The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-05-20
THE CLASS WILL
Essay
MISS JESSIE C. WILSON


Dyess Ezra Weathers. Mary Anna Vir-
ginia Belle Mcdowell. Herbert Mar
shall Michael Martin. Edward Marion
EZekial Henderson, Laurie Theodore
Hezekiah Izlar. John Leonidas Omni-
Las Leightner. Jessie Granade Wilson:
we. the graduates of the Ocala High
School. alias the class of 1911. alias
the undersigned. of the city Of Ocala.
ct cetera, in brief being. appearing on
the face, and believing ourselves sew
orally and collectively TO be hence
forth, now and forever, alas, in reaS-
onably feeble health. weakness OF body
and especially Of mind CunleSs here
after indicated TO the contrary but
sensible Of the uncertainty of the past,
future and particularly of the present,
for these good reasons desiring to
make distribution severally and col
lectively, for better for worse. of
such OF our respective properties and
affairs as will be of no further service
to Us. aforementioned and again to be
mentioned later on, while in our afore-
said feebleness and irresponsible state
OF body and more especially of mind.
and confident of our power. be il great
or small, to frame such a will as will
meet the approval of the lawyers of
/
the legislature OF the state of Florida.
do hereby severally and collectively.
make. publish and solemnly declare the
following TO be our first will and testa-
ment. hereby revoking and cancelling
| Cstrictly according TO rules found in
| Mines High Arithmetic) all other
wills by us or any of US at any time
! heretofore made, promising that we
will not reclaim or forcibly recover. at
any time in the future. any of the
properties and affairs bestowed in this
viii.
| To come TO the point. Article one:
| /. Peter Paul Dyess Ezra Weathers, do
hereby will and bequeath four and
| three-twentieth inches of my height to
Eric Mills, provided that he has not
previously exceeded that growth by
| the time he becomes a senior. i fur
ther bequeath TO John Bats my copies
of Millions eopagitica, Spencer's
Epithalamion and Shelly's EpipsycIu-
dion, provided he can pronounce their
| titles accurately and understandingly,
with proper intonation and enuncia-
tion. without the help of glossary or
encyclopedia by the first Monday after
the second Tuesday in June.
To proceed. Article two: /, Mary Anna
Virginia Belle Mcdowell, hereby will
and bequeath TO Annie Laurie Perry
my desk in the southeast corner OF the
study hall. Here she will come under
the aesthetic influence of pot plants.
pictures and Esther Ley, who sits in
front. Furthermore. she is privileged
TO look out Of the windows opposite
and feel the pleasant breeze enter
ing thereby, one condition
namely: that when the aforemen-
toned breeze precipitates the beautiful
pot plants or knocks the pictures awry
Annie Laurie Perry will restore order
| bequeath 10 Mamie Sheppard my place
. on the program committee. with the
pleasure that goes with IL Of receiving
the thanks OF everyone whose name is
, put on the program. l further bequeath
. 10 Mary Landers dust cloths. three in
| number. having been used by me FOL
! not more than eight months. II will b.
her especial province TO dust the piano
; apply kerosene 10 the blackboards. pro,
: vide flowers, such as magnolias. clear
the pictures on the 2lst day of Feb.
: ruary and in general see that study
l hall looks clean and attractive. Wha
time is left | advise said Mary Lander
to devote 10 her studies.
Article three: I. Herbert Marshal
! Michael Martin, do hereby Will and be
, queath my energy 10 Fred Meffert u
\ keep him from approaching zero as
L limit" ! further bequeath to persons
t hereinafter named my play things T
r Curry Campbell / bequeath two sweet
c toned bells. medium sized. suitable 70
n an occasion such "a the week befor
:, Christmas. To Olaf Zewadski l be
d lqueath Inote in fine print. Herbert di
|, have a piece Of cake in his pocket 70
; b. E.Ts
f IL himselD. To Ralph McCorkle / he
e lqueaJh one knife that springs open.
q book Of poems. and one pair OF shoe
r that squeak. To Wiley Burford l be
K queath ever 50 many stub pencils. IA
= various uses TO which they are TO b
\ put TO be left 20 the ingenuity g
e Wiley.
Article four: ]. Marion. Edwar
e Ezekial Henderson, do hereby will an
II bequea;h my quiet manner 10 Irm
st Blake. To Irma Seckinger 1 bequeat
II my ability 10 deliver an grafton. 7
10 Marion Dewey and Elizabeth ,Newsol
bequeath my position as water cal
ID rier. provided they will water th
=; botany weeds every day and transplar
e. them in September. ! further bequeai
n. 10 Carleton Erwin the megaphone use
Al on the football ground last fall 20 u:
II in answering roll call, in recitation
y in his essays, debates. etc, and on II
of school grounds during recess.
Article five: !. Laurie Theodore Hez'
10 khan Izlar, DO hereby Will and bequear
n. 10 Ethel Seymour one perfectly goo
n, blue book-Sack. I bequeath my Lat
~ grammar TO be divided unequal
" among persons hereinafter named a
le cording TO the following directions:
IN Wenona Wetherb-e I bequeath =
e part containing the five declensIo'
n and the first two conjugatiOns. !
- Gladys Wallis I bequeath the part col
-. tanning the irregular verbs To Ali
- Sexton 1 bequeath the part conta inir
OF the first and second periphrastic col
re ljusations. To Annie Pope Eagleton
n" bequeath the part containing the Us
r Of The Subjunctive. The other min
n grade students are 20 cast lots for q
rest Of the grammar. including q
- Roman calendar.
a Art!cIe>siX: /, John Leonidas Omr
r bas Leightner, do hereby viii and b
- lqueath my middle name. Omnibas.
William Mcintosh. To Leslie Anders,