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

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I would like a straw with this lem- ondatef' Myra S: Hey? UNO, straw, I said. Mr. Boersma in Algebra class: How many of you on the back row? Answer: Seven. Boersma: Half of you go to the board. Kelley: Mr. Boersma, can you play any musical instrument. Boersmazl Yes, the Glaspie Daven- port. LeRoy: Dad, what is the difference between 'vision' and 'sight'? Mr. Holt: Well, you may flatter a girl by calling her a vision, but never call her a sight. VVhat is it, do you suppose, that keeps the moon in place? asked Laura. HI think it must be the beams, replied George, softly. Mr. D.: Don, you better get to work. VVhy aren't you writing that history question? Don K. tLooking at L. Clark's blank paperb: I'm waiting for an inspiration. Mr. Boersma in Algebra 12 Class: 10-5-2:6. Insurance Agent: We really can't in- sure you. Why, you're 92 years old! - ,..,.., , Mr. Martin: Well, what of it? Statis- tics prove that fewer people die at 92 than at any other age. Mr. Corbus asked Homer Cowls a ques- tion and he answered it. Then he said to Edward Barrett: Do you agree with that? Barrett: I do if it is rightf When George Atkinson was small he had a little pair of leather boots. One day at the country school he emptied the ashes for the teacher. In a little while the teacher saw George crying. She asked him what was the matter. George replied: I-I-I-I-got a hot sinner down my boot. The following letter was given the postman to mail about a week before Christmas: Dere Santy: Plese send me a voice that will stay with me until death do us part.' Evelyn Putnam. In Shorthand Class one of the students asked Agatha M. what 'Ayam meant- She replied that it was some kind of a mountain goat. The discussion was concerning the res- pitory system. Miss J.: Explain the difference between 'inspire' and 'expire' Pupil: A person expires when he dies.

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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?

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