Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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CLASS WILL Neva A. Wemes WE the class of l927, of the Ontario High School, in the County of Wayne, State of New York, United States of America being of well trained mind and understanding do hereby legally, law- fully, and otherwise make our last will and testament, hereby re- voking and making void all other wills, dispose of such in the fol- lowing manner: To the Faculty we bequeath all equipment necessary for making a success of future seniors. 'lio the juniors we leave the remainder of our class money in order that they will not have to borrow from the other classes. To the Sophomores we bequeath our dignity and good be- havior in order that they may retain the back seats in the study hall. To the Freshman we bequeath our talent and good recitations. To Marjorie Williams we give some hugs from the class of '27Q?J. To Roswell Pratt a few private lessons on the saxaphone, in order that he will be able to play more than the chorus of the Star Spangled Banner. To Bernadette Rogers, Lester leaves his good marks hoping that another year Bernadette may profit by them- To Earl Robertson a few inches of Gordon Allen's enormous height. To Marie Leenhouts, Rex Ransley leaves his permanent smile. lo Raymond Peer we bequeath lVlax Ver Dow's feminine af- fections. To Ruth Allen, Homer Barnhart leaves the motto Silence is Golden. lo Arthur Album, Ruth Schimerhurn leaves all her knowl- edge of Physics. . To Viola Treese and Gertrude Hill the knowledge that they are Freshman and not Seniors. To Francis Hargrave Thomas Paine's book on common sense. i231

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CLASS PROPHECY-Continued Rex Ransley a famous architect has designed many wonderful homes since he took up this work. I hear that he is now designing for himself a home at Miami, Florida. l wonder who the lucky girl may be? Max Verdow, the great candy manufacturer, owns one of the largest candy plants in the world at Chicago. The Verdow Candy is known everywhere because of the guarantee that stands back of it, Guaranteed not to make you fat 'and the more you eat the more you want. l think this was always Max's motto in high school. Neva Wemes took a course at Oswego Normal school. After spending three years there, she began teaching in Williamson as many of her former friends live there. She made such great success in teaching that she was offered a position as dean of Vassar Col- lege which she accepted. I hear her success is just as great there as it was in Williamson. ln this survey l discovered that the Class of I927 has been one which has come to fame and with all these things attained in ten years, one may expect greater things in the future. l THAT IRREPRESSIBLE. IMPULSE. By Marjorie Horner LAUCHINC and talking seem to be a natural tendency, and l seem to unconsciously think that I am endowed with a certain right to develop this tendency at any and all times fto the dis- pleasure of some and delight of othersj. This said tendency seems to run in the family. There is nothing so entising to me as motion, even if it is only the movement of the jaws. I not only like to talk but l enjoy hearing others talk. l am inclined to think that the atmosphere has something to do with my unspeakable behavior during the last class in the after- noon. The odor of the laboratory is enough to distract any one less disposed to notice it than l. lf one converses on interesting topics she is less likely to be so emphatically aware of the dis- agreeable side of existing and repugnant distractions. l really do not know where my head could have been. l seem to have forgotten all that makes the teacher glad to gaze into the uplifted, wistful eyes of her all inspiring subjects. lt's an omission that renders the teacher out of patience and peevish, sometimes. lt is exceedingly difficult and almost entirely impossible to concentrate when one is tired of school, hungry, and can so easily F1nd'an outlet for her irrepressible eruptions. E271

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CLASS WILL-Continued To Fern Huxley a maxim silencer. To Floyd Bel a rose bush guaranteed to grow hearts. To Thelma Carr, Myron Leenhouts leaves his glasses so she can see her upper classmen better. To Roy Stuber we leave our book on Palmer method. To Argetha Henderson the knowledge that love can't be Eaton. ' To Clarence Becker a ten year subscription to College Humor. To Isabelle Fewster a few letters from Colgate to keep her thoughts from ' 'Lima. To Stephen Sheppard the book Gentlemen prefer Blondes. To Eunice Lanson, a speedometer so that she will not ex- ceed the speed limit. To Osmond Hamlin a book Algebra Made Easy. To Marjorie Horner, Ruth Schimerhorn leaves her whole, whole Cicero book. To Lorenzo Palmer, we give this book entitled Instructions ln Book Selling. hoping that it may arouse his interest and aid him in selling the annuals- To Marjorie Millard a book of funny stories so when teaching she can make her classes interesting. To Leo Foley we bequeath Gordon Allen's selected hair tonic. To Judson Hise a couple boxes of candy for his good patron- age. To David Craven this laboratory manual in order that he may be able to catch up on his experiments. To Adelbert Murphy the right to be first mate on the boat ' 'jolly Rogers. To Edith Draves we bequeath Anna Moque's red cheeks to save her the expense of buying rouge. To Lois Gage a log chain to keep track of her belongings, namely: gloves, ' handkerchiefs and beaux. We do hereby constitute and appoint Geraldine DeMallie ex- ecutor of our last Will and Testament: hereby revoking all former wills by us made. lN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto subscribed our names the twentieth day of june, in the year One Thousand, Nine hundred and twenty-seven. Gordon Allen Lester Ameele Homer Barnhart Ethel Leenhouts Myron Leenhouts Anna Moque Rex Ransley Ruth Schimerhorn Max Ver Dow Neva Wemes. i291