Perry High School - Rambler Yearbook (Perry, MI)

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JOKES If your roasted rather badly just remember that you gladly Read the jokes On other folks. lVlr. Thurston: Clarence do you ever work? Clarence: Yep, l like to work. lVlr. Thurston: Well what on earth do you like to work at? Clarence: At intervals. Arthur Van l-laun: Will you go to the party to night with me? Elizabeth: No fooling? Arthur: Thats up to you. Do you think they approved of my talk? asked a new minister after chapel. I think so, replied Mr. Thurston, They were all nodding. Norma Boutell: CTO an innocent Freshiej Letha nearly drowned last night. Freshie: l-low? Norma: 'iThe bed spread, the pillow slipped and she fell into the springs. Traffic officer: Didn't you see me wave my hand? Thelma Spalding: Yes, But we never met before. Mrs. Harrington was starting her son, Jack in school at Perry. On the first day lVlrs. Harrington said to Miss Smith as she was about to leave the room, Now Miss Smith, Jack is very delicate and if he does anything wrong just punish the child next to him which will nearly break his heart. lVlrs. Haskins was telling some ladies about the burglar scare in her house the night before. A Yes, she said, ul heard a noise and got up, and there from under the bed l saw a man's leg sticking out . lVlercy,,' exclaimed a Woman, uthe burgler's leg? No, my dear, my husband's leg-he had heard the noise to. Lorne: Mrs. Coulter, may l be excused this afternoon? lVlrs. Coulter: Whats the trouble? Lorne: l have dropsy and heart failure, l drop down then haven't the heart to get up. Ellsworth: Can't you see my hearts on fire? Ellanor: Well, do l look like a fire extniguisher? Mrs. Towsley: i'Dale, wake me when you go. l want to get up early in the morning. PAGIG I4'0Ii'l'Y-EIC IIT

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l asked my Pa a simple thing Where holes in doughnuts go? Pa read his paper, then he said, You'1'e too young to know. l asked my lVla about the wind Why can't you see it blow? Ma thought a moment, then she said, You're too young to know. Now why on earth do you suppose They went and licked me so? Ma asked: Where is the jam? l said, You're too young to know. Haskins: What do you turn your cows in the orchard for? Young Boy: We wanted some apple butter. Frances: Did you mail my letter this morning? Letha: Yes Frances: But you still have the two pennies l gave you. Letha: Didn't have to use 'em. l slipped it into the box when nobody was lookin'. Dale who had prolonged his evening call at the Towsley's house one night was surprised as he left to hear an upper window raise and a voice call out., Leave an extra quart this morning, please. Mrs. Coulter: Why didn't you answer me? Elmer Colby: l did, didn't you see me shake my head? lVlrs. Coulter: i'And do you suppose l could hear it rattle way up here? lVliss Swarthout: i'Caroll, how far were you from the right answer? Caroll: Just two seats. A Freshman's examination paper: The people who lived in the uninhabited portions of the earth are mostly cannibals. Geometry is that branch of mathematics that deals with angels. Longfellow was a full-bloded American poet. He wrote the Salmon oi Life. The pilgrims, came to America so they might persecute their religion in peace. Electricity is a current of strong stuff. ' Sir lsaac Newton invented gravitation out of an apple. An axiom is something that is true whether it is or not. Well what? exclaimed Wells. My legs just went out from under me and l hit plump on- Wells, screamed Norma. Leave this room instantly. But he's hurt exclaimed Wells. Hurt? asked Norma Who's hurt. Why, brother, I came down on him. Only you wouldn't let me tell it. PAGE 1+'OIt'l'Y-N1NE