Escalon Union High School - El Escalon Yearbook (Escalon, CA)

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Num IBPHP I I O ye last Wille and Testament of ye Classe yclept Senior. Hark ye, all and sundry I Persons whom it concerneth, be ye now informed that: We, ye Knightes and Ladyes of ye Classe yclept Senior having passed unscathed, by ye Grace of ye Goode King Arthur and his Minions, that grievous Ordeal known as English Four do hereby in token of Thankfulness, bequeath and grant the Items sever- ally and individually enumerated to the various and sundry Groups and for Persons here- inafter set down: to-wit: -IOINTLY: To ye Classe commonly yclept Junior we do bequeath and grant Item: Our powerful Influence in Studente Bodye Control. Item: Our Prowess in Sports and our Ability in ye Tournamentes. JOINTLY: To ye Classe yclept Sophomore we do bequeath and grant Item: Our puissant Repute of Decorous and seemly Behaviour. Item: Those various and sundry Wads of Gum which we, by threat of Duress vile were forced to deposit and yield unto ye Wastebasket during all and sundry Years of our Incarceration at ye Castle of Escalon High. JOINTLY: To ye Classe yclept Freshmen we do bequeath and grant in recognition of its dire Neede and Lacke, alas! Item: That Modicum of Intelligence which we possess, over and above, and un- used and for exhausted, in attaining unto our present exalted Status. SEPARATELY AND INDIVIDUALLY we do bequeath and grant as hereinafter fol- lows, to-wit. I, Ladye Louise Snead, unto Damsel Wilma Hendershot Item: My vamping Abilities I, Ladye Louise Coggin, unto Maid Hazel Cole, Item: One soprano Voice of exceeding Sweetness. I, Ladye Viola Carlson, unto Squire Leo Ayers, Item: Mine overweening Love for public Discourse. I, Sir Robert Stickles, unto Vassal Clyde Nottingham, Item: Mine ardorous Attention to ye faire Sex. I, Sir Vernon Muscio, unto Squire Johnnie Mattesich, Item: Mine Curly Pompadour. I, Sir Frederick King, unto Squire Roderick Reid, Item: Mine Philosophobia. I, Ladye Glenva Hathaway, unto Maid Mary Ann Sybydlo, Item: Mine coquettish Ways. I, Sir John Olive, unto Page Raymond, mine brother, Item: Mine Prowess in ye noble Sporte of Footballe. I, Ladye Lucille Thornton, unto Nobody, Item: Mine Ability and Grace in ye Sporte of Skating. I, Sir Norman Carlson, unto Squire Lloyd Mattesich, Item: Mine charming Dimples. I, Ladye Lois Gushe, unto Squire Bertil Johnson, Item: Mine Blushes brilliant of Hue. I, Lady Esther Berg, unto Maid Hildur Lindgren, Item: Mine Weaknesse for ye Stronger Sex. Fourteen I I

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HP linightsn auth Imhgva l LADYE EVELYN THORNTON. True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends But in the worth and choice. LADYE LUCILLE THORNTON. Charms strike the sight But merit wins the soul. ' SIR ALBERT OLSEN. , Serene, indifferent to fate. K '3 5 MAJ H 3 X Tv . n X SIR JOHN OLIVE. We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using it. LADYE PEARL PETERSON. Happy the girl who works with a smile. D In the days to come she'll prove worth while. tgp! SIR WALTER SCOTT. If all the world and love were young! SIR ROBERT STICKLES. But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies they themselves commit. LADYE LOUISE SNEAD. In her eyes a wicked twinkle. On her lips a smile so sweet Cupid's arrows weren't neededg Her system had him beat. A K PAUL TAYLOR. What I have been taught I have forgotten. What I know I have guessedg but Every inch a man. SIR NORMAN CARLSON. Love? His affections do not Qyetj that Way tend. JOHN WILLETT. You hear that boy laughing You think he's all fung But the angels laugh, too At the good he has done. SIR SIR Thirteen l ,,l I Ewmyl A. 4 itfilfr QL! lgftj ey?

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Ladye Elma Nygren, unto Squire Elsea Blakesley, Item: Mine Ability to trip ye light Fantastic Toe. Sir Joseph Dubacher, unto Squire Albert Bierschwal, Item: Mine Tome yclept Civics. Ladye Dorothy Myers, unto Wench Nettie Stickles, Item: Mine bewitching Smile. Sir Ernest Mullins, unto Vassal Neil Weichert, Item: Mine voice, deep and sonorous. Sir Thomas Hamilton, unto all and sundry Souls of ye Castle Escalon High, Item: Nothing but Sympathy at my Loss. Sir Walter Scott, unto Squire Alvin Clouser, Item: My Neckerchiefs of gay and brilliant Hue. Sir Carl Frisen, unto any of ye Squires, Item: Ye Rulership of ye Knights and Ladyes. Sir Guy Dilley, unto Squire Harrold Blackmore, Item: Mine sympathetic Ways. Sir Ovid Dillingham, unto Maid Helen Tibbetts, Item: Mine overwhelming Love for Poetrie. Sir john Willett, unto all Knights of ye Castle Escalon High, Item: Damsel Elsie Dimmett. Ladye Ethel Arington, unto Squire Carter Ginn, Item: Mine Affection for ye Limelight. Sir Robert Cole, unto Page Edward Thoza, Item: Mine schoolgirle Complexione. Sir Paul Taylor, unto Maid Lillian Applequist, Y Item: Mine ability to guffaw, inopportunely, in a raucous Voice. Ladye Marie Gomes, unto Marcia Parker, Item: Mine flirting Aptitude. Ladye Myrle Groves, unto Virginia Prater, Item: Mine ability at tossing ye Basketballe. Ladye Evelyn Thornton, unto Margaret Degerman, Item: Mine intense Interest in ye blue Ties. Ladye Grace Gonzales, unto Mildred johnson, Item: Mine drug-store Complexione. Sir Averel Alders, unto Vassal Raymond Swanson, Item: Mine favorite Radiator with ye Stipulation that it at all Times be kept warm. Ladye Florence Miller, unto Lucille Hill, hoping that she in later years may f profit by it, Item: Mine Proclivities with ye Needle. Ladye Phyllis Light, unto Maid Dorthy Adrian, Item: Ye Esteem gained from ye Knights. Sir William Mobley, unto Vassal Carl Ekholm, Item: Mine D's and F's. Ladye Alma MacFarlane, unto King Arthur, Item: Mine Dexterity in doing 60 words a Minute. Ladye Eugenia Gunter, unto ye Student-Body Treasury, Item: 3c from ye Knights' Exchequer. Ladye Henrietta Duncan, unto Damsel Ila McCaffrey, Item: Mine unexcelled Interest in ye Equipageslyclept Chevrolets. i Y 1 Fifteen t Ms. than L-,N . , 79553 riff J Legg, SFF f