Eau Claire High School - Beaver Tales Yearbook (Eau Claire, MI)

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CLASS WILL We the Seniors of the Class of ’19, Village of Eau Claire, County of Berrien, and State of Michigan being of legal age and sound of mind as well as memory; do hereby make and publish our last Class Will on this, the 27th day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred nineteen. To the faculty, we dedicate the memory of our best behavior. To the student body, we leave our wishes for as many good times as we have had during our past four years. To Mr. Hickok, we leave our best regards and a very prosper- ous future. To Miss Kortering, we leave this year’s Latin class as well as the privilege to become Y-o-u-n-g. To Miss Riggs, we leave a “Fairy.” To Mr. Martin, we leave the remains of the basket ball team; besides this, the road to South Bend. To the school, we leave the prospects of a new school building including a Gym. To the Juniors, we leave our dignity. To the Sophomores, we leave the privilege of another sleigh- ing party to Dowagiac. To the Freshmen, we leave most of the Algebras. To the School Board, we leave the privilege to make new laws or requirements for the under-classmen. To Tom Stevens, our worthy janitor, we leave the prospects of a new building to take care of, and we dedicate to him the pr ivilege of success. To Louise, we leave the privilege to play the piano. To Seeley, (Melvin) we leave a pencil with which to draw. To Dib, we leave the privilege to become Captain of 1920’s basket ball team. To the Christian church, our best regards for keeping us warm this winter. To Gerald Williams, we give a license to become a barber.

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“FAREWELL” When we survey a task we loved that’s done, And see the product of our toil complete, We’re loath to leave that which we had begun, For labor that we love seems pleasure sweet. So, as we with this issue bid farewell To all our faithful friends and schoolmates true, Yet still within our hearts there seems to dwell Regret at leaving this, our work, for you. Students whose firm support and loyal aid Have helped to crown our efforts with success, Merchants and friends whose patronage has made It possible a paper to possess, To one and all, our thanks; we are repaid For all our labor by your faithfulness. You who have read our little magazine And laughed at jokes and have its tales enjoyed, Be not too harsh in judgment if you’ve seen In it some slams by which you’ve been annoyed. We’ve tried to please you all with humor keen, Unkind wit we’ve endeavored to avoid. If you to whom this work next year will fall, Of its success the secret would be told, ’Tis that its cheapness makes it read by all, And all take interest in it; be not bold And by the raising of its price so small Thus slay the goose that lays the egg of gold. If, in the years to come, in memory’s haze, This volume may bring school days back again, And you in recollection live these days, Then will we feel we have not worked in vain.

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To T. Kesterke, we give the right to deal in old “junk.” To Milt. Preston, we give the privilege to write a new Agri- culture. Murl Momany and Ivan La vanway give two Freshmen girls the privilege of coming in late. Anna Crandall and Gerald Handy bestow certain love affairs on two lovable under-classmen, Mildred Dewitt and Kenneth Merritt. Claude Bishop bestows his studious ability in occupying the library time on his great competitors, the Freshmen boys as well as most of the eighth grade boys. To the school the Seniors give one long sigh of relief when they receive their diplomas. Preacher Clawson bestows his ability in preaching on Squire Dibble. The “Three Way Junk Dealer,” Paul Franz, leaves his busi- ness to T. Kesterke. Motorcycle Mike, (George Birkholm) gives Deacon Hastings all the old bolts and nuts that he has found along the road. Sweet (Ardella Hochberger) bestows her cute and gentle ways on the Junior girls. To Edna Mitchell, we give the privilege to continue as assist- ant book keeper. Eugene Masters gives his bashful ways to the Sophomore girls. Miss Lora Thumm bestows her ability in running a flivver in the ditch on Ruth LaPlant. Lawrence Clark gives his great ability in running a typewrit- er to his competitor Coral Miner. Edward Bakeman and Max Horton bestow their ability in “bluffing” through Animal Husbandry on the “Gale Twins.”