Simpson School - Echo Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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The ECHO Last Will and Testament We. the members of the Senior Class of 1950. hereby leave to our successors, our happiness. good lack, success, ami all that pertains to the making of a senior We, as individuals, will to our fellow students, as follows: Harmon Stokes leaves to Jim l.ove his ability t » stand in with the teachers. Viorenc Crumley wills to Evelyn Smith her “quietness ami manners. Lnuralic Bradford leaves her Gift Hah” to Martha Herndon. Buster Stone licqueaths his ability to interpret “Maclwth to lhert Situs. Alline and John Campbell bequeath to Emory Kohinsou and Elizabeth Large their ability to make V . .Mary Elizabeth Stant| cr and Herman Farmer leave to Mildred Smith and Charles Hickens their dignity. This is t » Ik- handled with care Helen Johns leaves her ability to work Math to her little brother. Wallace. Donnell Van dc Voort leaves his Curly Locks to Harold Fulton. gncs Chadwick wills her “leanness to Floise Daniel, provided she loses six pounds a week. Robert Archer bequeaths bis Size and Weight to Richard Bell, provided lie comes up to standard. Eileen LcvingC licqueaths her It” to Elizabeth Berry Dow Berry leaves his Tip-Top” to Professor Tinsley, provided he does not let class nm over time. Douglass Brescott wills his ability to cat to James Nixon Harry (iillette bequeaths his Swiftness to Robert Barlier. Mlicrt Ball leaves his athletic ability to Edwin Neville. Dorothy Drenneu bequeaths her art of chewing gum and power of gossip to Mary Plummer. Starling Ennis leaves his knowledge of Geometry. Chemistry and Biology to Emot Greene. Lcamoitd Faust leaves bis John Gilliert t« John Norton, provided he steams it even night. Ilvatt Hagan leaves his position as president of the Student Bod) to the most capable office 'ceker in next year'- senior class Jean I luster leaves his ability to collect Ads to next year's Business Staff. Mary Alice Irwin leaves her art of keeping Quiet to John Mead. Mildred Sparks wills her “old fashioned ways to Lillian U ng. Margaret Long wills her Famed English text books to the Simpson Library. Mary Ethel Duke leaves her ability to give advice to Lula Mae Campbell. Albert Chalmers leaves hi- Freckles to Ted Ridout Ralph Mangttm leaves his knowledge of and ahilit) to p3.s English to William Robertson. Dwight Roper leave- bis football Captainship to next year's captain. All unnamed seniors, seniors who have graduated at mid-term, or who will graduate in summer school, leave to their successors their chewing gum. cosmetics, text books and Ixiok reports. Albert Chalmrhs, iMicycr, k 4 A SENIORS FAREWELL Three cheers for dear old Simjison High! Let praises ring out in the skv' Three cheers fer those who counsel gave. Who many trials for us did save' And now our hearts shall sing anew The praises of old friendships true. Of life and love we've had our fling. Now let's no doleful dirges sing, ust spread our wings, and we shall see Vhat life and love will come to be. For now, dear class, we venture forth To test our strength, to test our worth. Life's battles are not won, by far, B trifling deeds that always mar. Now a- we leave, old scene are dear, Rut let'- not shed unhappy tear, For years will steal our youth away. Our joys and happiness won't stay. St struggle hard, I say to you. That ictorio you'll win anew! New friends we'll make and love full well. But not old friend- and memories sell. Wc part to seek for what's in -tore, Pledging true friends forevermore! |.|.l . l C. MI’IO i.i.. ’.V). 1 9 3 0

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The EC‘HO Statistics When I was told to write a statistician's re| ort tor the Senior Class of 19.V), I was lost. I'lu first thin I i|i l was to look up my Physio book to see what ‘'statistician” had to do with electricity. I found nothing there, as you can imagine; so I went to the dictionary, and this is what I found: statistics (noun), classified facts relating to a large bodv of people, or to a clan, So here are some facts, classifies! or not. relating to the Senior Class of F 30 of the Simpson School: In hintf the class is excellent, hut in brains it is incomplete. In looks, so far a« the girls are concerned, it is fair; hut for the l« ys it i terrible. In humor, the class Mauds high when the joke is on the other fellow, hut low when the joke is on them. In tardiness, the cla s has Ijern on time once, and that was the day before Christmas. In absences, well, the class has been absent every time we could fool our parents into thinking wr were sick, sad to relate for some whose fathers were doctors. In deportment, the class has been tcrrildc when the professor was called to the phone, or when there was a practiec-tcacher holding down the class. In Math, the class ranged from excellent to poor, according to the hardness of the lessons. In penmanship, all tin- writing of the class i like Chinese pur lcs which takes a Philadelphia lawyer to solve. In reading, when it comes to reading Old English in Literature, the class is aw ful, but it is well-up on Popular Fiction. In Chemistry, well, if the girls hadn't l»cen afraid of getting their hands dirty they might have passed without having to take a doyen exams apiece. In conversation, 1 needn't say anything about that because everybody knows. In history, they had a good lesson on Friday when they liad Current Events. The general average shows that the class lias satisfactorily passed the course of eluding professors and is now ready to l c promoted to a school where the lessons are less difficult. Harmon Stokes. TICKLES IF I WERE KING s There was a student. I’ve heard .say. Who tickled everything that came his way. Me tickled his pal , he tickled his friends, lie tickled his gals, he tickled his lem. And not content with tickling them. He went to the barnyard and tickled the hens. This young student, so tickling bent, Tickled the landlord out of his rent. 11c tickled the mayor, he tickled the chief. He tickled a loan from the meanest thief. He tickled the chin of a pretty lass, lie tickled the teacher out of a pa s. We, the students, sincerely believe. This guy. if put to the test. Could tickle the lock off the Community Chest. If I were king, what would I do? I'd pull the haughty and the rich Down to the rest with all of von; I’d sink the warships, calm the gales. Kill the serj eiits. drown the whales; I'd kill the guys that wrote Math ’ t ooks; I'd honor all the lowly cooks; I'd ask the lieggars h 'inc to dine. And set before them spiccst swine. Nnother thing I'd surely do. I’m positive you’d do it. too. I’d put SlukcM carc so tar from reach That ne’er his plays a guy could teach. Alum Camiheu.. Jim Love.

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Juniors JUNIORS We're ihc lickcty, clippcty. Inpjiciy class. Full of the mischief, ready with ias ; In studies wc'rc dandies. in science wc'rc sharks. In pood ness and sorriness we're there with the marks. Our noise is proverbial. our tongues they're long, in smiles we’re radiant, in fun we’re strong, in all around virtue we claim we're the stuff. What we miss with the mental we gain with the bluff. Ml hail for the Juniors, hurrah for the class. United in |iurposc or single or mass. We prophesy boldly a seniors we'll shine. To victory certain our hearts do incline. Just keep your eye on us, we ask you to look. We court your inspection, we know our liook. We know we’re jolly, we know we are light. But sure as gun’s iron, wc'rc goinf out o' ight!