Hancock Place High School - Momento Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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LAST WILL . .AND TES TAIMNT WE, THE SENIORS OF HANCOCK HIM SCHOOL, of the County of St. Louis, State of Missouri., being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testa- ment. Any similiarities to actual living person is not only coincidental, but is meant to be. .As to directions concerning our funeral, we hope you will come prepared to praise, as well as bury us, forgetting all our trifling faults, and remembering only our manifold and remarkable virtues. We dispose of our possessions in the following manner: FIRST: To our beloved school building, we leave a large barrel of sparkling gratitude drawn from the deepest wells in memory and kept cool and refreshing by large chunks of cold common sense supplied by our Superintendent. SECFND: To our sponsors, Miss Tebaw and Miss Basel, we leave our pleasing personalities, mr 'willingness to obey their slightest command, and all our' fondest memories which we hojne they will never forget. We don't think they can 9 THIRD : To our Faculty we bequeath our intelligence, our ability to argue fluently, our witty remarks, and our love for holi- days. T hese are to be exempt from Federal taxation, as we are sure the Government will excuse them in view of our wonder-- ful character. We also leave our thanks to them for their help and consideration to us, even though we doubt if we were e problem?'? FOURTH: To the cumodians , Mr. Fischer, Mrs. Schicke, Mrs. Strobel, and Mr. Klages we leave a mop and a rake to replace what they have worn out cleaning up after us. '

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FIFTH: To our principal, Mr. Lindhurst, and our superindentent, Mr.Mathias, we leave our deepest gratitude for their example and counsel. We realize we owe them much, and hope to prove this to them by becoming citizens that they can be proud of in the future. SIXTH: We give to the Junior Class, our rightful heirs, and assigns, forever, our ability to work together and get what we want. U-Iomeroom is an exception U In addition to this, we leave all our privileges as Seniors, our old notebooks, pencils, old gym clothes, unfinished candy bars, broken soda bottles, .our empty lockers, and lastly, the lump in our throats caused by this last will and testament. SEWNTH I To the Sophmores, we leave a locket containing a list of our mistakes as a class, and the large trunk containing the records of our scholastic, athletic, social, and individual attainments. , EIGHTH2 . For thflf Freshmen, we give our class picture, for their inspiration when the way seems hard and long. In addition, we leave them a complete map of the school building, ggnd grounds! so there will be no excuse for their roaming about in the halls in search of a classroom. NINTH :' The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope that the student body will accept them, not as foolish things thrown away, but as valuable assets to those to whom they are bequeathed, and as a continual reminder of the generous hearts and wonderful Senior Class of 191-M. Russell Calvin wishes to leave his heighth to Aurel Minda. .laurel should be a perfect specimen after the Seniors leave. To Fuzzy Fassler we leave Bill Davis's dancing ability. This should make Puzzy even more popular on the dance floor in the future.