North Bay Collegiate Institute and Vocational School - Northland Echo Yearbook (North Bay, Ontario Canada)

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THE NORTHLAND ECHO 55 Anita: If a bomb fell in a field and a bull ate it, what is an adjective to describe it? Barbara C: I'll bite. What? Anita: Abominable. And if the bomb ex- ploded? Barbara: Okay. Spill it. Anita: Noble. School Daze Is Right Did anyone notice the dazed expression Betty Harris was wearing before Christmas? That was because she was dying to be Whitham. Did it seem long, Betty? Oh, Doris! As Doris Beattie says after 3 years of A1- gebra in the Collegiate Department: Algebraic symbols are used when you don't know what you're talking about. WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT MURPH? He carries a lot of weight with the teachers as well as in his shoes. Remember The Day? When Vel Martin had all the girls dying to read a leaflet about Eleven Ways to Win Your Man. But were they let down when they found out it was eleven cheese recipes! When Miss Walker asked jenkins to run up the blind for her. When Mr. Foster blamed the moon for the fact we didn't have our homework done. We have come to the conclusion that Mr. Foster knows Special pretty well. When the gramophone broke down and Special typed the same line about ten times before they woke up. When Miss Walker told us she ran across a friend one day. Miss Walker, how could you be so heartless! ISN'T IT QUEER how Barbara McGonega1 absolutely insists on getting a front seat in As- sembly? Maybe the exquisite colours of that jeep sweater in 4B attract her. Purple and orange are a perfect combination, aren't they Barb? SPECIALS STILL LAUGHING about the story of how one of our dashing colleagues was called down to the office only to find an invita- tion to a Christmas dance awaiting him. Won- der if it's been done before? Trust Special to be original, eh Reg? Ain't It The Truth? We hear Dawn Overholt's been doing quite a bit moonlight skiing lately. Is it the moon? the skiing or what? that get's her. Special Boners A skeleton is a man with his inside out and his outside off. Rhubarb is a kind of celery gone bloodshot. A sinister is an old maid. A Soviet is a cloth used by waiters in hotels. Average means something hens lay on. Magnet is a thing you find in a bad apple. An octopus is a person who hopes for the best. A toreador is a really bad storm. A spinster is a bachelor's wife. l You Said lt! Why don't angels in heaven have mous- taches? Because men only get to heaven with a close shave. i Hold Tight! Of course, everyone in Special has at least one of those what-did-the-something-say-to- the-something-else'i up his sleeve. Here's some of them: What did the big fire-cracker sav to the little fire-cracker?-My pop is bigger than your POP- What did the beach say to the tide?-Well, come on in. What did one owl say to the other in the rain?-It's not too-wet-to-woo. What did the rug say to the floor?-Stick- em-up! I've got you covered. What did the grass seed say to the sod?- I wanta be a-lawn. What did the calf say to the silo?-Is my fodder in there? Overheard In Special Mr. Foster: This'1l kill you, if those other 160 exercises don't. CSay it with a smilej Biff Gigg: Ain7t lost yet! Mr. Franklin: Got that? Miss MacNamara: UTIME! ! l Miss Gardner: Now SPECIAL---and etc. Scotty Skellern: Going skating to-night? Betty McGonegal: Everything happens to me! Mr. Psutka: CWhen the class is marching in single filej By the left, smartly now, quick march.

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64 THE NORTHLAND ECHO Why: XI COMM. Why Does Audrey Buchanan go around Parsing ShtthShbtt ?Ir5ggt?,, ao hasrst anesftlgng so T52 Mr. Baker:,::Parse the sentence, 'George with Herbie Anderson has it Audrey? mal-ned Shirley ' . Grant: George is a noun because he's the Why Does Beatrice Simm's face turn red name of something: married is a conjunction every time George Howard strolls by? because it joins George to Shirley: and Shirley Why Does Donalda McLeod come to school is a verb because She governs the noun' so cheerfully some mornings? Would M it have anything to do with those let- Glad To Meter ters from Jackie i . ' Dear,,' said Audre, the poet, I think we'd Why: Does Dora Carmichael Trip the Light make a good coupletf' Fantastic every time she gets on 2nd Uweiif sighed Vivian, ffdonft think fm floor? averse. Why: Does Beryl like getting letters from lm'- Grenville N. C. What's Grenville got that North Bay hasn't? Brother Never Owned One Why Doesnit Mr. Foster teach IIIA that Campbell: You ought to buy an encyclo- lesson he promised to so long ago- Apples are getting scarce now you know. News of the Day l. Helen Tyers wasn't late. 2. Beatrice stopped looking at Howard. 3. Baldassaro didnit have a detention. 4. Helen Schell didn't chew gum. 5. Marjorie Lovell forgot jerry. 6. Jack White wasn't so bashful. 7. A. Rivet didn't argue. 8. Campbell didn't have something to say. A Story It was a Black night and the snow was very White. I went to the Baker to get some dough, but he said he was all Tyers out and didn't McKenny. So I went into the Cole and dreamed of Summerhayes. It was useless be- cause it was Howard to imagine on a Knight like this, so I Rennick all the way. I met a salesman who said: t'Use Schell motor oil, it Maxwell hearf, So his car McLeod noise Anderson of the Baker came with some Dwyer to tie on the loose Rivet in the car door. Teacher's Sayings: Mr. Franklin: You're getting dumber every day. Mr. Foster: This is an extra special class. Mr. Baker: I wonder if we could go through a day without a late. Miss McNamara: This class is just hopeless. Now what will you do when you go out into the business world and you .......... pedia, now that your brother is going to school. White: Not on your life. Let him walk, the same as I did. If During Mathematics period: Shirley: What would you have to-day if woman had not been created?,' Howard: One more rib. How To Tell Clarette Granger: Dutchy how can you tell an old chicken from a young one? Dutchy: By the teeth. Clarette: How silly! A chicken has no teeth. Dutchy: No, but I have. Florence McKenny: Did you see my photo in the paper yesterday? Eula Summerhayes: No, what were you cured of? SPECIAL COMMERCIAL MISS E. MACNAMARA JEAN WADDINGTON, Rep. Ouch! Ida: I've changed my mind. Molly: Does it work any better? M-1. SPECIAL IS STILL WONDERING who got the best of the feud, Skellern and Vinette were scheduled to have way 'back in November. We didn't notice any black eyes the next days. Did you ever get your books back, Leo?

