University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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VI. The legion was a mighty one, And every man and maid Fought valiantly against exams, And never called for aid. Most diligent in raising dues. They never shirked a task. And through the four years of ascent No quarter’d give nor ask. VII. With Rowland as the Captain hold, The army started siege. Carl, Frcdrica, and “Lou” Congdon Assisted well this liege. The smiles of older veterans, And Court of Kangaroo Improved the young lads’ manners. And their celebrations, too. VIII. Increased in stature, next this group Ascend the second plane. Though more inclined, they mount with ease And o’erpower Caesar’s main. Now Gordon is the leader. And Ruth and Milton aid. And Gilbert, who has left the ranks. With looks and manners staid. IX. Roy, Frances, Mary, Everett, Were chosen leaders next. The hand was glad, victorious. As debaters, athletes, glorious. Won conquests meritorious. And studied well their text. For the timeworn, weary veterans They prepared a festal day, A ceremony called J. S., A Jealous Scramble, gay. X. Then they stormed the last embankment, (’Twas a truly wondrous deed). With Rowland, Ruth, Helen Feuling, And Donald in the lead. They paused one final moment, Silhouetted on the crest. The Fort is won, Their flag they raise, “We’ll give the world our best.” 23 =— t SS 1

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ONE LOON’S HISTORY OF THAT PART OF MANKIND REPRESENTED BY THE CLASS OF 1923 I. The Father Fate of all the years, By the great “I he swore That the Fort of Graduation Should he stormed us ne'er before. By the great ‘ 1 ) he swore it And summoned to “L” High Most brave recruits and earnest Who dared to do and die. II. September of the nineteenth year, In the Twentieth Century, Saw rookies from the grade-schools Hush to the ranks with glee. As verdant as the emerald, Incognizant were they Of hardships, flunks, and perils To beset them on their way. III. Assembled by superiors They looked up to the height, The Fort of Graduation Loomed lofty in their sight. I.’pleading, four embankments They must attack and scale, The last one numbered “23.” If one they lose, they fail. IV. There be nineteen chosen prophets, The most cunning in the land, Who always o’er the cohorts With eagle glances stand. Each day they, unrelenting, Bestir their fiendish brains Producing work which none dare shirk, While each at length complains. V. One of the chosen prophets, Lynn Stockwell of great fame, Advised them for the first two years, Then, midst entreaties and some tears, Abandoned them, despite their fears, In answer to his M. A.’s claim. The prophetess. Miss Smith, helped win The last more strenuous two. She put the J. S., Vaudeville, And Senior class play through. ► 2J I 21 1

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o -o mi THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1923 WE, tlu class of nineteen hundred twenty-three of the Cniversitv High School, in the County of Hennepin and the State of Minnesota, being of sound mind and memory and having reached years of discretion, do declare this to he our last Will and Testament, and hereby bequeath our most treasured possessions to those underclassmen whom we think most deserving of them: FIRST: We direct that all our just debts and funeral expenses be paid, and the reputation of the Class preserved by Earlccn Ralph. SEC OS I): Esther Bullis and Eileen Kyle, after due thought and deliberation, have decided to leave their dignity to Polly Miles and .Janet Hilde-brandt. THIRD: Gladys Ladd, desiring the spirit of sportsmanship to be kept up in the school, bequeaths her golfing and her Saturday afternoons at Columbia Heights Golf Course to our enthusiastic young golfer, Chauncev Stuhr. FOURTH: Carl Huhn Litzenberg bequeaths his cigarette butts and girls to .Julian Murray and Kyle Cudworth to have and to hold absolutely and forever. FIFTH: Fredrica Alway and Wallace Boss, regretting the necessity of leaving their interest in the Junior Class, do hereby bestow Starr upon Dorothy, and vice versa. SIXTH: Ethel Lamb, our librarian, bestows her abilities as such, and her pug nose, upon our popular freshman, Leonard Finkclstein. SEVES'l'H: Hertlm Field willingly divides her “Avoir de Pois” with Paul Smith in order that he may become a member of the football team next year. EIGHTH: Rowland Moulton, Emory Lindslev, and Roy Thorshov hereby agree to donate their collection of flannel shirts to David Wing. Rowland leaves his bright colored socks and his habit of “acting like a kid to Pansy Todd. SIXTH: Rosalia DuFresne appoints Lee Fisher as the beneficiary of her affectionate eyes and touching giggle, so that he may make even more of a hit on the girls. TESTII: Helen Mint v decrees that the well-known junior, Margery Merritt, shall inherit her wonderful voice in order that her present one, which is so mellow that it is rotten, may be heard less often in our assemblies. ELEYESTH: Everett Comstock hereby contributes bis supply of puns to Jim McConnell, that next year’s “Campus Breeze” and “Bisbila” may be provided with laughable jokes. TWELFTH: Lucille Jacobson devises and bequeaths one of her Rolls-Royce roadsters and inevitable veil to Florence Robinson. THIRTEESTH: In order that there may be at least one member in ■o- 23 t « 1