McMinnville High School - McMinnvillan Yearbook (McMinnville, OR)

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 ------- Senior Class Will We, the senior class of twenty-seven, being about to leave this sphere in full possession of a sound mind, memory and understanding, do make and publish this our last will and testament.hereby revoking and making void all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. And first we do direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our friends and well-wishers, the faculty, only enjoining that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp our situation in High School demands. As to such estates as it has pleased the fates and our own strong arms to give us, we dispose of the same as follows, viz: Item: We give and bequeath to the school board restful nights and peaceful dreams. We promise them a rest from our petitions for a gymnasium. Item: To the faculty, who have deceived us into thinking we were smart unto the final examinations come, we leave the right to continue such tactics. We know they would do it anyway, but will probably succeed even better with the good will of our class. Item: We do solemnly submit unto the class of twenty-eight, of McMinnville High School, the right to assume the name and responsibilities of Seniors!” We also leave to them the right to go on a ‘‘flunk day.” Item: To the class of twenty-nine we leave undying hope that they will carry on the good work for the school that twenty-seven has made such a noble start toward. Item: We, the seniors, on the subjoined classmen the following as entailed private estates. I. Lawrence Hostetler, leave my presidency of the senior class to Robert Frerichs. To my wee brother I, John Sauter, leave my enormous cud of gum. To Ruth Beal I, Mary Bollen, leave my love for certain Linfield boys. I. Philip Fletcher, give and bequeath to George Weeks my ability to consume large and frequent quantities of “fire-water.” To Fred Paul I, Alfred Eborall. leave my feminine deplumance. Unto Leo Fletcher I. Don Pugh, leave my reputation as a speed demon. To Carl Kauffman I, Archie Finley, leave my toil-worn, tear-stained text books, including my much enjoyed “Whizz Bang.” To Milton Crimmons I, Leon Redmond, leave my nymth-like figure. Unto Ogden Cameron I. George Massey, leave my huge proportions. I, Pete Barnes, relinquish all claims and give my football poweress to “Smiles” Knapp. To the sophomore class I. Randal Pine, leave my ability to sit at all student body meetings and never say a word. Unto Dorothy Kimball I. Ruth Powell, bequeath my winning ways. I, Gene Inskeep. leave my graceful athletic form to Arthur ‘Canterbury, but not my Rowena. To Dorothy Fisher I. Alice Sitton. leave my ability as an accomplished soprano. Unto Bruce Walker I. Raemer Schreiber. leave my abaility as editor of the paper. In witness whereof we, the class of twenty-seven, the testators, have to this our will set our hand and seal this nineteenth day of May, Anno Dominie, one hundred and twenty-seven. CLASS OF '27. Twenty-one 3ll-----

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 •■K55S I Lillian Paul had been taking lessons in reversing the directions of cars and had succeeded in turning them around one in ten times without hitting both ditches. Alta Brown had been trying for the national typing championship. Her latest speed was 110 words (per hour). Maxine Cameron and Hazel McDonald have organized a home for underclassmen. Annabel Clements and Elizabeth Davidson are field representatives for the Marguerite Doak. who has changed her name, is collecting statistics on the average number of dates per week each high school girl has. Warren Dunn is directing the latest comedy. “Wandering Willies.” Clarence Simerly recently won a hog-calling contest. Philip Fletcher is running a taxi. Ruth H. (use your own judgment as to what the H. means) is keeping house. Alfred Eborall is up in Alaska milking frozen cows and selling the ice cream to the Eskimos. Opal Helm is directing Sousa's band. Marjory Hewitt is writing advice to the love lorn in the Oregon Journal. Gene Inskeep is the chief soloist for a leading chorus. Bill Lambert and Herbert Zehring have joined the marines and are seeing the world through a porthole. Jessie Cruickshank has been using classified advertisements to get herself a husband. Evelyn Dupea has become an old maid (by preference—daya understand!). Lois Inskeep has become private secretary to John Kirsch, attorney at law. Rowena Latimer is the county health nurse. Anthony Phelps is selling stock in a proposition of putting a frame around young trees so they will grow flat and save sawing them into boards. John Sauter is still running around. He says that he is a woman-hater, but he loves the girls. Genevieve Toney is running a hot dog stand on the highway. Elizabeth Watkins is writing popular songs. Alice Sitton may graduate in a couple of years if the high school burns. Marguerite Reider has become a classical dancer. Lois Sanford has gained much notoriety because of her numerous jilted lovers. Learning that all had found such hectic careers. I decided to go back to Australia to my sheep ranch, where the only dumb animals had four legs, so I bid George goodbye and hopped into my private aeroplane and waved farewell to McMinnville. S. P. C. A. Twenty

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OFFICERS President..................................FRED PAUL Vice President - JOHN HARRINGTON Secretary ..... LUCILLE BARKER Treasurer ------ SYLVIA LlNDLEY Junior Class History The Junior Class of this year has been as peppy a class as any in the high school. The class has participated in several activities and many members have taken part in football, basketball and baseball. A Junior play, entitled, Sunshine,” was given April 18th, 1927. A farewell banquet was given to the Seniors on the 13th of May, this party being carried out in the Spanish idea. On May 18th the annual class picnic was held. The Juniors took charge of decoration for baccalaureate and commencement. Many minor events and activities took place during the year, one interesting one being the preparing and buying of the treasure chest for the Seniors. This chest contained the invitation to the Spanish Banquet. Every member of the Junior class has put forth an effort to make this year a big one and it has been a splendid year—a successful one. Twenty-two ---- !)©