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

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CLASS WILL Being a little light headed and rather more puffed up than usual, we, the Senior Class of 1931, do make this our last will and testament. First, we have several requests to make: 1. We request the Board of Education to look into the matter of elevators and meals for late risers. 2. We want to make all the students next year as comfortable as possible, so we leave the request that window seats and davenports be placed in the halls for those who feel the need of them before and after school. May the faculty and the Board of Education never again be burdened with as brilliant a class as the Class of 1931. We also have several individual bequests to make: Richard Price wills his abundant supply of blushes to be passed out among the needy members of the Junior class. Dorothea Townsend wills her bobbing walk, which enables her to get a nice lovely white pass several times a week, to Walter Bates. Kenneth VanDerveer leaves his ability to spell to Elizabeth Walters. This may be a great help to the Literary staff next year. Helen Dempsey wills her ability to just get in 107 before the bell rings to John Paddock. Margaret Farley leaves Walt. Nuf sed. Doris Haas leaves her little giggle to Jimmy Bishop. Sidney Luce wills his personality, ambitions and high ideals to Dave Dillcn- beck. Helen Stryker, making the greatest sacrifice since Mabel left Russell, leaves Bus to those “awful” girls in the Junior class. Myrtle Yates leaves a bicycle built for two. Merton Bradway wills his theories to Einstein. We doubt if Mr. Einstein has brain-power enough to even begin to grasp them. Barbara Brown leaves her secret passion for “Tunkey” Luce to Virginia Johnson. Margaret Cronin leaves her ever pleasant smile to “Whanger” Smallwood. Carl Dimon ( the Demon”) leaves his “rep” to David Clary. Winston Baker wills his distinguished English airs and accent to Eddie Hyle. We wouldn’t want to leave the school without at least one really good Englishman! Philip Cooper leaves his bluffing ability to Carlon Cook to enable Cook to get by his last year with as flying colors as Cooper has. Velma Crook wills her curls to the Dramatic Club. Richard Decker leaves his quiet, sedate ways to Mary Jane Davis. Barbara Heaton wills her abundant supply of jokes and wise cracks to Ethel Glass. Marion Kelly leaves her teacher complex” to Laura Dickinson. Marion Hudson leaves her natural wave to Hazel Barney. Leona Madden wills her volley ball ability to Jane Montague. Catherine Muldoon, our poet, wills her poems to Nellie Lee Kittell—if Nellie Lee will secure a publisher for these. Howard Ncupert wills his sleepy appearance to Oscar Westfall. Marion Sadelmyer regretfully leaves one red coupe to take members of the faculty to and from school when Pete” will not be here. irginia aughn leaves her wind-blown to Margaret Perry. Henrietta 1 hompson wills her small stature to Robert Goodspeed. Francis Scabold wills his basket ball ability to Billy Stafford. Laura Orvis leaves her boy-friends to her up and coming younger sister. urace 1 ratt leaves her violin to Gussy Rowe, who plays the trumpet. 8

