Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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11. I, Ethel Ayers, do hereby bequeath my histrionic ability to Margaret Lackey. 12. I, Janette McCormick, do hereby will my string of A’s to Herbert Agnor. 13. I, Ralph Swope, do hereby leave my nickname, “Sleepy”, to Clyde Rad- ford. 14. I, Cora B. Womeldorf, do hereby bequeath my studious look to “Mutt” Grey. 15. I, Mary Moore Harper, do hereby will my passion for “Frost” to “Old King Cole.” 16. I, Susanna Blain, do hereby bequeath my “Uketchum” qualities to Martha Moore. Clause; III 1. We, the Seniors, do hereby leave the Juniors our surprising ability at pro- ducing a creditable performance on the stage. 2. To the Sophomores, we leave our shattered illusions of life. 3. To the Freshmen we leave our Sophistication. Clause IV 1. To the School Board, we, the Senior Class, do hereby bequeath the plans for the new high school, drawn on sheep-skin (left over from our “dips”). 2. To our Janitor we leave a transfer to our new institution of hard knocks. 3. To the town of Lexington, we hereby happily and gladly leave our his- torically famous Ann Smith Academy. [ 17 ]

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Ci)e Last Mil ano Cestament of tfte Class of ’2C C HARLES DAVIDSON, ESQ., a will-be-famous lawyer, draws up this document in the behalf of the class of ' 26. This argumentative genius is thoroughly capable of handling the last will and final testament of the members of this class. Clause I 1. To Mr. Waddell, we hereby do bequeath a chain and collar for each and every boy in the high school. If properly fastened, these leashes should check the bold advances of the youthful cavaliers. 2. To Mrs. Tardy, we leave a legacy of $100,000,000 for having started each one of us out aright on our high school career. 3. To Miss Duncan, we sympathetically bequeath an iron cage for Ned Wad- dell and Charles Davidson. 4. To Miss Richeson, we will a pamphlet of microscopic dimensions, entitled — “The Advantages of Latin.” 5. To Mrs. Irby, we kindly give a pair of shock absorbers to be worn while teaching the “hard-boiled” Sophomores. Clause II 1. To Charles Dillon, we bequeath Susanna R. Blain “to cherish, honor, and obey.” 2. We, Mildred Dunlap and Geneva Firebaugh, do hereby gladly leave our P. P. (Pleasing Plumpness) to Kate Lackey and Frances Campbell. 3. We, the Turner sisters, do hereby turn over our intellect to Bernardine Fox. or anyone else at L. H. S., who needs it badly. 4. I, Louise Gillespie, do generously bestow my red hair upon Emory Lewis. 5. 1, Ed Steidtman, do hereby will, “gratis,” my irresistible qualities to my natural rival and brother, Carl Steidtman. 6. I, Ruby Whitmore, do leave my sarcastic line to Marie Donald. 7. I, Andrew Varner, do hereby transfer my reputation as a sheik to Homer Mateer. 8. I, Charles Davidson, do gladly bequeath my knack of making wise cracks to William Dana Hoyt, Jr. 9. 1, Manuel Weinburg, do hereby will my mathematical mind to Charles Dillon. 10. I, Ned Waddell, do hereby leave my girlish hands to Percy Tolley.

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Alvy Johenning, “Bee” Childress, Clyde Radford, Bolling Seay, Charles Dillon, Theodore Craft. Carl Ruble, Homer Mateer, Eura Bradley, Florence Womeldorf, Elizabeth Bell, Katherine Lackey, Frank Smith. Virginia Mahanes, Ruth Ayres, Marie Donald, Madison, Dunlap, Elbert Agnor, Louise Crawford, Frances Campbell, Bernardine Fox. Junior Class OFFICERS: Elbert Agnor Madison Dunlap President Secretary-T reasurer The History oe the Class oe Nineteen Twenty-Seven O N THE memorable day of September the seventh, 1923, an important ad- dition was made to Lexington High. This annex is now known as the Junior Class of L. H. S. These trembling Freshmen were greeted by the sympathetic eyes of Mrs. Tardy and the blood-thirsty snarls of the Sopho- mores. The class, however, made itself famous from the very start by its abso- lute disregard of Freshmen rules. Moreover, it had the distinction of being the first class to refuse to wear Freshmen caps, or to be hazed in any form. Nervy [ 18 ]