Bexley High School - Bexleo Yearbook (Bexley, OH)

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IIIIlIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIllIIIlllllllllllllIlllIllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllll E R C H lllllIllllllllIIIIlIIIIllllIllllIIllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIllIllIIllIIlIlIlIIIllllllllllllllllllllilIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Class Will WE, the 1929 Senior Class of Bexley High School, its noblest and best, about to go into that greater outside life from which no man returns, do establish this document as our last will and testament: I. We thank Superintendent Dieterich, our friend and guide, for his enthusiastic support, and be- queath our appreciation to him for making our three years in Bexley happy ones. To Mr. Kessler and to the faculty we extend our kindest wishes and' our thanks for the knowledge and precepts which we received from their hands. They have helped to smooth the hard part of our way and to make more pleasant the bright spots of our glorious career. II. To the faculty we donate the Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen, both for next year and for as many years more as they are wanted. III. We extend our appreciation to Miss Selbach for her noble work with modern literature for us and hope that she will get a new, better class with more poetic feeling . IV. Especially we thank Mr. Johnson, the janitor, for keeping the building comfortably cold, from the male standpoint, at least, during those frigid winter months. Eighty degrees is hot enough for anyone, except Miss Hamann. V. It is the object of this class to leave this school a better school than it was before we left. VVe give the juniors our dignity, but not our frivolty: our wisdom, but not our foolishness: our hardworking, slugging enthusiasm, but not our laziness. We keep our memories, experiences, and good times, but we leave to dear old Bexley our high ideals and example. We leave the memory of our glorious career on the diamond, court, and gridiron, on the stage behind the footlights, in music, drama, literature, and athletics. VI. We leave, to the juniors our name and dignity. A Senior's dignity is supposed to be noticeable, the main thing that gives him distinction. VVe have never used itg however, it will be very, very useless in college, so we give it to the Juniors. ,. VII. Among other things, we leave these Juniors the duties and privileges of the Senior class, to wit: The editor of the Torch shall at all times walk the halls with a thoughtful mien. The Seniors shall make good grades. The Seniors shall have the privilege of registering with Miss Hamann, Miss Selbach, and Mrs. Brightman. The Senior boys shall sling food and spill coffee at Father-Daughter banquets. Seniors may sleep in study hall or any place else. This is very important, because if they do not pound off enough sleep, they cannot get their les- sons properly. ' VIII. We admit the Sophomores as neophytes or victims to the chemistry lab . The following personal bequests are made: , I. I, Bob VVoodward, do pass on my ability to make Miss Valentine happy, to Walter McCloy. II. I, Bud Lauffer, surrender the Torch to the tender mercies of Bryan Archibald and Miss Sel- bach. III. I, Walter Hanes, do freely deed my permanent seat in the detention to Howard Anthony. IV. I, Christy Lambrecht, leave the proud distinction of wearing the longest legs in Bexley to Bob Dickey. V. I, David Davis, leave my brains and athletic ability only in as much as they will serve as a model and spur. VI. We, Hugh Spatz and Martin Polster, do will our Wild times in history class to Miss Taylor. VII. We will to Mr. Hoel a pair of roller skates that will carry him more quickly to the cafeteria. VIII. Also we will to Mr. Hoel a physics class which will produce more voltage and less static than ours did. A IX. We hope that Mrs. Brightman will Gnd a group of juniors brave enough to tackle Virgil's Aeneid . X. We will to Miss Bethel a new record to play for her typing classes. XI. VVe will to the Grubers some boxing gloves. Ilnl closing we wish to leave a message of fond farewell to all those who remain in Bexley High Sc loo .- Done in Bexley, Ohio, this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Nine. Class Attorney, Scott Lyon VVitnesses, Senior Class of I-9-2-9 Twenty-five

