Morrison High School - Morrisonian Yearbook (Morrison, IL)

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has Zoology Teacher. Where is the home of the swallow? Repeater Soph. In the stomach. Miss Brown. Give me a definition of intuition. Walter Knox. Intuiton is the faculty by virtue that a student of understanding what a teacher says without listening to her. First Junior. Helen S. is going to be a great politician. Second Junior. How's that? First Junior. She can say more things that sound well and mean nothing than any girl I ever met. Mr. Torrence. Why is scarlet ink so valuable for writing pur- poses? John G. Must be it is easily red. First Fresh. I'd rather be good than great. Second Fresh. Well, it's easier. There's less competition. Junior. I'd be pleased to have you go to the theatre with me. Ruth M. Have you secured the seats? Junior. Oh, come now, you're not so heavy as all that. Miss Brown. There have been a lot of problem plays written in the last decade. Gladys R. Decayed. Yes, most of 'em are rotten. Miss Fredeen. Is there any way of stopping these cyclones? Senior. No, it is best that you go right along with them. Miss Barnes. How often did the general assembly meet? Helen Olds. Once a month, three times a year. Soph. Say, can Niagara be dammed? Junior. Yes, for all of me. Soph. Is gravel the cause of cold feet? Experienced Senior. No, cold feet are due to lack of sand. G. D. R. What do you want, Bayard? B. H. I want to kiss somebody. Theo B. Our lab. period is the nicest class I've been in. Junior. Who's in it? Theo. B. Birney and I.

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At the Morrison-Clinton football game, play had stopped and someone asked: Who is hurt? Referee: No one. The third quarter is over. Miss Barnes, excited: How many quarters are there? A fine prize is oifered for a solution of the following: Junior: Miss -,I have been converted, and I want to make restitution for any wrong I have done. I stole some kisses from you, and, and, and I'd like to give them back. Miss -2 Well, Mr. -, of course I don't want to put any obstacle in the way of your doing what you think is right. John F. Miss Fredeen's some chicken. Smith, What makes you think so? John F. Look at her comb. Miss Fredeen, to Specks, who has been raising cane g Earl don't you realize that you are not only disturbing yourself, but others, by that? Don't you ever think of anybody else? Earl: Why, yes, I'm thinking of someone else most of the time. Yes, we all know it. Miss Utley. How many cents in 11-16 dollars? Jim Jenkins. 11,568 Officer, back up the wagon. Miss Powers. What is biology? Senior, taking Zoology. It's a study of two-legged animals. Mary N., in physics. Is there such a machine as a combination auger and hatchet? Mr. Torrence. Certainly. Did you never hear of bor-ax. Fresh. What makes my eyes so weak? Junior. Nothing, only they're in a weak place. Mr. Torrence. Is there any question on the discussion? Bayard H. Yes, but I don't know what to ask. Miss Irwin. What is the meaning of maiden knight? Nancy Carlton. He must have been some sort of a ladies' man, or thot lots of the girls. , . Teacher Suffragette. Oh, if the Lord had only made me a man. Friend. Perhaps he did, dear, but you haven't found him yet.

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Bayard's the statliest type of man, In port and speech Olympian, Whom no one met, at first, but took A second awed and wondering look. Miss Barnes Cspeaking of old graduatel. Everything he touched seemed to prosper. W. E. W. I wish he'd touched my hair. Norman R. You're a girl after my own heart. Helen S. Not much, even if it is leap year. Miss Barnes. Isee Japan is considering a plan to bridge the Shimonoseki Straits at a cost of 810,000,000 Soph. I'm not surprised at the cost. It's an awful name to get over. Teacher. Fish is an excellent brain food. Bob Weaver. What kind of fish would you advise me to eat? Teacher. According to some of your work, l'd suggest a whale. Miss Fredeen. Is this a free translation? John F. No, ma'am. It cost me fifty cents. Teacher. Did you know that there was burning fire in the body all the time? Fresh. Yes, sir, and on a cold day you can see the smoke. AT THE FOOT BALL GAME Ted Cas new player passesb. There goes the new fellow. He will soon be our best man. Enid. Oh, Ted, this is so sudden. CAnd thus it happenedb Teacher. What three things contain starch? Junior. Two cuffs and a collar. Arthur Cleverstone. Hey, Stickie, let me take your civics. Charles B. What for? Art C. I want to look up about carbons. Instructor in Ag. What is the position of the roots of a corn plant in a wet spring? Remember, in a wet spring. Alfred H. All the springs I ever saw were wet. 4