29 ACORN The high cost of report cards The high cost of report cards Is rising again, Is rising again. The high cost of candy is only a joke, The high cost of report cards is keeping us broke, We've wrote our excuses for all former uses And tried to forget all the past, But now the boss claims, he'll get rich all the same If our memories desert us again. Miss Ensign "Girls hurry, grease your little mugs, and then put them in hot water." Barker "How does the choir sing by now?" Ballantyne "I think it ought to be oiled." Ex. Soph. "How do you live down your way?" Freshie "Just merely exist." Soph. "How it that?" Freshie "Oh, we have plenty to eat, but it's the clothes line." Ex. First Student "What is the use of reading stories in the 'Acorn?'" Second Student "Why, they have very nice stories in the 'Acorn.'" First Student "Yes, but you can read Diamond Dick in the same amount of time." Eva Browning "Oh, I help papa with his work every night." Irene Scoville "Isn't that nice, to go to school and help your father too. What do you do to help him?" Eva "Well, as soon as I see him at his desk, I go into the other room and keep perfectly quiet until he has finished." ACORN 30 Delia Tracy (trying to tell a story) "There was once a young lady went in bathing in the river, and-O! Gee, this is too fishy." Miss McKay (inquiring about vacant periods) "Air. Pickett, are you free?" Mr. Pickett "Yes, you can have me." J. Leishman "I wore specks for three years." Senior "Gee, it took you a long time to wash them off." Vera Bitton (after Dramatic Arts period) "Brother Pardoe, how much longer before I become famous?" Doc. Lind (in Physics) "What is the diameter of Jupiter?" Student "Don't know, never took time to measure it." Ada "Oh, Ruth, you stand here just like a wooden stone." For Young Men We emphasize Fashion as well as Fit. We know how to meet their requirements. Suit or Overcoat $15 Tailored Individually For You Professional Tailors for Young Men On Hudson Avenue First Door South of Alhambra Theatre