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llllllllllllIlllIlllllllllllllllllIIIllIIIllIIIIIIIIIlllIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIllIIllllIIIllIIIlllIIIllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllh lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllIlIIIIIIIllIlllllIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllillll' Class Prophecy Hon. David H. Davis june 13, 1949 U. S. Ambassador Tokyo, japan fOUR letter asking for information about our classmates in Bexley High reached me several days ago. Since receiving it, I have been thinking a lot about that fine old crowd. I have also been thinking about the talks we had together in our senior year. Remember how we would sit by the fireside on a winter's evening and discuss our ambitions, how we hoped to enter the diplomatic service of our coun- try someday? You have succeeded, where I have failed. But for the news of our class. Buried in the distant Orient, I appreciate how easy it must have been for you to lose track of us, so I have gotten down my copy of the old Annual and will try to tell you what I know of the whereabouts of the 1929 class. The First photograph that my eyes fell upon when I opened the book was that of Jack Boyland. ,lack is now a very capable criminal lawyer. He has his offices in Chicago, and although I have not seen him for over ten years, I understand that he is married and has two charming kiddies. Do you remember how Willard and Dorothy Brenning were always willing to be of service to the class and the school? Well, Dave, those two are still helping those with whom they live. Willard is one of the best known surgeons in Columbus now, and Dorothy is a trained nurse. Garnet Cain, the little lady with the hazel eyes and the beautiful hair, is at the head of Columbus' new Conservatory of Music. She is also president of the Women's Music Club. As you of course know, Paul Davidson is planning to retire from professional baseball this year to become sales manager for one of the large sporting goods concerns. It seems unlikely that his home run record, made two years ago while playing with the Pirates, will be broken soon. Marty Davis, happy girl, is married and lives on one of the finest estates on Long Island. She has realized one of her school day ambitions and raises Pekinese poodles for a pastime. I presume that copies of The New Yorker reach you occasionally, and that you have notice that our old friend, Marjorie Dieterich, is an associate editor. Her writings are quite popular with the younger set. Dear old Pal, The most luxurious tea room in St. Louis was opened five years ago by Jane Downey, and it has been a great success. Jane travelled abroad for live years after graduating from college, then opened an exclusive restaurant in Columbus, and finally went to St. Louis. You have, of course, kept in touch with our mutual pal, Bill Edmister. He told me a month or so ago, that as technical adviser for the New York-Berlin Airways, he has little time for vacations, but that sometime next year he hopes to fly his private Flying yacht to Tokyo to visit you. I learned just the other' day that the Jones and Elder Haberdashery Co., Inc. is the largest and best clothing company on the west coast. Jack and Burton own the controlling stock, and as I under- stand it, both have realized several millions of dollars from the business. Those boys always did know their spatsfl Louise Evans, quiet, shy, little lady, was married soon after graduation from college, and she and her husband went to South America, where he has busirlCSS interests. American Farm Products Co., newly organized agricultural monopoly, has offered Pearl Fogle an annual salary of Sl25,000 to become general manager of their business, according to news dispatches from New York. Pearl is, at present, assistant manager of a similar, though smaller, company. There seems to be little doubt but what VVilberforce University will renew Bowles Ford's contract as track coach next spring. Since coming to that school, Bowles has developed three Olympic champi- ons. According to an advance release from the American Society of Kindergarten Teachers, Catherine Grable has been elected president of that organization. Catherine has been a leader in this work for years. Ann Freeman is now high in New York society. She married a wealthy publisher soon after her graduation from State. She is the author of a best-seller, How to be Happy, though Married. Betty Havens, petite little miss, fell for the son of a steel magnate while a junior at State, and left school to marry him. They are said to be the happiest couple in Columbus. Another character in the sport world whom I do not have to tell you of is Mary Holtzman. I met and talked with Mary soon after she won the United States tennis title, and it is my intention to write the story of her life in the near future. Last summer I had occasion to visit the Walter Reed Hospital at Washington, and whom do you suppose I met there? None other than Vrina Hughes. She is the hospital dictician, and has gained quite a reputation for her excellent work. She took home economics at State. She is married. VVilda Hyland was recently commended by the Columbus Retail Merchant's Association for the splen- did service which she has been rendering. Her employment bureau is the most reliable organization of its kind in the city. True to the tradition of his family, Lincoln Kilbourne turned to the sea. His career has been a varied one, but at present he is an instructor at Annapolis. There are some names which I know you are very well familiar with, because of the publicity which they receive in the daily press. One of them is, of course, Dorothy Kingbeil. Her popularity as a concert artist, I believe, is just beginning to grow. Twenty-via: