Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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------------- :TKE 11920 WwimJL 2 •A t “TOPICS OF THE DAY'’ Somebody ought to make the freshmen walk up stairs. Then the rest of us could use the elevators. . Since Milwaukee went dry we get only one cup of coffee at the mess hall. The human heart is a generator of electricity. It was hoped that the passing of alcohol would reduce the current to normal and prevent the blow- ing of so many fuses. Now Mr. Leap Year came and reversed the terminals. Lookout for strange sparking and poppings, engineers! Some fellows may not see any sense in examining old and discarded fuse blocks, but it might prove profitable to the careful. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR The origin of the shimmy has been traced to the D’Arsonval Galvano- meter. Students at S. O. E. determined the quantity of ohms required to kill the average person. Facklcr made the discovery that the major axis of an ellipse is always longer than the minor axis. SOCIAL BURSTS Placing your cigarette on a chair at a dance just before a member of the faculty sits down. Starting to tell a wild story when she knows the ending. Mistaking witch hazel for gin—it’s bad for digestion. Swearing in the Y. M. C. A.—unless you are the speaker. Kissing a girl at a dance—you are bound to be seen. Putting your feet in the chalk tray. Spitting tobacco-juice out the window. Not to laugh at Matthews’ jokes (?). Asking fool questions in Bovee’s class. Swiping spoons from the school cafeteria—they .count ’em. Telling about the wampus and filly-00 bird—they’re extinct. Opening your mouth and putting your foot in it. When an electrician makes a mistake he blames it on “Induction” be- cause no one knows what that is. The Eskimo sleeps in his little bear skin And keeps very warm I am told. Last night 1 slept iii my little bear skin And caught a deuce of a cold. Page One Hundred Twenty-three

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 ---- 4 ?lKE 11920 EM ’ ’ , 's' SIMPLIFIED SPELLING If an S and an I and an O and a U With an X at the end spell Su, And an E and a Y and E spell I Prey what is a speller to do? Then if also an S and an 1 and a G And H-E-D spell side, There’s nothing much for a speller to do But to go and commit siouseyesighed. M Oh Gertrude, someone over in the Frat house has pale pink pajamas. The betting is even that he won’t last the week out. When you meet a knocker hit him where his brains ought to be and kick him where they are. 4 I “Now I lay me down to sleep In my little bunk, I hope I die before I wake And save another flunk.” THINGS WE LONG FOR. -Mil nr -rmv Page One Hundred Tiventy-four