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

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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

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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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T9. Kendall Haydon leaves his wrestling knowledge, including his special holds to “Herky” Smith, the gigantic wrestler of Hollin’s Hill. 20. Nellie Taylor leaves her basketball suit and reputation to Lillian Fowler. 21. DeForest Beers wills his cornet and his position in the High School orchestra to John Clark. 22. Isabel Mills bequeathes her dainty dimples to Margaret Small- wood. 23. Blanche Patchett leaves her serious classroom mein to Alma DeLyne. 24. Olive Barrus and Edith Johnson will their glasses to Edith Spengler. I suppose these are to help her cram through Caesar regents. 25. Lloyd Southard leaves to Lenerd House his easy gliding walk and his ability to pass, with ease, any five-foot doorway. 26. Mildred Blanchard wills her extraordinary power of concen- tration and her faculty of handing in all her lessons on time, to Dorothy Fellows. 27. Nettie Field wills her prominent “shingle” to Virginia Conklin. 28. Lester Schaff leaves his solemn countenance and his other qual- ities of a perfect country school teacher to Frank Cassidy. 29. Dorothy Chapin leaves her magical smile and athletic abilities to Charlrene Frawley. 3 0. Doris Root wills her ability to deal out kisses (candied of course) to Edwin Moss. 31. Carl Clary bequeathes his ability as a radio expert to Richard Abrams. 32. Last, but not least, either in quantity or quality, Clancy McNeil leaves his great size and weight to Franklin Reddout. Lastly, we do hereby appoint our principal, executor of this, our last will and testament, at the same time revoking all former wills. Dated and sealed this twenty-third day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-five. GRADUATED CLASS OF 1925. By JAMES BELKNAP. CLASS PROPHECY • As I am neither in the habit of dreaming or gifted in the art of prophecy, I decided to consult Madame LaSalle, the medium, that to- night I might be able to entertain you with the future of my class-mates of 1925. The following is what she saw in her crystal: Blanche Patchett will take up the study of “Art” and will design the main shaft (Schaff) for the monument, which will be erected in Washing- ton to commemorate the end of the World War. Vera Rice whom we all thought would become a Parisian modiste, will become “Johnson’s” candy kid. 15