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

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 Wanted: A pretty girl to write to. Must be 16, rather fast, and every thing.—Woellcrt. Bargain: Engineering III. English class to be disposed of. Inquire of A. C. Ball. Wanted: A vest pocket cuspidor for special use in classes. Will not stop at price. Answer P. D. Q.—A. W. Merriam. Eor sale: Beautiful little story entitled “Why Ionians Make You Cry.” —A. C. Norcott. School for T. M. E. R. L. street car ticket snatchers. Class hours any time.—Prof. Smutty Fulton. Information desired: Who was the guy that thought that in an electrical circuit the juice went one way and the c. m. f. the other? Just out: New book on “Mow Wops Beat The Street Car Conductors.— Poage. Did you ever see: Gob Merriam keep quiet at a meeting. Leonard Kuhn pass a pretty girl without missing several heart beats. Shinkle with his reports up to date. W. Berta Smith without Brauer. Noqueira in school every day. Norcott play football. Top sergeant Bernice Tolbert's little techs, step lively when he comes in view. Pete Stathas without his winning smile. Woellert paying strict attention in class. Our noisy ones Higby and Seaman. Our little fellows: Poage. Meeker. Helwig and Adelsberger. Mow bold Arthur Davis is when reciting. Little as assistant drawing instructor. Jackson stay away from church. Ballard agreeing with Mr. Ball. Hentershee very excited. Our class as a whole. Well give us the once over. Very ambitious: Shinkle thinks that after he finishes the S. O. E. he will apply for position as office boy for Dr. Steinmct .. Teacher: Willie, how many kinds of turtles arc there? Willie: Two, Miss. Teacher: Name them. Willie: The mud turtle and the other kind. JAY B. SHINKLE, With able assistance of Lester Woellert and Leonard Kukn. Page One Hundred Forty-seven

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- ' ' r .- J ' { — TftE 1920 EMF- ENGINEERING III. DICTIONARY OF MODERN WORDS (Revised since July 1. 1919.) AT EASE, ateez. A military term ; this command literally means to lean your rifle against your right hand man and roll a cigarette. BUSINESS, biz.’ncs. Private; a popular form of excuse from classes. CHEMISTRY, kem’istry. A study which has become of national interest since revision of this book. DISMISSED, dismist’. Military term. This command is always appreciat- ed ; usually waited with impatience. EDUCATION, edu-ca’-shon. In pursuance of which we spend our goodly shekels and betimes, our leisure moments. The full scope of this word has not been fully understood. FRIEND, fren’. One who deems it a duty to ask of your health and for a five-spot, frequently. GIRLS, guris.’ On whom the afore-mentioned five is spent in case your friend obtains it. HIBERNATE, hi’-bern-atc. To be present in class. INKING, ing’-king. (Mech. drawing.) A natural way of spoiling your first drawing so that it won’t trouble your conscience to do it over again. JUNK, jungk.’ A term applied to pessimists to the results of your literary efforts. KENNEL, ken’-nel. The average student’s room. LINE, lin. That which your friend hands you while sounding you out for the afore-mentioned five-spot. MYTHOLOGY, mythol’-ogy. A student must be well versed in this im- portant branch of study to be able to explain his absence to the Dean without embarrassment. NERVE, nerv. A quality essential to success. 100% (1200-200 B. C.) Used at universities and colleges to grade examina- tion papers. Now. largely regarded as mythical. PRICE, pris. That which stands between a student and a good meal. QUIZ, ICwiz. A name applied to a method used by instructors to pry into the store of knowledge accumulated by a student. However, the method cannot be regarded altogether as a success since it is possible to ignore the questions, although one should know the answers. RESTAURANT, rest-’o-rant. A place of business following out the philoso- phy laid down by the James brothers, Harry Tracy and a few others. SANDWICH, sand’-wich. A popular form of lottery used in above men- tioned business. It consists of a supposed morsel of food, carefully camouflaged by a slice of bread on each side. The psychological princi- ple upon which this is based is the one relating to the curiosity of persons in regard to hidden treasures. STUDENT, stew’-denf. Now revised to student; the stew being discarded since July 1st. 1919. THINKING, thing’-king. A mental process by which lessons are some- times obtained. Page One Hundred Forty-nine