Homer High School - Trojan Yearbook (Homer, MI)

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ful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the night to worry over the uncertainty of whether this one is doing her night work, or that one will remember every iron clad of compositional technique in the preparation of her essay. It has been a hard strain on them, for Seniors are said to be at all times and under all conditions difficult to manage. But they have all done their duty, and verily, now shall they have their well earned reward. We give and bequeath to the Junior class, as a student body. Earl Flint’s, knowledge of public speaking and sciences. We trust that they will use them to the best of their ability. The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope that they will be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we can no longer keep them, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them, and a continued reminder of the generosity of heart displayed in our free and full bestowal. 1st. To all class Presidents, William Gibson’s ability to convince our class advisor, Mr. Van Sickle, of his unerring judgment. 2nd. To next year's football team, the playing ability of Hurshul Helmer. 3rd. To Sylvia Butler, William Nelson’s singing talents. 4th. To some benighted Freshman anybody who will accept them—Louise McAllister's and Roy Putnam’s troubles as class officers. 5th. To Ted Weiss, Kenneth Cook's basketball position. 6th. To the Freshmen boys, Charles Gardner’s and Colon Brockway’s ability of leaving the school house during school hours. 7th. To the Freshmen girls, Alletta Hakes’ and Martha Booth's stillness. 8th. To any Junior boy, John Hakes' desire to manage the boys’ basketball team. Send in your application early. 9th. To next year girls, a few books of reviews. On sale now. Inquire of Neva Butcher. 10th. To Ruth Manchester, Ruthella Deming’s becoming smile. 11th. To Ronald Alexander, his sister’s books. We hope he makes as good use of them as she has. 12th. To the future Senior girls, Monabelle Heath's and Laura Lake's desire to teach school. 13th. To Dolphy Daniels, we leave Reynold Whitcomb’s stature. 14th. To Ruth Thompson, we give Maurine Cilley’s curls which have long been shorn. 15th. To a teacher who might make good use of them, Viola Daniels’ roving eyes. 16th. To the Freshmen to come, we give all of Catherine Dowding’s chewing gum, any flavor can be obtained. 21

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Class Will Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Education, Superintendent, Teachers and Friends:----- Upon behalf of my client, the Class of 1925 of Homer High School, State of Michigan, United States of America, 1 have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion to listen to her last will and testament, and to receive from her dying hand the few gifts she has to bestow in her last moments. Cutting so rapidly loose from life, and finding so many things of such gigantic proportions to be attended to before the end should come upon her, realizing at the same time that she had no longer any time left to spend in cultivation of her virtues, she did, collectively and individually, deem it best to distribute these virtues with her own hands to these friends to whose needs they seem best fitted. As a result of this announcement a wild scene took place amidst most frantic pleading and scrambling among her friends for this or that so long coveted glory; but she has tried to be just, as well as generous and impartial and distribute wisely unto those who will make the best use of such gifts as she has in her power to bestow, the talents that have served her so faithfully these four years. These are her decisions, as at last definitely arrived at through very deliberate consideration. Owing to the flighty condition of her brain, and the unusual disturbance in its gray matter, she begs me to state for her 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 that has gone before. Listen, then, one and all, while 1 read the document as duly drawn up and sworn to. We, the Class of 1925, in twenty-two individual parts, being about to pass out of this sphere of learning in full possession of a crammed mind, well trained memory, and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any time heretofore made, or mayhap, carelessly spoken, ohe to the other, as the thoughtless wish of an idle hour. And first we direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our friends and well-wishers, our Superintendent and his all-wise and ever-competent faculty, who have been our guardians for so long, only asking, as the last injunction of the dying, that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp that our worth, our merit, our attainments, and our positions as Seniors of grave and reverend mien must certainly have deserved. As to such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and brains to win for us, we do dispose the same as follows: We bequeath to our beloved Superintendent, Paul Van Sickle, our sincere affection, our deepest reverence, our heartiest gratitude, and the whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. In an attempt at partial payment for all that he has done for us during our long years at Homer High, we make over to him here and now, a heavy mortgage on our future in the Great Unknown beyond. We give and bequeath to the dear faculty, who have been our instructors in all the wisdom of the ages, a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peace- 20

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 17th. To anybody desiring it, Ina Lake's seat. No extra charge. Come early the first day of school next year and avoid the rush. Last comes the one thing hard for us to part with. To our successors we must leave our places in the hearts of our Principal and teachers. They will love them, unworthy as we feel they are, even as they have loved us, they will show them all the same tender care and attention that they have bestowed upon us; they will feel the same interest in their attempts and successes; the same sorrow when they fail. We trust that the Class of 1926 will appreciate all this as deeply as we have done, that it may be their most precious possession, as it has been ours, and the one we are most loath to hand over to them. Besides these enforced gifts we leave not of necessity, but our own free will, our blessing, tender memories of our pleasant associations together and our forgiveness in the demonstrations of the past, and a pledge of friendship from henceforth and forever. All the rest and residue of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, what nature, kind and quality so ever it may be, and not herein before disposed of (after paying our funeral expenses), we give and bequeath to our beloved Principal Miss Bessie Blair, for her use and benefit absolutely, and to be disposed of for the good of the coming classes as she may see fit. And we do hereby constitute and appoint the said Principal sole executer of this our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we the Class of 1925, the testators, have to this our will, written on this sheet of parchment, set our hands and seal this I Oth day of June, Anno Domine, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five. k 22