St Rose Academy - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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GOLD AND WHITE y3+e---l-- At the beginning of this term Eleanor Collins went to O'Connor E5 lVIoifat's and said to the saleslady: I would like to see a uniform to fit me, please. Saleslady:-So would I. 14 It was the seventh birthday of little cousin Bevy, The birthday cake they brought her was indeed a cake most heavy. But the guests were all delighted and the cake was quite alright 'Cause of course it was the candles that were on it made it light. RUBY LAYNE. il There's the one about the Scotchman who died and left a million dollars to the mother of the Unknown Soldier. if Gertrude:-What are you going to do with your uniform? Annette:-I don't know. I-hadn't thought about it. Gertrude:-Why don't you give it to the Salvation Army? Annette:-Wouldn't fit 'em. if He was tall and straight as the tallest pine And big as men of old. And he carried himself with the high proud air Of a heart that's true as gold. With eyes of blue and hair like gold, A handsome lad was he. He'd a smile like the sun and a voice like a song. Tears fill my eyes now for he's gone-gone-gone. I still hear the echo of his happy goodbye, But remember his motto and rule, For he'll come back, oh I know he will, This plumber's gone home for his tools. WINIPRED MULLIN. ii A gentleman entered a drug store and asked with a questioning air: My dear kind sir may I ask you, have you anything for gray hair?' Whereupon the Druggist answered with a dignity select. No, my friend, nothing at all but the greatest of respect. RUBY LAYNE. 1 14 Macbeth:- Make haste, old women, make haste. The Three Witches:-i'All right, Mac, all right: we'll bewitch'a in a minute. Eighty-three

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q----154 GoLD AND WHITE Dorthy Prost Qin an argumentj :--Anygdumbell can see that! Georgia Alegretti:-Well, that's where you have the advantage over me. id Virginia Sullivan was sent to the drug store. She asked:-Druggist, can you fix up a dose of castor oil so that it will not taste? Druggist:--Certainly, if you will wait a few minutes I will HX it. Will you have a drink of soda while you are waiting? Druggist disappears behind the partition to reappear a few minutes later. Is that all you require? Virginia:-Yes, thank you. Is it ready? Druggist:-You've just drank it. Virginia:-Gracious, that was for mother. Sister:-So you don't know what a sonnet is, or an ode, or a ballad? Ellen Geide:-No. Sister. Sister:-Well, then, do you know what a madrigal is like? Ellen:-I don't know what a rigal is like, let alone a mad one. ll-J We know of some freshmen who hung around an oil station all day because they saw a sign, FREE AIR. if Roads When Caesar built his Roman roads, From ancient Gaul to Greece, I-Ie never dream't of traffic A'cops, In piping times of peace. But now we've roads that wind and climb. And roads by sea and river, But where, oh where! is the road that's free From the rattle of the Hivver ? In hill and glen and spreading vale And lonely mountain pass, The fragrant air of other days Has vanished in the gas . CATHERINE LAGAN. N There is nothing so unsatisfactory as to announce that you have a secret which no inducement can prevail upon you to reveal and then have no one coax you to break your resolution. il It takes a Scotchman to turn a corner on two wheels. Eighry-Iwo

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