Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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SECTION II. I, Pinney Sommers, bequeath my ability to study to Jack Kniesly. I. Pearl Mclntire, bequeath my ability to substitute for the teachers to Phoebe Warren. I, Jack Dittmer, bequeath my ability to play in the orchestra to Hugh Hough, my place in the chorus to Robert McSwaeney. I, Ewalt Jahnz, bequeath my ability to act as detective on the stage to George Rueger. I, Melba Rosenbaum, bequeath my ability of never quarreling with the teachers to James Prevo. I, Kenneth Perry, bequeath my ability of arguing over nothing to Ted Schroeder. I, Maurice Pumroy, bequeath my ability to get Physics to Lawrence Pumroy. I, Lawrence Knopinski, bequeath my ability to make my credits with- out study to George Rueger. I, Melba Rosenbaum, bequeath my ability of making a good impres- sion on the camera to Harriette Kneisly, (my better half). I, Kenneth Perry, bequeath my ability of getting A’s on all my themes to Barbara Spencer. I, Ewalt Jahnz, bequeath my ability to keep away from the girls to Lawrence Pumroy, and my surplus strength to Howard Murphy. I, Jack Dittmer, bequeath my seat to some noble Junior, and Ted Schroeder may have my ability of knowing where the Physics equipment belongs. I, Pinney Sommers, bequeath my unpaid debts in Kouts High School to Howard Murphy. I, Lawrence Knopinski, bequeath my ability to break Physics equip- ment to Jane Dittmer. I, Maurice Pumroy, bequeath my ability to get good grades in English themes to Fred Mamatt. I, Pearl Mclntire, bequeath my ability to get good grades in Algebra to Gladys Pumroy. Witness our hand and seal this nineteenth day of May, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight, at Kouts High School, Kouts, Indiana. (Signed) The Class of 1928. 19 2 8 Pane twenty-one

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K O S E R I A IS We, the Class of 1928 of Kouts High School, of the City of Kouts, Porter County, State of Indiana, United States of America, being of a sound and disposing mind and memory and in good health, but mindful of the uncertainty of life, and desiring to make such disposition of estate as seems best to us, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all of our former wills and codicils. SECTION I. As a class, we feel satisfied that our greatest possession is our ability to successfully perform any duty or undertaking which may be thrust up- on us. Therefore, we (though rather hesitatingly, because we do not think it can be equaled), do give and bequeath to the present Junior class, our conceit and self-satisfaction, and the right to question or criticize any and all teachers concerning their grading standards, ability, or knowledge along any line. To the Sophomores we give the right in two years, to spend sleepless nights and to burn countless gallons of midnight oil in their efforts to pro- duce an “Annual” such as this of ours. (Note—It would be wise to begin now to collect ideas and oil). We bequeath to the Freshmen, the right to be Seniors (in due time), and to look up to us as the grandest, most noble, and most brilliant of any class ever recorded in the annals of the history of our school. We graci- ously permit said Freshmen to copy us as closely as possible and have for their goal a reputation like that of the Class of 1928. To the principal and the faculty, we, the Class of 1928, give our best wishes. May you have the pleasure of working with many more such brilliant youths (?) as we are. 19 2 8 1$ 1‘age twenty

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K O S E R I A N SENIOR CLASS POEM We stand on the threshold of a new life, Our studies we have gotten each day, From now on our duty will be struggle and strife, And according to our merits we will receive our pay. We know not what our success will be Working and toiling for the best, For it is not in our power to see What will be the reward of our quest. Year after year beheld us slowly ascending the ladder to success That our life and service might give, Till then at length we are ready to confess That school increases our pleasures to live. Guided solely by our teachers pioneering principles We have blazed our trail as straight as a string It behooves us to pause a moment and look if possible Into the dim haze of what lies before us and find out what it may bring. So farewell to High School where minds are drilled To those days that are passed and gone May each day find your hopes fulfilled As our new task begins to dawn. The path of life that we have laid Can be retraced never The daily record that we made Will stand unchanged forever. —P. Somers. 19 2 8 Paye twenty-two