Salem High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Salem, VA)

Page 40 text:

T H E O R A C L E Class Will O O 0 Q35 is the last will and testament of the Senior Class of l923, of the Salem High School, we being in sane minds, our bedside being surrounded by friends and loved ones, this, the First day of Feb- Ql-4 gill. ruary, Anno Domini, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Three. Item I-To MR. WEBB: We will our love and gratitude, accompanying a patented machine. The said machine having the ability to register Senior credits when a button is pooshed. Item II-To MISS MCCONKEY: We bequeath a telescope, by means of which she may be able to watch over S. H. S. Alumni now stationed at R. C. and V. M. I. Item III-To MISS DUNCAN: We leave all our surplus ability of learn- ing American History to be distributed among the crown heads, the bone heads and the block heads of the on-coming classes. ' Item IV-To MISS BUTLER! Gur sincere hopes that after our departure she may be installed in Europe where she may take her much desired MRS. degree. Item V-To MISS EWART: One automatic, double-action thermostat and one bottle of strychnine or one hat pin as she prefers, to be applied when Sen- iors sleep through Milton's Minor Poems. Item VI-To MRS. COON: We will a stable in which she may keep all the unexercised ponies that the Seniors were unable to use. ' Item VII-To MR. COOL.: We bequeath a small dictionary containing many words not found elsewhere, which may be useful to him in his explanation of Physics, hereafter. Also a pocket size adding machine, by which he may keep a record of the number of demerits so kindly thrust upon the Seniors. D Item VIII-To MISS DERRICK: We will a complete and comprehen- sive compendium of indispensable information on the Payment of Debts and the Latest Slang Expressions used in America. C361

Page 39 text:

TI'IE WASHINGTON POs'r. Saturday, 'February Q0, 1933 Dry Wit and Giggles A five-reel comedy will be shown at the Rialto beginning Monday next, featuring the two famous American comedians, Mary Lewis Johnston and Letcher Hall in Dry VVit and Giggles. --- - 0. Y .3 Parisian Demonstration Tuesday iliy Associated Pressl New York, N. Y., February 20-Miss Edith hlaxey, who has recently opened a fashion shop O11 Broadway, invites the public to her Parisian demonstration on Tuesday next. For this occasion she hasbeen fortunate in securing as models the lilisses Gladys Coffman, Litha Otey and hlarie Tyler. Demonstration at Kauffman's Richmond, Va., February 20-Miss Wilma Cross, Chairman of the Richmond Committee for raising money for the erection Of a new Cir-eronian Literary Hall at Roanoke College, will exhibit her rare collection of antique Potter Cyl at Kauffman's to-day from 10:00 to 12:00 A. M. and from 3:00 to 5:00 P. M. Admission, 32.00. The public is cordially in- vitcd. In Cuba Judge Moyer, of the Supreme Court Ol' the United States, was in Cuba last week on busi- IIGSS. . ,Y Nogf, Keister Succeeds Gorden I fBy .-lssoriated Press? New York, N. Y., February 20-Miss Mary Keister has accepted the position recently vacated by Nliss Mary Gorden. Nliss Keister is well fitted to direct the opera company which Miss Gorden has managed so long. Miss Keister is reported to have the highest range of voice in the United States. , .. 717 M, To Resume Work Miss Sarah Goodwin, of this city. left tO-day for New York where she will resume her work at the University of Columbia as head of the Nlathematics Department. Two Nurses to be Installed at Johns Hopkins Baltimore, hid., February 20AMisses Elizabeth Porter and Thelma Doss have ac- cepted positions as nurses at Johns Hopkins. Wonderful Invention in Physical World lflonfinued from Page 11 an instrument. by which it is possible to hear the original speech of Patrick Henry before the House of Burgesses. --- Q.. , , County Supervisor Resigns Ashland, Ya., February 20-Miss Irete Taylor, Ashland County Supervisor, has re- signed this position and has accepted one in John Marshall High School, Richmond. Miss Annie N ienke will succeed llfiss Taylor. -----or ,. Columbus Highway to be Constructed lVIartin Company, Contractors. have bid in the contract for the Columbus Highway which is to be constructed from the Mississippi Valley to the Pacific Ocean. Coal Coal Of Character Coal that Satisfies SELLERS 81 COMPANY ,PHONE 6549 Chelf Transfer Corp. .PIANUS AND FURNITURE MOVED All Kinds of Hauling .PHONE 378 Or 1079

Page 41 text:

T H E O R A C L E Item IX-To MISS WILLIAMSON: We leave our hopes that in the near future she may obtain her much-craved well-equipped dining room. Item X-T0 MR. LEWARK: Our regret that we have not been one of the fortunate classes to have him as a teacher and guide. Item XI-To MR. KIBLER: The ability to make reports on games with- out suffering from a collapse of the nerves, and another such girls' basket-ball team as he had this year. Item XII-To DETECTIVE YOUNG: A pair of moccasins in which he may carry out successfully his expeditions through the old halls of S. H. S. in conquest of cuss words. Item XIII-To THE JUNIORS: Our hope that as Seniors they will be endowed with the many privileges which we deserved, but failed to get. ln addition, we will the ancient heirloom, the mirror in the spacious cloalcroom. Item XIV-TO THE SOPHOMORES: The high honor of being Juniors, and the hope that they may leave their ukittenishn ways and conduct themselves as Juniors should. Item XV-To THOSE UCI-IERUBIMS, THE FRESHMEN: We leave them no legacy save our name, no testament but our example. Item XVI-To THE SCHOOL BOARD: We leave all our surplus change from the Senior store, in order that the new auditorium may be finished for the Seniors of '24, Item XVI I-To THE ATHLETIC Assoc1AT1oN: The hopes that it may not go under after the departure of the Class of '23. Item XVIII-To THE GLEE CLUB: We will each member a shock absorber so when lVlr. Eley says naughty words, the girls will not be surprised. ' fSignedJ SENIOR CLASS. Witnesses : TUBBY VEST, HBABYH HAISLIP, CRANKY CRoss. f37J