is very cheesv A The And You're 'it' 'the real'-a joker out of sight. MOTTOES Benner- Better late than never. Crenshaw- Ouality means more than quantity. Chambers- Count your calories. White- Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. Owen- Cherchez le femme. Paden- When there is a will, there is a way. Stepanek- Mistakes to the right of her, mistakes to the left of her: on marched few hundreds. Hamm- The ham what am. Merritt- Order is Heaven's first law. Pwadley- pie a big man's right hand. Shipton- Rush and the world admires you: stop and you're left behind. FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS Darlene, I am growing old. Lester Mercer l never pass the 'Buckf' Miss Bradley l'll be your Dutch uncle! Charles Fels ls there anything in a name? Pester High

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Calendar Sept. 3. Registration for the little folks QFr'eshmen and Sophomoresl Sept. 4. Registration day for Juniors and Seniors. Sept. 7. First day of school. Mr. Shipton addresses prospective flunks at Legion Hall Sept. 8. Rain doesn't dampen our spirits: we don't mind missing a few classes. Sefpt. 17. Football Conference at Ames. Were brass kunckles abolished? Sept. 25. Marengo 7, Williamsburg 0. Oct. 2. Clyde Wall enlists in army. Oct. 3. Belle Pliaine 6, Marengo 0. Oct. 9. Latin Club formed at !Miiss Crenshawfs. Don't cry over sour milk. Oct. 12. Brooklym 24, Marengo 0. Oct. 16. Fire prevention day. Mr. Thissen pays no heed. Oct. 20. Cards outg expert forgers commence copying signatures. Oct. 23. A massacre, Tama 40, Marengo 0. Oct. 27. Snow. Miss Paul discards her tennis shoes. Oct. 28. Junior sweaters arrive. Nov. 2. Junior sweaters need cleaning. Nov. 4-6. State Teachers' Convention at Des Moines. Nov. 10. First and last melating of the Shorthand Club. Nov. 12-13. lNormal Trainers have hash house Oriental Tea Ro0m. ' Teachers spir- itual . fW'e mean inspirational.J Nov. 13. Latin party at Dutchers'. Nov. 14. Marengo 7, Iowa City 0. Lyle Kenney misses train and Mr. Shipton chauf feurs him to the game. Nov. 16. Harriett tells Seniors why Annual will 'be good. Nov. 17. T-eacher's party at Miss Me.rritt's. Nov. 18. Sadie Kuch decides to change name. We haven't heart what name she prefers Nov. 19. Thlilrmometers posted. Annual sales are not hot, Nov. 20. Report cards. Practice makes perfect-in copying pa.pa's signature. Nov. 16-20. National Educational Week---but school goes on. Nov. 21. Marengo 9, Montezuma 6. Miss Paul sprains ankle. Nov. 26. Thanksgiving. North English 7, 'Marengo 3. Nov. 30. Billy Seelbach joins the gang. Dec. 1. Officers elected by -Normal Trainers. Dec. 10. Freshy feasts at River to River. Dec. 14. Teacher's patty at Willis's. Meeting of 'basketball hoperfuls. See jokes. Dec. 18. Latin Clulb entertained by Frances Seidel. Dec. 211. Fire occupies attention of 'Hockey Clufb. Dec. 22. Benner late to assembly fexcuse us, this is not an eventj. D+Ec. 24. VACATION! Dec. 25. Christmas. Freshies hang up stockies. Jan. 4. To all joys there is an end. -Tan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Tan. Jan. Jan. Ian. Ian. 5. Freshmen 8, Seniors 6. fSee joke column.J 6. Juniors 5, Sophomores 1. 7. Sonhomc-res 15, Sfniors 75 Juniors 29, Frefhmen 5. 8. Debate. 11. I wonder if I've' got any mail and which college it's from. 12. Exemption list read in 10 seconds time. 15. Registration and cards. Maren-so 2, Brooklyn 0. 18. Have you sef:'n Miss 'Padden'? 19. Alumni 14, Hi-gh School 3. 22. Declamatory contest-triple Senior victory. 22. Conroy 40, Marengo 165 Conroy 2nds 10, Marengo 2nds 8. 26. Alumni 13, Marengo 6. Dan. l2l8. Latin Club party at Glenns'. Jan. 29. Swb-county Ccontestg another threefold victory. Jan. 29. Brooklyvn 21,- Marengo 5.