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

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Margery Van Wic South Side Grammar School Athletic Association; Secretary of Senior Class; Decorating Commit- tee for Athletic Banquet 1925; Glee Club (4 years); Special Chorus; Glee Club Minstrels 1925; Committee for Junior-Senior Banquet 1925; Bigelow Prize Speaking Contest 1925; Senior Play. “I want what I want when I want it.” Harry Voorhees North Side Grammar School Athletic Association; Decorating Committee Athletic Banquet 1925. “Finished labors are pleasant.” NELLIE TAYLOR. THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1925 Upon behalf of my client, the Class of 1925, of Baldwinsville High School of the Village of Baldwinsville, State of New York, U. S. A., I have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion to hear her last will and testament and to receive from her dying hand the few gifts she has to bestow in her last moments. Cutting so rapidly loose from life, and finding so many things of such gigantic proportions to be at- tended to before the end should come upon her, realizing at the same time that she had no longer any time left to spend in cultivation of her own virtues, she did, collectively and individually, deem it best to dis- tribute these virtues with her own hands to those friends to whose needs seem best fitted. As a result of this announcement a wild scene took place amidst most frantic pleading and scrambling of her friends for this or that so long coveted glory; but she has tried to be just, as well as generous and impartial, and distribute wisely unto those who will make the best use of such gifts as he has to bestow, the talents that have served her so faithfully these four years. These are her decisions, as at last definitely arrived at through very deliberate consideration. Owing to a slightly swelled head, weakness of the knees, and flighty condition of her brain, she begs me to state for her that possibly she may have been mistaken in her inventory; but such things as she thinks she has, she hereby gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document, as duly drawn up and sworn to: We, the Class of 1925, in thirty-four individual and distinct parts, be- ing about to pass out of this sphere of education, in full possession of a crammed mind, well trained memory, and almost superhuman under- standing, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any time heretofore made, mayhap, carelessly, one to the other, as the thoughtless wish of an idle hour. 13

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1923, 1924; Basket Ball Block Letters 1923-1924, 1924-1925; Constitu- tional Committee 1924; Chairman Cheerbook Committee 1924; Senior Dance Decorating Committee; Editor-in-Chief of Senior Lyre; Athletic v Banquet Decorating Committtee. “Because you are big, it is no sign you are great.” Doris Root North Side Grammar School Athletic Association; Glee Club (3 years); Girls’ Interclass Basket Ball Team 1920-1921; Initiation Committee Glee Club 1923. “Better late than never.” Arthur SchafT Tillson Grammar School Athletic Association; Athletic Council 1922; Treasurer Athletic As- sociation 1922; Assistant Manager of Baseball; Basket Ball Block Letter 1923-1924. “Love is the universal language.” Lester Schaff South Side Grammar School Athletic Association; Treasurer of Senior Class; Senior Play. “Seek wisdom.” Lloyd Southard Lysander School Athletic Association; Assistant Cheerleader 1924. “As graceful as Apollo.” Nellie Taylor South Side Grammar School Athletic Association; Class History and Roll; Decorating Committee Athletic Banquet 1925; Decorating Committee Senior Dance; Athletic Council; Secretary Athletic Association 1925; Glee Club (4 years); Special Chorus (4 years); B. H. S. Orchestra (2 years); Speaker at Special Chorus Banquet 1922; Initiation Committee Glee Club 1924, 1925; Vice-President of Glee Club 1924, 1925; Vice-President of Junior Class; Basket Ball Block Letter 1924, 1925; Assistant Manager of Girls’ Basket Ball Team 1924, 1925; Glee Club Minstrels 1925; Junior-Senior Banquet Committee 1924; Invitation Committee for Senior Dance. “Give me to know what ought to be known.” Robert Turner Porter Grammar School Committee for Senior Play; Assistant Cheerleader 1925; Foot Ball Block Letter 1924; Senior Play. “A mild, good-natured, sweet tempered easy-going fellow.” 12

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First, we direct that our funeral be conducted by the Faculty and other friends and well-wishers, with all the pomp and ceremony which the great and famous Class of 1925 merits. Second, we direct that all debts and funeral expenses be paid by the Faculty and Board of Education. Third, we bequeath to the far inferior Juniors, our dignity, our room and the kind sympathies of Miss Wormuth. To these same inferior Juniors, we bequeath the exalted Senior seats in the front rows of the Auditorium. Also to these fortunate, would be scholars, we bequeath as follows: 1. Francis Carroll leaves his darkie dialect, Irish brogue, and Jewish gestures to Herb Klein, the coming actor. He also leaves his architectural genius, especially in “Garret” designs, to Alex Jones. 2. Bruce Root, our famous basket ball star, bequeathes a few feet of his surplus height to John O’Dell, the future star. 3. Margery Van Wie wills her becoming Grace, quiet manner, and dainty walk to Luella McQuaid. 4. Arthur Schaff, the man who always “Stands Pat,” leaves his Caesar books to Sloan Smith. (Arthur seems to find this the easiest way to get rid of them.) 5. Kenneth Mawhinney leaves his glasses, his chewing gum, and his noiseless manner to the tender care of Thomas Comerford. 6. Arthur Fellows wills his Famous Ford to Leslie Horner to be added to the Horner Collection. 7. Robert Turner leaves his feminine friends and also his “shleking abilities” to be equally divided between Marshall Stevenson and Clifford Burton. 8. Vera Rice bequeathes to Blanche Weldon her brush, comb, and prestige gained by being one of the very few who have not joined the “Bobbed-Hair Brigade.” 9. Dorothea Moss leaves her Auburn hair, freckles, and boisterous nature to quiet “Red” Johnson. 10. John Cornell wills his slender Grace to Muriel Loveless. 11. Catherine Cronin, our forestry student, bequeathes all of her thorough knowledge of Woods, especially Hor-Woods, to Marian Kratzer. 12. Leona Bronson leaves her accurate knowledge of French, her lightning-like tendencies, and her surplus avoirdupois to be heavy burdens to poor, frail Louise VanDenburg. 13. Martha Crook, the “Loveless” one, wills her demure manner and her ability to “have and to hold“ “fellows” to Adria Gaylord. 14. Mildred Lory bequeathes to Ruth Goodwin her ability to giggle at any time, any place, and at anything. Io. Charles Heaton leaves his “gift of gab” and his stock of laugh- ing gas to Horace Dann. 16. Harry Voorhees wishes to bequeath to William Lewis Clark his envariable record of never having been sent to the office. 17. John Miller leaves his ability to put anything together from antique Fords to Chaffin (Chapin dishes to Ralph Carrington.) 15. Harvey Banks wills to Shirley Wormuth his remarkable ability to graduate at an early age and in four years. 14