Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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The Pilgrim 32 Class Will We, the members of the Senior Class of '15, being of sound mind and nearing Cwe hopej the close of this life, do hereby Will and bequeath, all our possessions and privileges to our dear faculty and to all who intend braving the dangers of future years in our beloved High School. To Mr. McDowell, our worthy Superintendent, we leave the pleasure of figuring out the complex records of Chas. Johnson and Boyd Morcombe, in order to get rid of their illustrious presence by 1920 at least. We hereby bequeath to Mr. Dutter a few more assistants in order to give M. Cressner, C. Buck, and Prof? Shirar, a little time for pleasure. To Miss Johnson, we bequeath Ching , our pig-tailed friend, whom she can drop in Chinatown, when she arrives in San Fran- cisco this summer. After a long and exciting debate, we have decided to leave with Miss Kercher a list of all the Christian names of the Junior boys, who, we know, will feel slighted to be called by their last names only when they have arrived in the Senior Class. To Miss Eberly, we leave a class composed of many talented people, who can learn a part in any play inside of two years. Having a great love for the Physics Laboratory, and all? it contains, the boys of the Physics class leave the beloved engine with Mr. Harris. The Pluto Club bequeaths to him a Presto-Lite key for his private use. To Miss Smith, we bequeath an iron, to be placed between the Laboratory and the Cooking Room, in order to keep Jacox from breaking thru, when he smells the delicious? odors. Knowing that Mr. Jackson is terribly interested in music, and all concerned, we hereby give and bequeath to him a megaphone, thru which he can yell Fire, Fire every Friday morning. To Mr. Stilson, we desire to give a permit, to run his car f?J under the front steps every morning, instead of leaving it uncov- ered in the street. Lastly the Senior Class bequeaths to Miss Scott, an orchestra that can murder, The Poet and Peasant with greater ease ,and dexterity. Having a few possessions and priveleges, which can be used with great success C91 by the lower classmen, the individuals of the Senior Class have generously decided to leave them to their be- loved friends, who, we know can profit by their generosity. I, Erwin Haag, do hereby will and bequeath my artistic talent

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22 The Pilgrim CLASS OR-ATION We, the Class of l9l5, are about to sever our relationship with Plymouth High School. As a class and as individuals, we have participated in many school activities, - we have suffered keenly in its defeats, and rejoiced in its victories. Now, we depart from it with a friendly feeling, for it is our alma mater. We have acquired, we hope, a certain amount of knowledge, fostered and encouraged good studious habits, raised our ambitions, and increased our capacity for good hard work. We trust that we may be of service to this community, and thus render to it full compensation for the training it has given us. While all these things are true, we would have to regard our school life a failure if we left Plymouth High School without a greatly increased number of friends. It would be unfortunate if our training here had not created and stimulated a greater capacity for friendship. For sincerely and candidly, we regard this capacity as the best asset any indi- vidual can possibly have. But you may ask, what is friendship? Friendship to the stoic was a blessed occasion for the display of nobilityg to the Epicurean it was the most refined of all earthly pleasures which make life worth living: to Aristotle it was the perfection of individual life, a beau- tiful and a noble thingg to Christ it meant this, Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Friendship is love, and is to the soul as the miracle of spring to the cold dull earth. But we can not gain friends or all this loveliness of friendship without some effort on our part. And it is because of this lack of individual effort, that we do not make use of the opportunity given us, in our High School years, for making many friends. Our friends are few because we choose to let the number be merely within our social circle or clique, which means that we are robbing friendship of its real worth for our own selfish position or gain, and by so doing, we are depriving our own heart of the capacity for friendship. When we take out of our hearts the capacity of friendship, we are losing the beauty of living, for friendship is the wine of life. We need friends and need to be friends to make life worth living. But the only way to have real friends is to be a friend yourself. The best method for the culture of friendship is the Colden Rule, To do to, and for, your friends what you would have them do to you. In this lies the whole duty of friendship. But the duty is not with your friends, but is with you, yourself. Friendship does not consist alone in having friends, but also in being a friend. The Colden Rule does not mean that the in- stant a friend displeases us, we immediately turn against him, and do all in our power to carry out the old saying, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but the Golden Rule does mean that we should practice the larger spirit of forgiveness and love. Look for good in your friends and you will find good. Let your friends know that you trust them and then show them that you have faith in them, - for if there be no loyalty, there can be no great friendship. The making of real friends is the best token of a successful school career. Friendship will in turn bring to us, as Bacon says, peace in affections, support of the judgmentg and aid in all actions and occasions. It gives to us satisfaction of heart, for we live for admiration, hope, and love. It gives us satisfaction of the mind, for in no matter do we feel confident until we have secured the opinion of friends. Because of this fact. the responsibility of friendship is indeed a great one, -- for through our influence and ex- pressed opinions, the circle of many people's friends may be broadened, and if each indi- vidual would use his influence in this way, all humanity would, in time, come to be friends, and the human race would be one grand peaceful brotherhood. Friendship though, above all things, gives us strength of character, for by comradeship we get one of the finest arts and strongest forces in the molding of our characters. Friendships are elevating to the no- bility of conduct and strength of character, - they add a sacred responsibility to life. Then, what a miracle friendship is, -to possess it is to have one of the world's sweetest gifts.

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24 The Pilgrim to Chas. Buck, who can use it in making Athletic Posters, I also leave my PeP in track to Russel Ringer, who has shown himself to be an enthusiastic and energetic young man in that line. We, Reva Doty and Gladys Parks, leave our excellent rec- ords with any of the young men, who promise to have and to cherish them CThe girls or the records?j Arthur Cleveland, too busy collecting Pilgrim subscriptions to make a long will, does hereby bequeath to the Sophomore President his position as President of the Student Council. tHe wishes to keep the honor in the famiIy.J I, Ruth Rhinehart, do hereby bequeath to Helen Bondurant, my dramatic gestures and excellent voice, which will win first honors in any Declamation contest. Donald Baker, John Shoemaker and Rolland Cook, having seen so many Senior classes pass out of school, who never made a vital suggestion to guide the lower classmen, do hereby suggest to every Freshman a very simple CPU method of getting thru school, Never Flunkf' I, Marie Carothers, too exhausted from hard work to tell of my deligtful C?j experiences as Editor-in-Chief, do hereby give the said otlice to anyone who will take it. I also leave my honor grades with Opal English, who has aspirations to become a student. Ellis Maxey leaves with Mr. Harris, his new electrical ma- chine which will register every cent he pays for breakage in the Physics Laboratory. We, Lillian Hahn and Fanny Chart, do hereby will our mod- est dispositions to Joe and Brit who can use them to an ad- vantage, we know. I, Walter Wise, having had much experience in teaching Commercial Arithmetic, do hereby donate my ability to Robert Brundige, who can use anything in that line with the greatest ease, and never coniiict with his own knowledge of the subject in the least. I, Grace Milner, knowing of Mr. Dutter's experiences and re- nown as a low Baritone, do hereby bequeath to him, my ability to detect discords. I, Jessie Ritchie, do present to any of my sober school-mates all the sweetness of my nature. Especially, I think my beautiful giggle would put the finishing touches to Howard George and make him renowned. I, Carol Ione Humrichouser, do hereby leave to .all the High School, my loyalty to Athletics. I also leave my Geometry note- book with Charles Winenger, who will need it very much. I, Cletis Hammaker, being of a sober disposition, but very