Mondovi High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mondovi, WI)

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ER }BOD J I AVIGH “Tommy,” said the teacher, “can you tell me the meaning of ‘repentant’? “Yes, ma’am, answered Tommy. “It’s how a fellow’ feels when he get' caught at it.” Nobody Helped Him. A story of Scotch honesty is printed in a Dundee daily. A small boy had taken a prize for an exceptionally well drawn map. After the examination the master, a little doubtful, asked the lad: “Who helped you with this map, James?” “Nobody, sir.” “Come, now% tell me the truth. Didn’t your brother help you? “No, sir; he did it all.” A Natural Difficulty. Old Mose—“Well, Rastus, how is yo' gittin' along wid your rifmatic?” Little Rastus—“De noughts is all right, but the figgers done bother me yet.” A Sample of Senior English. The author of the book called The Spy” was w ritten by Cooper. Keen Cut. “Would you marry him it you were me? I’d marry any one who asked me if I were you. —Ex. Duty Held Him. The traveling salesman had four minutes in which to catch his train. “Can’t you go faster than this? he asked the street car conductor. “Yes,” the bell ringer answered, “but I have to stay with my car. —Life. Does Heaven Know? Mrs. Clancey—“The daredevil would loight his poipe wid a stilk av dynamite, and---” Mrs. Hogan—“ Twas jest loike Tim. What’ll he be doin’ next?”—Puck. Amateur Work. “This poem was written by a prominent lawyer of this city, lias it any value?” “About as much value,” said the editor, “as a legal opinion written by a poet.”—Ex. 27

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THF, HIGH SCHOOL MIRROR 26 “The Booster, La Crosse, Wis., is a very good paper. It is breezy and up-to-date. “The Round Table” foot ball number, Beloit College, deserves especial ment’on for the fine photographs and other features. The following papers are also acknowledged: “The High School Reporter,” Wayzata, Minn. “The Clarion,” Appleton, Wis. “The Criterion,” Waupaca, Wis. “The Adawahgam,” Grand Rapids, Wis. “The Daily Cardinal.” U. of W., Madison, Wis. “The Increscent,” Beloit, Wis. “The Daisy,” Eastern H’gh School. Brooklyn, NT. Y. “The Exponent,” Normal School. Plattev'lle, Wis. SUGGESTIVE. If you have anybody working for you and they lie down on their job, lon’t fire them at once—just call them in and tell this story: Down in Virginia a farmer had an ox and a mule that he hitched together •o a plow. One night, after several days of continuous plowing, and after the •x and the mule had been stabled and provendercd for the night, the ox sa d to the mule: “We’ve been working pretty hard, let’s play off sick tomorrow and lie iiere in the stalls all day.” “You can if you want to,” said the mule, “but I believe I’ll go to work. So the next morning when the farmer came out the ox played off sick, i’he farmer bedded him down with clean straw, gave him fresh hay, a bucket . .f oats and bran mixed, left him for the day and went forth with the mule . lone to plow. All that day the ox lay in his stall, chewed his cud and nodded, slowly 1 linked his eyes and gently swished his tail. That night, when the mule came in. the ox asked how they got along plowing alone all day. “Well,” said the mule, “it was hard and we didn’t get much done, ;:id---” “Did the old man have anything to say about me? interrupted the ox. “No,” replied the mule. “Well, then,” went on the ox. “I believe I'll play off again tomorrow; it was certainly fine lying here all day and resting.” “That’s up to you,” said the mule, “but I’ll go out and plow.” So the next day the ox played off again, was bedded down with clean raw, provendered with hay, bran and oats, and lay all day nodding, blinking, . hewing his cud and gently swishing his tail. When the mule came in at night the ox asked again how they had gotten : ' ng without him. “About the same as yesterday,” replied the mule, coldly. “Did the old man have anything to say to you about me?” again interrupted the ox. No,” replied the mule, “not to me, but he did have a long talk with the ’ itcher on the way home.”—Ex.

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:8 THE HIGH SCHOOL MIRROR Freshman—“We are having a hard time in our domestic science class. Sophomore—“How is that? Freshman—“W e are making rocks.” Teacher—“Who was Goliath? Freshman—“A man who belonged to the tribe of the Philippines. Junior—“The man who went in search of the Holy Grail.” “Oh, no; there ain't any favorites in this family, soliloquized Johnny. “Oh, no. If I b:te my fingernails. I catch it over the knuckles: but if the baby eats h's whole feet, they th nk it is cute.” Want Column. WANTED—Latest improved emergency brake to stop my speed through the halls—Lyle Howard. SENIORS—Several pages of valuable information -on the Elizabethian age so that we w'll be prepared for the next test. FOR SALE—Several miles of bluff under fair cultivation—Paul Walker. A banner entitled: Kiss me, kid; nothing makes me sick. Teacher—“Willie, what is a hypocrite?” Willie—“'A boy who comes to school with a smile on his face. Heard in English IV. The Boys: Frailty, thy name is woman. The Girls: Man delights not me. H. D.: Give thy thoughts no tongue. A. S.: One may smile and snvle and be a villian. “M. B.—“Say, I have an idea.” Senior—“I believe you have; I can hear it rattle. A Freshman (examining a broken window)—“Gee, this is more serious than I thought. It is broken on both sides. How is this for a senior, taking English: “As soon as bis wings would be growed---” Instructor in Physics—“Why doesn’t a diver turn over?” Student—“Because he usually has big feet.” Mr. Mutch—“Paul, can you explain absolute temperature so that Lynn can understand it? P. W.—“No, I don’t believe I can. P. W.— Didn't the thrashing machine resemble the capstan thirty years ago?” Mr. Mutch—“I don't remember. Miss Hahn (in German IV)—“Lynn, is that the way you read it when you prepared your lesson?” L. II.—“No, worse than that.”