St Edward High School - Beaver Yearbook (St Edward, NE)

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 IH Frank Apgar is a lawyer In a city in the East. Clarisa goes to foreign lands And becomes a missionary to China and Japan. Vera W. works in fields of grain Shocking wheat and raising cain. Gertrude now, Gertrude ever------ Flaherty now, but not forever----?? Margaret has entered an American Business College But meets her Prince Charming and fails to return. The three Ruby’s go to college tut only two return For Ruby Cumming vamped her teacher Her hobby when in St. Ed. High. Anna shall sign her letters Mrs. Lester Eugene Kealy. Class Will While we lingered in St. Edward, In the sunny Land of Learning, We acquired some few possessions, We amassed some strings of knowledge For the soil is black and fertile— E’en the laziest must prosper, A.nd we Seniors are not lazy. On this eve of our departure Down the long, long trail to lifeward, In a pile we have collected All the choicest of our treasures To take with us on the journey; But we find they are too heavy— Slow, too slow would be our progress, If we carried half this burden; So, except for bits of knowledge We have gathered in St. Edward And the bulky pack of memories Of old days, old friends, old frolics, We must leave our wealth behind us, All our treasures and possessions. Lest there be unseemly discord O’er the spoils when we have vanished, Over who should have this keepsake And to whom should go that relic, Aided by the Little Father, We have made a will in writing, To divide our riches fairly. Listen while I read its clauses— You may find yourself remembered. We the Seniors of St. Edward, Being in our usual senses— Which, mayhaps, you think means nothing—

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Leda, if she sacrifices, If she does not frizz nor frivol, Shall embrace the boon she covets— To appeal to J. M. Ellis. Numbers still shall bother Mel After he has left St. Edward, Both the number in mathematics And the number of his in-laws. Vera needs no seer to tell her That her fate smiles in her dimples. Walt shall be a plump policeman A friend to speeding comrades. Ruth shortly shall discover Paint that can’t be told from nature; When she puts it on the market. She can cloth herself in purple. Want shall be the lot of Dorothy Not of money—but of a husband. Roy by Mildred shall be jilted, Broken-hearted he shall wonder For two long and lonesome evenings Then in Anne he shall find solace. Doris in her school house red Will teach the small ones till she’s dead. Oscar is to plow and spring tooth, Sow and garner bumper harvest, Be an up-and-coming farmer. Donald shall mingle with the muses, Spouting anapests and dactyls. Varyl shall smirk across the counter. As he wraps up thread and buttons. George is doomed a photographer While Gordon’s great experiments Sha'l work wonders with Anna’s rheumatism. Mary Anne shall be head waitress In the home of Dick and Dornie. Myrtle sits in a gigantic Cathedral in Spain Playing a pipe-organ upon which she acquired fame. On the banks of Rio De Janeiro Grace will sell her wares of cookery. Vaughn shall be the Colliers’ artist Kathleen and Audrey will pose as models. For “Shin” whose nose was always in the air Makes a non-stop flight with his famous glider. His friend, Kenneth Matzen, learns the art of speaking And is now' an instructor in the college of Harvard. Some say that “Pat” New'ton who joined the ranks, Is captain of a team excelling the Yanks. Harold Miller received a patent on his “Golden Glint” And so all the ladies give their hair a lustrous tint. Albert decided that he needed a rest So boarded a train for the great Northwest.

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Being on the point of going From the sunny Land of Learning, Never to return among you, Do bequeath to our inferiors, Otherwise known as our schoolmates, Do bequeath to our superiors, Otherwise known as our teachers, All the riches we are seized of On this evening of departure, Saving such as we so cherish That we never can relinquish. ITEM 1: To the Board of Education, all my power of seeing through a stone wall; that power which, in time past, has made my course in life so spectacular, and the lack of which has brought my career to an ignominious failure. My legacy to the Board of Education, the power of seeing through a stone wall, is given in order to save the legatee from future serious disaster, and because it is evident that said legatee is expected by the community at large to possess this great gift. ITEM II: To the faculty of the St. Edward high school. I give and bequeath and devise my visions, all in good and unhampered condition. By this gift they will be enabled to depict the future of all the girls and boys under their charge, and so wisely to arrange their lives from day to day. By the use of this gift. I know, they will avoid all mistakes to which all ordinary members of the human family are subject. ITEM III: To the Juniors, who will soon become Seniors, I bequeath all the mistakes, blunders, inaccuracies, and lapses committed by me during the last exciting year of my most exciting life. Mistakes seem to be the natural portion of youth, and by acquiring the mistakes of another, which never hurt so much as one’s own, the recipient may be spared making so many himself. ITEM IV: To the Freshmen and Sophomores, collectively and individually. I convey my power of saying the wrong thing in the right place, or the right thing in the wrong place. Just how this is accomplished I am not able to say. Each one- will need to work the matter out for himself or herself. There is no doubt that much benefit will result from the effort. Our large castles and estates in Spain, I give to anyone who cares to exercise the squatter’s privileges and take possession. While the habitations are now in fine repair, they must be occupied at the entire risk of the legatee. No accidents, whatever, may be made an excuse for demands upon any other beneficiary. I, Vaughn Anderson, a true Swede, do will and bequeath my white hair to Lorraine Ingberg. I, Harold Miller, will all my surplus freckles to Genevieve Hazlitt. I, Chalky Wake, will and bequeath my argumental talent to Sarah Lister. I. Ruth Wathen. will and bequeath my ability at getting caught chewing gum in the typing room to Leo Hall. I, Leda Slifer, do will and bequeath my place in front of the hall mirror, during noon hours, to Vernetta Campain. I, Grace Nelson, a very quiet and bashful girl, do will to Irene Shaffer my ability to giggle in History. I, Florence Nelson, commanding in stature yet frightfully modest, do will and bequeath by book on successful courtship to Odetta Kennedy. I, Clarisa Cruise, having been screly tried by my Ford Ccupe, do will this incumbrance to Iola Hirsch with all it’s bum spark plugs, broken fenders, honey comb tires, and leaky radiator. I, Frank Apgar, being a natural born leader, do will to Hazel Nelson my striking personality. I, Mel Rosencrantz, will all my malted milk tablets and cough drops still unconsumed to Don Curtis. I, Kathleen McCay, being dignified and egotistical, do will to Kathryn Koerber the task of looking after Frank Rockey. I. Anna Nelson, having a way with the teachers, bequeath to Blanche my knack of getting A’s.” (Keep it in the family. Blanche.) I. Oscar Scanderup, do will and bequeath to Owen Rosencrantz my ability to flirt with the girls.