Prattsburgh Central High School - Franklinite Yearbook (Prattsburgh, NY)

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30 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL , A Freshman once to Hades went, To see what he could learn, They sent him back to school again- He was too green to burn. Aclvertiisement. - I have the agency for Ayres' Hair Vigor. It does not discolor the hair, but removes dandruff and prevents the falling out of the hair. Get a sample bottle at once and try it. Agent, Bessie Early, Elmbois, N. Y. Bessie B. had 'a, yellow dog, She called him Arthur P., . And everywhere that Bessie went Her doggie was sure to be. Some people are so busy that they can spend hours and hours telling you how busy they are. DARK DAYS AHEAD- Hey, Moike, and phwat do ye t'ink of these new sanitary drinkin' cups? Sure, Put, and soon wve'll have to spit on our hands wid an eye- dropperf ' TOO QUICK- So you've been fighting again. Didn't you stop and spell your names, as I told you? HY-yes, we did-but my name's Algernon Percival, an' l1is is Jim. OUR FREEDUM-Mutt-''Ain't Nature WlOI1d8I'fl1l?H Jeiii-J 4 Why OZ Mutt-' ' She gives us all faces, but we can pick our own teeth. COSTLY ABLUTIONiS- Ladies, 30 pounds, washed and dried, S515 excess, 4 cents per pound. Denver Wet Wasli. Phone Gallup 1234 CONTRAST- I told you not to make me take a bath, ma. Look l1ow plain that hole in my stocking shows now. SUITABLE- I want to sweep the cobwebs from my brain. Why not use a vacuum cleaner?

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 29 Loving Teacher Cto studentl- My boy, why cannot you be a man? Fourteen-year-old student-f'Because I :aim not old enough! ' It isn't any fun being a kid, observed little Victor bitterly. You have to go to bed when you are not sleepy an' get up when you are. Mother- Is it true, Johnny, that you are at the foot of your class? Johnny- Not quite, just about the ankle. Professor Todd in Algebra- If I had 1,000 feet of good wire and used 500 feet, how many feet would I have left ll Park- A good wireless 1500 feetlf' Cornelia liuais been heard to wish for an Earl to VVheel fhler about. Miss Sturdevant in Caesar- How do you translate horse into Latin? Junior-' ' Pony. l' -.l Professor Todd has lately taken to walking exercises. Miss Lambert- What did you study for your English III IPSSOIIV, Bernice- Olh, I don't know. Something about-. And a general laugh drowned the rest. The Juniors now are fewi, They seem so wild land funny, But life must lonesome be NVithout their pride called Bunny, One day as fEdnal and CBusterJ were wlalking through the Qljarkl on their way to CShaderj Swamp after lhoganlberries, flfldnal was terrified by the shrill shriek of a fCreanl. As lBusterl was telling her not to be afraid, they heard the crack of a rifle, and the lC'reanj fell dead at Ednals feet, shot by the lHunterl.

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 31 WANTS. VVanted-By Park Arn-old, a position on the honor roll. Wanted-By' Professor Todd, a pair of non-skid shoes. Wanted-By Elma Cineebau, some more of those inspiring notes to read. ' VVanted prompter in VVanted-By VVanted-By ing. -BV l Cornelia Pratt, more time for Virgil or else a class. Miss Lambert, more front seats. VValter Mahon, something to help me stop laugh- Wanted-'By Professor Todd, no fun in American History. Wanted-By Howard LaGrange, a pair of shoes that will not turn in when in repose. VVanted-By the Seniors, some of that dignity that the teaeh- ers told us we should have. Vlhalnted-By Mary WVurth, the ability to drop a ruler without eoming upon the front seat. Wanted-An essay by Cornelia and Elma, subject, The Joy of Living, Mr. Todd, critic. VVanted-A Philadelphia lawyer to diseipher VVilliam Pratt's writing. Vllanted-A good mouse trap for Miss Lambert's room. whom? Wlly, the girls, of course. , - Wianted--By Marjory McConnell, a nice little boy to love. Wlanted-A leather bound volume of Scott's best wforks. Isa- belle Smith. Wanted-By Marjorie Kennedy, a big, lonely desert all my own, where I won't see one I know. Wantecl-Byf the pupils of Franklin Academy, a desert to put Marjorie in. VVanted-A box of grapes, the Isabelle preferred. John Me- Mannamon. VVanted-A eook. Black hair and brown eyes preferred. George Wraight. Wa.nted-A book on Physical Culture which will tell me how to keep my Arm strong. Clara Prosser.