Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1909, Page 95

Description:	THE BATTER CAKE KINGThey called him Plank,Because tis said,So lean and lank,Hed never fed,But I dont thinkThat this is so,For Batter-cakesAre his real go.And then they callHim tight wad, too,But I dont seeHow this is true;For with the girlsHes such a swellThat all he spendsI could not tell.But that green hat,Here tis my turnTo criticise,That hat must burn,And that loud hat,So bright and green,Must neer againRound here be seen.But of them allWho takes the leadIn saving cash,Tis Francis Reed.And when he diesCut on his graveYoull find the words,He learned to save.-FRED TOURNER.AXIOMS.Moneys all right but stallin makes the pony go.When you haint got yure lesson, look wise. Cicero was agreat bluffer.Bs is bees whether you wear them on your sweater orwhether they fly around, yure liable to git stung.Sum teams kan play football and sum kant. It dont makeany difference so Duffy Dodds gits his name in the paper.If skule teachers goes to heaven theys a hole lot uv theirpupils ben worin for nothin.Always be tu busy tu loaf round a pool room, cause if yudont work yule git worked.It aint the smartest guy that gits his Latin best, its theguy that uses his brain to the best advantage.If yu carry two subjects in deportment yu got to be mightygood.Sum girls wears silk petticoats cause they can affordthem, others cause they like to hear em rattle.A Freshman dont know an Animal from a hole in theground, but he puts up his money for go git neckt.If he dont know what this means he better take its advice.To plus to make four in plain arithmetic but in planegeometry you got to state vour authority.O. E. D.If any Freshman dont know what the last named symbolmeans he kin find it in Bennetts Latin Grammar 296 : 2 : A.Kan any Freshman tell us why they ought to have aninsane asylum for the steam them radiators lets off?If they can its cause the steam is water gone crazy withthe heat.95
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