Yale High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Yale, MI)

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THE CLASS WILL ( Continued ) Anne Jerlecki wills her intelligence and poetic ability to smart little Rober- ta Palmateer. Josephine Samson leaves her dancing and singing ambition to Henrietta Beausir. Lucille Carless, who can catch men like you can catch a cold, leaves this secret charm formula, which never fails, to Mary Herrst. Rita Miller leaves twenty pounds to Chester Palmateer. Fay Norris wills her skinniness to Katherine Denton. Elsie Bybee leaves her appendix to the Juniors to preserve and put in the Smithsonian Institute for her grand-children to gop” at. Rawland Clemens wills his long and slender mustache which is just sprout- ing to that Romeo of the Juniors, La Vern Buddy” Carl. Elsie Barr, who wishes to keep a famous name in the minds of Yale High students wills her famous name Sarah” to Betty Barr who should be proud to inherit it. Eleanor Durski leaves her very comforting patent leathers and polish to that swift-moving dancer, William Walters. Margaret Armstrong, our little farmer lass, wills her hog-calling cham- pionship voice to another farmer miss who does it quite well, Margaret Mona- han. Morton Clark wills his high hot blood pressure to J. D. Hull. Helen Graves wills her non-political, non-partisan president’s office, or as she calls it the doghouse,” to that political minded lad from the H. A. Smith Store, Donald H. A.” Sloat. Lawrence Spencer wills his shyness and embarrassment to that quiet little girl, Beulah Harmer. Helen Halsey bequeaths her social standing to Florence Hosner. L- Allen Boughner leaves his speed, manliness, and acting ability to another speedster, Harry Lazybee” Dodson. Jack Colden leaves his curly, dusty locks and twenty-fifth century side- burns to Joe Turco. t Everett Shaw wills his extraordinary vocabulary to Bob Evans who will store it in the attic for a rainy day and we know he’ll never use it. Berenetta Park wills her deep blue sea rolling wavy eyes to Alma Wilson. Marion Collins wills her Avoca charms of which she is very proud to Mar- ion Urban. Marvin Chandler wills his bunny habits of being here, there, and everywhere to Everett Havermahl. Charles Radloff leaves his southern dialect to Arland Lohr. Lois Middleton wills her polished manners and quiet ways to Lawrence Rasch. Jennie Wixson wills her art of being short but lively to Helen Priehs. ( Continued on page 56) 23

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THE CLASS WILL Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Education, Superintendent, Teachers and Friends: Upon behalf of our client, the Class of 1938, of Yale High School, of the City of Yale, State of Michigan, U. S. A., we have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to her last will and to receive from her dying hand, the few gifts she has to bestow in her last agonies. Owing to the flighty condition of her brain, and the unusual disturbance in its grey matter, she begs us to state for her that she may quite possibly have been mistaken in her inventory; but such things as she thinks she has, she here- by gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who has gone before. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document, as duly drawn up and sworn to: To the dear Faculty, I, the lass of 1938, leave all my power of seeing through a stone wall, that power which, in the time past has made my course in life so spectacular, and the lack of which has brought my career to an ig- nominious failure. Kenneth Kook leaves his wee wee number 12 shoes to Loetta Burton. Leonard Meharg with tears leaves Rex Heideman about three feet and five inches to make him up in the world. lean Sparling wills her efficient ability as Fditor-in-Chief to Mr. Double- Dip” Main. Marian Shaw wills her love and charm to that blushing little minister’s daughter, Eleanor Remein. Clarence Fair and Eldon Palmateer will their golden singing ability to Charles Winkler. Anne Conroy wills her sophisticated ways to that very sophisticated Jun- ior, Emily Sosnowski. Thelma Beal leaves her rubber gum and steel jaws to Elizabeth Moore, so help her. George Graves wills his flat feet to Beverly Dodds. Treasure Groat and Irene Hilliker bequeath their knowledge of traffic jams in the great metropolis of Melvin to two very traffic-minded back-seat drivers of the Junior class, Imogene Tenniswood and Thelma Harmer. James Old wills his F. F. A. pin, which carries honor, degree, and no work to Gerald Zinzo. Viola Young leaves her speaking ability with all strings attached to that great orator, Leola Brown. Donna Hall wills her red hair to Warren Sparling to comb and to brush. Harold Rector bequeaths his art of love-making, which is the one and only Rector method to Anne Furlong. Beatrice Ryder bequeaths her talkativeness and quiet ways to our quiet little Junior, Mary Weymouth. (Continued on next page) 22

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SALUTATORY Parents, teachers and friends: Although it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to these exercises, I cannot but feel a touch of deep regret as I realize that my days and the days of my classmates are numbered in this school. But we shall never forget. How could we, when some of the happiest days in our lives are connected with Yale High School? Perhaps at times we were impatient. When we were freshmen and sopho- mores, graduation day seemed like a hazy mist in the far-distant future, and no doubt the road leading to it seemed difficult and almost impossible. Now that the goal has been reached we realize that the years have been only too short. In the years to come we shall probably come back to this school and walk up and down the halls, looking longingly into the rooms. There’s the his- tory room where we solved the world’s economic and social problems; and next to it is the Mathematics room where Mr. Davis tried to drill those theorems in- to our heads. Here’s the Chemistry and Physics lab that all those disagreeable odors came from; there’s the English room where we had our sophomore play practice; here’s the Latin room where we fought Caesar’s wars and struggled with his Veni, Vidi, Vici.” Across the hall is the Commercial room where we tried so hard to balance our accounts in Bookkeeping. And here’s the fam- iliar old assembly room, where something was always going on behind the teach- er’s back. Finally, on our way out, we’ll peer into the gym. Remember all the basketball games we won? and didn’t win? In our Senior year we selected for our class motto, We lead; others fol- low,” not because we wanted to boast, nor because we considered ourselves su- perior to the other classes, but because we realized our responsibility. We have tried, in everything we have done, to ma ke a success in order that the other classes would want to follow in our footsteps. Ah, but these successes did not come about through our efforts alone. We had to have you and your help behind us. You, our teachers, and parents. To say that we appreciate everything you have done for us would be inexpressive of our emotions, which are too deep for mere words. You, our other friends, have not only given us your comradeship, but also your advice and words of criticism, which have helped us to build stronger characters. For everything we can only say, thank you. But time is passing. So with fond memories of the happy past but with courage and hope in our hearts as we face the unknown future, we, the class of 1938 , bid you welcome to these, our final exercises. We hope you will en- joy them. — Rita Miller 24