Morrison High School - Morrisonian Yearbook (Morrison, IL)

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REFLECTIONS OF A FLUNKER lfTold in Shakespearian Style.j What I think about studying ...... A Midsummer Night's Dream What I think about a Faculty Meeting--Much Ado About Nothing My teacher ................................... The Tempest What I attempted .................... The Taming of the Shrew What she gave me at Examination time .... Measure for Measure My Exam. .......... . ..................... A Comedy of Errors What I consider to be the value of fussing a teacher ........ ------------------------------------Love's Labors Lost lkikffift When once he got right down to biz, I knowed the world would soon be his. lklkirfilfll Let the words of true encouragement be said. Do not wait till he has flunked and life is over, And is beyond recovering and underneath the clover, If you think some praise is due him, NoW's the time to hand it to him, For he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead, Wikis!! The day was dark and dreary, The sun was shining bright. The streets were full of people, But not a soul in sight, The mist was just like cheese-cloth, Which was a funny sight, The people carried sunshades, And it rained all day that night. DID YOU EVER HEAR THESE? HF Il' Ik Ik IF Francis H ..... .. .............. Well now, back home-etc., etc- Mr. Torrence .... ............... ' 'Is that a speciiic fact ? Miss Tuller .- ..... .................. ' 'N ow, please-people Mildred Pearson .....-......................... Oh! Gee Kid! Mr. Weaver ....... .... T his seems to be of very good material Arthur Hatfield ..... ................. ' 'Ohl I'll tell the world 77 Margaret Steiner ........... Got a comb? Got a powder puff ? Miss Ely .............................................. Now boys that was just fine, you girls will have to hurry up Olive Olson ..... -. .................. ,- .... - ....... Oh Cram! Miss Brown ......... -. .......... .- ............. Is that clear? Gladys Kennedy ........................... Oh, fiddle-de-de l Everybody ........................ That's me all over Mabel! Mr. Weaver .... I've been in the business for twenty-three years Miss Barnes--- ........... Now let's all look this up, shall we ? Mr. Rice- Some one will be going up to the Assembly pretty soon 77

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TIME WORKS I'1:kS CHANGES, BUT- Ik lk 'Pl' if Will Asmond Nygaard ever forget to say something? Will Irene Robinson ever forget to grin? Will Mr. Mouck dust the desks? Will Alda Ritchie take long steps? Will Lealyn Kidd ever rival Francis Hayden in size? Will we ever get our Gym? Will Lucille Stevens ever get an N. P? Will Elizabeth B. ever forget her powder? Will Clark J. ever have a girl? Will Grace Johnston ever wear a frown? Will Lyle ever forget Cobweb? Will Byard forget his smoke? Will Mr. Rice look through his glasses? Will Lula Austin ever get there on time? Will Isaac ever learn to dance? Will Lorimer Kidd take a hint? Will LeRoy M. fade away? Will Jane Weaver come with curls? Will Dorothy M. go to Chicago? Will Asmond N. become rich as a Detective? Will Otis ever forget to tattle? lffkiklklll Breathes there a man Who never on the side Hath said Ah! that I Was in the Annual. Who ne'er aspired as hero In some bum joke or Wretched pun. Who ne'er how oft he dodged The kodak but hoped that After all they got him ' Who never wished the calendar Should tell, he changed His socks or brought some collar buttons If breathes there such a one May he go down with these Pages, unhonored and unsung, May the vile wretch ne'er have The chance to say Gol ding it! I'm in the Annual. lklilkiklk The Kickers kick because they kick They kick that's all they do. They kick when other kickers kick, Because they're Kickers too.

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THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS ARE THE HARDEST 'F Pk HF ill HF lfFrom Educational notes picked up in M. H. S. 1 Csomewhat modifiedj First Note: I can't stand it Saturday night. Second Note: Why? What is the matter with that? I wish you would explain. First Note Cpeevishlyjz I know one thing, I am not going to stand for M. going home on that 2 A. M. train. There's abso- lutely no sense in it. Saturday night going home on that train is had enough let alone Sunday night. That's all I got to say' about it, and I mean every word of it too. Second Note fwith a happy thoughtl : Well that is almost the way I feel, but I hate the idea of not getting here till 9 o'clock. It gets my goat. They can't come on the 4 P. M. I'll be glad when this winter is over, it makes me so tired trying all the time to fix up dates satisfactory. And just think, Rock Falls is only twelve miles away. 111441311 There was a young lady from Michigan To meet her I never would wishigan, She would eat of ice cream Till of pain she would scream, Then order another big dishigan. lkiklkllfli Deer Bruther This is mi last leter of the seezon and in which i will tel yu of r tripp to rockford. we left r little sity on a cold therzday morning at 6:25. ther wer 10 of us guys, but the one heded the bunch was bill weeverr r supt. next was peet peetersen r maskot, then Jo shaffenberg, snoby harrington, fat mericle, cobweb pear- son, stub collins, ikey elmendorf, pussy kidd, and last but not leest red white. we was som bunch and we plaed rummy off and on fmostly onb till we got to rochell. here we went to a restront and got a litle to eat and then went on a site seeing tripp thru the sity till trane time. wel we left ther about 11 bells and after an ours tripp we got to r destinatum of rockford. this is som sity, it has street cars and also buildings with elevaters. we went at once to r hotel, the illinois, which is on mane street. we got 1+ rooms and then rushed to the cafe next dor as we was all famish- ed. After eating r full we went to a show called the pa'ace which was very good it only kost us llc per hed. after the show we roamed the streets awhile, then went to the hotel wher we rested and then ate supper. That nite we went to the tournament which was a grand thing, we saw several games which took up r evening after which we went home and to bed, the lst thing pussy kidd did was to look for cooties which he didn't find but he discovered hole in the sheet and also the mattress. Fat mericle who bunked with him bi this time had begun to imagine things and so all that night he dreampt he was the victim of the afore sed