Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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J et cAdmit 3t Let us admit it fairly as high school Seniors should; We’ve had no end of lessons, and they’ve done us no end of good. We entered as timid Freshmen, we leave as graduates bold. And we find it hard to realize the knowledge our young heads hold. We’ve had our foolish notions knocked higher than Franklin’s kite; Our minds have been made over, and we know it served us right. We’ve spent four years in labor hard to prove the fact once more That life is quite confused, and two and two are seldom four. We're crammed to the brim with learning, and now we must turn it to use. And if one of us is a failure, he hasn’t a single excuse. The more we work and the less we talk the better results we shall get. For we’ve had four years of training; it may make us successes yet. Let us admit it fairly as high school Seniors should; We’re proud of Vestaburg High School; it's done us a lot of good. 6

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HOWARD FUNSCH “Chipper” Basketball 1» 2, 3, 4 Senior Play 4-H Class Prealdent 3 Annual Staff 4 ESTHER DOOLITTLE “Toots” Junior Play Senior Play Hi-Lite Staff 3 RONALD WALKER “Ron” Basketball 3, 4 Senior Play Annual Staff 4 leland McConnell “Mac” Baseball 1« 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1. 2, 3. 4 Junior Play Class Officer 1 SHIRLEY HUNTLEY “Lody” Junior Play Senior Play Hi-Lite Staff 4 4-H 1 GAYLORD SNYDER “Gay” Baseball 1 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1 2, 3, 4 Senior Play Track 3, 4 4-H 1 Hi-Lite Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 ROYAL ERSKIN “Jr.” Senior Play 4-H 1. 2, 3 Annual Staff 4 HENRY RUSSELL “Hank” 4-H 1,2.3 Hi-Lite Staff 3 Senior Play 5

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£7aii UJill We, the class of 1949, in the town of Vestaburg, the county of Montcalm, and the state of Michigan, being in as good mental condition as usual, and in much better temper than usual, do hereby make this, our last will and testament, rendering void and of no avail any former will or wills that may have been previously made by us during a period of temporary optimism, and in this manner do we dispose of our possessions: First: We leave the Junior Class our good luck. It has made us what we are today, and it should satisfy them. In addition to this, all our privileges and rights as Seniors in the classroom will revert to them, as well as any notebook, pencils, fountain pens, unfinished bags of popcorn, lollipops, or unfinished business, including debts contracted while engaged in the business of being Seniors. Second: To our teachers, the faculty of the Vestaburg High School, we hereby bequeath, free from all inheritance, luxury, or income tax, our entire store of knowledge. We lack space for details, but shall simply state that our arguments against final exams as well as those for bigger and better holidays, louder and funnier lectures, and no higher mathematics or school cafe- teria, not to mention our shortened list of requirements for graduation, are of vital importance and should be familiar to every earnest student of education. Our Sndividual (Request c4re follow A: Third: To Mr. Wilson we bequeath Milton Johnston’s valuable sense of humor, without which he would have found school life painful, indeed, and which will do much to make it endurable for you. Fourth: To the undergraduate, needing it most, we bequeath Junior Erskin’s supply of language which will enable the recipient to talk more and say less than any other human being. Fifth: To the undergraduate who is most in danger of not passing next year, we bequeath Joanna Markham's store of information, which will make it easy for him to pass any test in any subject, any time. Sixth: To the over ambitious Laurence Chapman, we leave the perfect indolence of Leland McConnell. Some people just sit and waste time. This indolence, properly used will insure him against nervous breakdowns resulting from overstudy and fully qualify him, in late life, for the job of founding a phony Oriental cult, which specializes in relaxation and response. 7