McMinnville High School - McMinnvillan Yearbook (McMinnville, OR)

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24 THE LINCOLNIAN And, by your teachers, you’ve been taught That, to succeed, you must Keep right on righting to the last And have your say, or “bust.” And now, in closing, I will say. To give my conscience rest, You might have raised a bigger dust Had each one done his best. To All Whom It May Concern We, the class of ’15 of Lincoln High, being in as sound mind as possible, and not acting under duress or menace, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament, as follows: First, we bequeath to the Junior class the privilege of occupying the Senior section of the study hall next year. Second, we bequeath to the Sophomore class our splendid spirit of co-operation (especially in class parties). Third, we bequeath to the Junior High all the surplus wisdom which we have been able to collect. (Of course, we don’t wish to intimate that they need it.) Fourth, we will all our pencils less than four inches in length to Guy Mardis. Fifth, we do bequeath in the following manner, individually, to-wit: Elmer Poole wills his position as Senior Goat to John Wallace. Verna Garner and Rosa Manning leave their “special privilege” of talking in fire drills to Zonweiss Rogers and Monema Wood. Ivan Pearson leaves his talkative nature to George Jameson. Mary Hackett wills one volume of her poems to John Mason. The Senior boys leave their admiration for a certain member of the faculty to Bernie Nelson. Dale Miller bestows his superfluous avoirdupois upon Robert Clay. hoy Loop wills Miss Tartar a book proving that animals do not reason. Clifford Alderman bequeaths his reputation as a shark to Billy Swift. Esther Miller wills Gladys Godbey her ability for detecting powder on the faces of her friends.

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McMinnville, Oregon 23 Seniors Here’s to the class of old ’15, That vast expanded fake, By Heaven sent to fill a place No other class could take. Tho knowledge passed them every day, They little did imbibe, And yet for all their shiftless ways, They were a harmless tribe. Some may have pined for greater things, But I am sure of some, Content to doze through life in peace And take things as they come. Well nigh four years have spent their course, Yet well do I recall, When, as a mess of gawky rooks They were despised by all. Then, in all student body rows They took an active part, And, by their everlasting nerve Succeeded from the start. Through all those woeful, weary years Each sinner learned his place, And those who never learned to bluff Have fallen in the race. From down-trod freshmen, once despised. They keep their upward flights, The first to steal the freshmen’s eats, Or to defend his rights. Your football men have won renown For four successive years; Your orators have spoken forth And moved the house to tears. Oh, class composed of every type That walks beneath the sun; In four swift passing years you’ve learned All foolishness to shun,

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McMinnville, Oregon 25 Eyrie Hills leaves liis low, well modulated laugh to Rose Cart er. Those who take lunches will the orange peelings they leave on the floor to Prof. Wilson. Mary Hackett and Elaine Daniels bequeath to Mr. Pruett one taxi. Cecil Parker bestows his gift of oratory upon Willie Martin. ley Bryan leaves the six freckles on her nose to Ilobson Pritchett in order that he may apply them to any vacant space on his countenance. Earl Richardson gives to the president of the Sophomore class his privilege of talking to Golda Branson before the bell rings. The Senior boys leave their preference for under-class girls to the Junior boys. Elmer Poole leaves his treatise upon “IIow to Fall Down on All Occasions” to Ronald Lewis. Myron Sherwood bequeaths to Lowell Hembree his desire to say witty things in class. Madeline Logan wills her “Unabridged Edition of Speeches on Woman’s Rights” to Ama Kendall. Lastly, we do bequeath to the Junior class the gray caps and gowns which we did not wear. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals ll.is eleventh day of June, nineteen hundred and fifteen, A. D. Extract from Telephone Register, May 20, 1921 The class of ’15 was reunited at the County Poor Farm Friday of last week, Elmer Poole, the present keeper, proving a most delightful host. The time was most agreeably spent, each giving his share to the entertainment and all talking of old times and present occupations. Among those present residing in our own city was Eyrie Bills, who is president of McMinnville College and one of the leading educators of .the time. Myron Sherwood was also one of that most promising class and is now janitor of the High School. Other well known citizens attending are: Vincent Hilary, chef at the Commercial; Ivan Pearson, the well known author, who has just completed a lengthy volume on “Etiquette,” and Glen Ladd, who