Salem High School - Quaker Yearbook (Salem, OH)

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time, for Rhea, seemingly does not care into what sort of society she casts her lot. Our reasons for thinking thus must' be self-evident because for some time past she has been drifting about with just an ordinary Cook. , ITEM XII. Bernice Grove gives, wills, and bequeaths her pretty locks of long hair to William Carlyle. Perhaps it is a little hard on Williaiii to say this, but it actually looks as though he were trying to compete With the girls. Nevertheless he is a good fellow and frequently attends the Barbers' Reunion. ITEM XIII. Harold Gearhart Wills his hat and his long Cll walk to school to Theo- dore Wolford. Harold only lives across the street from school and so doesn't need his hat. Ted certainly deserves to live closer to school, because, for some time he has made the walk, only a matter of a few miles, twice a day, but now he will have it much easier. ITEM XIV. Edith West leaves her last name to South Metzger. Good luck, South-XVest-, perhaps some day when you have acquired a name for every point of the compass, thirty-two in all, you can divide up with some of us who have only one good nick-name. ITEM XV. Carl Yengling does hereby give, will and bequeath his talent as a ear- toonist to Howard Foltz, who is already quite an artist. If Howard can only accommo- date the given talent to his own, We may expect some works of great value from him in the near future. ITEM XVI. Solbert Greenberger gives and wills his ability to keep pace with Master Fashion to Lawrence Beardmore, who we fully expect will go to Paris and - Show 'em how to do it. ITEM XVII. Edith Lentz wills her ability to keep up both ends of a conversation to Betty Atchison. What is most deceiving is the 'fact that so much material can be found in so small a space, but have we not found that air is compressible to a re- markable degree? ITEM XVIII. Fred Harroff does give, will and bequeath his marked ability as Master of Oratory, Debate and a general Free-for-All, to his brother Ray. Don't mistake this act as an evidence of brotherly kindness, for Fred simply believes in keeping old relics in the family as long as possible. ITEM XIX. To Lois Garret, Mabel Berlin leaves two rosy cheeks and a winning smile for everyone, but especially for the opposite sex. Mabel has certainly worked out to a finish, the old proverb, Laugh, and the world laughs with you, for her smiles have proved to be quite catching. We will see how well this holds true in the case of Lois. ITEM XX. Leon I-Ienault wills and bequeaths one of his numerous fair friends to Russell Myers, who has never been seen with one of his own choice. Leon is certainly not quite so unfortunate as was Solomon, but we don it see how he could miss just one out of so many UD hundred. VVe will have to admit that perhaps there were not quite so many as we have said, but there were too many to count. ITEM XXI. James VVilson leaves his ability to make a lot of noise without the aid of any external appliances whatever, to William Linn. It seems just natural for these two boys to stir up a lot of noise regardless of whether it means anything or not. This quality is no drawback to Jim 's character, but he needs it no longer and VVilliam is seeking re-enforcements and will be glad to receive the gift. ITEM XXII. Mary XVilson gives her commendable ability to push things and gain results to James Hayden. In his work, so far, Jim has gained some good results and has proved himself to be a very fair student, gathering together a few good fill grades. As for pushing things, we believe the only thing he would be able to push would be a wheel-barrow, and probably couldn't keep this on the side-Walk. ITEM XXIII. To Reuben Smith, Cecil Uhessman does give, will and bequeath his varied experiences in the Dry Goods business, namely, the experiences of a delivery boy, page twenty-three

