Morrison High School - Morrisonian Yearbook (Morrison, IL)

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kreeturs. In the next room slept r frends ikey elmendorf and red white, he is called ikey because he looks like a jew., But before i go on i must tell yu of r frend red white yu no he snores like a steem engine, ferst he blows his whistle then he lets off steem somethinglike this-ssnnorrkk-sssissss, maybe yu can imagine how r frend ikey slept i bet he thot he was riding in a sleeping car on the railroad all nite, wat do yu think. wel in the next room was r frends cobweb pearson, stub collins and peet peeter- sen, thae was som bunch especially the litle fellas peet and stub- peet wud pull the hare out of stubs hed when he was asleep and tikle him in the ears, then stub wud wake up and fall on paerson and then ther wud be a civil war on. wel the next morning we got up about 6 bells and et brekfast before which we doned r red and black sweters, when we cum doun stairs and marched into the cafe everybody rubered at us,say we was som swell looking bunch if i do say it miself. after we et we got r sootcases and went to the armry wher we chang r close and practiced awhile. Then came the game with north dixon, yu no r teem is all stars so we beet them after a fereful struggle to the score of 18 to 14.. When we won them last two baskets me and ikey elmen- dorf was yellin like maneiacks. I sas to ikey, Wasn't that som gam, he looks at me a minute and with the use of his hands he sas, vel how cude ve help it ve hav so many gute plaers on 1' teem, he is rite We r all stars, wel we changed r close and went to r hotel and rested all ecept peet peetersen. as i sed befor We had wat thae call an elevator in the building, it is a litle coup which yu get in and a kid pulls the rope and yu go up stares then he pulls it again and yu go down. wel r frend peet has for-site which none of the rest of us guys has and he gets in good with the elevator boy So with the passing of time Peet lerned to run the elevator, then he wudnt look at none of us guys as We r to common for him. Befor we left we had a complant and the manager sed, never bring that peetersen along no mor, he has got the elevator worn out and r elevator boy wants a raise he has worked to hard carrying peet up and down stares. Wel after dinner we plaed anuther game with Rockford and got beet, how much ?-thats my bizzness. wel to go on with the story we et super and went to the games at nite, then to bed an up the next morning at about 9 bells. Then the fellas went out and bot gifts for ther lady frends and com sneeking back to the hotel with misterious looking packages under ther arms. peet peeter- sen went out that morning and didnt get bak for about 4 ours He sed he got lost and walked about 10 miles trying to find the hotel

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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

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but he cant fool us we saw him walking down by the river with that litle red heded dame. We also caught him riteing a post card to a certain litle girl in M. H. S. and on censuring it we found a lot of mushy talk which we couldnt stand so we let him send it, maybe the girl can. wel Sat. p. m. we left on the 3.45 and arrived at rochell about 5 bells. here we et supper and caught the 6:16 trane to sterling. everyone was at the depo ecept bill weever and as we suspishunded he had a dame on the string we left him ther. we got to sterling and had a 45 minute Wait til We caught the 8:41 trane to morrison, say we was som tired bunch. We all hit for home to rest and clean up. as i sed befor this is my last leter of the seezon so will quit hopping yu r the same i remane yur bruther. P. S. kiss the wife and kids for me yur brother. 42 bk Sl lk Pk Miss Barnes: How do you spell Fairie Queen ? Otis B: Qbewilderingb S-p-e-n-c-e-r. Asmond N: Isn't Joe shorter than Shaffie ? Lorimer Kidd referring to some of the court evidence of the preceeding day: Say, was them cows his'n or their'n ? Miss G: What's the use of studying a crab ? Cripp J: So you won't be one. Can you tell me where I can get good board ? In the lumber yard, I suppose. Miss Barnes: Give a compound noun. Hazel H: Boy and Girl. John Stegenga tried to do some fancy steps in the A. R. which caused the Fall of Man to the amusement of the on- lookers. Did you know that the Freshmen think Mr- Mouck rings the class bells? Miss Tuller: Qlooking over series of Foot Ball picturesj Oh! am I in any of these? Miss Borman: Cseriouslyl Oh, yes! you carried the water. Miss Tuller says you spell Roosevelt -''R-o-o-s-e-b-e-l-t.