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

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THE ROUND TABLE 29 B. O’Brien: “Mr. Wolbach, I think I just skinned thru that exam ’ Mr. Wolbach: “I know you did; I was watching you.’’ Eleanor Burdge: “You seem to have a hard job raising a moustache. Dub.’ Dub Lovett: “Yeah: queer too. Dad has a dandy. E. B.: “Well, maybe you take after your mother.” Bill: “Two’s company you know.” Jim: “Yeah, and three’s a scandal.” (We refer you to Harry Mazza). Garage owner (looking over Russ’s car) : “That’s a pretty good horn you got; let’s jack it up and run a new car under it.” Miss Throckmorton: “Kite, how is it that no matter how quiet it is in this library, as soon as you come in the trouble starts?” J. M. K.: “I don’t know; I guess it’s just a gift.” This sounds like C. V. L. “Why was Dr. Kutter so severely repremanded by the librarian?” “They caught him absentmindedly removing the appendix from a book he was reading.” Raver: “You got a mean gash on your forehead Ted.” Nestler: “Next to nothing, next to nothing.” Miss Stanger: “How would you punctuate this isentence?: T lost my hat in the wind. ” Carol Shroeder: “I’d make a dash after the hat.” Pat (to boss in office) : “Mike’s in the mud up to his ankles.” Boss: “Well, why doesn’t he get out?” Pat: “Shure but he’s in upside down.” This verse is put In this here place To help to fill A little space. Miss Stanger: “There can be no sen- tence without a verb.” John Phillips: “I know one— ‘Thirty days’.” Question: If a boy is a lad and the boy has a step-father, does that make the boy a step-ladder? She: “How do you like my new dress?” He: “It’s ripping! ! She: “Horrors! Call a taxi! ! ” And We Did. Miss Hodgdon (passing out French test papers as the last bell rang) : “Pass out as you get your papers.” Couvy: “What’s the matter with this match? It won’t light.” V. Lancet: “That’s funny. It lit a few minutes ago.” The football from a gym class had gone on the roof. A youngster raced into the English class and yelled— “How do you get on the roof?” Miss Stanger replied—“T don’t know. I never tried.” Stewed-nt (in Latin) : “Troilus, hav- ing lost his arms, fled in all directions.”

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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.”

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30 THE ROUND TABLE Here a little, there a little. Story, class note, song, or jest. If you want a ‘slick’ school ipaper Each of you must do your best.” Ex. C. Prate, in current events: “A sol- dier, who was wounded in the front.” She meant well. S. Wilkins: “Got your Christmas lists completed yet?” Bill O’Brien: ‘‘Only the preliminary one.” S. W.: “What’s that?” W. O.: “A list of the places where I might get credit.” Harry Mazza is quite a talented com- poser. His latest musical hit' is an in- teresting little ballad entitled: “When it’s cold on Newman Springs, ’tis warm on Catharine Street.” Mrs. Tetley: “Don’t ask so many questions, Mildred. Don’t you know that curiosity once killed a cat?” Mildred: “What did the cat want to know, mother?” She: “My face is my fortune.” He: “Well, it’s no disgrace to be poor.” Customer in hardware store: “I’d like to see some cheap skates.” Clerk: “Just a minute, I’ll call the boss.” Stoutie (speaking of R. H. S.): “Great place, turns out fine men.” Mayor of Homdel: “Did you gradu- ate last year?” M. S.: “Didn’t graduate, they turned me out.” Bill Van Note: “Would you scream if I kissed you?” Elsie Dey: “How could I if you did it properly?” A visitor in Red Bank wanted to know if Henry Ford went to Red Bank High School. He said he had seen his car outside. Miss Beebe, in economics: “Name some factories in this vicinity.” Miss J. Van Schoick: “Conovers’.” Miss Beebe: “What do they make there?” J. VanSchoick: “Oh, shields and— (My, what a blush!) Guide (to Wagner): “I just saw numerous bear tracks about a mile north.” Frank: “Fine, which way is south?” Anna: “Did you get the seats for the show to-night?” Leon: “Yes, I got them, but they are in the very back of the house.” Anna: “So thoughtful, Leon, the show won’t bother us a bit back there.” Miss Wainwright: “What kind of a question is it?” J. Phillips: “An interrogative ques- tion.” Scotch: “Beg pardon, Mr. Wolbach, but what did you write in my note- book?” C. A. W.: “I told you to write more plainly.” Cope: “Do you believe in a man kissing a girl’s hand?” Marion: “I think it’s entirely out of place.”