Mountain View Union High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Mountain View, CA)

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Senior Class Will E, the Senior Class of the Mountain View Union High School, State of Cali- fornia, realizing that our esteemed presence shall no longer exist in said insti- tution, except in the memory of those left behind, and that we should bequeath some of our most loved possessions and talents to needy persons, do make, publish, and declare this our Last Will and Testament: First, to the Faculty, we bequeath peace and relief from the burden of the Class of 1923. Second, to Mr. Hester, we leave all our admittance and tardy slips, knowing that in future times he will enjoy looking over them. Third, to the Class of '24, who may find the path of Economics particularly thorny, we leave, with deep regret our beloved Econ. books, hoping that said class will be able to extract more plausible answers from them than we seem to have been able to do. To Miss Schmidt, we will a mechanical passwriter, to be used in Study Hall at 8:30 every morning, also a periscope to enable her to watch the students while engaged in above task. To Miss Katharine McKelvey, with whom we have not yet had a chance to become really acquainted, we leave an instruction book on How to Count Stars provided she will follow directions and not exceed more than 20 per. To Miss Helena McKelvey, we leave a tennis racket, shoes, and balls, so that she, when so disposed, as the tennis coach, may indulge in this gentle game. To Mr. Floyd Hunter, we leave a small-sized rubber hammer, so that he may early begin to instruct Miss Hunter in the art in which he is so proficient. QLook out for the furniture, Mr. Hunterlj To Mr. O. M. Akey, we leave an exquisite bouquet of artificial flowers, so that his desk may be decorated without his having to request his devoted pupils to bring him posies. To Miss Helen Coleman, we leave an extra pair of spectacles, so that she may more easily see the names scribbled on the Study Hall pads. To Dr. Walter Sutherst, we leave all our surplus energy, to be used in the manufacture of high explosives in the Chem. department, provided they create no offensive odor. To Miss Mabel Barnard, we leave our thanks and appreciation for having successfully chaperoned us for the last two years as class advisor. To Mrs.iW. E. Hester, we leave all the greeness which we have so success- fully shown during the last four years. CD0 what you will with it, Mrs. Hester, we won't care.D To Miss Louise Struve, we leave our appreciation of the cheerful smiles which she bestowed upon us whenever we met her in our schoolday ramblings. Individually, we bequeath the following: Q I, Donald Guthrie, cheerfully donate a few inches of my extravagant height to Victor Berta, and being of a generous mood, I also give a few extra inches, for which I have no use, to Marcella. E221 -I , 5,,,lMumm

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anxious but fond and loving Mamma , Morris Rippey, enacting the supervillain, Dade, too subtle for words, Anthony Taormina portraying rather faithfully the innocent little gentleman, Georgie Bassett, Robert Geisler playing the part of an ambitious but almost luckless young suitorg Charles Schliecker making an excellent crook, and Doris Smith enacting the role of Miss Schofield, the prey of the villain, Dade, and the conquest of the nearly heart-broken lover, Bob Williams. Other members of the Senior class participating in the play were Mary Arata as Mrs. Bassett, John Pihl and Clyde Stowell as Mr. Jones, all interpreting their parts very creditably. A goodly number of Seniors took part in the production of the two operettas, The Bells of Beaujolaisf' and A Nautical Knot. As last year we won the Inter-class Track Meet, so this year as Seniors we have won the Inter-class Track Meet, holding our reputation in athletics quite to the mark. Among the various teams in high school, Donald Guthrie, Robert Geisler, John Pihl, Anthony Taormina, Fred Picchetti, Morris Rippey, and Harold O'Dell have represented the Seniors. Jess Regli stands out as the foremost all- around athlete produced by the Mountain View High School up to the present time. Donald Guthrie has shown himself a good all around player for the last two years. The others all excel noticeably in some one line of athletics. The Senior girls have done their share in representing the school in athletics. Indeed, of late years as under-classmen they have been very enthusiastic about playing basketball, baseball, tennis, and even going out for track. Mary Arata, Nellie Kraljevich, Harriett Holeman, Doris Smith, Marie Louise Ehrhorn, and Estelle Whelden have duly represented the Senior class in the various teams. This year our honor students have been Harriett Holeman, Lucy Manfredi, and Doris Smith. Y? As it is to be expected, most of the positions of importance in the Student Body organizations are held by Seniors, and the success with which this Annual meets is largely due to Senior supervision, they in turn, of course, being super- vised by the Faculty. . Work always comes before pleasure, but we have not slighted the latter in the least. We had an enjoyable gathering at the Senior Picnic, and even though some people are always willing to have some fun at the expense of the other fellow, we had the last and most hearty laugh Cask the Juniorsl. We are very expectant at what the Juniors have in store for us this year, but whatever it may be, we are game. The Senior play, Come Out of the Kitchen, was presented on May thirty-first and June Hrst at Mountain View. It is an excellent play and was successfully pre- sented and well received by the townspeople. Commencement week will begin the 18th of June, and we will all meet to- gether for the last time on the evening of June 19th, when the diplomas will be issued to us. We wish to express our hearty appreciation and heartfelt thanks for the help our faithful and everready class adviser, Miss Barnard, has given us, and also to the other members of the Faculty, who have been responsible in any way for helping us through these four years of hard, earnest labor and final success. MARIE Louisa EHRHORN, '23. E211

