Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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mm of tf)f Class of 1908 E, the members of the class of 1908 feel several symptoms of approaching old age which make us fear that the delightful hours spent in the chem- ical “lab” and the other places of amusement about the building, are soon to cease forever. The stiffness due to rheumatism attendant upon old age, was first noticeable at the Inter-class Track Meet this spring. The result of this meet lead us to consult our physician, Dr. C. E. Heed, whose x-rav examination of that part of our anatomy technically known as the “ report i bus cardibus” revealed the fact that our sands of life are running low. Furthermore, the gradual relaxation of the pained and worried countenance of Miss Harrington, our beloved session-room teacher, causes us to think that she knows facts pointing to our impending departure. Considering these facts, and in view of the richness and com- plet ness of our possessions, we deemed it advisable to settle our estates and to make this, our last will and testament. To the following we make these bequests: To the class of 1909 we leave: ITEM: Our overabundance of class-spirit, that they may profit in class meetings thereby. ITEM: Our class disputes and excellent art of petitioning, that it may in the future benefit them as much as it has us in the past. ITEM: To the '09 girls we give the care of the library, hoping that will keep as perfect order as the ’08s. ITEM : To the ’09 boys we give the privilege of sitting beside the teacher in the library. ITEM: An extensive supply of former '08 students to be treated tenderly in memory of us. To the class of 1910 we bequeath: ITEM: Our unsurpassed ability in basketball. P. S.—We leave our especial wonder, Art McCune, as forward. ITEM: Our smiling and beaming countenances, with the ex- ception of Genevieve Norfolk’s. To the class of 1911 we leave: ITEM: Our stand in with the faculty, particulary Earl Vance’s. ITEM: Our ability to crib and graft.

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Nina (5mm is teaching school in Farmington. Walter Anthony is a veterinary surgeon. Eunice Field is an artists’ model. Florence Billingsly is captain of the Salvation Army in Oska- loosa. The 1010 class play (). II. S. was trained by Cushman Haven. It was a great success. .Jessie Canfield, in partnership with “Hennesy”, furnishes the markets with fresh lish. That includes everyone in the class, save the honorary members and you see and hear of them every day. May they all be as suc- cessful in the next twelve years as they have been in the past. Hut there goes the supper-bell. Signed, Kutli Hall, Chairman, Marguerite Smith, Erwin Walker, Earl Vance, Committee.

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To the class of 1012 we leave: ITEM: The care of the class of 1011, truthfully believing that said Freshman class will be more able to care for I he big-headed Sophomores than they themselves. ITEM : Our genius in track work, hoping that they may come as near winning the cup as we did. PERSONAL BEQ TESTS. ITEM: We give Anna Anderson’s love for Miss Brown to Kay Tullis. ITEM : We bequeath Grace Calhoun’s melodious soprano voice to “Ticky” Westerlioff. ITEM: We leave the ladylike and sedate manner of Ruth Hall to Florence Glenn, to be used at her discretion. ITEM: We leave Fred Hartman’s football suit to Fred Rankin, Dick Tharp’s running shoes to Louie Tod wick, and Boots Root’s “specs’’ to ’Ren Vinson, to make him look dignified. ITEM : We bequeath Helen Kelley’s turtle-dove, Bert Cushing, to Mary Weidle. ITEM: We pass the mirror in the Room 10 wardrobe along to the Freshmen girls, to be used during the rush hours. ITEM: We give Leona’s Dollars to Jim Blubs. ITEM: We desire that Frances Winans take the place of Elsie Fin arty as head of the noon-hour German class in Room 10. ITEM: We leave the genius of our Trig’ stars, Alice Goodall, Laurena Crone and Stuart Swinney to lie equally distributed among the coming classes. ITEM: We give the combined avoirdupois of Hallie Hirst and Verna Houke to Vera Ford. ITEM: We bequeath to Miss Harrington the “Western” voice of Helen Briggs, hoping that she will be able to make herself heard in the future. ITEM: We leave Fred Hartman’s graceful mode of locomotion to Cecile Druen, that she may continue to be the cynosure of the admiring eyes of both faculty and students. ITEM: We leave Irene Hedrick’s beauty to Garnet Arnold. ITEM: We give to Catherine Kamsell. Isa Miller’s excellent grades in deportment. ITEM. We leave Loren Meredith’s interest in Fern Williams to Lewellvn Lodwick. ITEM: We give Art Haw’s loud mouth to ’Ren Vinson. ITEM: We bequeath Charles McClelland’s art of love-making as shown in the class-plav, to Nelson McGowan. ITEM: We leave Lena Prather’s winsome smile to Badie Nelson. ITEM: We give to Carl Fritz Ralph Stent pipe and tobacco. ITEM: We give the ability of Bill Osier and Dick Tharp in