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66 THE NORTI-ILAND ECHO Special Commercial S is for Sorry we entered this room, P is for Pupils who foresee their doom. E is for Elderlies still on this course, C is for Commerce, we learn of full force. I is for Idiots who don't even mind, A is for Answers they can't seem to find. L is for Laggards, we always come late. C is for Corpses, that'll be our fate. O is for Orders. letters and bills. M is for Money spent on our pills. M is for Millions of letters we type, E is for Errors we make in them-Yipe ! l R is for Ready to get out at five, C is for Cheers that we are still alive. I is for Irritating-all of our work, A is for Attitude-done with a smirk. L is for Love we send to you all- Hoping to see you again here next Fall. By-Molly M. Caught! Reg, even if your girlfriend is sentimental, it is still no excuse for advertising it the way you did one Monday. And don't tell us it was red ink, either. Was it cherry? raspberry? or did you notice? FORM IXG MR. J. R. THOMSON DAVE JOHNSTON, Repre. Indecisive Visitor: And how old are you, Bobbie?i' Bobbie D.: I'm just at the awkward age. Visitor: l'Really? And what do you call the awkward age? Bobbie D.: I'm too old to cry and too young to swear. HOME JAMES Drunk: Cto a splendidly uniformed by-stander.J Shay, call me a cab will you? Uniformed by-stander: My good man, I am not a doorman, I am a naval officerfi Drunk: Aw right, then call me a boat. I gotta get home. THE STOOGE A friend talking to a badly wounded comrade. Say friend, why are you so shot up? Well, I was zig-zagging bulletsn. How come you got hit? Well, I zigged when I should have zaggedf' KNEW HIS FATHER Mother: So, son, you are going to marry a chorus girl. Is she the kind of a girl you can bring home and in- troduce to your mother and sister? Son: Sure, Mom, but I'd hate to trust her with the old man. PLAY SAFE The barber was dark and swarthy, and his eyes were black and spark- ling. It was evident that he was descended from Latin stock. What do you think of the Italian situation?,' he inquired of the customer. What is your opinion of Mussolini? The same as yours, replied the man in the chair. But how do you know my opinionf, inquired the startled barber. I don't , admitted the man, but you have the razor. CLASS ACTIVITIES Detentions. The pre- vious year MacParland held the leading num- ber of detentions, but this year, two new leaders have shown themselves to be very popular among the teachers. Devine and La- fontaine are running neck and neck. f'Who will win? Which one will receive the detention medal for l940? It is just a matter of waiting. XC VOCATIONAL MR. K. E. THOMSON, C. A. Brown, Repre. What We Should Like To Know 1. Why has Turner such a solemn expres- sion, it wouldn't be love? Or would it? 2. Why has Mr. McCann gone around with a smile on his face the last few days. 3. Why Mr. McCann is so amused by cer- tain writings in S. Dalyls books. 4. Who Kernel Turner refers to by C.D.F.A. S. Mr. McCann-Turner do you wear a hat to school? Turner-Yes Sir. Mr. McCann-It's a good thing you use your head for something. 6. If Mr. McCann ever really played the Harmonica? - XC VOCATIONAL BILL WARNER Domestic Incident During housecleaning time Raycraft's wife informed him that he would have to dispose of the remaining whiskey bottles in his basement and this is his story as related to me. I had twelve bottles of whiskey in my cellar and I was ordered to empty the contents of each down the sink, so I started to work.