Mexico High School - Pep Yearbook (Mexico, ME)

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THE PEP 23 -50,1 Mr. Dwyer, in History: Name one of the greatest men in American history. Francis Gaudette: Lindbergh Mr. Dwyer: What about such a man as Benjamin Franklin? F. Gaudette: Why, teacher, all he could fly was a kite. -.4041 Josie: Gee, my shoes are dirty! Whatis good for cleaning these light shoes, girls ? Emery: Try gasoline. I think that will do the trick. Mary: Maybe so, but suppose someone drops a lighted match near her shoes ? Leona: She'l1 have hot dogs! -.toil Dawson fafter Lewiston football gamej: Do you serve crabs here? Waitress: We serve anyone. Sit down. 1-TQOQ1... Mr Rose fin Sciencej: What is the most dangerous part of an automobile? Moose Gallant: The nut that holds the steering wheel. .ini Teacher: Who can tell me what the former ruler of Russia was called? Class: Czar. Teacher: Correct. And what was his wife callled? Class: Czarina. Teacher: Correct. And what were the czar's children called? A pause, then a small voiced piped up: Czardines.' .iqtyl First Boy: Your father must be an awful mean man-A shoemaker and makin' you wear those old boots. Second Boy: He isn't what your father is. A dentist and your baby's only got one tooth. -.-pal. There was a piece of cold pudding on thd lunch table and mamma divided it between Everett and janet. Everett looked at his mother's empty plate. Mamma, he said earnestly, I can't enjoy my pudding when you haven't any. Take Janet's. .....-,Ot-... Beatrice Pocius' mother found her in the barn, vigorously shaking her pet rabbit and saying: ::Five and five! How much is five and five? I Beatrice! exclaimed the shocked parent. What are you trying to do ? Why, said Beatrice, our teacher told us rabfbits multiply rapidly, but this one is dumb, he can't even add? L-qotl. Dick Dorr: Hey, Ship, do you know that Mr Hargreaves gives a bird away with every glass of soda Water he sells? Ship Ferland: W'hat kind of a bird? Dick Dorr: Swa1low. LQJOIQM. Edward Sherwood asked Howard Dorr what moonshine was, H. Dorr replied: When the sun shines on the moon and the moon reflects it on the Earth! That's moonshine. ..--tot, Mr. Rose fin Science classj: Masalasky, does tthe moon affect the tide? Masalsky: No, only the untied. 1.-,Qui Mrs Brown: I hope you didn't take a second helping of cake at the M Club supperf Clydie: No, ma, I took two pieces the first time. -.-,Qui Ike Dawson fon basketball trip, after a hearty supperj: Now I've had lunch, when do we eat?i' .-...Oli Clyde Brown: Didnt I tell you to notice when the soup boiled over ? Tom Muir: I did. It was half-past ten.

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22 THE PEP JOKES Roy Downs, who had been throwing spitballs. Mr. M. Young fsharplyj: You go to H!!! Qmeaning room HJ. L-40911-. E. Gallant: I wish you would come and help me choose a new suit, W. Gallant: But I don't think my taste is any better than yours. E. Gallant: No, but your credit is. .-.-10,-.. Mr. Weeks: Celand, go fetch the old horse. Celand: Why the old one, father? Mr. Weeks: Wear out the old ones lirst, that's my motto. Celand: Well, then, father, you fetch the horse. g -1401- Miss Lengwin Uune bridej: Have you any nice slumps this morning?', Walter Stisulis Qbutcherj: Slumps? hat are they? old man. Miss Lengwin: I don't know, but my husband is always talking about a slump in the market, so I thought I'd try one. .-140.-.- Mr. DeWitt: What is a pessimist? Roy Spydell: I don't know. Mr. DeWitt: What do you think it is? Roy Spydell: A female pest. -coal Roland Brown: Do you want a large or small picture? Aldona Rasytinis: A small one. Roland Brown: Then close your mouth, please. -i-K-1.1. Art. Ferland: You can't imagine how nervous I was when I proposed to you. Miss 'Stalfordz You can't imagine how nervous I was until you did. liQOl M. Young: Class, you can't study biology looking at me. Am I the only the room? -..-ggi PROVED How do you know that Perkins doesn't know anything about sports? Why he said he knew Babe Ruth when she was a chorus girl. A BRIGHT STUDENT M. Young fin Biology classy: How many kinds of teeth are there? W. Gallant: Four. M. Young: What are they? - Student: False teeth, Bridge teeth, Gold teeth and rotten teeth, M. Young: Get out of here. -40i..- A corporal was marching in front of his squad when he overheard a voice in This squad is just like a llivver. The crank is in front. Yes, snapped back the corp. But the nuts are all behind. 1.191- G. Proctor: Why do you call me the flower of the gang? D. Bartlett: Because you're such a blooming idiot. i-,-Q01-1 Dora Burgess: At the board in shorthand class writing the word brain. Miss Swan: What's the matter with your brain down there, Miss Burgess? attractive person in the rear rank say:

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24 THE PEP -1.0.-, M. Young: Did you make the baseball team? L. Spydell: No, they had one. ...,-0.1 Mr. Young: John, name an organ of the bodyf' john: The teeth. Mr Young: What kind of an organ is it ? john: grind organ, ma'am. iigi.. W. Brown: I'd try another photographer, if I were you. F. Gaudette: But the picture looks like me.. W. Brown: Yes, that's why I'd try another. A .1-0, Mr. Young QBiologyj: Tell all about the Pithecanothropus man. Bud Dorr: What man did you say? Mr Young: The Pithecanothropus man. Bud Dorr: I thought it was a whole family. .-jgm... Utility Company, please note: Mr Rose Qin Science classy: What is the difference between electricity and lightning? ' Freshman boy: You don't have to pay for lightning. 1.-40..., Carl Young: James, what are parentheses ? F. Harlow: Er-uh-a-something like cowboy's legs. I ' 0 , -, .- A child, pointing to a bald-headed man, asked it mother: Mummie, is he a nudist? The child's mother replied: Yes, dear, but only a beginner. - -.-.tori ABSENT MINDED The professor was busy on a problem when a nurse rushed in to announce an addition to the family. It's a little boy, sir, she told him breathlessly. A little boy, eh! said the professor. Well, ask him: what he wants. -doh- . . The woman went to a movie show one night and she was so big she had to have two seats instead of one, so she ordered them. When she go' there that night she found out that the seats were on opposite sides of the hall. 1-,0. . Judge: Mose, is your wife dependent upon you? 1 Moser She sho is, judge. If I didn't go out and get de washins, she'd starve plum to death. 1.-10... TOOK A CHANCE . The old farmer was close and miserly. When the hired boy asked for a lantern, that he might call on his best girl, the old fellow grumbled: In my day, when I was courtin' I went in the dark! f ' ' Humph! murmured the boy, gloomily, and see what ye got! -1-40-.-. E. Fournier: I've got a freak on my farm. It's a two-legged calf. L. Bartlett: I know. He came over to call on my daughter last night. ..-tor., D. Bartlett fshowing through her housej: See that picture up there? It's hand painted. I. Petrie: What of it? So's our chicken house. V .-49.1 Junie Simon fthe day the school house caught On firej: Oh, Dear! Wait a minute 'til I get my vanity case! 1.-40.-..- Freshman to a little 'boyz Do you know what happensato little boys who use bad language while playing marbles ? Boy: Yes, sir. They grow up and play golf.