Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1912 — NEITHER HAYSEED NOR ANGEL [ARTICLE]

NEITHER HAYSEED NOR ANGEL

But There Need Be Little Question That Young Lady Had Much Ingenuity. Across the line on the Kansas side where the study of agriculture is compulsory, one of the high school girls took home her monthly report card and proudly announced: “I took the highest grade In the class in history, English literature and German.” “That’s all very well,” replied her fatherrcfitlcally examining the card,“but how about this grade in agriculture?” - -■ : ; “Oh, well,” explained the daughter, “I’m no hayseed!” A little farther down a deportment grade, not altogether satisfactory, appeared. “And how do you account for this grade in deportment?” he inquired. “I’m no bloomin’ angel, either,” she replied.—Kansas City Star.