Ardmore High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Ardmore, OK)

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28 THE CRITERION fMa.y, do hereby will to our unsuspecting history fol- lowers, our extraordinary assignments, and our ability to write special reports after months of agonizing effort. I, Joe Frank lfVilliams, will my ability to sleep through any recitation, disregarding sub- ject. place or teacher, and my title of speedy, too, to any one. We, Fay Williams and Gladys Holt, here- by will our faculty for knowing how to seem to be the meekest and most dignified girls in school, to our ardent admirers and perpetual imitators, Lucy Jones and Callie Thompson. I, Leland McNees, do hereby bequeath my unlimited knowledge of my good looks, also one can of midnight oil, used in acquiring my information on Roberts' Rules of Order, to Paul Frame. VVe, Essie lVinston, lValter Drew and George Anderson, do hereby bequeath that entrancing study, physics, upon which our en- thusiastic professor waxes eloquent, to any one who invites gray hairs, furrowed brows and a final resting place in an insane asylum. I, Mamie VVhite, will to the junior girls my recipe for making and preserving a beau- tiful complexion. W'e, Lois Virginia Goff and Robert Critten- den, bequeath our most faithful guardian and overseer, Miss Moffet, to the juniors, with the hope that she as interesting ours. I, Constance Manslield, will and bequeath my diary of 'l'efldy, one box of faded flow- ers, one package of gushing sentimentality, one basin of crystalized tears and o11e bag of heartaches to the senior who shall occupy my desk next year. We, Golda Rowman and liois Bradford, do hereby agree to bestow upon Georgia Simpson our propensity for street flirtations, our devo- tion to dime novels and our mischievous ways. VVe, Genevieve Nivoche and Lillian Dus- ton, bestow our great personal charms, our will make their study periods and exciting as she has made catchy jokes, our luxuriant hair, to our less fortunate schoolmates, Cora Donaldson and Helen Sayre. I, Gertrude Alexander, do bequeath to Mat- tie Aston, who has been my faithful under- study through my high-school life, my role of flirting princess. We, Philip Neilson, Karl Weith and Wal- ter Pittman, do bequeath our peerless records for breaking up stoves and chairs and break- ing out windows of Carnegie Barn, also our numberless demerits, our reputations as know nothings, to our accomplices in crime, Raymond McCoy and Jess Pate. I, Jack Bleakmore, most solemnly bequeath to Parson Brown my sunny disposition, my readiness to disregard authority and my knowledge of Shakespeare. We, Addie Lou Morgan and Harold Ditz- ler, do hereby will, devise and bequeath our matchless records as seniors, our Hstickabil- ity to work through all these years, our vast knowledge of things on the earth, above the earth and under the earth, to the members of the class of 1913 who may hereafter desire to be posted. lVe, the entire senior class, do hereby will and bequeath to the city council two tons of dirt and one of assorted rubbish gathered upon our apparel during our sojourn here, to be returned to the streets of Ardmore and again used in lieu of pavements. CSignedl Samoa Crass or 1913. I. ANNAIS, Notary Public. Witnesses: 'l'HnonoaE Roosnvnixr, WIT.l.lAM Ji. BRYAN, GENTRY IIonGEs. CODICIL I. WVe, the seniors, on this the 30th day of April, leave to our successors. one dozen di- lapidated erasers, one box of chewed-up pen- cils minus the lead, what is left of the waste

