Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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°yhe tySFIvECTOF ' A f . ' ' ' ; , ' ■ - ■ ' , The Last Will and Testament We, the members of the mid-term graduating class of ' 28 of the Central High School in the City of Greensboro, the State of North Carolina, being in accordance with the laws of said state, of fairly sound mind and memory (that is, all except Ed Stainback, Esquire), do hereby give and bequeath and devise all our worldly goods and possessions, without having accepted bribes from anyone (although Eric Whiteworth did match with Louis Brooks for Ed Kuykendall’s argumentative ability) or in the least being influenced by past favors or disfavor. ARTICLE I Item I. To the Board of Education we give our thanks for finally reaching a decision on the location of the new school; we feel that such will at least insure us that our own children may attend that school which we as freshmen were promised. Item 2. We feel, too. that our own faithful building should receive some thanks for the protection tendered us in stormy weather (don ' t laugh, please). May it guard sacredly the thousand cherished memories—both happy and sad—which hov er about it. ARTICLE II Item 1. lo the distinguished faculty of the High School—for distinguished it has become since it has so patiently guided us through the four-year course in less than eight years—-we wish to express our deep gratitude, and to bequeath the great variety ol talents found in the personnel of our class—our bluffers, our chewing gum fiends, our guzzlers—that such may be of great value to them in dealing with future classes. I tern 2. lo Mr. Brederick Archer we wish to express thanks for a splendidly- equipped school library, which was of such value to us in writing our various term papers, those bugbears which almost kept some of us from getting our diplomas. Item 3. lo Mr. Charlie Phillips, that prince of good fellows, we render our appreciation of his ability to see the other fellow s viewpoint, of his extreme fair¬ ness at all times. Item 4, We give and bequeath to Miss Fannie Starr Mitchell, our beloved dean, the three graces—Cora Lee Cox, Hazel Jenkins, and Frances Sink—to serve throughout the spring term as her sole assistants in all things pertaining to a dean’s position. She may claim same at once. 24

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Jk ' ' ;.y, I BFIvBCTOI •A ' Y ■u£L As I lett I overheard two ladies in front of me saying: “Did you see Basil Nave while you were in New York? 1 hear he’s one of the most famous actors of the season. He’s playing in Love’s Delay,’ by Miss Ruth Yarborough. You know she went through high school with us.’’ This aroused my curosity, and so as I passed I noticed these ladies and recognized them to be Miss Juanita Dillon and Mrs. Smith, nee Jewell Dicks. Soon I returned to my hotel, but before going to bed I read “The Speed of the Younger Generation, by William Fife, our own distinguished “Bill.” The next morning I left Greensboro in my aeroplane for New York. Margaret 1 Iigh. 23

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I BFL ECTOI At i« ii 1 k- V ’ r V -J?S V R . S V Item 5. To Miss Laura Tillett we leave, or hope we shall leave, a calm and peaceful atmosphere in 107. We beg to add that, too, Miss Tillett be given a hearty vote of thanks for her many words of encouragement, her untiring devotion to our interests. Item 6. To Miss lone Grogan we leave an instructive volume on sarcasm. We trust this will aid her in making the pupils feel less like the Jefferson Building. Item 7. To Miss I ily Walker we bequeath a group of highly trained ad salesmen, in the hope that she will no longer tear her beautiful bronze locks in despair over the finances of “The Reflector. ' ' Item 8. We do give and bequeath to Miss Mary Ellen Blackmon a new session room so that at the end of each day she may not have to face the prisoners who have been confined by order of Sheriff Mitchell on the charge of tardiness to school. Item l ). To Mr. James A. Farthing we do will the biography of him written by one of our own members, Margaret High. Said ponderous tome is entitled The Lionized Man,” Item 10. To Miss Mary W heeler, who acted as - adviser to our class during the campaign for a standard school ring, we wish to express regrets that no more handsome ring salesmen will call and take her out to dinner. Item 11. To Miss Mary Dosier we leave our sincere sympathy; we hope she will recover very soon from having taught James Lassiter, George Gregory, and Bill Fife. Item 12. To Mr. Mark Lambeth we desire to leave a deep-cushioned rocking- chair to be placed in his American Government class-room and used by Ralph Cook, ( “Football is strenuous,” Cookie says.) Item 13. To Miss Sarah Lesley we leave all the books in our library which treat the subject of the seriousness of life. Still her smiles have served as blessings on many dismal days. Item 14. To Mr. Homer Coletrane we leave a brass inlaid basin. We trust he will use this to catch his overflowing wrath at a “bonehead play” on the baseball field. ARTICLE III Item 1. Fo the Student Council we do leave the balance of our class bank account to be used in the purchase of “stop” and “go” traffic signals. I he location of said signals we leave to the judgment of the venerable Bill Petree.