Pennsylvania Western University - Calnorsean Yearbook (California, Pennsylvania)

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7 e Co ?crsea ; Abridged Dictionary Beat it — German — aufwiedershen ; Latin — vale. Bluff — To appear what you ain ' t. Bone-head — Not yet comprehended. Broke — A chronic condition of the pocket-book. Butt-in — To appear where you are not wanted. Cinch — A degree of mental development that produces tailor made, women, fantastically — sheared poodles and docktailed horses. Dead Sea Fruit — Lemons. Divorce — The consolation prize in the lottery of marriage. Dough-head — Plastic. Dypepsia — A good foundation for a bad temper. Experience — A hard thing to be unless you have the ready money. Firmness — That admirable quality in ourselves that is detestable stub- borness in others. Flattery — Something we must generally pay for in the long run. Flunk — The Latin word for 69 or less. ' Flush — A disease common after returning from home. For heaven ' s sake — A misnomer. Fussed — Excited worse or worser. Goat; — Something very apt to turn to butter. Happiness — Something usually found by those who don ' t seek it. Hug — A roundabout way of expressing affection. Jollier — A flatterer who isn ' t an artist at the job. Life — A book in which it is just as well that we can ' t turn to the last page. Moon — The only lighting monopoly that never made money. Onion — The all-around champion of the Vegetable Kingdom; garlic and cabbage being close rivals. Scandal — Composite fiction. Worry — The magnifying glass thru which we see our troubles. 143

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7 e Ca ?crse(7 ? First x id x ssociation Hick ' s Red Cross Unit, S. W. S. N. S. The following students have received help during 1916-17. John Filby Headache. Got a prescription for an aching void. Raymond Filby overcome with a sense of his own importance. Letrick injured by colhsion with an intoxicated sidewalk. Werner overbalanced by a barber carelessly parting his hair too far on one side. Mary Dickey struck with an idea. Freda Hill seized with a fit of giddiness. Minn Charleton injured by a falling shadow. Fred Gillogly struck for excess laundry bill, by Registrar. Zana Smith seized with lockjaw while orating on ' ' Conservation and correlation of mental forces. Horner compound fracture of heart due to falling in love and out. Howard Sparks pocket book fractured by poker. Herrington seized with a fit in Sam Winer ' s Clothing Store. Irene Van Sickle paralyzed with fear of failure in State Board Exams. Marie Coleman crazed with joy at receiving an invitation to a dance. Son Mills struck dumb in class. Bertha Long overcome with emotion. -Jane Wells broke her collar-bane in the library trying to pronounce Przemysl. Thomas McAllister spell bound. Ch . ' -ch heart failure from excitement over a game of checkers. Hiinght tongue tied in presence of Miss Shaw. Hank had to have shock absorber used when elected contest debator. Wilkins is looking better, but he doesn ' t look good, yet. Everly cracked, because he went broke. Marg. Connelly was exposed to Physiology in Prof. Wright ' s class — but it didn ' t take. 142

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7 e Ca ?orsec ? The Little School House Just near the cross-roads into town There stands a school house small and brown About the site the ground is bare, For many feet have trodden there. Within is seen the dusty floor Footprints of those who ai-e no more, Altho, marks and crannies are on the wall The room is cozy, bright and small. Naughty boys have hidden books To go and fish with wormy hooks; ' Neath shady trees down by the brook Where no one ever thought to look. But now the ' re all to manhood grown Some have become famous, some are unknown, Yet all of them delight to recall The little school house, the deai-est of all. A. E. B. 144