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

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Unto all who may desire, Lawrence Peachey tells the advantages of having a steady. Unto John Brookins, Arthur Teichman leaves his frank admiration of the fairer sex. Unto no one will Mildred Seel surrender her liking for the masculine mem- bers of the school. Unto Verge Grow and Gene Mason we suggest that a hook he surrendered which originates new methods and ideas for entertaining Freshmen. Unto Donald Cl upper we will twenty-four hours of sleep daily. Unto Tillie Lutz we leave Jim Enright’s habit of bluffing. Unto Lois Puterbaugh, Peg Ferry leaves this advice, “Don't be too encouraged that love is blind—Cha] erons are not.” Unto Lucian Strong. Arthur Teichman leaves his unsuccessful edition en- titled. “How to Grow without Sleep or Food.” Unto Carlton Skoda and Max Michael we will the right to hold access to the grade rooms that they may continue their untiring ( ?) pursuit of education. Unto Evelyn Gustafson we will Irving Paustain. Unto Pauline Dunaetz we will the right to adopt Helen Kerstetter’s bashful- ness. Unto Harry Lutz we give permission to “look over” the lesson assigned (not “over look” as Jim Enright so often misinterprets the statement). Unto Nub Tidey we will the song. “You Didn't Love Me When I Loved You (I’m Someliody Else’s Now”), as made by a grant in the will of the class of '26. Unto Edwin Gustafson we will Dick Miller’s version, “Girls should l e called Spearmint; not Itecause they’re sweet but because they’re after meals.” Unto Ellen Wesner we will the right to become “teacher’s pet” as an aid in becoming a school teacher. Unto Flora Collins we will Arthur Teichman’s talkativeness—when asked for a recitation. Unto Margaret Schram we give the right to learn how to play Solitaire. Chess!! Unto Vere Smallidgc we will Tom LaCrone’s favorite question. “What, is the cause of so many divorces?” (Marriages). Unto the Junior Class we will our various articles and ! elongings not men- tioned in this will to dispose of as they see fit. We do hereby appoint Mr. Taft and the remaining memliers of the faculty as joint executors of this our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this seventeenth day of May. A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-eight. Class of 1928. Subscribed and sworn to Iiefore me, a Notary Public, in and for Fait Claire High School, this seventeenth day of May. 1928. Graydon Miars, Notary Public. My commission expires May 18, 1928. Dick Miller (witness) I Page Twenty!

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Class Will WK, the class of 1928. of the Eau Claire High School. County of Berrien. State of Michigan, of the United States ofi America, having for a period of four years existed and fearing that we are al out to pass from this sphere of education do hereby draw up, publish, and pronounce this, our final will and testament which shall nullify all previous bequests, perhaps idly spoken, or mayhap, made in one of our periods of seeming lilierality. Inasmuch as all of our accumulated wealth exists not in finances hut in a more material state and our descendants being so numerous we find it necessary to overlook the faculty. However, we will upon each of the several memliers of the faculty many regrets for losing such a group of extraordinary students. Unto the green and bashful Freshmen we will the right to copy after our glorious examples and heed the kindly advice of the members of the Sophomore class. . • Tn Unto the girls of the Freshman class we will the book entitled. “HOW lO LASSO A HUSBAND AND WHY IT PAYS” by Margaret Trowbridge. Unto the lxiys of the Freshman class we urge attendance at the theater to see the latest movie production. M 1 Run W hen I C A Girl, taken from the lxxik, “Not Waiting (nor wanting.'')” by Graydon Miars. Unto Flora Collins. Louise Mitchell liequeaths her right to twenty-four hours a day at typewriting (She would give 25 if possible). Unto Geneva Bowers, Christie Freeman leaves her height. Unto Ruth Taylor. Pearl Kesterke leaves her ability as a basketliall star. Unto Tom Ferry we will the position of High School Sheik. Unto anyone who may desire it Bernadine Dillon leaves her seat in the school bus. . . Unto Edwin Gustafson we will Vilon Daisy's ability as a musician. Unto Bernard Teichman we will Dick Miller s desires to duck Freshmen ( Mr. Teichman should know the finer arts having received the act so often). Unto the school Ethel Laberdy leaves her diary in which is revealed the rea- son for the lxiys she likes always having their written lessons. (Those in doubt are granted the right to see for themselves). Unto Harry Lutz, Ixiuis Weckler leaves his ability as a basketball player. Unto Helen Kerstetter wo will Leo Tidey. Unto Kenneth Briney we will Marvin Clark's pep and energy. Unto Alt'ons Wierzlx.lowicz and Nub Tidey. Mabel Tidey and Mamie Steiskal leave the honor of representing Shanghai in our school. Unto Harold Hemingway. Almoi} Talxir leaves his book of l eauty secrets. Unto Luke Strong. Jim Enright leaves his pamphlet on how to reduce in less than thirty days. Unto Vere Smallidge. Tom LaCrone liequeaths his recklessness in handling a Ford. Unto Gene Mason. Hank Hastings leaves his studious nature ( May we see re- sults in the future). Unto whomsoever it may fit. Margaret Ferry wills her position of Beauty Queen from Eau Claire in the Blossom parade. [I'.tur Niwtwn)

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Valedictory Roltert Browning measured True Manhood in these words: “The world wants men—true men Free from the taint of sin Men whose lives are clean without And pure within. Such is the ideal of the class of '28; such is embodied in our motto Deserve and desire.” “Deserve and desire”—hut what? It is of this I wish to speak. Tonight we are confronted with myriad desires, desires of merit to lie furth- ered and developed, desires of degredation. the very holding of which contaminates and defiles. We must develop the talent we now have in our hands. Why waste time in trying to develop that for which we are not adapted ? 1 hat will bring only the most stilted results So. dear classmates, we should take the desire for which we are most fitted. We want to work to a higher plane in life. Though the path we choose he difficult, the pleasures gained by overcoming stubliorn ob- stacles, the winning out in the face of defeat will prove spurs to help us onward to the time when we shall hear “Well Done.” In this age in which we are living, to be successful means to lie a specialist in your line of work. Therefore we must know ourselves and what we would lie; we must study our abilities and then further them; we must study to show our- selves approved. Never liefore has there been such an opportunity for the wide- awake youth who knows himself, his abilities, and lvis desires. Be your desire whatsoever it may in the scientific field, in agriculture, in home life, or in what not, the successful one is he who strives toward the highest ideals. No desire that springs from some ungodly thought can bring us anything but pain and heart- break. In the Bible it says, “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap.” There- fore we must lie careful of where these paths of desire may lead us. Wc can never be too careful What the seed our hand shall sow. Love from love is sure to ripen, Hate from hate is sure to grow. Seeds of good or ill we scatter Heedlessly along our way. But glad or grievious fruitage Waits us at the harvest day. Whatsoe'er our sowing be, Reaping, we its fruit must see. Higher desires will bring higher deserts. I f we struggle on our path and finally win a wonderful reward, we will know that we have sown the seed in rich and fruit- ful soil. We get only what we deserve. If we take a path of desire that leads to vice and crime, we may find ourselves shut away from the rest of the world by steel l ars. We have gained only what we deserved. Our path has led us to this horror, and we must take it as a just desert. So put these desires down and look to those that will leave you free in spirit and mind. We rise by things that are under our feet; By what we have mastered of good and gain: By the pride deposed and the passions slain. And the vanquished ills that wc hourly meet. To the Board of Education, as well as our parents and friends. I would ex- tend the earnest thanks of the class for the privileges we have enjoyed here. We thank you for giving us this chance to know our desires and study them here at [Page Twenty-one]