Pacific University - Heart of Oak Yearbook (Forest Grove, OR)

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1931 Clean-Up Day 1930 Manager: What did you do while you were at college? Boe: I grew o lder, sir. • • • Gunn (annoyed by the noise made in the hall) : I want this hall to be so quiet that you can hear a pin drop. Deathly quiet for a moment, then — Beaupre: Let ' er drop! • • • Now, boys, said the Scotch professor, if you ' ll just put a few crazy answers in your examination I can sell them to a mag- azine for $20. • • Mr. Yeomans: Pass all your papers to the end of the row; have a carbon sheet under each one, and I can correct all the mistakes at once. • • • Our own private idea of carrying a joke too far is for a professor to hum Home, Sweet Home when he is writing the term exam questions on the board. — Awgwan. ■k -k -k Mary: Yes, Bob has gone off to France. And do you know, by some new system he learned to speak French in two weeks. I can ' t understand it. Anna: No, and I doubt if the French people do, either. FAMOUS WORDS OF OUR PROFS. 1. We ' ll have a test next Friday over this highly significant material. 2. Oh, that ' s very unfor- tunate. 3. I won ' t guarantee to answer all the questions you ask. 4. There are three levels of existence. 5. Well! Now— 6. Now this reads just like a romance. 7. Remember your audi- ence. 8. It ' s one of the most beautiful things in — 9. You won ' t have a crutch like this when examina- tions come. 10. Be sure you know the life cycle habits, and economic importance. I One hundred twenty-one

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t®f MAY DAY 1930 The personnel of the queen ' s court included: Catherine Nich- olson, Alton Westwood. Beulah Ottinger, Max McGlasson, Inez Buchanan, Walter Ager, Doris Zook, Garlyn Munkres, Charlotte Jessee, Francis Brooks. Roma Pol- lock, and Irving Bryan. One hundred twenty

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1931 Habit gets a fellow. Many a father who worked his way through college is now working his boy ' s way through. • Young man (to daughter of fam- ily) : And I can imitate any kind of a bird. Irate Parent (glancing at clock) : Can you do a homing pigeon? A plebe from Arkansas was saw- ing away at the sinewy knee joint of a fried chicken leg. The knife was sharp and he was athletic — he made but little headway. He waved his arm toward a bot- tle of ketchup which stood on the table near his neighbor ' s elbow. Pass the liniment, please, sir. he requested. This seagull has rheumatism. • • Teacher: Johnny, can you tell me anything about Christopher Co- lumbus? Johnny: He discovered Amer- ica. Teacher: Yes; what else did he do? Johnny: I suppose he went home and lectured about it. And as for chins — two is a crowd. THINGS WE CAN ' T HELP NOTICING Burnett Haberly ' s love for gum. Occasional lack of white cords. Hell week. Winger ' s walk. Smeaton. These Monday morning yawns. Freddie ' s giggles. Advantages of beauty naps. Bostonian humor. European culture for the barbaric West. Waste of electricity. A.Z. superiority. Gamma scholarship. Faculty attendance at student chapels. Boxer. Mr. Gunn ' s annual moustache. Relics of the past. Mr. Smith: I distinctly heard someone prompting you. Who was it? Tyler: No one. Just history re- peating itself. One hundred twenty-two