Potter School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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lllhx ltr :limit ' 'illz Ilkhxshn ed 5' Sziizxq-i ilfkl while Hop! . , P0 DP. i iinrgy nights THE POTTER SHIELD Pop: Didn't you promise to be good? Sonny: Yes, sir. Pop: Do you know the difference between good and bad? Sonny: Yes, sir, except I get mixed. ' Pop: Explain how you get mixedj Sonnyr Well, you say the baby is good at crying and at the same time he is supposed to be bad. The doctor bent over the dying editor and shook his head. Poor man, circu- lation almost gone. The dying editor sat up and shouted, You're a liar 3 we have the largest circulation in the country. - I bought myself an aeroplane- I had a dream of bliss, I thought the lovely winged thing this like up right soar Would ' ,dnl him' He The minute that I started out ' The engine was the bunk- The motor balked and kicked and broke And fell to earth ker plunk. Griffin: What is a matrimonial bureau? Tommy: Oh, any bureau that has five drawers full of women's stuff and one man's shirt and a tie. Knight: Mr. Newsome is an exceptional gentleman. Lermen: How so, why exceptional? n Knight: Well, he got up and gave his seat to two ladies. 1lill - The angler lies beside the brook And casts his gaudy flies, ' And lies and lies and lies and lies And lies and lies and lies. . -ii A NEW ONE Esberg: Please, sir, my grandmother- Mr. Potter: Oh tell me a new one. Esberg: -promised to take me to the ball game if I got Off- Seventy-seven

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THE POTTER SHIELD Mr. Tilton was cashing his salary at the bank, and the paying t.Gll6I' apglosized for the filthy condition of the bills. HI hope youlre not afraid of microbes. H t'No, replied Mr. Tilton, I'm notg no microbe could l1Ve on my salary. , l i- Atkins C1'GCOL111ti11g thrilling narrativei: WVell, I saved at least one life While in thc Navy. a W ild-eyed and opened-mouthed listeners composed of Hauser, Horst, Pope, Bigelow: IVhose'? Atkins: My own. QChorus of bricks et aliaj Miss Adams Ctelling of the floodl: And it rained forty days and forty nights. Wee small voice: IVere the farmers satisfied then? Mike: IVhat's a chafing dish? Pat: A frying pan that's got into society. Two in a hammock Tried to kiss. Quickly landed 'Slllfl will 19911 Sutton: I used a word in speaking to Mr. Damon which offended him. He hasnlt spoken a word to me for two Weeks. Stone: Would you mind telling me what it was? RELAXATION I always like the freakish Verse, The kind that runs downstairs, The kind that circles round the page Or does its turn in squares. It's fun to see the poet's stunts Helped by the typo men. Just see again the way runs up this runs and then downhill I do not think that people ought I To keep the same old gait 3 They ought to break loose now and then And keep an evening ','late A long, straight verse without a break Is bad for verse or men. uphill this runs and thgn the Way runs down Just see again -Ex. Seventy-six Diduw you pi Q 7 4 4 1 Up v: X er Gif ' 501111. D0 von know POP: YQ., sir: fi' nuff Y - so I BTW ho' l iiiliillvz wen' you H . 'to bf' had' Sllppozed The CWD' milf lation almost gona- ' mmm circulation U1 9 . I T T Gfliililli What is a Tommy: Oh. :uw ? ms Shin and a tio. Knlghil Mr, Xm., lumen- Him. . Kmghn wan, 1... R Fi . Miieliiiiiviiiiiiwi iii Mm. ' 013.14 K Stmmli

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THE POTTER SHIELD Teacher: Do you smoke cigarettes? . Pupil Ctremblingj: I do-a-little-sir. Teacher: Then give me one, I left mine on the desk. -1,ll.11-iff Wife of Mormon to doctor who is attending her husband: Do YOU think heis badly off? Doctor: Yes, the end is not far off. . I Wife: But do you think I should be at the bedside during his last moments? Doctor: Yes, but I advise you to hurry-the best places are taken already. Perpetual motion, we have here, Yes, at last itls come- See that darling little dear Chewing, chewing gum. In spite of his mamma's appeals, Little Ben bolts all of his meals. Then to show it doesn't hurt Eats some nuts for his dessert- Nuts and bolts when in solution Build an iron constitution. .ll..l.-- Gibbons: I've just figured out how Venus de Milo came to lose her arms. Pillsbury: How? Gibbons: She broke them off trying to button her shirt waist up the back. First Student: Did you get the third problem? Second Student: No. First Student: How near were you to the right answer? Second Student Qthinkingbz Five seats away.-Yale Record. I hear she is going to marry a famous aviator. Yes. First time a queen ever took an ace. -Yale Record. You know, I think the day the prodigal son came back must have been an awfully slippery one. Why so? Because the Bible says that when his father came out to welcome him, he fell on his neck. -Ex. . 'WVhy is a slacker like a lemon meringue pie? Because he is yellow all the way through, and hasn't the crust to go over the top. -Ex. V Diner: Noodle soup, veal with tomato sauce, and a cream puff, please. Waiter: Bowl of submarines, camouflage the calf, and heave me 3, Custard grenade.-Ex. : Seventy-eight . H, cw 'ff' a Wifi f ' ww ' kingal Pal Spitting h' mem , Wifweism ln Pal: Wen 15 w t lell0W 5100 who f5urvl'5'in5 YF-9? I do He: oh, rm 4 tel-the . C Mile: Wllfduinl wi She: Well, ll Histfather: My bf Seeondfatherr T113 llillace: Did the dc Wallace: 0h.yes! i lhke and Pal rm! lalifm-1. Pan uw, lllhevefybest bnndyj mk'll1ebar-tender ww l alittle whisk- . hmdeofixim-'Q ii: look at the c .Wi MPP bar-tender lm! lm? Wvll. l ru lTm1y-Wm ddr. . , , R , 'i IO! ae isdumlsllallfnr ig, , iTalh 'nidx 4. ' ' hr, lllqgfgchokml' mii its 'bm nu. rm lliiteiml kh.,d.t'l 'l Nur fum- 5 ll!-ll. Q,