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

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■ : MAROON AND WHITE ■; »— CLASS WILL—Continued Unto Ixo Tidey, we will Eugene Mason's position as basketball star and i nto Little Irving Paustain we leave some of Gene’s height. Unto Vere Smallidge we will Carlton Skoda’s talent as play villain. Unto Donald Trowbridge, we will part of Lucian Strong’s excess. Unto Elizabeth Burton and Margaret Schram we will Ellen Wesner’s ability as stenographer, providing they use it jointly. And now to the members of the faculty. Unto our adviser, Mr. Taft, we will our sincere approval and appreciation for his efforts in our behalf. Unto Mr. Jerome, we will the right to collect any fees for books, pencils, rulers or any other articles too numerous to mention, which he may have found on the students’ desks. Unto Mr. Bloom, we will a pair of rubber-soled shoes for detective work. L'nto Mrs. Fetzer, we leave our unanimous vote of thanks for her untiring efforts in coaching our plays. L’nto Mrs. LaCrone we will the authority to continue with her excellent work as a music teacher. We do hereby appoint John 1). Rockefeller, guardian and executor of this our last will and testament. In witness whereof, hereto and therefore, we. the class of May. 1929. of Eau Claire High School, the testators, have to this our last will and testament, set our hands and our seal this 22nd day of May. A. D. 1929. Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named class of May, 1929. as and for their last will and testament in the presence of us. who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses, in presence of the said testators and of each other. SIGNED, Senior Class of ’29. Witness. 'Lillie Lutz. Pauline I hmaetz.

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- MAROON AND WHITE 2 «— CLASS WILL !•;, tlu- class of May. 1929 A. I), of Eau Claire High School, city of Eati Claire, County of Berrien. State of Michigan, of the United States of America, being of rational intellect and understanding, disposing disposition, and vengeful character: realizing the proximity of the end of our beginning and the beginning of our end: desiring to bequeath to our successors, our var- ious talents and virtues and such other personal property as may be designated, do hereby compile, publish and declare this last will and testament in the form and manner following: Item.—- 'e bestow upon our school, faculty, fellow students and all others who have enabled us to depart in joy. our sincere approval, admiration, thanks and appreciation for their efforts in our behalf. Item—To our immediate successors, namely the class of May 19.10, we do hereby bequeath our success in mental, physical, and social activities, said suc- cess to be used with discretion. Finally, we give to the aforesaid class permis- sion to graduate in due time, providing they live up to the standards of the school and do not commit such an unlawful crime as to flunk. Item—We give, to any responsible person or persons, the right to sell or in any lawful wav despose of such personal property as may be found in our lockers, classrooms or any other place in the building or on the school grounds. The money obtained front the aforesaid sale is to he used in pur- chasing playground equipment for our immediate successors. Item—To our janitor we give and bestow the evidence of our four years of endeavor and effort to wit. seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven inches of pencil stubs; waste scrap, excess and surplus paper: time worn note- books and dilapidated text books. ]tc-in We give, bestow and indict our various and sundry idiosyn- cracies and talents in the manner following: Unto the president of the Junior Class. Dorothy Martels, we will Eleanore Mirkholm’s position as “boss.” Unto Hazel Urick we will Katie Murbach's shorthand ability. (May we see results in the future.) Unto who so ever may need it. we will Flora Collin’s ability as ticket seller Unto Harold Hemingway, we will .Edwin Gustafson’s ability as artist. Unto Verna Tinkham we will Pauline Dunaetz’s literary ability. Unto Harriet Hogue we will Thelma Easton’s ability to hold the cash. Unto Evelyn Gustafson, we will Eva Rose Grow s talent as comedian. Unto Jay Staley, we will some of Helen Kerstetter’s shortness, providing he does not pay so much attention to the opjxisite sex as she. Unto Clara Pratt, we will Tillie Lutz’s position as teacher’s substitute.

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T |i MAROON AND WHITE VALEDICTORY 111', graduation of a class of seniors is commonly thought of as the completion. by the members of the class, of their education. This thought also portrays the Senior as .sittini; on top of the world or “holding the world in his hands ” Hut the true meaning of graduation is entirely different Hwm-4Eis mid truthfully portrayed by the word Commencement, which means the “beginning bellow Seniors, such is our commencement, the hejunnnig n-;d life for us; and instead of being “on top of the world” we areTonlv at the foot of the ladder. I he part of our life that has gone before has been preparation : the part to come is as we make it. Our school life has done one great thing for us; it bas prepared ns to take a larger place in the world Not our studies alone, but all phases of our school life, have been training that will be very useful in en- abling us to take part in the progress of the world. Fellow seniors of the clas; °f 29, you have acknowledged this duty by selecting as vour class motto “Up- ward and Onward. ----- Since the creation of the world it has been moving along that path so simply expressed in the words “Upward and Onward.” Great progress has been made in the List feu ages in all branches of-life. Governments have changed from corrupt, autocratic kingdoms to the more honest, efficient, and democratic re- publics. Living and working conditions in almost all parts of the world have made great advancement along the lines of sanitation, safety, and comfort. The nations of the world, which not so many years ago were engaged in the great World War. are now trying in every possible manner to find a plan which will bring about universal peace. Hand in hand with the other developments of tin- world is that of Education. Education, which was once a privilege that only the rich could enjoy, is now within the reach of everyone who really wants it ass. race, or mcans. J lassmatesf if the world has made such progress in the past when the ma- jor it N»£ the people did not have opportunities for education, then we should a-l lt-ast be able to do our share with ihc advantages we have had IrhiTmnv not mean a great and shining success which all praised Such a success is many times not a happy one. Edgar A. Guest says.JTfle finest accomplishment on earth is: to have lived and woH Tand played mwirTtlnTrarih. awl to have won the love and respect and friendship of all those with whom you have cumv ni. coni act ’ Classmate), some of you will bg gmy ; and to those the world will give her !i Ml or aTrri ltcrpraise. I ut. as there must always be someone to do the commoner things of life, each one of us who can not be notable can help the world progress in his own way; and we can at least make the kind ..t success which Ed:»ar A. (■nest calls great hv cajTving out in mtr own lives the thought of ever strive ing UptyartT artdsjmvard. our parenj l and to the members of the Hoard of Education, as well as onT fi n- dsT“wci the class of 29, wish to extend our earnest thanks for making ;£ I 9 2 9 g: I-’.? | J