Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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Item: The following advice, the acceptance of which will lead them to glory—copy 1010. Item: The green grass a hiding place for angry instructors. PERSONAL BEQUESTS. Item: We wish that Mr. Hammitt may obtain the desired power of making new laws to fit occasions as they arise. Item: We give Evelyn Frickc’s grades to Fave Cummings, hoping that she may be thus enabled to catch up with the ’11s. Item: We give Bill Wilkinson’s executive ability (?) to Donald Greenman. Item: We bequeath Elmer Menefee’s and Joyce Crowell’s coquet- tishness to Jack Edgerly. Item: We give Frank’s complexion to Bessie Rutter. Item: We desire that Joe Leisenring’s popularity with the girls be given to Laurence Martin. Item: We leave Arthur Bartlett’s self satisfaction to Joseph Fagan. Item: We bequeath Gene Van Gent’s shoes to Robert Hughes, his medals to Morris Friedman Item: We bequeath Mary Hedrick’s ability to teach Latin to Miss Packard. Item: We wish Hazel Davis to pattern after Mary Hull’s style of hair dressing. Item: We leave Dale Munroc’s dimples to Jake Mier. Item: We give Cleota Sutton’s dramatic ability to Herman Ells- worth. Item: We leave Fred Rankin’s “good” to Harry Hillje. Item: We bequeath Mary Root’s shyness to Helen Dysart. Item: We leave Carl Dixon’s bluffing ability to Esther Hutchison. Item: We give Vera Slaven’s beads to Dorothy Ilormel. Item: We give to Virginia Williams the frivolity of Marie Schick. Item: We give the position of messenger boy of room 10, now held by David Rosenbaum, to Oscar Stoltz. Item: We give Arthur Chidister’s football ability to Henry Wormhoudt. Item: We leave Monna Mored’s “Buddy” and Hazel Nelson’s Joe to the ’ll girls, to be divided among them as they think best, but not for keeps. Item: We give Ethel Miller’s dignified manner to Alice Kilby, and it is our sincere wish that she make use of it Item: We bemieath six feet of height from Whitfield Ilanscll to Cowell Scott and Robert Stentz respectively. Item: We give the mischievous disposition of Ruth Lenander to Vera Oldham. Item: We leave Nellie Anderson’s winsome smile to Ruth Otto. Item: We transfer the ability of Louise Leinhauser in basket ball to Welt ha Norris. Item: We leave the avordupois of Rena Asplund to “Tieky” West- erhoff. Item. We bequeath the ability of Paul Cummings and Fleming Biddison for making dates to Mr. Swank. Item: We leave to George Stutsman Herbert Jeffrey’s debating ability.

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Class Will Teachers and Students: 1910 about to die—Salutes You. g CONSULTATION of doctors was called at the Board of Edu- cation—doctors never known to fail in their prognostications. They announced that on Thursday, June 9, 1910, must die, owing to a lightness in the head caused by its actual swelling during the last four years, and a heaviness of heart and other organs caused by thoughts of parting and overfeasting, respectively. She may have mistaken her inventory, but such as she thinks she has, she gives to you, praying that you may believe that she is generous, not from com- pulsion, but from desire. TIIE WILL We, the Class of 1910 of High School, city of Ottumwa, county of Wapello, State of Iowa, United States of America, being about to leave this sphere, in full possession of a sound mind, memory, and understand- ing. do make and publish this, our last will and testament. And first we direct that our funeral services be conducted by our friends and well-wishers, the faculty—only enjoining that the funeral be carried on with the dignity and pomp which our situation in High School has merited. To the following we make these bequests: To the faculty we give— Item:- Peaceful dreams and restful nights. They have done their duty and deserve their reward. It has been hard to have our fondest wishes thwarted. Ah, how much easier it would have been for them and for us to say “4Yes,” especially to senior privileges. Item: - Prep class to provide entertainment in periods of monotony. To the class of 1911 we leave: Item: Our beloved room 10 and everything in it, including the senior guardian angel, hoping that they will treat all with due respect and courtesy. Item: Our reputation, especially in athletics, scholarship, and class spirit; she seems to get everything else unaided. May our mantle fall completely on her shoulders. Item: Our dignity, which is always handed down to new made lords of the High School world. We are afraid that this will be a strain upon the nerves and muscles of the gay and debonair juniors, but we all hope they will rise to the occasion as they have done before when it was de- manded of them To the class of 1912 we leave:— Item: The modesty and quietness of the Seniors, hoping that they will improve because of the wonderful example. Item: Our unsurpassed ability in basket ball. To the class of 1913 we bequeath:— Item: Our “stand in” with the principal. Item: Our ease in winning track meets. To the class of 1914 we give:— Item: The care of the class of 1913, truthfully believing that said class will be more able to take care of the big-headed sophs than they themselves.

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Item: We leave Zoe Bissell’s, Bertha Kent’s, and Rita Evan’s boy- struck ways to Cora Barrows. Item: We bequeath Clara Sandstrom’s ability in German to Eloise Vest. Item: We leave the sweet disposition of Rose Payne to Blanche Root. Item: We suggest that Mabel Cary profit by the example set by Georgia Willard. Item: We bequeath Edna Anderson’s meek modes of manner as a beneficiary benediction to Hazel Norfolk’s random, racy, reconstruction of Roman redundants. Item: We leave Will Watson’s ability to “charge” through the cloak room door to Donald Madden. Item: We leave Vera Ford’s charming ways and position as art editor to Walter Schafer. Item: We leave the anxiety of Anita Crips to get on the class play to Marie Porter. Item: We bequeath Harry Hansell’s rowdiness to Donald Miller. Item: We desire that love for “man” be transferred from Mildred Ilarlan and Marie Mangan. to Ruth Clair and Phillis Marshall. Item: We transfer the affection of Edith Peppers for out of town athletes to Mary Fetzer. Item: We leave Will Scott’s proclivities for trouble to Joe Sheehan. Item: We leave the love of Marie Pickens for an alumnus to Mary Spry. Item: We leave Russell Weir’s lion-heartedness and his numerous engagements of a social nature to Max Wilson. All the rest and residue of our property whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind, and quality it may be, and not here disposed of (after paying our debts and funeral expenses) we give to the following class. In witness whereof, we, the class of 1910, the testators, have to this, our will, set our hand and seal, this seventh day of June, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred and ten. Della Blackford, Chm. Will Scott, Anita Crips, Marie Schick, Fred Rankin.