Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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TIIK SKNIOR YEAH BOOK 3t We, Wenonah Smith and Laura Thompson, deans of Westerly High School, do confer the following degrees upon the members of the Class of 1930: Brunei Novak has so greatly increased his power of debate through arguing with Mr. Sherman in Biology class concerning the merits of evolution, that we feel highly honored in giving him the degree of A. P. E. (Always Perfecting Evolution.) On account of the many honors Gertrude Melbourne has won, we bestow upon her the degree W. H. S. (Wins Honors Steadily.) Many of the girls will testify to the statement that William Durfee is a pest. Therefore, we present him with the degree F. A. T., (Forever a Tease.) Douglas Barber’s greatest weakness is girls. He doesn’t understand why they don’t always return his interest. Thus, he deserves the degree D. U. G., (Doesn’t Understand Girls.) Because Reuben Deutsch is our be;t all-around athlete, he is given the degree G. A. S., (Genuine Athletic Star.) We take much pleasure in awarding to Samuel Goldberg the degree of W. I. T., (Wise, Intelligent Thinker.) Is Elisha Feckham returning to his childhood ways? At least, he merits the degree P. E. C. K., (Peck Enjoys Childish Kom-pany.) Lillian Matson is our class artist. She has earned the degree, B. A., (Bachelor of Art.) Because of Jack Tobin’s obvious good-nature, we bestow upon him the degree J. E. A. N., (Joy is Ever A Necessity.) WTho hasn’t enjoyed many a hearty laugh at the funny stories of Ella Astill and Harriett Suprika, our K. K. K., (Klass Komic Komposers?) As Georgia Williams, Ellen Sunderland, and Marion Crandall

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30 Tin: SENIOR YEAR HOOK bequeath our adherence to each other, which has often proved disastrous, to Henry Stahle, Boutelle, and Joe Rose. I, Samuel Goldberg, do bestow half my towering form on Charles Lamb who is conspicuously lacking in that respect. We, Barbara Briggs and Douglas Barber, do confer our admiration for each other upon Elizabeth York and Donald Bonner. I. Jack Tobin, bequeath my high color, bashfulness, and trembling timidity in delivering addresses in Assembly, to Raymond Ingram. I, Reuben Deutsch, do will to Donald Faulkes my stupendous physical strength and my outstanding athletic prowess. I, John Prestini, do leave my reckless driving and my interest in a certain Junior, a real Ev-“Angeline,” to Arthur Lepper. I, Ruth Saunders, bequeath my innocent, unsophisticated manner, and my intense seriousness as regards school duties to Grace Bliven. I, William Durfee, do bestow my wan, delicate complexion and my frail, fragile, and frangible anatomy upon Jack Scanlon. I, Willard Hoxsie, do will that quivering, infirm article of doubtful powers of conveyance, which I term an “Oakland,” to Eleanor Hoxsie, in order that the aforesaid vehicle may be kept as a family heirloom. I, Thomas Wright, solemnly bequeath my ability in straddling the issue and in reducing assignments by persuasive argument to Heino Vega. I, James Federico, do will my unassuming, tranquil, and serene disposition to Ralph Undrum. We, Evelyn Bliven and Gertrude Solomon, bestow our enviable Honor Roll records upon Annette McCoy and Evelyn Dower. I, Minnie Felicetti, bequeath my famous giggle to Ellen Michie. I. William Cornforth, confer my excitable, vivacious, nervous manner, and my expeditious, sprightly, agile walk on Charles Crandall. We, the Class of 1930, direct that the surplus of our superior intelligence and the glory of our brilliant careers be collocated, reserved, and employed to defray the expense of a stately, ivory-inlaid mausoleum to our honorable memory—such mausoleum to be erected on the high bluffs in the rear of this institution of aggregated erudition. We hereby appoint Mr. Robert Valentine, our greatly beloved director of the science and art of rhythmic combination of tones, sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we, the Class of 1930, the testators, have to this, our last, sole, and conclusive will and testament, set our hand and seal this twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty. Thomas A. Wright. Attorney at Law.

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