Sullivan High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Sullivan, IL)

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them free of charge as long as these castles exist in livable condition. They must be occupied entirely at the risk of the legatees and no accident to life or limb may be an excuse for exhortation from other beneficiaries. To the Sophomores we give. bequeath and divise all the mistakes we have ever made. This is the most important bequest because by our mistakes we learn more than ever comes to us ir: any other way and if our mistakes are so beneficent, how much more so must be those of others when they are our property. To the Freshmen we bequeath all our well known tact and powers of saying the right word in the right place. The Freshmen, as everyone knows need this bequest more than any other branch of the High School. To the faculty we give and bequeath several bottles of hair dye to darken the grey hairs we have caused. To the President of the Class of '29 Mac Grigsby gives his executive ability and becoming modesty. Vern Kellar to John Winchester, his stately height. Blanche Hall to Gertrude Nlonroe, her popularity with all the boys. Clifton Bolin to Jean Whitfield, his good grades in French II. Wallace Ritchey to Kenneth Randol, half his weight. George Hoke to Clarence Shull, his ability to grow a mustache. Homer Johnson to Wenzel Nedden, his popularity with the opposite seX. George Sabin to anyone who wants it, his job as joke editor. Joseph Ashbrook to William Hostetter, his curly hair. Rosie Craven to Alberta Harsh, her power of vamping. Agnes Wright to anyone, the Editor's uneasy chair together with shattered nerves and ruined disposition. Grace Cody to Jeanette Loveless, bel' dignified and quiet way. I Carmen Harris to Rosamond Crane, her ability to sing. Stanley Bragg to Wayne Smith, his athletic ability. Florence Engel to Charlotte Richardson, her Success as a theme writer. John Hollonbeck to Lyle Brown, his ability to walk fast. Evalyn Finley to Lilly Sullivan, her ability as a painter. Mabel Henderson to Mary Evans, her exemption from semester Exams. Russell Freemon to the wo:-ld,nt large, his remarkable stock of common sense, be- cause it is most sorely needed by every son and daughter of Adam. Claudia Yarnell to Dorothy Wood, her job of passing out and taking up roll cards. Glenn Leo Clark to Howard Christy, his ability to blow a, saxophone. Lucia Harshman to Alice Harris, her' prestige with the teachers. Rozetta McKim to Colleen Hollonbeck, her ability to cook. Hildreth Walker to Steven Worsham, his high semester averages. Gerald Cazier to Gale Shasteen, his sophomore girl. Robert Carter to Eddie Bolin, his cast iron will. Charles Buxton to Fred Cogdal, his Studi0uSIleSs. Elda Wallace to Eloise Mallinson, her sewing ability. Maxine Robertson to Katherine Hollonbeck, her musical talent. Elta Collins to Florence Graham, her modest manners.

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CLASS HISTORY In late August of the year 1924, a hundred and four young freshies in various states of confusion and betraying slight traces of greenness, reported to the Sullivan Township High School to register for their work during the coming school term. All of them were caught in the deadly snares of English and Algebra and some of the un- wary forfeited what freedom of thought that was left to them by adding Latin as one of the electives. The following Monday, we QI say we because I was one of this mot- ley groupj all came back to school for business. Bebore the bell rang we all stood around in the halls futily trying to appear at ease like the Sophomores and in our fail- ure acting all the more like Freshmen. The bell soon rang calling us to the assembly where we listened to a talk by Mr. Brown, the principal. There being nothing in our heads to stop this speech. it went in one ear and out the other. Ten minute classes were held that morning and every teacher assigned us a lesson. This was a supreme shock- the overwhelming blow, in all our experience we had never been forced to start work so abruptly. The next day our seats and coat hooks were assigned to us, and since all the time-taking preliminaries were over we got down to work in earnest. Another good reason for this was that the teachers were forcing us. That first year was somewhat quiet after the first few days as far as we were concerned. Our only accomplishment of note was that we furnished first string men for the football and basketball teams. The next year seventy-five of us came back with that cockshure and secure feeling that is so characteristic of Sophomores. During the first few weeks of school, we spent so much time in seeing that this year's Freshmen were properly house broke that we almost lost out ourselves. At the end of the first semester, our good friend, Mr. Brown, who had so ably led us this far in our career, resigned his position. Mr. Tice took his place and, although he was handicapped by starting in at this time of the year, the school has continued to improve under his successful administration. This year of our high school life came to a quiet close and we left one bright day in May with visions of coming back next year as Juniors. At the beginning of our Junior year, forty-seven had dropped by the way-side, fifty-seven now being the number on our class roll. This year we were really import- ant. We were an organized class having class officers. Early in the first semester we gave the play, Agatha's Aunt. Our big affair this year was the throwing of a ban- quet for the Seniors. Now we are Seniors. A little less than fifty have come back this year. The grad- uation exercises that will take place in a few months will mark the end of the history of the class and will also bring to an end one of the happiest and most instructive periods of our lives. -Mac Grigsby CLASS WILL We, the members of the class of 1928 of the Sullivan Township High School of the city of Sullivan, County of Moultrie, State of Illinois, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do declare this our last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills made by us. To the Juniors, we give and bequeath all our castles in Spain, to be inhabited by

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Olive Dazey to Voyna Anderson, her Stay-put smile. Everett Drew to Gerald Newbould, his place as drummer in the band. Irene Mattox to Maxine Lindsay, her success in getting dates. Gertrude Davis to Vonnie Leavitt, her inexhaustible supply of pep. Dorothy Clark to Adeline Bagget, her flippant manner. Annabelle Devore to Fern Brown, her dark dreamy eyes. Mabel Jeffers to Dorothy Mitchell, her habit of arguing in economics. Alberta Monroe to Olaf French, her freckles. Letha Ledbetter to Ralph Leeds, her Civics b00k. Opal Burcham to Wilma Wilson, her Hitting ability. Lois Davis to Freda Doner, her giggle. Dale Landers to Glenn Landers, his ability to raise C0111. Mary Elizabeth Leeds to anyone, her j0b as Calendar Editor. George Thompson to William Horn, his dimples. Doris Craven to Lyle Brown, her ability in Shorthaild. B-onadell Mallinson to Paul Harshman, her English note book pictures to save wear and tear on the magazines. Olive Hoskins to Ruth Randol, her sunny hair. A Genevieve Daum to Agnes Pyatt, ber exliereme height. I further wish it understood that if any beneficiary of this document should at- tempt to dispute or set aside any legacy herein mentioned, he shall immediately be cut off from all provisions of said document and be cast into darkness. Hereunto have we set our hand and seal, knowing that all the provisions herein proclaimed are as unalterable and indissoluble as the famous law of the Medes and Persians. fSignedD Senior Class of '28 -George Thompson Witnesses:- Lark Collins, H. I. Tice.