Salem High School - Lyon Yearbook (Salem, IN)

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-A-In iw awov- Q5 Miss Watson to Gladys Brown: Can you tell me what nationality Moses was? Achoo, sneezed Gladys. Miss Watson: Correct. Mr. Hughes: Did you take a cold shower bath after basket ball practice? Roy Wilson: No, is one missing? Miss Watson: Where did Thomas Jefferson sign the Declaration of Inde- pendence? Mark Ashley: At the bottom. Miss Hester: Virginia, you may trans- late from caelo iheavenj to terram tearthl. Virginia Crim: That's impossible, is- n't it, Miss Hester? Mrs, Phillips: You may press the fruits along with the leaves if you wish. Freshman: vv'ill it be all right to press a persimmon? Arthur Parr: Miss Watson, what kind of animal is this? Miss Watson: A Dinosaur. Arthur tmisunderstandingj: You- don't-know-sir? Well, it is some kind of a distinct monster. Mr. Brooks: Liberty of action will have to be taken from the students. Gundon Denny: Give me liberty or give me death! Mr. Brooks: Who said tnat? 'Gundon : Patrick Henry. AN UNUSUAL PROCEEDING Miss Watson: Leroy, how did Wash- ington deliver his first message to Con- gress? Leroy Alberding: On horseback. Helen Thlxton fin libraryl: Harry, lPage are you looking for The Story of a Bad Boy? Harry Barrett: No, why should I be? Helen: I thought you might like to read of one so near kin. SUCH IMPUDENCE! Paul Morris: Sister, I think, if I was- n't here, Frank would kiss you. Isabel: Leave the room instantly, you bad boy. IT CAN'T BE DONE Miss Holtzman said in school one day Place your eyes on the blackboard, and hold them there, please. A SARCASTIC FRESIHMAN Kind Sophomore fto Freshie who has fallen down the stairslz Dear me, have you fallen down stairs? Freshie: Oh, no! I'm just sitting here resting. N0 WONDER Charlie Mull: How did you like Eng- lish today? Frank Ratts: Wonderfully! I went to sleep and wasn't wakened thru the whole period. WE YVOULD LIKE T0 HAVE HEARD MISS WATSON'S ANSWER Interested Sophomore: How long did the Hundred Year's War between Eng- land and France last? POOR FRECKLES Miss Lewis: Have you read Freck- les? Herman Baker: No, .mine are brown. MACARONIC VERSE Caesar in oile should boilite, For he makes my mind- to toilltep Caesar in the oile should lioilite. --A Caesar Student. ninetyl

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'-fi-In la LYON' Nl A BATTLE CRY-DON'T GIVE UP THE FLAPPING! They say we shouldn't paint or powder: They say we shouldn't fllrt or shoutg That only makes us shout the louder, A grin is better than a pout. Although they keep on with their rap- ping, Yet still we'll say, lVe'll not give up the flapping! fSignedJ The Flappers fYou know usb A CYNIC, IT SEEMS Donovan Dennis: Say, have you seen that new Sophomore? Good looking, I'1l say. She has a beautiful head. Harold Banks: Yes, she has a pretty good looking head, but 'believe me, Dutch, there is nothing in it. BEHIND TIMES, LLOYD Miss Watson: Who is Hindenburg, Lloyd? Lloyd Markland: He is a leader in the Barbarian revolt. YVHY SHOULDN'T IT BE IMPORTANT Miss Watson: Why is 1907 import- ant? Daisy Colglazier fin a stage whisperj Why, that's the year I was born! WHY. OF COURSE ROBERT! Miss Watson: What happened in '1776? Robert Boggs: The Fourth of July. I SUSPECT IT IS, RATTSY! Edward Rhetts: Mrs. Phillips, did you say my neck was too long? IS THIS A FARMER? Mr. Shively: Name three breeds of hogs. Glenn Miller: Burdocks, durocs, and O. C. I's. B.Y THESE THINGS YE SHALL KNOW THEM: Bernice Baynes-Giggling. Edward Rhetts-Cutting up. Seniors- Look up to us. Juniors- We own the world. Sophomores- See the Green Fresh- ies! Freshmen- You can't tell us any- thing. Miss Lewis: Can anyone mention a. case of real friendship made famous by literature? Tennis Boling: Mutt and Jeff. Mark Ashley suggests that we print. these jokes on tissue paper so that Al-- len Alexander can see through them- Jim Tucker: Yes, father, I'm a big gun at school. Judge Tucker: Then why don't I hear better reports from you? BRIGHT BOY Paul Ashley: XV.hat made you go to sleep while I was making my speech? Robert Lee Peden: Well, you gave me the dope, didn't you? Dorothy Bell: Why was Jack taken out of the game? ' Mary Catherine P.: For holding. Dorothy Bell: Oh, isn't that just like Jack? ONE ON HIM Mr. Hughes fin office showing an ex- cuse slip to a group of teacvhersyt Say, which one of you writes B. M. instead of P. M. on these slips. I want to find the person who doesn't know any more than that. Miss Hester flocking at the slipl: Those are the initials of Bertha May- field, the librarian. lPage eighty-nlnel

