Oshkosh High School - Index Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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January T H E I N D E X 1923 Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllll IIIIII llllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 5. Irene Long leaves her curly looks to Mr. Barnes. 6. Donald Mees leaves his iidleness to VVell-s Harrington. 7. Margarebe Luth-er gladly gives her habit of 'blushing to Barbara Thompson. . 8. La Verne Pause leaves his ambition, -sixty Words a minute, to Charles I-Iasbroueh. 9. Gertrude Labudde leaves her vanity to Eleanor Prichard. 10. Merrill Newton leaves his perfect haireonrbs 'to Charles Breeze. 11. Dorothy Minkles leaves her ability as ia violinist to Mr. Kluvck. 12. Alice Williams leaves her history graft to anyone who needs it. 13. Gertrude Fredrick leaves h-er sunny smile to Marion James. 14. Mildred Behling leaves her cleverness to Jane Fuller who is sadly in need of it. I 15. Marcella Berman fulfills Beatrice Darlings greatest wish by leaving her a permanent Wave. Ninth: To Miss Clark and Mr. Greenough, Whom We esteem and revere, the sole and dfelightful task of executing this, the Last Will and Testament of the 'Class of January 1923. lin 'Hitman mlyprpnf, we hereunto set our hand and -seal this twenty- sixth -day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. fSignedJ CLASS OF JANUARY '23, Age 4 Years. Page 29

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January T H E I N D E X 1923 vllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IllllllllllIIlllllllllllIlllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllll Gllaaa will 9' N OYV all men by these presents, that -we the Graduating Class ,K of January, 1923, of the Oshkosh High School, of the City 4' off Oshkosh in the County of VVinnebago, and thle State of Vllirsconsin, do mhereby ma-ke, publish and declare the following to be our last will and test-alnentz First: VVe hereby request that the day of our envied departure be observed with due ceremony -and pomp inthe latest styles and pro-per mode, and that all who attend shall -appear in their most fashionable apparel. Second: We bequeath to our honorable Principal the right to punish by the liberal distribution of yellow excuses, by keeping the accused for hours in the High School jail. CThe main offieej, or by using his forceful voice an-d look to make the accused know that laws must be obeyed. We also delegate to him the right to imprison anyone who willfuly disobeys the rules wie have so faithfully made. Third: To the Faculty, our good nature ' '-man they use it freely. Fourth: To the Freshmen we give, devise, and bequeath our pep- -not one-half per cent, but football pep! Fifth: To the Sophomore-s our gift of gab-3 they find it valuable While debating. Sixth: To the worn-out Juniors we leave our vast Treasury to be invested in H11 elevator to transport them to the fourth floor+or higher. Seventh: VVe glad-ly give to the S. Bs our power of memory to be u-sed while reciting S. A poetry. Eighth: The following personal bequeatlunents are made by gen- erous individuals of our noble class to 'those -who are in need: 1. Lorraine Gerdes leaves her Romance with the Nuera Club to be disposed of as they see fit in keeping up historical chronicles. 2. Wil'l'ard Myer leaves his Wit to the Janitors. 3. Ermetta Dalton leaves her style, long skirts, to Bernice Segal. 4. Hobart Adams leaves his ability a-s quarter back to Rufus Brown. Page 28

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January T H E I N D E X 1923 1 IIlllllllllllIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllHIllllllllllllllllllllllIllllIlllllllIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllfllmllll Gllaan Snug By G. Willard Meyer Farewell, dear school, we now depart From out thy halls so dear to our heart. We pray that we may e'er be true . To thee our school of the white and blue. The friends we've met beneath thy roof Will of their loyalty give proof. And through our lives, though sad or gay, We pledge our faith to thee alway Chorus We meet to-night to say good-bye To thee dear school of Oshkosh High. We meet to-night to sing our praise Of thee, dear school, to there our praise. Though time may bear us far apart, The thought of you within our heart Will guide us upward in the right. 0 school, dear school, of the blue and white II. Our task is done, we say good-bye, And cannot help but give a sigh. The few short years we spent wllh thee To us shall e'er a treasure be. T'was here we shaped a new found course. For ideals high you've been our source, On this our motto firm, we'll rest That he reaps 711051, who serves the best. Pago 30