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

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A yell leader at college is Henrietta Trier; The team is sure to win when she makes the students cheer. She is still quite young, so Catherine Vondette Says she will marry, but not just yet. The company headed by L. Walker and M. Waters Has just staged with success Her Father ' s Daughter. If at the desk of Orra Williams you wait, She ' ll say Were you absent, or are you just late. You ' ll see, if long enough you wait, George Karrow as governor of the state. Everett Winslow and Esther Wirth As clowns at the circus are the cause of much mirth. David Wood and Alvin Weil Are the renowned globe trotters who walk many a mile. Dolly Welch when there ' s time to spare Makes candies for her shop, which are really quite rare. Into my vision a building looms Above the door is written, H. Ziegler, Tea Rooms. Now you ' re in a heathen land — be sure to look quite close An old gray headed missionary — or Natalie Duclos, Has showed the natives first, then nailed upon a tree This very same class prophecy of 1923.

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Know ye all men by these presents, that we, the Senior Class of Arthur Hill High School, being m frail mmds and strong bodies, do in the presence of equally strong and sane witnesses hereby write this last will and testimony and do solemnly bequeath our ancient and hallowed privileges, to the Juniors and Sophomores of said institution in the vain hope that they will become dignified, haughty seniors, as their immediate predecessors. And, whereas, we of the class of twenty-three, having firmly implanted the seeds of wis- dom m the flighty Juniors and humble Sophomores, do in these our last days, further relin- quish our title to the following privileges, viz and to-wit: That the Senior Senate of Arthur Hill High School, being in form a dignified body of legis- lators, do hereby bequeath and devise to the House of Representatives the following privileges: 1. The right to sleep in the senatorial chamber with full and undoubted privileges of a senator (providing his snoring is inaudible). 2. The right to filibuster on certain occasions when no preparation has been made upon the issue for discussion. 3. The privilege of impeaching or otherwise ridding the senate of its president, especial- ly his gavel, which is a fiendish device and a contraption of Mephistaphale ' s own design. 4. Lastly, our pomp and dignity we bequeath to any other organization in the school that might profit by its use. K5 HA ARTICLE L Furthermore, we Seniors of the Glee Club of Arthur Hill High School, being in part, a crowd of jolly birds whose voices have become cracked and worn from constant strain, relin- uish and deed over to the Juniors and Sophomore aspirants, our vocies, so badly worn, and yet withal, within the bounds of possible repair, with the parting trust that they will be heard in melodious chords or dischords through the halls of our venerable institution. ARTICLE II. Be it further revealed in this our last will and testament that we, the illustrious members of that famous staff of Journalists, as is embraced under the name or sobriquet of Criterion who, by freak of chance or fortune, have successfully finished our fourth year, do hereby devise, bequeath and assign to any of our Junior members, the right to print scandal, sensa- tions, or rare jokes upon members of the Legenda staff, or of the school as a whole. Section 1. We, the remaining members of the famous J. I. P. club, more widely known as Jippers, (heaven knows what it stands for) do devise and bequeath the secrets of our or- ganization to any Junior or Sophomore who is so dizzy as to try to fathom the inscrutable mys- tery of our club emblem, or the significance of the symbols thereon. Section 2. Whereas, we the inmates of Mr. DeHaven ' s court, being a sober-minded (?) assembly of honest lawyers, do devise, bequeath, deed, assign and convey unto the coming seniors, their heirs, and assigns (who for their own edification seek refuge in Judge DeHaven ' s court) the following privileges and chattels, to-wit: (1) The privilege of sharpening at least ten pencils during the study period, also the right to release mice and other rodents within the sacred walls of his palace of justice. (2) The absolute right to declare a blue slip negotiable paper, and to pass it as such, irregardless of date, time of performance or any other legal objections that party of the second part might raise against said blue slip. (3) Permission is hereunto granted the next session of honest lawyers to upset the waste basket, consult the dictionary upon matters of legal phraseology at least four times during each class period, argue with party of the second part upon Acts of Providence, dates of delivery, and kindred (ailments) or subjects. Also to appear in class late without the customary negotia- ble paper: