Tuscola High School - Tuscolian Yearbook (Tuscola, IL)

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Gertrude Roe’s pride to Madaline Wiedmann. Jessie Niles’ cpiietness to Arthur Bollman. Ernest Moore’s stock of German lore to anyone already supplied. Faye Collins’ artistic temperament to Irene Bollman. Earl Williamson’s level-headedness to Nelle Jones. Lastly, we do give and bequeath Will Campbell and Jennie Bonner's love to Ross Maris and Ida Ammen. Seventh. We do hereby nominate and appoint our Superintendent, Mr. Hoover, to be executor of this, our last will and testament. In testimony whereof, we hereunto set our hand and seal, and publish and decree this to be our last will and testament, in the presence of the witnesses named below, this........day of............... in the year of our Lord, 1909. (Seal.) SENIOR CLASS. Signed, sealed, declared and published by the said Senior Class, as and for their last will and testament, in the presence of us. who, at their rec|itest, and in their presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. Claire O’Hair, residing at Tuscola, 111. Lora Henion, residing at Tuscola, 111. CLASS POEM By Wayne Calhoun, '09. From the breezy, broad campus. • From the ancient firs and hemlocks, From the walls of brick and mortar, F'rom the floors and desks and blackboards, F'rom the breasts of the professors And the hearts of the instructors, From the grinning mugs of Freshmen, From the sombre Sophy faces And the lips of the docile Juniors, I can hear a painful murmur. As of falling, rushing waters. Hear a wailing and a crying. Like laments of some one dying; I can hear a dreary mourning See the crepe above the doorway, See the casket of diplomas. And away off in the distance, I perceive a great battalion Of Carnegie’s gold aspirants— Prodigies grown in Tuscola; Born and reared without a bottle. They are not poor, scrawny Juniors, Don’t portray smart, Sophy instincts, Don’t resemble gawky Freshies. 23

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1909 By Della Stevenson. '09. We, the Senior Class of Tuscola High School, in the county of Douglas, and State of Illinois, students, considering the uncertainty of this life, do make and declare and publish til's, our last will and testament: First. We give and bequeath unto our beloved faculty our unstinted love and immeasurable gratitude, to have and to hold the same to them for and during their natural life. Second. We give and bequeath to the Junior Class all the Latin ponies we possess for their future use while trodding the stony path of Virgil. We also give to the said Junior Class our fondest hope and desire that they may never cause the beloved faculty as much worry and trouble as we have done. We further bequeath to the Juniors all our reserved seats in the front row after we have departed this life. May 29, 1909. Third. We give, devise and bequeath to the present sophomore Class all our good looks, which they are sorely in need of, all our remarkable genius, and talent without limit. Fourth. We give and bequeath to the Freshman Class all our playthings and A, B, C books left from childhood days. Fifth. We do cheerfully and willingly give and bequeath to the Board of Education any unpaid bills we may leave. Further, we give and devise to the above-mentioned Board of Education our order for the best coffin in stock and a lot in the shadiest part of the cemetery as our final resting place. Further, we do will and bequeath to the same above-mentioned Board of Education all the money left from the sale of the annuals after we have paid all the students whom we forgot to roast, a significant sum of money if they won’t get provoked at us for such a negligent act. Sixth. We devise and bequeath: Howard Fuller’s revised edition on “How to Make Love, to Thomas Bundy. Virgie Foster’s blushes to Mary Rice. Edith Goodspeed’s giggles to Carrie Early. Leon Jones’ English version of Cicero to Nellie Hinkle. Frank Bassett’s good looks to Beulah Truitt. Henry Wamsley’s popularity to Cecil Heacock. Judson Owen’s solemnity to Edna Chase. Lena Timm’s wisdom to Earl Parker. Willis Van Voorhis’ desire to know more to Horace Shonle. Ralph Reeves’ new hat to Leslie Ponder. Winifred Jones’ Billy Burke Puffs to Anna Oye. Florence Snyder’s coquettishness to whom it may concern. Wayne Calhoun’s originality to Lucile Watkins. Gertrude Lewis’ extreme knowledge of Talkology to Letta Irwin. 22

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They are Seniors, beloved Seniors, Sad, 'tis true, but never conquered, Never vanquished or discouraged. Over-burdened with their honors And their high marks in deportment. There they stand—the great ’09-ers, Numbering just twice eleven, On their happy road to—mamma. Sword in hand, bedecked with plumage. Leading them, the captain, He, the president, commander Of this famous band of scholars; Mightier of brain and body Than was Webster or Goliath; Williamson, an Earl, they dub him, Knight of all the true and holy. Close beside the doughty leader Is his aid-de-camp. Lieutenant William Campbell, secretary, Scribe and writer of the records, By this august band transacted. He of books and pens and learning Is the peer without an equal. Henry next, surnamed Wamsley, Vice commander is his office, Proxy knight is he, far famed, Also fleet, is he, of pedals, Speeds the quarter like a whirlwind, Rivals any deer of Lapland. Guardian, keeper of order, Next appears, of highest valor; He is bold and brave and Earnest— Surnamed Moore, he is the mighty On the track and with the pigskin. And the tilling of the cornfields. Next a bright array of maidens, Lena Timm, the queenly lovely, She of meek and sweet demeanor, Full of kindness, blessed with beauty. Gertrude Lewis, just behind her. Great of heart and small of stature, Much adored by all who know her. Merry Jennie, Jennie Fonner, Mild and pretty, like a flower Ought to bloom in William’s bower. Virgie, then, and Florence Snyder, First, a Foster-er of young men, And the last is somewhat like her; 24