University High School - Bisbila Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Frank Rarig leaves his flower-like grace and naive speech to Fred Arny for use in the immediate family, i Now don’t forget.) Judd Manuel respectfully bestows his brand new suspenders (only worn once) upon Donald Burch, in case he should meet with an emergency. Jack Brown sacrifices with much sorrow, the keys to the mint of “Uv High, the treasury of the Senior Class, to Mer Robertson and Al Todd, so that they may have enough money to buy their candy, rather than swipe it. Middy Borne wills her “nights out’ and all her rings and telephone calls to Romola Griswold on one condition; i. e., that she doesn’t overdo and thereby hurl her health. Helen Larson, Dorothy Johnson, and Agnes Berntsen unselfishly confer their sweet, maidenly charms on Jeanette Wallace, for the express purpose of amusing the faithful Marlowe. “Rabbit” Scott leaves “The Vacant Chair behind the candy counter to Mary Ada, as a reward for her enthusiasm and class spirit. Heinie Fierce and George Smith leave their dramatic ability to Jim Tyler and John Hynes, knowing they’ll use it wisely. Gordon Bassett and Thain Stewart reluctantly relinquish Nancy and Luree to any other like-minded swains who will promise to cherish them tenderly and amuse them between periods, as well as at morning and noon. Betty Young decrees that Rhoda Fierce shall have that sweet expression of “don’t tell her I told you. Margaret Went ling and I ona Desmond leave their hot air to Tiny Stafford, who can use it to advantage in the plunge. Bill Haggerty and Don Blomquist have given up their most cherished vehicle, Don's Chevy, to Bud Merritt for use instead of the ill-fated Maxwell—good luck. Bud! Frank Fredrickson regrets to say that he’ll need his 1925 (?) Ford model next year. Julian Murray and Robert Ramsdell name Jack Bates as beneficiary in respect to their youthful, maidenly blushes and common sense—(very rare qualities, both, my boy!”f Dot Arny leaves her charming manner and quiet ways to Mary Wildes in hope that Mary will not ever be too frank. Luciie Freston, Janet Licb, and Helen Reilly wish to bequeath the pins and team-work of the “Diables” to the “pick of ’26.” Helen also says that she’ll share her sense of humor with Charlotte Wells. Eleanor King sacrificially donates her most cherished possessions; i. e., her ground-gripper shoes, middy blouses, and four A’s a month to Jean King to be used with due respect and discretion. (No extra charge will be made for avoirdupois.) Ann Todd and Hermion Wheaton bless Marjorie Fage, Naomi Fredrickson, and Caroline YanKoughnet with their combined musical ability both vocally and pian-ally. And last, but not least, do we leave our worn and worthy sails and rudders to the Junior Class. Witnesses: E. Z. Fast. 0. U. Future. Signed: Ima Fibhkr. I’ayr Tirenty-lhret

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IN FUTURE YEARS “All aboard! Next stop, ’Heaven. yelled Bob Rhame as the boat put out to sea. We’ll admit it sounds sort of improbable, but here we all were, beaded for Heaven—even the Diables. Well, y’see it's this way—it's many, many years since we were Seniors at “U” High—oh! so many that all our lil grandchildren are serving their time there. Just before the Golden Gate came in view Miss Penrose told us to stay in our own seats while she took the “role. Just then she noticed that Frankie Rarig was sitting next to Dot Amy and she added, “This means -0-1. And dear Frankie flushed furiously and fastly found his feet. When Miss Penrose had finished the role, she was well pleased to state that there was only one absentee—Heinie. Poor Harmon! We were all so worried about him as we all remembered him in the Vaudeville and we were afraid he’d get arrested in that darling yellow costume. But pretty soon after we’d landed and St. Peter had given us all the once over we turned around and there was Heinie running up the steps, panting like everything, and trying to explain why he was late. The poor boy bad gone to the wrong place but they wouldn't let him use his Gym credit to get in so he had to come up with the rest of us. St. Pete was ready to let him in but Miss Penrose—up to her old tricks again insisted that he get a tardy slip from the Angel Gabriel. After all the excitement of getting there had died down, we all settled down to our daily work in Heaven. We always thought that no work would be Heaven, but we soon learned that Heaven was all work and we all had to work fast sweeping clouds clean. The first thing we noticed was that there were no harps in Heaven, but St. Peter explained to us that they had gone out last year and that saxophones and ukeleles were all the rage. Right then and there we appointed Frank Andrus and Katherine Washburn as Kewpies and gave them each a pink tulle bow to wear and Frank got a sax and we tossed a ukelele to Kay. Judd Manuel got the job of chief cook and he “sure done noble.” We bad strawberry shortcake and ice cream every day and usually we hail chocolate eclairs for dinner too. They went fine for the first week, but by the second week we all began to wish for some good old beefsteak or a hot dog at Stumble Inn. Oh! and woe of woes! The M. B. C.’s began to cry for their doughnuts and beer and an iron hat. Well, pretty soon we all began to get homesick and wondered what was happening back on earth. So St. Peter let us look down the chute-the-chutes. There we saw old “L High with a great big building—no it must be just the foundation— right next to it. Then we began to realize that it must be the Boys’ Gymnasium. My heavens! How sudden! When we looked inside the High School, we saw a little girl wearing a purple dress talking to a funny little boy right in the hall. After we had adjusted our spectacles, we discovered that it was Evangeline Ruth Marion Nary's little granddaughter talking to John Ross McConnell’s lil’ grandson. How natnral! As we looked farther down the hall, we saw a bunch of little boys and Vnqr Tirruty-firr