Rocky Mountain College - Yellowstone / Poly Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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Roll Call of the Academic Department Generic Name Favorite Edible Ordinary Aspiration P- S- Name Expounded Beliefs or Theories. l llaskin, llelen l'eannts Hobby To become a Prinia, H6-011 UHHKS UIUC illiifm clocks , Uomlo, are used principally to add zest to l ,Chapel meetings. walter, liosiua Frog Limbs Rosie T0 get bagk Ilgme That if an aviator lives Zuyears, 1 . ilfatte htasb overlooked him in the trus o usmess. Setzer, Ralph 'I Scream Setz To be a great andl That an angry men is the. buslest , :glorious mo,-ohant in specimen of humanity, for it keeps the 1X1O0nShine State the eyes, tongue, arms, legs, and l teeth busy doing justice to some i l leases, and a full hospital corps to 4 l handle the result. Armstrong, H. l.over's lJelightlArmy ITO be free from care' Believes that what the world Sandwiches l or ,and go to classes needs is an alarm clock that at the .Bonehead lwhen nothing inter- appointed hour will beat a bass feres drum, discharge a Roman candle, l 'reach out an arm and clutch at the sleeper's hair and set fire to the l lbedding, all at once. Avent, Maude Pickled Sea Foam lllaudie lTo mind her own busi-3 Of the 0DiI1i0f1 that SOUIG people lness 'are angry so much of the time that l lthey often die at an advanced age l with their brains almost unused. Avent, Agnes Carpet. Tacks Bl1IN1Y lTo take more hours of Firm belief that the Bee is 3 Q01-rid0r I,ab ,small fuzzy animal with a great habit of minding its own business, l ,and has almost unparalleled fa- cilities for encouraging the casual ,passerby to do the same. Hulbush, Walter Deviled Mush 'BUSY 'To make good resoln-' That men Of ifldl1StI'Y I'iSG when tions awakened by the alarm clock, and then proceed to work, but that lazy people strangle them with pillows ,and turn over for another hour's H isnooze. Hunter, Frank Prunes 'KQHY T0 ifsk U19 f93Ch9Y Believes that at times a four YIUPSUOUS word adjective will produce enough anger to keep the county Appellate ,and Supreme Courts tolerable busy l tor several years, Tliurston, Lester Pea Pods 'l'l1iI'SlY T0 be HH actor That sometimes a. quiet man may l be annoyed for hours before he will ignite, but that when he does so he should be left alone, for the p fuse is usually short and that he l . ,explodes with a charge of shrapnel. Holt. Nellie 'Nates Nellie T0 b9f'01Uf' U seedy That so-called Bands are of 6 Baker, Harold Pickle, Geo. f 1'l'ooth picks i Clam Fhowder l 1 l l t mumps Pick teacher To be close to strong To teach Latin -235 Arm- lgrades: good, bad, unendurable, ,horrible, atrocious and worse. Only la few of 1st grade, but inconceiv- 'able number of the 6th, ls convinced that Clouds are merely celestial sprinklers operat- led in the intersts of the umbrella ltrust. l Believes that even people who llove the Bee do not stroke him lon the back, and that those who do iso in an enthusiastic moment have lacquired a hand which could be wrapped up and sold for a Virginia lham.

