Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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M A 1) R O X O 25 the tune of “Big Blond Mama,” leave my ability to attract the fair-haired dam- sels without any effort on my part to Lester lessen. I, Ruby Merrell Brister, do hereby will and bequeath my ivory tinkling craze to somebody’s player piano. I, John Robert Broadwood, since 1 am seeking new literary fields to conquer, leave my wonderful vocabulary and weird story-writing ability to Robert Sears. I. Prances Manning Brown, do relegate my superfluous avoirdupois to Tippy Smith. 1, Letha Annette Callahan, bequeath my queenly carriage to Josephine Simpson. T, Joseph V. Carlestroem, leave my French accent to Fred Stanton. 1, Robert Fdgar Cecil, will and bequeath with a cackling laugh my astound- ing huge feet to Howard McCully, hoping that it will offset his light headedness. 1 also leave my aptitude for turning up my nose and juggling figures to George Kerrigan. I, Marv Miller Chilotte. will my stern and intellectual brow to Edward Hamilton. I, Lucy Christensen, leave my feeble voice to Teddy Johnson. I. Grace Dorris Cochran, relegate my lip-rouge to Theodore Zschokke. 1, Juanita Louise C onnolly, leave my quiet, ultra-refined manners to (leorge Casey. I, Florence Mae Darr, will my place next to Juanita in the alphabet and in daily life to no one. 1. Jerome Dean Davis, hand down my superfluous height and bashful man- ners to I larry Keifer. I le really does need both. I, Carlton Wolf ley Dawson, do not have the least idea of whom to give my place as speed-cop at the hot lunch line, as no one has the solemn and dignified air which I possess and which are necessary requisites of the position. 1, Foster Blake Detrick, will mv crutches and martyred air to anyone who sprains his ankle while pole-vaulting next year. I, Helena Duryea, leave mv ability to portray the deep dyed villainess in a startling and realistic manner to Irma Shaw. (I doubt it). I, Minnie Bell Faton, will and bequeath mv youth and unobstrusiveness to incoming freshmen. I. Ada May F.lvey, leave mv nich on the eight o’clock car from Cupertino to whoever claims it first. I, Doris Theresa Fthen. leave my come-hither look and beautiful voice to Carol Gray. 1, Fthel Frances Fitzpatrick, being a comparatively recent newcomer to Paly

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24 M A 1) R O X O Class Will We, the first and last Class of 1924. anticipating that some of our number may come to an untimely end on the night of June 20. do hereby prepare a last W ill and Testament to he duly recorded with Mr. Nichols and kept by the Faculty of the Palo Alto Union High School. We, being sound in mind and body (at least we have been pronounced so after a strenuous four years’ treatment under such experts as Miss Preston, Mr. Mer- cer, Miss Clary, and Mr. Pay) will and bequeath the following: To the Juniors we leave our spic and span new class rooms, 503 and 504. with desks and walls unmarred by cubist carvings, (as yet). To the Sophomores we leave our sober and serious intellect. (They have, on many occasions, been observed to need it). To the Freshmen we leave the title of Sophomores. (We hope that hats may be found which are large enough to cover this title). To the Thespian Club we bequeath the recently finished auditorium. (May the stage curtains ever be green). And now. because of the great spirit of generosity that wells up from within us, we, as individuals, leave the folowing to our highly esteemed school mates: I. Thelma Adair, leave my place at the head of the list to Fremont Zschokke. I. Margaret Grace Adams, leave my remarkable speed and ability to make last-minute posters of all sorts, shapes and descriptions to Fat Springer—we’d love to see him work. 1, Grace Mildred Almack. leave my sweet Mayfield manners to Ruth I Icttingcr. I. Charles illiam Andrews, leave my bull-dog jaw to Robert Vetleson, with the advice that he always pick on someone smaller than himself. 1, Jean Hart Halcomb, leave my grammar school size and peanut vender’s job at all the Stanford games to my little brother, Lcland. I, Horace Albert Barker, leave my Titian locks and refined air in the custody of Karl Spaulding. I. Maurice Leoti Barnsley, fling my King Tut bob and independent air to Elizabeth Cramer, although she doesn’t need either. I, Harold Edwin Bernard, being unsound in mind and body, bequeath my vain attempts at being a lady-killer to Allan Lucy. 1, Mary Louise Besse, leave mv freckle cream to Doris Dorcy. with the hope that it will do her more good than it did me. I, Lemuel Perry Borden, feeling that my heart is rapidly beating itself out to

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2«X M A I) R O S O wav. with the admonition that the more you help people, the more, they expect of you. I, Lloyd Samuel Parsons, devise to Ward Crary my learned air and mv wide general knowledge. 1. Florence Anna Paulsen, settle upon some frosh the void that I will leave when I absent this school. 1, De Forest Prichard, bequeath my earnestness and exactness, and also my serious outlook on life to Billy Blythe. I. Marv Ono Proctor, confer upon Kdwina Ewing my ability to vamp Sidney (iray on the stage and off. I, Doris Emily Regna rt, donate my drug-store complexion to Georgine Griffin. 1. Lida Rittler, bequeath my vampish eyes and tennis playing ability to Louise Shoup. I, Roslyn Rittler, dole out my Stanford “fellows to the girls of the junior class. I, Merle Leroy Roarke, since I have red hair, must needs will it to someone, and I therefore bequeath its unusual reddish tint to the tomato ketchup that goes on everything that is served at the cafeteria. i, C larence Lincoln Schmid, leave my place in the school dance orchestra to Whittemore Waldegravc. (May he blow as loud as 1 did). I. Billie Schulte, assign my sweet girlish voice to Venuda Crooke. I, Frank [ganatius Schwartz, hand down my supreme self-confidence to Kobelen Bonham. 1, Frank Elliot Semi, give my pubnacious expression to Howard McCully. I. Nellie May Sheets, bestow my simple and unaffected manner upon Ethel Butterfield. I. Jack Wilson Shoup, relinquish my eccentricities and my position as Paly Hi’s leading matinee idol to Ilenry Lavvshe. I, Samuel Leighton Simmons, leave my sunny disposition and curls to Eli- zabeth Ann Lynch. I. Jessie Frances Snow, bequeath my shrill voice and black eyes to Mildred Ashworth. I. Gorden Strain, being another of those quiet unobtrusive souls, leave my pensive qualities to Edward Hamilton. I. Carl Fben Stromquist, Jr., relegate to Warren Xute my place in the court where I daily eat my lunch. I. Robert Cuthbertson Swain, will my air as world traveler and my ability to tell of my experiences to Joe Borden.