Trivoli Community High School - Memoir Yearbook (Trivoli, IL)

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GIRL WANTED TO COOK Jinks: I'm a man of few words. Smith: 'tShake! ! I'm married too. Him: Her Him: Her 'tWhat time is it? Ten to. Ten to what? Ten to your business. 'What is social service? Answer: Telling hair raising stories to a bald headed man. Teacher in Science Class: 'WVhat is salt? . ' h Freshie: t'StuH' that makes potatoes taste terrible without it. Farmers boasting in village inn: First: HI put up a scare crow and frightened the crows so none came for a year. Second: That's nothing. I put one in a potato field that terrified the birds so, one rascal crow brought back some potatoes that he stole the day before. M r. Sweet little Emily Rose, She was so tired That she sought repose. But a brother called Clard Put a tack in her chair, And sweet little Emily rose. There was a young lady named Min, Who was so exceedingly thin, That when she aswaded to drink lemonade, She slipped through the straw and fell in. Wells in geometry clasxz t'Now take your compass and draw a circle. Ira: Mr. Ira : Tl MI 1' . I l1aven't any compass. WV.: 'tUse a dollarf' Will you lend me one? W.: 'tVVait a minute and I'll Hnd you a compass. Once a year, newsboys of London are given an outing some place on the Thames river, where they can swim to their heart's content. As one little boy was getting into the river, his friend said: John- nie, you're pretty dirty !'l Yes, replied Johnnie, 'LI missed the train last year. Page One Hundred Three

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T - -------- -as -------- Mother: Don't you think your suit is awful loud? Son: Never mind, mother, I'll put on a muffler. Teacher: What is the hardest part of Ancient History? Frank: The stone age period. Edgar gazed in wonder at the electric cab: Where is the mufller on that contraption? Music by Henry Ford. FOR SALE-One good car with piston rings: two rear wheels, one front spring. Has no fenders, seat of plank: burns lots of gas. Hard to crank. Carburetor busted half way through, engine missing, hits on two. Three years old, four in the spring, has shock absorbers and everything. Radiator busted, sure does leak. Differentials dry, you can hear it squeak. Ten spokes missing. Front all bent. Tires blowed out, ain't worth a cent. Got lots of speed, will run like the deuce. Burns either gas or tobacco juice. Tires all off, been run on the rim. But a darn good Ford for the shape it's in. Edgar: Could a Pope get married? Teacher: No, they were sinning if they did. Edgar: Gosh! I wouldn't want to be a Pope. n Edgar coming to class made up as if for the stage. Mr. Peters: Edgar, you are sure a well read man. Edgar: No, I'm not. Mr. Peters: Well, I meant red well. Velma: I heard the car chugf' Mother: No you didn't, the battery is in the kitchen. Brimfield fellow upon viewing our assembly: So this is Paris? Ruth K: Yes, come in and make yourself to home. Chet, to young man: Who is the pretty dame you have with you tonight? Young man Why, that is my wife. At a junior class meeting some suggested selling chances on the prettiest girl as a means of making money. The silverware is not like doctor's medicine-to be taken after each meal. My son, this is an age of specialists, is there anything you can do better than anyone else in the world? Yeth, thir, lisped Don B., I can read my own writing. Page One Hundred Two

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- -------- -fm? ----------- If it were not For this, here verse There'd be a joke here Ten times Worse. I want to do something big and clean before I die. Wash an elephant. Dub: My girl told me last night that I remnided her of al quo- tation from Caesar. What could that be? Dub: 'All gall is divided into three parts', but she thought I got all of it. Teacher: Now Charles, can you give me a sentence containing the word 'ransom'? Charles: My sister's beau ran some when Pa- Teacher: Class dismissed. Mr. Gerber who didn't like Greek Played hookey to fish in the creek. What he caught was-Oh, well, VVe don't just like to tell- But he didn't sit down for a week. The 'tMemoir is a great invention. The school gets all the fame. The printer gets all the money. But the staff gets all the blame. Found in a freshman boy's pocket: Three marbles, one tack, a stub pencil, four matches, a bean shooter, one safety pin, a bit of string, a page from a Latin grammar,y two jaw breakers and a solitary 192-1 penny. Ain't it great to be an editor And sit up late at night, And scratch your wool 'Til your head's so full That you write and write and Write. Never lose your head, said the pin. Do a driving business, said the hammer. Make light of everything, said the fire. Find a thing and stick to it, said the glue. The spring is here, cried the Freshman, as he took the back off his Ingersoll. U u sc Page One Hundred Four