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February 18, 1958
THE KILT
Page 6
pam flander
Dear Pam:
     My mother really is driving me batty. She has a certain boy who lives down the street marked off for my one and only. His parents feel the same way. The boy and I are sick of the whole mess, as we are interested in other people.
                    WHAT TO DO?
Dear What To Do:
     Relax. Match-making has been going on since the days of the Neanderthal man, and guys and gals have gone blithely on picking out the people they prefer to fall in love with. Of all the gruesome habits your parents might have, this is the least obnoxious. Grin and beat it.

Dear Pam:
     I used to be a good student in all of my classes, but now I am getting low grades in a certain class, and I can't seem to pull them up no matter how hard I try.
                    WAY DOWN DEEP
Dear Way Down Deep:
     Now that you've learned it is easier to go down than up perhaps you'll watch the grade average a little closer.
     The remedy is work, and more work. Only you can do it, so get going.

Dear Pam:
     My parents are a mess. I am ashamed of myself for being ashamed of them, but I can't help it. My father is always embarrassing me in front of my friends. It is getting so I don't date bring anyone home.
               TIRED OF BLUSHING
Dear Tired of Blushing:
     This is the time for looking at parents with a critical eye, and sometimes we do find them wanting. The fact that you are ashamed for being ashamed of them would seem to indicate that basically they are pretty good parents, and that you love them. Make a mental list of all the good and wonderful things your parents are, and a list of these embarrassing qualities. What kind of a balance do you arrive at?
     Sometime when everyone is in a good mood, say - "You know, Pop, I love you but it does embarrass me when you ......" See if the old fellow doesn't try to be agreeable.

Home Room Officers
8-5 President: Bob Mobley, Vice President: Sharon Sweetser, Chaplain: Mike Mulligan, Student Council: Sally Tyler, Toni Donnaud, Secretary: Bino Colado, Treasurer: Nancy Collins
For Kool Kats - - - -
Here's the latest in teen-age slang.
Don't be an oofus, man - dig it!
Eyes to cool it - desire to relax
Far out - gone; extremely advanced
Go-it-all - an automobile
Grease - to eat
Heavy Cream - a fat girl
Oofus - a dope
Out sack - an attractive dress
Sploud - high spirited
Wants the moon - a cat who takes a melody for a ride, doing things his horn won't or can't.
Vines - clothes
Steam - water that is crazy with heat.
Jokes
CHARLIE: I never can manage to keep my head above water when I swim.
CHAN: Why not? Wood always floats!
Miss Folsom: Is it raining outside?
Mrs. R.: Did you ever see it raining inside?
Slick Tricks
Man who seldom pays to ride a bus - rare fare
An alert principal - Keen Dean
A hobo in the rain - Damp Tramp
A Library - A Book Nook
Candy - Sweet Treat
Science Club Phones
Nevada On Own Set
     Mr. Benson called his mother in a Science Club demonstration February 12. The equipment, which had been built by the club, made direct connection with St. Augustine. At St. Augustine the call was relayed to Nevada.
     A new system for long distance was used in this demonstration. The operator involved in a giant machine, on which it is possible to dial all the numbers necessary for the complete call.
     In this demonstration the total number was 5673294632. The 56 signified the state called; 73 was for the district in that state; 29 stood for an even smaller radius; and 4632 was the person's regular phone number.
     Eventually this system will be in operation all over the United States.
"Science is nothering but perception."
                    Plato
"Philosophy is the art of living."
                    Plutarch