Arcata High School - Advance Yearbook (Arcata, CA)

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I, Ruth Josephine Green, do will my excessive avoirdupois to janet Goodwin. I, Donald Alexander Johanson, do bequeath to Eva Stephens my mania for writing notes. l, Olga Molly johnson, do will to Sarah Derby my blond beauty. I, Nelson Romaner Johanson, do bequeath my unsurpassed knowledge of everything to Archie Nicholson. I I, Florence Adella Laughlin, do bequeath my spontaneous laugh and con- tagious chortle to Erlaine VVentworth. I, Emmet Daniel MacMillan, do leave to the whole track team, my great speed on the cinder path. I, Florence Pauline Menzies, do will my love for innocent freshmen to Catharine Plant. I, Yerna Helen Mohn, do bequeath various and sundry articles of yellow ribbon now in my possession to Grace Aggler. I, Edgar Allen Otto, do bequeath my unrivaled ability to convulse students with laughter to Lester Spellenberg on the condition that he make use of the gift daily. I, Emil Charles Parton, do bequeath my fondness for ruddy tresses to Alex Skee. I, Edith Naomi Peck, do bequeath to Ella XValbridge my appetite for a tre- mendous lunch. I, Mary Lee Ray, do leave my demure and studious ways to Lloyd Usinger. I, Alice Rundquist, do bequeath my rythmatical jawf movements to Alice Conner. I, Irma Colma Sapp, do leave my ability to get up dinners for visiting teams to Grace Davidson. I, Mildred Una Seely, do leave my llawaiian costume to Lorna Cochran. I, Edith Elizabeth Smith, do bequeath my kewpie-like stature to Clara Le Yeque. I, Hazel Belle Smith, do leave to Captain Stokes my ability to slide for all three bases. I, Earl Lewis Spellenberg, do gladly bequeath my offlce of Student llody l resident to the next unlucky victim. I, Noah Andrew Stromberg. do bequeath my perfected shimmy movement to-Frank Davis. I, Edith Spetz, do leave to Lucile Keller my bashful ti Pl ways. I, Robert Adeline Titlow, do sadly leave, but will not bequeath, my Geraldine to the next Senior class. I. Ermine Gertrude XYorthington, do bequeath my reputation as unrivaled debating star to Joe Ilonacini. VVe do hereby appoint Miss Gallagher, our most devoted class teacher. executrix of this our last will and testament to which we have set our hand and seal on this lst day of April, the year of our Lord, nine hundred twenty-one. 25

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0112155 mill We the class of 1921, being apparently of sound mind. in possession of generous and forgiving natures, a-nd knowing that the end is fast approaching, do hereby declare this our last will and testament. I. To the faculty we bequeath our good nature. our unlimited store of un- appreciated wit, and all the vast amount of knowledge, now exclusively in our possession, which may prove useful to them in anticipating the tricks and bluffs of the next Senior Class. II. To the school as a whole we leave the void caused by our departure, the never dying memory of our good looks, our cleverness, and our sincere hope that they will ever strive to reach the unattainable heights of knowledge to which we have risen. HI. To the junior class we bequeath our beloved and long-suffering class teacher, Miss Gallagher, our class room, Room 15, and the right to occupy the southwest corner of the assembly hall at Student Rody meetings. IV. To the 4Sophomores we bequeath our athletic prowess and our faculty of carrying off championships without any great increase in cranium dimension. V. To the Freshmen wevbequeath our confidence and our self-esteem, for after deep thought we have agreed that they are most i11 need of both. Guard them well, oh Freshmen, for they are gifts which wither and die, if not properlv fostered. VI. Our personal effects we do hereby Hnally dispose of as follows: 1, Evelyn Dorothy Adler, do hereby bequeath my mania for pestering my friends to Audrey Anger. I, VVynona Mildred Harker, do bequeath my never failing grin to Mike l'ontoni. V I, Vivian Mae Berry. do will to Frank Gehrig my passive disposition. I, Bertha Grace Conner, do bequeath to Charlie Pritchett my convenient habit of falling clown. Wie, VVilfred joseph Dubault and Philip Lee Toll, do bequeath our ability as wireless operators to Charley Yanoncini and Oakland Sechler. I, Frances Heloise Douarin, do will to Jack Williams my ability to tend to my own business. I, llrousse Brizard. Jr., do generously bequeath my sweet and sunny CH disposition to VVelton Vtforthington. I, William Campbell Forsythe, do will to Rudolph Schrieber my deadly fascination for the ladies. I, Elsie Marguerite Freeman, do bequeath my ever present amiability to Gladys Rose. 1. John Andrew Green, do leave to Monroe Spaght my love of a gentle scuffle. I, Lois Anne Horel, do bequeath to Mary llrizard mv excess height. 24

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4 ilitnfn iiagr XYe thank you, people of Arcata, for having made possible this book,-the 1921 issue of the .-Xdvancef ' lt was a very uncertain quantity at the beginning of the school year, for as you doubtless have heard, it takes money to print a hook, and money was just what we didn't have. However, we had ideas and we had energy, and most of all we had the cooperation of the school, and so our glorious XVhiz-llang grew from the infancy of dreamhood into the splendor of full grown realization. XVe had done our part and the people of Arcata, as was their wont, responded cheerfully and came in record-breaking crowds to spend their money. lt is this same spirit of cooperation which is manifested by the people of our town in the support of all her educational institutions which furnishes a sort of encouraging incentive to the students to attempt to put through a carnival such as the XVhiz-llang or to publish a book such as the Advance XVe know that the result of our efforts, whatever it may be, will receive at your hands only generous praise or kindly criticism. The students of the lligh School feel your interest and wish to express to you through this medium their genuine appreciation. Outsiders are oftcn skeptical as to the wiseness of the outlay of so large a sum of money on the animal book. To the students of the school. however. and especially to the members of the graduating class. it means much. It is. for the Seniors, not an account of the happenings of days or months. but a record of four eventful years, full of good times and friendships and the memories of school life and activities. As such a record it is worth, to us who are leaving the .X. l'. H. S., all the money and effort we have put into it. '10, gg tv as-afraff-'eff sd YI! F ,W 'Y I2 6