Worcester High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1956- A Adele Jozefowski BE IT REMEMBERED THAT We, the Class of 1936-A, fully realizing that our limited time in the happy academic atmosphere of the High School of Commerce in Worcester, Massachusetts, is drawing to a close and fully per- ceiving that we must tear asunder the ties that bind us here, being possessed of sound mind, memory and comprehension, do make this our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills made by us at any time heretofore. Our real and personal property which fate has so graciously bestowed upon us and which by our natural or supernatural talents we have acquired up to this zero hour of impending dissolution, we bequeath as follows: Item I. To Mr. Andrews, our beloved principal, we leave a deep and heartfelt appre- ciation of his fatherly advice and his many kindnesses. The inspiration received from contact and association with him will remain with us forever. llei)i II. To Mr. Casey, guardian of would-be strayers, we leave a magnifying glass to be used in the detection of forged excuses so that he may distinguish the genuine from the fictitious and act accordingly. lleiij III. To Mr. Tobin, Honorary Editor-in-Chief of the Caduceus, we leave a super-action machine that will collect and record all the necessary statistics for the yearbook. I eiij IV. To the entire faculty we humbly and gratefully give our sincere thanks and appreciation of their honest, though sometimes useless, attempts to impart knowl- edge to our minds. We will always remember their patience, devotion, understanding and perseverance. l e» I ' . To the Freshmen we leave good counsel. We advise them to pray for a tunnel from the old to the new building. The prayers will be most fervent, we expect, on rainy days when curly hair that doesn ' t curl naturally hangs in bedraggled strings down their brxks. (We know!). [29]

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OMMEIRCE end. The slaves had been freed by Lincoln who had brought the Union through its severest test and had emerged victorious with the nation even more democratic than before. A short time later the Great Emancipator was assassinated by a half-crazed southern sympathizer. The entire North was plunged into grief, for his death was like the loss of a member of live million tamilies. Andrew Johnson then became President, and our government carried on the work of reconstruction. As more states were admitted to the Union our democracy increased until it became a vital part of our nation — so vital a part that in 1917 under the leader- ship of President Wilson we fought to make the world safe for democraq ' . Although this was not accomplished, the United States revealed itself as determined to promote its own principles of freedom. Oftentimes our government has been criticized tor enter- ing the world conflict for such a trumped-up motive and one so idealistic. Surely we cannot condemn our government lor trying to be idealistic when it is fighting !or common sense legislation. And so we come to our nation today. It is filled with schools that teach Americanism and Democracy to its Youth and not a doctrine of communism or socialism. We find the American Youth of tod.iy contented, for he lives in a nation where there is no religious or racial persecution, where freedom of speech and press is allowed to moral limits, and where opportunity knocks not once, but until it no longer falls on deaf ears. Surely youth cannot be discouraged even in this time of depression lor we are ruled by Franklin D. Roosevelt, a chief executive more democratic than the Democratic Part} ' itself — a President who has kept us out of the League of Nations and the World Court — a President who has refused to take a hand in European affairs but instead has waged a war against the depression — a President who has fought money with money, power with power — who established the NRA and the CCC to take care of the youth of America — who is putting us back on our feet and bringing prosperity into our homes once again — a President who has remembered this is a land and government of the people, by the people, and for the people and has preserved our policy of democracy and our principles of freedom. Surely you cannot v orry about the future of your sons ' and daughters ' lives when they live in a nation such as tliis. THIS IS AMERICA ! ! ! THIS IS OUR COUNTRY ! ! ! [28}

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MCQUMEMCE llnl Item VI. To the Sophomores we leave visions of clerical positions as they begin the study of bookkeeping, stenography, and typewriting. We also leave them the old erasers and nearly empty bottles of red ink to help them with their accounting; some special illuminating chalk for stenog board outlines, and last but not least, we leave them the nimble fingers that the typewriting course developed for us. I ei VII. To the Juniors, successors to our dignity and reserve, we leave the oppor- tunity of upholding the traditions and high standards of our school. We also leave them pleasant anticipation of Mr. Breen ' s intellectual talks and discourses and also the superiority complex that we used so advantageously as we passed mere underclassmen on our way to a Senior assembly. Ite ?i VIII. To the following teachers we leave something to remember us by : To Miss Buxton, trainer of sob-sisters and brothers, we leave dictionaries to be dis- tributed to her classes in order that future journalists may follow her thrilling newspaper jargon. To Miss Ellis, we leave the rules for I stems and the five model verbs in stencil to be imprinted on the minds of Latin students. To Mr. Oakes, we leave a promise that in the future, dramatics will be one of the elective subjects in the course of study. To Miss Bosworth, instructor of corrective calisthenics and coach of conquering Commercites, we leave many athletically inclined students who will carry Commerce sportsmanship to greater glory. To Coaches Ward and Ambrose, we leave twenty-five soap coupons with which to start a fund for a new dressing room at the Athletic Field. To Miss Carrigan, we leave a Blue and Gold Employment Bureau through which with the cream of the crop or, in other words, 1936-A graduates, she can fill vacan- cies in the elite business firms. To Mr. Boyle, we leave a good tennis team so that he won ' t have to invent excuses for his team ' s losses. To Miss Bradley, we leave at least one French 1 class where beaucoup will not be translated as buttercup. To Miss Lundstrom, keeper of the speakies or dictaphones, we leave a burglar-proof safe in which to store ear pieces. To Mr. Hussey, Dean of Penmen, we leave an enlarged amount of space on report cards so that his flourishing, ornamental handwriting may be shown to full advantage. To Mr. Burnell, we leave a copyright on his loop-hole-less system for tardiness. To Miss Ryan of the office force, we leave Commerce trained secretaries, under- secretaries, and sub-secretaries to help her with her numerous duties. To Mr. Dolan, lord of Room 25, we leave a book of titles such as, The Significance of the Ringing of the Last Bell, My Excuses for Not Doing My Homework in the Past, ' My Reasons for Doing It in the Future, so that culprits guilty of these grave misdemeanors can base their penance writings on them. [30]