Auburn High School - Trojan / Oracle Yearbook (Auburn, IL)

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Senior Poem For four long years, A. T. IT. S., Our reot have trod your halls, Years full of .joy and happiness, Some sorrows too, but small. We’ve studied energetically The lessons you assigned, Perhaps not as we should have done. Pray do not us malign. Thanks to your lessons nobly taught, Tho’ learned by many a fall, We leave you now for worldly strife, Where Duty and Honor call. And tho’, Dear School, the wings of time Shall bear us far away, The memory of these happy years With us shall always stay. While iu the war of civic strife, We try to stand the test, We'll make the good the better, Then make the better best. MARY HEARD. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1921 Preamble:— All property, real and personal and of whatever tenure, may be disposed of by this will. We as members of the distinguished Clars of 1921 of the Auburn Township High School in the city of Auburn, County of Sangamon and State of Illinois, knowing ourselves to be of sound mind and character, and taking the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life into consideration, do hereby compose, ordain and declare this to be o.ir Last Will and Testament, not subject to alteration or revocation by any later will which may be drawn up by any other person or persons whose object would be to defraud. Article 1. We order and direct that our executor, hereafter named, fulfill the first requirements of his office, principal among which is the payment of all our jusi debts and funeral expenses as soon after our decease as is most convenient for him. Article 2. To ye, oh beloved and hard laboring faculty, we bequeath a sweet and un- broken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams, also a reproduction of the dear A. T. II. S. and undergraduate classes. May they be your pride and enjoyment after we have departed. Article 3. To Mr. Carlson, the hardest working man on the faculty, we bequeath an electrical appliance for removing any overlooked cuds of gum, we may have 20

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KIRBY KNOX All thing’s come to him who will but wait. History of Class 1921. Once more the year s cycle brings ns to the writing of a prophecy, will, and history. Once more a Senior Class quits the old A. T. II. S. to give place to another Senior Class. We can truthfully say that we are entitled to our diplomas, for we have earned them by persevering effort and hard work. Four years ago, we first met as a class with 20 members. Eight of the original ones and seventeen new additions now complete our number. We have lost some, who for diverse reasons were compelled to quit school. It is unfortunate for them to be obliged to be thus handicapped by their lack of education, and it is a loss to the class in the material they would have furnished for athletic and oratorical work. But, although we sustained serious lorses. our new recruits filled their places admirably. Through all four years we have worked for the best in- terests of the class and school without that objectionable factional strife which has been, unfortunately, a characteristic of some of our predecessors. Through all our high school life, we have had a class spirit that repre- sented the highest ideal of elevation and loyalty. We have worked for our class and school in social affairs and athletics; and in both acquitted ourselves with honor. We have produced stars in football, basketball and track. Our guests agree that we are royal entertainers. We have proven our mettle in the class- room and in later years our achievements will inspire brain wrecked students to new exertions. Our high school life has been full of pleasure, fun and profit. We have had good times that can never be forgotten. Football games, parties, scrimmages in the gym, and a host of unrelated events recur to us in confused sequence. May the history we have made in school be a precursor of the life we shall soon take up, and may we always look hack on our high school days with gratitude and satisfaction. 19 ARTHUR STOUT.

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left adhering to the underside of desks, banisters, assembly seats or any likely or unlikely places. Article 4. To Mr. McMullen, we bequeath a number of new jokes that will convert rain into sunshine on next September morning when he will think of us, that distinguished Class of 1021; also a well worn civics book which will remind him of the happy days we spent trying to amend the Constitution. Article 5. To Miss Spencer we bequeath several French novels so that she can spend her spare moments during vacation reading and also translating French to English, so that she won’t be out of practice and will he ready to torture the Seniors of next year with French verbs. Article (i. To Miss Paddack we bequeath a small bell operated by wireless electricity, for the purpose of recalling any senior boys straying in the vicinity of Chat- ham. Article 7. To Mr. Funderburk we bequeath a few interesting novels, which he may read his seventh period assembly, in order to keep the majority from sleep- ing during that time. ArMcle 8. To M'ss Iloppin we bequeath a Shakespearean Play and also a Business Arithmetic to remind her of the dear days spent in Auburn. Article 9. To .Miss Rice, our Domestic Art teacher, we bequeath two books entitled “Furnishings For a Modern Bungalow” and “IIow to Choose an Ideal Gentle- man.” Article 10. To Miss Patton we bequeath the care of the Freshmen girls, especially the Freshmen basket-ball girls, who would have been champions of the school, if it hadn’t been for the Seniors. Perhaps by the time they are Seniors, they will learn. Article 11. To Mr. Fawcett, our Science teacher, we bequeath a method of labeling different acids and elements in the laboratory, also an automatic device for getting new materials. Article 12. To the Junior Class, we bequeath an account of our ambitions to do great things which they as yet, are in no way prepared to do. Push on to the goal and set a good example to the underclassmen. Article 13. To the humorous and wily Sophomores we bequeath the ability of the Seniors to translate Caesar, also a book on, “Solving of Theorems.” Follow this advice and strive on to the end. Some day you will be noble Seniors and the trials and difficulties of Casear and Geometry will be thought of as pleasant moments. Article 14. To ye green and verdant Freshmen, we bequeath the dignity and pride of the Seniors. Be patient and persistent and you will be able to attain it. 21