State Normal High School - Normal Light Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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THE NORMAL LIGHT 1926

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1926 THE NORMAL LIGHT 95 F U N The only way to get along with the members of the Fourth Year Class is to let them think they are having their way. Yes, and the only way to do that is to let them have it. Teacher: What do you expect to be when you graduate ? John: An old man. Christine: Did you get all the questions in the test ? Ethel: Yes, it's the answers I missed. Teacher: Mr, Parker, conjugate the verb ran, Parker: Run, flew, still a-going. Annie: My brother is a kitchen oculist. Rosetta: What does he do? Annie: Takes eyes out of potatoes. Blanche: Well, how did you find yourself this morning? Lillie: Oh, I just opened my eyes and there I was. Ellen: What's the name of that dessert ? Pauline: Cup custard. Ellen: How did you know? Pauline: I just swallowed a piece of the cup. We know a man so stingy that he talks through his nose to save wear- ing out his false teeth. Bill: Great gobs of gold fish! How did you get that black eye? Silly Bill: Some guy cracked me with a ripe tomata. Bill: What! you don't mean to say a ripe tomato did that? Silly Bill: Yeh-this one had a can around it. Anna: I think you must be a wonderful basketball player. Martha: What makes you thing so? My foot work ? Anna: No. The way you dribble your food. First Hunter: I saw about iifty rabbits dead in the hill awhile ago. Second Hunter: Who kilt 'em. First Hunter: The boll weevils run 'em to death trying to get the cotton off their tails. Creecy struck Van on the side of the face. Alice: Doesn't the Bible say If your brother smite you on the left cheek, turn the other ? Van: Yes, but she struck me on the right cheek. Skete: Thinking of me? Jean: Oh, I was grinning-pardon me. What's been the matter with Spellman nowadays? He fell from his gir1's favor and broke his engagement.

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1926 THE NORMAL LIGHT 97 Doctor: What did you do with the patient's temperature? Matron ffrightenedl : Oh gracious! I left it in the thermometer. Marett: What purpose does that bridge serve on your uke ? Elizabeth: Oh that's to get my music across. . Young Lady: Gimmie five cents worth of dem Easter eggs. Clerk: What! You say a nickel's worth of defm small Easter eggs ?. Her Friend: They aren't Easter eggs-they are jelly beans. Young Lady: No, dem I want is Easter eggs. Ted: Why is a young woman unlike a mirror? Ned.: You know a mirror reflects without speaking and a woman speaks without reflecting. Elizabeth: How much are your apples ? Storekeeper: Three for a dime. Elizabeth: How much for one ? Storekeeper: Five cents. Elizabeth: Well, I'll buy the other two. Teacher: What is a chrysanthemum? ' V Van: A chrysanthemum is a dandelion which has had a.. college education. Keep your temper-nobody wants it. Bill: Ever see one of those machines that can tell when a person is lying ? John: Seen one? Heavens! I'm married to one. Nellie: She says her .face is her fortune. Alma: Yes, one of those fortunes that are made over nighltf' Mother: Son, do you need any shoes '? Son: No. Mother: Neither do I. Let's go into this shoe store and rest while they try some on us.' I ' '71,