Joseph Le Conte Middle School - Le Contean Yearbook (Hollywood, CA)

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Class Will VVe, the Senior Class of Summer Nineteen Twenty-seven of Le Conte Junior High School, Hollywood, California, being about to leave this school, and being of sound mind and understanding, and being three years of age, do make and publish this, our last will and testament: lVIyron Blackman leaves his whispers to Daniel Leviton. Aloe Danniger leaves his slick hair to Garner Hamm. Dalhvig f Dolly'lj Brown leaves his nice warm overcoat to Donald De Boe. Phyllis Appel leaves her French to Mlle. Adam. Craig Brown leaves his love for Student Service to Nlr. Kempton. Joe Chasnoff leaves his Hgreat heightn to Charles Nelson. Stanley Bishop leaves his skating ability to Helen Rockett. Talbot Paulis leaves his brevity to Carol Cooper. Shirley Hughes leaves her blonde hair to Babette Stern. Elizabeth Perriman leaves her detention slips to Robert Hostetter, who has never seen one. Fiametta Henkle leaves her boyish manner to Mathew Oswald. Helen Field leaves her correct enunciation to Reginald Henderson. Jean Tuggle leaves her jolly manner to Irene Ashley. Glenn Gibbs leaves his fiery temper to l'Pat Nicholson. Karl Herlinger leaves his criminal record to Robin Batton. Adele Reubens leaves her titian locks with Jean Veitch for safe keeping. Natalie Condon leaves her boyish 'lbobn to IVIiss Everline. Leland Topham leaves his dimples to Pat Poe. Abigail Lambrecht leaves her thousand'l hair pins to IVIr. Gamble. Ernest Fountain leaves his Chevrolet to the History Department as an antique. Helen Bunch leaves her tiny feet to lVIr. Johnson. Wesley johnson leaves his curls to IVIr. Hawkins. Jane d'Orr leaves her attractiveness to Rubyjo Baker. lVIartha Leipzig leaves her cute clothes to Milton VVebster. The A-Nines leave their class colors to the rainbow. VVilliam Seiderman leaves his blonde pate to Marjorie Iylontgomery. Thol Simonson leaves his books in Lost and Found. Austin Menzies leaves his dramatic ability to Bill Ream. Maurice Gist leaves his handsome countenance to William Johnson. Frank Root leaves his good looks to Katherine James. Illary Kestner leaves her popularity to Margaret Brundage. Dorothy Edmonds leaves her beautiful brown eyes to Barbara Brown. In witness thereof, in behalf of the Class of Summer '27, I do place my seal on this, our will and testament. Signed : Witness: THE A-NINE CLASS, EDNA C. Axmoxs. Per Myron Blackman. U21

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How a Nez Perce Indian Runner Trains 9 HERE are few who can beat the American Indians in long- , distance running. The Indianls activity and power of endur- ' ance is wonderful. There are certain of the native tribes E noted for their feats in running, and of them all the Nez E 1 Perce Indians are the most famous. I will tell one well- known feat of a Nez Perce runner. On one occasion he 1 ' Q chased his ame for sixt miles over mountains and across g Y was: om-as canyons, and, having come to the wise conclusion that it was too dark to make a satisfactory kill, calmly ran home again. His credit as a runner went up after that chase. It was his training that had given him stamina to do it. No runner has to undergo a stiffer treatment than the Nez Perce. He has to do many things that would make a Hpalefacel' wince. The Indian knows the way to build up wonderful strength, speed and toughness of body. A hut is built of willow branches, plastered thick with mud. Blankets cover a small door. Inside, near the door, is a round hole, which, at the proper time is filled with white-hot stones. He begins in October with a cold bath taken at an early hour in the morning. As soon as he has had his plunge in ice-cold water, he runs to the hut, where the hole has now been filled with the white-hot stones. He drops the curtain of blankets, and pours onto the stones warm water, placed inside the hut for him. He sits in this vapor bath as long as it is hot. He then runs out and has another plunge in the ice-cold water. An hour or so later, after a very light meal, he repeats all of this, and again at dusk a similar course is taken. After the youth has trained in this way for three months, one of the old and noted runners tests the beginner's strength. He makes him leap at a given signal out of the hut, run to a certain tree, and grip hold of a certain overhead limb. This is the important test. The young runner has to cling to the bough by his hands until told to drop. If he lets go before ordered, he is sent back to the ordeal of training again. If he hangs until the signal is given, he is given short runs night and morning in the company of practiced runners to the length of three, four, five, and six miles, and little by little the distance is increased until he is fit for thirty or forty miles without a halt. It has been said that the Nez Perce Indians are the survivors of the famous post-runners of the Aztec empire, whom the Spanish conquers ravaged. TOM VVALL, A9. My Farewell VVe have been friends Though now you are leaving For six long years, And the time passes fast, We've had our joys, I'l1 not be grieving, We've had our tears. For our friendship will last. MARGL'ER1TE BELL, B9. I 641