Mattituck High School - Reflector Yearbook (Mattituck, NY)

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DISCOVERIES Dust is mud with the juice squeezed out. The moon is the only lighting system that never made money. A delta is a river with its mouth full of mud. A caterpillar is an upholstered worm. The laboratory isn’t heated because the furnace operator lacks elbow grease. The 1919 Freshmen are “nuts.” A civil suit is a suit a soldier puts on after he has been discharged from the army. 1 he Lieutenant Governor is a man who assists the Governor after his death. The school time is ten minutes behind the railroad time because the railroad refuses to run their time ac- cording to the school time. WANTED ADS anted by Lyndon 1 uthill: Box of high class stationary, good pen, and a bottle of Waterman’s foun- tain pen ink, also a second class mail box or a reliable mail carrier. Wanted—by Hope Duryea: Energy. Wanted—by Gertrude Cooper: A daily newspaper. Wanted—by Clara Bond: A fellow with lots of money. Wanted—by (?): A ticket to Port Jefferson.

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WEBSTERS Hope—That which is expected by Lyndon. Hazel—A peculiar nut which is usually found in Brazil but this one in Mattituck. Millicent—Not in common use. We hope it will be found in the next edition of Websters. THE SUCCESSION Mr. Hughes was hearing a class in civics and asked this question: “If the President, Vice President, and all the members of the cabinet died who would officiate ? ’ The class thought for some time trying in vain to recall who came next in succession. David Bader at last had a happy inspiration and he answered: “The Undertaker.” Upon entering Miss Stisser’s room you are first given the “once over” by VERA RULAND the Chief inspector of the Sophomore Class. Then you are nearly blown out of the room by a draft caused by the blowing of CARLL GRATHWOHL relating one of his imaginary rides of the night before which as usual doesn’t amount to much. While he is relating those coincidences NORMA just sits and casts those eyes. But there is one who is oblivious of this. It is studious BLAIR who has his nose buried in a “Caesar Book”. Now, stop!—look!—and listen for CLARA BOND is going to render us a solo entitled,—“The Rose of No Man’s Land.” Above this loud clamor is heard the shrill giggling of JENNIE GRAY laughing at one of her own jokes the point of which no one else can see. Oh! but we have forgotten ALICE WOLFE. But she is just “O”! Signed—DADDY LONGLEGS.

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A UTILITARIAN Aunt (at the breakfast table): “You always ought to use your napkin, Georgie.” Georgie: “I am usin’ it, Auntie, I’ve got the dog tied to the leg of the table with it.” Lyndon (after studying Caesar): “Weren’t there crude automobiles in Caesar’s time?” Hope: “Why do you ask?” Lyndon: ‘‘Well, here it says, the Rhone was crossed by Fords!” Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The sad.lest are these. “You’ve flunked again!” Miss Brown: “Take the sentence: He slipped and fell! Is that a simple or complex idea?” George: “That’s according to the point of view you take.” Sing a song of Jesse, Charming in his looks. But Vera’s always happy, You can see it in her looks. Hope (after attending Physics class for twenty weeks): Well, the only subject, I don’t like is Physics, and I hate that. Miss Boice: I never could learn the Physics de- finitions when I was in High School. Hope: Oh! are there definitions in Physics?