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L55 -LYON' QI SONGS OF S. I-I. S. I. Tune: Last Night on the Back Porch. I love her in Typewriting, I love her at the gameg I love her, yes, I love her, I love her just the same: I love her at the party, I love her in the hallg But after school in the assembly, I love her best of all. II. Tune: Comm' Thru the Rye. If a body meet a body, Coinin' frae the town- If a body meet a body, Need a body frown? --The Junior Girls U7 III. Songs of Maidens all Forlorn. 1. Tune: Robin Adair. What's this dull town to me? Basil Talfmafdge 's not near. Kenneth What made it so fine for me? Basil Talmadge was here Kenneth Where's all the joy and mirth That made this town a l1eav'n on earth? Oh, they're all fled with thee, Talniadge Thompson Basil Williams Kenneth Winslow Edna Holsapple Ruth Stewart Katherine Marshall Additional Stanza: What made the assembly shine? Mine and Bob's hairg What made the game so fine? Be-b-by was there. 7-Mary Hayes Chamberlain IV. Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. My Billy is away at college, My Bi1ly's away at I. U. My Billy is away at college, Come back to me, Billy, 0 do! --Laura Mae Colglazier Miss Troth: What disease is caused by lack of vitamins in food? Gladys Caulblez Is that the disease kids have called rackets? -- I . T. Miss Troth: We should eat fruit peel- -ngs. Is that not so, Elva? Elva W.: Not banana peelings. Mrs. Phillips: Labrate flowers are dl- vided into two - lips. Name one, James. James BrownT A tulip. Charles Mull: Are you looking for The Story of a Bad Boy? Charles Rhetts: No, wliy? Charles lu.: I wouldn't read it if I were you. It couldn't give you any pointers. Mary Hayes Chamberlain: The man in the field was having trouble with his machinery-no, his plow. WHAT THEY ARE NOTED FOR Junior Class--Pretty, peppy girls. Al- so lor its good opinion of itself. Senior Class-General gayety twe al- ways thought Seniors were staid and dignified.J Basket Ball Girls- Raising the roof by shouts, squeals, and giggles in Lyon Hall and Dressing Room. Mr. Shively-That fiery eye and charming grin. Mr. Davis-That awful voice. Helen Shively--And her Sunshine Girls-P-E-P. l-larrison McBride-His mustache. Daisy Colglazier-Curls and laughs. A MISUNDERSTANIDING Hope Summers fstudying Vergillt Vicissim Luna premit. Reba Hopper fwho interrupts and says mockinglyjx We kiss' him, Lund Premit? You'd better put away that nonsense and study your Latin. LPage ninety-onel