Bradford High School - Resume Yearbook (Bradford, OH)

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THE RESUME 25 The Last Will and Testament of the Class of “ ’23” WE the Seniors of ’23, being of fairly sound mind and memory realizing and fully comprehending the dangers and uncertainties of this merry Senior life, do wish before ending our bright careers in High School, to make and publish this our last will and testament, and to rightfully dispose of all property and valuables. Article I. We the Seniors of '23, do hereby will and bequeath all our sincerest thanks and gratitude to our beloved superintendent, Mr. Taylor, for the interest and loyality which he has shown to us during our school years spent with him. We, the Senior Class, do, will and bequeath to the faculty our deepest regrets for the bitter agonies which we have caused them to feel,and our hopes for a more peaceful reign over all the coming Seniors. We the Seniors of ’23, do hereby bequeath our places of high esteem, and all our trials and tribulations of this year to the next year’s Senior Class. Our typing erasers do we bequeath to all oncoming hopeful typists. To the Sophomores, we, the Seniors gladly leave all our varied abilities to quarrel and squabble. We, the Seniors bequeath our good behavior to the Freshmen. Article II. I, Eugene Tuttle, hereby will and bequeath my typewriting ability to a little boy of the Junior class who praises an Underwood, Lloyd Wilson. I, Kathryn Stocker, do hereby will and bequeath the Senior Presidency to whoever may be unlucky enough to get it, and I sincerely hope he will make more of a success of it than I have. I, Rachel Moore, do solemnly leave my winning ways to all the bashful lassies. I, Lois Thackera, do hereby bequeath my habitual frown to Gordon Yount, who smiles entirely too much of the time. I, Clair Berkebile, do hereby will and bequeath to Kermit Froebe my quiet disposition. I, Margaret Stover, do hereby will my ability “a parler francais a” Wilma Loxley. May she ever profit by it. I, Lena Via, bequeath my athletic ability to Annabelle Moon. I, Hank Clary, will all the money which I have deposited in the School Savings Bank toward buying a pair of boxing gloves for J. W. Diltz with which to take his daily exercise.

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24 THE RESUME Senior Class History ON entering High School in September, 1919,we stepped high, wide, and handsome until we bumped up against the first senior when alack—our hopes were all dashed to pieces and we all at once found that we were the undertrodden, instead of the mighty, we thought we were. We soon learned to step aside and let the others pass, but oh, how we longed to attain that height when we, too, could feel the way they did. In the spring we were permitted to give a play, thus we have had the honor of being the only hreshman Class which had given a play in Bradford High School. On entering school the second year a few of our orginal number did not accompany us. This year we felt a little more elated because we found that we had the Freshies under us and now we could see them step aside for us. At Hallowe’en we had a party at one of the members home and again in the spring we aroused our spirits by having a picnic. We merrily rode through our Caesar this year and although we were inclined to be puffed up we managed to stand well with our teachers. As we entered school in our Junior year we found our class dwindled from forty-three to twenty-seven. The first half of our year was spent in the old school building and the second semester we moved one rainy day to our new building along the road. It was a happy day for us as we Juniors had been compelled, because of the lack of room, to use the auditorium for our assembly. In April we gave our annual play in honor of the Seniors whom we highly respected. At last we have come to the long looked for time of our High School life, but we regret that we so soon have to leave the High School we so well love. And now as we leave the High School forever we regret that we have not made better use of our time while here. We sincerely hope that we may have been an example fit to be patterened after and we thank the faculty for their patience and for having made it possible for us to be so able to enter Life’s Walk. JOHN SNIDER, ’23. CLASS OFFICERS Kathryn Stocker............ .. .President Margaret Stover..........Sec’y. Treas. Eugene Tuttle............. Vice-President Miss Milroy...............Class Advisior Class Colors—Red and White Class Flower—Red Rose Class Motto—“Ambition Lights The Pathway to Success.” Meaning of “Senior” S—is for the superior strength they have attained E—is for the everlasting energy within their domain N—represents the knowledge for which they fight I—represents the interest they manifested for the right O—is for order in which they exist R—is for regularity, the best found in the list Putting them all together we see The word SENIOR which means the world to me.

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26 THE RESUME I, Grace Sheets, do hereby will my studious nature to Dorothea Livingston. I, Stormy Blizzard, do hereby will and bequeath my chewed fingernails to anyone who can find them; also my quiet nature to Alice Shellabarger. I, Rachel Moore, do hereby will my ability to cook to Mary Gretrude Weaver. May she be able to tell the difference between sugar and salt. I, Opal Bowersox, do hereby will my green sweater to Karl Schackinger to wear in place of his red one. Also, my pencils, chewed by Stormy, to anyone who wants them. I, Benson Collier, will and bequeath all my unused excuses to Darrell Buck. May he make better use of them than I. I, Bessie Burns, tearfully bequeath my powder puff to Chlorine Bell. I, Lester Hile, do hereby will my ancestral Caesar Pony, and a bushel of oats, to Judson Paul and sincerely hope he will gallop merrily through the second year of Latin without being thrown out of the saddle. I, Mary Girton, do hereby bequeath my compact to Miss Eby. I, John Snider, do hereby bequeath my deportment grades to Roscoe Foutz, who is seriourly in need of them. I, Thelma Bender, do hereby bequeath my velvet dress to Susie Carter providing she does not rip all the embroidery off (because without the embroidery the dress would not be such an elaborate shroud.) I, Phyllis Warner, bequeath my ability to sew to Naomi Conway so she will not have to rip so much hereafter. I, Norma Galligan, bequeath my “bobbed hair” to Pauline Maerlin, providing she agrees to curl it only once per annum. My giggles I hereby will to Marion Froebe. I, Mid Routson, do hereby bequeath my talkativeness to Milliard Snider and Jack Ullery, to be divided between them inversely according to their size. I, Mary Alexander, leave my dimples to Glenn Buechly, who has been so anxious to capture them. I, Helen Stichter, leave my black eyes to Elmer Boltin who may need them to catch a woman. We, the Seniors, on this thirtieth day of March one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three A. D., do hereby appoint Edna M. Holt, head of the Commercial Department, as administratrix of this will and we accept her integrity, loyality, fidelity, and uprightness of character in lieu of $1,000,000. bond, providing she shall have said items disposed of within one year from date. SEAL Signed Witnesses SENIORS MABEL MILROY CECILE SMITH