Colfax High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Colfax, WA)

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T1-IE vigil. uhm ' ' L?-.NDW Q o 1. ID Mil' 'III 'Ilb' 'll' 'II' 'IDS Senior Class Will QII' 'Il' 'Il' 'll' 'II' 'HW- WHEREAS: We, the noble and sagacious senior class of 1926 of the Colfax High School located in the city of Colfax, Whitman County, State of Washington, The United States of North America, about to pass from this, our present realm for ever and ever, and realizing that we are the most intelligent class that ever trod the spacious halls of this magnificent edifice, having recovered from the dreadful disease known as education, being of sound body and mind, deem it meet and fair that our earthly wealth which is ours by right of gain, lawfully and otherwise, be properly dis- tributed among our less fortunate brethren: do declare and publish this our last will and testament, by virtue of which all previous instruments are declared in default, invalid, null and void, and of no consequence whatsoever. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: ARTICLE I. SECTION I. l. Unto the school board, Mr. D. T. J. Ball and other faculty members, we bequeath the unhappy prospect of running the school without our wis- dom to help them. 2. After four successful years of management, we turn the running of the school over entirely to Mr. Ball. 3. To Mr. Ball we leave five hundred big words with which to baffle next year's classes. 4. To Miss Gilliland we leave eighteen first class typewriters for the shape they're in after all the Senior speed demons have written two hun- dred words fmore or less! per minute on them. 5. To Mr. Ball, who has steered us so safely through the perilous shoals of our high school career, we give due thanks and gratitude. 6. Provided that she will dispose of them wisely, to Miss Just we leave our savings, consisting of nothing so far as we know. 7. To Mr. Ball, the famous book entitled How to Produce the Greatest Volume of Noise With the Least Resistance. by Professor Lighttopp. 8. To Miss Drummond, who has given her time and help and the best of her ability at all times for the betterment of the Senior class, we leave our sincere appreciation and the knowledge that she has made firm and loyal friends. 9. To Mr. Ball we leave six dozen large size handkerchiefs to be dis- tributed by him among the faculty who will be striken with grief at being obliged to part with us. 10. To Mr. Whaley we give our unanimous consent to propose to any of the unmarried women of the faculty. We should like, however, to let wr. Gibson share this privilege with Mr. Whaley but his time is occupied e sewhere. 11. To the faculty, the privilege of sitting on the stage and viewing our bright and smiling faces also being permitted to inform us the way to mold the lives of future citizens. 12. To the faculty we bequeath the experience gained from our ac- quaintance during the past year. 13. To the faculty we leave our talent and good behavior for them to deal out, as is necessary, to the lower classmen. 14. As usual we leave the right to Messrs. Ellis and D. T. J. Ball of gxprlessing those famous last words, Well, that's one more bunch off our an s. Page Twenty-five

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CH. iM,,2i, G:OkI..I5 .. i.A,,., ,c,,,.,. .LL ,,,D.Q pil' 'Il' 'll' Wil' 'II' 'IPR Senior Class History Qll' 'll' 'Il' ill' 'll' 'HW In September 1922, almost seventy inexperienced climbers gathered at the base of Colfax High and prepared to climb that lofty peak. We chose Cyril Alden to guide us and Bud Newton to assist him in holding the ropes. We turned our money over to Iris Shinkoskey and told her to keep the chronicles of the climb. By May we reached successfully the way station, Sophomore, and decided to rest here until September. In the following September, we again assembled and althought our number was smaller, our quality made up for the lack. Our guide had resigned to accept a business position, so we chose one of our new members, Wallace Wagner, to guide us 'on our way. We retained our other guides and added Marian Ewart to keep the diary. We entered into a contest with another group of climbers and won this Supremacy Contest. As we- had a lot of talent, we decided to present What Happened to Jones which was a great success. Later we gave the Frolic in one of the way sta- tions on the mountains. At last some of us reached the station Junior, but we regret that a number found the climb too difficult. In our third year we were more used to the climb and with our new guide, Ted Millgard, we pressed steadily onward. Miss Opgenorth assisted us in all our undertakings, and we presented Dulcy in one of the road' houses by the trail. The climb was now growing steeper and here we came to a priates den in which we decided to present our Prom in the form of a Pirate's Ball. In this year we also published an annual record- ing the attainments of all the members climbing Colfax High. Three of' our members, Anna Ripley, Marian Ewart, and Madeline Sawhill, won the championship in tennis. Then we started up the last and hardest part of the climb. Many fl time, one thought he was falling too far behind the rest but usually one of the teachers would come to his rescue and all would be well again. We presented another successful play. One of the members, Lawrence Lothspeich, so proved his ability in football that he was chosen to lead a combined team from the four groups climbing the mountain. Others of our number who made this team were Ted Millgard, Johnny Walters, Alex Shirman, Chester Wigen and Billy Held. A number of the girls also proved their athletic ability and receivel letters. At the end of four long years of struggle, we at last reached, with rejoicing and regret, our last day together and received, our diplomas, a souvenir of our climb.-B. D. G, Page Twenty-four

