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

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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.

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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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Do I, Russell Stickney, give my good looks to the front page of Breezy Stories? I, Warren Thompson, give my old Laboratory Manual to our junk dealer. I, Edv ard Ure, will and bequeath my ability as a steel handler to the Saginaw Hardware Company. I, Herbert Wettlaufer, give my popularity with the weaker sex of the class to some Junior whom I hope, shall be more successful than I in holding this popularity. I, Arthur Witham, give my reputation as the Class Best Looker to Fay Smith. I, Enoch Yates, give the money which I win by the scholarship to the erection of a new brewery — in Canada. I, Walter Bohnhoff, will my entire accumulation of credits to the person who can teach me more about the drug trade. I, Carl Compton, give everything to everybody. I, Bishop Davis, do give anything I have for another May 1, 1918. I, Edward Peters, give my good marks to the school to be framed and hung in the furnace room. I, Joe Robertson, give my musical voice to the Sonora. I, Earl Marquis, do will my record sheets to the Saginaw Paper Co., to be used as wall paper in the Junior High School. I, Russell Shepherd, give my ability to act, to any Jeffers-Strand Company. I, Clarence Wilkinson, give my entire learning in music for a flat. I, Elmo Wilkinson, give all I have toward the repealing of the twenty-third amendment. I, Lloyd Wiltse, give my good will to the world, I, Edward Cherry, give my neat appearance to any worthy under- classman who can use it to the best advantage. And we, the United Class of 1921, do give and bequeath our joint possessions as follows: To the Juniors — our nerve and privileges as Seniors. To the Sophmores — our conceit. To the Freshmen — our knowledge. To the faculty — our good will and heartiest thanks for everything they have so willingly done for us in the past four years of the most enjoyed period of our lives. To this will, we, the present seniors of Arthur Hill High School of Saginaw, W. S., Michigan, do affix our name this twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred twentv-one (1921). Roscoe Earl Herfon, Notary of Class. My commission expires June 23, 1921, Witness: Harold Steel, John Moore School, Witness: A, C, Morrison, Arthur Hill High School.