Waukegan High School - Annual W Yearbook (Waukegan, IL)

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Fourth--We do give and bequeath to the Freshmen, the special charge of the Freshies, so soon to step into the foot prints you have left on the sands of time. Have mercy on them for they will be as strangers in a strange land. To them Latin, Geometry, English Composition and Physiography are the stumbling blocks of life and they will need a lift from time to time, and, as you are not far removed from Freshman life, we know that you will per- form that duty well. Also, we give and bequeath to you, who will, next September, be Sophmores, those detestable ilower and bug hunting excursions. Also, the pleasure of hunting and the privilege of dissecting everything from a grasshopper green to a five-pound Iish, and pleasure it will prove, provided that the iishes be not looked for the same time as the January thaw, as ours were. Fifth-To the present Sophmores, we give and bequeath the name Juniors and all that it implies. Lastly, we give and bequeath unto you our beloved institu- tion, and appoint, as your legal guardians, our most highly esteemed teachers. All the rest whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind and quality soever, the same may be, and not hereinbefore given and disposed of Qbefore our departurej, we do give and bequeath to our nearest heirs, for their use and benefit absolutely. We do hereby constitute and appoint our said teachers as executors of this our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal on the day and year above written. CLASS or 1902. The above instrument was, at the date thereof, declared to us by the testator, Class of 1902, to be their last will and testament, and they there acknowledge to each of us, that they had sub- scribed the same, and we, at their request, sign our names here- unto as attesting witnesses. W. J. STEBBINS, Residing at 407 Cory Ave. MIRIAM Bmsuar, Residing at 541 Genesee St. -15-

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Charge to Undergraduate-.r. GYNETH RICH. gf' 'A'-x N the name of God, amen. We, the graduating class 5 ie of the Waukegan High School, in the county of 4 ,F Lake, being mindful of our impending demise, de, this eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, make and publish this, our last will and testament, in manner following: First-We give and bequeath to the Waukegan High School undergraduates, in general, the joys and pleasures of High School life. Also, we give and bequeath to the same a preventive for brain fever caused by the overtaxation of the cerebrum, cerebellum and medulla oblongata. Namely, three little ponies called Caesar, Cicero and Virgil. Treat them well and handle with care, for they be treacherous and liable, at any time, to hastily seek shelter, leaving their owners to face a storm of questions, unprotected save for the contents of their craniums. Also, we give and bequeath to you all, the gymnasium with the memories of many pleasant hours spent there. It is our pleasure, as our duty, to give to you its training and its enter- tainment, as well as the bruises and friendly sluggings received therein, provided only that you heed the warning that, although you have a fine floor, you get not light-footed and dizzy-headed- this last especially to giggling girls. Second-We give and bequeath to the Sophmorcs and Juniors, but most especially to the Juniors, the pleasures of animated debates, with the advice that, when you compete with your bet- ters, you lay aside that characteristic Junior conceit, lest you meet a surprise and return bruised in body, sore in mind and decidedly crestfallen. Third-To the Juniors, also, we give and bequeath our Senior duties, dignity and privileges. Also, to the Juniors, we bequeath the power of earning Senior credits. 14

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'Response for Juniors. L. J. WILMOT. gf' 'AQ' N behalf of all those remembered in your will, and in 5 be the name of the class of 1903, I thank you. ,LA ,ig How considerate of you to provide for us against -5245, brain fever. We are more than thankful for the ponies, and only hope that you have left us a suiiicient number to see us safely through our High School course. The Sophomores will be especially appreciative, for in the long and wearisome march through Caesar the use of a pony is not to be despised. The gymnasium ranks among the foremost of your gifts, for we hope to spend many pleasant hours there. The Juniors especially honor and respect the Senior boys' basket-ball team that carried off in triumph the well-earned ban- ner. But we shall have little time to regret your departure there, because new fields will soon be opened for us to conquer. As to those animated debates which you bequeathed to us, we do hope they will afford enough pleasure, so that when our turn comes to debate, we shall not have to wear such wry faces ashave been worn by some of the Seniors in the past. How we shall enjoy those Senior privileges ! Even when little Freshmen, we looked with wistful and almost jealous eyes over to the other side of the room, at the big and mighty Seniors, who could do almost as they pleased. And when we shall step into the places left vacant by you, and take upon ourselves the duties of Seniors, we trust we shall be able to maintain that Senior dignity so manifest during the past year. As to those detestable Hower and bug hunting excursions- you surely have used the word detestable with a question-mark, for what Freshman or Sophomore does not hail with delight the chance to get away from regular class-room work 3 And now about those fish. How fortunate you were to secure enough fish for study, even though the January thaw did come at the same time. We do not know to this day whether the -16-