South High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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PGI Q' GOLD Last Will and Testament, Class ol '36 By PHYLLIS LEE AND BEATRICE JOHNSON We, the Class of 1936, of South High School, of the City of Lima, County of Allen, and State of Indecision, being of full age and unsound mind and impaired memory, do make, publish, and declare this our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and annulling any and all Wills heretofore made. ITEM I. We direct that all our just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of our estate as soon as practicable after our decease. ITEM II. We hereby give, devise, and bequeath unto the obscure and inadequate Class of 1937 the following: 1. These being our most valued, most precious, most appreciated, and most loved possessions, we do hereby adjure and admonish you unto whom this heritage will descend that you pass them on to your successors in as perfect condition as our lack of use preserved them for you, these prized possessions being, to-wit, Dave Muzzy's ponderous tomes, 114 volumes of American History. These books are green to correspond with those of you who will be green at the beginning of this eye-straining, back-breaking, brain-bewildering bug-bear, and who, we guarantee if you follow our example, will be just as green on finishing it. 2. Our well worn and much copied history notes and notebook which can be purchased from any senior for the paltry sum of 510,999.99 minus a 15? reduction if Mr. Freshwater does not admit the depression is over when you sit in our beloved chairs-and do little else. All our literary works both prose and poetry, with the stipulation that Miss Bowlus be permitted to have and to sell and to keep all profits accruing from the sale thereof of any such masterpieces as we may have non- chalantly dashed off in a moment of divine inspiration. 4. To you young chemists whom Mr, Maxfield will call swivel-headed, we leave the unblemished valence sheet with the recommendation that a similar code be used in the next World War, as neither side will be able to read it. We also leave with you feminine pursuers of the intricate study of chemistry the heart- ening knowledge that the Board of Educationvhas decreed that a sum of money be set aside with which to purchase individual manicure sets, the cost of which will be taken from your laboratory fee so that damage done by dropping certain unknown potions on the

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For 1936 South By WANDA FLAGER To you, dear South, we send our songs of praise, To you our hymns of love are all addressed: Upon your calm quietness We gaze, And find the strength we need in moments stressed. For like a monument on high you stand, A sign of truth and wisdom, joy and pride, Your hov'ring spirit, felt on every hand, Is found in all our hearts, 'twill never die. And ever like a guardian you have been- You've watched our changing ways, and helped us hold The highest of ideals, the right to win A place among the great, a world to mold. Those precious Schoolday friendships we have made, To you we are indebted for each oneg Your tranquil tender care has brought us aid In trials sore, with battles to be won. But now, dear South, 'tis time for us to leave, Our eager, yet reluctant footsteps yield To calls, age-old, that bid us come and weave Our pattern in life's ever-widening field. As from your portals wide we go our ways, Think not that you shall ever leave our hearts, That we shall e'er forget these happy days That in our lives form such a living part. For deep within us lies a sacred shrine Wherein our schoolday memories reside.

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For 1936 1 right thumbnail as per request of the aforementioned pedagogue and for no good reason that we could ever see may be repaired, 5. Our cherished Home Room 227 with its inspiring pictures and statuary, its comfortable overstuffed chairs, especially the one John Baumgardner sits in, and its no-draft ventilation-plenty of drafts but no ventilation. Last, but not least, our fiinty hearted supervisors, Miss Baver and Mr. Roberson, who believe in the practicing of the old Chinese proverb with a slight alteration-they see all, hear all, and won't let US speak anything. 6. To those of you who have difficulty in reading your shorthand notes after they have grown cold, that wonderful invention recently perfected by Professor I Bunkem All-a hot air heating pad that can be inflated personally for warming cold shorthand notes. 7. This authentic advice which if followed exactly will make your senior year a happy one and free from any care or worry: Always hand your English assignments in a day late as Miss Bowlus is a firm believer in the old maxim, Better late than never. Always change the position of the material in the reagent room because as a youngster Mr. Maxfield's secret passion was playing Button, button, who's got the button and he's still a boy at heart. Always run in the halls, as this is expected of seniors. You may see Mr. Davison for further details concern- ing this matter. ITEM III. We hereby nominate and appoint Mr. J. H. Davison to be the Executor of this our last Will and Testament, with- out bond. whereof we have hereunto subscribed our name this fifth In witness day of June, nineteen hundred and thirty-six. X fOur Marky The foregoing instrument was signed by the said Class of 1936 in our presence and by them declared as and for their last Will and Testa- ment, and at their request and in their presence, we hereunto subscribe our name as attesting witnesses at South High School the fifth day of June, 1936. 1. Miss E. Z, Lessons, Author of How to be Fascinating. 2. Ima Monk, Authority on Evolution. 3. Mr. R. U. Lonely, U . 1 Manager of the Cridersville Matrimonial Bureau.