14 THE ACORN LOCALS Someone please act foolish we need more locals. Washington Party The event of the year. Next Friday. WHY IS A GYM? "Where art thou going, my pretty maid?" "To the gymnasium, sir," she said. "May I go with you, my pretty maid?" "Wait till we get one, sir," she said. Ella "There's some sheep in a window down town." Cleone "Pure sheep?" Prof. Hobson (commenting on Clara's "E's") "You have a fine form, Clara." "Prof." Kuntz "Mr. Brown, will you please take the eighth sentence?" Alta "Which one?" Ina "Do all fowls have wish-bones?" Yerna "I wonder if Frank has one?" Feb. 24 Laurant, Magician. Prof. Harker (in physiography) "If you will just have a little patience, I'll bring the sun and moon in here." THE ACORN 15 Under one of Prof. Porter's astronomicale drawings appeared this query: "If the diameter of the earth were two feet less, how long would it take to run a mile?" Mr. Heck is still waiting for those stamp pictures. Prof. Porter "Leland, what do you know about the glacial age?" Leland "I do not know very much, as it was too cold for me to be out." Mrs. Kuntz (in grammar) "Miss Myers, give me an example of the present perfect tense." Miss Myers "We shall sail for Europe on the next train." Of course, we are going to have a gymnasium (sometime). Prof. Jensen (in theology, after chastising the boys who interfered with the eelctric lights) "Electricians would not dare do the stunts that some of our boys do who do not know the difference between electricity and sour milk." H. Erickson (in English)"He looked like a corkscrew with bright eyes." Prof. "You mean a scarecrow." Annis Bingham "Oh, dear." Lawrence Wright "Present." ,If you want a genuine good time, come at 9 o'clock next Friday night. Miss Cleghorn (seating herself between Profs. Hansen and Ridges) "A thorn between two roses." "Bish." Thomas (calling across the hall to Florence Young) "Oh, say, have you decided yet?" Decided what? U'm, you know. Prof. Ridges "Oh, give me a piece of chalk with a handle on it."