Pennsylvania Western University - Calnorsean Yearbook (California, Pennsylvania)

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ie Ca ?crsea ? Barks Prof. Wright — I beg your pardon, but do you follow me? Weary Junior — I have so far, but I ' ll say frankly that if I thought I could find my way back, I ' d go. Marino Tanzi sent home for a Kathleen Mavourneen Loose (viz.) — It may be for years and it may be for ever. Sis Rothwell ruined a perfectly good hat talking thru it. Prin. W. S. H. — I will enforce the law to the letter. There are many letters among them let-er-slide. Overheard — Miss Jarvis, so many men marry for money nowadays — you wouldn ' t marry mie for money would you? No dear, I wouldn ' t marry you for all the money in the world. Junior — Was Van surprised when he found he ' d flunked math? Senior — Yes,,he said it never entered his head. Soph — Is that freshie strong? Junior — Well I guess! I saw him break a dollar the other day. Prof. English — What is the trough of the sea? Bright Freshie — Oh! that is what the ocean greyhounds drink out of. Prof. Field — Were you copying his notes? Student — Oh, no sir! I was only looking to see if he had mine right. It ' s a good thing for Hank and Werner that photography is painless. Hank is practicing on his horn. The only restrictions made by Prof ' s. Wright and Veon are — Not to play on Sundays, on week days, at nights, or on holidays. Found — In Chapel last week a 14-karat gold link cuff button with initials. If previous owner will communicate with the editor-in-chief, he will match him as to who gets both. The choir at vespers was full last Sunday and the music was excellent. Black went to Nineveh hunting last fall but all he got was — back. The Juniors are so close they won ' t even spend the afternoon, they pass it. 139

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7 re Ca ?crsee7 7 LaughletS— Continued A teacher in a village school had a difficult time in teaching her boys to sound the final g. One day she said to one of her pupils, John read this sentence. John got up and read, What a fine time we are havin? What, said the teacher, did you forget all about the ' g ' ? John ' s face brightened up and he replied, Gee, what a fine time we are havin? Teacher — Mary, how many zones are there? Mary — Four, ma ' am. Teacher — Yes? Name them. Mary — The frigerated, the horrid, the temperance and the intemper- ance. Miss S. says in tones severe: Now what is that blot doing here? Learn to write with ink quite neatly. Learn to place your finger sbraightly. Or else you ' ll sigh and wipe your eye. And say, I ' ve failed! I wonder why? 138

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7 fe Ca ?crsea ? Wanted — A good yoke of oxen. Must have something dependable when one wants to go. An auto in exchange for good oxen, apply for further informa- tion to Prof. Claypoole. All are not boi ' n gie.it, Minn Charleton did not weigh over six pounds. Senior — Why are you taking Botany this spring? Fair Junior — Because the man I am. engaged to is interested in a plant of some kind and I want to be able to talk with him intelligently abcut his business. Milk isn ' t any better- or woi ' se in the dining-room since the price is up — for the farmers still keep watering the stock. You cannot retain the present — You cannot recall the past — You cannot retard the future. What is the difference between repartee and unsult? asked Prof. Fields? It depends on whether you or the other fellow makes the remark, said the noble senior. Guy Everly is carrying one study and dragging four. Miss Ward — Would you leave your home for me? Everly — Fd leave a baseball game in the ninth inning with the score a tie. I so love nature, sighed the young spring freshmen looking toward the river, It adds So much to the scenery. The crowd may not have been the largest, but it certainly was the densest, at Clarion, that has heard the inter-normal debators to date. Jim La Poe — I C3uld write this play if I had the mind. Heinle — It ' s a shame you haven ' t. Prof. Field — Well, there is one thing to be proud of: we have no class prejudices in this country. Ruth G. — H ' m, I guess you were never around when three or four sophs, got hold of a freshm.an. Heard in Chapel — Did the youth who ' bore the banner with the strange device ' really climb the mountain or was it a bluff? An answer achieved by a fresh in arithmetic — 62 and five halves. Pittsburgh Pastors preach dry sermons, saysasomewhat equivocal, headline in a Pittsburgh paper. You have to sit down on that senior occasionally. Yes — he ' s just about as hard to crush as an accordion. When the Star Spangled Banner is played, everyone stands. The Wacht am Rein is not heard, because nobody would stand for that. Hen Wilkins is so thin he could bathe in a fountain pen. 140