yesterday's tennessee

Black and Gold, 1925

HUMOR

Jokes

Wyatt: "Dick has jumped into the river twice."
Louise: "There must be a girl at the bottom of it."

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Josephine: "What was the first thing Noah did when he went into the ark?"
John W.: "He went fishing."
Josephine: "How long ?"
John W. "About five minutes, because he had only two worms."

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Ben D.: "What time is it by your wrist-watch?"
Evelyn N.: "You look. You are closer to it than I."

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Lucille: "Mamma, don't you think that women should know how to cook?"
Mrs. Brooks: "Certainly, dear."
Lucille: Well then, may I go into the kitchen and practice making fudge?"

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"What is a tangent?"
Obie: "A line sitting on a circle."

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Clyde Martin: "Have you got Lamb's Tales?"
Miss Nolen: "This is not a butcher shop, but a library."

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Edward B.: "When I marry I'm going to marry a girl who can take a joke."
Lloyd: "Don't worry. That is the only kind you'll get."

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"That settles you; your name is mud," said the raindrop as it fell on a particle of dust.

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OUR IDEA OF A GOOD EXAMINATION

1.Name two countries that fought in the Spanish-American war.
2.What was the nationality of Bismarck, the great German statesman?
3.How old was Methuselah on his hundredth birthday?
4.How long did the thirty-year war last?
5.What was the War of the Roses called?
6.Who took part in the World War?
7.Give date of the War of 1812.

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Joe Arnold: "Kirby, do you know what makes the Tower of Pisa lean?"
Kirby: "No, sir; if I did, I'd take some."

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Durnas: "Tom, how do they get water in watermelons?"
Martin Hare: "By planting them in the spring, I guess."

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Czar: "I dreamed I died last night."
Clyde: "Who woke you up?"
Czar: "The heat."

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Edward: "This match won't light."
Ada: "It lit a minute ago."

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Ad-Bell: "Do you like indoor sports?"
Opal: "Yes, if they have blue eyes."

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Professor Dumas: "What's the best way to kill a chicken?"
John W.: "Hatchet."
Professor: "I said kill it—not raise it."
John W.: "Well?"
Professor: "I didn't say drown it."
John W.: "I give up."

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INFORMATION, PLEASE

How many oats did Carter have the dry year?
How old is a coon's age?
How high did Gilroy's kite fly?
How ugly is home-made sin?
How slow is Christmas?
How poor is Job's turkey?
How cross is a bear with a sore tail?
How easy is pie?
How long is three shakes of a dead sheep's tail?
Send answers to the Seniors of 1925.

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A school annual is a great invention
The school gets all the fame;
The printer gets all the money,
And the staff all the blame.

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Mary had a little lamb,
Her father shot it dead,
And now it goes to school
Between two hunks of bread.

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