University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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

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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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“Acme next year, Helen Feuling, being of ji kind and benevolent nature, agrees to leave her place to Ellen Bedell, that tins “time-honored organization ' shall not perish for lack of members. FOURTEENTH: Frank Keeler, alias “Honkus, confers upon Wirtli Strickler, better known as “Buzz,” bis wit—or, rather, his lack of it. FIFTEENTH: Don Nelson and Stan Bissell, agreeing that someone must uphold the high moral standards of the school, leave the remaining issues of their subscriptions to “Hot I)awg” and “Whiz Bang to Miss Penrose, for use in the library. By this benevolent act, the bright and shining lights of “1 high will have something a little more interesting than “Harpers,” the “Literary Digest,” etc., to read. SIXTEENTH: Eleanor King has been named the beneficiary of Doro- thy Chase’s will. She will thereby receive Dorothy’s much envied slenderness and her ability to dress the part of the flapper. SE1 EE7’EEXTil: Dorothy Every refused to leave a “damned thing; after much persuasion she consented to leave behind, her “nights out to Marv Payne, and her ability to get into every plav, to Samuel Brown Kirkwood. EIGHTEENTH: Milton Balcomc, believing Alfred Erickson to be in need of additional “length of limb,” gives to him a foot of his surplus height. NINETEENTH: Ida Levine willingly bequeaths to Mary White, her five “.Vs” a month, that Mary’s mama may be proud of her darling daughter. TWENTIETH: Frances Herman deems Lowell Gilmore to be the most worthy recipient of her enthusiasm and class spirit. TW ENTY-F! KST: Elbridge Curtis, having decided that Phil Barlow is in great need of the former’s “stand-in with the faculty, bequeaths the same to said Barlow, and, moreover, leaves to him his grandfatherliness and athletic ability. TWENTY-SECOND: Louise Congdon, after making an inventory of all her treasured possessions, decides that she can spare the following: her flannel middy, her ground-gripper shoes, her long skirts, and her art of raising her eyebrows. She leaves them all to her namesake, Louise Lcland. TW'ENTY-THIRD: Anna Olson bequeaths her wrist watch (of alarm-clock proportions) to Bob Tambernino, that he may be exempt from all next year’s tardy classes. TWENTY-FOURTH: Jay Nicol bequeaths to our budding young sheik, Don Van Koughnet, his “luminous lamps and his following of feminine admirers. TWENTY-FIFTH: Mary Boyd, our representative who has been on leave of absence for two quarters, wills her trip and the Hollywood idols to Dolores Hedlund. TWENTY-SIXTH: Virginia Hicks deeds her most abbreviated skirt to “Casey” Kelley, as she has faith that “Kay” will be old enough to wear short skirts next fall. TWENTY-SEVENTH: Mary Stark wills her frat pins, rings, and telephone calls from St. Paul Academy ami Blake, to Margaret Smith. TWENTY-EIGHTH: Monroe Freeman grants to Virginia Cherry his youthful blushes, and to “Pat” Gregory his crushes. o 1 . 2J V- — I 24 1