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THE SENIOR CLASS WILL IN THE NAME OF THE BENEVOLENT FATHER or ALL: We, the Senior Class of 1915, of the High School of the City of Salem, County of Columbiana, and State of Ohio, and being of sound and disposing mind and memory and of uncertain age, do make, publish and declare this to be our last Will and Testa- ment. ITEM I. It is our will that all our class debts be paid as soon as possible after our graduation. ITEM II. Glenn Bates leaves his much envied ability to eat his way through a whole laboratory of Chemistry equations to Linn Kille. These two boys are very good when it comes to the study of Chemistry and we are proud of their ability. Perhaps some day we will hear of their making a chemical compound which the two, together cannot hold down, for instance Nitro-glycerine and tlien-1-----? ITEM III. Leah Burton wills her quiet, forceful and unassuming manner to Leroy Sell. As a direct result of this gift, Leroy can only expect to make friends with every- one, for these are qualities which meet with approval in any individual, no matter who he may be. The Seniors are glad that there is one in the Class who could make such a gift. , ITEM IV. Dorothy Lease wills her quiet, dignified and modest manner to John DeVoren. John is so markedly quiet and dignified that he has attracted much atten- tion to himself through the example which he sets for others. Now it is known why so many couldn't make it through in deportment, it is because John got all the high grades and left the low grades to the rest of us. .ITEM V. Leo Windle leaves his ability to transform a football into a genuine Zeppelin air craft to John Mulford. Leo is leaving a splendid reputation and won- derful ability. If John will but follow in the steps of these Seven League Boots he can make the halls of the new Salem High School shine with fame and glory. ITEM VI. Francis Fisher does hereby will and bequeath his large store of pretty blushes to Lee Lampher, Who now gives good promise of becoming a veritable blazing sun among his fair friends. ITEM VII. To Leora Hoopes, we leave the no mean ability of Nellie Lewis as a reader, knowing very well that Leora will multiply her talent instead of hiding the candle beneath a bushelf' as was related of the unfaithful servant in the Bible. ITEM VIII. Augusta Snyder leaves her Hstill small voicen in the care of Andrew Colmery, who we know will do his best to bring about some development. XVe believe that Augusta has made the correct choice, for when Andrew gets up to debate, the vol- ume of his voice reminds one of Theodore Roosevelt or of ex-Governor Cox. ITEM IX. John Cavanaugh gives and wills his highly appreciated reputation of f'long distance man on the track to NVilliam Hagan. If Bill isn't afraid to run he will never have another excuse for being late to school in the mornings. He can also turn the gift to good account and to the school's glory when the track-team loses John next vear. ITEM X. Harry Goldy leaves, with malice toward none, his large supply of fool- ishness and ability to ask more questions than Wise Solomon could ever answer, to the Freshman Class. There will be more than enough to go around, and you might give the 'tleavin's to next year's Freshmen. ITEM XI. Dorothy Fox bequeaths her exceedingly broad and greatly varied mat- rimonial experiences to Rhea Dunn. It appears that this helpful gift has come just in D810 IWCDIY-IWO

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up to those of head clerk. He also leaves one-third of the stock which he owns in the Hemmeter-Martens company to this would-be Dry Goods merchant. ITEM XXIV. Herbert Church does hereby give and will his longest pair of trou- sers to Nathan Hunt. At first sight of Nathan's stature one is gently reminded of Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and with one grating jar you come to realize that you are being imposed upon as little men of Lilliput. The terrible neck strain endured by star-gazers can be no worse than that of a person trying to converse with Nathan. ITEM XXV. Fred McCleery and Theodore Jewell have formed a partnership for the common purpose of leaving their beautiful soft collars and brightly colored, showy neck-ties, to Walter Pow. Curiously enough, Walter always comes to school attired in a pretty red sweater, and only on rare occasions does he ever show a neck-tie. ITEM XXVI. Vera Cole does give, will and bequeath her ability to sprint when attempting to catch the train to Ashtabula, to Jean Borden. Do you think anyone else could make a more appropriate gift? Jean, when you want to catch a train it would be wiser for you to call the taxi. ITEM XXVII. Ida Holdereith wills a third of her height to Esther Tomlinson, who, it is very plain to be seen, needs such an addition. Blessed be the man who invented sky-scrapersg but oh, sad world, at last we have found a Hcompanion of mis- eryn for Nathan Hunt. ITEM XXVIII. Russell Gwinner leaves his ability to run the mile in halt' an hour, to Donald Burcaw, who really makes the absurd claim that he wasn't cut out for an athlete at all. Taking into consideration that Don couldn't run the mile at all before, we would say that he should be able to make it in at least forty-five minutes with a great deal of practice on the track. ITEM XXIX. Wilbert Vollman leaves his ability to study astronomy without the aid of a telescope, to Robert NVilson, who is so small that he would need a step-ladder to enable him to see through one of the big spy-glasses. This isn't a story of Jack and the Bean-Stalk, but what we meant to say was that IVilbert is so tall that he can explore the mysterious heavens without effort. ITEM XXX. Mary Bustard gives and wills her grade of 891-ZS in deportment for the four years, to Charles Greene. Charles is a human being just like the rest of us, and therefore hasn't reached the hundred per cent. efficiency mark in deportment. So even Mary's small gift will be accepted with great appreciation. ITEM XXXI. Agnes Stiver wills all of l1er immense supply of foolish giggles to Helen McClain. VVith this large store of provisions and a little experience, Helen could go into the wholesale business and probably make an overwhelming success. It is quite apparent that she is getting practice day after day, and perhaps there is some improve- ment, Who can tell! ITEM XXXII. Elsie Thomas gives and wills her ability to make acquaintances easily, but especially with boys, to Esther Fultz. Esther hasn't been waiting for this gift to come her way, but has really been seeking her own opportunities. If you feel a little in doubt, just ask anyone about the number of visitors she has. ITEM XXXIII. Ruel VV'right 'does hereby give, will and bequeath his strongly guarded and much envied ability to make high grades and a good reputation to Ella Smith. The words star and shark come very far from accurately describing these two students. Ruel is the honor member of the Senior Class and Ella, the honor member of the Juniors. I ITEM XXXIV. Hope Leeper leaves her ability to see far into the future to Henry Turner. We are very certain that if Henry could have seen that he would need the nine lives of a cat to get through High School, he never would have attempted it. At any rate he is just finishing his six-year sentence, which nearly became one for life. pun twenty-four '