Academy of the Holy Angels - Echoes Yearbook (Fort Lee, NJ)

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4 sg?-s G G EcHoEs ,gf gg L9-2'8 Q I ru uuuuunurnunauiT - - 1. N u .....x nu ,.X.,X xnmw be Sophomores next year may not inflict suffering past childish endurance upon the then Freshmen. Item, To the Library of the Institute of Holy Angels, aforesaid, where we spent many pleasant afternoons, we do give and bequeath the following books which we have, after much deliberation, deemed most necessary for the Library, aforesaid, and all the pupils: Hints to Budding Actors and Actresses, by Eleanor Hennessy How To Achieve the Parisian Coiffure with Fifteen Bobbie Pins and Six Hairpins, by Alice Decker The Advantages and Disadvantages of Handling Money, by Inez Cavinato The Missing Link Among Great Composers-Jazz, by Claire Pohly How To Be a Successful Politician, by Eleanor Hennessy French at Sight, by Mary Farrell How To Grow Tall, by Margaret Eisenmann Watch Your Waist Line! by Helen Oliva Columbia, by Helen Sella t Struggles of an Efficient EditorfinfChief, by Grace Christ johnnyfon-the'Spot, by Loretta Trainor How to Acquire L Pins, by Angela Bodet Are Fingers Essential to Typewriting? by Delia Keating What's Wrong With Our History? by Helen Seuferling It Can't Go Wrong, by Marion Zimmerman The Attainment of It, by Irene Dowling Advice to George Bernard Shaw, by May Peley Item, All the rest of our goods, chattels, moneys, bonds, leases, mortgages, books, compasses, jewels, and car tickets, whatsoever, after our just debts and legacies are paid and our graduation expenses defrayed, we give, devise, and bequeath unto the Hnders thereof, to dispose of as their fancies dictate. By cursory inventory, this residue consists of the following items, that is to say: Thirtyfnine pencil stubs, two broken fountain pensg seven somewhat unevenfedged rulers, nine remnants of erasersg twentyfseven unbound assorted textbook pagesg fifteen Bobbie pinsg twelve hairpinsg one compact with broken hingeg two small mirrors, one poem of original meter, the author of which modestly refrained from signing her name, and thirtyfseven of our profound interrogations which our teachers adroitly evaded by disdainfully referring to our gray matter as sieves. And we do entreat and appoint our esteemed Teachers, aforesaid, to be overseers hereof. And do revoke all former wills and publish this our last will and testament. In witness whereof we have hereunto put our hands, this fifth day of June, in the year nineteen hundred twentyfeight. By Us, The Seniors of the Institute of Holy Angels 43

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-is Ecnoizs ,553 fi 1-os' s :P , Y uf s . A I llillilll frnlnunuui C A Last Will and Testament of the Class of '28 .Quinta die funii, quinto anno pvincipatus Coolidgei, mme tricensimi praesidentis Civitatum Coniunctarum. Anno Domini 1928. We, the Members of the Class of 1928 of the Institute of Holy Angels, in the Borough of Fort Lee, County of Bergen, State of New Jersey, spinsters, in perfect health and memory Cpraise bel, do make and ordain this our last will and testament before taking leave of the abovefmentioned school, in manner and form following, that is to say: First, we commend our ambitious selves into the hands of Life, our ultimate destiny, hoping and assuredly believing, through the stresses and struggles thereof, to add unto ourselves success, affluence, happiness, and fame everlasting. Item, We allow to each and every graduate a group of merry grandchildren to delight with brave tales of good old school days at the Fort. Item, We give and bequeath unto the juniors of the Institute of Holy Angels, aforef said, one dollar and seven cents of lawful United States currency, to be paid unto them in manner and form following, that is to say: One dollar to allay our remorse over the expense incurred in our honor on the evening of May 10th last, to be paid within one year after our graduation, and the seven cents residue thereof, upon their surrendering next June unto the Sophomores of the Institute of Holy Angels, aforesaid, and their rightful sucf cessors forever, all their estate and right that shall descend or come unto them after our graduation, or that they now have: Twentyffour desks and chairs in Classroom 16, situated on the second floor in the southeast corner of the classroom section of the main building of the Institute of Holy Angels, aforesaid, together with the appurtenances affixed thereunto and the furnishings thereof, that is to say: stray bits of knowledge, dilapidated notebooks, unprepared assignments, tardy marks, notices of essays due, clever schemes to raise money for Eci-ross, that failed, class dues still due, shattered hopes and lost ambitions, collected, gathered, and assembled by us in Classroom 16, aforesaid. Item, We give and bequeath unto the Sophomores of the Institute of Holy Angels, aforesaid, Classroom 18 which we did lease last june to the juniors, aforesaid, situated one door north of the abovefmentioned Classroom 16 and four doors from the Rotunda, on the east side of the classroom floor of the Institute of Holy Angels, aforesaid, with appurtef nances, wherein the said juniors now have their books and belongings, but which they will vacate upon our graduation, to have and to hold for the said Sophomores' natural existence Knot to exceed three yearsj under the semesterly rent of twelve perfect recitations. Item, We do give and bequeath to the Freshmen of the Institute of Holy Angels, aforesaid, our neverffailing, loving kindness, that the Freshmen, aforesaid, when they shall 42

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B a I .... I, lu . iw 5 I. 19 , lf'l'Ul'l'f f4.C Y xx ..,,xx. xxxuxxxxxxxwnuux Private Bequests of the Seniors Our President, El'nor, leaves her melodious voice To Margaret Brehm, that she may rejoice Singing the praises of our dear H. A., Next year when we have all gone away. Helen Sella leaves her mirth and ready wit To those of the Juniors who may lack it. While Claire leaves her great versatility In music, song, writing, and poetry To her twin sisters, that they may uphold Her name long after she's left our fold. Mary bequeaths her manner demure, To each of the Freshmen-they'll need it, I'm sure. To those who would fain be bright and fair, Grace Christ leaves the glint of her golden hair. Marg'ret Eisenmann leaves her small stature To Carmen Sussmuth, who'll cherish it, sure. i And to Hilda Lopez, who lacks it, they say, Inez gives her charming vivacity gay. Alice leaves her propensity for work To those who would that duty shirk. While Angela to the Team of Twentyfnine Bequeaths her basketball prowess so fine. Loretta gives her sweet and charming smile To some Juniors who'll find it well worth while. Irene wills her great dramatic perfection To the Juniors' efforts in that direction. Edith Haas her artistic sense doth will To those who may desire that skill. And Marion gives her serious air To each Junior who does not know what care Attends her entrance to the Senior year, And the trials she must undergo while here. May leaves her satire and her irony- She gives both of them up most willingly- To the one who'll exercise most skill In using them with no intent to kill. Delia Keating, her calm placidity That carried her through high school turbulency, And Helen Seuferling, her nonchalant air, They give to those who have most care. Last, but not least, we leave to all here, The things which have made our school life dearg And hope that, in time to come, each one May find as much joy here as we have done. HHBLEN OLIVA, '28 44