Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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THE ARSENAL CANNON .23 ,. ,v,,,,,,v ,,,, ,,,, ,,,,.,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, v J J wma! Twelfth: Doris Reidy wills her wicked wampisb ways to Katherine Boothby. Bob Rink gives his sunny disposition to Dick XYatson. Rachel Campbell bequeaths her four nominations To Mil- dred Stiltz, Steven Badger, Charles Sargent, and Louise Steeg with the hope that they Get it. Thirteen: Margaret Colgrove wills her gift of bluff to Qtis lgel- man. To John Triby, Boynton -lacoby leaves his noble capacity to receive a weekly bawling out. Grace Hoffman wills to Katherine Mueller 4 UQ., Hershey bars provided she gives Mrs. R. A. Anderson H., of one of the said bars. Fourteen: Flizabeth Nunlist bequeaths her rare collection of Fraternity pins to her sister Kate as Betty will soon start a new collection. This time none shall be considered unless they are of college brand. lilizabeth also leaves one sisterly smile for Harman Snoke. Fifteenth: Robert Averitt wills his golf ability to Mr. Park iN. B. Mr. Fark, you have a chance as Robert has two kinds to will, either American or Scottislrl Helen llauclc wills her li don't knows to Margaret Newton. To Carroll XYarrick, Howard Chap- man leaves one bush league hair cut. Agnes XYilliams bequeaths a new Marcel wave to Katherine Gould. Sixteenth: To Harold Mabee we leave Kathleen Reidy in order that he may not be forced to steal some other fellow's girl when attending dances. Lois Dekiamp and Violet Dc-Hoff leave a few inches of their extreme height to Paul Hill. Mary Yan Ness gives her famous saliva curl to Bernadine Towles. Seventeenth: Our good and most high spirit, Howard Bates, leaves his dignity to the school in general in the hope that the school shall be benefited to a great extent. tNote:-lt is very regretful, however, to say that this dignity must be found again, for it seems that Howard lost it during the Senior playl. Fdna Koss wills her ability to play the part of a baby doll to Ramona Bertram. liighteenth: George Badger leaves his solemn expression to the frivolous Arthur Black. Lastly: We do, make, constitute, and appoint the officers to be executors of this our last will and testament: in witness whereof we have here unto subscribed our name and ahixed our seal this 2f7lQl'l dav of Mav in the vear nineteen hundred and twenty. ' ' ' TGM coLLINs. .g. .g. .g. .g. .g. .g. PROPHECY OF THE JUNE 1920 CLASS CNOTE: As the spirits of the class are called up by two visitors to the land of the departed, the voice of the prophets are heard giving accounts of achievements strange and wonderful, which brought fame or the contrary, to the noted members of the -lune Class of 1020.3 Prophecy. Long ago we found Howard Bates reciting Kipling' from a soap- box to a long-haired, unwashed crowd. The practice he received from conducting class meetings in the year of 1920 made his entrance to this place easy for not even the guard could stop him as he sailed

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33 'lllslli ARSICNAL CANNON 166-SAA ,,,,,, ,,,, L 1A6AL1L16A66Al1-61504A6L1L1L-L1AALxbAALxC1AA4sAALNb666L1L1Al-6l1l-6l1l1l-A641666-666414AZNZNZINAZ-A60-66664-64166416-L14-L-ll THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE JUNE 1920 SENIORS 111 the 11211110 11f tl1e 516111111 a1111 11ther spirits 11f the sch11111, 11f tl1e high spirit 11f Stuart we, tl1e 11111st high a111l iiitellectual stu1le11ts wh11 11epart 111 tl1e year 11f 11i11etee11 1ltlllfl1'Cf'l a1111 twe11ty, ll1'l'4'lJy, 1710611111151 ourselves s11u111l 11f 111i1111, a111l 1lisp11si11g' 1111-11111ry, 1111 hereby make, publish, 211111 1leclare this ULU' last will a111l testa111e11t. i First: XVe give, rlevise 211111 bequeath t1s1 tl1e spirits w111.1 enter i11t11 t11is Great scl11p11.11 f11r tl1eir first year, all the unrest a1111 clu111si11ess 111211 we i11 turn receive1l fr11111 tl1e past geiieratimis. Secc1111l: 'l'1e1 the spirits wh11 are 11ere f11r their second peri111l, lq1111w11 t11 tl111se 11f tl1e w11rl1l as S11p111.11111.1res, we bequeath our vast 1c1111wle11g'e 111111 ability to think 1leep1y. T11ir11: zxlltl t11 th11se wh1.1 are t1s1 be ca11e11 to sit 111 our places flllflllg' tl1e year after 11111' departure, we 1111 hereby give tl1e u111i111itef1 use of our g111111 l11111cs, our spirit, 11ur wit, 1.1ur 1lig11ity tif at that time t11ere Hlily be suchj, a111l last, but far fr151111 least, our ability to F1111 s11cl1 a 111ag'11if1ce11t, glllllfl, a111l successful scl111111 of 111a11y spirits. Fourth: The spirit 1.1f Albert Zi111111er111a11 wills to Betty Burgess, l1is ability as a 'EI'Z1g6fllZll1, 011 c1111diti1111 t11at tl1e sai11 Betty Burgess 17171111156 tl1at she will L1l'11,1CI' all c111111iti1111s live up to tl1e part at all ti111es. Fifth: XVe desire t11at tl1e well 1leserve11 1JO1D1,1lE11'lly 11f our g0111l Zlllfl 1111i1st g'raci1.1us Peach