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1919 Yearbook

1919 Yearbook

Title

1919 Yearbook

Description

COLD STORAGE
Steckel—"Don't you find everything cold at
your meals ?"
Timmer—"Well, no; we always manage to
have a heated argument."
TRUTHFUL BOY
Prof.—"Did you throw any of these paper
wads adhering to the wall ?"
Sternberg—"No, mine wouldn't stick."
KILLING
Van Wonterghen—"How Sommers does murder the English language."
Boeckman—"Yes; isn't it killing."
DIFFERENT
Vermuelen—"And so the thief relieved you
of your overcoat, did he ?" ,
Volz—"He took it, but I can't say that I ex
perienced any relief."
A VERY LIMITED JOURNEY
Henry Vander Vennet—"Thompson seems to be wandering %i his
mind."
L. Walker—"Well, he can't wander far."
TOO LARGE A RACQUET
Toynbee—"I thought you said you were a good batter ?"
Van Bisien—"I am; but I have been playing tennis and it will take me
several weeks to get back in form."
A "FINE" DISTINCTION
Prof.—"What is the difference between verse and poetry?"
Morrissey—"If you can understand it, it's verse; if you can't, it's
poetry."
WHICH DO YOU THINK? Morrow—"I can say one thing; I am a self-made man."
J. Murphy—"Are you boasting or apologizing ?"
I'M SURPRISED ED.
Prof, (speaking to E. O'Connor)—"I want you to study about three
times as much as you do."
O'Connor (a little later)—"Say, fellows, I was just told to study only
fifteen minutes at home."
SHARP
C. Donegan—"Why do you drink water before your meals ?"
B. Donegan—"Oh; just to w (h) et my appetite."

Date

1919

Rights

St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803

Identifier

http://cdm16810.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16810coll2/id/4669