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

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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

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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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, ., . ,u.,., I-.fl ,..,.upu J'!'la-:Z v1nJ'1?'la-leaF!'L-.- THE BLIJE 1926 AND G OLD on 10. Louis Schiblin leaves to his brother his fascinating manner of handling the opposite sex. 11. Ralph McCabe leaves two or three of his curly locks to Bob Shinkoskey, believing the addition will improve the looks of Bob's personal appearance. 12. Samuel Randall wills his six feet two to Bill Carter, providing Bill doesn't try to cheat by the use of stilts. 13. Iris Shinkoskey, a well known author, leaves her latest book, How I Got Through Without Working, to George Maloney. 14. Lawrence Lothspeich leaves a good line for some poor fish to get caught on. 15. Clyde Wilsey leaves as much as he received-nothing. 16. George Cornelius leaves his wonderful argumentative powers to Lavonne Jones. l 17. Wesley Brownell leaves his art of dancing to anyone capable of handling it. 18. Elizabeth Garret leaves to Lola Freeman her modesty. 19. LaVance Weskil bequeaths his artistic ability to Arthur Rossmeissl. 20. Chester Wigen bequeaths his abundant hair to Jean Huffman. 21. Bernice Gass wills her extreme reticence to Aurelius Richardson. 23. Earl Cox wills his oratorical ability to Faires Prater. 24. Ted Millgard wills his Charleston ability to Ellery Johnson. 25. Alexander Schirman bestows upon Dwight Bryson his abundant strength. 26. Dean Hanna is willed a comedian's talent by Wesley Brownell. 27. Bud Newton leaves to William Carter his latest book on How to Make Love. 28. Harry Crumbaker leaves his keen sense of reliability to Philip Koch. 29. Mary Cochran leaves lots of good sense to Joyce Bell. 30. Helen and Anna leave their interests in Earls and llflniyhts to Marian Grady and Elsie Dailey. 31. Hey! Coach, when you enter Barnum's circus, Earl Davison has a supply of sweaters he would like to loan you. 32. Harold Sanders will dedicate his next book Two Years of Tor- ture in Foreign Languages Under D. B. H. S. , to Harvey Heidenreich. 33. To Miller Stipe, Fred Stenzel leaves his One Hoss Shay. 34. Nina Wyatt leaves five full hours of sleep each night of the next year to Donald Hunt. 35. Doris Miller leaves her dancing ability to Dean Hanna. 36. Orus Upshaw leaves with no regret whatsoever. 37. Elizabeth Kromm leaves the kind of language which becomes fluent in times of peril. to Lowell Ellis. 38. Gladys Kammerzell leaves both her short-hand and short stature to Lasure Dailev. 39. Thelma Frazier leaves her seat A-11 to Ed Halpin provided Ed gets there on time. 40. John Walters leaves a record breaking end-run to Hank Shinkoskey. 41. Howard Baker wills a first class dictionary together with more or less business ability to Kline Swygard. 42. Martha Teade, Lola Altergott and Rebecca Biedel rejoice in the fact the the days of happiness and contentment have come at last. 43. Madeline Sawhill wishes Mildred Ryan's pilgrimage of the next few years to be one of success. F 44. Florence Krueger bequeaths her grammatical construction to Carl Gustin. 45. Thelma Richardson wills her red-headed brother to Mildred Thomp- son. 46. Elizabeth Walters, leaves her basketball giggle to Evelyn Anderson. 47. Harry Repp bequeaths his pleasant nature to Faires Prater. 48. Loren Schuster leaves his good will with the teacher to Velda Dav. I 49. Ethel Stadel leaves her missing conduct points to Dorothy Bridg- iam. 50. Ethyle McNeilly leaves her boisterous conduct with Madeline Layton. 51. Albert Mitchell leaves his track ability to Marcus Copley. ' Page Twenty 'SSVBH