Dover High School - Crescent Yearbook (Dover, NC)

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maidens of Dover High School. Therefore the Class of '20 must die, so we have met to make and publish this, our last will and testament. The Will Article I. We give and bequeath to the dear faculty, who have been our instructors in all the wisdom of the ages, a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the night to worryrover the uncertainty of whether this one is doing his night work, or that one will have his mathematics in morning class. It has been a hard strain on them, for Seniors are said to be at all times and under all conditions difficult to man- age. But they have done their duty, and verily, now they shall have their reward. Article II. We give and bequeath to our beloved Prin- cipal, Mr. Giles Yeoman Newton, our sincere affection, our deepest reverence, our heartiest gratitude, and the whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. In an attempt at partial payment for all that he has done for us during our years at Dover High School, we make over to him, here and now, a heavy mortgage on our future in the Great Unknown Beyond. It shall be his to watch every step of our upward and onward flitting-to note each trial, each attempt, each victory, each success and honor that we may achieve in the arena of the world-- and to accept for himself, as interest on our deathless debt, every ounce of the praise, knowing that it is due to his faithful instructions. Article III. We give and bequeath to the Dover High School, as a whole the trees and hedge which we have so faithfully planted for the beauty and comfort of the com- ing classes. Article IV. We do will to the Class of '21 the cozy little room which we have so proudly occupied, during the past year. Article V. The following may seem but. trifling be- 46

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1 County of Craven, Town of Dover. Fellow Citizens: The Class of 1920, about to go the way of all the world, and pass out into the Great Beyond, salutes you, even in the face of approaching death. It is with the most profound regret that I find it neces- sary to bring before your attention this evening the serious-indeed, I may say hopeless-condition of the Class of 1920. We have known for several years that the Class was in a somewhat critical state of health. There has been no chance for any doubt about that, for the combination of disorders under which she has been suf- fering has been only too clearly manifest, and the symp- toms of her disease unmistakable. Indeed for the past four years, her head has been so rapidly swelling with her greedy accumulation of infor- mation in the Dover High School, that it has now as- sumed such gigantic proportions in each of her eight in- dividual parts, as to cause all who know her, or have come into even occasional contact with any part of her, the most serious uneasiness lest it should burst with its enormous overflow of learning, and scatter its treasures of knowledge broadcast upon an unappreciative public. She also has many dizzy spells, caused, it is believed by the immense heights to which she has climbed in her search for wisdom-the blood rushes to her head and face in mighty floods of blush and bloom, whenever she is asked a question there is the least chance for any suspi- cion that she may not know the answer, be it of this a11d all other worlds, past, present, or to come-while her heart, with all its eight throbbing pulses, has become ab- normally heavy with the thought of parting soon to come, and the anticipation of the last painful struggle. No, there is no longer any hope. The Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty has become altogether too wise to linger longeramong the struggling youths and aspiring -15

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quests, but we hope that they may be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we can no longer keep them, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them, and a continual reminder of the gen- erosity of heart displayed in our free and full bestowal: lst. To Lennie Simmons we leave Ruth Wilson's ath- letic ability. 2nd. To Elizabeth Parrott we wish to will Annie Ruth Joyner's dignity. We know it will be hard for her to carry it around but we do hope she will do her best. 3rd, Richard Richardson wants to leave to Margaret West his large vocabulary. We hope Margaret will make good use of this vocabulary. 4th. We do will and bequeath to Ruby Kilpatrick, Ray Hampton West's artistic dancing. 5th, To Probien Elmore we leave James Pate's mis- chievousness. 6th. Jasper West leaves his peculiarities and inquisi- tiveness to Earle Dixon West. Hoping he will use this inquisitiveness about Geometry and gain as much knowl- edge on this subject as Jasper has. 7th. We do hereby will and bequeath to Frank Haw- kins, Ray Hampton's studiousness. Sth. To Wenzelle Daugherty we leave the secret of Jasper West's methods of playing basket ball. 9th, Mabel Massengille is desirous of leaving her mus- ical gifts to Raymond Daugherty. Music hath charm to soothe the savage beast. 10th. Mabel also wishes to will her ancestors to Roy Johnson. She can face the world behind her own coat of paint. Article VI. We do will and bequeath to the Class of '22 our profound admiration and ever-enduring friend- ship of the Class of 1920, in individual as well as collec- tive manifestation. Article VII. We leave to the Class of '23 any over- looked pieces of gum which we may have left adhering to the underside of desks. We have some times had to 47