Morrison High School - Morrisonian Yearbook (Morrison, IL)

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Miss Barnes CAnc. Hist.J. Who was Zeus? James Jenkins. He was a Greek goddess. Fresh. What's the board of education? Mr. Mouck. It used to be a shingle. Miss Barnes Cspeaking of succession to the thronel. What would the Germans do if the Kaiser should die? Beatrice J. Bury him. John Gridley CEng. Hist.J. Oh, Charles I was fierce and cruel. Teacher. Have you any proof of your statement? John G. Why, he cut a man's ears off, and then after a while he cut them off again. Student, reading German. He was very wonderful. Teacher. Why do you think he was so wonderful? Helen Olds. Because he held her hands. Alfred Collins. I'd rather be a live coward than a dead hero. Charles Burr. Hold! You know not my passion when angry. Sherman G. If noise makes a man, my chances are unexcelled. Miss Aitken. Where does a lyric poem get its name? George K. Because the poem is always accompanied by a liar tlyrel. Miss Utley to Miss Barker, at lunch. Mother, what will you have, light or dark meat? Student in Chemistry naming members of the vegetable king- dom: Onions, potatoes, beets, etc. Torrence. Now name some of the animal kingdom. Butt-in. Egg. Helen O. No, egg aint in the animal kingdom. Miss Irwin. Clarence, explain the difference between vision and sight. Bealy Austin. Some girls are visions, others are sights. Helen O. was in need of an imitation spider for use in the class play, so she went up to a clerk in the store and inquired: Have you any spiders? Clerk: What do you mean, skillet?

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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

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Heard in English III. Bright Junior. England defeated the invisible Armada. Mr. Weaver, in ofiice, to Senior very much depressed: What's the matt er? Senior: I don't know. I got my own breakfast and I guess I must have poisoned myself. Martha B., paying for Senior cap. I want to pay for my cap. Clerk. Got the money? Martha B. Now, what do you think I'd pay you with? Miss Utley. George, take your seat. George. Sorry, Miss, but Mr. Mouck screwed it to the iioor. Teacher. Can anyone tell me why they made the hand of that Statue 11M inches long? Bright Soph. If they'd made it 12 inches it would have been a foot. Gladys R. All the Democrats in favor of installing this plank in our platform for 1916, please signify by saying Nay. Poor Freshie. Can't you see, teacher, I am trying to get ahead. Teacher. I hope you succeed, you need one bad enough. Miss Aitken. I can hardly remember the time when the popu- lation of the U. S. was only 50,000,000--25 years ago. Andrew S., in a stage whisper. How could she. She was only about ten years old then. Miss Barnes. Emerson, how do you make a maltese cross. Pete. Step on its tail. Junior. I heard you got a letter from your folks this a. m. Soph. Yes, I did. Junior. Any good news. K Soph. I don't know. It said return the letter in five days, and three days were almost up, so I didn't stop to read it. Miss Fredeen. How do microbes multiply. Fresh. Very rapidly. Miss Irwin, in Eng. Gram. Give the comparison of little, Clyde.