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.. CH, ,,esf.-earns.-,rrrn THE I A 1926 K ANDY' 15. To Mr. Gibson we leave one bottle of French mustache-grower. 16. To the faculty we leave the memory of brilliant students, the like of which will never again be known to theml 17. To our dear teachers, we give our thanks for their untiring efforts to make us good, intelligent and law-abiding citizens. 18. We leave also, with much regret, our worthy class advisor. Miss Drummond, to our most fortunate successors, hoping that they will love and honor her as we have. ' 19. To Miss Todd, we leave the happy prospects of being Miss Drum- mond's superior,-in weight. 20. We deem it necessary to leave Mr. Byrne five points from each ol' the two hundred and fifty students in C. H. S. 21. To Miss Christopher, we leave our word of honor, promising to- never again resort to chewing gum in C. H. S. 22. Mrs. Scarth deserves, and we gladly will to her, Clyde Wilsey's beautiful carol. 23. To Mrs. Kiester, we will our bright and shining faces on Monday morning. 24. In closing, we feel it only just and proper that Miss Robinson be left a never-failing supply of bells, Bells! BEL-L-Sl BEL-L-S!!! SECTION II. 1. To the Colfax High School, we leave our memories of the times we have spent within her walls during the past four years. 2. We bequeath all notes and assignments written in text books to whoever buys them next year. 3. As one word of advice to the rising generation, Lay off the Baloneel 4. We bequeath to next year's Senior class three rows along the sunny south side of the assembly, hoping that they will fill them only as an inferior class can, and trusting to their artistic minds that they will ap- preciate the monograms fwhich you cannot findi and tokens of affection engraved thereon. 5. We also wish to take this opportunity to leave to next year's Senior class all gum parked under said seats. 6. To the underclassmen we bequeath our sincere regrets that our noble and inspiring example will no longer be with them. 7. With great pleasure, we leave next years Senior class a quiet, ur-- disturbed sneak day-on Saturday. 8. To the Juniors, we leave our footsteps to follow with the hopes that they will not stray. 9. Each and every one of us, the members of the graduating class of 1926, do express our undying love for this, our school, and do. solemnly declare that we shall forever remember the days of joy spent here. 10. To next year's annual staff, we bequeath a poem entitled, Why the Staff of a High School Annual Spends It's Last Days in a Padded Cell,'i The Annual's some invention, The School gets all the fame, The printer gets the money, And the Staff gets all the blame. SECTION Ill. 1. Francis McDonald leaves to Dyke one hundred assorted mystery magazines and the like. 2. Mary Eleanor Thompson leaves her place on the annual staff to the next person who wants to be a physical and nervous wreck. 3. Ralph McCabe leaves all of his trophies of the' chase, such as, hair- pins, handkerchiefs, garters, etc., to Bob Voshell. 4. Iris Shinkoskey leaves to Bob Grady a piece of her mind. 5. Bud Newton and E. B. Cox leave the corner seat to the first arrival of next year's Senior class. 6. Bessie Swift leaves her strong arm in volleyball to Marie Thompson. 7. Bill Held leaves his books to any aspiring' student who wants them. 8. Anna Ripley leaves witlr regret, the Student Body check book, gold, silver, etc., to the school. 9. Wally Wagner leaves his ability as Student Body President to the most ambitious High School Student. Page Twenty-six