Cowan High School - Sachem Iris Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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ARTICLE III Item 1. I, Lela Marsh, leave my inclination toward athletics to Mary Frances Walburn. Item 2. Unto Virginia Scott, I, Dorothy Kirp, do hereby will my quiet and demure ways. Item 3. I, Roger Ream, do gladly will unto my old friend, Eldon Kirkham, my Wall Street Ways.” Item 4. Unto Ronald Armstrong, I, Othal Knight, bequeath my popu- larity with Junior and Senior girls. Item 5. I, Madonna Finley, sincerely leave my rubber heels to Lemma Chalfant. Item 6. I, Marcus Newton, gladly will that tired feeling to Alfred Pence. Item 7. Free! Carl Oxley wills his stubbornness to anyone who cares to have it. Item 8. To Floyd Nixon, I, Roy Lyons, bequeath my stately height and my liking for basketball. Item 9. I, Francis LaMar, do hereby will to George Bickford that dis- gusting blush. Item 10. I, Lucile Marsh, gladly leave to that beloved Roxie Shockley, my Virgil translation with my rare gift for blundering, along with the epithet, Yes, teacher's pet. Item 11. Unto Mary Jeffers, I, Ina Hayes, do hereby leave my admira- tion for a certain boy. (Arvil Kirkham.) Item 12. I, Mary Johnson, bequeath the remains of my cosmetics to Laura Humbarger. Item 13. Unto Paul Carmichael, I, Virginia Skinner, gladly leave my lovely Senior wardrobe. Item 14. I, Kathleen Null, leave to Arvil Kirkham enough money to take a correspondence course in dancing. ARTICLE IV Item 1. We, the Seniors, do hereby appoint and name Joseph Ulrich and Edgar Nearon as Executors of our Last Will. Item 2. We do request that within seven days of our death our obitu- ary shall be published in the Muncie Star. We also provide a lot in Beech Grove cemetery where our bodies may be laid to rest with due rites and ceremonies. We do now appoint Marris Hutchison to see that a stone hearing a suitable inscription is placed above our resting place. Item 3. In witness thereof we hereunto seal this the 15th day of March, 1928 A.D., class of '28. We have signed as witness hereunto: Paul Carmichael Lemma Chalfant MARY JOHNSON. Page Twenty

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THE IRIS LAST WILL OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1928 Four years ago, less so many days, our fathers brought forth into this school a Freshman Class, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that Freshmen and Seniors are created equal. We are now engaged in finishing that task, and we do hereby will our possessions, believing ourselves to be of sound mind, excellent judgment and good habits, to the faculty, classes, and to fortunate members of the High School. Attested the 15th day of March, 1928, by Paul Carmichael and Lemma Chalfant. ARTICLE I Item 1. We do hereby will, to the High School as a whole, our good manners. Item 2. Unto our eldest brother, the Junior Class, we gladly will our apartment next to the windows so that they may open them when necessary. Item 3. Unto our second brother, the Sophomore Class, we do hereby will the right to be prosperous as we have been. Item 4. Unto our youngest and greenest brother, the Freshman Class, we bequeath our promptness on book reports. Item 5. We do hereby will to the twin brothers, the seventh and eighth, our opportunity to travel to Muncie. Item 6. Unto our intimate friend and companion, the faculty, we leave permission to make plenty of rules for the assembly. ARTICLE II Item 1. I, Gladys Anderson, leave unto Harriet Leeka my seat in the assembly in front of the best looking boy of the Senior Class. (Othal Knight.) Item 2. Unto that promising sophomore, Ermal LaMar, I, Dorothy Ball, leave my efficiency record of forty words a minute. Item 3. I, Jessie Jeffers, bequeath unto Joseph Ulrich, my greatest treasure, (Mr. Long’s Literature Book.) Item 4. To Corrine Drumm, I, Pauline Painter, leave my ability to keep a steady. Item 5. I. Ila White, gladly will my violin and my place in the or- chestra to Donno Cooper. Item 6. I, Ruth Ross, bequeath my ability as salesman of candy and sandwiches to anyone in the high school who will not abuse the privilege. Item 7. Unto Corrine Drumm, I, Gladys Buchanan, leave my aptitude in getting dates. Item 8. I, Frances Harbaugh, do hereby bequeath to Jeanette Young, my basketball suit and my place as guard. Item 9. Unto Marris Hutchison, I, Lola Bullock, leave my shorthand book. Item 10. I, Dorothy Chalfant, gladly will my complete English, in- cluding Miss Blank, to Lois Oxley. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 1928 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Page Nineteen k

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