Potter School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Rv You Illlllk her, is last nmmems? lose hc-r anm. lt up the back. mst have been an - I . WPICOIDQ hun' rust to go OW! the Ce. n puli. Sljaguswd f':1Vf' In i THE POTTER SHIELD TWW9191' V00 Waiterbr DO you serve lobsters here? Waiter: Yes, sir, we serve anyone, sit right down -Ex - Pat ilooking at Sign' twenty feet up in 94 SWUOHDZ Mike do you see that sign up there, No spitting here. Penalty 3100. Board of Health ? Mike: Sure. Pat: Well those health guys are poor sport . I'd b '11' ' fellow 3100 who could spit up there. S 8 W1 mg to give any - Mrs. A. Csurveying sleeping infantl: That must be a titled child. Mrs. B.: Yes 5 I do call him the -Prince of Wales. , He: Oh, John, I'm almost dead! I've carried this great can out fifteen times to water the roses. He: Why didn't you wait for me? u A She: Well, it looked so like rain I was afraid they'd never get done at all if I didn't do them at once. First father: My boy's letters from college always send me to the dictionary. Second father: That's nothing. My boy's always send me to the bank. f THE BEST ToN1o Willace: Did the doctor do anything to hasten your recovery? Wallace: Oh, yes! He told me he was going to charge me five dollars a visit. Mike and Pat went into a saloon to get a drink, and Mike ordered a nice big stein of beer. Pat thought for a while and then said: I'd loike to have a glass of the very best brandy ye've got in the housef' The bar-tender went off, and soon came back with a dusty old bottle. He took a little whisky glass and tenderly filled it with the brandy, and then set it alongside of Mike's beer. Pat looked from one to the other and then said: I say, Mike, just look at the difference in size, will ye? I ain't got one-tenth as much as ye. . The bar-tender looked up and said: Well, you asked for the best brandy, didn't you? Well, I want you to know that this stuff is forty years old. Forty years old! said Pat. What do you think of that, Mike? Mike thought for a minute and then said: Forty years old! Well, begorry, it's damn small for its age. ,i.ii..1-il- Father, said the small boy, what is psychology? i U 4 . Psychology, my son, is a word of .four syllables that you ring in to distract attention when the explaining gets difficult. Jessie: I was taken into dinner by that officer you introduced me to., He was quite gallant, and remarked upon my bird-like appetite- 0 , Maud: Well, he should be a good judge on that pO111'03 he runs an Qstrlch farm in South Africa. , Seventy-'nine

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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,

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THE POTTER SHIELD Look here, waiter, I've found a button in this salad. Y es, sir, thatls part of the dressing. -Ex. Oh, Papa! Papa! shouted little Johnny at the dinner table. . Johnny, said his father, how many times must I tell you not to interrupt me when I am talking? . Johnny subsided and a few minutes later his father said: Now, Johnny, what was it you wanted to say? u i'Well, said the little fellow, it's too late now. I was going to tell you about a bug in your salad, but now you've eaten it. JUST THE SAME 'fDo you act toward your wife as you did before you married her? Exactly. I remember just how I used to act when I first fell in love with her. I used to lean over the fence in front of her house and gaze at her shadow on the curtain, afraid to go in. And I act just the same way now when I get home late. I'm out for a ride, Newbauer cried, As he hurred away in glee, Ten miles from town, his car broke down, I'm in for a walk, said he. Dib: I haven't heard such swearing since the day I was born. Fuller: I suppose there was a good deal of swearing the day you were born. w Mr. Newsome: What is stable government? Jackson: One that displays horse sense.- Zell: I tell you, an operation for appendicitis is no joke. Sloss: Nevertheless it was side splitting. . Angry pupil: Eddy, there's a spider in the ice cream. ' p A Eddy: Serves him right. Let him freeze to death, he was in the soup yes- terday.-Ex. V Mr. Jones: Why do they put a hyphen in bird-cage? Doolittle: I guess for the bird to sit on. Mr. Potter Cwith report cardjz Is this your father's signature? Canopy Dohrmann: As near as I could get it. i Guess who said this. Student Cat graduation to Mr. Potterb: I am indebted to you for all I know Mr. Potter: Oh, don't mention such a trifle. 1 MT- NGWSOIHG fill physicsj: What is a vacuum? Burbank Cafter a pausej : Well, I've got it in my head but I can't explain 113, Eighty f 51 U -a :M - -gag: '54-as :m.,'Z v . ro 0 -' 98 Nfl zogf +4 - 980g ' a as Q.: FO 39 fy' 'Gin XM A'x 'X I x ruff NA -XJ 5 X J' F 'i I is 'fl-'vJSi:Q2NX X ,xi - yN .fg3'gv-Y iii ' Y f - f V N I V 4-n ff 5 L uso! UQ s J-I-lx nv I 50 xcifn vt tae: '54-is F 'mn .2 i - 'r mugs Qs? mix xg :ff U Ri' Q