Girls Latin School - Liber Annalis Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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C lass of I9 3 7 ITEM ITEM: ITEM: ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEM ITEMZ ITEM ITEM To Miss Griflith, we leave a set of English books based on mathematical terms, to be given out to those erring individuals who, in spite of her constant corrections, still insist that two and two is four. We have also decided that she would not shun one or two good heavy books to be tied to her waste-paper baskets, which are continually wandering away. To Mr. Williams, who has chosen to awaken his sleepy Monday morn- ing classes by banging books down on his own head, we feel it only our duty to leave a few soft rubber pamphlets to ease the pain. To this we add an inexhaustible supply of chalk, which he may throw on the floor to his heart's content, provided James does not offer any objections. To Miss Prichard, we leave one or two new peasant dresses and a nice shiny, black baton with In Deutschland Gemacht written on it, to be used in directing songs at the German Club meetings. To Miss Moreland, we bequeath a pair of silk shoe-lacings guaranteed to come undone now and then so as to necessitate her stooping over to tie them. We should all like to see her bend her back just once. To Miss Kelly, our cadet in science, we leave the proverbial rattle. CNever mind, Miss Kelly! You will grow up some day.j To Mr. Tobey, we leave some muscle-builder to be given out to those girls whose cabinet drawers stick, so that he will not have to get up in the midst of some deep meditation on higher chemistry to open them. To Miss Gerrish, we leave a box of magic powder which, when sprinkled about the room, will awaken her indolent pupils to the worth of work and of silence as valuable instrumentalities of progress. To Miss Lingham, we leave a model history student, who, with ample winding and the insertion of the correct record, will recite from memory the history home lesson. To Miss Cotter, since she insists on making her classes commit to mem- ory those frightful lessons in comfort Cbetter called discomfortj, we are leaving a set of automatic memorizers to be given to those members of the succeeding class who take French. To James, we give a pair of spats and a cane to go with that nice derby hat of his. To Mr. Hapgood, we leave a lock made especially to fit that lovely little Phi Beta Kappa key which dangles from his watch chain. To the Library, we donate one or two books that may be taken out and one or two more that may be kept out for more than one night, so that those poor unfortunates who have shaky memories may be spared those terrifying morning ordeals, explaining how they happened to forget their books. We also leave it a few water proof covers, so that those who do not carry brief-cases may take books out on rainy days. CPage Forty-onej

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g GirIgs'ggLati'ngSchoolg g gggg NHL THE WILL We, the members of the Class of 1937, being, we hope, of sound and disf posing mind and memory, do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament. First, we direct our executors to pay all our just debts: to wit, sums owed to lower classmen for car checks and lunch checks, after-school sodas and candy. l'l'lix1: To Miss Fowle. we give, devise, and bequeath enough cod-liver oil to allow her to portion out equally to each member of the succeeding class one spoonful each morning of the school year. lMay this help to cut down the number of absenteeslj lllzkli 'lio Miss Stark, we give a pair of thickly padded ear-muffs with which to barricade herself each morning against the shrill voices of the heedless seniors in her homeroom. lWe wish to add that, when Miss Stark feels in the mood to Utake it, she may lend her valuable bequest to Miss Fowlej l'1'15M: To Miss Roper, in order that she may be spared the trouble of getting out of her seat and going behind each girl who translates, to see how many words the girl has written in her book, we are leaving a pair of opera glasses so powerful that they can, from some distance, discern any memory-refreshers. ITIEM: To Mr. Meserve, we bequeath a lens, ground especially to make acute angles that should be right angles look like right angles: isosceles tri- angles that should be scalene triangles look like scalene triangles: and squares that should be rectangles look like rectangles. We hope that those of our successors who have difficulty in distinguishing between the above sets of triangles will appreciate our efforts to help them out. CPage Fortyj

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gm..--.ws cu...-.kr J O I QQ..--f.y3 gli.-.mtyz ITEM: ITEM: ITEM ITEM ITEM To Miss Armstrong and Miss Keating, who, we hope, will appreciate our bequest to them, we present a magnet endowed with the unusual power of attracting all of those tenikoits which careless athletes, upon hearing the bell, have left lying in various secluded corners around the gymnasium. To the Faculty, we leave the ability to forget that periods are prepared on Monday. To Mrs. Murphy, we leave a nice, soft couch to be put in the rest room in place of the back-breaking one that is there now. To Mr. Drake, with his subtle sense of humor, we leave a special chorus of ducks that can sing. To our successors we bequeath whatever may be left of our estate: name- ly all of the drawings left on the backs of the benches in the Assembly Hall, with which the legatees may amuse themselves during long, dry speeches: also, any hieroglyphics that have not been erased from our Vergils: and, finally, any old chemistry aprons that have not been burned to bits. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this twenty- first day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty- SCVCII. THE CLASS OF 1937. Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above named testators as and for their last will and testament in the presence of us, who, at their re- quest and in the presence of one another have hereunto signed our names. T1-IE QUINTUPLETS. fPage Forty-twoj