East Lansing High School - Ceniad Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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flleniah ' E Class Will Be it known that we, the members of the class of 1925 of East Lansing High School, being of sound mind and disposing memory and knowing the vast un- certainty of life, do hereby make, execute, and declare this to be our last will and testament. That is to say: l-I, Albert Sacks, do solemnly bequeath my entire assortment of passionate socks and hot neck-ties to Lake Simpson. 2-I, Bertha Bessey. do hereby bequeath my ability to drive a car to Johnny Hicks. Hold 'er Newt! 3-I, Jeanne U'Ren, bequeath to Alice Giltner my talkative way. Don't abuse it Al. 4-I, Kenneth Schepers, do regretfully leave to Gerald Allen my cud of gum. 5-We, Norma Gallup and Irma VVhittemore, do leave to Glenn Miller our careers as actresses. 6-I, Nolan Walker, do leave to Leland Cribbs my ability to run things. 7-I, Bernice Howard, do mournfully bequeath my snicker to Mary Pen- nington. 8-We, Chet Grey and Wheeler Grey, do will to Don Houghton and Harry Lucas our musical abilities on the banjo and drums- There's a reason-Postum! 9-I. Alice Laycock. bequeath to Lowell Nash my winning smiles. i 10-I, Sterra Towner. leave to Margaret Vtfilson my permanent curl. 11-I, Florence Schmitt, do bequeath my arguing ability to Effie Ericson. 12-I, Mattie Rouse, being of sound mind, do leave my popularity with all the teachers, especially Mr. Van Zandt, to Marion Hedrick and Bessie Giltner to use as they see fit. 13-I, Robert Plant, do bequeath my artful way with the women to Maxwell Strothers. 14-I, Ruth U'Ren, do bequeath all sundry parts of my wicked eye to Alice Dietrich. 15-I, Gaylon Ford, do hereby leave my ability as a grocery clerk to Henry Johnston. 16-I, Ruth Sackett, leave to Betty Carr my dislike of the male population. 17-I, Mira Kirker, bequeath to Margaret Harris my Longfellow. VVatch your step Freddie. 18-I, Myrta Susan Coons, bequeath to Henrietta Schmitt my golden locks. 19-I. Rosaline Domboorajian, will my numerous gowns to Mary Jennings. 20-I, Foster Mohrhardt, will my ability to entertain the public speaking class to George Harrison. page twenty-live il! la

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flleniah t I feel sorry for her, said Florence, It must be so disagreeably cold up there, me for Florida. She won't even go back to East Lansing any more, put in Mattie, and I'm dying to know what the rest of the class are doing. I got a letter awhile ago from home and it said that Mabel Force is Head Matron at The Kalamazoo Asylum for the Hopelessly Insane, said Ruth U'Ren. It also said, she went on, That Rosaline was one of our most distin- guished Representatives at Washington, She ably supports the Bill to provide A Little Goldfish in Every American Home. You see Rosaline and Irma have formed a company. Irma catches the fish, Rosaline gilds them and then goes to Congress to work on this Bill. Cookie is the new chef at the 'Greek's,' he makes the best Campbell's soup, and hash. VVhen I was home last summer they had just finished the new theater, it was and is, managed by hleanetta Schram. She had the Sweet Stuiifed Sisters play- ing there, and here's who's in the company, Mira Kirker who dances and Gene- vieve Sanford plays the piano. They're very popular with the students around town. Their costumes were lovely but then, look,who designed them. VVho? came from all. Marguerite Potter, was the answer. XVell they ought to be good, said Mattie, She was in Paris for five years and walked back. She won't be designing much any more, Ruth U'Ren added, You re- member what Mr. Lane said once, that some day she'd be only too glad to marry a farmer. T hat's what she's done, married a regular hayseed, but she loves farm life, likes to get up early in the morning, it keeps her busy she says, so she is happy. One more bit of news, said lean, 'K Gaylon Ford has just returned from Made-agas-car, think of it girls, he's the U. S. Ambassador to that important island. He's wonderfully popular with the natives there and they want to make him president. That's statesmanship for you. I say. Florence glanced at her watch, Oh, I must run. Mattie are you coming with me? I have a date with the barber, girls, and I'm fearfully late. See you all at Goldhergs dance, to-night, she said over her shoulder. You bet. Ruth Sackett, Ione, Sterra, and the U'Rens answered. That Goldberg place certainly is lovely, said Ruth Sackett. I'm crazy to go to-night. The Grey Brothers did the decorating, said Ione. ' Not Chester and Wheeler? 'I questioned Sterra, Yes they're very popular around here, Ione said. VVell, mused Jean, It's not so far from interior decorafiorzs to interior decorators. They all laughed and then yelled together, Yea '25 . A camera man who had been hovering around, was shocked into taking their picture and a reporter gave them a full column on the front page of the Community Life. Thus the class of '25 of East' Lansing High School became famous ! I ! .' MYRTA CooNs is H xc ts H page twenty- four

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'L Gleniah 21-We, Virginia Fiske and Virginia Tennant, to Elizabeth Grey and Ellen Johnston will our basketball tactics. 22-We, Erma Moore and Marie Nelson, will our bold and vampish ways to Lavina Strayer. 23-I, Edwin Reuling, do bequeath my ability as a salesman K peddling news- papersj to Elroy McGonigal. 24-I, Robert Cook, do bequeath my ability to dance to Wilfred Howell. 25-I, Merrill Marshall, do bequeath my ability to debate to the next year's debating team. ' 26-I, Reiny Penner, do bequeath my length of stature to Dean Crist, so that next year he may take part in the state track meet. 27-The stunning fashions of Elizabeth Potter we leave to the local window decorators. 28-I, Genevieve Sanford, leave to Fritz Wagenvoord my musical talent. 29-I, Mary Biebesheimer, leave my front seat in the Senior row to Jeanne La Forge. 30-The ease and grace with which I, Warren Pierce, can bring forth melo- dies CFD from a mouth organ I leave to Byron Baker. 31-I, Mabel Force, bestow upon Stuart Krentel my everlasting hair-pulling ability. 32-I, lone Lautner, leave my noisy ways to the peaceful Freshmen. 33-I, Jenetta Schram, leave my mammoth build to Lloyd Grabo. To our parents and to the citizens of East Lansing we extend our heart- left gratitude for loyalty and devotion in securing for us an education. We do hereby appoint Rex Strother as sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In testimony thereof, we the class of 1925, have thereunto set our hand and seal this l9th day of june in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five. SENIOR' CLASS CSealj On this 19th day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- five, the Senior Class of East Lansing 'High School signed the foregoing instru- ment and declared the same to be their last will and testament, in the presence of us, as witnesses and we, not being interested therein, at the request of said Senior Class in our presence and in the presence of each other where they could see us sign our names, did thereupon on said mentioned day subscribe our names hereto as witnesses thereof. Ruth U'Ren, . Residing at East Lansing, Michigan Mattie Rouse, Residing at East Lansing, Michigan page twenty-six