431333 . fl. ugfirém t. Em. I“. . .. 3.333113... . ”E M, M I ll \ v”; Elly 1 1r! . @3333 lo Elm lillmliolimloi lilo 55335333533: oil M5333 5'3: ll Moy We were told that the Jokes in the loot issue of the Slipstick were corny, but when we threw the column in the furnace the EQQEEEEEW l” J E Em ”Elm EE EWEEEEEEEEE 33E Q film to: ‘ .fl ”5 0 E E3 E3333 EEEEEEEEE Originally. Homer iVickloam did not intended to study en» gineeriug. Nothing was further from his mind when he grad-- outed from high school in Stérling, Colomalo, in 1941. Homer load over-y hope of becoming a musician. Ho hail been playing “boy of taking a wife.” " mandou, fire just roared and roared. mouth oxiotomo lo good (enough _ mll'l‘w— for mo.” ' “Como, come”, oaid Tom’s father, m-Xl'l'w , “of. your time of life there’s no Betty: “0h, Archibald, you’re too longer excuse for thus playing the slow." rake—ii; is time you should think Archie: you?” Betty: “Yes, that’s just it.” ”I’m afraid I don’t grasp “Why suit is father, whooe wife shall I take?” «JET-- Wlm'o Evoked, “Do you have ’3 faculty to? making love,” {Elle your studios faithfully?” onsworod, “No, l liavo‘o stu- . Sou: “Yes imlcod, fathom l’m gem body.” ll’l‘ I n " 9D ~—-- u..— always; bfimnfhnm Pop: “Whore Wore you last; ' . night? When hls daughter returned from . .. u . ‘ ‘. . the girls’ college, the farmer rem Junioi. Qh’ Just “ding around . . . 1 with. some of the boys.” gar-dud her critically, and thou de- Pop: “Well tell them not to leave theii hairpins in the our next time.” «Elf-m Three stuull bow; wort: taking turns boosting: of their. fathom” deeds. ’lllso first lmy Salli, “My «mill—m Form: “Son, mo you pursuing; “Ain’t you a lot fatter than you was?" ' “Yes father,” the girl admitted, “l weigh one hundred and forty pounds stripped for gym’" father io 41 painter. He points The father stored for u moment a wall and gets ton dollom for in horrified amazement, then'sliout- it.” ” oil, “Who in thunder i3 Jim?" mIIT-w Toacholr (to pupil): “Spell “straight”? Email: “53 t r a. i g h t." Teacher: “Commit, and now Wllat does it mean?" Pupil: “Without ginger ale.” «~4le Panhandloi: “You got enough mo- ney for a cup of coffee bud?” Senior CE: “Oh, that's okay, I’ll manage somehow, thanks." «4le Sim: “ll toltl you you might lEioo my howl, but you lEiBooEl my lius, too! How Elm-o you?” Enginoor: “0%, u, Emmi to ,. The second boy proudly sold. “’l‘lmt’o nothing, my mallow in an artist. lilo pointo it little pic- ture and gets twoutywfivo dol- lm‘c for it.” The tlEirEl boy was slhumpotll for 23 minute; lilo father was a minister. Finally, alter quite a pause ho stow/El, “All my Eathor has to «lo is my a few words, and it takes Mix mom to carry the money Elowu tlio aiolo.” “ll'l’fl Danny: “Would you consider it im— proper if 1 kissed your hand?” Beth: “No, but ll think it would be decidedly out of place." ”HAD ENOUGH? the violin since he was too and in his high school days he loud also be“ come adept at the Simopliono, flute, and clarinet. When Homer gradua‘sozl from high school he joined his two older brothers, a l s o musicians, in a local band which they formed and 9. c companied them on a tour of most of the west» em states from South Dakota to California. Eanly in 19,421 the build began to break up bocauao of the war. Homer and his brothers joined the navy and were promptly buotled off for training at the: “Now; School of Music” in Washington, DC. Fourteen months later in April 1945, Homer woo transferred to oca the battleship USS Washington where ho Sow motion in duty aboard the invasions of the Morshulls and the Gilbert Islands. After a year of son duty Homer applied for a fleet appointment to Annapolis, but imateod woo assigncd to V423 and came, to the MT combos as an ME in July 1944. Although he had very little high school training in technical subjects, ho was able to overcome this handicap through hard work and a desire to succeed So that now he maintains; a 2.1 academic average. But not even this rigorous grind could keep Homer away from his l-le accordingly helped or- Eranlze ”T’s, first dunno band, now music. one of the most popular organiza- tions on the campus. Always active in this group. Homer has served as its director for the last three terms. Even so he has managed to give a great deal of time to other import- Emt student activities. He is the president of both Pi Nu Epsilon and Pi Tao Sigma; he is also secretary of tho ASME and at the some time servos a3 senior SUBC representa- tivc. After his Homer would like to work in Denver, graduation in June. his home town, but he is becoming: slightly diucoumged because as he says, “My beat ofier so for is from a. local beer parlor which is in need of a musician.” in tlw homlliuc of lame weolx’o Man of Elm Woolt column it. was otutcll that ll urt Kuhnlo was like 4A class presi— dent. Ho lo vice-preuitl'out 23ml Wit Wmlclti is tlic pvooidont of tho 433. «erroneously “WEE?!” Bil}; 3733292351 , Wandering radio’s aixlémoo 153133 days are two gener al ‘3} pots of E: diaus: (a) Henry Morgan anti the rest of the flock. That Eon“? leaving the boys for in the var due in part to his gag WYitors. Alleged to be one of the m ameling trodes, radio gag WE is much like engineering-myou A the traditional (:1" an}: and “flog? oul popsja joke, All gage; fit a. formula although, for the 3253: variety, the writers oécasiouall new words. The introduction is the grw hurdle for any gagster. Once» ' that point he can float along, ingu ing himself, his tenor, his oral, tza leader, or mothers-in-lav? ‘mgo oral, knowing that laughter is» instant reaction. But getting 3 Eu on the introduction is a 5376 which haunts the comedian {‘5 hour to hour. One Happy Boy 11 evolved a formula which never fail and eliminates the middle man-E announcer. ”This is B—the California 0113 box' of Commerce theme song i3. aint Gonna Rain N0 M0’ N0 H~