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

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TIIE ORACLE —1923 29 longer keep them, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them, and a continual reminder of the generosity of heart displayed in our free and full bstowal: 1st. To our class advisor, Miss Ehnbom, the profound admiration and ever-enduring friendship of the Class of 1923, in individual as well as collec- tive manifestation. 2nd. To Thornton Nuckolls, Austin Van Doren’s sagacity and dignity, may he use it to the same advantage. 3rd. To Ray Brooks, Keith Corned's extra credits in order that he will not have to worry about graduation. 4th. To Lawrence Cary, George Bradley’s good behavior and manliness, may it keep him out of mischief. 5th. To Charley Cooper, Julia Maddox’s ever enduring love. 6th. To Ralph E. Linder, William Wood’s ability as an Orator, may he make good use of it in the future. 7th. To Ada Masterson, Louise Van Doren’s gift of elocution. 8th. To Vincent O’Leary, Robert Lewis’ musical talent in order that he may entertain our survivors as pleasantly. 9th. To Mayme Harnley, Velma Meiklejohn’s coquetry, may she use it more discreetly than Velma lias. 10th. Joseph Johnson’s ability as an actor we gladly turn over to Jenks. Here’s hoping there’s some left for the rest of the Juniors. 11th. May Herron’s gift of prattle to Edna White. 12th. Carl Cline’s steadiness to Albert Hart, of course he does not need it, but he might. 13th. To Henrietta Linder, Marjorie McGlothlin’s Soprano, on condition that Henrietta doesn’t let it get rusty. 14th. To Herbert Masterson, Charles Foster’s swine raising ability. 15th. To Lucille Allen, Frences Steven’s Chatham airs. 16th. Arthur Sabine would like to leave his poetic ability to Shakes- peare but since Shakespeare’s dead he has condescended to bestow it upon Bill Bailey. 17th. Marcella Peter’s engagement ring to any under classman desiring to make her debut. First come first served. 18th. Charlie Johnson’s skill as a vender to Perry Lorton. 19th. To Wayne Harnley, Wayne Gibson’s cigarette holder. 20th. Ida Mae Murphy’s make-up to Virginia Corneil. 21st. Roscoe Evans’ bluff to anybody who needs it. Apply early and avoid the rush. 22nd. To Bob Hines, Jack Johnson’s methods of playing basketball. 23rd. Since Howard Workman has out-grown his pony he gladly leaves it to little “Steve” Allen. 24th. Mary Cline’s grace and charm to Helen Moon. 25th. Henry Masterson leaves his brother Herbie. ’Nuff said. 26th. Bessie Miller’s modesty to Mary Louise Cooper. Item :—The sub-joined list will be recognized as entailed estates, to which we do declare the Class of 1924 the real and rightful successors: 1st. Our seats in the Assembly may be taken by whomsoever is able to grab them first. May they endeavor to fill them as advantageously, as promptly, and as faithfully as we have done. 2nd. Our Senior dignity. May they uphold it forever, with all serious- ness and gravity, endeavoring to realize its vast importance, in spite of their natural light-mindedness and irresponsibility. 3rd. Any stubs of pencils, erasers or scraps of paper that we may inad-

