Marietta High School - Olympian Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT State of Expectation County of Appreciation City of l-lallucination We, the members of the senior class of said city, county, and state, having been duly oppressed, aided, and pushed by all beneficiaries, being of gay and frolicsome mind and memory, do make this our last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all others we have heretofore made. ltem l-To the teachers we bequeath all the chewing gum under the desks, for they have shown during our brief existence that said faculty were very eager to obtain said gum, Item 2-To any and all underclassmen we leave the empty space left on the desks to carve and write the names of future loves of Marietta High School lads and lassies. Item 3-Stella Mae Chandler and Howard Perkinson bequeath their brilliant in- tellects to jack Sims and Ralph Shaw, respectively. Item 4-There is one thing, however, which we cannot leave. l-low the seniors of next year will ever get along without it we cannot foresee. To the sorrow of all future feminine senior hearts, Welby Rich has decided to keep his ability as a lady's man and a dramatist. Since he is afraid that without any of his said virtues, that next year's seniors will happen to a calamity, Welby gives the right to imitate him to Ray Baldwin. Item 5-To those with brilliant minds the honor graduates of? '36 bequeath the opportunity of being honor graduates if said brilliant minds are willing to pay the penalty by writing last wills and testaments, salutatories, class prophecies, and vale- dictories. Item Grain order that next year the basketball team shall not be void of talent, Roberta l-lolbrook, Sara l-lamby, and Howard Perkinson will their ability to play the game well, fairly, and squarely to Topsy jordan, Virginia Arnett, and Katherine Squires. . Item 7-Bill Little and Pierce Allgood wish to leave their good taste in manners and dress to Wayne Lynn and David Lee Lawrence. ltem 8-Cordelia Brumby, having inherited her daintiness from a member of last year's senior class, passes it on to Rex Pruitt, who, she hopes, will use it as well as and to as much advantage as she did., Thirty snmons S 1 9 3 s

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Harold Benson, having tired of his many feminine admirers, has organized a large and peaceful Bachelors' Club in New York. Among the regular members and patrons of the club are Albert Dobbins, candidate for the presidency from the Arguers' Party, Charles Morris and joe Mac Wilson, Mr. Dobbins' campaign mana- gers, Doyle Thomas, retired speed demon, Albert Davis, holder of the World's Heavy- weight Championship, Clifton Moor, disdainer of women, Lewe Sessions, champion long distance runner, Bill Manning, football hero, Cordon Hawkins, grower of better vegetables, Earl Benson, ambassador from the United States to France, limmie Bar- field, famous scientist, Clifton Farmer, astronomer who discovered a new planet, Thomas Austin, African explorer, and j. C. Crook, owner of a large dairy Allene Guess, Carrie Lee Marler, and Dorothy Echols have set up a matrimonial bureau directly across the street from the Benson Bachelor Club. The agency has a triple plan of operation: Miss Guess attracts them, Miss Marler talks them into the venture, and Miss Echols signs them up. M. l-l. S. sent several good products from the class of '36 into the field of higher education in various lines. Stella Mae'Chandler, first honor graduate of '36, is now a renowned music teacher whose chief pupil is Cordelia Brumby. Although Miss Chandler is an excellent teacher, she seems unable to present a recital in which Miss Brumby does not forget her piece. Sara l-lamby is known as the best woman basket- ball coach in the United States. Barbara l-loward is a Spanish teacher in a famous womans' college and Margaret Willis is the dean of the same college. Lillian Sams and lrene Morgan are competent trained nurses, each being the head nurse at a large hospital. At this point I quit copying the speech, as my fate was related last, and it is not particularly important to anyone but me. l enjoy very much the rest of the Class Day Exercises and rather regretfully board the train to return to my paper which will have to pursue its course without the story of the seedless watermelon. Twenty-Nine E 1 9 3 6 SEN-IDRS

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Item 9-In order that M. H. S. shall not be berett ot all ot its charm, Amie Dee Abercrombie bequeaths her grace, Hollywood diet, and school-girl complexion to Mary Evelyn King of the sophomore class. ltem lO-Sara Kay, to prove her benevolence, is leaving her versatility to Ruby Lee McKinney. Item ll-Bill Manning and Lewe Sessions, as captain and co-captain of the football and basketball teams, along with james l-lulsey and Carter l-lenley, bequeath their enthusiasm for athletics to lim Dawson, George Atkinson, l-li Mozley, and Bill Brumby. Item i2-Mary Lou Wylie wills her knack ot being queen ot all her classes to leannette Smith. Item l3-Betse Blanchard, with a sudden burst ot generosity, gives her power- to-make-all-the-boys-tall to Charlotte Cox. ltem l4-To show our complete unseltishness, we leave to the seniors of next year the privilege of electing the president of the senior class, and the special repre- sentatives to student council, the senior dignity, the senior room with the various books and cabinets therein, the chance ot tilling the pages ot Whos Who, Marietta l-ligh School's Hall ot Fame, the privilege ot putting out the year book, the numerous issues ot the Pitchfork and the fun of raising money tor both ot said publications, our seats in chapel, the honor of standing the state spelling examination, the chance to raise money tor the senior dance, and the right to teach in the place ot the absent teachers. ' Item i5-Any Iegatee or lawful heir of this class who tries to resist his proper probate shall lose his share that he otherwise would receive. In witness whereof We hereby sign, seal, declare, and publish this as our last will and testament, at Marietta, Georgia, this twenty-second day of May i936 Senior Class ll.. S.l By Geraldine Crissey il.. SJ Signed, sealed, declared, and Published by the senior class ot I936, as its last will and testament, the testator having first signed the same in our presence, and the undersigned having attested the same at the special instance and at the request of and in the presence of the testator, and in the presence of each other. Shuler Antley, Principal A. E. Fulton, W. P. Watkins, Advisers Thirfg'-One E 1 9 3 6 SENIORS