Fort Wayne Normal School - Annual Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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46 OUR XYESTERDAYS Item 19. To Superintendent NN'ard and the members of the School Board we do be- queath our life-long services. Item 20. To Miss Teerink, we the Seniors, will the legal diction of this document to be used in making the school laws of Iowa conform to the superior laws of Indiana. Besides these enforced gifts we leave our blessing and pledge of friendship henceforth and forever. Tu Miss NX'ilber we will all our original and revolutionary methods of teaching and our knowledge of Psychology, to be used as subject matter for a series of illustrated lec- tures providing, that the proceeds from the overdow meetings be used to defray the ex- pense of erecting a monument on the Cannibal Islands to the illustrious Class of 1922. VVe ask also that the following epitaph be placed thereon: This be the verse that you 'grave for usp Here they lie 'neath the eac-tus. Home are the swimmers, home from the pool And the school-marms home from the school. And we do hereby constitute and appoint said Miss VVilber sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof we set our hand and seal this first day of June, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two. ' THE Simons, '22, lVfliffL'l1 by CHELLA ALLMON. Ruth IV.- Are you frying pork? i i V Dorothy M.- No, ham. Miss Rzzgglcr Cseeking the right wordiagain- Oh, what do you call those holes in a desk? Class- Pigeon-holes. Miss Rzzgglcr- I couldn't think of anything but 'dovetail'. GROYND GRIIJPERS! Small child, eyeing Miss VVilber- Lady, why do you wear man's shoes? 429 E. Kirkwood, Bloomington, Indiana, February 12, 1922. Dear Alma Maier: That means Peg'n Mary Eunice, 'n Helen Scott, 'n Dorothy G. 'n Ruthie NVhittern, 'n Ruth Tucker, 'n D, Mitchell, 'n Flossie R, 'n Martha More, 'n Helen Rapp, 'n Faith, Hope and Charity, 'n Grace, ,Il Henry 'n Bertha May, 'n me. I had to think up how we sat before I could remember everybody. Don't you thinks its kind of bad that a whole Normal School could let anybody as nice as I am go clear away without writing her a letter and expressing its regrets? It's just the talk of the whole school down here! I hardly know what to say myself-I. I saw Ed Thomas at a dance last night and ex- changed greetings. 2. Purdue-ewaccidentally won the basketball game yesterday. 3. One of my numerous roommates C45 is drawing microbes and is quite evidently blasphuming under her breath. 4. I had a very embarrassing date last night-a Theti Chi pledge who is undergoing rough initiation and is forced to carry a rornrob at all times, even while dancing. 5. I've got a new Spring Sui! Cquotation marks and capitalization absolutely necessaryj. 6. I have an adorable room and want every blessed one of you to come and see it Cand meh, Ialso want either Martha or Helen to draw tne a woman to put on the wall. Please-e-e-e-e. 7. I heard a good joke last week. Prof.'s Wife- John, you have your shoes on the wrong feet. Prof. Cabsentlyj-- But my dear, they're the only feet I have. S. Henrietta, there was a girl visiting here this week-end who carried a bottle of Lorigon perfume. Can you feature how nice I was to her? When you answer this CO, yes, of course you're going to answer itl I Want to know who's teaching where: how Miss Wilber is, are you going to have a May Festival, does Ruth T. still carry off A's by the car load: Cand Dorothy Griffith too?3g and by the way, is she still as frivolous as she used to be and does she walk with her hand extended lightly as she used tog does Frank still park just around the corner by the groceryg is Mr. Redding a millionaire yet or does he have as heavy a trade as hedid last winterg does Ruthie Whit- tern wear hair ribbons and does Peggy still shimmy even if it is out of date????? I'm al- most consumed with curiosity-I never was bothered with that before much-and I want to know everything, even if it takes 6c to send it and a business envelope. I have a chance to mail this so will draw to a close. Take some pictures and send me-do-do--do. And make me a woman and send it to me-you don't know what I'll do for you some day. Loads of love and everything else to everybody. IYIARIE JOHNSON.

