Morrison High School - Morrisonian Yearbook (Morrison, IL)

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-- GRINS -- fkflfbillkik Verna Belle Edlund: I didn't Wear my old shoes today. They fell me down stairs twice yesterday. English II Exam: Describe in full Raveloe. Answer: Raveloe was a beautiful country home with gold- en stairs. Otis: What large ears you have! Byard: Yes, and if I only had your brains, I'd be a perfect donkey- Helen Rounds: Un Junior debatel Some of us can't be as great men as Wilson. Miss Barnes: Can you tell me what college said that a busi- ness course over loads a High School ? Donald R: Cobweb. Wanted: A book containing everything I don't know. Pocket size perferred. O. .B. Miss Tuller: I tried to give subjects which suit. Lorimer K: Here, mine doesn't suit. You can have it. Freshie: Have you Lamb's Tales '? Frank R: Say, this is a bookstore, not a butcher shop. Margaret S: I would never marry a fellow who was study- mg pharmacy. Helen: Why not ? Margaret: Because I never could bear to live on a farm. Isaac: Ladies are lots better looking than men. Alfred: Why, naturally. Isaac: No, artificially. F. S.: fAt Basket Ball Gamej He'll soon be our best man. Irene: Oh, Scottie! This is so sudden! English Teacher: What did Poor Richard's Almanac con- tain ? Student: Proverbs, jokes and an advertisement of Beech- man's Pills. Miss Tuller: Where are the statues that were donated to the school by one of the classes ? Gertrudde B: One of them has its head off. Miss Tuller: Well, the head could be pasted on. The statue was Victory of Samothracef' Miss Barnes: Give the masculine and feminine of monk. Cripp J: Monk, monkey.

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Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 1 1 Mar. 12 Mar. 14 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. Mar. Mar. 26 27 28 Mar. 31 April 1 April 3 April 4 April 4 April 5 April 8 April 10 April 11 April 21 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 29 Juniors decide to get class rings. B. B. Grand Mound Girls vs. M. H. S. Girls, Here, 1-2. Grand Mound vs. Morrison, Here, 15-25. No music today. Mischievous children put rubber bands on hammers in piano. Glee Club elects officers. B. B. Lanark vs. Morrison, There, 30-10. Frances H. says that by adding e to neveu Cnephewl, it becomes feminine. Beginning of those Semester Exams. Thank Heavens! they're ended. ' B. B. Savanna vs. Morrison, Here, 14-18. New Programme. Everybody has turned Irish. Asmund N. presents B. B. team with 810.00 gold piece, in behalf of Freshmen. Joe S. gives speech? B. B. Grand Mound Girls vs. M. H. S. Girls, There, 5-10. Oh! those awful Sophs- Mr. Weaver has to sweep their floor. Interesting talk by Prof. Drew of Knox College. Seniors go to Clinton for ads for annual. Pupils given tickets to sell for Blue Bird. Tennis Club organized. Freshies have party at school house. Upper classmen fail in the attempt to rob freshies of Heats. Pupils gather old clothes for Red Cross. ' Boys decide to have Base Ball team. Tennis courts finished and in use. No April Fool about that- Pupils take soap as well as old clothes for Belgians. Must think they need it. First Base Ball game of season at Fair Grounds. Blue Bird to-nite? No, lights failed. Blue Bird to-nite. Mieux vaut tard que jamais. Freshmen paper issued. Some paper! Competition is spice of life. Editors Brubaker and Gray issue fGasJ Jet. Field Day- Juniors and Freshmen-51. Sophomores and Seniors-35. Rip Van Winkle produced by Sophomores. Question arose whether Asmund or Paul had been im- bibing too freely from the wicked flagon. VACATION Back to work, full of pep. Seniors decide to have a class play. Sophs receive their class rings. Local Gas J et lost. Base Ball, Fulton vs. Morrison, There, 6-14. Orchestra and cast for Rip Van Winkle go to McElrath School to present play. Good-bye. We're leaving for the press.

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Where is Mr. Weaver ? Clark S: Down stairs counting coal. Alda Ritchie: Did Franklin write his autobiography for the benefit of his ancestory ? Mr. Weaver: flnstructing the girls where to leave their wraps on the night of the receptionj Leave all your clothes at the rest room. Wear as little as possible to get across the street. Maybe you had better wear your rubbers. Ha, Hal from the Assembly. Miss Grandon: Where was the Constitution signed ? Bright Student At the bottom. Miss Brown: When is a thing transparent? Freshie: When you can see through it. Miss B: Give an example. Freshie: A ladder. Lorimer, you may trace the course of Magellan. Lorimer: f'He got as far as the Philippines when he died. Then he sailed south. You can't drive a nail with a sponge no matter how you soak it. Senior: You would be taller, Stub, if you would stand on your head. Stub: How's that '? Senior: Because you'd have a block to stand on. Violets are blue, Roses are red, So is the hair On Dwight Harrington's head. Miss Grandon goes to the bank to cash a check. Cashier: Pm very sorry little girl, but you'll have to take this home and have your mamma sign it. Mr. Weaver, returning from Rockford: 'Tm sorry to see so many absent faces I used to shake hands with. Did you ever stop to consider how absence makes the mark grow rounder? He asked a Miss, What is a kiss Grammatically defined ? I think it a conjunction And cannot be declined. And the Watch on the Rhine has lost its Hans- Knowing that the freezing point is 32 degrees below zero, our own Mr. Torrence of his own clever mood would say the squeezing point must be two in the shade.