Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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j ad Will anc) ledament Be it remember that we, the Class of of 1944 of Angola High School, situated in the town of An- gola in the Count)- of Steuben in the State of Indiana, being in our usual unsound state of mind and mem- on, ' , but mindful of the uncertainty of this life, and our approaching dismemberment, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us made. After the payment of rll our just debts, funeral charges, grudges, and expenses of administration, we dispose of our estate as follows: To our Principal, Mr. Elliott, who has been our faithful guardian for four years, we give the ex- treme pleasure of getting rid of us. May he never have another class as trying as this one. To Mr. Estrlch we bequeath our share of pencil marks on the school walls, and our equity in every stray cat and dog which his encamped on the school property during the past four years. To Mr. Druckamiller, our athletic coach, and Miss Risk, our commando instructor, we bequeath all sprains, brujses, broken noses, teeth and legs, cuts, kicks, and black eyes we will not be around to take personally after graduation. To Mr. Druckamiller, we also bequeath the school gymnasium and baseball diamond, which we do not need and, furthermore, which we do not own. We hope they will have many successful athletic teams now that we are going. Without us, anything may be possible. To Mr. Dygert, our skilful teacher of mathematics, we give and beque.tth every bad word we uttered m our hopeless attempt to master algebra and geometry. With his natural ability added to the possession of our natural vocabularies, he should be able to make mathematical wizards of all his future mathe- matics pupils. To Miss Reed, our linguistic teacher, we give the magnificent collection of translations we have so laboriously writtten into ail the school Latin books. Her future classes will seem smarter with less effort than we expended, although we do doubt their ability to expend less effort. To Mr. Handy, teacher of history, we bequeath the Civil War, Alexander the Great, and the Tower of Babylon History may repeat itself. But in matters of discipline, Mr. Handy did not repeat himself. X ' e always heard him the first time. To Miss Shultz, instructor of English, we endow our liberal supply of slang. With it we offer the free advice that such picturesque slang i s only appropriate when accompanied by a large chew of plug tobacco. May she master both arts during the coming years. To the Junior Class, we give and bequeath our seats in the senior room, including such of our initials as are inscribed upon the desks, and our erasers, pencils, spitballs, pieces of chalk, and cuds of gum which we neglected to remove in the haste of our departure. May these small tokens help them to while away a year of senior learning as they have us. To the Sophomore Class, we bequeath such grudges as the faculty of this school may still hold against us for our sins of commission and omission May they bear the brunt of these grudges in a meek and humble spirit to which they have not already become accustomed. To the Freshman class, we have nothing left to bequeath but a lot of good advice. Do not study Page Twenty-six

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aluiaioi V YOUTH We, the youth of America, have a stupendous task before us. We have on ever) ' side conflicting statements sucli as these: We shall have the burden of the war on our shoulders, heav)- debts, unemployment, and over all depression beyond anything the world has ever seen ; and in contrast, we shall reap the fruits of technological develop- ment, utilize the inventions, discoveries and skills developed by the war. It is up to us which of these suggestions will shape our course. The poet says: We have no time to sport away the hours: All must be earnest in a world like ours We must keep our youth. Youth is courage, seeing clear, living clean, loving with- out greed, giving without regret; Youth is keeping alive the truths of life. As we develop our individual talents, so will we be able to contribute our full share in the building of future America. Emerson told us that we must build our own world. Hitch your wagon to a star, he said. How can we be idealistic in times like this, you ask. Right ideas alone are success- ful. There is always a place for these ideas and they bring their fruitage with them. Our ideas and ideals are our own individuality. This we must develop. A little boy who had won first place in a flower-growing contest, on account of his large and beautiful speci- mens was asked how he had raised such blossoms, for it was known that he had only a small and unfertile plot on which to grow them. He answered simply, I saw the blossoms when I planted the seeds. We must see more of the blossoms. Do not they typify that springtide of the heart, when one rejoices in the dawn of Iiope and faith in the future.- ' It is vitally important for us to maintain a joyous outlook, a kindly attitude, and the daily expectancy of good if we would bring them into our own experience. James Russell Lowell left these beautiful lines for us: New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth: Lo, before us gleam her c.imp-hres ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be. Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea. Nor attempt the Future ' s portal with the Past ' s blood-rusted key. — GUniia Mje Golden Page Twentv-five

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too hard, for it will make you sick and unhealthy, and no future employer wants a sickly graduate any more than a horse thief desires to take an unsound horse. If you would obtain good grades without study, then laugh heartily at all your teachers ' jokes even though you are hearing them for the hundreth time, ask your teachers questions about the lessons after class, and give each of them a red apple every morning, and a valentine on February 14. Always carry a lot of books with you to and from school and classes but never look within their covers. The inside pages of your school books are laden with microbes from the contaminatmg use of former classes. Whenever you are caught in any offense look very scared and sorry and your punishment will be light. If you will obey all these rules, then three years from now you will be occupying these places of solem nity and dignity with a minimum of effort and wear and tear. In addition to these bequests we wish to dispose of some more personal items as follows: I, Gloria Aldrich, do hereby will and bequeath m.y flat feet to Mary Jean Kohl. I, Robert Andrews, do hereby will and bequeath my marvelous ability to stay awake in civics — most of the time, to David Smith. I, Joanna Bartley, do hereby will and bequeath my dimples to Mildred Myers. I, Allen Boyer, do hereby will and bequeath my squirt gun to Mr. Handy. I, John Carver, do hereby will and bequeath my new hub caps to Mac Arnold. I, Billye Nell Certain, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get in trouble during sextette prac- tice to Delia Fisher. 1, Mari-Jean Chaddick, do hereby will and bequeath mj five feet seven to Lois Leman. 1, Betty Ensley, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to sleep and type at the same time to Mary Lou Martin. I, Shirley Erbe, do hereby will and bequeath my .ibility to argue with Pop Certain to Patricia Randolph. I, Margaret Fisher, do hereby will and bequeath my small figure to Margaret Wolfe. I, Ilene Fordyce, do hereby will and bequeath my second year Latin grades to Barbara Bratton. I, Don Fulton, do hereby will and bequeath my cradle robbing ability to Barton Golden. 1, Lynn Garn. do hereby will and bequeath my much used road map of Ohio to Bill Van Wagner. I, Sue Zane Goudy, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to lure men to Evelyn George. I, Glenna Mae Golden, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to play Turkey in the Straw to Jack Howe. I, Joan Griffin, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to eat a chocolate pie and drink a quart of milk every night before retiring to Elizabeth Wolfe. 1, Jean Hull, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to collect rings and fraternity pins to Noreen Wells. Page Twentv-seven