McKinley Middle School - Mirror Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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32 :M:CIfINrL'E-Y MIRROR Miss La Vell: lVhere is lime-stone found? James Munger: My book says it is found in abundance. . Miss Crager, the school nurse: Tom, you seem to laugh more easily this morning. Toni: I ought to. 1've been practicing all night. Mrs. Beitzoll: John Holbrook, who discovered the Mississippi River? Johnnie: I don't know. Mrs. B.: My stars! What do you know? Tell me what three words l hear most in one day. V Johnnie: I don't. know. Mrs. B.: Corrcet. Miss Jackson: Get ready for a test. Edwin Novak: Should we use pen or ink? You never miss the ink till thc pen runs dry. Don't get historical. The lire truck went hy-Rubber-neck. La Verna I-Iibbs: What is the only thing :1 horse is afraid of now-an days? Minnie Rushek: Another horse, of course. No McKinley Teacher said to Johnnie: I :un beautiful What tense is that in 'V' Johnny: It must be in the past. Miss Dixon fas she was dictating note-book work to the elassj: Set the knives on the right side of your plate,-and put your guna in the waste paper basket. ' ' Gladys Cputting her guru in the basketj: ln which basket shall we put our spoons 'ln Miss Cowden: Name three kinds of bo11es.', Theodore Vesely: 1-Iuinan bones, animal bones, and tronrbonesf' Miss La Vell: What is the shape of the world? Lena Bott: My father says it is in rather bad shape. Two-inrone-Ish and Book-Ahern! Anybody who clings like a postage stamp till he gets there, gets there. M1's. B.: Sit down! APPLE SAUCE

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MeKINLEY MIRROR 31 PERCY HEAVYTHJINKER The eloek turned to ten. I dashed from the history room. On tho last step down the stairs I collided with someone. I stood up and looked through the spectacles of Percy Heavythinker. Algernon, said he, as he flicked a. thread from his tie, I shall chas- Lise you severely if I ever encounter you in such at way again. Resistiug the temptation to push a few of his teeth down his throat, I answered him: I shall report this to Miss Prescott, who is coming around yon pillar. I walked over to Miss Prescott. I iirml ' said Miss Prescott 'I :nn going to punch Percy. 5 J I I7 Miss Prescott in amazed tones gasped, Why, don't punch Percy! Percy is the best pupil we have! but I said, l'm going to punch Percy. Il. looked at Percy all dressed np, highly perfumed and bulging at the sides. 1 whispered, Hl,lll going to punch Percy. -James Glidden. English Teacher: NVhat is a. pronoun? Student: A pronoun stands for a. noun. English Teacher: Give an example? Student: Mary milked the cow. The cow stood for Mary, so it is a pronoun. Ever so often Mrs. 1i!lllll0llll catches a. humming bee in the library. They never sting her though. HYMN TO THE ONE-LEGGERS 'Praise them, all ye eherubiln, ll-:rise your voices, Seraphim! l-lere's to the one-loggers! Oh, the one-loggers are going strong, Leaning on their desks so long, ' O, their ambition is very high, To stand on one leg, while reciting, or diel , -Elizabeth Hess, 9-A. Marco Luis, 9-B. Why does :L spoon in a cup resemble a. beautiful girl? Because it is in-tea-resting. Alfred Swett: to :1 speetatorj as he enters the library, looking for his books, after work has begun- Hey! gimme my booksl MrsfBal.ll1eim: This is no delivery room. It's :L library. Alfred Swett: You want this to be a 'deef' and dumb school, do you? Mrs. Ballheim, calmly: There are surely some dumb ones here, and the Ii,br:.Lrian will be 'deef' if you go on. Miss Jackson: What! Forgotten your book again, Bob? What Would you think of a soldier without a gun? Bob: I'd think he was an officer.

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MQKINLEY MIRROR 33 OUR ADVERTISERS Pupils of McKinley, we 11m.y prove the saying, It pays to 2'lflV91'13'lSC,H by pntrouizing the Hrms whose :urls make the McKinley NIl'l'1'01' possible. NVQ thunk these :ulvf-1'tisv1's who have faith in our school paper. Mrly our palzrouago !l,SSlll'C them of our :1,pp1'ceiatiou. -The Business Stuff. ,ij,...-.,.-...-...-...-...,..,.......,...-...-...-.......-..........o..,...-.......-...-.,.....-...-...-......? 9 ' 6 3 E. K. Laumer Hardware Co. g E TOOLS AND BUILDERS' SUPPLIES E 5 120-122 South First Street 9 6 ! -3-superman-Qnew-1-pa-J-:Q3meal-3.14910-any.eng-gag-9.1.9-pg..-any-tulveflli-lnrdagnlfz-1.3 5 5 ' G-et your next: Hair Cut, Bob, Marcel or Shampoo at the .e O 0 ' 9. 3 McKmley Barber and Beauty Shop g 5 SERVICE THAT SATISFIES 2 Opposite McKinley School E :Diningn .1443- Qnj-9-Q41-Q134.311- 3njnialoiugaQ11n1-Q491jlC1lutullZ1lo31IvC'l.2 s g W en ne Q-na mates - 5 g or when 1 6 . 0. Q Q Ones Ffrzends Graduate E J ygsagtm 3 5 , ,gf ?C3t2jfeJ3,1 9 2 The Cgzft That Pleases tg liegizgsux 2 is found at A EX 9 . Q e ' ' ' 2 ZWILLIANS 2 Q 3 Q 6'edarJ?qoids Q 3 -...-...-...-...-...-....,...-...-...-..,.,.,.-...-........-...-.,,.-...-..-...-...-...-...-...-.. 3 3 Z 2 Everyone in this worlfl has friemls, hut very few know who their Q host frieml is, 5 a Q The only real friend you have to vnrry you :xrouud is your feet. 2 Take good cure of them. 2 2 Q To do thflt, Fourth A venue Shoe Hospital will help you, E Call 5918 for furtllvl' informrttiou. Q Q 2 FOURTH AVENUE SHOE HOSPITAL 5 515 Fourth Avenue East 5 5 qzg0-no-3-om-04.0.g.o.g.-..s.-.g.q-5-Q-po-pet5-on-Q-9-fmnomo-1-0.p.Q.g.o-g.q.g.Q.g.Q.g.Q.g-ofgqzg