Oakfield High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakfield, WI)

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17tli. To Ethel McKnight and Elsie Phelps we do give jointly and severally just one naif of our worthy president’s lung power to be used by them in recitation. 18th. We do bequeath to James I'ay the rgh‘ to reta n all the pulverized complexion beautifier which he brings home on his coat from Hamilton. 19th. To Alvin Ehrhardt we do device a motor cycle which will not dump him, and better still wi i need no tinkering. 20th. To Grant Wells we give a part in the play next year wfith the privilege of backing cut if he so desires. 21st. We do bequeath to Mr. Hansen the secret of who threw the shot. 22nd. Unto the girls in the Freshman class wre do give, devise and bequeath our vast knowledge of geometry, our love for polygons and our admiration for parallelop’peds 23rd. To the h:gh school students 1ft behind we give our interest in the basket ball and a chance from now on to win something in oratoricals. 24th We do give to Olive Roy an excursion tcket to X. D, which will carry two from there to Lusk. 25th. To Lucile Edwards we do bequeath our cribs in physics, which will pass her thru an examination with a resistance of 1000 ohms, an amperage of 30C0 and a voltage of 2000. 2Cth. We do give, devise and be- queath to Flora Morgan, Eva Paynter and Guli Orvis leather medals as rewards for being the victors of the whispering matches which we have had at. school. 27th. To Jce Geelan we do bequeath a bronco and a cow boy’s hat to be given to her upon her departure for Enderlin. 28th. We do give to Lula Ripley, Ethel Bristol and Eessie Burns the privilege of meeting their friends when they call for them at the Grammar room door. 29:h. To those who were once with us in this class we give our best wishes for their success and our sincere regret that they are not with us now. We hereby nominate and appoint Everett Tulledge executor of this our last will and testament and it is our desire that he be required to give bond for the faithful performance of his duty. The residue and remainder both real and personal we do give, devise and bequeath unto the School Board, to them and their successors forever, to be held by them in trust for the future generation of Seniors. In witness whereof we have hereunto set cur hands and seals this 31st day of May, 19GG. In the presence of RYLE WORTHING, RUSH COLE, RALPH WARNER. D. E. W.

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WILL OF THE CLASS OF 1906. We, the class of ’Oc, being of sound and disposing mind and memory and mindful of the uncertainties of life, do make, publish and declare this our last will and testament, revoking all former wills by us made: 1st. We direct our executor herein after named to pay all our just debts and our graduating expenses. 2nd. We do give, devise and bequeath to the Juniors the entire physical laboratory and its contents. 3rd. We do bequeath to the Sophomore class our kind instructors. 4th. We do devise to the Freshman class our studious manner to be held by them until their graduation, whereupon it shall pass to the Freshman class in existence at that time. 5th. To Jennie Pratt and Marshall Moses we do give jointly and severally our ability to sit still and put our attention upon our work. 6th. We do bequeath to Edward Cragoe the combined argumentative powers of the class of ’06. 7th. We do give, devise and bequeath to Bessie Geelan our ponies in civics to be held by her until she leaves high school and then to pass over to Walter Lamb. 8th. To Lola Pratt we do bequeath two steel plates for her heels and some clappers for her toes so that people will be aware of the fact when she walks across the floor. 9th. We do devise to Jessie R pley all our love letters and old beaux. 10th. To Walter Burns we do bequeath the privilege to grumble all he wishes to and talk without permission. 11th. We do give to Clara Gordon a solution mixed up in our physical laboratory guaranteed to turn red hair to a beautiful golden yellow like her own. 12th. To Lillian Pratt we do give all our outlines anci reference books in English literature, together with our knowledge cf Chaucer, Shake speare and Milton. 13th We do devise to Harold Bennett one of the back seats which have heretofore been occupied by the Seniors. 14th. We do bequeath to Fred Gordon the sole right to manufacture gun powder in this village, but we wish to warn him against the “Burns” he is liable to get. 15th. To Miss Rakow we do give, devise and bequeath a white vest, a swallow-tailed coat and a turn over collar to be worn by her at the next engagement party. 16th. We do give to Earl Henning-sen our subscriptions to the Milwaukee Daily News and the whole afternoon of each day in which to collect, our letters.

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JOAN OF ARC. In one of the public squares of Paris today stands a beautiful monument. As it towers above the moving throng its silent characters tell no tale, but many a Frenchman knows that it is there to help blot out the memory of an awful crime. This monument pays tribute to a name known only in history, but in art and literature—the name of Joan of Arc. Because of the courage which prompted a single country girl to offer her services in a nation’s great need; because of the spirit which inspired all within her influence, to carry on her high purpose for the sake of France; because of her loyalty to her country and her king; the world holds her name in memory. That which prompted the greatness of her career did not consist of state or military abilities but of pure and noble character. The hundred years of bitter struggle in which England sought to make France a part of the English realm was drawing to a close. King Edward by his vigorous campaigns had made all France forlorn, miserable and well nigh distracted, it was impoverished, overrun, and drained of fighting men. The war had not only exhausted the resources of France, but those of England as well. The victories of Grecy, Poictiers and Agincourt—which shed such lustre on the English nation had brought nearly all of northern France under English subjection. At last the Duke of Bedford resolved to take Orleans, which was the key to the south,—a city strongly fortified and well provisioned. If Orleans surrendered France would be at the mercy of England. But go back with me if you will from the scene of war to Joanne’s childhood. She was born at Dom-remy, that little village on the frontiers of Champagne and Lorraine. Nurtured within the historic forests and mountains of eastern France, and educated in the doctrines and r'tes of the Romish church, and by that superior teacher—Nature. She was employed by her mother in spinning and sewing. Joan was naturally devout and faithful for after her days work was over she would spend hours in quiet contemplation before the altar in the little village church and would often slip away from her companions to muse in silence or to pray. This quiet life was broken by the storm of war as it last came home to Domremy. As the outcasts and wounded passed by the little village the young girl gave them her bed and nursed them in their sickness. Her whole nature summed itse'f up in one absorbing passion, “pity for the fair realm of France.” As her passion grew she recalled old prophecies that a maid from the Lorraine border should save the land. The most remarkable thing about, this young girl is that she claimed to have seen visions, which there is l?ttle difficulty in understanding for she possessed a nature strongly sympathetic, and it was kindled to ardent patriotism by the sad condition of her country. Gradually her whole attention became so engrossed with her country’s wrong that all her working hours were one continued and prolonged prayer for it« deliverance. At the same time she kept long fasts until her body was worn out and she became a little light headed from