St Johns High School - Le Cid Yearbook (St Johns, MI)

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A1 to Aloysius: So you loved and lost? Aloysius: Well, not exactly, when she returned my presents, she put in some of the other fellows' too. We hear that Mr. Francis is going to take a ten-year course in penmanship at the University of Alabama. We wish him success. Henry Steves: I met a skunk on the way to school, so the teacher sent me home. Tom Hefty: Hot pop, you are always lucky. Sir Jack Falstaff: The early bird catches the worm. Sir Toby Belch: Ods, worms and birds, why did she get up so early? Nurse: The new patient in our ward is light-headed. Doctor: Delirious or blond? Father: I punished you because I love you. Son: And if I was only bigger, Father, I'd return your love. Mal Ma! sobbed Willie, Do my ears belong to my neck or my face? Why, what'S the matter? was the temporating reply. Well, you told Mary to wash my face and she is washing my ears, too. Shoplifter: Just my luck! Out go all the lights-everybody's filling their pockets, and me in the grand piano department. Grocer: And a pound of black tea, would green do? Customer: Er-no, this is for a funeral. Henry: I will be good for a penny, mother. Mother: Henry, you must understand right now that a son of mine must be good for nothing. Our father slipped upon the ice, Because he could'nt stand, He saw the glorious stars and stripes, We saw our father-land, One night Farmer Brown heard a. commotion in his chicken house. He went out, but found the door closed and all still. He called out: VVho's there? After a mo- ment, a meek voice answered: No-buddy, but us chickens. Dad: Willie, have you practiced your piano lesson this Week? Willie: Yes sir, I practiced it an hour every day. Dad: Well, that's good, but next time you practice, open the piano: Ive had the key in my pocket all this week. Customer: I 'Want a bar of soap. Store Keeper: Scented or unscented? Customer: I'll take it with me. Did you know smoking changed the color of your complexion? Sure, I get tanned every time the governor sees me wid a cigarette. after that I see red and finally relapse into the blues. Willie fat tablelz I want my pudding now, I don't want any Old meat and- Father-sternly: You keep your mouth shut and eat your dinner. In Caesar Class-Raymond Hull: 'Legatos is in the Ablative case, isn't it? Miss Turnbull fnerturbed and with Canadian aecentl: No, it is not. it is in the Accusative case. Raymond: Well, we won't argue about it. Does your daughter play by ear? No, she uses both hands and feet, but she can't use her ears.

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Mr. F.: What is treason? T. Atkinson: Adhering to the army or navy. Mr. F.: That's alright as fur-aeas far is it goes. Stinebower was asked by M'iss Hunt to write a 300-word essay on Motor cars. He submitted the following: My dad was going out into the country the oth- er day, when his Ford stopped on the hill. I guess that is nearly twenty words and the rest is what my dad said walking back to town. Mr. F.: Where was Washington's home? L, B.: On the Pontiac. Walter M.: He rolled in the volunteer army. Mr. F.: He what? W, M.: He enrolled as a volunteer. In History Class one day the follow- ing question was suddenly asked: Who was Byron? A poet. What did he write mostly? Poetry, Song: The ice cream came in slowly. lVlrs. Davies: He had two chests-of tea. Miss Bailey: How many degrees of comparison are there? A. H.: t'Three and this is the second. Miss B.: What de we call it? A. H.: I don't know. Miss B.: Comparative A. H.: The first is Imperative, isn't it? J. R.: John Brown was hung? Mr. F.: On what grounds? iSi1ence5. Mr. F.: UI mean for what cause? Mr. F.: What is the occupation of those people? A. H.: Grazing The following answer was given to the question of. Who was Aeaneas? A Greek philosopher who wrote about Dido. Lloyd B, The first slavery began the year when a cargo of maids came to America. Miss B.: John, give us an example of the exception to the rule for the par- titivef' J. Z.: Je n'ai pas de faimf' fMeaning, I have no hunger.7 Miss B. thought that he said: Je n'ai pas de femme. tWhich means, I have no wife.l Mr. F: Who is this man in the pic' ture? lA pause!-Mr. F., finally: Think of window. J. Z.: Colonel Payne. Mr. F.: Who knows? Myrle W.: Colonel Curtain. Mr. F.: Correct One of the questions on test was. HDe- fine monopoly. LeRoy Holt Wrote the following: Monopoly is 'soul' fowner- ship. Miss B.: Hugh, name a definite article. Hugh: f'It. A neighbor: What book has been the most helpful to you? Mrs. Stinebower' Websters Diction- ary: Leroy sits on it at the table and it saves the price of a high chair. Teacher: What is known as American Bill of Rights? A. P.: The first ten commandments. Miss T.: t'VVhy did you put on this ending? Pupil: Oh! I remembered wrong?