University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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SEVENTEENTH : James Perkins grants to Rowly Moulton the privilege of carrying on the work he has so nobly begun, that called the “Locker Room Reform.” To anyone, he gratefully leaves the task of trying to appear irresistible while running the Breeze and Senior class. EIGHTEENTH: Marian Larson, in consideration of the “Skippers’ Union ’ wills to Bertha Eield her afternoons “off.” NINETEENTH: Fanny Graham and Margaret Morris donate the remaining issues of their joint subscription to the “Twin City Reporter” to Everett Comstock. Mugs, also, in sisterly affection, leaves Fredrica Alwav her love for hurrying as fast as she can in order to be on time for first period. TWENTIETH: Mary Boyd will surely thrive next year, for she has been ordained keeper of the key to the pies and candy by Margaret Thompson. Margaret consents to bestow upon Alice Fisher her love and craving for chow mein. TWENTY-FIRST: Helen Evenson. Theodora Nerhaugen, and Audrey Fox have gladly sacrificed their modesty and unobtrusive manner, hoping that all they possess will suffice, and have awarded it to Lowell Gilinor. TWENTY-SECOND: Truesdell Brown, in wishing to leave a few good times to U. H. S.. with great consideration, bestows upon Louise Congdon a few choice “thrillers” to be read during classes. His tender little nick-name, “Bluebell,” he lovinglv confers upon Chauncy Stuhr, dubbing him “Ye Tinie Blewbelle II.” TWENTY-THIRD: Elizabeth Erikson, in wishing to have her place in gym fittingly filled, leaves one pair No. 11 ground grippers with noisy soles to Lucille Jacobson. Her standing excuse for absences, a music lesson, she leaves to Katharine Kelley. TWENTY-FOURTH : Leslie Hughes hereby hands down to the school in general his abridged and revised edition of jokes, written by himself and illustrated by Joe Woods, with the appropriate landscape sketches. N. B. Winnie Hilgedick contracts to furnish the necessary laughs or grins, prophecying that they wouldn’t be easily forthcoming. TWENTY-FIFTH : Mary Stark is to be the beneficiary of the aesthetic grace of Greta Clark and Dorothy Sauter. Greta also conscientiously leaves a bit of her sense of responsibility to Rosie Du Fresne. TWENTY-SIXTH: Helen Barlow has agreed to leave Don to the next lucky Senior who can guarantee to look out for his general welfare and furnish at least two (2) notes a day. To Dorothy Chase, she wills her “non-fussable” poise. TWENTY-SEVENTH: Cora Miles gladly shifts the responsibility of being an example to “kid sister” upon Jane West, cautioning her to guide her well. TWENTY-EIGHTH: To the students as a whole. James Thompson, in consideration of the general health, donates his daily snoozes. To Lee Fisher, lie passes on a toothless comb. TWENTY-NINTH : Ruth Hicks leaves her marcelled coiffure to Eileen Ralph, and gives “ye wicked eeyn to Bessie Bacon. TlIIRTIET11 : F'inally, with due regrets upon leaving, yet with the usual thoughtfulness of our members, we bestow a general admission of gratitude upon the faculty for helping us along the rocky way. To the Juniors, we leave our worn, yet worthy shoes. Witness our marks this twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-two. Witnessed by: Heck. “A’s to F’s.” Page Tii'cnty-thrcc

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Class Will TO WHOM it may concern: We, the Seniors of University High School, members of the Class of '22, of our own accord, and in full possession of our rightful senses, do, individually and collectively, as our last will and testament, hereby give, bequeath, bestow, and confer the following things together with all rights or privileges arising therefrom or appertaining thereto, to the following beneficiaries: FIRST: Doris Anderson, in aspiring to perpetuate this time-honored society, leaves to the aspirant. Dorothy Every, her membership in Acme. SECOND: Eileen Kyle will surely shine next year, for Katherine Hummel and Ruth Eckles do leave her their glasses, meant to be worn in classroom only, together with their ensuing powers of making her appear studious. THIRD: Dana Hailey. Leslie Blomberg, and Eric Horglin confer their athletic build and ability upon Cecil Hanson. FOURTH : Kenneth Francis wills to Philip Harlow his ability of successfully bluffing through so many subjects at once. FIFTH: Emily Curtiss, Margaret Erickson, and Imogen Foster have given up their most cherished accomplishments, to sing, to jazz the ivory, and to speak and act like a true French damsel to Lorna Scott, to enable her to realize her ambition of becoming a member of the Orpheum circuit. SIXTH: May Mackintosh graciously bestows her “willowyness” to Eleanor King; to Millicent Mason she leaves her cradle roll, her host of Freshmen. SEVENTI1 : Nibs C lure. Frank Shaw, and Hen Wells managed to scrape together these articles between themselves: One bottle hair oil, 20 cents in credit at the cigar store, and a new dance step. These donations go to Herbert Hathaway, to be used with due respect and proper judgment. EIGHTH : Helen Christenson wills