Dennison High School - Leader Yearbook (Dennison, OH)

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CLASS POEM Oh, friends so dear and classmates too, The time has come-we'll soon be thro', But now we've reached this one milestone We're not so eager to pass on. We do not like to say farewell To those we've learned to love so well. To us these halls are very dear, Oh, many a friend have we made here. We'll always keep these mem-o-ries, No others can be so dear as these, And as we write on life's long slate We'l1 struggle hard to conquer fate. To Law and Lit. we bid good-bye, We leave those books without a sigh. And to Miss Hart we owe our thanks, She's kept us out of many pranks, She's helped us, too, in all our work And taught us each to never shirk. And as we go on through the years Whatever, then, may be our fears Wetll always love and always fight For our dear colors-the Purple and White. We'll vow to ourselves, to have the grit To Dare to do our duty as we understand it. EDITH TRUE, TRY TO FIND A glove for the hand of fate. A cushion for the seat of war. A sheet for the bed of a river. A ring for the finger of scorn. A link for the chain of evidence. A button for a coat of paint. Scales for the weight of years. A rung for the ladder of fame. A hinge for the gait of a horse. A sleeve for the arm of the law. 20

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SENIOR CLASS DAY May 2211, 1923 The Class Day exercises of the Senior Class this year were somewhat diiferent than in former years, and therefore rather unique. The first part of the program consisted of a picturization of the last meeting of the class and showed them ready to adjourn, when the straina of our belove song, The Orange and the Black,', were heard. This caused the class to tarry for a while, and, by motion, to have read the Class History by Mary Olive Long, the Class Poem by Edith True, and the Clam Prophecy by Helen Ramsey. After this it was decided to put on our celebrated program, Songs by Seniors. In the second part of the program. many of the old-time songs, az well as newer ones, were rendered, among these were The Star Spanglel Banner, Dear Old High, We Will Always Love You, and A Tribute to Mr. Angel by the class, solos by Paul Carnahan, James Baldwin and Blanche Stacker and selection by a double quartette made up of Ruth Boyd, Mary Van Ostran, Dorothy Blackwell, Hazel Craft, Ralph Barth, Glenn Stocker, William Flood and Frank Lindsey. During the program many prominent and to-be-remembered charac- ters were represented, such as Dad', by Henry Gotschall, Mother by Elizabeth Thompson, Girl from the South by Grayce Gloyd, Girl from the West by Mary Ellen Albaugh, Girl from the North by Margaret Lindsey, Girl from the East by Betty Wilson, Girl Scout by Amela Gray, Soldier Boy by Glenn Craft, Uncle Sam by Fred Hamilton, t'Red Cross Nurse by Helen Ramsey, Columbia by Nina Chapman, Sailor Boy by Clyde Shaffer, Boy Scout ky Milton Muth and Liberty by Mary Olive Long. . The climlx of the evening came when a Tableau was given exempli- fying Liberty, supported by Miss Columbia, Uncle Sam, a Soldier, a Sailor, a Boy Scout, a Girl Scout and a Red Cross Nurse. The closing song was one of farewell. The High School Orchestra ably assisted throughout, and Ruth Parr played all the accompaniments. Miss Lapp, assisted by Miss Harbourt, directed the exercises. i in

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CLASS WILL In the Name of the Benevolent Father of All :- We, the Class of 1923, realizing the omnipotence of the Divine Creator and believing in his divine wisdom and influence and in the influence, power, persuasion and wisdom of such divinity only, and uninlluenced by any other power, we do, as members of the Class of 1923, hereby and herein individually and collectively sign our name: t'The Senior Class of 1923, at the end hereof, realizing that life is uncertain and of short dura- tion and that mankind has not the perception to know when the end thereof cometh and at what hour the great and all-powerful Diety calleth his children to the Holy Land, and we, as such class, having arrived at the pinnacle of the pyramid of higher learning, establish this most sacred document as a monument to our superiority of learning and wisdom as a sacred guide and influence for other classes to follow, that such may behold the brilliancy of the shining star we have erected upon the pyramid, which will aid them up the rough paths, over cliffs, amid fallen rocks, through deep valleys and across swift and dangerous streams, amid the mad rush and roar of dashing waters take heed. We do in the sanctity of such solemnity make, declare and publish this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by us heretofore' made. Item I.-We, as such members of the Class of 1923, as aforesaid, request that all our just debts be distributed equally amongst the members of the Junior Class, just as soon after our demise as possible, in order that they may fully realize the path of l-earning over which they are about to tread and in order that they may inherit the riches of this divine instru- ment, as no fortune is inherited without its liabilities, overhead expenses and responsibilities. Item ll.-We devise and bequeath to the members of our beloved faculty all our oral and written extracts of learning in order that they may possess a more coherent nervous system, blessed with a divine control, which they will be called upon to exert with the strong grip like power of a Strangler Lewis and the punch of a Jack Dempsey, which it is our sincere and most earnest request that they execute the same to the nth power on the beloved members of all the classes of the high school, especially the Jnuior Class, would-be Seniors, which class so boldly and with audacity unsurpassed pretend to fill the seats of learning heretofore occupied by the dignified and worthy testators herein. Item III.-We, the testators named herein, make the following devises and bequests, to-wit:- 21