Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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Class Will Fred Herrington We, the class of 1928, Medina High School, Medina, Ohio, being of fairly sound mind and memories and nearly in full possession of our mental faculties, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. FIRST : We do give and bequeath to the faculty our marvelous talents to better fit them for the prodigous task of completing the education of the Senior class of 1929. SECOND: To the Freshman of 1929 we will the great privilege of dusting off the desks in the Senior room. They must not merely sweep the dust to the floor but must catch it on small ivory trays and deposit in the top drawer of Mr. Gray ' s desk. THIRD: To the Sophomores, we do impart our attitude of strict attention which we have shown to the teachers all through our high school life. FOURTH: Such Juniors as think themselves the owners of suitable beauty and dignity to be occupants of the Senior Home Room may do so providing they first learn the act of stepping into a room as quietly as Mr. Conkle. Horace Williams wills $1800.00 to Mr. Bauer to buy a new spelling trophy. Horace learned that the average student earns $9.00 per day. Thus he finds that in his four years of High School he has accumulated this princely sum to present to the High School as a token of appreciation for being given a diploma. We will Helen Cole’s art of whistling to Mr. Gray and Mr. Taggart to take the place of certain remarks made to the world in general when their car doesn ' t start. “Bill Miller’s ability to “juggle a Ford is lovingly presented to Sara Denton, with the intention of making the pedestrian safer. Mabel Rickert’s day dreams we wish to give to Priscilla Barna. We regret having to part with Carroll McClure’s marvelous dexterity in read- ing a College Humor behind a Current Events Magazine but we hereby give and bequeath this talent to Corwin Hoff. Twenty-Five

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THE MEDINIAN His wife, whose maiden name was Anna Margaret Kirk, had struck oil on her land near Chippewa Lake Park. This made us very happy for Cal now owned half of Chippewa Lake Park. He had purchased it for a remembrance of high school picnics. A notice in the paper disclosed the fact that Fred Herrington was owner of all newspapers in the United States. We turned over to the editorial sheet and read a farce on Congress by Tom Haight, the second Will Rodgers. Next to Tom ' s cob umn was a poem written by Marguerite Ewing on “Old High School Days.” Below this was an editorial on “Women in Politics,” written by Henrietta Ruder and Eleanor Benjamin. This paper showed that Medina folks were becoming famous. Finding nothing more in the paper we returned to the globe. The first thing we saw was, indeed, a treat to our eyes. Ruth Smith was doing some very graceful and difficult dancing. We were sorry that the globe changed scenes so quickly but it was growing late and we must continue our tour. We were wishing something different and our wishes came true. The scene took place in a dense jungle. We were totally, dumfounded when we saw Wayne Root standing with one foot on the neck of a huge lion preaching to some natives. Well,” I remarked, “We ' re going to see our friends in the foreign countries now. “Yes,” answered Cal, “It seems — look! there is Edwin Kels er, exploring some- where up north — and who is with him?” “Why that is Julian Bigelow,” said Onno- lee. “By jiggers if it isn’t,” replied Cal, “who ' d ever thought that of him!” The globe then took us back to the United States. Here we were greeted by some of the faculty at Harvard. Coach Bernhardt whom the boys called “Dad” had his famous football team fighting hard on the gridiron. Ruth Fuller, professor of Math, Avis Reed, Debate Coach, Elsie Hoddinott, Professor of French, Gerald Black, Prof, of Physics, and Edwin Abbott, Pres, of Harvard, were all rooting for their team. Marjory Beck, Florence McMillan and Catherine LeDuke, the world’s famous detectives, ran into the picture as they were hunting a clue to solve the mystery of the kidnapping of Nelson Foskett, the greatest of all wood workers. After the de- tectives had run out of the picture, who was to appear but Ted Lutz, owner of a large chain of Drug Stores. Harvey Carter, his old jockey friend, owner of a large stable of famous race horses, was standing beside him. The next thing we knew we found ourselves gazing upon the form of His Honor — Judge McClure, of the Supreme Court. As the Judge was pronouncing the sentence on some poor individual the globe suddenly became so bright that it nearly blinded us; and as the light dimmed we could see plainer and plainer the words we regretted to see — The End. Twenty-Four

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CHAA-. . T E MEDINIAN “Ev” England’s love for History of all kinds we hand over to Norman Tubbs. Elsie Hoddinott’s love for work is presented to Mary Branch with the one hope that this trait will be strong enough to do some good. Fredda Musch’s vanity case (all nights reserved) we do hereby will to Bernar ' dine Weaver. Thomas Munson’s quiet manly nature which so endears him to the ladies, we will will to Harry Franks, under one condition that in continuing Tom’s work, he at no time will neglect his studies. We bequeath Marguerite Ewing’s boisterious ways to Leonard Ruse, “for the good of the cause.” Edward Yost leaves his bookkeeping set to serve as an example to future stu- dents of this art. Norman Barry is willing to bequeath his rides in the truck to any strong boy. Blue Belle Ruse wills her golden locks to “Red” Kendall to induce more color into the school. Wilbur Frank ' s ability to knock freight trains off the track is presented to Bill Smith, to aid him in his study of “Trainology.” We will Russell Beck’s wonderous skill at sleeping through there or four periods at a time to Mary Pelton. We do this so that the room will be quiet enough for others to sleep. Chuck Smith wills his basket ball trunks to Jerome Abrams. Calbraith Edward’s love for selling ladies shoes, goes to Robert Rowe. Eleanor Benjamin’s good grades in spelling are gladly given to John Wyman. We bequeath Fred Snyder ' s shell rimmed glasses to Flora McCarrier. We will Avis Reed’s ability as a debater to Doc Smith to be used in sales talks for annuals. Wayne Kendall’s music ability is hereby bequeathed to Lois Flickinger. Alda Thomas’ cooking ability is willed to Beatrice Oakes. Ruth Fuller’s habit of running to school is willed to Florence Bagger. Harvey Carter’s horsemanship is presented to Mr. Duke. He may then start a class in riding. ' With all due sympathy we give “Bob” Flammers’ ability to clerk in the A-B-C store to Red Kendall. “Peggy” Kennedy’s super-human ability to copy spelling words on the board correctly is willed to Louis Brereton. Ted Lutz wishes to get rid of his hand engraved membership card to the “soda jerker’s” union. Any handsome and intelligent young man may have it. Ruth Smith’s habit of coming to school about twenty minutes early is given to Miss Houston to be used during Senior Play practice in 1929. T wenty-Six