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Yuba Delta

June, 1917

SENIOR PROPHECY

The class of ’17 assembled

In M. H. S. in ’28,

And I think that the whole world trembled.

They are a prosperous thirty-eight

And here their stories I relate.

A physical culture instructor is Mae

And earns full many a dime.

Of good common sense she gave a display

For she fooled lots of people at one time

When they didn’t hear the wedding bells chime.

Marie Fortna is a governess strict and prim;

She quotes Shakespeare by the hour

The name of Chaucer makes her grim

Her charges tremble at looks so sour

And shiver to think they are in her power.

Karl Stevenson had become a scientist

Searching for truths unknown

Ever ready to help and assist;

Steadily gaining in that art, renown

Won by his persistence alone.

Our sweet Lillian and Muriel too,

Have clasped hands over the hammer of Thor,

And enjoy the bliss of a husband true.

We can rejoice with them for

What the future has in store.

Environment made Nadine’s life work a cinch,

So her crown is the cap of a nurse

And she doesn’t intend to save and pinch,

But as chief mourner to follow the hearse

Of some rich patient, then grab his purse.

Then lovely De Armond and dainty Adele

Are both now artists of fashion

Whose patrons proclaim they are served very well,

Sewing was ever their passion

Tho it pays in very small rations.

The newspaper said a certain young man

Whose name was given as Newkomer

Had been commissioned to Alaska and thence to Japan;

And quite a career began

For such a young man.

Many had turned to the teaching profession

Among these was Hazel, our pride

Also Judith made a simple confession

From commercial work she had strayed very wide

And now in Pedegogy did abide.

Wise Helen followed an inclination

To help all those in need

At the head of a Bureau of Information

She helps mankind to succeed

In its every thought and deed.

Wendell Jopson and Herbert Page

Sturdy good farmers became

Reclaiming land laid bare by age

Keeping in mind as a noble aim

Their fellowman’s needs and his claims.

Tom Hamlyn, our president of 1916

The footsteps of his father followed

And as we had all forseen

Became a miner that all allowed

Would soon be rich tho he hadn’t ploughed.

Politics gathered in one of our number

Poor thing to fall in so low

A tax collector robs peaceful slumber

And Maud has become the foe

And source of her classmates’ woe.

M’selle do La Nome came here from France

To be with us all once more

Norma’s great skill to sing and dance

Has caused her name to soar

Till it equals an emporer.

Our Emma was leading a great campaign

On the subject of “Votes for the Fair,”

She denounces the evil of man’s sole reign

As a German teacher none can compare

With Hampton’s intellect so rare.

We all remember our friend Harold N.

And behold where we find him now

Out of sympathy for his fellowmen

He has written a book telling how

To grow little.  He says “Start now.”

Alma compiled a volume of tales

By famous writers of yore

And pleads the good that it avails

To cultivate ancient lore

As she peddles from door to door.

With six maids in attendance and many a trunk

Came Guestzkow, our great movie star.

Her success has been due to her old-time spunk;

And now in her private car

She travels both near and far.

Two of our number great authors became

And they write with much success

Aylesworth and Hallner climbed the ladder to fame

By chiding the rich for wanton excess

And for leaving the poor in such distress.

The dear little Saxon, how faithful it is

In obeying every impulse of its master,

For not a store must our Percy miss

In displaying his goods all are after

And the little Saxon goes ever faster.

We found our beloved Delta editor

Who was always serene and never sour

Now a great and scholarly orator;

For she stands by the hour

And speaks with great power.

Loyd Hewitt chose law as his profession

And was aided by Jack for we know

How he loved to talk in class session.

Both give promise of great success, tho’

The work is sometimes hard and slow.

Stately Carrie Poole so neat

Became a first-class hair dresser.

What she undertakes she will always complete.

And with all whom you confer

Our Carrie they’re sure to prefer.

Manilla’s and Elizabeth’s musical power

Was always the pride of M. H. S.

And far above all others they tower.

They are honored with great success

And their admirers are numberless.

Business of course lured Schwedhelm and Hastings

While election drew Corinne to the folds

On Ellis artistic temperament his fate clings;

In Africa “T” Coates is a searcher of gold,

Marie Young is an aviatrix bold.

Last of all is our champion Mears

Who over the world has become renowned,

And now travels from far and near

Teaching his skill in his old home town,

And is sought from all around.

                                              - TWO SENIORS

CLASS WILL 1917

            We, the class of 1917, of Marysville High, being of sound mind and disposing memory, and not acting under fraud or undue influence of any person whatever, do hereby make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, assigning to succeeding generations the dignity, privileges, and advantages which we dispose.

