West Warwick High School - Chronicle Yearbook (West Warwick, RI)

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..,. ,.... AT DAWN Irate Father: While you stood at the gate bidding my daughter good- night, did it ever dawn on you- Carl: Certainly not! I never stayed as late as that. HIS ALIBI I'm surprised that you get such poor marks in spelling, my son. Well you see, daddy, it isn't my fault. The teacher doesn't spell words the same as I do. Policeman: No fishing allowed here. Brutus: Pm not fishing. I'm allowing this worm to bathe. Policeman: May I see the worm? Policeman: You're arrested for letting it bathe without a swimming costume. DISTANCE SHORTENED Wife fWho has insisted on a new carl : Just think dear, how close the auto has brought places formerly quite distant. Husband fGrumpilyJ : Yes, including our house and the poorhousef' Did your watch stop when it hit the floor? Of course, did you think it would go through? What did Paul Revere say when he had finished his famous ride? Whoa! BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Teacher: When was Rome built? Percy: At night. Teacher: Who told you that? Percy: You did. You said Rome wasn't built in a day. I hear they are going to make the class periods ten minutes shorter this year. That won't do. We're not getting enough sleep as it is. Great day for the parade. Just great! ' I hear the parade outside. Oh, Aunt Helen will miss it! Where is she? She's upstairs waving her hair. Why, can't we afford a flag? If I were king- What's the first thing you'd do? The first thing? Yeh-when you ascended the throne. Sit on it! ! ! 105

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wg 1 WQWIIZK 1 WX ... 15 1931 0 S YVORLDLY WISE I don't know, Father, Whether to start a bookstore 01' a grocery store. Start a grocery store, my so,1g gm empty stomach demands sustenance much oftener than an empty head. DUMB She's so dumb she thinks the Canadian border pays rent. EXCUSE Why are you late? The bells rang before I got heref' STORE-BOUGHT Doctor: When the symptoms Hrst appeared did your teeth chatter? Patient: '41 don't know. They were on the table. lvl

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iw: I I wqln gp ON EDGE AGAIN What are you working at now? I'm a diamond cutter. H0w's that? H I cut the grass at the baseball ground. SAYS TOTT What's your objection to her singing? She doesn't practise what she screechesf' HEAVY HELP Teacher flooking over Teddy's homeworkl : I don't see how it's possible for a single person to make so many mistakes. Teddy fproudlyj 1 It isn't a single person, teacher, Father helped me. Is there any action in sleeping? Snoring, STORY IN SONGS HELLO BEAUTIFUL, you look HURT but UCHEER UP and say BYE, BYE, BLUES for you're UHEADIN' FOR BETTER TIMES. IF I COULD BE VVITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT, ON A BALCONY IN SPAIN, LISTENING to the PEANUT VENDER' singing his SERENADE I wouldn't tell you any LITTLE WHITE LIESg so come JUST A LITTLE CLOSER, YOU DARLIN ' be- cause HHAVING YOU AROUND IS HEAVEN, I know I'm REACH- ING FOR THE MOON LOVING YOU THE WAY I DO but I CAN'T HELP IT. I'm a ULONESOME LOVER and you're SIMPLY DELISHg WHEN YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER, I'LL STILL BELONG T0 YOU. YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY because I'm waiting to hear those THREE LITTLE WORDS. PM NEEDIN' YOU for I AM ONLY THE WORDS, YOU ARE THE IVIELODY. ALWAYS, IN ALL WAYS, let me see you HLAUGHING AT LIFE and let me know that you're sure of MY LOVE FOR YOU. Don't be BLUE AGAIN, just SING SOMETHING SIMPLE 'cause I LIKE A LITTLE GIRL LIKE THAT. 106