Imbler High School - Golden Reveries Yearbook (Imbler, OR)

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CLASS GRUMBLER I am the class grumbler. It is my duty and my delight to voice the complaints of the members of this graduating class. We are. generally, an agreeable lot but since we are given this opportunity to express complaints we are going to take advantage of the opportunity. Throughout the school years we have had to take what others said and have not been allowed to talk back to our betters. Today we are given an opportunity to say some of the things we have been keeping to ourselves these many years. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 1 1. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Wliy Ooesn f the School Provide elevators for the students to use so that they will not have to walk up and down stairs? Provide lounges with plenty of easy couches and chairs for students to use during rest periods. Provide more light fiction, particularly love stories and stories of adventurer So many of the lx oks and maga .in« s in the school libraries are dull and ancient. Open the school for dances and movies at least one night a week? The gym could well lx used every night of the week and the young people kept off the streets and away from commercial recreation centers. Hire only good looking teachers instead of those who have training and teaching ability? Let each pupil select his own course of study instead of insisting on all taking the same subjects and making passing grades therein? Serve free lunch at noon with seasonable refreshments at mid-forenoon and mid-afternoon rest periods? Provide cushions on all the seats? Provide a dating bureau? Conduct an employment bureau whereby students interested in certain woik may have an opportunity to work part time, at least? Provide short courses whereby students may specialize in those subjects in whiih they have ability and interest? Offer home-making courses for young women planning on marriage as soon a-commencement is over? Offer courses in automobile driving and automobile mechanics and care.'' Offer courses in airplane thing and mechanics? Give every young person an opportunity to wear a snappy uniform? rnif°r,n do something for one’s ego. Teach young people how to make the most of their personal appearance? Giih want to be beautiful and boys want to lx strong and attractive. Do away with examinations and grading systems that play one student another? against

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INDIVIDUAL BEQUESTS We, now, as individuals, will the following: I, Audrey Byer, the class llirt, will my ability to woo the farm boys to Lydia Smith. 1. Lewis Omohundro, the noiseless creature, will my quiet and demure ways to Kenneth Sanderson. I, Bette Westenskow, the college co-ed, will my streamline figure to 1 )uane Schwebke. I, Don Fitzgerald, the bus pugilist, will my fistic manners and false teeth to Worth Hollins. 1, Marion Spencer, the play-boy, will my trailer house, variety of girls, and carefree attitude to Bob Ragsdale. T, Shirley Martin, now grown-up, will my red hair and saucy Irish temper to Annette Paroz. With the utmost appreciation of our faculty, we hereby will and direct that there be delivered to them the following bequests from our personal property: To Mr. William Phillips, our English instructor, a bottle of hair restorer and a well-worn copy of True Romances. To Dr. Harry Heimburger, our Science instructor, a book on exercises to help him preserve that youthful figure. To Miss Myrtie Whitmer. our Commercial teacher, our last pair of prewar spiked-heel shoes. To Mr. Albert Hopkins, our superintendent, a brand new joke book, to replace the old book that has been in use for the past four years. To Mr. Nephi Anderson, our custodian and friend, we leave our wholehearted thanks for all you have done for us—also the chewing gum under the Senior desks. In Witness Whereof, we have to this, our last will and testament, affixed our fingerprints, and nourishing signatures. THE SENIORS OF 15M-T44.

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IS. Make the school rooms more attractive? 19. Do away with long commencement programs? 20. Do away with the class grumbler? Why Does the School 1. Have such long class and studv periods? 2. Keep pupils after school for punishment? 3. Exact the pound of He sh for breaking school rules? 4. Have such short intermission periods? (». Have such sharp ringing bells indicating the close of class periods? Such bells arouse the students too suddenly. 7. Place more stress upon mental achievement than upon ability, good looks, and snappy dressing? 8. Keep school buildings open only 5 days each week for alxmt 3b weeks each year? 9. Place more stress on class room studies than upon athletics? 10. Place more stress upon class recitations and exams than upon wit. humor, and adaptability? 11. Require such long-drawn-out courses instead of intensive training? 12. Treat graduates as children? 13. Keep everything on such a serious basis? 14. Try to make us different. 15. Shucks! Why does the school. (Period)