Tillsonburg District High School - Tatler Yearbook (Tillsonburg, Ontario Canada)

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H U M 0 U R Edited by Mary Lou Grass, XIII If some of these jokes you have heard before, Just laugh agairi and dorl't get sore. For the world is large-good jokes are few And not everyone is as wise as you. lk ik if lk lk On being introduced to Ken Webster at the Hop, an out-of-town visitor remarked. I've heard about a great deal of you. Yk ik Ik Ik lk Miss Grieve: Iter, itineris, means march or journey: what is an itinerant worker? Third Former: One that walks to work. Ik lk Ik 1 ik Vernon: Why did you leave Shirley's house so early? Jack: We were sitting on the sofa and she turned out the light. Guess I can take a hint. lk lk Ik il if Alan Turner: I wish I could get a date with that new girl. Ken Ross fstanding outside the Tip Top Cleanersl: Why don't you get your pants pressed ? said Ken, pointing to a sign in the window Pants Pressed In- side. Alan: I want mine pressed on the out- side. ik lk ak ' Ik Ik Miss Howitt: What is that scratching noise I hear down there ? CSiIenceJ Miss Howitt: Dick, what are you doing down there? Dick: Blowing my nose! ik Ik Ik Ik ak An aeroplane mechanic was asking I-Izrold Price where he might secure a Jo . Harlod politely answered: Pm sure they could use a good aeroplane mechanic in the Dry Cleaners taking care of the hangers. ik ik wk lk ak Miss Grieve: What's the Latin word for cow? Ken Webster: Moo, ik lk lk lk ik Steve: What's a river horse ? Harold: A hypotenuse! THE TATLER Marguerite: What's a cock ? Jean: A. male hen. Ik Ik 8, if lk 'What did one casket say to the other casket? That you coffin ? wk lk lk lk lk One English period Mr. Taylor told the pupils of IXD to write an unusual story or poem. Then he went around to see how they were doing. When he came to Alan Turner he picked up Alan's book and read Alan's poem to the class. This is the poem Alan had written: The boy got on the railroad track, The train was coming fast. The boy got off the railroad track To let the train go past. Mr. Taylor told Alan that his poem was not about an unusual incident and to try again. Soon coming back to Alan, Mr. Taylor found Alan had written: The boy got ou the railroad track, The train was coming fast. ' The train got ojj' the railroad track To let the boy go past. ik ik Ik lk lk Who is the first person mentioned in the Bible? Chap. I. Ik ik Ik Sk Ik Miss Ostrander: If there are any stupid people in the room, stand up! CA pause, Bob MacLennan stands Miss Ostrander: What! Do you con- sider yourself stupid ? Bob: No, but I hated to see you stand- ing up all alone. Ik 4 lk il lk What turns without moving? Milk. fEditor's note: A slightly sour joke.J ik at Ik Ik lk How in the world do you make up your jokes ? I just sit down and laugh and then think backwards. 4- 4: ay 4- an Miss Ostrander: Since you are being dismissed early today, please go as quietly as you can in order not to wake up the other classes. up.J 75

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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN CANADA ' by Vickie Vance, XIB In picking up almost any current magazine or newspaper you find articles on juvenile delinquency written by men and women safely past the age group they are writing on. But do you ever see an essay written by someone in the midst of this age? Hence my contribution. There are several causes of delinquency. Not the least of these is a demand for attention. Some confessions by gang members are obviously tainted with ex- hibitionism. This demand for attention is being met by newspapers everyhere. Even the very word gang suggests a tough, rough-neck type of youth associa- tion which, in reality, is only a group from one neighbourhood or school. Even more so, gangster denotes drama and excite- ment. Today, our concern should not be focused so much on the confirmed hoodlum but on his kid brother. A sane approach to this not-yet-too-late group might clear up the situation. 4 The practice of giving responsibility would help. Give these boys and girls something to accomplish, be proud of, and cherish, and they will be more careful about destroying the accomplishments of others. We should have a knowledge of psychology. A youngster responds as he is treated. If he is treated as a potential criminal he will take his defence and harbour a resentment against society. The old, old story of racial prejudice has a small seed in the story. If a nation- ality or religion is mocked and hated, naturally, the members of it will stick together-perhaps in gangs. When a delinquent is on trial, so is the community in which he lives. Overcrowded houses, glamourized crime in movies and 74 comic books, and lack of education and recreational facilities-do gangs create these conditions? We have a long way-to go in clearing up this condition but it is very important to the health of a growing nation with her future ahead, for today's delinquents may become tomorrow's leaders. WHAT DEMOCRACY DOES FOR THE COMMERCIAL CLASS We like our teacher, I'll tell you why, For the simple reason that he has a democratic eye. You have tests in French and Geometry, Do we in our subjects? No! This is a Democracy. Do you have spares whenever they're wanted, We have so many that by these we are haunted. During these s ares 1 ou'll nd us carefree,- . Y' J . . ,, Detentions, never! This is a Democracy. Wait until Gerhardt and Crossett score this sum, Homework, he says, is just for the dumb. We are too brilliant for this, says he. I'll say we are! This is a Democracy. Alas! These pipe dreams really do sound swell, And believe me on these promises he does dwell. Work, and more work seems to be his ardent plea: ,, I wonder if he knows the meaning of Democracy? Eva Carmanico, Spec. Comm. NO LUCK I walked and walked and walked one night, And tried and tried with all my might To write a poem that was worthwhile, But all I did was walk a mile. I struggled on both nights and days, I thought of many different ways To make the lines and verses rhyme, But all I did was waste my time. Hilda Ostrander, XIB. T H E T A T L E R

