Western High School - Occident Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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Mr. Garlock fin chemistryl- VVhat is butter? Miles B.- 40c per pound. g Letta Higgins lin chemistryb- VVhat is tar' soap? ' Mr. Garlock- Soap containing tar. Mr. Garlock Cin zoologyj- NVe will have worms tomorrow. Victor Soderstrom- Have you any close relatives? Lawrence Johnson-f'All of 'em are. Albin Johnson- I have heard that an electrical girl, has been discovered Canada. Mr. Crawford- She ought to marry a. good conductor. Ben McKenzie Cin modern history classy describing a castle in the middle ages. Miss Bishop-- I don't believe I ever saw one like that. Ben- Neither did I. AN ELOPEMENT. Lost- Lady of Lake. Lost- Iva.nhoe. Mr. Garlock- Mostly all of the one-celled animals reproduce by tission dish- ingjf' Student- Isn't that funnyg I didn't know they could fish. The Traction Company has installed another street light at the end of Midland street for the benefit of l?J A little girl was talking to her brother, who had just got a new suit of clothes and she said: Brother, you pants twice with one coat. A Freshie the other day inquired of a Sophie: Wl1at do they Want us to put the word grind in the boxes for? We hope he finds out. Lewis Powrie .rising rather sleepy one morning!- I don't see what's the mat- ter with me, Grandad, but I don't sleep nights. Grandfather- I am not surprised, you are never in in time to sleep nights. Heard in 5 and 10 cent store at the music counter: Young Man:- Have you 'My Little Girl' ? Girl at counter- No! she just went outside. C. Bristol- Please play Outside, Senior- Did you ever take chloroform ? Freshie- No, who teaches it? Mr. Morris fto Mr. Crawford, marking report cards!- You cannot have E's and Ease tE'sJ. Mr Perkins- VVhatl Are you staying for misconduct? Nelson G.- No, I am staying for Miss CID If some people had horns they would wear them off butting in. A man can stand in front of a glass and kill time, but a woman can stand in front of a glass and cheat time. After finding a long blonde hair on Dwight Parsons' shoulder it's hard for us to realize that he used to be a. bashful boy. Little Girl-- Mother, why did you marry father? Mother- So you've begun to wonder too. Mr. Wa'worth Cat 1l:45J- Leila, doesn't that young man know how to say good-night? Leila- Does he? VVell I guess he does. R. Beattie- How much are chocolates a pound ? Theo B.- I don't know, but it takes a Nickel to get a Hershey. Mrs. Johnson- Although Myrtle is getting to be a big girl. she's still afraid of the dark. Mrs. Smith- Don't worry about that, she'll soon be in love. S5 t

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Miss Bishop- Lawrence, stop talking in that undertonef' Lawrence J.- I'm not, 1'm chewing gum in my throat. Silent y, one by one. in the class books of the teachers, Blossom the neat little zeroes, the forget-me-nots of the students. Miss Schroeder tin German classy-f'Belle, you lock sleepy this morning. Cfarence Pettit- Not guilty. Teacher ttrying to take the roll in a noisy study-room!- Order, please! Freshie lin back of rooml- Tomato soup. Hie puer nihil facit. Ei operatn da. Ask Earl- Miller to translate this. A boy--a match--a cigarette, A period 'of bliss-then gloom, A doctor-it nurse--a cotfln-a hearse- A mound and then a tomb. Hayden MacD.- On what toe does a corn never come? 'Marion L.- Mistletoe The Freshman grieves, The Sophomore blows: The Junior growls, The Senior knows. Mr. YVilder Cat the breakfast tablej- Well, Hattie, what did you and Lewis talk about last night? 'Hattie- VVe talked about our kith and kin. Small Nephew- Tl1a,t's right, Grandpa, I heard Lewis say 'Can I have a kith ?f and Hattie said 'you kin'. Miss Bishop- They even had knight schools during the Renaissance. Lawrence J.- That's nothing we have night school at Western. Shaver tin 6th period zoologyl- VVhy isn't all water fresh? Mr. Garlock- Because some has salt in it. Hattie Wilder tin zoologyl- Mr Garlock, is tomorrow review? Mr. Garlock-- No, tomorrow is Thursday? Heard in chorus: Mrs. Meeker- 'How Can I Leave Thee,' on page 633' '- Please, ma'a.m, said a servant, there's a poor man at the door with wooden legs. VVhy, Bridget, answered the mistress, reprovingly, what can we do with wooden legs? Tel! him we don't want any. Did you see Herbert Twining about one of the Stonehouses? Clara Wendt to Rowe to Margaret's House. They say that Hazen He1'shey's prehistoric parents were frogs, but we see this generation has outgrown the croaker's stage. VVestern will be a Nickel shy when. Hi graduates. I Did you see Mabel Fisk out driving with her shey tHersheyl? REASONABLE ENOUGH. ' Miss Merrill tin historyl- How was Alexander II. ot' Russia killed? Freshman- By a bomb. Teacher- How do you account for that? Freshman- It exploded. He- I wonder what we will wear in heaven? She- VVe'l, if you are there I imagine the most of us will wear surprised looks. She- You puckered up your lips so then that I thought you were going to kiss me. He- No, I got some sand in my mouth. She- VVell, for goodness sake, swallow it! You need it in your system. 87