Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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I, Russell Bod ley, gracefully exit, leaving George Uackctt in abso- lute and supreme possession of that hall piano. I, Madalyn Worth, will to Mr. Jungennann my invaluable collec- tion of insects, worms, etc., to be distributed impartially among the unfortunate ones that remain. T, Hall W alker, with confidence and trust, do will my flowery rhetoric and masterful oratory to Alexander Briggs. Don't give up hope. Alex., you’ll be a Shakespeare (W. J. B.) yet. T, Dorothy E. Xichols, leave to the next Commish of Literary Activ- ities, Sammy Peirce, the burning desire to go away some place and be a Bolshevik, with the hope that it may he used to the utmost advan- tage in editing next year’s Campanile. Me. Fred Hughes, leave my ability to do trigonometry in the midst of the awful clamor of the Commissioner’s office to any person hard up for it—maybe Dave Lamson or Porky Dwight. I. Vivian Umphrcys, leave to Mary Thygeson my well known ability to get stuff imo the Campanile on time once in a (great) while—refer you to D. E. N. I. Shirley Charles, desire to leave to Sammy Peirce my accomplish- ment of getting to school on time three hundred and sixty-four days of the year, even though living near the school—a most difficult feat, as 1 well know. George Ilackett, to you I leave my little booklet, How to he a Lieu- tenant with the Glory and without the Work. You may need it some time, for all 1 know. I have found it useful. Wishing you luck.—Pete Franklin. T. Edward Waterman, bequeath my position as Times correspond- ent to anyone feeling the pressing need of writing an autobiography. To Louis Bucklin I give a little advice, to wit -don't chase after the girls. They are like street cars. Another will be along in a few min- utes. Signed, E. Whinner. To Edgar McDowell, 1. George Green, leave my little book entitled, How to acquire a misplaced eyebrow over night. T. Edgar Deimal, leave to Mr. Wells the ripe knowledge that you can make most anything learn chemistry if you try hard enough. We, Carl Shoup and Dickson C lark, leave to Red Marshall and Eric Jordan our demonstrated ability to carry on a conversation during recitation by using the semaphore code. (Hint—use your fingers in- stead of your arms.) 21

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Class Will E, the class ot 1919, heaving the last gasp of our four fervid years of Palo Alto High School life, feel that we are drawing near to that period called Commence- ment beyond which all things seem as chaos, and we wish, before it is too late, to make our last Will and Testament. We modestly recognize that we have more brains, more energy, more ability, and more general all-round classi- ness than any class that came before us or can hope to follow us in the future, and, being of a somewhat generous nature, we desire to be- queath to those who still remain some of our lovable qualities. There- fore, let cr rip! We give to the Juniors, who may possibly resemble us in name at least, next year, our Janus-like nature that enables us to preserve great dignity and austerity when in the presence of Freshmen and other foreigners, but also lets us raise the very dickens in our classroom when alone with Miss Carhart. Naturally we give to the Frosh something or other to keep them quiet, and we have an idea that our wonderful love of studying (which occurs at intervals) will do as well as anything—provided the Frosh use this great gift with great caution and circumspection. With a great outburst of enthusiasm we give to the Sophs out job of inventing excuses for tardiness and absence that must be both plaus- ible and yet befitting the dignity of upper-classmen. We offer the ad- vice that this is one of the hardest jobs on earth. To the faculty and to the rest of the school we leave sweet ( ?) re- membrances of ourselves—just how sweet they are we cannot he sure, but we trust they might be worse. To Mac and the rest of the corps of faithful janitors we bequeath the realization that, after all. we did our best most of the time to keep the hall cleared of all rubbish, such as paper, ink, lower classmen, etc. And last, but not least, we leave to the whole school the urgent cry to “jazz 'em up” and let the Paly spirit never fail—heads up always! Some benighted individuals, conceiving the fancy that we want to leave something definite to those who follow, utter these thoughts: We bequeath the art of carrying on more conversation in a forty- minute English period than any human, to David Hackett. Use this to advantage, Dave. Signed, O. l'oezinger, I). Shone. 20

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Me, I, and myself do leave tor once and for all the insignia, “Still a High School Stude.’’ as well as The Beautiful Ohio (may she How in peace!) to all P. G.’s. My cautious driving and general highway be- havior 1 leave to whoever next uses Si Hays’ flivver. Signed. Charles Watson. I. Xat Moore, leave a little word to the wise—“What I think about chaperons.” Is it sufficient? And, being grateful for the trust bestowed on me by the faculty and student body, 1 leave my happy spirit to haunt the halls and recall pleasant memories. We, the Board of Commissioners, bequeath to our successors out- precious little office. Please handle with care and salvage the pieces for the next board. In Witness Whereof wc have hereunto set our mark, with the fer- vent prayer that we have not incurred the enmity of the entire school. X?! THE SENIOR CLASS. 22