Independence High School - Wapsie Yearbook (Independence, IA)

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Elm mapsie Mitlied Hamilton and Alice McArthur bequeathed their stludious manner to Wilda lreland, Laura Johnson, and Marion Postel. Bertha Cat vacated her place as Class Clown to Catharine Leytze. l found that Vera Cates bequeathed all ot' her black eurls to Helen Corn- well. Ruth Randall and Rhoda Sha- ver left their smiles and blushes to Ruth Baker and Josephine G-ibson. Next ou the list Eva. Shoemaker be- queathed her rights to the McEwen lnug store to Alice Derr. Dorothy Sox left her art ability to lfred Lane. Following this Charles Burk and Claude Shoemaker bequeathed their seriousness to Milton Kushner. Don Sox. Norman Frank, Forrest Holman and Leonz Ireland left their chalirs in Jim Geist 's pool hall to Her- bert Coons, Jim Betle, and XValter Penrose. Margory Campbell bequeath- ed her useful erutehes to Susie Kirk- ner. . Last on this long historieal list I found Norma Popeorn had bequeathed her recipe for rouge to Margaret. Bechter. -LAURA H. MABON'

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Next l found Velma Planked lad lie- V... 1 l l . he Hlansie 1Class Will As l strolled along the hankls I eame upon some ruins of what resembled an institution of learning and h .ing 111-il reflective mood 1 seated mysl-lt' on a worn and weatller-heaten statue. At my feet lay an old maroon and white eloth eovered with hiero llyphies. This eloth was probably used asl a hody covering hy the primeval inhabitants of the institution. l As l glanced over the ruins l saw some stone tablets whieh interested me. Taking out my uiagnifyiiig glass l studied elosely the eurious letttering From all appsarauees one migllt gath- er that the t-lass of illl was he gueath- ing its 0ll3l'Elt't3l'lSl.ll'S to thel lowir 1-lassinen of that institution. i Heading the list 1 found Neva Tlont- eomerum hequeathing l1er rosy eheel s to Bee llitts, as coloring in thosle days was expensive. Adjusting my eye-glass l was able to detect Arthur Biterinto trying to give away his easy manner ot' fl speech and his pompus walk to l Burk. Then I found Mildred I let hequeathing her stand-in witl Parker to Ada Dorrel. owing leorge Brook- 1 Tom Resting my eyes for a few moments and then again adjusting my eys lgglass l saw that Helen llostnm had he- qneathed her Keystone filllllviiw ae- tions to Kitty Copeland. . . . l. . Next on the lnstorie list Franklin C. Smith and Elmer Geasel bequeathed their eonrting ability and stage ap- V pearanee to Ho-mer Hale and X ayne fl oss. Following this I found 'Potty Aukins and Veda Cornt-ohh had hequeathed their numerous datms to Faith Potwin. Bee Morgun gave her wondelful arith- metic knowledge tin hook l'O'l'Illl to Laura. Johnson. Hilda Madsen and Clara Woodroot fthe forniei' star daneeis of the class of 'lfll hequeatlied their daneing aihil- ity to Maud Ilood and Merle Hardy. And if William O l'oole didnt he- quealh those small useful goggles of has to Leslie tlissel. llomer l'lt10klll1tlIJ and Glen Anderson left their Sfltflli-.11 with Mrs. Hummel to l'luuuet Hitch- iugs and Tom Parker. Horatio llarofelay and Homer Drowned bequeathed those numerous dates with Genevieve llurrhus to Stanton Madeson. queathed her musieal voiee and talent lo Hazel Nieth. Nellie Career, Georgia liver, and Gladys Metfert had hqueathed their places in the Commereial department to Susie Kirkner Ctaking it for grant- ed that she eonld fill all three plaeesl Resting my eyes and onee more ad- justing my eyeglass l found that James Ever bequeathed all of his dig- nity to Bernard Vanlitten and XVilda Brighten. Iiela Fenner and Glolra VanEtten left all of their religious zeal to Cathtarine Leytze, Susan1'amp- hell and Dorothy Slemmons. Anna Uihleski left her string ol' pearl heads to Faelielle lloen. Next I saw that Addalaide Jolnston had bequeathed her musieal voiee to Josephine Gihson while Valda Larkey left her red hair to Helen Sc-areliff. Hazel lflnsminger, Lena lirelsford. l .1

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l 1 .Y he Hiopsie Class History Generally when Freshmen high sehool they are so fresh come to t and bud- ding that they are given almost unani- mously the title of Green . But when the Fresliman class of '16 school, it came with a very aspect in view. We came and to show the said upper ' eame to I different to work elassmen what we could do. As a result, they, seeing the unusual possibilities of learning and plenty of 'room for im- provement, bestowed upon us. the shamroek as a class flower, ilnstead of the usual dandelion. Not that alone, but they realized we had talent in our elass for athletics, orators, good stu- dents, fine bluffers and the usual pos- sibilities along these lines. At the usuatprogram of initiation, realizing the power of the Ifreslnnen, the upper elassmen refrainedi from the undue exertion of administering the usual course of initiation, an it is said, they profited. el thereby 'l'hus has been the beginning of our class. During its four year in high school ,it has shown its prowers in all lines. lts members have gr dwn with wisdom each day. its ranks have been filled now and then by d from Winthrop, Quasqueton e legations and oth- er near by towns. Very few of its members have contracted tl1 fatal disease of i't'redit De at almost ftieieney, ' ' most of those who have, however, have succeeded in recovering. Home of its members tthru I S0111 U F03- sou, we have not yet seenj left sehool but their ranks are few a The one queer thing wlricl cl weak. xi we had l l happen every year of our career was the change of Superinten-dents, first Mr, Cherny, second Mr. Doyle, third Mr. Tormey and last. Mr, Roberts. We are anxiously wondering whether. the heads of the faculty will have better luck when we are gone. Another thing which places a mark of remembrance and a. touch of sorrow on our memory ,is the sudden death of our much loved prin- cipal, Miss Funk. We feel that tma her influence and help. we have been greatly uplifted, and we a.so feel that no honor would he too great to be- stow upo nhcr, who sacrificed, we might say, her life for our sake. Now having given you a brief l.is- tory of our class, l will take up me matter in a more persona light., giving to you the general history, character- istics, and review of its membeis, so that it may be easily seen, how linked together. their combined etiorts and eharacteritics, matte our-class. the tlass which it is, the class we honor, love and respect. l-irst ou our list tomes Glen .indu- son-His history shows him to be on.: of our class stand-bys. He is steady and sure as a clock, a model of a slu- deut to whom all could look up. Arthur Riddiuger-A representative from that quaint little burg of Quas- queton. 'l'l.o not coming to our school until his Junior year, he has shown himself to be an apt student: gener- ous, jolly and an excellent diplomat and talker. Charles Burk-Little heard of, little t A