Charles W Baker High School - Lyre Yearbook (Baldwinsville, NY)

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Mary Louise Socia North Side Grammar School Glee Club; Track Meet 1921. “The winner of the standing broad smile.” Lois 'Warner Van Buren, District No. 1 Glee Club; Special Chorus; Snow White; Junior Play. “She was ever noticeably bright.” Alma Weeks North Side Grammar School Glee Club; Kyne Scholarship 1922; Special Chorus; Snow White; Oswego Cantata. “It is not necessary to have a deep understanding of things to speak confidently of them.” DOROTHY KRATZBR. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Class of twenty-three, being about to leave this sphere, in full possession of a sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. FIRST—We direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our friends and well-wishers, the Faculty, merely enjoining that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp our position has merited. SECOND—We direct that our just debts and funeral expenses be paid by our Principal, in return for the knowledge and the startling informa- tion we have given him from time to time, during the past four years. Curtiss Butler leaves his engaging personality and caveman tactics to Harry Vorhees. Laura Loveless bequeaths her carnations, which she has laid away in lavender and tied with blue ribbon, to Gladys Gaylord. Dorothy Kratzer, our little ray of sunshine, bequeaths her flapper walk and coquettish smile to Louise Van Den burg. Albert Johnson bestows his grasshopper tendencies and surplus height upon James Belknap. Lois Warner wills her Senior dignity and Senior ethics to Arthur Blanding. Alma Weeks and Mary Louise Socia give and bequeath to the Faculty restful nights and peaceful dreams. Beatrice Myers, our cheery country lass, wills her great propensity for study to Arthur Fellows. Virginia Oppleton leaves all her boudoir caps to Leona Bronson and Florence Ioset. Russell Smith, the Beau Brummel of our class, wills his bottle of “Slikum” and his looking glass to Shirley Wormuth. Bertha Patchett leaves her new book in “Modern Sight Boyology” to Doris Gilmore. Ethel Preston wills her wonderful powers of concentration and her marvelous perceptive faculties to William Giddings. James Fuess bequeaths his great powers of elocution to be divided equally between Helen Brown and Ella Cole. Dorothy Smith wills all her interest in orchestras, including Clark’s “Novelty Five,” to Gladys Kraft and Olive Garrett. 8

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Pilgrim Play. “With a Senior singularity, serious and sedate ' Dorothy Kratzer North Side Grammar School Glee Club; Special Chorus; Decorating Committee of Athletic Ban- quet 1923; Senior Play; Christmas Play 1921; Decorating Committee of the Junior-Senior Banquet 1922; Class Roll. “I just can’t make my eyes behave.” Laura Loveless North Side Grammar School Final Poem; Alphabetical Sonatina; Senior Play; Glee Club; Special Chorus; Snow White; Trial by Jury; Track Meet 1921; Oswego Cantata. “Silence may be golden, but it has no charms for me.” Mamietta Minnoe North Side Grammar School Glee Club; Junior Play; Track Meet 1921. “A genial disposition in everything in life.” Virginia Oppleton South Side Grammar School Glee Club; Track Meet 1921. “A cheerful companion is worth gold.” Ethel Preston South Side Grammar School Class Poem; Alphabetical Sonatina; Glee Club; Decorating Committee of the Junior-Senior Banquet 1922; Senior Play; Decorating Committee Athletic Banquet 1923. “She speaks, believes, acts just as she wants to.” -------- . ! ■ i Ilda Rice North Side Grammar School Glee Club; Treasurer of the Glee Club 1922-1923; Gymnastic Team; Christmas Play 1921. “Her modest looks a cottage might adorn.” Lloyd Schultz South Side Grammar School Decorating Committee of the Junior-Senior Banquet 1922; Pilgrim Pageant; Violin orchestra; Decorating Committee of the Senior Dance; Christmas Play 1919; Senior Play. “He has not a moment without some duty.” Dorothy Smith VanBuren, District No. 1 Salutatorian; Associate Editor of the “Lyre;” Special Chorus; Jewel Maiden; Glee Club; Toastmaster of the Special Chorus Banquet 1922; Christmas Play 1921; Speaker of the Junior-Senior Banquet 1922; Decor- ating Committee of the Athletic Banquet 1923; Secretary of the Athletic Council 1923; Senior Play; President of the Glee Club 1922-1923. “Don’t do today what you can bluff through tomorrow.” Russell Smith Kaukauna Grammar School, Kaukauna, Wisconsin Business Manager of the “Lyre;” Senior Play. “A mild, good-natured, sweet tempered, easy-going fellow.” 7

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Beatrice Guernsey bequeaths a wealth of love and blessings to Adria Gaylord. The latter seems to be able to get everything else unaided. Frederick Horner, well known for his ability to “stand-pat,” leaves all labilities in this year’s sophomore class to be attended to by Arthur Schaff. Ardus Kratzer wills her complexion and her coiffure to Luella Mac- Quaid. Dorothy Eggleston leaves her recently acquired religious ecstasy and her invaluable knowledge of the Services of the English Church to Mar- jorie Kesterke. Lloyd Schultz wills his remarkable ability which has enabled him to graduate in four years to James Gifford. Lloyd, however, leaves his ladylike ways to Harold Green. Mamietta Minnoe wills all interest and skill in the care of Hubbard squashes to Evah Ball and Christine Garrett. Morris Decker, our Radio Expert, bequeaths his secret code of “Dots” and dashes to Carl Clary. llda Rice and Doris Blanding give to the Freshman class the following advice, the acceptance of which will lead them to glory: Copy us; learn to take the front seats calmly; learn to work if not to win. It isn’t fun but look at us and be encouraged. And we do hereby constitute and appoint our Principal sole executor of this, our last will and testatment. In Witness Whereof, We, the Class of Twenty-three, the testators, have to this, our will, written on one sheet of parchment, set our hand and seal, this twenty-sixth day of June, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hun- dred and twenty-three. SENIOR CLASS OF 1923. FRANCES BURNS. CLASS STATISTICS NAME APPEARANCE Doris Blanding. . . . Fiery Frances Burns.... Wise Dorothy Eggleston. Pious Beatrice Guernsey. Deceiving Ardus Kratzer. . . . Modern Dorothy Kratzer. . . “I Love You” Laura Loveless. . . . Loquacious Mamietta Mimmoe. Simple Beatrice Myers. . . . Dreamy Virginia Appleton. . Bashful (?) Bertha Patchett. . . Abstract Ethel Preston Quiet(?) Ilda Rice Wistful Dorothy Smith .... Extraordinary Mary Louise Socia. . Loveless Lois Warner Unique Alma Weeks Startling NAME FAILING Curtiss Butler Senior Parties James Fuess Girls Frederick Horner. . Old Fords Albert Johnson. . . . Curly Hair Lloyd Schultz His Apeparance Russell Smith Promptness Morris Decker Radio and Length LIKES BEST FITTED FOR The Side Steps A Paper Hanger Starring Dignity Church Farmer Anything Social Dancer A Tip Old Maid “Men” Feegee Islands To Talk Sphinx Squashes French Teacher Independence Syracuse Gentle Rustle Kenwood Piano Lessons Most Anything Co-Coe Poet To “Dodge” An Abbey Simplicity Mechanic Virgil A Catcher Her Bob Titian Beauty Wite A Mason LIKES BEST DESTINY Sophs A “Glad” One Girls Who Knows? A Crook Lam sons Rice Salina Street “Mrs. Bonnycastle” Artistic Pretty Eyes Heart Breaker To Dance (?) Doubtful DOROTHY SMITH, Assistant Editor. 9