Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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Ontario High School CW - 'PW In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names the twenty-fifth day of June, in the year One thousand, nine hundred and twenty-three. Myrtle Allen, Maurice Maher Pearle Leenhouts Beulah Brandt Violetta Finkle Clo-ise Swearingen Gladys Herbert Norman Beach We, whose names are hereto subscribed, DO CERTIFY, that on the twenty-fifth day of june, 1923, the above testators sub- scribed their names to this instrument in our presence and in the presence of each of us, and at the same time, in our presence and hearing, declared the same to be their last Will and Testament, and requested us, and each of us, to sign our names thereto as wit- nesses to the execution thereof, which we hereby do in the presence of each other, on the said date, and write opposite our names our respective places of residence. Mable Brockman, residing at Ontario Center, N. Y. Harold Sheahen, residing at Ontario, N. Y. Class Payroll Cloise Swearingen HE SENIOR CLASS of 1923, being a very business-like class, wishes to give the members some slight token of re- ward for their effort in behalf of the class. Thus I am authorized by the said class to make these awards. First, to Norman Beach the class deems it fitting to give an autographed copy of Cic.ero's Orations translated into English. It is hoped that this gift will make ample reward for the many un- happy hours spent in trying to translate it into English. To Violetta Finkle, who now holds the school record for speeding, and for the prevention of which the class now gives a check to buy a speedometer. May she always watch her speed and may she always keep the speed laws in order that the people may understand her. To have been the president of the class since it was organized is quite an honor and quite a respo-nsibility, and so to Miss Pearle Leenhouts I present from President Harding, who recognizes her 22

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The Junior Echo '51 'PW To Glenna Po-rrey, this telephone. It is a peculiar sort of instrument. It will call Hill's,l' but not mountains. To Leila Hise, this stick of dynamite. You are not what we consider 'slowj' La, but this will have a tendency to quicken your physical movements as well as your mental. Fourth-To the Sophomores, who must work to raise their standards in the annals of the Average, we request that they use to their best advantage, the sum of 10,000 German marks, which we leave to them to further this project. And to the offi- cers of said Sophomore Class we give, devise, and bequeath the following: To Donald Charlick, a bag of salt. Everyone knows what salt is used for, therefore we ,take it for granted they will draw their own conclusions. To Clara Lebbert, this utility bottle. You are to carry it everywhere you go, to care for your aches and pains. To Esther Dickenson, this wonderful pair of gloves, which you are to wear only at physical training time. F ifth--We hereby advise that when the present Freshman Class rise to the honored position of Sophomores they will bear in mind their duty to their upper-classmen, namely, the Seniors. A Word, present Freshmen, don't forget the Seniors in your class functions and they will not forget you!!! We leave the said Freshmen the amount of 1oo,ooo Russian rubles for their use in providing sufficient refreshment in case thieves should break in and steal. To the OFFICCFS of this class we give, devise and be- queath the following: To Carolyn Fuller, this note book, which has copied in it, rules from the best authors on How to Manage a Large Fresh- man Meeting. To Dorothea McCarty, this pair of ear rings. You might just as well have an extra pair as so-me others in your class, with whom we are acquainted. To James Whitbourne, a bottle of henna shampoo. Some- times a change in color of one's hair has a tendency to alter one's dispositio-n. Sixth-To the Sub-Academics, many of whom have shared in our fun and trials for a half year, we ask that they bear in mind the advice, given by us to our under-classmen, that they may not be the objects of comment in further class wills. Don't worry, Subs, you'll graduate some day-you'll muddle through some- how. Lastly, we hereby appoint HARLAND G. HOGEBOOM, executor of this, our last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us made. 21

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The Junior Echo I cw- - -we to face the world and the future. In the meantime take seriously the advice I have given you and take as your model the class of IQ23. Keep up the high school standard and spirit in the future as we have preserved them in the past and above all be faithful to your studies. Work as hard in your studies as you do in athletics. And now look what I have standing before me. He is the very distinguished president of the equally distinguished Junior class, but oh, what a president! He was one of the Juniors in the hazing bunch at the Freshman class party at Mrs. Allen's this year. He was one of the principal characters in the escapade and he helped eat the biggest share of the lunch they stole from the Freshies by breaking a window to get it. What a reputation! In school this president, instead of being in the back seat and setting an example for the other members of the class to follow, is near the front seat with a low average. W'hat is the reason? He, instead of staying in and studying nights go-es out in his little two! by four Ford, and, of course, retires late. Then he is o-ne of the principal cut-ups in school and he is always getting called down by the teacher for not having his lessons, especially in Latin. And his deportment--well, I should hate to tell you what it is. Still in the face of all this and with such a bad reputation, you have selected him above everyone else in your class to give the Junior reply to-night. What am I to expect from such a person, so entirely unfitted to speak in a serious manner? He is a huge joke himself and for that very reason the best specimen and representative of the class, a big joke itself. But now, I am going to place our final faith and trust in you. VV e give into your care this wonderful Key of Knowledge, which has been in the possession of two Senior classes before us. You see that it bears the colors of each class, to which have been added the colors of the greatest class of all, the old rose and silver of the class of 1923. With the aid of this key, you may find wisdom. Never in all its history has it been stained with disuse or dishonored by neglect, and I charge you, juniors, the class of I924, to preserve its honor as spotless during the next year as it has been during the year just past. 'WD' Miss Kennedy-Tell about the government of Peter Stuy- vesant. Norman Beach-Well, he had only one leg and that. was a wooden one. Miss Kennedy-You don't mean that, do you? No-rman-Oh, no! I mean the leg he didn't have was a wooden one. ,25