lX111rga11, be equally c1ivi11e1l among the Seniors 11f IQZI. 111 case that there be left 1 1ver any of t11is sai1i1 popularity, may it as our last 11yi11g wish, be given t1.1 tl1e 111611113613 of tl1e faculty. Sixth: Spirit Clarence Gale leaves his 11.1ve making ability w11icl1 we ffrlllllfil t1L'11lOllStl'll1Cll i11 tl1e se11i11r play, to Earl 'l'ri111pe. Seventh: To .lulia Acle, tl1e re11Ow11e1l Spirit, 'llreut Mcllath, leaves his c111W11is11 ways. lilizabeth Nuulist gives l1er dimples to a1.l1l to lD11r1e1t11ea Rc-iss11e1 s g111111 l1.111lqs. Frazier Potts leaves the re- 1112111'1l1Q1' 111 tl1e c1i1s11111li11e to 11is brother for future lu11cl1e1'111s. Eighth: Qur g1s11111 spirit a111l c1111ect1.1r of cash, Robert Hynes 111i1es 11111 tl1e 11ay 1.1f Hlll' tleparture, will a111l bestow up1.111 111111 who shall. 111 the year to c11111e relieve tl1e g111a11l spirits 1.1f their w11r11ly wealth, the ability t11 collect sai1l wealtl1. Ninth: lll6Y21 Reilly leaves her 11111111111 11uties at tl1e .Al'S61121l 'llechuical Sch111.1ls t11 Mary N1.1rw111111, 111 wh11111 we feel utmost c1c111- 1:14lEIlCC, 211111 t1'1 tl1e pupil wit11 tl1e 1111Q1st A pluscs she leaves l1er re- serve1l place 1111 tl1e l1111111r roll. Tenth: The spirit 11f De1l1r11111q bequeaths to tl1e personage 111 Russell Andrews, tl1e vuguish 111111qs 11f tl1e sai11l Delbmok these to be best11we1l wl1etl1er HX' not tl1e sai1l party of A111lrews be willing. Eleventh: liathryiie XXYllllL'l11l wishes 111 exchange l1er be111ve11 sister D11r11thy f11r t2e1'al1li11e Drayer's brother, Clarence. Also Kathryn wis11es to bestow 011 w1111111-s1.1ever will 11ave it, a11 0111 a1111 very much worn 11ate b1.1ok.

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24 Tllli ARSFNAI. CANNON -MMi4 4.k l .,,,,Y, ,,,,Y,Y,, Nl ,,,, . . ,,,Y, N6 -6444-bf through. Thelma Morgan, our renowned vice-president, is still act- ing as agent for the Sun-'Kist Fruit Company. She is creating an extraordinary demand for peaches. Kathryne NYilhelm still retains her maiden name and is giving lessons on the piano to select spirit children of the lndianapolis Conservatory of Music. XYith the capital secured from the .lune 'Jo class the spirit of Robert Hynes has become a prominent stock-holder in the Under- world. Rachel Campbell is still fulhlling her contract with the Yie- tor people to make records of her famous giggles. And who but Donald Delbrook is the well-known beauty doctor demonstrating his own product, pink and white infant talc? Mathew Farson is banking on his experience gained in Prunella for he has retired from garden- ing in Ben Davis to continue his work down here. Our illustrious pupil, Dorothy Fellows left Tech to head an expedition to Egypt to unearth forgotten l.atin manuscipts. lrma Fike is a spiritualistic medium tfor a dollar and a halfj and has enlightened several of the former members of the .lune '20 as to their futures. The spirit of lidwin Folsom won its way to its present resting place by a house to house canvas of his poetic efforts. Due to the high cost of living he says that his works did not meet with the de- served approval of the world. Clarence Gale is selling among the honored spirits of his classmates, his famous hair preparation, Curlo- It VVorks Over Night. Sadly we mention our dear senior, Trent McMath, who failed in his purpose as a missionary to Borneo and then joined the cannibal tribe of Amgcy Glue as head hunter. Fra- zier Potts, previous to his arrival in this Land of Shadows, was Justice of Peace in Muncie. tNote: There was very little peace in Muncicl S. B. YanArsdale sent several people among us by serving in the capacity of dispenser of patented and unpatented medicine, particularly those now so much in demand in the United States. Marcus NYarrender has written a book called The Flip of the Financial Coin which met with immediate success. After acting as ambassador to the Fiji Islands, Leo XVebster was elected to represent those who have not yet arrived here. He has also submitted to the universe, a revised edition of XVebster's Standard Dictionary. Kath- erine Wfhallon is now thrown on the screen for the benefit of human- ity to prove that Mary Pickford is not the only high light in the movies. The Pressler twins as much alike in spirit as in reality, en- tered the Twin Beauty Contest and ranked second only to the Gold- dust Twins. lidna Koss evolved into a trapeze performer. XYe proudly announce that Agnes XYilliams became a noted evangelist. Marcelled hair means nothing in my young life now she quotes from her diary kept while she was yet on earth. Robert Rink was sent to model here in this land for the Non-lilastic Romper Company. Reports have been received at headquarters to the effect that he is proving very satisfactory. Frank Trost has spent an interesting life on the stage producing the phenomenal act lt Defies Gravitation. Otto Mahrdt has been located in business near the entrance of Crown Hill. The sign above