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191,21 THE CR to behold George Anderson! But who was the man in blue overalls who was having his pic- ture taken? Why, it was Walter Drew, of course. Well, I might have known those eyes. I had been in San Francisco for four days, and had indeed had a delightful visit. I was to take the trans-oceanic aeroplane on the following morning and sail for the Philippines. The next day was an ideal one for my Hight. On this trip I did not meet any of my former classmates, with the exception of one, Billie Frame, who had become an aviator of great renown. I spent the remainder of my vacation with Connie. I-Iow often did we sit talking together of those many happy school days, which would never return. I had heard of every member of the senior class except one. Yes, I had heard of them all, for Connie had informed ITERION 27 me that Lois Bradford was in Switzerland, studying art, and was making quite a success. I returned after two months to my home in Toronto, with new zeal and vigor and ready for work. So here's to the class of 1912, Thirty-live in number, WVho at their work so hard did delve, The people looked in wonder. Through all these many years VVe've drifted far apart, But may we for each other Have a warm place in our heart. And when life's journey is ended, And you have gone above, May all the seniors greet you lVith the same old steadfast love. L. V. Gr., '12, Class Will We, the senior class of 1912 of the Ard- more High Sehool, conscious of the uncertainty of earthly glory, realizing that the end of our high-school career is near at hand, possessed of our usual unsoundness of mind and defi- ciency of memory, laying aside all worldly vanity that doth so easily beset us, do hereby make and declare, publish and proclaim, re- voking all other wills heretofore made, and doubtless their name is legion, this to be our last will and testa111ent.: I, Ernest Hendon, president of the class of 1912, do hereby will and bequeath to the junior president all of my official belongings, consisting of one ton of patience to be used during the class wranglings, one threadbare smile and a little sack of hair snatched out in my wildest excitement. We, James Bivens, Bessie Gwinn and Al- pheus Ringer, will our entire knowledge of geometry, together with our knowledge of as- tronomy, to our junior friends, Pauline Hall and Roe Ikard. I, Helen Terry, do hereby will to Mae Rob- erts, my fellow sufferer in music, my ability to please Mr. Richards by playing ClilS5'1:Ullf marches for the lower grades to leave chapel, and 1ny melodious outbursts of ragtimc to be used in her chosen profession of Hpounding the ivories. VVe, Mary Rossington and Claire llyer, do bequeath the senior dance hall to any junior desiring Mr. Hodges' scorn and displeasure. I, Royce Krueger, do hereby bequeath my editorship of the famous Line-o'-Type and my dunee cap to the third-year Gorman class. We, Margaret Vcrnor and Maude VVilborn, will and bequeath our dawning interest in the visiting football teams to our similarly interested friends and school mates, Ruth Blake, Elise Potterf and Norma Lawson. IVe, Billie Frame and Jennie Mae Smith,

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1912j THE CRITERION 29 basket and the whole windows and chairs of Carnegie Barn. CODICIL II. Cn this the 19th day of May, 1912, I, Royce Krueger, bequeath my title of Count de Butz, my castle, seat No. 2, Funny avenue, to Roe lkard. CODICIL III. May 24, 1912, we, the seniors, do will and bequeath to the juniors the title of SENIORS. , ,.. T.- y Answer Having this day read the will of the class of 1912, parts of which will are so heart-rend- ing, so full of kindness and consideration, as to have caused Percy to weep, Maud, the mule, to refuse to express displeasure by a gentle kick, and have also caused the digestive organs of Billy, the goat, the refuse to send any more tin cans sizzling through his diaphragm-we deem it only fitting and proper to show, in some measure, our appreciation. First, we were gratified beyond measure to read that you were revoking all other wills heretofore made, and doubtless they are pigeon. Such forethought on your pa.rt was entirely unexpected. In behalf of the presi- dent of the class of 1913, we accept with plea- sure the one ton of rations, to be used when wrangling Maud and Billy. We, Polly Hall and Roe lkard, accept with many profound thanks the knowledge of gas- tronomy and doxology, hitherto owned and controlled by Baines Jivens, Gessie Bwin and Ralpheus Singer. I, Mae Roberts, agree to perform to the best of my ability, the task given nie tthat of reviewing all popular rags, such as Alexan- der's, Chinese and niysteriousj, for the de- light of Mr. Richards. The rcco1'd made by Short shall be kept up. We, the juniors, hereby agree to takc charge of Carnegie Barn, better known as a dance hall, and solemnly promise that we shall never dishonor its fair name by allowing any such vulgarity as waltzing to be carried on. to Will We, Ruth Blake, Elise Potterf and Nor- nia Lawson tOlive Cline includedj, consider it the crowning moment of our lives to be per- mitted to fill the place so admiringly filled by Margaret Vernor and Maude Wilborn. The unsuspecting history followers of Minnie Joe Smith and Fillie Brame have worked on our essay. From what we have learned, after careful avoidance of any men- tal injury, that the many Hantagonizingn hours you spent were in a good cause, that of attempting to prove that all great women painted tnot sketchesj, and no great man ever combed his hair. NVe, K. C. Jones and Callie Thomason, feel sure that, in the role of dignity and meekness personified, even greater success awaits us than ever favored Say Filliams and Princess de Hoi 'to 763111. As for the midnight oil, well, was it needs- foot, used on a midsummer night? The to-be physics pupils look with joyful anticipations to see our professor chew wax so elegantly, and invite the gray hairs. The junior class gives a vote of thanks to Miss 'White for her beauty recipe. We, Selen liayre and Dora Conaldson, are profoundly grateful for the luxuriant arms and personal jokes and catchy air, bestowed upon us by Nenevieve Givoche and Dillian Lunston. I, Seorgie Crinipson, have been greatly hon- ored by Golda Bowman and Brois Ladford, in- asmuch as they have bestowed upon me their