Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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THE BOOSTER ' JUNE ' 15 CLASS Louise Nessler, Vice-President Ninth, we bequeath Doc Whita- ker ' s imitation of the wind to all of his younger listeners, with the under- standing that said wind shall lift him to Mars, where his agile foolishness would be appreciated. Tenth, we give $10,000 for a bronze statue of Russel Johnson, having in- scribed these words, A Fitting Ex- ample of the Largest Graduating Class in History. Eleventh, we give and bequeath one more plank to Billee Campbell ' s suf- fragette platform, in order that said ship of state will not sink while Billee is on her hone,vmoon to Europe next summer. Twelfth, we will one copy of Glenn Ely ' s new book on How to Grow a Beautiful Pompadour, to any Fresh- man applying at the stage entrance. Fourteenth, we bequeath B Mar- shall ' s curling iron to Irwin Bass, hoping that he will be able to say good morning with the same ease that Howard Doremus did in the class play. Fifteenth, we give Weber DeYore ' s new sleep cure to Mr. Koontz, to ad- minister to Leon Rogers on the morn- ing after the night before. Sixteenth, for obvious reasons, we will Dick vStout ' s desire for speed to Air. Sizer. Seventeenth, to Miss Caroline Smith, we will one pair of stilts and a marble foot-stool, so that she will be recognized as a member of the faculty. Eighteenth, we bequeath Edwin O. Instad ' s ability as an orchestra leader to Heine Moesch, so that he shall be able to carry a tune on a fly swatter. Nineteenth, we give a permit to Ernst Hergenroether to use the hall as an old trysting place. Twentieth, we bequeath Miss Edna Brinkmeyer ' s filing cabinet, in which she files daily letters from Columbus, Ohio, to the school library, to be used as an example of fine art and litera- ture. Twent3 -nrst, we bequeath all our left-over lunch checks to the general fund for raising the rostrum about Bessie Auerbach, Secretary

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THE BOOSTER Class Will of June, 1915. (By DeWitt Cromwell.) e, the class of June, 1915, upon leaving this sphere, in full possession of sound mind, memory, and under- standing-, do make, publish, revoke all former wills, and declare this our last will and testament, in the manner fol- lowing, that is to say: First, we direct that our just debts and funeral expenses be paid, and that our funeral be inaugurated by our dear friends, well washers, and the fac- ulty, only hoping that it may be car- ried out with all the solemnity and pomp our position in school has merited. Second, we give and bequeath $900 for the purpose of placing a system of fans in the auditorium, to be operated by Mr. Stuart ' s Ford. Third, Ave give and bequeath to the best Freshman mechanic, all of our athletic buttons, which he shall as- semble into one large curtain to be placed between our lunch rooms and the upper floors while our lunch is be- ing prepared. OFFICERS OF . It ;. a 1 y Horton Oliver, Treasurer John Lenaham. President Fourth, we give and bequeath to the Indianapolis High School Amalga- mated Mutual Alliance, the beautiful landscape which is now passing our stately edifice. Fifth, we give permission to the Freshmen to organize an involuntary army to prevent Helene E. Sawyer ' s cat from walking on Mr. Koontz ' s wireless aerial and being electrocuted. Sixth, to the underclassmen, we give all the honors and medals that we didn ' t walk away with at a recent interscholastic track meet. Seventh, we bequeath $10,000 for the construction of a subway under and between the rental library and the of- fice, to be used personally by K. Von Ammerman in order to prevent con- vection currents in the traffic in the hall. Eighth, we give all our lost caps, handkerchiefs, and hair-ribbons, now located in safe burial grounds in the outer office, to our well-known clean- ers, in order that they may keep the windows clean during the next vaca- tion.

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THE BOOSTER Miss Hadley ' s desk, so that she shall be able to reach the telephone without executing a toe-dance. Twenty-second, we give $900 for the purpose of purchasing a new ped- estal for the auditorium, as the old one has been mutilated by President Lenahan in his earnest efforts to maintain silence in class meetings. Twenty-third, we will and bequeath $10,000,000 to Miss Perkins and Miss Knox as part payment of our heart- felt appreciation and gratitude for their untiring and unceasing efforts in helping us in all of our class projects. Twenty-fourth, as Chelsea Stewart has been and is likely to be here for a long time, we appoint him as execu- tor of this our last will and testament. In Witness Whereof, we hereunto subscribe our names, this nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred fifteen. JOHN LENAHAN, President. LOUISE NESSLER. Vice-President. NORTON OLIVER, Treasurer. BESSIE AUERBACH, Secretary. What They Are Noted For. Julian Witham: A walking con- servatory of flowery expressions. Marion Slider: Slider-baked bread (better known as hard tack). Thos. Bemis, Jr.: Ability to avoid the office. T. Manley Spouse: Those Ger- man pomes. Helene E. Sawyer: History. Robert Whipkus : Kat. Stackhouse. Kat. Stackhouse: Robert Whipkus. Halford LTdell: Ability to go to Wabash. Edward Constantine Crossen: His name. Will Carskadon: O, slobbers, don ' t tell, Frances. John Lenahan: His German sym- pathies. Bessie Auerbach: Teaching Dick Stout the way home. Dick Stout: Learning the way to Bessie Auerbach ' s. Chester Barney: That Boy Scout paraphernalia. Owen Tarleton: Nothing. Miss Arda Knox, Class Sponsor Senior Honor Roll. Room 9 — Katherine Baunach, De- Witt Cromwell, Walter Davis, Mar- jorie Fowler, George Friedrichs, James Grubbs, Louis Haerle, Floyd Hartley, Gladys McKinney, Dale Mil- ler, Vera Morgan, Adolph Mueller, Marie Mueller, Helene Sawyer, Mary Schmitt, Albert Strohmeyer, Chas. Wagner. Room 10 — Sidney Aronson, William E. Benson, Edna Brinkmeyer, Dorcas Campbell, Wilbur Carter, John R. Cheney, George H. Cornelius, Alice Davis, Howard Doremus, Esther Fer- guson, Florence Fullen, Rachel Garst, Marjorie Golay, Marion M. Habich, Edmund Haggard, Ralston M. Hathaway, Wm. Hubert, Ruth Jas- per, William N. Karn, Carl Kennan Victoria Koenig, Allan C. Krause. Room 12 — Opal Cornell, Olga Eber- hardt, Mary Healy, Nellie E. Kiser, Lois Newhouse, Bennie Perk, Beulah Plake, Florence Reese, Clara L. Rom- mel, Rosa Sapine, Leona A. Sour- wine, Alvaretta Stoddard, Richard H. Stout, Will Thompson, Gertrude Thorns, Halford C. Udell, Flavins E. Ullrey, Desmond Vawter.