Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1920, Page 119

Description:	BHSChewing gum is good for the teeth, but the teachers prefer that we use a tooth brush.Frank Peake--Say, Bob, if you just had to work, what would you rather do?Bob Strong--I dont know.Frank Peake--Well, Id be janitor in an air castle.After a certain social event the other night a Bloomington boy (Ed Strong) reach-ing home at one oclock, found the door locked. After scraping the door for about twentyminutes with his latch key, he leaned back and exclaimed, By jove! Some scoundrelhas stolen the keyhole.Miss Anderson--Norene spelled the word correctly only she left out the r.George Coffey (reading from shorthand notes)--He took the--. I dont know whatthe next word is.Mrs. Culbertson--Tell him, Ollie.Ollie Gardner--Chu,-chu.Student (translating Latin)--Have you your potatoes picked yet?Mr. Auble--How did you get that answer, Dan?Dan Burke--With my pencil.Mr. Vannest--What art did the Romans learn from the Greeks?Opal Crum--Philosophy and Science.Doctor, said a friend, What do you take for a cold?A fee, replied the doctor.Miss Soupart--Could we have a mock funeral these days?George Isaacs--Yes, you wouldnt have any trouble about getting a death certificate;money will bribe almost any doctor.Russet Loesch--Doctors aint that hard up now.Ed Strong (reading from shorthand notes)--They agreed to wait for payment oftheir dates for--Mrs. Culbertson--Debts, not dates, Ed.Ed Strong--Well, how are you going to tell them apart. Theyre both made thesame.Freshman (to barber)--How soon can you shave me?Barber--Oh, in about three years.Mr. Beldon--And now please leave all the books at the desk, take alternate seats inalternate rows and remember this examination is to be conducted under the honor system.Florence Elder falls in front of High School.Glenn Curry--Could I help you up?Florence--I dont know, you can try.Lucky--But I dont think I deserve an absolute zero.Miss Craven--Neither do I, Leonard, but that is the lowest mark I am allowed togive.Mr. Vannest--When was the Constitutional Convention, Miss Bender?Glodine--Why that was quite a while ago.Mr. Vannest--Yes, but when?Glodine--Why when they made the Constitution.Mr. Wooley--I missed you from my French class yesterday.Pauline Griffin (blushing and stammering)--Oh, sir, thank you so much.Mr. McCaughn (out hunting)--Have you seen any hare around here yet?Little Boy--No, I guess the tonic aint begun to work yet.You can lead a horse to water,But you cannot make him drink.You can ride a Latin pony,But you cannot make him think.Their meeting it was sudden,Their meeting it was sad.She sacrificed her own sweet lifeTwas the only one she had.She lies beneath the daisiesOn a sunny hillside now,For theres always something doingWhen a freight train meets a cow.Love is like an onion,You taste it with delight,And when its gone you wonderWhat ever made you bite.Page one hundred nineteen
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