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Richard: Where are you going, Bill? Bill: Pm going to get my weekly 50c worth of tuberculosis stamps. Richard: What are they for? Bill: They are to help people with tuberculosis. I've been putting 50c worth a week on my chest for three years now and I haven't got T.B. yet. III III III III Ill These are actual statements from Grade XI History papers. Egypt was surrounded by dessert, so it was not disturbed. The Elysian Fields were the place of rest for souls of heroes and perfect people but it was not crowded. At twelve the Spartan boy's life be- came harder. He was taught to speak to the point. . All this was avoided fi.e. the severe Spartan trainingl if the boy was born a weakling, because if he was he was killed. At the age of twelve he entered a wresting school. fWas this a wrestling school or a resting school? If the latter, maybe that is the kind of school some Grade Eleveners think they are attend- ingll 'I IA WONDERS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ..... Charlie Baldwin failed to participate in athletics. Jean Crosby came to school with her homework done. Clifford Russ succeeded in doing the Russ Simplifying Method in Algebra. Shirley Gracey didn't have last year's Physics to refer to. Joe Freund made the Grade. Wanda Heckford passed in History. Bob Farrell could understand Math. Bond Truefitt ever stopped annoying girls. Marion Nethercott was praised for her Math. mark. Bob Laur got to school thirty seconds before the last bell. Mary Demaiter failed in one subject. Ruth West was present every day for one week. Walter Berko ever gave a wrong answer. Mary Heyrman spoke out loud in His- tory or Physics class. Ramona Kisielis took P.T. at least three times every two weeks. Mary Lilly, XIA. 76 GRADE XII REPORTS G is for Gerhardt, our school Editor, R is for Ronald who faints on the floor, A is for Anita who's quiet and shy, D is for Donnie who makes Beattie sigh. E is for Eichenberg with not-so-small feet, T is for Toze who's little and neat, W is for Williams with wee tiny voice, E is for Everything, we haven't a choice. L is the Love we feel for our teachers, V is for Viviang she's one of God's crea- tures, E is for Everyone who takes Grade Twelve classes, The large and the small, the laddies and .... lasses! III 42 III HIS lk We hear Dick R0keby's favourite song is I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles. THE BOYS IN THE BACK ROOM .... IXC In IXC at the back of the room we find such personalities as Richard Lucas and Bill Mackie fa model student, ha! hail, Don Million, the brain from Stratford- ville, Bob Nagy, Jim Misner, the French fiend-and last, where he should be, Bob MacLennan. During the day, these gentle- men Cwe use the term loosely! are mostly quiet, except for nine periods. NINE DEE IXD's the class that is renowned. In the old Junior Lab. we'll all be found. We're full of mischief, full of glee, But we're always busy as a bee. Our ho1nework's doneg we're never late: There are no subjects that we hate. This is our story, think what you like, Miss Field still thinks we're quite all right. We hope! lk ill II! if III IXD has Wells, but no pumpsg a Taylor but no dressmakerg a June, but no Julyg a Jack, but no Jillg a Sergeant, but no colonel: a Sharp, but no fiat. FIRST FORM QUESTIONS 1. Why doesn't Mr. Hay write? 2. What ,does Mr. Taylor drive? 3. What does Mr. Moore work at? 4. Why don't we stay home during the week? CAnswers in our next issuej THE TATLER