Higginsville High School - Blue Bird Yearbook (Higginsville, MO)

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fi ffl, Y BLIUF - fi g W A The Class Will Ladies and Gentlemen: Upon behalf of the class of 1928, of Higginsville, Missouri, U. S. A., I shall read to you upon this solemn and serious occasion, her last will and testament, and distribute from her dying hand, the few gifts she has to bestow in her last moments. Owing to the flighty condition of her brain, she begs me to state that she may quite possibly have been mistaken in her inventory, but such things as she thinks she has, she hereby gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. We, the class of 1928, being about to pass out of this sphere of educa- tion in full possession of a crammed mind, well-trained memory, and al- most super-human understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, and such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and brain to Win for us, we do dispose of the same as follows: We give and bequeath to the dear faculty, who have been our instruc- tors in all the wisdom of the ages, a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. It has been a hard strain on them, for Seniors are said to be at all times and under all conditions difficult to man- age, but they have all done their duty, and verily now shall they have their well earned reward. To our class sponsors, Miss Myers and Mr. Neff, we gladly leave the profound admiration and ever-enduring friendship of the class of 1928. Into the hands of Prof. Davis we return the school and hope that he will keep it, and we make over to him now, in partial payment for all that he has done for us, a heavy mortgage on our future in the Great Unknown. Again, we give to our beloved faculty all the amazing knowledge and startling information that we have furnished them from time to time in our various examination papers. If the faculty see fit, they are hereby authorized to give out such of this information to the world as they may feel the world is ready to receive. This, of course, is left entirely to their personal discretion. To the Juniors we leave our biggest hats that their heads may rest in comfort. We likewise give to the Junior Class, as a student body, Frederick Albers' knowledge of economics, philosophy, art, science, and the universe in whole or in part. We trust the class may be able to survive it. To the Sophomore class, for whom We have such a fatherly affection, we leave the study hall with all its happy memories. A if

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, , !,.,,,,.,..,,-, , M., BLUE iii or WSP--- if Alphabet of Life A ct promptly. B e courteous. C ut out worry. D eal squarely. E at at what is wholesome. F orgive and forget. G et religion. H ope always. I mitate the best. J udge generously. K nock nobody. L ove somebody. M ake friends. N ever despair. O we nobody. P lay occasionally. Q uote your mother. R ead good books. S ave something. T ouch no liquor. U se discretion. V ote regularly. W atch your step. X ercise. Y ield to superiors. Z ealously live. The Cry of the Freshman The more you study, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget, The more you forget, the less you know, So why study? The less you study, the less you know, The less you know, the less you forget, The less you forget, the more you know, So why study? -if-5 PA! I

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, BLUE fel fi To the football team next year we gladly bequeath the ability of Chas. Pevestorff 3 we couldn't induce Skinny to surrender his. Evelyn Truesdale bestows her honor of being the most silent girl in school to Marian Rogers. Frances Dennis bequeaths her curly locks to Aileen Breipohl. To anyone who needs it, Floyd Gladish bequeaths his bluif. Apply early and avoid the rush. Roy Biesemeyer gladly surrenders his title as handsomest boy in school to Eddie Schmidt, and hopes he will not abuse it. To Marjorie Kincheloe, we bequeath Carrie's methods of playing basket ball. Ruth Tempel leaves her shorthand ability to anyone who- can do it justice. Pearl Tindall beiqueaths her blonde charms to Ruth Meinsen, trusting she will fully appreciate them. Margaret Busch leaves her methods of flirting, her slang, and line of chatter to Rebecca Crane, we feel she needs them very much. To the Sophomore class that is to be-any over-looked hunks of gum we may have left adhering to the underside of desks, banisters, assembly seats or any likely or unlikely places, any stubs of pencils, erasers or scraps of paper that we may leave behind us in the excitement and haste of gather- ing our cherished treasures for the last time. Besides these gifts, we leave, not of necessity, but of our own free will, our blessing, tender memories of our pleasant association together, and our forgiveness for anything we may not have exactly appreciated in the dem- onstrations of the past, and a pledge of friendship from hence forth and forever. All the rest of our property we give and bequeath to our beloved Prin- cipal, Mr. Slayton, for his use and benefit absolutely, and to be disposed of for the good of the coming classes as he may see fit. And we do hereby appoint the said .Principal sole executor of this, our last will and testament, in witness whereof, we, the class of 1928, have to this our will, written on one sheet of paper, set our hands and seal this fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. BETH NEALE. PAGE 125 fi . -