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

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Calendar First Week: Monday—School in the new building. Dismissal at noon. Heason? o books. Friday Seats rearranged and so passed the first week. Second Week: Monday the 13th. I nlucky day for the boys. Miss Ludden (in history): “Boys, tell us something of the irginian colonists.” No answer. Miss Ludden: “ Well, I guess they were not as lazy as some of you or they would have starved to death. Tuesday—Senior Class Meeting for election of officers. Wednesday—Histories, Chemistries, and Fnglish books have arrived. Now for some real study. Third Week: Monday—Mr. Balfour informed the Chemistry Class this morning that lie had been down below (meaning the laboratory, of course) hunting for potassium. Fourth Week: Speeches in History from now on every Friday afternoon. Fifth Week: Miss Wagner (in Fnglish): “Excuse me class while 1 change my glasses. The sun (son) dazzles me.” Earl: “’Taint me.” Elton has begun to organize his orchestra for the circus. Sixth Week: Balfour seems to have an uncommonly large supply of jokes this week. Seventh Week: Mrs. Shaw visited school and gave a lecture on W.C.T.l . work. Eighth Week: Circus tonite—Come and have your fortunes told. etc. Some new books have made their appearance in the library. Ninth Week: I wo new typew riters have been installed in the commercial line ami a number of amateur typists added to the class. Tenth Week: Our glorious Fair is now a thing of the past and we are rejoicing over a brand new piano as the result. Eleventh Week: Debate in Chemistry. Friday—F irst Basket Ball Game of seasion tonite. Twelfth Week: Monday—Hooray! Both games in our favor. Exam, week; acrobatic stunts this noon given by the S nior boys and janitor. No admission charged, but the janitor got a number of pennies. I uesday —School pictures have arrived. Some bunch. Wednesday—Senior rings came today. Mike suggests that we wear the rings and let the juniors wear the boxes. Generous boy! Thursday—No school tomorrow. [Continued on Page 26] Page Sixteen

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Class Will K it remembered that we. the Senior Class of the Kau Claire High School, lx-ing of sound mind and uncertain memory hut being well aware of the uncertainties of life and the hereafter make this, our last w ill and testament, in manner and form following: First we do hereby Ix-qucath to the Junior ('lass enough of our superabundance of knowledge to tide them safely over the coming year upon condition that they act as administrators of said will. To the taxpayers we leave our sincere thanks for the new building which we have so highly honored as “first graduates.” To the Faculty we leave our marks as a standard for the next year's classes. To Shorty-the-janitor, we leave all the discarded notes found on the floor: the only require- ment Is'ing that he start a “Beatrice Fairfax column in the Journal, using said notes as a basis for the replies and advice to the lovelorn. To Alx kushner we leave a 99c railroad ticket marked down to 30c with the stipulation that he take a trip to the shores of Bake Michigan to see if he can find a bigger bluff than he is. “Pat I fastings leaves his You tell 'em ” to Mr. Dunn with the understanding that he tell 'em. VYe leave the freshmen Im'IuiuI. Mike Tidey leaves his extraordinary ability to smash glassware in Chemistry lalxiratorv to Forrest Merritt. To M iss Biggs, the commercial law class leave all the drafts created by the Calcs. Kdna Mitchell leavi-s her whole-hearted championship of women's rights to Mary Yet ter. To Miss Wagner we leave our gixvd (?) will with the stipulation that she refrain from too many corrections. Bradford Dibble and Floyd l ayman leave their second Ix'st Ixittlesof brilliantine to Charles Burns and Harold Cray together with the solemn warning that all applications should be made externally and never internally. To Mr. Balfour we leave a collar to be worn during B. B. practice. This behest was approved by the Humane Society. “Snookuins bestows his abilit y to make eyes (I’S) during penmanship period on Melvin Seel. To Dud we leave all the gum that Eld. Kesterke fails to find under desks, and in other incon- spicuous cavities. Grant Ix-stows on “Pete” Tatman some of his surplus length on the express condition that it be applied in the right direction. We leave the piano-key to Mr. Dunn because we haven't been able to extract it from him. Frederick Holle, esquire, leaves his perpetual argument to Miss Biggs all neatly wrapped in tissue paper. Kate and Alex leave their fondness for W ild W est Movies to Fern Huple and Forrest Merritt W illis Gale leaves his week-end round trip ticket to St. Joseph to Gerald W illiams on the con- dition that he use it wisely but not too well. To Miss Ludden we leave all the financial wealth of the Senior Class in accordance with her Itcquest. . Kenneth Merritt leaves his temper to Helen Wmans, who seems to be in need of a greater ipnly. ro Hilda we leave one of our classmates on condition that she refrain from removing said property until after graduation. kale leaves her book on hair dressing to Ixiis Hoadley and if used with the same care and discretion exercised bv the original owner it is warranted to keep one’s friends in doubt as to one's identity most of the time. Fred wanted to leave his | added cell to someone more in need of it than himself but as tins was impossible we reserve it for him for tin rest of his natural lifetime. To each and every girl who may in the future contemplate any share in governing boys of said Senior Class we leave our solemn warning—DON’T. Genevieve leaves her dramatic ability to Bulb Clark. To Nellie Coats we leave the privilege of becoming County Throat Inspector. The Senior Ixiys leave their splendid spirit of stubbornness to tin- mules from which it origi- nated. . . . . To Fern Tidey we do hereby bequeath our seats in the assembly with the provision that said seats la- used in construction of a private office for library. All remaining property not herein described or otherwise disposed of, shall be sold to provide a permanent home for teachers who shall have presided over Freshmen of said school until their graduation. In Witness Whereof, the said party of the first part hereunto set their hands and seals. SENIOR CLASS OF '21 Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of: Page Fifteen Edna Mitchell Kathryn Frf.itau Genevieve Moore

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