Rhode Island College - Ricoled Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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I, Dorothy Reardon, hereby bequeath to Eileen Meikle a mirror for her locker in the hope t.hat she will find it available for her own use once in a while. I, john C. Murray, bequeath to joseph E. Brady my tendency to ever carry discussions into the abstract and metaphysical wherein opponents usually become mentally disarmed and whereupon our teclmiques of circumlocution tend to show that all arguments contrary to ours are either illogical or absurd or both. We, the Messrs. L. H, Mailloux and 'l'. II. Lowery do hereby bequeath to jack Cannon and Art Pontarelli our voluminous four-year notebook to carry on their professional work here at the college and out in the held-not too much ofa burden we hope! I, Elizabeth F. Crook, being of sound and disposing mind at the present, do hereby bequeath to the sophomore and junior class presidents fnot mentioning any IIIIIIICSD in the hope that any blot on my name and on the name of my family shall be erased-and to my successor that he may never have to borrow one-a large, beautifully carved politician's gavel. I, Robert T. Byron, bequeath to some unwary male in the junior Class the privilege of arranging a Social Calendar and the pleasure of being Chairman of May Day. I, james Warren, do pass on to one joseph Brady, the benign blessing of being the man for whom the school has done the most. I, Frederic King, being of sound mind and good Draft material, do hereby leave to my friend james Sullivan from Newport, the doubtful joys of Fall River trafhc on the way to Providence every morning. I, Mary Louise Whcelan. leave to my sister Eileen my share in our cooperative effort to hold high the burning tri-torch of Faith in ourselves. Hope for the future. and Charity toward any- one in need ol' it. in the Iirtn belief that she is quite capable of carrying it. I, Amelia Wargowski, do formally bequeath to Lois Murray my five-year-old sneakers which have been battered by four years of interscholastic sports-also a pair of new shoelaces. 'I'hey're burnished with polish-keep them that way. I, Kaye Kathy Hughes, hereby bequeath to Marjorie Trigger Heath, and Peggy Wahoo Martin the joy of retaining Camp Counsellor names during their remaining years at R. I. C. E. I, Eunice M. Olson, hereby bequeath to all East Providence underclassmen the daily privilege of rushing through the Industrial Trust Building to catch an 8:50 Smith Street car. I, Eileen McGrath, will to Kay Fuller my position as Madame Lazongaf' I, Guy Villatico, do hereby will and bequeath to Wally Mason the honor of giving Mr. Archer all our broken records. I, Elaine Guny, do will and bequeath to Shirley Kauffman my ability to get to chapel at least once a month. I, Mary Stafford, hereby do bequeath the privilege of losing her equilibrimn at formal functions to Gladys Hallvarson, who found my predicament a source of amusement. I, Agnes Des Grauges, do hereby bequeath to Dorothy Cucarelli and Evelyn Prince a kiddie car to take them to and froln basketball games-said kiddie car to have a rumble seat attachment to carry all excess baggage. Seventy-eight

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I, Gertrude Laurienzo, do hereby bequeath to Marietta Vitullo one dozen handkerchicfs and enough school tickets to supply her for the rest of the year. I, Barbara Curry, bequeath to Lorena Ward the responsibility of taking good care of a certain piece of property for me for the next year. I, Doris Dohring, leave to my friends in the class of '42 my pleasant training experience. I. Marie C. Doris. do give and bequeath all the annoyance and fun caused by having a popular given name and family ualne to anyone who finds herself in my predicament. I, Rosemary McCarthy, bequeath to Bill Mcllougald the ability to dash into Sociology late and innocently exclaim: Gosh, that library clock must be slow! and then explain his way Ullt of it when someone comes in and says, Mr, Mellougald just left his lunch in the ping-pong rooln. I, Lillian Anne Allen, being of sound mind and body do hereby bequeath to Margaret Adams the honor of being first in all alphabetical lists and consequently sitting in the front row in all classes-Assembly excepted. I, Margaret Catterall, do bequeath to Claire IJ. Langlois the pleasure of three more years of travelling on the 7:40 bus. I, -lean Sheehan, do hereby bequeath to Mitzi Hall an ever willing boy friend to transport the gang from school to Gibson's every afternoon. lVe, Gertrude Rivard and Mary Rooney, bequeath to Doris Betsey Murphy the privilege of being last to try to catch the 8: I3 train every morning. I, Edith Fogell, being of sound mind but shaken body, hereby bequeath my daily morning trip with all its vicissitudes in the bouncing Barnard bus, to someone with enough ballast to stay on the seat while riding rough roads. I. Kathryn M. Morgan, bequeath to Mitzi Hall the tunes Nagasaki and My Blue Heaven to he played only after school hours. I, Ruth Bowen, do hereby bequeath to Dorothy Valentine my post in the teachers' lunch room so that she may get a candid view of the faculty. I, Lena M. Belgers, ol' Saylcsville, bequeath to Mildred Ilriden and Francis Carter the innnediate right to defend our town against anything which may he said about it, good, had, or indifferent. I, jean Frances Anderson, being of unsound mind, cannot legally bequeath anything to anybody. I, Ruth C. Donahue, do hereby will and bequeath to Barbara II. llehan my desire for knowl- edge and consequently my seats in the libraries acquired after the reformation. We, Margaret Corbett and W. jean Carson, hereby do will and bequeath to Mary Barrett the drealn of having commuters who do not crab, We, Helen Lafreniere and Claire Olivier, do will and bequeath our friendship to Alice Kelly and Anne Kearns. I, Iva Berberian, being of sound mind, bequeath to Carolyn Godfrey my long, black. curly eyelashes usually hidden behind spectacles in school. Seventy-seven

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I, Frances Gar I, Shirley Smith, do hereby bequeath to Cousin jane Gray my sunny disposition with thc hope that she will make ttse of it. I, Rita Carey, bequeath to Betty McCann lny unused can of apple polish, the directions for the application of which I lost immediately after purchase. I, Laura Tierney, do hereby bequeath my curly locks to any of the poor unfortunates with that perpetual line, I can't do a thing with my hair! I, james Russo, being of sound mind and body do hereby will and bequeath to whomever cares to take it, the thankless task of taking the other side in any argument. I, Ruth Hazledine, bequeath my salty walk to Salty Saunders. I, Mary Munson, will to my sister Eileen my ability to make haste slowly. I, Betty Fagan, do hereby bequeath to Mary Smith a pair ol' knitting needles and a ball of yarn that she may make prohtable use of her leisure time on those daily trips back and forth from way up yonder in the country. vey, bequeath to anyone who may wish it the trouble of Iinding a parking space after nine o'clock on Tuesdays. I, Josephine Calabro, do hereby bequeath to my sister Elena the full realization of her hopes that she may now be called Miss Calabro with no distinction as to first names. I, Mary Munson, bequeath to john Hogan my share ol' the Rtcoman cubby hole, with the hope that he will said cubby hole. preserve all my attempts at interior decoration to enhance the beauty of I, Barbara Blotcher, with no malice or forethought do will and bequeath to Eva Levine, junior, my propensity for constantly aceosting strange personages and humbly requesting the lease of school tickets. I, Michael Morry, do hereby will to Edmund Juszczyk my foggy moments in English Litera- llll'C lllildc OlJSClIl'C by the permeating indcliniteness of idealism and realism. In witness whereof we have to this our last will and testament written on six pages and to each and every page thereof set our hand and hereunto set our seal this eighteenth day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-one. ELEANOR M. GAUIJl'11' RrrA M. CAREY -Ios1s1fH1NIz CALABRO Seventy nme