Red Bank High School - Log Yearbook (Red Bank, NJ)

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THE ROUND TABLE 27 Irp—“I’m going to sue my English teacher for libel.” Nip—“What’s the idea? ilrp—“She wrote on my paper, ‘You have bad relatives and antecedents .’’ Anna—“Leon and I have parted forever.” Bessie—“What’s that mean?” Anna—“Oh, I’m not sure, but I hope for a five pound box of candy.” “How is the razor?” asked the barber. “Fine, wouldn’t know I was being shaved,” returned Dub. “Glad you like it,” said the flattered barber. “Feels like 1 was being sand- papered,” finished Dub. Lore—“You certainly can dance.” Lou—“Yes, I love to.” Lore—“Then let’s love.” Mr. Lovett (while explaining an ex- ercise, and scratching his head) : “Is this plain?” Sloss—“No it’s solid.” Copeland—“Going to have dinner anywhere tonight?” Marion (eagerly)—“Why no, not that I know of.” Cope—“Tough luck, you’ll be aw- fully hungry by morning.” Van—“Did you see that girl sneeze?” Derveer—“No, I was looking at her hair.” Ethel—“They say that fellow you were just with, is a mind reader.” Marie—“Impossible. I was just dying for a sundae, all the while I was with him.” Harry Van Note—“Why are you parking?” Brix—“There’s a miss in the car.” Miss Stanger (reading ipoem)— “O’Brien, what verse form is this?” Bill (as usual) “Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z” Miss Stanger—“LJmm, must be a lullaby.” Elsie and Tet were returning from the Strand one evening and were dis- cussing the movie, in anything but a complimentory manner. “You know,” Elsie went on, “II could have done better than that heroine my- self.” “Yes, she was rotten,” agreed Tet. Dietz—“I’d like to try on that suit in the window.” Clerk—“Sorry, but I’m afraid you’ll have to use the dressing room.” There are meters lambic. And meters trochaic. And meters in musical tones. But the meter that’s sweeter. Completer and neater. Is to meet her in the moonlight alone. —Pitt Panthei. Kurtz (in a restaurant)—“Will you have a little shrimp?” Corina—“This is so sudden, Waldo.” Harry—“These girls put up an awful bluff, these days.” Roger—“How’s that?” Harry—“Why, when I started to kiss one the other day, she threatened to call her mother, but when I went right ahead, she only said ‘Oh, Daddy. ”

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26 THE ROUND TABLE THERE ARE SMILES, ETC. She smiled. And I smiled back. I met another— She smiled I smiled too. (So would you) They all smiled— I thought it queer. I began to fear. (So would you) And then I found My sock was down Over my shoe— And then I knew. (So would you)—Pelican. Little girl, little girl, where have you been. I’ve been to a girl’s school, some cul- ture to win. Little girl, little girl, what did you do there, I smoked cigarettes and cut off my hair. —Dirge. He seized her in the dark and kissed her. For a moment, bliss was his, “Oh” he said, “I thought it was my sister” She laughed and said “It is.” —Medley Pat—“May I kiss you on the fore- head?” Marion Ivino—“Not unless you want a bang in the mouth.” Mr. Wolback (in geom. explaining a problem) : “Now watch the board while I run through it once more.”

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28 THE ROUND TABLE Mother—“Won’t you need a wrap, Gladys? it seems rather chilly.” Gladys—“That’s all right mother. I’m going out' with Melvin.” Scotch—“Hey, that wasn’t the tooth I wanted pulled.” “Doc” Newman—“That’s all right, Frank, I’m coming to it.” John—“I hear you and your girl had an awful fight.” Cecil—“We did, she told me that I was the whole world to her and I asked her to get off the earth while I rested my knee.” Editor: “Say, Noah sprang this joke in the Ark.” Contrib: “Yeah, but there are only a few of us left who remember if.” Lore: “Where did you get that hat?” B. Braisted: “At the store.” Lore: “How much?” B. Braisted: “I don’t know; Kridel wasn’t looking. Bevo: “I am here to ask for your daughter’s hand.” Mr. Truex: “When were you first struck by her?” Bevo: “We haven’t quarreled yet.” Harry: “A football player out here wants his picture taken.” Stewart: “Full face?” Harry: “No, half back.” Mr. Wolbach: “Has anyone else a question?” Max W.: “Yes, what time is it?” Mildred Tetley: “What did Sitting Bull sit on?” I Was on the street The other day And I saw A girl and She saw me and She dropped her purse il hurried after But I fooled her— I kept the purse. —Punch Bowl. Lew Hawkins: “You probably don't remember me but last year you sent me to the library to get a book—” Miss Robinson: “Yes, yes have you got it?” Miss Stanger: “Parse the word kiss.” Cecil: “This word is a noun but it usually used as a conjunction. It is never declined and more common than proper. It is not very singular in that it is usually used in the plural. It agrees with me.” Bill V. N.: “I’m going to kiss you when I leave.” Ruth V. D.: “Sir! Leave the house at once.” Customer: “Is this for local applica- tion only?” Max: “No, you can use it anywhere you happen to be.” Pat Klatsky: “Bill O’Brien is so dumb he thinks hard-tack is used for laying carpets and curing soft nails.” Harry Mazza; “Hey Bill, how's Wagner’s Ford; does it pick up well?” B. Van Note: “Yeah, three this noon.”