Auxvasse High School - Saber Tooth Yearbook (Auxvasse, MO)

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THE SABER TGOTH FAREWELL School days now are over Life is just begun, Still we say UcommencementU Though some things are done Books no longer needed Put them all away, Turn our faces forward To a bright,new day. There is work awaiting Work untried and new, Home must rise triumphant, Tears and sighs be few. School days all are over Watch your footsteps now, Upward,upward climbing, To the mountains brow. All the helpfyl lessons Learned so well in school Now we'll put in practice, Self we've learned to rule. Now that school is over Efforts we must give, When we work for others We have learned to live.

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Class Will, We, the class of 1956, being about to cease our existence as a class, being of sound minds, in fact having well crammed minds and superhuman understand- ing , with a memory that was never known to fail, do make and publish this as our last will and testament. We wish to give, grant and bequeath the aston- ishing information found on our exam papers to our teachers, as we know that they found out things that were never known to mankind before. To our Superintendent we bequeath our sincere affections and our deepest gratitude. All through the four years we have spent under his watchful carey he has taken the keenest interest in us, and has done everything in his power to help us out of the holes into which we happen to fall, H - To the Juniors we bequeath our dignity, and hope that they will make good use of it in spite of their irresponsibility. We also wish to pass on our cheer- fulness, our ability to think and concentrate, and our cooperative spirit to the said Juniors, We wish individually to bequeath some of our pos- sessions. I shall enumerate them as given to me! Henrietta wishes to bequeath her lip.stick to Charles Hunt CI think he already has itl. Virginia wishes to pass on her red hair to Harry with her special compliments, Paul wishes his HMontana Heritageu to Nelle, and hopes that she will make good-use of it. Nerve had a hard time making up his mind, but finally decided to leave a certain Sophomore girl to the next Junior class. We had hoped that Mabel would spare a few of her brains to some poor Freshman, but we find that Sammie will be the fond possessor of a smile and a few locks of hair. 'Tis sad but true, but Nancy has willed her long nose to Marian. Irene was rather doubtful but finally after hours of deliberation and deep meditation bequeathed her Wbeau catchersn-to Ava Farson. Clyde also had a very difficult time, but after several weeks we were surprised to find that Vernon was to be the proud possesser or a pair of beautiful suspenders.UDeanieH cheerfully gave her hair curlers to UPoodleN for help in the future. Clara wondered if a sweet smile wouldn't be appropriate but on reconsideration decided that it would be too much trouble, and so she bequeathes some notes found in her geometry book to Bernard with her greatful thanks. ' - ' We hereby appoint our principal,Miss Gibbs, sole executor of this,our last will and testament and sti- pielate that her bond shall not exceed S10,000. Signed,sealed,published and declared by the above named Senior Class of 1956,as and for its last will and testament,in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names at its request,as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said testators,and of each other. The Senior Class.

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Class History The following history is guarenteed by no one in paticular to be streamlines and air-conditioned,and to contain other exclusive 1956 features. No patent or copyright has been secured, but it is expected that no one will infringe on our legal rights. Most of us recall with no small amount of amuse- ment that eventful day four years ago, when with calm and smiling countenances fwe as yet had no rea- son to be otherwise B we marched proudly down the sidewalk to our magnificent institution of learning now commonly called thenbrain factoryn. It is not at all surprising that bystanders gazed with astonished eyes and open mouths at the eleven girls and eight boys who professed to be Freshmen,and we may as well admit thatiwe were a very imposing sight K at least to blind people 3. The girls were indeed symbols of grace and beauty,most of'them still being in the so called U awkward stage U, and the boys wore that nfresh-from-the-countrynlook. The first day was spent in finding out what class- es we were supposed to be taking,and where the var- ious rooms were. In each room we encountered one of those beings called teaeher,who seemed to take great pleasure in glowering and thundering at us until we were quiet unnerved.But this was by no means the sole source of our grief. Almost immediately the so- called upperclassmen especially the Sophomores,with their vile senses f?S of humor, made themselves known and seemed to enjoy making our mistakes seem as re- diculous as possible,thus making us the laughing stock of the school.By these touching experiences we learned that the path to glory,i.e.,the road to knowledge,was by no means pleasant,and we were in- spired with a malevolent thirst for revenge.We had not been in this strange place long before some Were filled with a manly desire to W kick up their heels U,so we Uwcnt outn for basketball. Alas! tho none appeared to have died, there was great evidence of missing epiderman tissues. Some how we lived through those hectic Freshman days, and suddenly awoke to find ourselves famous, so to speak. We were Sophomores! A new crop of Freshmen appeared, and lo'.we were in a position t0 sock the reward of all rewards,viz to wit: re- venge. By night and by day did we persue those un- gainly creatures,labeling them as loudly as our lungs and certain respected authorities would permit, asngreen freshiesn. During the course of the year, some genius happened to think a thoughtg namely, to have a party. All was prepared,and due season the affair was given. It was not an overwhelmingly grand