Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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What’s that he’s saying? Oh, he wants that little slip of paper under my book. Why-er-er-I can’t hardly because that has some very personal business on it. I tell him so and he says he doesn’t want to see it. I sure did get off easy that time be- cause that “little slip of paper” was a note from some one whose name I will not divulge. There goes Henry to help John work his English. It seems to me he spends most of his time working the teachers. He naturally has to work at something. He wants to know what’s going on in the corner. They tell him they ' re studying. But he says “Yes, but it’s Femaleology.” Henry goes back to his corner and seems to be quite con- tented to look over his book through the window. I wonder what Art is dreaming about? How often he brings back to my mind the song “Dreamland”. And Elmer, how he entertains the ladies, how they appreciate it if they do say he is a nuisance. He is a strate- gist. He comes down here and on the way he slyly slips Louedla a note, I sup- pose it is a little information she needs about her lesson. No, she blushes so it must be about something more im- portant. What would the girls do with- out this shiek? Josephine seems to be rather fidgety all at Qnce. Oh, Ray has come into the room. What is that in the back of the room? Oh it is three girls maneuvering for first place with Murray. Martha has gained it. Murray must now remain si- lent for Martha is doing the entertain- ing. Just a few ' minutes left, now I must hurry. To prove CE equals CF. There comes Ruth parading down the aisle. She seems to have much business. She is in a rush. Oh, a new dress, new shoes and stockings. You look nice Ruth. Now ' don’t you think it’s time you sat down and gave another girl a chance? Why it’s time for class already. The time goes fast in study period but when it comes to reciting — well that’s different. Now for another forty min- utes of torture. So long. - ERICH STARK.

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ASSEMBLY STUDY PERIOD H ALF a period gone and no Geom- etry studied. When Euclid orig- inated this study he never realized the enemies he was to make. Why could- n’t Euclid have invented the radio in- stead of Geometry? Think of the friends he would have made. This sci- ence was first used in establishing the boundaries in the Nile valley after the river had overflown its banks and wash- ed the mud huts of the dwellers away. But I don’t live in a mud hut and so why should 1 study the subject? There, as soon as one tries to study the girls have to talk about the fine time they had last night. Yes, the party was a success but it won’t help our deportment mark.” “Girls don’t talk so loud. I’ve a lessson to get out.” “Oh, have you woke up?” Excuse us for disturbing your slumber.” Oh, there’s Ralph wanting to talk to Bill the whole length of the room and Mr. Lucas watching him. Bill is try- ing to make him understand he is be- ing watched. Well, he wouldn’t heed the warning so now he is given one of the honors of the school. He is given the exclusive privilege of sitting by himself in the arm chaii which is in the front of the room. My, he looks like a monarch upon a throne, except he seems a little less comfortable. Now I’ve got a bawling out. I asa- ed about my Geometry lesson. Frances, Rose, I ouella and Lillian have been hav- ing a tea party and not a word has been said to them. Maybe if I dressed in girls’ clothes I could get away with it. Ah. a note coming my way. Say Bill, toss it over when the boss isn’t looking. Now to see what is on it! Oh shucks, a note from Grace asking me why the class pins haven’t come. Those girls are always pestering me about the pins. Well that’s a girl for you, that’s part of their makeup. Gosh, only ten minutes left and no Geometry studied, let me see, if two triangles have two sides and the. Ouch! Hi, don’t get too funny with those pa- per wads and that rubber band or I’ll get my bean shot-gun into action. This sure is a hot corner when the gattling guns get busy and the light in- fantry get their rubber bands limbered up and they find their mark. Just a few days ago Milford received a paper wad on the ear which made him shout out loud then — well silence is golden — you know what happened. It seems as if every one in the 100 m is getting spring fever. Well, this isn’t getting my geometry. Let me see where did I get to? Whew! James is getting it good and proper for entertaining Ethel too much. Well, it isn’t his fault altogeth- er because his mind is of the peculiar type to think up and work out some new invention for mischief. Here comes the tormenter this way. Now what can he want here? 1 hope he doesn’t tell me to get busy because I might and that would defeat the whole purpose of the study period, and, in ad- dition, 1 would lose some valuable time during which I could have much fun.

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JOKES One of the boys in the Biology class became very much concerned over the theory of evolution, and asked his mo- ther thus Mother, am I descended from a monkey?” “1 don ' t know,” the mother replied, ‘1 never knew your father’s people.” There stands Reverend Mr. Naylor, Whom everyone relies on. Who never says a foolish thing. And always does a wise one. Josephine Williams had some difti culty convincing Mr. Harper that she was not a grade pupil and that she be- longed in high school in Merrillville. That’s the trouble with being so small, Josephine. But, never mind, you’ll grow r . We know you’ll be thirteen next September. The other day a young unmarried friend of mine came up to me and said: “Say, you have a swell looking woman teacher down there”. “You mean our commercial teacher?” 1 said. “Oh, she’s all right except for one thing.” “What’s that?” he asked. “She’s mar- ried.” Lillian Fredrick inquiring of Mr. Appleman if the girls could sit togeth- er during the hot lunch demonstration. Lillian — “Mr. Appleman. are we go- ing to sit together during the demon- stration?” Mr. Appleman — “I don’t know, I’d like to but people might talk about it. Malcolm Halsted made a break the other night when he asked Josephine Farley to go to the show- with him. But it was a worse break to him when she told him she wouldn’t go out with a lit- tle kid like him. What Would Happen? • IF We had thirteen in the Geometry class. Elmer wouldn’t write notes to M. I F. Ray didn’t talk out loud. Ralph would answer one history question a day. IJoyd grew ' any tal ler. Hazel didn ' t flirt with Lee. Mr. Naylor said ‘produce’ instead of ‘projuce’. Jo didn’t w ' rite a note to Ray every day. Jeff studied his lessons. We missed our Physics class. Gerald didn’t chew r gum in school. The fire escape should he wet w ' heu we have fire drill. The teachers could make A’s as well as other letters. (For our grade cards). We had a gymnasium. The Freshmen decided to have a par- ty. There weren’t any mails to carry notes after school closes. Caesar had died w ' hen he was a lit- tle boy. Patrons should visit the school. Diogenes were on earth to-day.