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28 TIIE ORACLE —1923 to those friends to whose needs they seem best fitted. As a result of this announcement a wild scene took place amidst most frantic pleading and scrambling among her friends for this or that so long coveted glory; but she has tried to be just, as well as generous and impartial, and distribute wisely unto those who will make the best use of such gifts as she has in her power to bestow, the talents that have served her so faithfully these four years. These are her decisions, as at last definitely arrived at through very deliberate consideration. Owing to the flighty condition of her brain, and the unusual disturbance in its gray matter, she begs me to state for her inventory; but such things as she thinks she lias, she hereby gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. Listen, then, one and all while I read the document, as duly drawn up and sworn to: We, the Class of 1923, in twenty-four individual and distinct parts, being about to pass out of this sphere of education, in full possession of a crammed mind, well-trained memory, and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any time heretofore made, or mayhap, careslessly spoken, one to the other, as the thoughtless wish of an idle hour. And first we do direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our friends and well-wishers, our principal and his all-wise and ever-competent faculty, who have been our guardians for so long, only asking, as the last injunction of the dying, that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp that our worth, our merit, our attainments, and our position as Seniors of “grave and reverend mien, most certainly have deserved. As to such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and brains to win for us, we do dispose of the same as follows: Item:—We give and bequeath to our beloved faculty all the amazing knowledge and startling information that we have furnished them from time to time in our various examination papers. We know that much imparted to them in this way must have been entirely new to them, as well as to all teachers and students everywhere, and would throw much new light on many a hitherto familiar line of thought, throughout the whole world of science and learning, even outside the hall and walls of Auburn Township High School. We trust they will also feel at perfect liberty to make use of all such bits of wisdom and enlightenment for the education of the classes to come after us. This of course, is left entirely to their personal discretion. Item:—We give and bequeath to the A. T. II. S. as a whole, our school spirit, mainly our prowess in all athletics and oratory, which has resulted from our untiring effort to excell and the enthusiasm with which we always backed our men. This spirit is to become the possession of the school on condition that it shall ever be kept in constant use. Item :—We give and bequeath to the leading paper of our city, the Auburn Citizen, and to the talented editor thereof, all the events of our lives, past, present, and to come, with all the wonders, sensations, hair-breadth escapes, glorious attainments, and other deserved or undeserved notoriety and fame with which we may have been, or may hereafter be associated, trusting that they may furnish plenty of material for news items and brilliant editorials for ages yet to come, and serve as an inspiration for those younger students who so naturally look to us for examples. The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope they may be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we can no

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30 TIIE ORACLE —1923 vertently leave behind us in the exictement and haste of gathering up our cherished treasures for the last time. May they feel free to make use of them, and feel perhaps, that they may, in some mystic way, impart some of our great knowledge to them. Last comes the one thing hard for us to part with. To our successors we must leave our places in the hearts and thoughts of our Principal and teachers. They will love them, unworthy as we feel they are, even as they have loved us; thy will show them all Ihe same tender kindness and attention that they have destowed upon us; they will feel the same interest in their attenmpts and successes; the same sorrow when they fail. We trust that the Class of 1924 will appreciate all this as we have done, that it may he their most precious possession, as it has been ours, and the one we are most loathe to hand over to them. Besides these enforced gifts, we leave—not of necessity, but our own free will—our blessing, tender memories of our pleasant associations together, and our forgiveness for anything that we may not have exactly appreciated in the demonstrations of the past, and a pledge of friendship from henceforth and forever. All the rest and residue of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind and quality soever it may he, and not herein before disposed of (after paying our debts and funeral expenses), we give benefit absolutely, and to be disposed of for the good of the coming classes as he may see fit. And we do hereby constitute and appoint the said Principal sole executor of this our last will and tsetament. In witness whereof, we, the Class of 1923, the testators, have to this our will, written on one sheet of parchment, set our hands and seal this twenty-fifth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. ' , Austin Van Doren Carl Cline John Johnson Julia Maddox Roscoe Evans Frances Stevens Ilenry Masterson Mary Cline Keith Corned Velma Meildejohn Louise Van Doren George Bradley Bessie Miller Joseph Johnson May Herron Robert Lewis Ida May Murphy Charles Foster Howard Workman Marcella Peters William Wood Arthur Sabine Marjorie McGlothlin Wayne Gibson Class Obituary—[Ualedictor ] bij Austin Dan Doren The joys of life are many—its privileges great—its pleasures manifold and intense; yet even throughout all of its happiest hours and most hilarious rejoicing, comes to the thinking mind, the sad and certain wail, “This too, shall pass away!” We cannot escape from this inevitable fate, no matter how earnestly we may endeavor so to do, for all things human are mortal. Yes, even the Class of 1923 of Auburn High School, is doomed to go the way of the world, and pass from High School to return no more. When the startling information was circulated round among her friends that poor old 1923 must die, a wave of the most sincere and heart-felt lamen- tation swept over the entire community. To be sure, it was not altogether unexpected, for we have long known that the end must come, sooner or later, and that, in view of the complication of disorders from which she had long been suffering, there could he hut little hope entertained of her ultimate re-