West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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I, Ethel Curran, give the entire essence of my superb LINE to the one who will need it most in the future years. I, Margaret Curtis, give my popularity with the male environ- ment of my class to that bashful dame, Edna Alderton. I, Dorothy Doerfner, give my love of art and hair dressing to that little maid, Nanette Bauer. I, Leona Dollhoph, will my good record in whispering to a better talker. I, Francis Duff, give all my standings unto the scool records. I, Irene Gelinas, bequeath all the books which I have not ruined to the Junior who can best fill my place. I, Leota Goodrow, being of sane mind, give my coquette ' s heart to the Biology Department (to be disected as prescribed by Doctors Addison and Steel.) I, Irma Grumwell, give all the hair pins I have not lost in the past school year to the Woolworth trimming department. I, Ella Haines, give all the school parties which I have missed, to to the one who can find them. I, Gladys Harper, will the scrap paper I have wasted unto the City Scavenger. I, Mildred Heidger, bequeath all my love for Tam O ' Shanter to John Barleycorn. I, Olive Hymans, give of my own free will and accord, my entire fortune to the one who will make Henry the Man on the Box. I, Dorothy Lewellyn, will my femine modesty to Mr. Morrison. I, Caroline Myer, of apparently sound memory, will and be- queath my reputation as the best dresser in my class to any one who thinks she has enough money to spend on clothes. I, Edith Miller, give my love for the statue of Scott to the Freshman who can read Ivanhoe and convince me that he under- stands it. I, Elian Morgan, give all my Physics problems to Miss Foote as a memory of the work I was supposed to do. I, Ida Osterbeck, (supposing myself in my right mind) give my well developed vocal chords to Miss Dora Westwood. I, Phyllis Ostrander, give my specks unto the statue of Julius Caesar now resting in the case of the front stairs. I, Margaret Pitts, give the formula for my red cheeks to the rouge manufacturers. I, Gladys Plambeck, will my worn-out hair nets to the Bay City Fishing Company. I, Anna Powell, give my American History Book to anyone who can give me the Louisiana Purchase. I, Carrie Purchase, give my finger-nail file to Mr. Allen for the manual training shop. I, Dorethea Reichle, of my own free will and accord give my art of pleasing conversation to the worthy under-class man who makes application for it before June 23, 1921. I, Lillian Reisner, give my ability to study to the one who can teach me the lighter side of life. (Good looker preferred.) I, Catherine Rice, give my left over hair to Esther Appleby. I, Evelyn Richter, give my vast knowledge of Trig to Mr. Hoge. I, Grethen Roethke give my sadly wrecked fame as class Vamp to Ha Marble. I, Dorothy Schendel, give my empty peroxide bottle to the Sagi- naw Bottle Company. I, Ruth Schoeneberg, give my reputation as Class Bluffer to others of the class more worthy of the joke.

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We, the Senior Class of Arthur Hill High School, do assign all funeral debts and all miscellaneous debts incurred throughout the school year of 1921 upon the budding class of 1922. Section A, Article 1 (Containing the individual wishes.) I, Elizabeth Alderton, do will and bequeth my charms which have so enraptured that graceful youth whom I shall not mention, to any one who can support said youth. I, Ruth Appleby, give my French standing to Miss Keating for keeps. I, Ruth Avery, give all my A ' s and B ' s to the first grade teacher of the John Moore School to be used in the construction of a new alphabet. I, Hazel Baskin, freely give my father ' s gold badge unto any young man who will capture and hold Little Dan for me. I, Hazel Beach, being in my right mind, freely bequeth my Commercial Law As to the individual who can show me the best road to perpetual happiness. I, Nellie Blackstone, of my own free will and accord, give a scow, two paddles, and one handsome boatman to the one who will trade for a good fast motor boat. (Country preferred) I, Lauretta Bleum, do will my entire lot of E ' s to the Morse Telegraph Code. I, Elma Bradford, of my own free will and accord, give my entire amount of Physics knowledge (including both books and three pencils) to the person who can recite the three laws on the evolution of bumping bodies. I, Lydia Christ, give my popularity with the young men of the said Class of ' 21 to our gentle office girl. I, Helen Claflin, give all the powder which I have wasted on my nose during the past school year to the Irish Navy (to be used only in close target practice.) I, Bessie Close, will and bequeth my reputation as a book lover, man hater, and movie nut to that busy enemy of mine, Fred Failing.

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I, Laura Schwahn, give the class song to the graduating class of ' 21 provided it be sung by the janitor on the eve of our funeral. (Jerry preferred.) I, Pauline Smith, give all my old acquaintances to the Junior class, knowing that they will benefit by the advices of the same. I, Etta Steilow, give my knowledge of Spanish to Miss Sickles to be made into a song to be sung after each meal to retard digestion. I, Ella Turnbull, give my vast learning in typewriting to any lighter fingered person. I, Alma Weichman, give my noisy ways to the Saginaw, Bay City Traction Company. I, Ottilia Zorn, of my own free will and accord, give all my powder puffs to the Saginaw Welfare League to be sold at auction. I, Ila Marble, give my reputation as class Vamp to the one who can take it from me. I, Sylvia Kaiser, give my reputation as a man-hater to anyone who can tell me how to rope in a certain B. D ? Article 1 — Section 2 I, Robert Allardyce, give my office as overseer of this master- piece, the Legenda, to the one who can correct a muddle and retain his sanity. I, Maurice Brown, give my Physics Note Book to Miss Foote as a remembrance of my good writing. I, Duane Chamberlain, give my ability as an interpretive reader to Mr. Rickeman. I, Claude Clark, give the money received from the scholarship to to the orphans ' home. I, Arthur Curran, of my own free will and accord give my ability to recite A Man ' s A Man ' E ' en If ' E Hasn ' t a Hat to Bobbie Burns. 1, Leslie Eynon, give the money received from the scholarship to the building of a new pump in the back yard. Do I, Orville Gile, give my vast knowledge of American History to the best looking girl in school X. Y. Z.? I, Harry Gnathowski, give the money received from the scolar- ship to the fund for weak-minded teachers. I, John Herzog, give my reputation as a perfect young man for just one good time. I, Henry Kehren, give one good cue to the one who will direct me to the perpetual dandelion fields. 1, Rudolph Krause, give my reputation as one of the most bashful boys of the class to Chuck Murray. I, Winifred Lange, will my knowledge of Trig to William Dembinski. I, Frank McDermid, give my knowledge of American History to the author of a new history book. (3 page affair.) I, Jack Ochsenkehl, being absolutely in my own mind (to my own knowledge) give twenty four (24) bottles of bay rum for three (3) of the ancient regime. I, Richard Rankin, will my reputation as Class Baby for one can of Borden ' s Condensed Milk. I, Junior Rockwood, give my reputation as a good student in English Literature to all the poets, novelists, and dramatists from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. I, Walter Roeser, will and bequeath my reputation as Class Clown and all-around fool to some one of good common sense. I, Russell Swarthout, will my fame as Trig Shark to Mr. Hoge.