University of California Davis - El Rodeo Yearbook (Davis, CA)

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The potato,s eyes were full of tears, And the cabbage hung its head, And there was grief in the cellar that night, For the vinegarts mother was dead. 38 :X: all: 9.4g One Act Plays, Entitled itSmall Town Stuff, Time, Summer night. Place, Davis. Scene is laid at the Davis Fire Chiefs shack, With the phone ringing like anything. Chief answers: VoiceeHello! Is this the Davis Fire Department? Chieeres. Voice-Well, this is Mr. Jones. My house is on fire. ChiefeHow long has it been that way? Voice-Oh, about a half an hour. Chief-Did you try putting water on it? Voice-Yes, but it wont go out. ChiefeWell, then, it ainit no use of our wasting our strength in coming over. That is all we could do. Gus and Ole Meet Time, Picnic Day. Place, University Farm campus, Two sons of the Minnesota meet after a lapse of twenty years, and after the regular greetings are exchanged, open up the dialogue in this manner: Gus-Ole, how bane you getting on? Ole-Pretty good. I bane got married. Gus-Dot is good. OleeNot so good. My wife she have nine children. Gus-Dots bad. OleeNot so had. She have a million dollars. Guse-Dot is good. OleeNot so good. She won,t spend it. Gus-Dot is bad. Ole-Not so bad. My Wife she have a fine house. I donit pay no rent. Guse-Dots good. OleeNot so good. Der house she burned down yesterday. Gus-Dot,s bad. OleeNot so bad. My wife she bane burnt up, too. GuseDots good. OleeeYes, dot is good. Exit. Time, present Picnic Day. Place, Davis. A well-known business man arrives at the local hotel, with his wife, to see the big doings? After registering he informs the proprietress that he must have the best room in the place. Prop.-eCertainly, sir; we always can accommodate the parents. Business ManeThank you. We will look around town a bit. tExit man and wifel Prop. tturning to the only houseinaidl-Fix up Room 2, and you can change the sheets. He has lots of money. Finis. 137

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Advice and Wisdom from otables of theCampus Tavernetti tOur TonneYou cant get ahead unless you have one. :1? :X: 3? 3!: Doc. Hayes tVeteran Carpenterielf you Wish to prevent your dog from going mad in July, kill him in June. Flies cant see in Winter time; they leave their specks in Summer. :X: as 2X: ex: Prof. Jim WilsoneThe most satisfactory breed of sheep is the new mineral wool producing breed. These are fed scrap iron and produce steel wool. Doc. BateseWhat would I recommend for hives? Well, just keep them in a shady place and treat them occasionally with paint or white- wash. One cannot be too particular with bees. Prof. HowelleOn mules we find two legs behind, And two we find before; We stand behind before we find What the two behind are for. SE at $6 3's Miss WalkereDonT run your legs off after a girl. You will need them to kick yourselves with after, as 3k 3k :lk Prof. KellyeIt is all right to be grammatical, but when you see a girl with an abbreviated skirt, dont look after it for a period. 7 - SS ex: 3e Prof. Smith-Dust is mud with the water squeezed out. 3!: ex: 3E 9S Mr. Allison M. WoodmaneBe musicians, boys, be musicians because they work only when they play. elt- :X: 36 elk Prof. Neer-The first thing that turns green in Spring is the jewelry given out at Xmas time. Rudy Nichols-Always have J ewish things around the ranch. For instance, bees bring biz-z-z-z-ness, skunksLbring scents and Jewish bass drum when hit will always sing ttTooda benk, tooda benk . From the Stenos. tKitchen Recipesi RosyeTo keep catsup fresh, let a couple of Farm School students tease it a while. Miss Hemmy-To get rid of superfluous hair, stuff a sofa pillow with it. $6 all: 3? 3? Miss Burke-To make biscuits, mix one pint of flour with a little shortening and one gallon of TNT; then put it in the oven and beat it. 156

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1? Prof. Howell iat the Grammar School Auditorium during one of the Community Service nights, addressing one of the iiusherstUaSay, Mac, is my wife forward? MacGraw-No; she wasnit to me. at: 5X: at $6 How to Make Curried Beef iAt great expense to the itRodeoii staff we have procured this recipe from Mrs. Kenny. It it is one that has been long sought after by the crownheads of Europe, the blockheads of England and baldheads of AmericaJ :X: 3? :X: S? Mrs. KennyeTake your beef and stretch it on the kitchen table, nailing it firmly at each end so it cannot get away. Then take an ordinary curry comb and scrape it over beef rapidly with a motion re- sembling the shaking of dice for a chance on a $2.49 diamonds necklace. Keep this process up long enough and the beef will be thoroughly curried. Curried rice is also popular, but it is not as easy to curry as beef, because it is harder to nail the rice to the table, and it will not stand still long enough. ax: as as :X: Barney BarnardeNever let kittens play with balls of woolen yarn in place of catnip balls, because once my little kitten swallowed a ball of yarn by mistake, and the following Fall when her kittens were born they had on sweaters. :Xt $6 3? as A mother was traveling with her son to the Picnic Day doings. The. S. P. R. R. conductor came through the train, and the lady handed him a whole and a one-half ticket. He thought a minute and said: tiMadam, I cant pass this boy on a half-fare ticket. He is vary large and wears long pants? uVery welPi, said the mother, ttif that is the basis for your decision, use the whole ticket for him and the half for me?