Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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THE BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL Last Will and Testament We, Seniors of the Butler High School being- of sound mind and dis- posing memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills, bequeaths and devices of whatever nature by us heretofore made. We bequeath — I. To the struggling Freshmen : b. A portion of our stature, and a few of our mellowed years of experience. a. Our sterling class history, (to guide their floundering footsteps.) II. To the proud Sophomores : a. All our lovable qualities, such as: 1. Perfect obedience. 2. Fraternal love and solicitude. 3. Quietness in study. III. To the perplexed Juniors : a. Our superb dignity. b. Our Banishment of Mirth. c. The Blessed Annual. d. Our trained and balanced mind. e. Our startling executive ability. f. The privilege of removing and masticating all chewing gum that may found on or under our desks. g. The privilege of occupying our places on the Honor Poll. IV. To the Fatherly Faculty, already endowed with wisdom beyond the lot of most mortals : a. We consign that lighted lamp of knowledge, which ' they have filled and furnished, (that it may be placed as a beacon of light and may no students ' wings be singed as they are drawn to its glowing flame.) V. To the bereft school : a. The glorious memory of our victories, to be looked up ta and gazed on with awe. a. Charles Schramm wills his stature to Walter Fisher. b. Farl McDonald, wills his executive ability to Bruce Ratts. —26 —

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TKOPAEUM from the jury room — a murmur as if all were repealing something in unison. Could it be they were pronouncing the death sentence. The voices grew louder and louder. Soon they were quite audible in the outer room. How beautiful those voices sounded to me! How good it seemed, to be near old friends! How much sweeter they must have sounded to Paul. After the voices ceased and he was pronounced not guilty these words kept ringing thru my head. And here ' s a hand, my trusty frien ' And gie ' s a hand o ' thine We ' ll take a cup o ' kindness yet For atild lane syne. SL-o £........;... . ..;.-.. .... ; . ..... ... H

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TKOPAEUM c. Mary Carpenter wills her surplus (avoirdupois) to Margaret Lowe. e. Kathryn Gehring wills her eonseeutive date loving cup to the one who first equals her record. f. Ivol MeClellan wills her ability to make C ' s to Helen Staley. g. Paul Wagner wills the opportunity of carrying six subjects to 8. J. Aldrich. h. Roscoe Wilson wills his contrariety to Huber Knisely. VII. We do hereby appoint Mr. Fred 0. Jeffers, our beloved and honored principal, as sole executor of this, our last WILL AND TESTAMENT. In witness thereof we have set our hands, and seal this, the twenty- eighth day of May, nineteen hundred twenty-four. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1924. I $x8 3xS j ., SxSxS »;i