Laurel High School - Laurels Yearbook (Laurel, MT)

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CLASS WILL OF 1919. WE, the members of the senior class, realizing that we shall soon end this life in L. H. S. and wishing to show our regard for the class of 1920, do hereby draw the following will: I, Cora Duncan, do will all my self possession and dignity to Lucille Scheideckei' to aid the faculty in her senior year. I, Evelyn Gummow, having the habit, bequeath my last bottle of peroxide to Mildred Richardson. I, Lillian Hall, having decided to give up trying to attract the boys, and to settle down as an old maid, do will all my adornments to Audra Richardson in hopes that she will use them to a better advantage than I have. I, Elma Kinnick, feeling that I have outgrown the cork screw curl age, do will my nickname “Cork,” originating from the aforesaid curls to Alma Cloyd in hopes that the nickname may apply to her when she is a senior. I, Henrietta Merritt, having the girls of L. H. S. jealous of my eyebrows and complexion, bequeath my make-up to any junior girl who wishes to become the beauty of the school. I, Maude Mitchell, having done my duty as president of the senior class of ’19 do will my position to Nellie Baumgartner together with the ability of being a bank breaker. I, Ethel Nicholas, do bequeath my dreamy looks to Grace Boyd hoping that itwill serve her as a senior tonic. I, Florence Patterson, realizing that I shall have no more use for my school music, do will my place at the piano to Charlotte Vannice in hopes that she will be able to hold it as long as I did. I, Roger Schauer, finding the back seat in the assembly convenient inasmuch as it gives me a good view of the girls, do will said seat to Arthur Scheidecker so that next year he will not have the trouble of turning around. I, Dorothy Wold, do will my delicate tho thrilling voice to Hazel Lan-mon on the condition that she will not let it be so annoying.

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DOROTHY WOLD. Whether she knows a thing or no, Her tongue eternally will go. ETHEL NICHOLAS r ake your time, Life is too short to hurry.

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TO THE GRADUATING CLASS. HE quality and character of a school is measured by the quality and character of its graduates. Whatever Laurel High stands for should be reflected in a large degree, in your efficiency as students, in your ideals of life, and in your character as citizens in our prosperous and grow- As students you have done well and have established a record of which we all are proud, you not only have the typical scholar, Miss Maude Mitchell, as your leader and validictorian, but you have others high up in scholarship estimates. While your superintendent is always proud of high scholarship and devotion to study among the students, you have stood for that which is to him above scholarship, you have ever shown the beautiful spirit of respectful obedience, and in doing so, have established new and advanced ideals in the student life of tne school. The graduating class reflects its standards and ideals upon the other classes. Whatever it does, the others emu'ate. Your record, therefore, has given spirit and encouragement to the whole school. The school will always be better because you have been students in it. As you go forth trom the school, I hope each of you will maintain these standards and ideals in life that you have shown as a class in school. Character is more than scholarship. Our country now needs men and women of character and high ideals more than it needs any other thing. If our country is to maintain the standard w'hich is expected of it by other nations, it must depend upon the character and ideals of the men and women w’ho come up thru the public schools. Let me urge upon you therefore, that whenever and wherever you have an opportunity in the future that you do all you can to maintain and support the public school system of your community. Maintain it in the elements of simple democracy and efficiency. Make it just as good as the best. Permit nothing to interfere with its proper growth and work. In doing this one thing well, your name will go into posterity hallowed by the love and gratitude of many. You will not have lived in vain. The community in which you have lived and labored will be better because you lived in it. Your Superintendent, ing town. ALFRED J. MORGAN. —27—