Wright High School - Chronicle Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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TO MISS DUPRE, we will a parrot that will say at the correct moment — ne soufflez pas. TO MISS ECHEZABAL, we will a medal presented to us for her in acknowledgment of the good work she has done in spreading la lenqua Castillana . TO MISS MACHAUER, we leave a skeleton so she will not have to use herself as a model in her physiology class. TO MISS DELACROIX, we leave a money order which she may use to replace her cypress knees by cork ones. TO MISS PERKINS, we will a class that is intelligent but dumb (not the up-to-date mean- ing for the word.) TO MISS HARRISON, we leave seniors that prefer Brown- ing to Harold Bell Wright. TO MISS HUNTER, we leave a life-size picture of Dr. Johnson partaking of his mid-day meal. TO MISS VICKERS, we leave a small court within walking dis- tance of the school where her class may visit monthly. TO MISS RIGGS, we leave pupils who are as ' ' children enter- ing the Kingdom of Heaven . TO MISS VALLAS, we leave an ample stock of tiny dainty shoes that will continue to de- light her pupils. TO MISS KINABREW, we will a time clock so that she may boast of her roll-call being not only perfect, but automatic. TO MRS. COLLINS, we leave a fund for entertaining the tardy girls at tea, thus turning a hard- ship into a PLEASURE. SO THIS WILL is drawn by Lawyers M. Campbell and C. Gonzales, on this twenty-second day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen twenty-five, from dictation of the Secretary of the said June Class of 1925, in the presence of Witnesses. I 1 I 1 Class Mntin Ad astra per aspera (To the stars thru difficulties.)

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€lasB mm WE THE JUNE CLASS OF 1925, being of sound mind and hody, but realizing that we are tipon the last lap of life in this happy world, do hereby make this our last will and testament. TO MRS. LUSHERrour dear Principal, we will and bequest what she has long wished for, a school 10 miles from any drug store. TO OUR FELLOWMEN, who will remain in this world, we bequest the following: TO THE SENIORS, a small Eord truck with driver to be used to round up material for Baby Party, Chronicle, etc. TO THE JUNIORS, the aspiration to become as famous seniors as we are. TO THE SOPHOMORES, a book on weak points of freshmen. TO THE FRESHMEN ,an everlasting store of good humor to withstand the jibes of sopho- m.ore. . TO MISS DALY, and the Chronicle staff, we will a super- galaxy of ads and subscrip- tions. TO THE LUNCH ROOM, we bequest a vacuum cleaner, which may be used to gather up the peanut shells after the next baby party. TO MISS LAMBERTON, we will an empty early dismisal book with a police dog to keep it empty. TO MISS FLANAGAN, we will an automatic device for col- lecting books on the proper days. TO MISS SEIFERTH, we leave a cast that will be letter- perfect in their parts at the first rehearsal. TO MISS LITTLE we leave a lo ' ng waiting list of prospective campers. TO MISS BUCHANAN, we will an annual visitation of but- terflies that will alight on her desk and expire blissfully for art ' s sake. TO MISS PITOT, we leave military equipment to aid the chorus in attacking.

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September 15, 1922! What a wonderful day that was to us ! For our dreams were beginning ' to form themselves into tangible things. Even the remarks made by scornful and superior seniors could not take away the glamor from that memorable day. Here as Freshmen we began the first lap of the road to success and graduation. The Seniors forbade us to wear earrings and confiscated all the earrings found on Freshmen. After days of new work we were given our baby party. One morning each Freshman was handed her bottle invitation, and that evening we were allowed to see in that wonderful Baby Partly, the handsome and daring rogue (the Shiek). Another fea- ture of the evening was the trip to baby-land, wh ere we saw the fattest baby in three countries being weighed. Soon our baby days passed and we were Sophomores Oh ! how glorious it was to lord it over the Freshmen. Then last September we were made seniors. Oh ! the glamour of that little word. We then gave our very own baby party, a unique circus, which was a great success, and made us famous far and wide. Now with our class p)ay and class feast, we are on the last lap of the road which has led to achievement. As words are a poor form of expression when the heart is in them, we can only say, Dear Wright High ! we shall never forget you .