            We individually will as follows:

1. I, Maude Anthony, do bequeath my indifference to Ida Arfsten.
2. I, Harold Aylesworth, do hereby bestow my bashfulness upon Enoma Best.
3. I, Helen Barnett, do leave my graceful stride to Rita Marsten.
4. I, Lillian Becker, do bestow my neatness upon Lillian Simpson.
5. I, Mae Block, do leave my athletic enthusiasm to the Student Body at large.
6. I, Harold Newkom, do bestow my height upon Kelly.
7. I, Thelma DeArmond, do bequeath my love of Latin to Marjorie Beard.
8. I, Mabel Hallner, do hereby bequeath my love of reading books to Homer Meek.
9. I, Tom Hamlyn, do leave my art of debating to the next year’s debating class.
10. I, Mears Hanson, do bequeath my tennis record to Frank Atkins.
11. I, Clare Hastings, do bestow upon Paul Carmichael my pink cheeks.
12. I, Emma Manwell, do leave my knowledge of law to Clyde that it may remain in the family.
13. I, Manilla Reissinger, do bestow my art of playing the piano upon Gertrude O’Brien.
14. I, Nadine Stalker, do leave my speed of speech to Elmer Payton.
15. I, Jack Steward, do bequeath my Military training to Agnes Rowan.
16. I, Thelma Tipton, do leave to the Art Club the fly leaves of my books covered with drawings of my class teachers.
17. I, Carrie Poole, do leave my ability to obtain slips from Mr. Ray to a Freshman that he may profit by it.
18. I, Norma White, do hereby bequeath my ability to entertain the Senior English Class by reading, to a member of the Class of ’18.
19. I, Muriel Wilcoxon, do hereby bequeath my perpetual motion laughing gas machine to Jennie Arfsten.
20. I, Judith Younggren, do leave my grip to Bernice Sargent.
21. I, Trusten Coats, do hereby bequeath my ability of bawling out students who do not pay their dues to the next student body collector.
22. I, Adele Coe, do bestow upon Ruth Baum my love of talking.
23. I, Marie Fortna, do leave my quiet disposition to Thelma Ebert.
24. I, Elizabeth Haller, give up my seat in the car to a new student wishing to attend M. H. S.
25. I, Mabel Hampton, do hereby bequeath my lisp to Irene Todd.
26. I, Alma Henry, do bestow by hearty laugh upon Walter Robey.
27. I, Loyd Hewitt, do leave my faithfulness in love to any one who is in need of it.
28. I, Wendell Jopson, do hereby bequeath to the Student Body at large my ability to “second the motion” when acting upon bills.
29. I, Percy Langenbach, do leave my stale jokes to a Freshman.
30. I, Kenneth Newcomer, do bestow upon Lloyd Stresser my constant smile.
31. I, Corrine Newkom, do leave my art of elocution to the English department of the Marysville High School.
32. I, Ellis Patterson, do leave my oratorical ability to a Bean. (I. Bean).
33. I, Herbert Page, do hereby bequeath my place in the ladies’ hearts to Casey.
34. I, Hazel Rogers, do bestow upon Lloyd Reddick my wealth of straight brown hair.
35. I, Dorothy Schwedhelm, do leave my curls to Bertha Cress.
36. I, Karl Stephenson, do hereby bequeath to the school library, “500 things Iknow more than anyone else.”
37. I, Marie Young, do leave my quiet manner to Maude O’Banion.
38. I, Mabel Guetzkow, do bestow my art of applying cosmetics upon Bonavera McGinnis.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Senior Class, as and for their last will and testament in the presence of us, who at their request, not in their presence, but in the presence of each other, hereunto subscribe our names as attesting witnesses to said instrument.

                                                                                                -Hazel Rogers

                                                                                                -Clare Hastings

SENIOR A.B.C.

A is for Anthony a girl we all like

            Also for Aylesworth who will always recite.

B stands for Barnett, Becker and Block

            Whose eyes are never far from the clock.

C is for Coats as well as for Coe

D is for De Armond who causes much woe.

E is for Elizabeth from Live Oak comes she

F is for Fortna but to all just Marie!

G is for Guetzow a demure little maid,

            Who as far as known, has never been late.

I is for intermission which we all hail with joy.

J stands for Jopson a very bright boy.

K is for Kenneth, who is known by few,

L is for Loyd and Langenbach too.

M is for Manwell, Company A’s first lieutenant

            And for managing, which should win her a pennant.

N is for Newkoms, a girl and a boy,

            While one is sweet, the other is coy.

O is for “oughts” we all get at school;

P is for Page, Patterson and Poole.

Q is for questions we surely despise,

R is for Reissinger and Rogers likewise.

S is for Swedhelm, Steward and Stalker,

            The last of which is sure some talker.

T is for Thelma and Thomas, our debators, who

            Of all our class (they) are the best two.

U is for units which all of us want,

While V is for verse which we should hunt.

W is for Wilcoxen, White and Wear,

            While Sophie is friendly the others we fear.

X is for X’s again we do meet,

While Y is for Young and for Younggren so neat.

Z is for Zeroes, which all of us hate;

And now I must close because it is late.

-         E.C.M. and M.N.S., ’17.

[Transcriber’s note:  H is missing in the original book.]

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