Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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9. We, Emory Lewis and James Marks, do hereby bequeath our great affee- tion (?) for eaeh other to anyone who can find it. 10. I, Willis Mankey, hereby will my last cigarette to Mr. Waddell. 11. I, Quaye McElroy, do leave my knowledge of physics to Rada Moore. 12. I, Margaret Moses, do bequeath my “baby face” and “childish ways” to Margaret Thompson. 13. I, Isobel Pultz, hereby will my artistic attempts to Margaret Ann More- land. 14. I, Kathleen Quisenberry, leave my love of osculation to Isobelle Donald. 15. I, Talmadge Radford, do hereby bequeath a jar of freckle cream to Oli- ver Gillock and Ben Huger, jointly. 16. I, Helen Swink, do will my passion for brass buttons to Cary Blain. 17. I, Carl Stiedtman, will my “pull” with the teachers to Homer Hughes. 18. I, Virginia Thomas, leave my love for music to anyone who may need it. 19. I, Helen Tolley, do bequeath my “talkativeness” to Louise Mateer. 20. I, Gladys Logan, leave my peaceful ways to Raymond Flint. Clause III We, the Seniors, do hereby bequeath our scarred and worn battlefield, the scene of many conflicts between pupils and teachers, namely Room 8, to our suc- cessors, the Juniors. 2. To the Sophomores, we do leave the 3-in-l oil with which to lubricate the rusty machinery of their upper stories. 3. To the members of the Freshman class, we will our dignity and sophisti- cation to use as their dictator sees fit. 4. To the class of ’33, we hereby leave a pair of silk stockings found in the Senior Room and now in the possession of Miss Preston. (Try and get them!) Clause IV 1. To the School Board, we bequeath ten years’ interest on the penny left over from Crystal expenses. 2. To IV at, the janitor, we will all the chalk dust circulated in the Senior Room during eraser combats. 3. To the town of Lexington, we give the Harrington Waddell High School, the most renowned prison house since Sing-Sing. 4. We bequeath to the tender care of the world in general, a group of re- cently graduated students of L. H. S. [ 19 ]

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Ci)e lLa 0 t Wll anD Ce 0 tament of tfte Cla 00 of 1929 W E, THE illustrious members of the never-to-be-forgotten Senior Class of 1929, do hereby draw up this document, our last will and final testa- ment. Clause I 1. To Professor Harrington Waddell, we hereby bequeath the delightful memory of the best class that ever graduated from old L. H. S. 2. To Professor Kenneth Ashby Thompson, we bequeath a better Senior Class next year. (?) 3. To Miss Anne Marye Owen, we gladly and generously will a small tomb- stone with the inscription “Requiscat in pace.” (This is Latin, Miss Owen.) 4. To Miss Ellinor Graham Preston, we hereby leave Goshen Pass to be used for parking purposes only. 5. To Miss Katherine Irby, we bequeath a set of rules, a whistle, and other paraphernalia necessary to the teaching of a game called basketball. 6. To Mrs. Boykin, we leave our best wishes for a happy married life. 7. To Mrs. Tardy, we give certain small, green things which, it is rumored, will be transplanted from the grammar grades to the high school for the further- ing of their education. 8. To Mrs. Watkin, we hereby will the sweet dreams of a quiet study hall. Clause II 1. I, Harry Bosserman, d o bequeath my unusual ability as cheer leader to little Flint. 2. We, Hazel Bradley and Mamie McCormick, do hereby will our weakness for looking like Siamese twins to the Vinsons. 3. I, Russell Cummings, leave my athletic ability to Herbert Formwalt. 4. We, Katherine Davidson and Levina Mahane, will our auburn tresses to the grammar school teachers. 5. I, Julia Dodson, hereby leave The Echo to the editor of The New York Times. 6. I, Marshall Hostetter, do hereby give my office of the presidency of these United States to Mr. Hoover. 7. I, Margaret Lackey, do bequeath my height to Thelma Zimmerman. 8. I, Kerr Laird, leave my tendency to talk during classes to Tammy Corse. [ 18 ]

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Junior Ci.ass Resie Irvine, Nancy Conner, Isabel Pullen, Frances Morris, Margaret Moreland, Alice Stiedtman. Rada Moore, Charles Straub, Bradley Tyree, Mildred Nicely, Bessie Davidson, Julia Desha, Isabel Donald, Milton Morrison, Ben Huger. Woodrow Barger, Fred Pultz, Haywood Moreland, Hunter McClung, Oliver Gillock, Tem- pleton Fauber. 3 funior Cla00 OFFICERS Margaret Moreland President Milton Morris Secretary ’30 aim We are called the Class of ’30 And proudly we bear that name, For soon we hope to reach A not far gate to Fame. We pass the gate of knowledge And truly we confess That we will then go onward To that other gate, Success. L. A. M., ’29 [ 20 ]