Monroe High School - Senior Issue Yearbook (Monroe, MI)

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I Thought He Was Dead, Didn'l You? Miss Covell in A. Lit.: We'll take the life of Longfellow tomorrow. He'll Have io Cul 'Em, Sid Sidney Peles in Grocery Store: How much are lemons? Clerk: Three for a dime. Sidney: Oh! Give me a nickel's worth. Changing the Call They say Edison is working on a machine that will enable us to tall: with t-he departed. ' I suppose the proper call will be 'Heaven-hol' instead of 'Hell-ol' The Decoy Say, Jim, said a friend of the taxicab driver, standing in front of the vehicle, there's a purse lying on the floor of your car. The driver looked carefully arotmd and then whispered: Some times when business is bad I put it there and leave the door open. It's empty, but you've no idea how many people'll jump in for a short ride when they see it. Too Much Preparedness He: If I can't get home for dinner tonight. I'lI send you a telegram. She: Don't bother-l've read it already. Found it in your coat pocket. lrrepressible Senilily Debutante: Go away. You're a perfect old idiot. Ancient Admirer: How you flatter me, my dear! It's the first time anyone has found me perfect. Russell Knapp, reading from Chaucer in Eng. Lit.: She wore scarlet red hoses fmeaning stockingsj. Mr. C. in U. S. History: Mr. Wertenberger, who was the hero at the Battle of Manila Bay? Howard, waiting for an inspiration-Cvoice from the rearlz Go on and tell him or we'll have to stay after school tonight. Howard: Do we, fDeweyD Mr. Cantrick? Mr. C.: Correct. Arthur taking part in a geography exam should be awarded a prize for his definition of horizon, which is as follows: T-he horizon is where the sky and water meet-only they don't.

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A chink by the name of Ching Ling Fell off a street car, bing-bing, The car turned his head, so the passengers said- The car's lost a washer, ding-ding. Lola Rauch in Eng. l2, speaking of Holmes: He would have made a good poet laureate-but he wasn'tl lVlr. Cantrick to Chet Roberts in Civics: What do political parties do when they don't agree? Chet: Disagree! Ed. Laboe in French: My old friend in a dressing gown of flowers, etc., etc.- Al Goldberg in French: Her pale face was decorated by a black hair! He Knew Private fwriting home to fatherl: Say, Captain, how do you spell financially ? Officer: F-i-n-a-n-c-i-a-l-l-y. And the next word you'll use is spelled e-m-b-a-r-r-a-s-s-e-d. Teacher: Now class, 'tickling' means 'running slowly,' and 'anecdote' a 'short tale.' Give me a sentence containing both words. Bright Boy: A dog went trickling down the street with a can tied to his anecdote. Brainp, Eli! Irene Brightbfll, seeing someone with a rabbit tail: Say, do rabbits shed their tails? Now, said a Boston school teacher to his class in English, can any- one give me a word ending in 'ous,' meaning full of, as dangerous, full of danger, and hazardous, full of hazard? For a moment there was a dead silence. Then a small boy raised his hand. Well, queried the teacher, what is your word? Then came the reply: Pinus, full of pie. What do you do with those pants when you wear 'em out? I wear 'em home again.

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Odd, lsn'l ll? Forrest Weisel in A. Lit.: He woke up to find himself unconscious. Mr. C. in U. S. Hist.: What did the N. E. states raise? Frieda: Rum. Reilly: Pat was drowned yesterday. Fitzpatrick: Coulcln't he swim? Reilly: Yes, but he was a union man. He swam for eight hours and then quit. Musical Terms Don't be Ili fsharpj. Don't be b fflatl. just be lq fnaturalj. French chauffeur fto deaf farmer on a Maine roadlz Can you tell me, sare, wer I get some of ze gazzoline? Farmer fwith his hand to his earl: Hey? Chauffeur: Non, non, non! Not ze hay--ze gazzoline. Ziss eez a motor car, not ze horse. E A Tcachefs Reward We have just learned of a teacher who star.ted poor 20 years ago and has retired with the comfortable fortune of 550,000.00 This was acquired through industry, economy, conscientious effort, indomitable perserverance, and the death of an uncle who left an estate valued at S49,999.50. Freshman Moilo Don't study when you're tired, Or have anything else to do. Don't study when you're happy, For that will make you blue. Don't study in the day time, Anal don't study at night. But study at all other times, With all your strength and might. In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to light things-such as, Vr instance-summer underwear. A stitch in time may save embarrassment.