The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1927 Page: 87
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"\Why," said Mliss Cavitt, "did you flunk that last test so disgracefully ?"
Cracker Craig: "I did it in a moment of inertia."
A new version of an old proverb: Absence makes the marks grow rounder.
Harry Yeager (during Teachers' Institute) : "Gee, look at the teachers!
Aren't they numerous?"
Harris Blackman : "Yeah, and ain't there a lot of them?"
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A small boy came to the Burro Room with a joke.
"That's a timely joke," said Jack Sheridan.
"Yes?"
"Yeah, it would have been great twenty years ago," and with a smothered
yawn Jack inserted another sheet into her typewriter.
WVHO'S WVH() IN SCHOOL
(Editor's Note: WVe herein declare that we assume no responsibilities
whatever for the following; all brickbats and bouquets cheerfully declined.)
Best-looking girl in Freshman Class-Margaret Ledbetter.
Most popular boy-Clayburn Lindley.
Biggest flirt-Azel WVharton.
Biggest flapper-Hortense Baker.
Biggest lady-killer-George Weaver.
Blest athlete-Morris Miller.
\Iost handsome boy-Virgil Herring.
I)umbest boy-John Tom Griffin.
Wittiest girl-One who doesn't say "Me, too."
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Mrs. WVoodward: "Doctor, when you perform the operation, why are
you going to give Lee ether?"
Doctor: "So he won't know anything, madam."
Mrs. Woodward: "Oh, then that won't be necessary."
MIr. Starr: "Curtis, I wish you'd put your hand over your mouth the
next time you yawn."
Curtis Nelson: "Naw, sir; the last time I did that I got bit."
\Ir. Baker: "What can you tell me about nitrates?"
Lavell WVharton: "Well-er-er-they're a lot cheaper than day rates."
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Harvey Thomas: "Where did you get that cold ?"
Elzie Ledbetter: "I got Chile on the radio last night."
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Mineral Wells High School (Mineral Wells, Tex.). The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1927, yearbook, 1927; Mineral Wells, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299186/m1/93/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineral Wells Heritage Association.