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OUR YESTI-:RDAYs 45 CLASS NVILL VVe, the Seniors of twenty-two, being about to leave this sphere in full possession of unsound mind, good forgettery, and misunderstanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and declaring void all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. First, we do direct that our funeral services shall be conducted in the rest-room by our friends and well wishers, the Faculty, only enjoining that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp our situation in Normal School has merited. As to such estate as it has pleased the fates to give us, we do disposed of the same as follows: Item I. To Mr. Mason we do bequeath our abundant supply of immaculate dish towels as well as our extensive culinary outfit. Item 2. To Mr. Clear, the broom, the kitchen tables, the oilcloth on the pantry shelves, the Haviland and the silver, providing lfr. Clear takes unto himself a wife educated in the art of caring for such costly mealtime service. Item 3. To Miss Cynthia Ruggles we do bequeath our house and lot on Rivermet Avenue to be used as a Methodist Orphan Asylum. The following provision is herein made for the administration and transfer of the institution: I. Henrietta Ross shall be duly installed as laundress and general supervisor. 2. Martha More shall be engaged as chi-31' cook, jagiitress and trustee of the asylum. 3. Should Matron Ruggles enter into any state other than that of single blessedness, the estate will devolve upon the one next in line, namely, Elzie Redding. His share shall be further increased by reinstating him as owner of the milk bottles which have accumulated in the past two years. Item 4. Our over emphasized Senior dignity shall be equally divided between Miss Adelaide Fiedler and Miss Mary Katherine Muller. Miss Fiedler shall further be given the entire crop of strawberries and onion tops which the garden shall yield in the next two years. Item 5. Velma Holt bequeaths the exclusive use of the Normal School telephone be- tween 12:oo M. and I :oo P. M. to Desdemona Phoebe Hale, providing she uses said tele- phone only in transaction of very important matters of heart as has been the habit of the donor. Due caution must here be given, namely, that the mechanism of the telephone at this hour can withstand only the nieekest tone of voice. VVe do appoint Lulu Deal to be on constant guard to see that this above warning be duly heeded. Item 6. Ruth Whitterxi wills her tall and imposing stature to Miss Laura Brenn. This stature is to be used instead of the one she already possesses. Item 7. Helen Rapp wills her position as authority on Sociology to Edward Carey Hayes, author of Introduction to the Study of Sociology, this authority to be the sole basis for a new and up-to-dated textbook published for the exclusive use of Miss Ruggles, Item S. Ruth Tucker and Dorothy Mitchell do unite in bequeathing to Miss Beulah Rinehart the fathomless fountain of wisdom which has been the pride of the former, and the tongue of perpetual motion which has ever been the salvation of the latter, to be com- bined in an attempt to win for said Miss Rinehart a name in the world of oratory. Item 9. Helen Scott wills her marcel iron to Miss Martha Cooley, providing the reci- pient refrain from using said iron to extract molars no matter what her train of thought may be. Item IO. To Miss Marjorie Porterheld, Mary Eunice Eaton wills her interest in the Redding Grocery providing that interest be not carried to the extreme. Item II. Grace Longsworth wills her knowing grin and her talkativeness to Miss Esther Erickson. Item I2. I'nto Miss Adele Sauer shall be given Dorothy GriHith's musical ability, and as a special act of kindness, Miss Doris Andrews shall be given the capacity for worrying which the donor so carefully nurtured in the course of her career. Item 13. Florence Rohrer wills her sense of humor in Sociology class to Miss Ruggles, providing said Miss Ruggles respond to the same stimuli which the deceased found. Item I4. To all candy lovers, Ramona Smith wills her admiration for Wayne's aris- ing to the occasion. Item 15. Faith VVagner bequeaths the sanitary cot to Miss Andrews to be placed in her new home, and to be used in recuperating after her strenuous basketball season. Item 16. Marjorie Osborn's bold and forward manner shall be given to Miss Jessie Parry, and her accumulation of flash sentences, together with those donated by other stu- dents shall be given to Miss Ida Long for future use. Item I7. Chella Allmon wills her many excellent ideas and opinions to Miss Mabel Holland, to be used in the further training of the consciences of young Americans. Item IS. To Mr. Fortmeyer shall be given the May-pole and all other festival equip- ment, providing he erect said May-pole in his yard at least once each year and invite the Seniors of '22 to dance for his entertainment at these occasions.

