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

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Class Will uWe th ,cla“ of 1920- of the Village of Eau Claire. County of Berrien, State of Michigan, being of sound mind and lasting memory, realize that we are about to leave the life, that for four years has been such a pleasure to us, do hereby publish, declare and proclaim this, our last will and testament, in the following form: First, Unto the school we leave all the advantages of the new building. Second, Unto the Faculty we leave a more intelligent crop to harvest. Third, Unto the Board of Education, we give our thanks for the favors they have given us in our troubles. To Mr. Hickok, we give the privilege of teaching a special English class. To Miss Kortering, we leave the honor of teaching French. To Miss Riggs, we leave the collection of school queries. To Mrs. Dohm, we give the position of housekeeper. To Mr. Hatland, the privilege of seeing A. Gale, and the joy of chasing mice. To the Freshmen girls, we leave Donald Clark. To the Sophomores, we leave the joy of playing with atoms and molecules. To the Junior class, we leave the honor of graduating from the new school house To the Library, we grant better conditions under which to work. To the janitor, we leave a new broom and dust pan. To a certain Junior girl, we leave the mirror. To Ida Maile, we leave the prospect of becoming the school pianist. To Hilda, we leave a western Gale. Elmira and Lucile leave their apron and sunbonnet to Kate Freitag. Coral leaves her talent as an artist to Grant. Arvon Collins bestows his talent as a speaker to Elmer Hastings. Lucile leaves a portion of her smiling (countenance) to a certain Freshman girl Arvon and Ruth leave their method of courting to Roland and Adella. To Alex we give a chance to choose between Kate and Hildah. Ruth Merrill leaves her jokes to Kenneth Merritt. Lois Clark transfers her fancy for A’s to Kenneth Merritt. Lora leaves her violin to Floyd Urick. Juanita leaves her speed in shorthand to whoever needs it. We leave to Fred Holle, a sub-Freshman girl (Alma Miner.) To Helen Winans we leave the privilege of studying Animal Husbandry. To Mildred DeWitt we leave a harmless little mouse. To Mike Tidy we leave SOMETHING. WITNESSES: SIGNED: Class of '20 Lucile Kelsey. Coral Miner. Elmira Hoadley. Arvon Collins. Ninetet-n

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Class Prophecy As I was returning home last night on the train, from teaching in the Grand Summer Consolidated School, in Polk county, Iowa, I met Lora Kendall, one of the 1920 high school graduates. My! how long it seemed since we were classmates to- gether at the Eau Claire high school, yet it has been but ten years. She was on her way to Salt Lake City, where she was going to take a week's vacation from her work as private stenographer for the governor of Iowa. What an interesting chat we did have! And we were wondering about the rest of the class of 1920 when my junction came and I had to leave her. But on my stop at the postoffice I received this circular letter of the class of 1920. How anxious I was to get it tom open so that I might read the contents! I found that Ruth LaPlant, after spending a number of years at the Michigan Agricultural College, is in charge of the Home Economics department in Berrien county Elmira Hoadley had three years commercial training in high school and is now the chief bookkeeper and stenographer at the Eau Claire Basket Factory, where she has seven assistants. I notice that Juanita Goins, after six years of strenuous!?) study of Law at the University of Michigan, has become a successful lawyer, and at the last election war chosen congresswoman from the fourth district of Michigan. By the speeches she har already made before congress, she has proved her ability in handling the interests ol the people, and at the present time is busy with a bill concerning higher standard tests of education. This letter also states that Arvon Collins, after graduating from Michigan Agri- cultural College, is located on an up-to-date farm near Naomi, where he has specialized in pedigreed stock and I noticed in the last Michigan Farmer that at the state Live Stock Show at Lansing, he received the first prize for one of his thoroughbred Guernseys. Lucile Kelsey is a successful kindergarten teacher in New York City. Juanita writes that, on her way to take up her duties as congresswoman, she stopped in the metropolis and visited Lucile in her schoolroom and witnessed the strong interest which she inspired in her pupils by her patience and influence over them. I am delighted to learn that Coral Miner is a talented painter, and is artist for the art section of the Metropolitan Gazette published in Eau Claire. Recently one of her paintings was displayed in the Gallery of Fine Arts in Chicago, during the Inter- national Art display. It was purchased by the Prince of Wales and presented to the Art Museum at London. Lois Clark, regardless of all her scientific work, still finds time to keep up her correspondence in this circular letter. At the present time she is engaged in her own laboratories, completing a powerful telescope which enables us to see the inhabitant? of Mars. —R. Merrill. —R. La Plant. —L. Kendall. fiitrhlccn

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Class Poem When the Seniors of Eau Claire, Having climbed the winding stair. Bringing them to graduation day. Find that they must try to tell All about themselves, then, well— We can hardly know what we will say. Now a hist’ry can't portray Scenes from all the by gone days. Working, playing things that we’ve enjoyed. And a prophecy just bears Messages of future airs— Nothing that in school we have employed. So a poem seems to be Just the thing we’d like to see, Show the doings of our lucky nine. As chaperon Miss Kortering Thro’ two years of blundering Led us safely to the presenr time. Maid of France is Ruth LaPlant, She is good in speaker’s art, Representing us upon the stage. School work is her lesser fear. College is her aim next year. Where she’ll surely keep up with the age. When it comes to telling jokes (Real for sure ones, not just pokes. At mistakes that one of us has lent I. Then Ruth Merrill is right there, For in that none else compare. Certainly she's an excellent student. Arvon heads the library. Keeping others always busy. Also Business Manager is he. In athletics he must hold His own with several Juniors bold. To preserve our Senior dignity. Coral Miner on whose hands Much of the annual art depends. She can draw ’most anything she sees. In commercial she is true. And in Mathematics, too. She’s accomplished much on trying keys. Lucile Kelsey, with her laugh, Followed us straight up the path ’Til we’ve come to a branching of the way. She’s a language student good. Physics does not suit her mood. Teaching school will sometime bring her pay. Twenty