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

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I’LL TELL YOU WHAT’S KEEPING YOU DOWN JIM I’ll tell you what’s keeping you down, Jim, It’s the same job year after year; Though your service has been long and faithful And your record is straight and clear. 1 have thought on your case many times, Jim, And of what 1 could do for you— I’d be glad of a chaicc to promote you, But what other work can you do? There is! work to be done all around, Jim, That carries more money, and still, Of all the jobs that surround you, Is there even one you can fill? True, you’ve been working many years in service, And you’ve never been known to shirk; But what time have you spent in preparing To take up some other man’s work? On the heavy upgrade of achievement, Where the footsteps of others have led, It’s the men who arc always preparing That arc constantly forging ahead; There are places ahead to be filled, Jim, For those who are playing the game, But some won’t prepare for promotion, The firm is not always to blame. GIVE UP There is a man who never drinks nor smokes nor chews nor swears; who never gambles, never flirts and shuns all sinful snares. He’s paralyzed. MATHEMATICS A gravitation is that which if there were none, we should all fly away. (Note English.) A Mr. Newton invented gravity with the aid of an apple. “Grapes.” Things that are impossible are equal to each other. Modern Conveniences: Incubator and fireless telegraphy. Algebraic symbols arc used when you don’t know what you arc talking about. The line opposite the right angle in a right triangle is called the “hipppo- potamus.” Parallel lines are same distance apart all the way and cannot meet unless you bend them. Horse-power is the distance one horse can carry a pound of water in an hour. Instructor: “Give me an example of a safety factor.” Student: “Gibraltar.” Instructor: “What’s the big idea?” Student: “Most insurance companies use it to denote their strength as a safety factor.” Page Three Hundred Twenty-five

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