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OUR IYESTERDAYS 47 THE NORMAL SCHOOL TELEPHONE You have heard of the wonders of the telephone, the radio telegraph, and the wireless telephone. You know what messages of joy and sorrow they may bring, but did you ever hear of the horror of the inter-connecting Normal School telephone? You may be placidly sitting i1I class, dreaming of what you did last night and catching phrases of the lesson when the telephone rings. Then the buzzer rings. It is the Normal School telephone. There is a pause. Steps are heard on the stair. You frantically look in your book, appearing very much occupied, but thinking to yourself, It surely can't be for me, I told him to call at 12:30 if it was absolutely necessary. You remember impressing upon him that telephone calls of such a nature were forbidden, and that such an act was a terrible disgrace. The door opens- VVho said my name? Oh, it was only the teacher calling on you to recite. At 12:30 you listen with bated breath. At last-the buzz! Three girls automatically station themselves at appointed doors and windows. You rush to the telephone and say, Hello, in a voice which sounds like a whistle on a rainy day. The voice answers confi dently, Hello, Peg. Another Hello is heard. It is in the other building. He keeps on talking as if nothing were wrong while you remain silent and frozen. A click is heard! The teacher rings off, for she was a student at Normal one time herself and she knows that those things just will happen. 1 7 POEM Miss Teerink comes from Iowa, Miss Ruggles from New York, Miss Andrews comes from Illinois, And they can make us work! Miss Cooley's from the Buckeye State, Miss Long calls Kansas home, VVhile South Dakota sent Miss Hrenn In our good state to roam. From the hills of Pennsylvania We have our dear Miss Yost, VVhile of her home in Michigan Miss Fiedler oft doth boast. From near and far these teachers come To teach us what they know: And to each one we say in truth, VVe'll miss you when you go. The rest are loyal Hoosiers- For them no parting tear, Instead, for them this cheerful thought, We'll see you all next year. AS OTHERS SEE LYS NAME. FAVORITE SAYING. CHIEF OCCUPATION. Chella Allmon ....... I don't know, but I think- ........... Giving opinions. ..... To Mary Eunice Eaton. .Good heavens !. ...... Dancing ............ To Dorothy Griffith. ..... Oh, helpl. ........... Singing . ........... .To Velma Holt. ......... Oh, there he is again.Flirting ............. To Grace I.ongsworth...No, sir! ............. Playing with her pencil . .... . ....... To Dorothy Mitchell .... Why? What for?....Asking questions.....To Martha More ........ Ye gods! ............ Drawing pictures. .... To Marjorie Osborn .... .Oh, my goodnessl. . .Writing lesson plans.To Helen Rapp ......... Well, I don't see. .... Arguing . ........... .To Florence Rohrer ..... Sure enough! ...... ..Making dates ........ To Henrietta Ross Helen Scott ........ . . Ramona Smith Ruth Tucker. ....... . Faith Wagner. ..... . Ruth Whittern. .... . .My word ! .... VVell, I don't care .... Teasing . ...... .... T o For the love of beer! Eating . ...... .... T o That is- ........... Bluffing ...... .... T o Oh, thunder! ........ Giggling ..,,........ To .Well- .....,. .... T aking notes. ....,... To . . . .Distributing poetry.. .To NELMA Hom, '22, -CLASS or '22, AMBITION. display her diamond be an actress. be a doctor's wife. find time to study. cultivate her voice. sing. remember. be a m1nister's wife stay single. go back South. get her ring back. find a cave man. get to class on time get fat. be an opera singer. use big words.