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THE POLY broaden our vista of the future by appreciating. and entering into the life and culture of other people. NYe are proud to say that our Latin students all belong to the infantry, no ponies being used. An interest in Latin. gratifying to the faculty, has been shown by the large class that commenced First Year Latin the second semester and that, by S'El'l1Q'g'll1lg on with two recita- tions a day. will be prepared to read Caesar next fall, thus proying' that we can do what we will-and we will. So may we learn to say with Caesar, yeni vidi vici, tl came, l saw. l conqueredl not veni vidi yictus sum tl came, l saw and I was conilueredl, and may we have some of the academic and collegiate life with which to live our lives to the fullest extent. ll. P. How would the tollowmg' be tor an oath ot allegiance to tlre Poly or to the school ol your choice? ' ' XX'e will tight for the ideals and sacred things ul. the lnstitute, both alone anal with many: we will revere and obey the laws of the Polytechnic State, and do our best to incite like respect and reverence in those about us who are prone to animl or to set them at naught: we will strive unceasingly to quicken our sense will loyalty. Thus, in all these ways. we will transmit this school, not less, but greater. better. and more beautiful than it' was transmitted lo us. M. M.: I lid any one take my book again qX. .X.: Here it is-I thought to pick it up for sal-c-lfeepiiigfl M. M.: People get put in jail for safe-keeping: Diligentissimus. XYallace-- ',llo Harrison! with this snowball scrap, l've got a lot of studyin' to do. Guiler. speaking' to Miss Burlison in kitchen: I smell scorched cabbage. Miss Burlison: You should not hold your head so close to the radiatorf Mr. Dyer- Mr, Sherry, now just suppose you had a case. Mr. Dyer llln the lab.D : Mr, Holt, be careful or you'll break that lady's lingers. -X despondent Poly student saw this advertisement in the city not long' since: Billings Dye House. Une door distant a second sign. l'ndertaking' liistablislinientf' But a rod ahead still another. XYhy walk around in misery when you can be comfortably buried for thirty-five dollars There is still some hope for the poor lookers, for Throssel, Pauingartner and llklund, Photographers, have given this warranty: Where there is beauty we take it, where there's none we make it. Miss Connelly: Elsa, do you get any social hour dates now? Elsa: 'flhl ever and anon. Miss Connelly: XYell, so do l, but mine are all anon now. Mauser, making out his schedule: l want to take Commercial Law, what time does it come? Mr. Kline: Eight o'clock. Mauser: Nothinff doinff, that is too early for me. n 5 . -27-

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THE PGLY A-p vmmmhm-V-V-MApl Mn To be friendly to Hel-4 That the Clarionet of the Orches- ena tMont.J ,tra is a wooden tube full of scien- itifically located holes, and that by llistening carefully to a brass band lin full eruption, one can detect a querulous instrument running up ,and down the scale like a squirrel lchasing itself around a tree. To Pass away the Suggests that a Brass Band is a Ume large number of disturbances Qmerged into one harmonious and jarnbangsome whole. To take 1110145 Campusa Believes that a splendid defini- try ltion for the bass horn would be a Brass labyrinth about 5 ft, in di- ameter through which it is pos- sible for a capacious man to re- spire in such a manner as to be heard for half a mile on a calm Montana day. That the new model autos should be equipped with a patent funnel through which pedstrians may be received, dusted off and deposited in the rear without injury or delay, ,and with a device which will ring a. bell, toot a whistle, fire a. cannon and discharge a rocket when the ,gasoline gets low. KEnertf Creanifiifiuffsii W mii'B'roadivayi Shorty Guiler, Homer 6uiailiioniToast fi Fuzz IH'TLeoW i A T ' DY 7 fwfr Sfurray, Oscar Pfafnfandhwi fatiw To take life easy Y Y figoirw i' gass t5' i Et Bobby KY' I if I I To become a second That the earth does not turn up Tetrazini back of her at her every step nor ithat she is wearing the parallels of .latitude for shoe strings nor the ieouator for a sash ribbon. Bliss Morton examining' gies : some insurance policies, finds the following' dubious phraseolo- Mother :lied in infancy. Father went to bed feeling' well and the next morning' woke up dead. Grandfather died suddenly at the age of 103. Up to this time he bade fair to reach a ripe old age. Applicant does not know anything about maternity. except that they died at an ad- vanced age. Applicant does not know cause of mother's death. but states that she fully recovered from her last illness. Applicant has never been fatally sick. Father died suddenly: nothing serious. Applicants brother, who was an infant, died when he was a mere child. Grandfather died from gunshot wound, caused by an arrow shot by an Indian. Mothers last illness was caused from chronic rheumatism, but she was cured death. No man is to be pitied excepting the one whose future lies behind and whose constantly in front of him. before past is Mr. Kline says that a thrilling cereal is being published in the Christian Herald. body will probably make an oat of it. Some- Rlullowney, speaking of an address he heard recently. He fthe spealcerj was lettered as the other side of a tombstone. 215 Llll- ...29..