Salinas Junior College - La Reata Yearbook (Salinas, CA)

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she said. Sir Gawain prepared to go up. It was, withal, rather sudden, but then a knight must always be courteous to a lady. The lady's husband chose that moment to come home. He immediately challenged Sir Gawain to a duel. The two prepared to meet on the field of honor or fdishonorj . They rushed their horses toward each other. Sir Gawain drew his sword and prepared to sell his life dearly. At that moment he felt something slip. My kingdom for a safety pin! he cried. But he had no kingdom. Armour and rumble seat fell off. The stranger knight raised his sharp blade for the kill. At that moment a series of hair raising meows sounded like a clarion upon the battle field. The occupants of the rumbleseat were voicing their displeasure of the whole thing. The strange knight, fearing that he faced a magician, turned and fled. For the sake of truth, I must admit that Sir Gawain ran the other way. FYTTE III CCAT FYTT1-EJ Quick, I-Ienry, the can opener! quoth Sir Gawain. This- armour is rusted to me. And say, send over to the trophy shop and order two or three dragon heads and a giant or so. See if you can get that scop we hired last time, too. He's the best liar we've had yetf' Henry appeared in the doorway with a happy smile on his face. Another family since you left, my lord. Seven this time. You may have it recorded in the Saxon Chronicle when they get it started, Sir Gawain said kindly. XVhere's that jigsaw I was working? MARGUERITE HAYWARD WHAT PRICE EDUCATION The principal halted a moment at the entrance of the study hall and observed eagerly the anxious, troubled movements of the pupils. It was the beginning of exams, now it was a case of each man for himself. Industrious students earnestly scanned their notebooks for a last glance at the precious words written there. As the prin- cipal looked about the room he caught sight of a poor freshman mumbling his knowledge to an empty chair beside him. The principal, thinking he might learn something new, walked unnoticed to the side of the boy and heard him murmur fever- ishly- Internal Revenue is a tax on male citizens, and the Civil Wfar began in 1396 when Lincold set 040

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FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SIR GAWAIN FYTTE I It was June first by the old Roman calendar Which hung in good King Arthur's castle-not that the King knew it, for he was ill of some mys- terious disease, and rumors of an evil enchantment were circulating freely. Uust plain measles, the servants said, but then they gossip solj Be that as it may, there was one in that castle who realized the date keenly. The noble Sir. Gawain was prey to an attack of spring fever. He pushed aside the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle with a moody sigh. Tiresome stuff, he thought, and anyhow he had 9. haunting suspicion concerning those lumps in the gravy the night before. Finally he fell to musing. Outside the .sun was shining brightly, and Adventure seemed to beckon to him. A light of purpose filtered across Sir Gawain's open face. Henry,,' quoth the knight, fetch me my armour! Henry, the handy valet, dashed off to do his master's bidding. In a short time he returned, bearing upon his face the look of a man who is about to impart some bad news. My lord- he began. Where's the armor? demanded Sir Gawain. Well-. Well, What?', Well, the cat's had kittens in it again, sir! Oh-sugar! Sir Gawain manfully resisted the impulse to use some- thing stronger. I suppose 1,11 have to take them with me. Do you think the blacksmith can put a rumble seat on that suit of armour? Lookis like I'd better get a two-pants suit in the future. FYTTE II Cn a lonely road in Britain Qsomewhere near the hideout of Queen Guenevere's favorite breweryj a gilt-spattered, splay-footed, phlegmatic dray horse was plodding along. A knight was draped over the central portion of the animal. It was Sir Gawain. He had been through a terrible rainstorm the night before, and his armour, not being provided with storm sewers, had filled up like a bath tub. No wonder he seemed pale! Sir Gawain rode till he came to a clearing with a tall tower in it. He stopped at the foot of the tower and shouted lustily. A sweet voice from above answered him. He looked up and saw a fair maiden with long, golden tresses. Why don't you come up some time? 390

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Columbus free. An ode is a metrical romance with four electrical changes, and example is Harper's Impending Crisis which was written in 1901 at the time of the Pinkneg Treaty with Bolognia. Two plus one over six plus nine equals three x minus five over-oh, that's right-what is sagasta? Let's see, that means lawyer in Spanish, and abogado-he's the man who discovered that the shortest distance between a straight line is two points. 373 is the absolute thermometer temperature at sea level, and Charles' law explains the theory of the World War in 1789, the year after Washington destroyed the Spanish Armada at the time of McKinley's assassination of the Einstein Theory. The student paused, took another look at his book, and continued: If X square equals b square, then the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1880 at the time of the beginning-at the time of the-beginning-. He stopped-could not think of the rest, so he closed his book with a bang and arose to go. As he looked up he noticed the principal standing beside him. With a flush of embarrassment, he said, I know everything perfectly-I'm sure I'11 get a swell grade on my test. Then he hurried out into the confusion of the hall. JEANETTE JENKINS THE MAKE-UP WOMAN CA Iamboree Parody On Gzmda Dinh You may talk o' acts an' plays When you're sittin' out in front, An' you're wastin' time before the curtain rises. But when it comes to knowledge Of the thing of which you're talkin' You have lots an' lots to learn about it yet. You do not see the dressin' rooms Where the lab'rin roust-a-bout Is servin' of that darn old Jamboree. Of all that actin' crew The one who did the most Was that poor hard-workin', suff,rin, Madeleine. It was Girl! Girl! Girl! You good-for-nothin' slowpoke, Madeleine! Hi! Lazy, do it now! Lipstick, get it! Bring it quickly! 410