Prophetstown High School - Prophet Yearbook (Prophetstown, IL)

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Marjorie: When I get to heaven I'm going to ask Shakespeare if he really wrote all of his plays. Marie: What if he isn't there? Marjorie: Well then, you ask him. Ward P.: I thought you took Algebra last year. John A.: I did, but the faculty was so pleased with my work that they encored me. Harry: Tell me Cora, why that sadness, Tell me, why that look of care, Why has fled that look of gladness That thy face is want to wear? Cora: Harry 'tis useless to dissemble, Well, my face may wear a frown, For I've lost my largest hair pin, And my chig non's coming down. CLASSIFIED Valfred: Were you ever in an auto that turned turtle? Harry: No, my old car acts more like a lobster. Absolutely harmless, guaranteed: Marjorie Hammond. The P. H. S. infant:- Valfred Johnson. OH SAY! Remember the afternoon that Barbara sat on the chicken house roof that Arnold might see her? Val says if the Revolutionary war hadn't happened as yet it must have been the Civil war. Mr. Andrews at foot ball practice: The grounds there all the time, Waite, you don't have to feel for it. We wonder if Bessie Lancaster has done very much studying since the seats have been re-arranged. Nathalie Emmons: Come on Blanche, sit on a front seat with me. Blanche: Naw that's kindergarten. N. E.: Then why aren't you up here? Vera held door on Agnes. Vera won. Andrews had just told the Physics class that he never lived on a farm but worked there once in a while and Blanche asked, What did you do, lead the chickens to Wat- er ? Andrews moderately replied, No but I used to curry them once in a while. Lives of Seniors all remind us We should try to do our best, And departing leave behind us Notebooks that will help the rest. PHYSICS CLASS Mr. Andrews: Why do you lean forward going up hill? Harry Mc.: So if my foot should slip I Wouldn't fall so far. Valfred Johnson thanked his lucky stars that Ellen was a Senior last year. Is there no preventitive for the everlasting 'no', ex- claimed one of the teachers.

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tuf- E jg M69 Andrews: Miss Emmons have you a wide rubber band? Emmons: Yes but I can't very well let you have it. Don Langdon Ccheerleaderh: Why, Mac you don't know what a time I have had at the football games. Mac: Why Dude? Dude: I can't tell Val from Luther. - Spring Clearance of hairpins-Mabel Lumbard. In French class as Vera is translating an affimative sen- tence. - Vera: Aw! that sentence is right only I got a not in it. Nathalie: Well why don't you untie it? Olive Ritzenthaler: What are the dates for the period of Reformation? Bessie L: 1660 - 1492 Harry: Say Lucille, Miss E, Ritzenthaler is watching you Lucille: Well, she knows a good thing when she sees it. Mr. Andrews: I am tempted to give a test. Bessie: Well Andrews, Yield not to temptation. Roscoe: I don't want a large picture taken. Valfred: Well, then, please shut your mouth. You can always tell a teacher but you can't tell them much.

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Where is that little story that you wrote? My English teacher said to me. ' I tore it up, I guess, said I. Best thing you ever did, said she. Andy: If this assembly were quite once, I should have heart failure. Someone dreamed that he died and when he got to the gates St. Peter gave him some chalk and said to put a mark on every step for the sins he had committed. When he got quite a ways down he met me! Asked what I was do- ing there. I said I was going back for more chalk. In Physics-Emmons: When are we going to get to some- thing we like? Mac: Tonight, probably. Olive R. Qin Englishl: What is the difference between informal and formal parties? Lula Bell: In one you wear sleeves and the other you don't. Olive R.: Was Macaulay a married man? Nathalie: No, he was a bachelor of art. Blanche: I hope it doesn't rain anymore. Andrews: Sure would have a dry spell, wouldn't we? Davies: What is the sign of an early spring? Milligan: A tack in the teacher's chair. Val: Have you noticed how slack some of the Senior girls are getting? Mack: Who do you mean? Val: Why, Nathalie and Blanche have let their eyebrows go a week without plucking them. Ruby: fConcerning the early American people! and they I were slumbering still. Bessie: Must be they didn't snore. Howard: Have you noticed Floy's permanent wave? Makes you think you're on an ocean wave. Waite: Makes you fairly seasick to look at it. Floy: Is that why you're so dizzy? Nathalie: Did you hear the latest song? Bud: No, let's hear it. Nathalie: Baaaa. Cora: How comes you and Mayme had a split? Curry: She got to tampering with my heart. Blanche: Say Bud, who'd you invite to Prom? Bud: If you must know, Irma Morrill. Blanche: When did you ask her? Cora: Probably the first night he stepped out with her. She: Women's minds are cleaner than men's. He: Yes, they change them oftener. Blanche: Say, Bessie did you know Lucille is taking small boys to raise? Bessie: No, why? Blanche:IShe is going to invite Donald Landon to the rom.