Daycroft School - Milestone Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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Last W1ll and Testament of the Sen1or Class of 1944 Hear ye' Hear ye' lt IS the deslqn and purpose ot th1s document to procla1m to the world the collect1ve and 1nd1v1dual w1lls ot the Semor Class of the year of our Lord 1944 By way of custom 1t IS necessary to state that all debts b1lls and l O U s of th1s class are handed down w1th qreat reverenc and that youcan have the lun now teehnq to the up and oncomtnq Sen1or Class Iune leaves a cons1derable amount of that extreme pettteness to Herb Carlson whom we accuse of scratchmq h1s head on the d1n1nq room hqhts She also leaves her w1nn1nq way and sense of humor to Blame Ioblon and her broad Enqltsh accent to Buddy Iacobs Harr1et leaves her rosy cheeks to Mr Russell and her lauqh to anyone who can catch lontol 1t Oh' She also leaves Hep two three four to Alden Carter whom she IS sure deserves them Bert hands down to Roddy all h1s basketball Gbll1lY 1nclud1nq all those lonq shots from the center l1ne He leaves h1s flowery lanquaqe and Brooklyn accent to Bobby Mendoza Betsy thank qoodness has decxded to take her lauqh w1th her bemq too fond of 1t to part w1th 1t She also leaves the baby m1nd1nq bus1ness Pat leaves her raq curlers and blazer to Donny Casanave her US h1story book notes and all to Munro Merr1ck Her many long d1stance telephone calls qo to Avr1l Now for Olly' He leaves that handsome crop of ha1r to Mr Russell that base and v1le vo1ce I mean bass v1ol and vo1ce to Iohnny laqel who flddles 1n class anyway HIS unusual br1ll1ance he leaves to Mrs Parker so that she can see her way down to the dorm1tory at mqht Ioan leaves treasury nabs and debtors to the superv1s1on of DIZ Sher1dan Boston boys and books to the hlqhest b1dder I mean Buddy As tor her car that qoes to Bmqham 1t he hasnt already swlped 1t L1ll1an leaves her excess of VOICS to Ann B1ll1nqs As for her beaut1ful f1nqerr1a1ls the only person worthy of them IS Sylv1a Mlchael leaves all those reektna puns to Mr Kxnsman tor the purpose of deodor1zat1on or future reference accordmq to the S129 of the tomatoes w1th wh1ch I am sure next years class w1ll be equ1pped HIS tremendous urqes to work on Saturday mormnqs qo to Donny Casanave As a whole the class leaves all chlor1ne hydrogen sulhde and equally unpleasant smells to the Daycroft Mother s Club W1tnesses Frankestem Nap1er s bones Fourth term? 22 to Btnq and Bobby. To Miss Preble she leaves her maqnetic coat of male.

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Shattslmo the one man three prece band Carnegre Hall surely does tnclude everythmg from soup to nuts doesnt lt? CI wonder whrch end Olly could be onl Now I am out of Carnegte Hall walkmg along Lexrngton Avenue Sud denly I see before me a large srgn say1ng Get tall the Peterson way Havmg always had a secret amb1t1on to elongate myself I enter the door and to my great astonlshment see a man of about nme feet g1v1ng stretch 1ng lessons to an assembly of assorted kxnds of people rangmg from three feet to f1ve fexaggeranon ch1efly for effect? I dectde to rematn the same srze Next door I observe another stgn acclarmtng the Strecker Nursery School I learn that Ioan has a famlly of proteges whom she gets up at BOO every morn1ng She holds one class that of Modern Htstory for MaJor Lyman has left her hrs grade book and maglc wand She IS qurte successful 1n thts class but feels not a l1ttle dlsturbed when all the tots yell Its a panrc at her every Joke pun or otherwlse It must be added that she plays plng pong each evenrng and takes her school bowl1ng on Satur days Her sleepmg hours she spends wr1t1ng letters whlch may some day be publxshed 1n a book or rather several volumes entxtled A Thousand and Two Nrghts I then hop on my aeroplane bound for Stamford and on arr1v1ng the flrst obstacle I encounter ts Thormes I walk m and there behmd the counter IS Mrke He IS cheerfully wash1ng d1shes wh1le whrsthng Come to Southern Seas Thormes for Mlkes sole beneflt and pleasure has added a l by 2 dance room where he teaches waltzmg three ntghts a week In hrs spare t1me he lectures at Daycroft on the subyect of Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow IS the t1me to do your homework On Sunday nrghts he makes good use of Iohn Bamseyers copy of Esqulre tsee last year s lvfrlestonel whtle tunlng 1n h1s mustcal ear to Symphony m Hb Mmor Once a month he IS mvrted to Pat Montel s ballroom where he teaches waltz1ng the one two three Jump type -and she mstructs 1n all the modern steps She also teaches Mrke how to dance to sweet mus1c as she ex presses 1t whtch means klnda slow oh' you know how Bes1des that she also plays Paderewsk1s Mrnuet m G to whlch her class does the tango On lookmg closer I see among Pats puprls one 1n umform Investtga t1on proves that thts IS Harrtet who has Jomed up wrth the Wacs She wakes up the bugler falthfully every mornmg thanks to her trusty alarm clock After the danc1ng class I wander to the atrport drrve out my Model T aeroplane and fly back to my nattve heath There 1n my secluded hut on Trafalgar Square I proceed to ftmsh my latest book a sequel to Gone Wtth the Wlnd called Back Aga1n Too Bad As a s1del1ne I lrsten to Rhapsody IH Blue slx trmes a day and dtsregard the patent ent1rely by compcsmg Rhapsody Blues Cot course that s nght up my alleyl If I dont go to bed now tt w1ll be too late for me to get up early so we l leave my Model T moanxng Here we go 1nto the Wtde Blue that s for you june Urquhart Lamg 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ' 1 1 11 11 , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 . , 7 1 , I - - 1 1 . 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 - 1 11 11 11 1 1 1 - 1 1 11 11 ' ' 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 , 11 1 1 , m . 1 1 11 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ' 1 11 11 1 . , ' , 1 1 11 11 1 1 11 1 , 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 - 1 1 1 11 1 1 . 11 11 , 11 1 1 1 11 , I , 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 , V 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 , I 1 11 1 1 11 1 f 1