her “hot line” to Paul Smith, and all frat pins, rings, and telephone numbers from Hainline to Ida Levine. NINTH: David Canfield benevolently bestows a few feet of surplus length to Clifford Beal. To Ole. he leaves his dashing “caveman” costume: namely, his hob-nailed boots and his army shirt. TENTH: Florence Pierce and Marjorie Cheney, without hesitation, decree that Pansy Todd shall inherit their childish pranks and cunning giggles. ELE ENTH : Lawrence Anderson and Victor Olson have compounded formulae for “peroxide hair” and rose-blossom cheeks. These they leave to the coming dukes of U“ Hieh, Robert Dameron and George Smith. TWELFTH: Doris Winchell and Robert Tyrell, being of kind and condescending natures, leave their supply of “hot air” with the accompanying vocabulary to Anna Olson. Doris bestows upon Anna her poise and self-confidence of delivery. THIRTEENTH: When first assessed, Gregory Ladd wouldn’t leave a thing. With much meditation he conferred some of his omnipotent manner upon Philip Le Compte. FOURTEENTH: Elizabeth Flather, Esther Rockwell, and Betty Morgan bless Marian Halberg with the benefits of their combined complexion, eyes, and hair. FIFTEENTH : Lida Burrill, wishing to uphold the scholastic standards of “U” High, deeds her four A’s to Jim McConnell. SIXTEENTH : Alice Hickey, being a thrifty soul, gives to Marguerite W allace, a kindred spirit, all chances of winning the one dollar prizes for write ups for the “My Most Embarrassing Moment” column in the Journal. Page Twcuty-tew

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?ISSIL A April 28. 1930. Dear mary: It's been ages since I’ve written to you, but now that I’ve really begun. I hardly know where to start. A queer thing happened the other day; I’d been thinking about old school days when I ran right into someone who was prancing down the street. You can imagine how surprised I was to be staring right at Imogen Foster of all people. You remember her, don’t you, when we all went to “I ” High? She certainly has changed a lot, though, and I hardly knew her. She had the most world-weary expression and lines all over her face; she was half-starved-looking, too. and her red satin dress was terribly dowdy. You knew, didn’t you, that she had organized a company in competition with the Metropolitan Opera, in order to give some truly fine music to the public? She did have one star, though, Theodora Xerhaugen, the great soprano, the one who sings for Victor records, you know. Well, just outside of Excelsior, where they were playing, there was a walkout when little Cora Miles began to cry out loud when her cello string broke right in the middle of that touching melody. “W hen Dollar Rills Are Jingling.” Esther Rockwell’s latest hit—Margaret Thompson introduced it in her latest comedy. “Mischievous M a ggie. ’ ’ Of course, old “Impy” had loads to tell me about everyone we used to know. Poor, dear Emily Curtiss (spelled with double “s.” you know, not Klbridgc’s sister) has survived three husbands and is now taking in floors to scrub. It does seem a shame, doesn’t it. especially since she did have a good enough job with ()lson and Rorglin, massageuses? Oh, yes, Imogen said that the other day she went to her seance at Zuzu and Brown’s and when she shut her eyes, the woman with trembling voice told her that the great crisis had passed. Impy said she breathed freely when she found it was only that Frank Shaw and Kenneth Francis had successfully cornered the market on Itkilzem hair tonic. Imogen traveled a lot on her grand opera tours. She told me some of the funniest things that happened last month. She was visiting Ellis Island when she ran across Lizzie Erikson and Katrina Hummel, who were instructors in rhythmic expression there, to guarantee better citizenship. She visited Audrey Fox and Elizabeth blather at their studio in Greenwich village. They are dabbling in paint, and have bobbed their hair and wear smocks and everything. She saw Alice Hickey at New York. Do you remember that stuff she used to write for the Breeze? Anyway, Alice is a popular novelist now. and she had just been through Italy to get local color for a new book. “The Garbage Man’s Revenge.” Alice said that Leslie Hughes was holding down the job of station caller on the trans-Atlantic steamer she came back on. I was thankful that I had something to tell her. She didn’t know about how little Ruth Hicks got the heavyweight championship in the women’s division. Ruth has been giving three-minute talks in all the theaters, advocating the instruction of the womanly art of self-defense. Imogen seemed surprised to know that Ren W ells was a prosperous farmer, and got second on his pigs at the fair this year. Somehow, I’d always thought of Ren as a big, strong farmer. Then. too. that Helen Evenson, Doris Winchell. and Retty Morgan were running a matrimonial bureau; she couldn't quite believe it. It certainly seemed too killing when I read in your last letter that Nibs Clure was appointed floor walker at the New Leader because he had two suits of good-looking and dignified clothes. I always thought that he was awfully Page Twenty-four