Dowagiac Central High School - Wahoo Yearbook (Dowagiac, MI)

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I-f .,-, ed .,. 1... P!! f W if Wiki 'llwl ,lL , - TSTJ-if-1 g Class Will We, the Senior Class of Dowagiac High School, City of Dowagiac, State of Michi an, be- ing unbalanced of mind and decrepit of body, and realizing the futility of others to chalinge in any way our irreproachable status of imbecility, do hereby make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament: Item 1. To Mr. True, who has been our guardian angel for four long years, we leave our best wishes, which is our most valuable possession. Item 2. To Miss Mishica and Mr. Letsinger, we leave the hope that they may never be obliged 1 3 'to direct the destinies ofa class as trying and as hopeless as our own. Item 3. To the juniors, we leave the ri hr to graduate in 1927, also the right to follow our path of glory rather than the straight ang narrow. - Item 4. To the Sophomores, we leave our credit records. May they assist them in their assidu- ous search for snap subjects. Item 5. To the Freshman, we leave nothing. No one left us anything when we entered this in- stitute of learning. Item 6. I, Maurice Rector, leave to john Metras the exclusive privilege of discussing the fine points of foot-ball with various referees. I also offer up a prayer that he may always prove the point in question. Item 7. I, Bill Barszcz, leave to Dean Parrish my champion-ship in the locker-room towel bat- tles. May he be as careful in the presence of electric light bulbs. Item 8. I, Peggy Howes, leave to some aspiring Junior the office of custodian ofthe Pennies. May he be able to collect dues without resorting to the use of a broadax or an express rifle. Item 9. To Lowell fMulliganQ Timmons we leave the time-honored position of Chief Asker of Foolish Qgestionsf' Item 10. I, Wayne Maher, leave to Paul Leiber the privilege of addressing teachers by their first names. May he exercise it as freely as I have. Item 1 1 . To Glen White, better known as Knute Rockne, we give the sole right to employ large impressive words, such as sal-u-bri-ous-ly and fpro-mis-cu-ous-ly. May he always hold his positions as Halfback and Team Jester on the ootball squad. Item 12. I, George Mersereau, leave to Helen Nugent the task of brightening dark corners in the new high school building, with the request that she may a ways keep her spirits as bright as her hair. Item 1 . To the under aduate student bod , we leave the New Central Hi h School, entirel 3 gf Y E Y paid for with the profits of our Senior Mardi Gras. Item 14. As the Senior members of the Ring of Drug Store Addicts withdraw, we leave our places to be filled by a chosen few undergraduates. We suggest that Vic, Welsh be made President and select the promising candidates. Item 15. I, Jane Howard, leave to Charles Mersereau the prerogative of administering harsh reproofs to all delinquent students. Item 16. We, Meltha Barney and Grace Yaw, the Song and Dance Girls leave to any team of entertainers who should come into renown, the right to amuse the student body on all oc- casions. We hereby invest Mr. Cargo with authority to pass final udgment on the applicants. Item 17. I, Don Lamoreaux, hereby bequeath to Leslie Casey, all dates contracted for the year of 1927, hoping that he will survive the strain of six nights each week. Item 18. I, Earl Barrington, assign to Ralph Burling the duty of equallin my perfect record for attendance and punctuality. To Mack Moon, I give my title of Wiiie-Wide-Awake. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and affixed our seal on this I0th day ofjune in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four. 5 Don Lamoreaux -CLASS OF 26' WITNESSES: Ben Pierce EARL BARRINGTON, George Mersereau Attorney-at-Law 43 X 1 l 14 f 7517 l fi f'T'!fl1i fiillv Qggjilst

