Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1923, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament: We bequeath the Freshies our special right of sassing, without condemnation, any teacher to their hearts content. “Tubby” Deo leaves his brother Elmer his power in oratory. Herbert S’tinebeck has our best wishes for his success in his efforts to escort Cecil Parketon to all the Glee Club parties. To Betty Kelly, a bottle of soothing syrup to be admnister-ed in large doses during violent out-bursts of temper. To Earl Minnear, we leave our extra edition of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary. To Leona Spaulding, her mother’s consent to bob her hair. We give Pat Morgan twenty-five oratorical phrases for use in assembly programs. Mary Kesterke leaves to her little sister Bertha, the right to take her place as comedienne of the Class. We leave Clyde Buck our best wishes for his High School career. To Lucille Harrington, we leave a complete volume of Shakespeare’s works. To Mildred Sherwood, a text-book on architecture. Robert Pennell may have the privilege of walking home with the Senior girls. To the Sophomores, the right to give an elaborate Junior-Senior Banquet, and publish the Canoe in 1925. To Mary Ewalt, a Palmer Penmanship Diploma. To Ethlene Johnson, we leave Glenn Kinney’s reserved seat for use while Mr. Huber has room-charge. We leave Howard Fryman a girl. We hope that Donald Hinkley may find use for Raymond Deo’s sweet disposition to counteract the intermittent flame of red hair. To Alvin Pfeiffer, we give the right to demonstrate all the theorems in Geometry class. We prepare for Mamie Hanson a standing excuse for tardiness on Monday mornings. To Beryl Skinner, the five dollar gold piece that Mr. Johnson has awarded to the one attaining the most speed in typewriting. The Juniors are left the privilege of supplying the school with another Edison machine. We leave “Ki” Erlandson our best wishes for his success as a rival of Billy Debeck, with Jack Parketon as assistant. To Loraine Sattler, we leave the right to share in the honors of her class.

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Johnson has us under his care this year and we are sure that he is doing his best to enable us to enter our various paths in this harsh world to our greatest ability. A great portion of our worries and time has been spent in the successful production of the Canoe of ’23, and now at the closing of our career, we twelve brilliant Seniors bequeath to Lady Future the sole privilege of providing for us thru our life’s pilgrimage. —Mary Kesterke. “CLASS OF 1923.” Tune: “The Trail to Long Ago.” 1. Class of golden and blue, To our colors we’re true, And ever shall be so. We never were blue, Though our number be few, But now we are loth to go. 11. Sweet memories last, Of the days that are past, Our high school days so fair. We sigh all in vain, Just to wander again, The pathway that leads back there. Chorus. Oh, we shall remember our high school class, Of 1923, Good times shall pass, But memories last, Of those days that used to be. For our old High we’ll always sigh, And say that we love thee, For we shall remember our high school days, And the class of ’23. —By Opal Burns

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To Mildred and Kthel Shafer, we leave the right to establish a Modiste shop on the corner of Main and Ferry. For Lloyd Minnich we have an unlimited supply of love stories. We leave “Fete” Ewalt a volume treating the diseases of Maxwells. Mary Kesterke has given us notice that she has out grown her desire to play with dolls and has bequeathed her doll clothes to Marguerite Kinney. To Agnes Yore, we leave Russell Eggert’s ability to talk. For Mildred Dubert, we have secured Joe Myers to assist her in hitching up Dobbin. We present La Valle Sherburn with a round-trip ticket to Alabama. To Frank Willis, an application blank for a patent on his whistle. To Fern Parketon, the task of devising a new system of shorthand. We give Florence Williams our best wishes for success in a commercial course. To “Mudge” Murphy, we leave the sole right to talk to Glenn Kinney without interruption from Mr. Huber. We leave Mary Handy the right to answer all questions in history. To any-one, who has the ability to fill them, we leave the places in the Glee Club vacated by the following: “Tubby” Deo, Russell Eggert, Opal Burns, and Laurence Lauer. To our beloved faculty, we bequeath the following: For Miss Beach, we have invented another constitution for memory work in Civics class. We leave Mr. Huber just a smile for use in the assembly room. To Miss Phillips and Miss Ireland, our thanks for their help in our Senior play. To Miss Blaine, 1,380 theme titles. To Miss Stewart, we leave our appreciation for her services in the music department. Miss Kunzie has our permission to produce as many expert commercial students in the class of ‘24 as she has in the class of ‘23. The Senior class extends their gratitude to Mr. Johnson for his efficient guidance of the Canoe. We hope that Mr. Immel obtains as much good will from next year’s Seniors as he has from us. Lastly, we appoint Fred S. Parks and Arthur B. Check to be the executors of this will. Signed, sealed, published, and delivered by the Senior Class of ‘23. Clara Penland Marie Fleisher