Ada High School - Cougar Yearbook (Ada, OK)

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VERNICE KEMMERLY Boxwell Graduate, l9ll: Wharton High School, l9l 4. Vernice's quiet unassuming manner has lrept us all guessing. She walks about with a digni- fied mien, and attends closely to her own affairs. If some one had heard Vernice laughing boister- ously it would have caused a general alarm. However Vernice always seemed ready to make a recitation, and perhaps her grades would make some of ours look rather small. Yve all join her in the earnest wishes that she will never become a cross old maid. RUTH SINNA TR!-:MAIN Boxwell Graduatei 1911. O saw ye the lass wi' the bonnie blue 'een, l-ler smile as the fairest that ever was seen. Ruth is one of the silent but faithful mem- bers of our classf' She is jolly, good naturecl, and ever ready to do ai favor. She never made a great amount of noise, but then we are told that still waters run deep.

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I GEORGE ROBERT BOTKIN BERT1-xA PEARL STREET Ross D. ROSENBERGER Ada Grammar School, l9l I g Football: Basket Ball, l9l 3-I4-15, Class Prophet, l9l 5: Boddie is a poet and philosopher-at least he thinks so, but strange to say, others disagree with him. In football he acquired the distinc- tion of being the best High School quarterback in Ohio. He was also a howling success as a book agent. He is the steam, the noise, and the fun of the Senior class. He is a rare speci- men and well worthy studying. Ada Grammar School, l9l l. Bertha is one of our number who although she has never caused a great stir, has shown herself at all times to be a perfect lady, and a faithful student. Not what you call a social butterfly, not a. wonderful scholar, not a greal musician-these 'she is not. What is she? just quiet, genuine, steady, faithful, loyal, and such qualities as mean happiness, enjoyment, and the consciousness of work well done. t 26 Stow High School, l9l4. Ross is one of our superfluous talkers who always has an easy How of language, with ample words to express his thoughts and some to spare. In the classroom he has shown him- self to he a diligent student, an active thinker and an unusually well informed pupil. He to higher fields is destined-in a grander plane his thought, For in Thelma Stopher his every hope is wrought. '

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Last Will of Class of I9l 5 ' ,rv E, THE. Class of l9lff, being mentally awake,physically it 'E F l strong and morally straight, and being desirous of settling our worldly affairs, while we can do so satisfactorily, do hereby make, publish, and declare this our last will and 'e testament. To the forthcoming generations of men we do bequeath our heartiest regards with malice toward none and charity for all, leav- ing to them our absolutely unexcelled success in all matters pertaining to our educational development. To the warring nations of Europe, battling for racial existence, we will and bequeath the marvelous superfluity of powder carelessly applied in the preservation of youth and beauty by Senior Co-eds. To George Kelly, proprietor of the gigantic Kelley Paper Mill, , we hereby will and bequeath the great hordes of the papers that greatly assisted us in passing exams. To the Class of l9l6 we will and bequeath an enlarged copy of the constitution of the State of Ohio, placing special stress upon the sections relating to the prohibition of the use of firearms within the limits of our humble villageg furthermore, we bequeath to you, eldest sister, our elaborate abode, the witness of our educational merits. Thus this Senior room inherited by us from our recently deceased sister, the Class of l9l4, passes from us to you. To the Class of l9l7 we will and bequeath: firstly, our pre- vious ardent ambition to become Seniorsg whether or not they attain that distinction. I' Secondly, we give our gigantic megaphone successfully used on the night of the Inter-Class Contest, ,l9I5. Thirclly, to the ambitious aspirants of your class for oratorical honors, we liberally leave the babbling vociferosity employed by the head of our financial department in the extortion of certain funds re- quired to defray the expenses incurred by that worthy body. To the Class of l9lS we bequeath to you, infant sister, an unfailing fund of that virtue, Stick-to-it-ivenessf' which is required to scale the lofty barriers and unsurmountable obstacles encountered in the quest of knowledge. Secondly, to the weak-eyed members of your class we do will and bequeath the nine pair of plate glass optic-blinkers shattered by the piercing gaze of our worthy class president, during the four long years of his high school career. To our honored faculty we do will and bequeath our heartfelt congratulations, on their physical and mental endurance and patience to tolerate the imbecility demonstrated by us during our High School Course. Having distributed our chattels to the best of our ability, and hoping we have forgotten none of our close relation, we close this document as our last will and testament on this thirteenth day of April, l9l5, A. D., legally endorsed by the Class of I9I5. Witnessed by Ross D. ROSENBERGER, PAUL C. MATHEWS, JEDD J. CORBETT. G ie