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I, Charles Schliecker, will my drag in Econ. to Pauline lvancovich, sin- cerely hoping it will work as successfully for her as it has for me. I, Anthony Taormina, bequeath to John Hawkins a pair of cherished curling irons and my bewitching eyes, feeling sure that with such weapons he will be able to charm the fairer sex with no trouble at all. I, Mary Arata, do hereby will my gentle voice to Fannie Suftin, provided she will never join the Glee Club. QNow, mind, Fannie.j I, Nick Kraljevich, leave my gentlemanly manners, and all claim on the dark corners in the hall upstairs to George Armanini, on the one condition that he will make as good use of them as I have. I, Helene Phillips, bequeath to Mary lvancovich my honored position as pianist for the orchestra. fNo jazz, Mary, Chandler can't followlj I, Carl Chase, will my crowning glory to Victor Bertag one fifth of my excessive weight I will to Otis Cameron. I, Estelle Whelden, bequeath to Norma Picchetti, one set of bangs, pro- vided she will keep them cut as evenly as I dog my ability to miss the Bus at least twice a week, to Ethel McClintock. CIt's a great life, Ethel.J I, Clarence Dwelly, will my splendid record for staying out of detention, to George Campbell. fBe careful not to break it.J My million-dollar grin goes to Tom Takaki. I, Lucy Manfredi, will my fickle and frivolous nature to Jessie Mowryg also the privilege of chewing the rag in Arts and Crafts with Harold Chandler, to Janice Ladd. fUse this privilege with discretion, as it is easily worn outll I, James Mead, bequeath my exceptional ability and experience of playing the part of the cruel and hard father, to Stewart McCormacl-rg my mathematical brain, also, goes with this experience. CThe problems are great, Stewart.J I, Nellie Kraljevich, will my bashful and retiring nature to Ida Raileyg my dancing ability to Ernest Chase. I, John Lewis, bequeath, with great pleasure, my position as dictator of underclassmen to Kenneth McCoy, on the one condition that he find a new bury- ing ground. My hair goes to Joe Taormina. I, John Pihl, do hereby bequeath to Mrs. W. E. Hester, one complete set of books entitled, Life in Phoenix, hoping this will enable her to give as much entertainment to her next-year's Econ. class as I did this year. I, Harriett Holeman, do hereby bequeath my exceptional ability of running other people's affairs, to Shelby Levin, and unto Florence Morgensen, my gift of gab. fBe sure you use it to advantage., I, Marie Louise Ehrhorn, hereby bequeath to Alice Berta, my art of blushing: and my tennis ability to Ollie Moehring. I, Jess Regli, solemnly bequeath my harmless bull to Edward Morgensen. fDon't take him away from school, though, Eddie.j My ability to charm QU the ladies, I leave to Howard Neubauer. QGO slow, Howdie.J I, Harold O'Dell, will my petted, combed, and exceedingly well-trained pom- padore to Frank Vastbinder QI use Staycomb, Frankielg and my puttees to George Bolitho. E231