Decatur Catholic High School - Tattler Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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THE TATTLER SE ICR CLASS WILL XVe. the Senior Class of Nineteen 'l'wenty-tour, of Dt-c'itur Catholic High School, located in Adams County. Indiana, being of :ood health and sound in mind and memory. do this day make our last will and testament. VVQ, the Senior Class, bequeath the fnllowillsl to-wit: 1. To the rest of the student body, we bequeath dear old D. C. H. S. f To the faculty we leave the privilege of instilling in the minds of the students, what they have failed to instill in ours. -1. VVQ bequeath the Upiano' 'to whoever can open it. 4. XVe bequeath the victrola to those who can succeed in taking Harding's speech in shorthand, 5. VVe bequeath the kitrhen to the Junior boys, 6. XVe leave the wonderful typewriters to whoever can manipu- late them. 7. NVe leave our beloved back-row desks to the best-lueliaved ot the Junior Class? '? ? 'I '? '? S. Foosie leaves some of her advoirdupois to Mary Colchin. 9. Bake leaves her lankiness to Tubby Gass. 10. Dowling leaves her ability as an orator to Fred Schulte. A Marie's Virgil is left to Robert Voglexvede. Bake's History Notebook is left to Hugh Holthouse. Dowling leaves the editing of The Tatt1er to the most cap- able of the Juniors. Mary wills her cheerfulness and independence to Earl Chris- ten, Bake and Dowling will their basketball bloomers to whomever they fit. Mary wills Marie to Harris, Anna Baker wills her once i11 a while rosy cheeks to Anna Nesswald. Dowling's Virgil is left to whoever can translate the short- hand notes in it. Anna Baker bequeaths Bassanio to whoever wants him. Anna Dowling leaves the mirror in the clothes Closet to the femininity of D. C. H. S. Any stubs of pencils. erasers. or scraps of paper that we may inadvertently have left behind us in the haste and excite- ment of gathering our treasures for the last time, we leave to those who will have left those accessories at home on the first day.

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THE TATTLER But again, our entire time was not taken up with our studies. Toward the close of the year, we took part in the Senior class play, t'The Heart of France, which met with great success. The boys presented a very clever comedy, t'Uncle Sam's Boys in Camp, which also met with great approval. We were then called upon to aid the Seniors in putting out the first Annual, D. C. H. S. ever published. This book proved itself worthy of the reputation our school had established in the publication of The Tattler. After examinations, we breathed a sigh of relief since we had passed three successful years of high school, and ou our return to school would have no higher class to boss us. At the close of t.he school year in 1923, the Juniors gave a Reception in honor of the Seniors. The Sophomores were guests at this reception. Alas. we are Seniors! That long-looked-for year has come, and we feel most dignified. Only three of us, and the privilege of boss- ing the other classes. We certainly had one great task bringing the Junior Bachelor Six to time. tl wonder whether they were duly impressed with our greatness! '35 ,f --lu--c--0--0--0--u-I--Q--9--0--0--I--0--I--0 Q 0 0 0 U 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 Q 0 s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0--0-Q0--0-Q--Q The last lap of our school life in Decatur, is fiying only too swiftly. We feel certain that we have gained a fund of knowledge during these years and owe the greatest part of it to our never-tir- ing teachers. One great success of our last year was the debate held with C. C. H. S., Fort Wayne, from which we carried the palm. This we cannot claim as our victory for had it not been for the ceaseless energy of our teacher and the prayers of sympathetic souls, We would never had made the points the judges awarded to us. Again, we appear on the stage. this being the last time under the name of D. C. H. S. We successfully staged, The Merchant of Venice Up-to-Date. The entire student body of the high school took part in this comedy. Under the direction of Mrs. Holthouse, a very beautiful selection of songs was given by the Boy's and Girl's Glee Clubs. Our last great undertaking is the publication of our Annual, which we hope will be appreciated by every purchaser and will serve as a reminder of us. So ends the History of the first and last Triumvirate to have held the reins in D. C. H. S.

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0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 I 0 I 0--Q--0--o--0--o--0 0 0 0 9 22. THE TATTLER Last comes the one item from whicl1 it is hard for ns to part: To our successors we must leave our places in the hearts and thoughts of our Pastor and teachers, They will love them. just as they have loved usg they will evince toward them the same interest in their attempts and successes: the same regret when they fail. We trust that the class of '25 will appreciate all this as deeply as we have done, and will never cease to do. Besides these enforced gifts, we leaveinot of necessity- but of our own free will-our blessingg tender memories of our pleasant associations: together with our forgiveness for anything that our schoolmates may not have exactly appre- ciated in our demonstrations during the past year, and 21 pledge of friendship for our school from henceforth and for- ever. All the rest of our property. whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind or quality, not herein before disposed of taf- ter paying our debts and funeral expensesl, we give and be- queath to the faculty, for their use and benefit absolutely, to be disposed of for the good of the future classes as they see fit. And we do hereby constitute and appoint the principal of D. C. H, S. sole executor of this our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we, the Class of 192-l, the testators, have to this last will, set our hand and seal this the first day of June, Anno Doniini, one thousand, nine hundred and twenty- four. MARIE FOOS. ANNA L. BAKER. ANNA R. DOWLING,