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zz. 1 -I-i A H . LJTIY1-iillll7l'TjQ, i ,Vw '7'l'lf1V' I S' That certainly was a unique way of aining entrance to the White House, but with Anna's ambition I might have known it could Ee done. I only weigh abnut 350 pounds at resent. When I saw the words Steam Bathsi' on a certain letter I began looking it over, to End that Stephen Martin was operating a steam bath. Of course, I am a trifle heavy but I thought I'd wait and visit Ste hen at some other time. During the program Thelma Byers aid a business visit. Slse is a newspaper correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and inquired dliiring her visit the details of our program. Closely following her visit Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gould strode into my room. Ed. is Professor at M. S. C. and was at the time on a short honeymoon trip with his wife, formerly Violet Carney. Miss Marjorie Myrkle, the famous all-round female athelete paid us a visit and spoke a few words over the radio. She told how one may eat heartily and maintain a Hue figure. She has as many as three crackers and a whole cup of tea at a meal. This talk was immediately followed by telegrams from various sections of the country requiring further details of Miss Myrkle's talk. Arlene Anthony is a typist residing in India. Miss Gladys Nowak, an agent for the Eatmore Candy Company, also wrote for further details. An announcement of an offer of 810,000 to any woman who would traverse the American continent on foot was made. A reply was received from Miss Ruth Squiers why has succcss- fully scaled the steep sides of Mt. Wilbur Hill near Dowagiac. She practically has the money cinched. We were also favored by the appearance of two of the foremost business men in the world. These were Dale Gard, president of the National Cash Register Company, and Harold Horst- man, head of the International Fisheries. The former attributed his success to Mr. Mead's Salesmanship class and gave a talk on salesmanship and psychology, The conclusion of our program was nearing and a feeling of relaxation began to possess me when in cameWilbur Gillette and his wife, formerly Alice Bennett. Wilbur is conducting a great Boy Scout movement in the Phillipine Islands and has wonderful prospects. During the conversation, Mr. Mersereau brought in a telegram from the Health Department in charge of Miss Constance Dymond. Miss Dy- mond is doing wonderful work in bettering the health conditions of the Philippines and plans a Health program over the radio. She stated that her assistant Miss Alice Swisher, a wonderful speaker would take charge of that pro am. A short musical number terminated our program. The following day telegrams andgietters literally poured in from those that had heard and enjoyed our program. All expressed their appreciations of our efforts. Among these telegrams two must be mentioned, one from Carrol Walker, the international caricaturrist. She is in Wash- ington making studies of famous persons in preparation for future work. The other was from Ruth Horan residing in Florida. She had gambled and struck fortune during the Florida boom. All of this was written about a week after this program. In pondering the roles of my classmates the significance of time strikes me in clear direct terms. The jests of yesterday be- come the exponents of reason and wisdom of tomorrow. And in spite of the fact that this world is soundin like an onrushing train it has been a great pleasure to find that all of my classmates have boarid and found their places. -MARION FRONTCZAK. 3 I i 15 rp... .uw ii . ip:-W l,'f l Vfffipkiw-i.,L ' 4-.3-.V 3 im :-Y p.--ix V V :Y C as M ,i.

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W-'i-xii. H ',, l 4 Tl- lll ' ll iii wi Q7 l 't - . ,..l' .......,,:5g-Q The Most Representative Student Each year an election is held to determine the most popular student of Dowagiac High School. Maurice Rector, for whom this page is reserved, was chosen the most rep- resentative student for 1926. In former years, popularity was the determining factor in the election. This year, however, it was necessary for the student to be of excellent scholastic standing as well as popular with the student body. Each class put forth its utmost efforts to have its own candidates elected to this honorable position. The enthusi- asm was strong. The Freshmen class displayed wonderful organization and campaigning ability, causing the Seniors to work with the greatest possible determination. Maurice, has during his four years in high school, been a leader in everything he has attempted. He starred in both track and baseball and captained the football team for two years. He was elected editor-in-chiefofthewahoo. I-Ie has also ranked well in his studies. The entire student body should feel pleased to be able to bestow such an honor on him. 9 A N -ill llkiiiaf