Medora High School - Medorian Yearbook (Medora, IN)

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Noland! Yes, mamma. i What in tl1e world are you pinch- ing baby for? Let him alone. Aw, I ain't doing lllltllill., NVe're playing automobile a11d he's the horn. - There is a man so miserly that when he counts l1is money he gets drunkto see double. Mr. Goss: QR.eading off books, over- duej Russell, 'FThe Bluebird' Clara, F011 have 'Freckles'. James Crooke: fMaking up for 'What Happened to Jones'7 IVhat on earth has become of that hp- stick-the black one. Arthur: QI11 Caesar class? They sent legates to Caesar and of that legacy there were two lieutenants and one legionary. ,l.ii- Found on a book. This 'book belongs to Juanita Matlock and please return it. You may think this a strange request but although I find my friends to be poor inathematicians, they are all good book-keepers. 1..,,..l1- Said Cecille to Dwight while out driving one night: My dear, I'm about to freeze! I'll give you my coat, quite gal- lantly said Dwight, Said Cecille, I want only-the sleeves. Mr. Rankin: VVhat part of history is the 'hardestf' IVilbur S: The stone age. Ilfihna Massena: IVould you walk across tl1e street to hear our orches- tra play? George XVIII. Z.: Yes, if I happen- ed to be on the same side. A prominent journalist in New York, who is perfectly bald, has of- fered. a reward of S1000 for a tale that will make his hair stand on end. Dr. Matlock, who was called upon to attend a hysterical woman, asked l1ow long she had been in that con- dition and received this response from l1er husband. Ever since she ran up against an echo out in tl1e back yard this morn- ing and found she couldn't have the last word. C6 Mr. Goss: How long can a per- son live without brains, Henry? Henry: I don't know. How old are you? Tom H.: I think I will make a line artist as my father can change a laughing face to a sorrowful one with a few strokes of the brush. Austin H.: Oh, that's notl1ing. Dad can do the same thing-only he uses a stick. Mr. Rankin: Aubrey, do you know where shingles were first used? ' 1 Aubrey: Yes, but I'd rather not tell. Mr. Rankin: Thomas, did you ever do any athletic work? Thomas: Yes, I sat next - to Roy Gray at Scottsburg and endeavored to get something to eat.

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IUKES Thomas N.: I say, Herbert, what makes you so cross-eyed? Herbert: From sitting between Doris and Mildred, and trying to make love to both of them at the same time. ' Fassett Mc.: fGoing home one night when last winter's sleet was onj Very singular, when water freezes, it always freezes with the slippery side up! Y7 Senior: Do you like cod-fish balls? Freshie: I really don't know. I never attended one. The last case of indolence is that of a man named John Hole, who was so lazy that in writing his name, he simply used the J. and punched a hole in the paper after it. There is a chap down east whose name was New. He na.1ned his first child HS0l116tllI11g.,, It was Some- thing New. He named the rest 'tNothing. They were Nothing New. A gentleman was chiding his son for staying out late and said: Willy, when I was your age, my father wouldn't even allow me to go out after dark! Then, said the young profligate, you had the dence of a father! NVIIQPQIIIJOII the father very rashly vociferated, I l1ad a confounded sight better one than you have, you young rascal! Miss M.: CIn Grammarj Graydon, express a thought. -Graydon: I don 't believe I can. Miss M.: Tha.t's a good one. The best great short criticism of the modern WVO111311,S dress is that it begins too late and ends too soon. Donald Massena in Latin I surpris- ed Miss Maniou by the following translation: Vir-a man. Gin--a trap. Virgin-a man-trap. Roy Gray and Luella Massena were out walking one day when they pass- ed a popcorn stand. N Lnella: My, doesn't that smell good? Roy: Um-huh! Let's turn around and walk by again. He: CColored suitorj Honey, you ain't gwine ter gib up dat good job you has workin' for de white folks when we gits married, is you? She: But a.in't we gwine to have no honeymoon and take a trip on the train somewhere ? He: One of us might go, honey. Dey ain't a thing holdin' me, but youse got spolisibilitiesf' Mr. Goss: 'What were the dark ages, Arthur? Arthur: I don 't know unless it was before gas was discovered. Miss M: QI11 Senior Grammarj Cecille, give me a simple sentence. Cecille: I can't. Miss M.: f'Correct.

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Old Lady: Now be careful, driv- er, this is the first time I ever rode in a taxi. Chauffeur: You've got, nothing on nie. This is the first time I ever drove one. Joe S.: I hate to go through life alone. - Juanita M.: IVhy don't you get your mother to chaperone you? Porter H. Stayed out of school one day and went to a l1og sale. Nobody would bid on him. Noland Smith had a habit of put- ting on his trousers hind-part before. His mother tried to break him from the habit by making him say hind part first, a hundred times. His mind was so occupied with it that in his evening prayers he said: Now I lay me down to sleep, hind part first, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep, hind part first, If I should die before I wake, hind part first, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take, hind part first. 77 Judge: fTo Irislnnanj Are you married J! Irishman: ' ' Yes, sir. ' ' Judge: IVho did you II1Zl1'1'y'? ' Irislnnan : ' ' A woman. ' ' Judge: ffingrilyj Did you ever see anybody who didn 't marry a woman ? Irishman: Yis, me sister married a man. Mr. Hutchison: 'fCan you name a liquid that will not freeze? Carrie S.: Sure boiling water! ? P1 0 . A Freshie in his hands Mr. Goss did take, , And proceeded to give him an nn- earthly shake, , ' Said the Freshie, Wha.t's tl1e mat- ter with me? ' Said Goss: The devil l1a.s a hold of you-as Replied the Freshie: I think so too! Grace J.: Oh, I wish God l1ad made me a. man! Lew S.: He did, I'm the mauli' I I know a young lady who -said: I never, no never, shall wed, I T But the very next day A That girl ran away VVith the town 's 'only truly sap-head. Don't they look sweet? asked Miss McMillan. There are twenty- seven of them and you will notice they are all about- the same size. Yes, said one of the visitors, a poultry man, they look as if they might have been hatched in an incu- bator. Gerald H. was struggling through a story in his English lesson. No, said the captain, he read, It was not a sloop. It was a larger vessel. By the rig I judged it be a- a-a- The word was new to Gerald. Bargue, said Mr. Rankin. Still Gerald hesitated. Bargue, repeated Mr. R. sharp- ly. Gerald looked as' though he had misunderstood. Then with an ap- prehensive glance toward the class lie shouted, Bow-wow.