Central City High School - Bison Yearbook (Central City, NE)

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Lmoxmn-lvrb- OLD FUSE AND GR EEN Page 27- of the N ebraska farmers. He would have been unable to attain this fame, however, if it were not for the fact that his private secretary, Miss Esther Ross, composes his speeches for him. Meanwhile the subjects of this discussion have become seated and are enjoying a sumptuous banquet Let us leave them to their festivities, fondly hoping that anothei twenty years will find them as well and happy as they me at pr esent. E. C. eve CLASS WILL City of Central City 1 State of Nebraska Merrick County l 1 We, the Senior Class of 1922, being of abnormal mind and realizing the uncertainty of life and the ce1tainty of death, do hereby dispose of all 0111' earthly possessions in this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking all formei wills at any time made by 11s. ITEM I We heieby bequeath to 0111' successors, the Juniors, the following; Senior privileges: First, The 1ight to occupy the more dignified side of the Assembly. Second, The right to the gum, penCil stubs, old erasers and other Senior necessities which seem to be well distributed about the'various desks. Third, The light to the Old Rose and Cr ee11 peimant, which we have so safely guar ded. Fourth and lastly, The Iight t0 obseive Slouch :111d Sneak Days as app10'p1iately as we have done ITEM II Win, appoint the Sophomores to the duty of upholding the school spirit and furnishing able-bodied,b1'ai11y, and active members for the various activities ' - ITEM III We hereby bequeath to the Freshmen one qualt of turpehtihe tor some other paint r-emoveil with which to remove thei1. eme1ald hue ITE11 IV 10 the Faculty, who have labor ed st1'en110usly 1n 0111' behalf, we leave 0u1'since1'e appreciation and 1 eg211d. To Miss Conybeare we leave the

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Page 26 CILIVTIAI C17 Y HlGll SCIIOOL magazine cover. She has posed for both Harrison Fisher and Howard Chandler Christy. Bertha Folkerts is a famous impersonator, h'er spe- cialty being school teachers. , Dorothy Ford is a steepIe-jack of much ability. She has been given a great deal of newspaper notoriety for scaling the heights of the Wool- worth Building. Mabel Frazierls pronounced views on the inferiority 0f the male species have made her a leader among those advocating the establishment of a matriarchal system in the United States. a Honorable Goldie Rae Gantz' loquaciousness has made her a successful diplomat. .She is at present the American ambassador to the Sandwich Islands. Miss Gantz believes that a woman should not give up her indi- viduality by assuming he1' husbandls name, 1101' should she be content to shine 'in the lime-light of his fame. Her charming and accomplished husband believes that wife, home and children should be. preferred to a career. Such sane views are refreshing in these days of masculine unrest. Harold Giersdorf conducts the Aids to Beauty column of the Omaha Daily News. Gladys Hamilton is employed in the United States Secret Service Department. Patrick Heaton is Professor of AestheticaDancing a at a fashionable young ladies' finishing school in Boston. Mable Dizney has spent her life in the Orient. Many years of labor in the balmy climate of Japan have increased rather than detracted from her beauty. Her dreamy eyes have won her many ardent suitors, but thus far she has refused them all, and is unselfishly devoting her life to the conversion of the heathen. r Ruby McCollister has taken Evangeline Boothls place as commander of the Salvation Army. The costume is very becoming to her. Grace Per- sons is matron of a home for friendless cats. Helen Rose is a'Junior Chautauqua manager. During the winter months she conducts a matri- monial agency. eDorothy- Sinsells powers of debate are such that she is ranked in Whols Who ? as second only to William Jennings Bryan. ' 7 Gladys Lock has preserved her giggle through all these years and it is serving her to good advantage by winning her many friends. Happy has had a busy and interesting career. She has been a zoologist, with spiders as her especial object'of investigation, but is at present a snake charmer. She is rapidly domesticating these lovable animals to Nebraska faims, as the flesh of some va1ieties is said to be excellent food, while the hides can be used as shoe leathe1. Cla1 ence Hummel 1s playing Shakespemean 1oles 011 the English stage. His inte1p1etations ale hea1t-1ending. Viola Van Pelt is chief wire man' 'fo1 the Bell Telephone Company. Augusta Wagner is P1esident of the National Educational Association. Donald Sampson 1s a distinguished United States Senator. Itis rumored that he has been'offered the position of Secretary of the Treasury. However, we are confident- that he Will remain in the Senate, so that he .may continue 'to work for the interests

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Page 28 C'EN TRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL book entitled, thhen and Why Pupils Whisper. To Mr. Houghton we leave his choice of any of the unattached females in the C. C.'VH. S. Faculty. To Miss Hamilton we leave an inexhaustible supply of chewing gum and lollypops, to be dist1ibuted among her next yea1 '5 pupils on September first, 1922. ITEM V To the student body we leave our Aids in Examination, with requests that they' will guard them closely and use them with discretion. We hereby leave our monopoly on Miss Wehrli and Miss Downing t0 the class that will best love, honor and obey them. ITEM VI Pat Heaton leaves the well known Heaton desk to the. 'Bollinger sis- te1s, providing that at their graduation they bequeath it to one who will properly keep it 11ntilMa1'y Heaton is ready to occupy it. . To Edward Welsh, Donald Sampson leaves his good standing with the teachers of C. C. H S. Augusta Wagner leaves her rheelmess to Lillian Carlson. ' Paul Slegel transfers his position as pianist to Minnie Gleason 01' ha equal. ,. .. Clara Leubke wills he1' stature to Velma G1'osveno1'. 2 r ttRip Giersdorf leaves his prowess in basket ball to Quentin Gould. 'Eloise Garraher bequeaths he1' vocabulary to Reginald Grosvenor. . Halley Lee, who made some freckle cream in chemistry, transfers a sample of the same to' Wallace Nash. Beth Farnham wills the gum parking space under her desk in the Normal Training Room to Juanita McMahon. ' Irene Mueller wills her genius to Archie Bowlin. Leslie Black bequeaths his curly hair to Fernie Staats, that she may enjoy more peaceful s1umbe1'.s 2 Marie Dinges bequeaths an asbestos bonnet to Beulah Nash. We hereby appoint as executo1'siof this, 0111' last will and testament, 01'vil Carrington and Miss Lillian Conybea1',e knowing that they can well perform the task allotted them. In witness whereof we have her eunto set our hand and seal 011 this sixth day of April, in the year of 0111'Lo1'd 1922. ' SENIOR CLASS, 1922.