Nokomis High School - Old Nokomis Yearbook (Nokomis, IL)

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2 2 THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1922, N. T. H. S. N. T. H. S. Whereas, believing ourselves to be of sound mind and in possession of all our faculties, and, looking to the day when we shall cease to exist as a class, and, furthermore, wishing to inculcate our admirable precepts into the minds of future Seniors and make them forever parties with us in our follies, we hereby diaw up the following codicil, making bequests severally and collectively as follows: First: To the Junior Class, we bequeath the inter-class tournament, our experience in matters of finance and policy, our orations, and the opportunity of graduating from N. T. H. S. in the near future which also confers the privilege of being “It.” Second: To the Sophomore Class, we bqueath the sum of $1,000 to be held in trust for them until such a time as the executrix of this will shall declare them as wise as we. Third: To the Freshman Class, we bequeath all the rulers in our desks in the hope that the same may be of material aid to them when initiating next year’s Freshmen. Fourth: To next year’s Freshman Class, we bequeath all our ponies, answer-books, notes and cleverness in the hope that they may be used to elude the questions and scoldings of the Faculty. OLD NOKOMIS

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2 2 Groogan, John. President of the Irish Free State. His influence has been responsible for the absolute freedom gained by the Irish. Hulbeit, Howard. Has gained distinction as the Secretary of Agriculture. His methods have been proclaimed the best ever instituted. Jones, Grace. Leader of reform movement demanding less strict Teachers’ examinations. Has been successful in efforts. Kettelkamp, Gilbert. American Nature Poet of life in the Middle West. Winner of Nobel prize in 1944. Nobbe, Dorothea. Successful director of Women’s Nat’l Elevator Association Auxiliary. O Brien, Jesse. Mathematical expert. Has achieved evolution of several processes hitherto unknown. 0 Biien, Raymond. Expert agriculture advisor. Has carried out Burroughs great work and has achieved fame as great as that of his predecessor. Pinkerton, Amos. Corporation Attorney. In 1945 was appointed chief attorney of the staff employed by Rockefeller, Jr. Powers, Branham. Present whereabouts unknown. When last heard of he w as a moving picture projectionist at Sing Sing. Rashaw, Evelyn. Manager New York Fashion Shop, having offices in the largest cities of the world. Smith, Reyburn. Inventor of new dancing exercises. Successful promoter of “The Follies.’’ Stevenson, Ruth. Has won distinction as author of text books for Kindergarten grades. Writer of child stories. Shoemaker, Kathrine. Greatest Soprano ever born. Sweet voice of high range. Now employed by Chicago Opera Co. Larrick, Gladys. Pounder of home for poor abused aspirants to teaching positions. Tender care has aided materially in aiding them to secure positions. Lillian, Woltmann—Stanley Willis—SUCCESSFUL!,Y MARRIED. Of all the talking these women can do— They have us kids beaten a mile or two. OLD NOKOMIS

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2 2 Fifth: To the Faculty, we bequeath all the credits which we have earned and deshe that same shall be equally distributed in token of our love. Sixth: To Miss Green, we bequeath all our short stories in the hope that at some time she may see fit to publish them in book form. Seventh: To Mr. Thacker, we bequeath all our I. O. U.’s, in the hope that he will be better able to take care of them than we. Eighth: To E. E. Rademacher, we bequeath all our lost chords provided that he shall find them. Fuithermore, we make the following individual bequests: I, Loiothy Eeasley, leave what is left of the piano to anyone who is unfortunate enough to occupy my position next year. We, Howard Hulbert and Raymond O’Brien, bequeath our winning ways and “he-vamp” manners to Thomas Brown and Herman Luken. I, Amos M. Pinkerton, authorize the blue-eyed peach blossoms to gentlv reliexe me ol my four years of Latin, not more than seven years from the first of next July. We, Dorothea Nobbe, Viola Briegel and Evelyn Rashaw, offer our exalted positions as Seniors to the three noisiest girls in the Junior Class. I, Katherine Shoemaker, will put on sale, through the executrix of this instrument, my ability to ingratiate myself with all teachers. Proceeds will go to buy a soup tureen for the Domestic Science Department. K Rcj burn Smith, direct that my ability to get by the faculty, be ti ansferred to Wib Schroeder, who, in turn, is to leave it to whom he chooses. I, Charles Frederick, better known as “Tottee” or “Doc,” bequeath my various offices and managerships to anyone who wants to utilize his spare time and miss class occasionally. I, Gib Kettelkamp, pass my position as Captain of the Basket Ball Team, to next season s captain, one good pair of shoes and one knee guard included. I, Lillian A. Woltmann, commend my pet Marcelle waves unto the keeping of Winifred Tharp. I, Worcester Green, in addition to my tenorical echoes, bestow upon the student body, together with Tottie F., the system of quarterly exams, proved by us in open debate to be the only logical one for N. T. H. S. I, Chick Biakenhoff, bequeath my ability to stage a successful box social to “John D.” Randles. OLD NOKOMIS