North Carolina Central University - Eagle Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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The N. C. C. EAGLE Judge: This officer states that he found you two fighting in the middle of the street. Defendant: The officer has misled you. When he arrived we were trying to separate each other. The Country ( iirl : Is that a rooster crowing? City Fellow: No, those are hens saying their. Now I lay Me ' s. My father says that he thought nothing of studying five hours a night. Well, 1 don ' t think so much of it myself. First Student : Are you a letter man ? Second Student: No, Sir. She might want to, but 1 don ' t letter. What did you have for lunch? Three guesses. No wonder you are so hungry. Worried: Doctor, I ' m afraid my goldfish has eczema. Doctor (after examination) : Don ' t worry. Mrs. Smith. It ' s only on a small scale. Are you a college professor! Well, just about the same as one — I ' m curator at the museum. It Was That Kind of a Town hat dn you saw gang. Let ' s paint the town red tonight. Yeah, let ' s. It won ' t take much paint. It Does Think When I go to college. said a little high schooler. I am going to call myself ' minutes ' because minutes always pass. Mary: My husband wanted me to wear cotton hose. Molly: The brute! I hope you shot him, dearie. Buyer: Hey! These gloves are about six sizes too small for me. Salesman : Well, didn ' t you say kid gloves? M ' friend. I want a room on the shecond If . lint, you are Mr. Brown, ain ' t you? We have you registered as occupying Room 008. Thash perfectly correct, ol ' boy, but 1 jush fell out of it. [25]

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The N. C. C. EAGLE Fresh : I wouldn ' t touch that girl with a ten foot pole. Wise Soph: Neither would 1. I ' d use my hands. In luiving booze be careful Where and how you spend your jack ; You are only living here this once, And the storks can ' t bring you hack. Hey, this milk is colored! Sure, this is the blue grass country. Son wires Father: Dear Father, 1 am in city and broke, and have no friends. What shall I do? Abe. Father wires Son: Dear Son, make some friends quick. Your father. Professor: How many times have 1 told you to come to class on time? Student: 1 don ' t know. I thought you were keeping score. Sunday School Teacher : Now children, you must never do anything in private that you wouldn ' t do in public. Sammy: Hurray! Xo more baths ! I have a suit for every day of the week. Let ' s see them. This is it. She: inly the brave deserve the fair. He: ( Inly the brave will take them. May 1 kiss you? What do you think I am waiting for, a street car? Senior: I ' ll give you a hundred dollars to do my worrying for me. Fresh : ( ircat ! Where ' s the hundred ? Senior : That ' s your first worry. So Tkue The trouble with college graduates i that they talk about all kinds of bonds, except the bond of matrimony. Wife: You beast ! Husband: You animal trainer! [24]

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1 TheN. C. C. EAGLE That fellar has a lot of nerve to lie flirting with me! Where is he? Sitting behind me. Young Jimmy: I ' apa, do von know anything about girls? Papa : What do yon mean ? Young Jimmy : A couple of girls walked home from school with me today and 1 was wondering as to their intentions. Custom Officer: Shame on you, smuggling in that European liquor. Have you no patriotism? Don ' t you want to see our home industries protected? She : I ' m a little hoarse. lie: 1 knew you wasn ' t a lady. Gee! Mom. a truck just ran over pop and mashed him all over the pavement. Arthur, how often have 1 told you not to tell me such things when I am A Mathematical Xiohtmare The secant flutters all about, The scarlet tangent sings : The blooming polygons are pink. Ami sphere-- are mi the wing. Fierce propositions roam the woods. And cosines fill the air With music sweet: bright hexagones Are growing everywhere. The octagon sits on its nest I n keep the quadrant safe And warm, until it hatches out A quadrilateral waif. When fall is here, and love is warm; Matriculations mate ; The quadrant to the sextant sings And rhombuses rotate. — Northwestern Purple Parrot. 1 am a third assistant movie director. Yes? Yea. [26]