Northern Oklahoma College - Roundup Yearbook (Tonkawa, OK)

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., . ., ...HE . . Simi: M, E-fist f - . : .fl Q get Jokes and Poetry Geometry Proposition- , Let X-Young man. Y--Young lady. Z-- Chaperon, To prove X X Y X -Misery. X X -Z -Bliss. ' Pig Proposition Given--1 pig, To prove--1 pig Proof--1 pig has has three tails. one tail. No pig has two tails. 1 pig has 1 more tail than no pig. Therefore 1 pig has three tails. Physics Problem- . . How long will it take Q. E. D. four red headed flies, wearing black glasses, to travel six times around the sugar bowl if the pressure is 74.09 cm. and it is 2 o'clock A. M Beulah T.-Writing on ether. Ether is a jelly like substance, that fills all space. Mr. Rippey-Miss Nelsie what are you laughing at? 2+ Nelsie-Dorothy has her poetry scanned antiseptic tetrameterf' From the night I hear callin' Tis a voice so soft and small, Like the tinklin' water fallin', Just a little smothered call: ' And my heart yearns just t0 HHSW913 For it has' a subtle charm, 'Tis the callin' of the Farm. In the morn with birds a singiny, Till it seems they'd Split 'Shelf th1'0atS1 I can hear a sound a 1'i1'1giH' Like the squealin' of the shoats: I can see- thedewdrops glisten, And it surely can't do harm If I pause a while to listen To the callin' of the Farm. When the sun is high at noonday, Comes an echo through the trees, 'Cross furrowted land and meadow hay It is wafted on the breeze. While I study at my lessons Comes the call with its charm And it bids me stop and listen To the callin' of the Farm. With the evenin' shadows fallin' And the night birds everywhere, I can hear that same old callin' In a voice so sweet and clear, Though I've work that here may need me I cannot withstand the charm, I must answer-do not blame me- 'Tis the callin of the Farm. Ruth Muskrat, '17 195

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An' when the tournament wuz . 1. . ,. fr - . at .f if 442 . Ji? Lover's Luck 'Twas on a dark and stormy night, sun and moon were shining bright. A two young innocents were standing there, ' The The And the wind was terrible full of air. The The young man said, just one more. fleecy white clouds floated calmly o'erg The But you see its time to be in bed.' maiden turned her shining head, As I have said but thrice before, The wind whistled by with an awful roarg and from out the low back door Came the old man with a two by four, Don't you think you'd better go , asked her father Well I think I had, rather, Said the young man as he hung his head, The old man smiled, and the maiden went to bed. Now listen to me, both great and small, If ever by chance at all, The night is dark and stormy and the wind is full of air, Don't ever stay till midnight, For the old man may be there. All fer Lou There ain't no tournaments no more' 0'91' 7 I Er nuthin' that I can do, Like them grand things in the days of yore Where I could fight fer Lou: To prove how much I love 'er Without jist tryin' to tell 'er I wisht they wuz, don't you? . . I wisht I could jist fight an' fight. If I could fight fer Lou, Makes no difference,wrong to right, Id fight an' win out tool That 'ud show how much I love 'er 'Th-out my havin' to tell 'er Cause I think she'd know, dont you? 1 Then I'd .hunt fer Lou, An' I'd kneel down on the floor Love ashinin' through My two eyes that gaze on her, An' I'd say it was fer her That I'd done it, Wouldn't you? But there ain't no sich things now, Where I canp1'OV jo LOU That I love her any how An' my love is true. But I can try to live a man, An' can tell 'er the best I can. Guess I'll do that, wouldn't you? Ruth Muskrat, '17

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Tiealchel' to bright Senior- John, why is it that all men are fools, but not all fools are men? John fworried for a moment, then bursted outj - B .b.b.cause s o m e a re wimmenf' Freeman- Pm going to shave tonight whether they have the picnic or not. Woodruff-treading a bit of poetry about holding handsj Huh, thats a good one, I'm going to practice' that. Dorothy- Oh, but the weather is getting warm now. Dr. Murdaugh- I want you to use this bookfrefering to Practicum note bookj continually as a reference book. Lancy A. - It's my Bible. Miss K.- Lynn, straighten up and walk like your papa. Lynn- Oh, I can't poke myself out like papa does. We wonder what Ruby Fern did to get QW? white. Mr. Rippey- Miss Downey how do you know that Chaucer dictated to 3 steno- grapher? Miss D.-'ilust look at the spelling. MY- Hayman-U30 Kate Johnson, who trying to demonstrate a proposition in geometryj :Go ahead Miss Johnson and quit beating around the KBD bush. Class-Ha! Ha! Could the students, who are taking penmanship from Mr. Hausam be referred to as parcel post students? ' Hopkins-fTo College Algebra Class? The back of this textbook and the object of this course 'is to see that it doesn't get any greener. Will the revenue officers get Irene if she don't quit Moonshining? Hopkins- To what class of levers do the sugar tongs belong.? Parker- Don't know what they 'look like. Hoppy- Diden't you ever buy your girl a box of candy that had a pair of tongs in it? . Parker- Never did have a girl. Hoppy- Well you sure have missed half .of your life. Miss Hammond- Perry what is the height of your ambition? Perry- Oh, she comes about to my ShOulderS. Mr. Rippey- Miss Cox where is Paradise? D. C.- My uncle said that he found Paradise when he married his fourth wife. 196