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Its value will lie in the light it throws upon the early lives of several of the prominent people of the United States. For who knows what poets, states- men, or financiers lie hidden in this class? So we have endeavored to tell you what we know of us. The Class Roll shows our achievements; the Will, our foibles; the Prophecy, ti e promise of our future. What impression we have left upon the school is told in accounts of athletics, speaking contests, debates, journalism and plays. So we have set down our accomplishments thus far, and our hopes for the future. There is no need for the Class History which has always been a part of the Annual. The Lyre in itself is a history—and a promise. BARBARA BROWN. SENIOR PLAY—STORY OF THE PLAY The first scene of ‘ Clarence,” which was written by Booth Tarkington, is laid in the office of Mr. Wheeler. His secretary, Mrs. Martyn, shows his rela- tions with the various persons in his family who enter his office during the course of the morning. The hero of the play. Clarence, enters, looking for a position. He is an ex-soldier whose liver is not at its best. Without intending to, he hears the whole family quarrel, and when Mr. Wheeler learns this, disgusted with the hysterics his wife and daughter have been indulging in, he finds a place for him at his house—‘‘because he can drive mules without swearing.” The next three scenes take place in the Wheelers’ home. Della and Din- widdie, two servants in the household, add some of the humor to the situa- tion. Mr. Stem, Cora’s not so suppressed desire, comes to talk to Violet while Clarence is tuning the piano, which quite upsets Mr. Stem's speech. Clarence can also play the saxophone, and his playing seems to put everyone in a more amiable mood. Both Cora and Della fall in love with him, as does Violet, although she will not admit this. Mr. Stem brings the play to a crisis by declaring that Clarence, whose last name no one is sure of, is sought both by the War Department and his divorced wife, who is seeking alimony. Clarence clears up this mystery concerning his identity by proving that lie is Clarence Smith, Doctor of Science, listed in Who’s Who. Violet promises to marry him. Cora refuses to say good-bye to them, but relents at the last moment and the curtain falls as she sits down, not weeping, but saying reproachfully and lovingly, “Oh, Clarence!” The players in the order of their appearance are as follows: Mrs. Martyn...............................Alice Hayes Mr. Wheeler ......................................Carl Connell Mrs. Wheeler..................................Elizabeth Gere Bobby Wheeler...................................Richard Decker Cora Wheeler....................................Barbara Brown Violet Pinncy.............................Helen Stryker Clarence.................................Walter Mercer Della.............................Henrietta Thompson Dinwiddie................................Edward Hawley Hubert Stem..............................George Hawley ALICE HAYES. 7

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Lorin Mathewson leaves a trail of broken hearts. Paul Allen wills his Shakespearean abilities to Frank Harrington. Clayton Burritt leaves his “way with wimin” to be modeled after by the coming classes. Rosalie Dann leaves her shy and demure way to Grace Hamlin. Charles DcLyne leaves a fund to provide chewing gum for the girls who arc forced to throw theirs in the basket. Elizabeth Barnett wills her vocal cords to be used exclusively for the bene- fit of the school. Morris Blanding, our brick-yard blonde, leaves his hair to Frances Weeks, so that she may be seen in a crowd. Dominic Cenci wills his unpublished book of cloakroom antics to be placed in 107 for the use of the Juniors. George Fowler leaves his gypsy locks to Jimmy Henderson. Anna Mae Hess wills her irresistible giggle and ability to get teachers all hot and excited to Louis Bicknell. (Now they will have to get a reinforced office chair!) Marie Lawrence wills her industrious Quietness to Agnes Mowins. Will Iggy know what to do with it? Elmer Clark wills his shining locks to future residents of 107 to keep them warm. Edith Albro wills her aptness at square dancing to Virginia VanWie. Russell Furman leaves a fund for the mail carriers of Oberlin. Alice Hayes leaves her youthful abilities to Wilson Wormuth. Leta Caswell leaves her long walk home to Hymie Glass. Carl Connell wills his place in the Harmoniacs (maniacs) to Wilner Haas. Marie Shriver leaves her spare typewriting paper to Miss Pike’s study hall people on which to write notes. Alice Henderson leaves her curly hair to Helen Barrows. Paul Marshall wills his car to Walter Crook. Robert Adsit leaves his record of never having skipped school to Victor M ilkowski. Helen Perkins wills her ability to stick to B. H. S. to the end to Virginia Tyler. Edward Widgcr wills his sanctity to Irish Carroll. Frank Doran refuses to will anything. He insists he is going to take all he has with him. Elizabeth Gere leaves her place as center on the basketball team to Gene- vieve Pecore. Edward Hawley leaves his extra height to Ralph Cramer. Charles Durnin leaves his pipe to be hung in the hall beside the chess team’s picture. George Hawley leaves a fund to provide spittoons for future flute players. Edwin Nesbitt leaves his bass horn to be used as a trick waste basket for 106. Evelyn Schaff wills her absent boy-friend in Warners to anyone who will find him. Walter Mercer leaves his outboard motorboat to the Village of Baldwins- ville, to be put on a pedestal on the four corners as a shrine for all his women. Grace McGann wills her good looks to Mary Jane Harrington. Ester Loveless leaves the old farm to Barbara Gere. With apologies to anyone who wants them, we, the Class of 1931, do sign this, our class will. CLASS OF 1931. (Carl Connell and Marie Shriver). 9