Louisville Conservatory of Music - Crescendo Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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T E, the class of 1927, being poor, but hopeful of unsound body and mentally deficient do hereby bequeath, will and transfer all of our mental, moral, personal and spiritual possessions (?) to each of the undersigned, unfortunate encumbents. It must be distinctly, un¬ questionably understood and accepted as the truth, that this will rescinds, annuls, and voids all previous documents of like nature, and that each of the participants in the undermentioned, remains, covenants, and agrees to abide by the distribution of said mental, moral, personal and spiritual possessions (Do we have them?) as herein outlined and allotted. Whereas the faculty has been so conscienciously unscrupulous in making us walk the chalk line and in guiding us in the straight and narrow paths of musical knowledge and endeavor, we hereby devise to them our deepest gratitude and sincerest affections. Whereas our beloved Mr. Cowles and Mr. Gruber have always shown such a tremendous personal interest in our class activities and individual problems, we bequeath to them our continuous support in making our Alma Mater greater as the years come and go. Whereas our sponsor has co-operated so untiringly to make our class activities successful we convey to her, our lasting friendship and deep appreciation. Whereas the Junior Class has exhibited its wholehearted envy of our superiority and dignity, we leave to them both of the aforementioned qualities, together with all of our many senior privileges. (? ? ? ?) Whereas the Sophomores will soon be Juniors we will to them, the hope that they will be as magnificient in the glory of achievements, as Thirty-six we were. Whereas the Freshmen have a long, weary, tiresome, and arduous pilgrimage ahead of them before they reach our present state of blissful ignorance, we transfer to them our abundant superfluity of stickability, hoping that it will enable them to stick to the bitter end. 01 eta Albertson , leaves “Her dirty look ' ’ to Ruth Sitton. Minnie Selby , leaves her “effervescent spirits” to Katherine Murphv, Katherine Barnes leaves her book on “How to express yourself in the best English,” to Marguerite Murphy. Christine McClure , wills her private stock of “Anti-fat,” to Evelyn Allcnsworth. Nancy Mae Elliott leaves her “week end trips” to Isla Mae Payne. Hazel Love , leaves her “fluted notes” to Mary Lee Oglesby. Lois Ellison , leaves her pet expression, “Now, Honey,” to any one who feels they can use it as discreet ly as she did. Floyce Hubbard, leaves her ability to talk without taking breath to voice students, and her “Seventeen Wrecks”, to Cessna Stafford, Mary Mildred Hunt, wills “The Quarter Notes” to Belle Pace. Louisa Bumgardner, leaves her alibi “Well, Mr. Harmon 1 don’t see that,” to Vera Evcrsalc. Lessley Freeman , leaves her dignity and the task of collecting the faculty pictures for the annual to Esther Severn. Mary Sullivan y bequeaths her book of original composition melodies, to Mr. Harmon, with the hope that they will be of some benefit to the aforesaid, in correcting the compositions of next year.

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Grace Thompson Madisonvillc, Kentucky Let me be silent, for silence is the speech of love, the music of the spheres above” Piano Normal Delta Omicron Orchestra Margaret Wilson Williamsburg, Kentucky “I v:oke one morning and found myself famous” Piano Normal Mu Phi Epsilon Crescendo Staff Francis Wheeler Jamestown, Tennessee “Happy go lucky, fair and free There ' s nothing in the world that bothers me” Piano Normal Virginia Roach, whose picture is not included is a Senior in Dramatic Art. Thirty-five

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Class Will ( Continued ) Katherine Sc ianz , leaves her art of directing Chorus to Isabelle Moore. Maryland Calvert wills her original Harmony melodies to Lela Vincent. Thelma Finger , leaves her soft musical voice to Coleman Wallace. Katherine Stum leaves her Percy Goetchius Tone Relations, to Thelma Luette. Ruth Savage leaves her babv ways, to Beulah Mac Grimes. Margaret Kimherlin, leaves to those who follow after her, in the pursuit of knowledge of any kind, her book, “Best Jokes of all times;” always take this to your class and when cmbarasscd for the answer to a question, open said book, read joke number two, page six, in your best manner. Frances Wheeler , because of her size, leaves this motto, to Evelyn Allensworth. “Little drops of water Little grains of sand Make the mighty ocean And the mighty land.” Virginia Roach leaves her art of dramatizing to Helene Watson. Margaret Wilson , leaves her art of attracting medical students, to Trcssie Truax. Mrs . Beard leaves her alarm clock to Dorita Dickson and Crcssie Lee Nelson—They will find it quite useful when attempting to get to class on time—It goes off. Louise Sallee , leaves this wise council to John,Sutcliffe, “Let no rib come nigh unto thee.” Ruth Steurle, leaves her special “Public School Methods Notebook” entitled, “Problems That Make You Just a Little Bit Think,” to Christine Burford. Lucille Darden and Christine Naive leave their crush on their piano teacher, to Veronica Marks. Sara Pace , leaves her permanent wave, to Sylvia Hubbard. Mary Agnes Starks, leaves her camel walk to Rebecca Ivopel. Mary Duke Ritchey wills her dimple and her sweet smile, to Elizabeth Smith. Ruth Caldwell , leaves her baton to Camille Swan. It is to be distinctly understood that, in the event any of the recipients of our benefactions do not care to receive our inunificicnt gilts, said gifts shall become the nucleus of a fund to help found a home for the “Hopeless, Howling Hyenas,” of the Vocalizing lionesses. Witness our hand and seal this, the 2 ist day of June, Annin Dominus 1927, in Louisville, Kentucky, county of Jefferson by the 1926-27 Senior Class of the Louisville Conservatory of Music, by Minnie Rodman Selby, Testator Thirty-seven